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  • 1. Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada, 2005 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401200005
    Description: As the economic landscape evolves, and with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reshaping business environments, it is essential to support evidence-based policymaking and to develop inclusive strategies that foster growth and resilience within the Indigenous business sector. Funded by Indigenous Services Canada, this study is an update to previous research that provides an overview of Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-12-19
  • 2. Non-financial co-operatives in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024036
    Description: This infographic uses administrative tax data to provide a visual representation of non-financial co-operatives in Canada in 2022. Presented data includes counts of co-operatives at the national and provincial levels, as well as financial and employment statistics.
    Release date: 2024-11-04
  • 3. Foreign control in the Canadian economy 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242832972
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 4. Performance of women-owned businesses that patent
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400900003
    Description: Intangible investments—investments that do not have a physical form—have been rising in importance in terms of use. From 1976 to 2016, the growth of intangible investments was faster than the growth of tangible investments. This study compares the performance of businesses owned by women (majority or equal ownership) that patent with that of majority men-owned businesses and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be assigned.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 5. Survival and growth of women-owned and immigrant-owned businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400500006
    Description: The pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the Canadian economy. This impact was uneven across different workers and businesses. However, there is little information available on how businesses were affected by and survived through the pandemic according to the characteristics of their owners, especially those owned by certain groups such as women and immigrants. This article uses a linkage of the monthly business openings and closures with the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to study the survival rate and employment growth of businesses by gender, and immigrant status of owners.
    Release date: 2024-05-22
  • 6. A comparison of investments of official language minority owned businesses in rural and urban areas
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024005
    Description: This analysis compares the investment efforts of official language minority (OLM) owned businesses depending on whether they are located in a rural or urban area. The study is based on a model that uses a seemingly unrelated regression equation (SURE) system estimator to simultaneously assess the impact of determinants that explain the investment of businesses in rural and urban areas and to statistically test the differences between the two areas.
    Release date: 2024-05-02
  • 7. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2024
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024001
    Description: Businesses in Canada continue to face a variety of challenges in the new year. Business outcomes and challenges expected also vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on the expectations of one of these populations: majority women-owned businesses. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2024-03-08
  • 8. Use of Government COVID-19 Liquidity Support Programs by Immigrant-owned Businesses and Those Owned by Canadian-born Individuals
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2024002
    Description: Immigrant-owned businesses were more likely to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic than other businesses, as they were more concentrated in industries requiring in-person contact and were smaller in scale. To support businesses affected by the pandemic, the Government of Canada launched various COVID-19 liquidity support programs, including the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA), the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA). These programs were designed to help affected businesses by partially covering their main expenses, such as wages, rent and property expenses.
    Release date: 2024-03-06
  • 9. The expectations and economic outlook among businesses majority-owned by racialized individuals, fourth quarter of 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2023019
    Description: Racial minority business owners and entrepreneurs make invaluable contributions to the economy and communities across Canada and are essential. From the beginning of October to early November 2023, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CSBC) to collect information on the environment businesses are currently operating in and their expectations moving forward. This article explores results from the survey by looking at the businesses majority-owned by racialized groups.
    Release date: 2023-12-21
  • 10. Co-operatives in Canada, 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023065
    Description: This infographic uses administrative tax data to provide a visual representation of non-financial co-operatives in Canada in 2021. Presented data includes counts of co-operatives at the national and provincial levels, as well as financial and employment statistics.
    Release date: 2023-11-06
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  • 1. Corporations Returns Act
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2503
    Description: The purpose of the Corporations Returns Act is to collect financial and ownership information on corporations conducting business in Canada. This information is used to evaluate the extent and effect of non-resident control in the Canadian corporate economy.
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