Beneficiaries of federal business innovation and growth support programs, 2019

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Release date: December 2, 2021
Infographic: Beneficiaries of federal business innovation and growth support programs, 2019
Description: Beneficiaries of federal business innovation and growth support programs, 2019

The majority of beneficiary enterprises were small and medium-sized enterprises, receiving 64.5% of the total value of support.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Employment size (appearing as row headers), Proportion of beneficiary enterprises and Proportion of the total value of support (appearing as column headers).
Employment size Proportion of beneficiary enterprises Proportion of the total value of support
Small and medium-sized enterprises 94.8% 64.5%
Large enterprises 5.2% 35.5%

The annual revenue of 54.2% of beneficiary enterprises was less than $2 million.

These enterprises received 31.8% of the total value of support.


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2. The information is grouped by Revenue size (appearing as row headers), Proportion of beneficiary enterprises and Proportion of the total value of support (appearing as column headers).
Revenue size Proportion of beneficiary enterprises Proportion of the total value of support
Less than $2 million in revenue 54.2% 31.8%
$2 million or more in revenue 45.8% 68.2%

Services-producing enterprises formed two-thirds (66.7%) of the beneficiary enterprises.

Women-owned enterprises represented 18.5% of small and medium-sized beneficiary enterprises and 22.7% of large beneficiary enterprises.

Percentage of women-owned beneficiary enterprises by sector:

  • Goods-producing industries: 15.6%
  • Services-producing industries: 21.2%

Services-producing industries with the highest and lowest proportion of women-owned beneficiary enterprises


Highest proportion
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by Services-producing Industry (appearing as row headers), Proportion of women-owned beneficiary enterprises (appearing as column headers).
Services-producing industries Proportion of women-owned beneficiary enterprises
Public administration 43.8%
Educational services 39.1%

Lowest proportion
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 4. The information is grouped by Services-producing industry (appearing as row headers), Proportion of women-owned beneficiary enterprises (appearing as column headers).
Services-producing industries Proportion of women-owned beneficiary enterprises
Transportation and warehousing 13.7%
Management of companies and enterprises 11.1%

Note: Small and medium-sized enterprises have less than 500 employees in a given year, while large enterprises have 500 or more employees. In this analysis, gender (male or female) is provided for the individual most likely to be the “primary owner” (owner or manager) among the enterprise’s known owners and office bearers.

Source: Statistics Canada, Business Innovation and Growth Support.

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