This profile provides a descriptive overview of SMEs in tourism industries and examines their differences compared with SMEs in non-tourism industries in terms of business and owner characteristics, access to financing, financing terms and conditions and obstacles to business growth.
The Credit Conditions Survey was conducted in May and June 2011. The questions were fact-based and focused on financing sought by small enterprises (1 to 99 employees) during the 2010 calendar year.
This issue discusses venture capital (VC) investment and fundraising activity in Canada during the second quarter of 2011. It also describes recent government activity by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and provincial governments in support of VC .
The July 2011 issue updates several sections, including data on the number of businesses in Canada, job creation, firm survival, share of high-growth firms, earnings by business size, the number of self-employed workers as well as the contribution of small businesses to Canada's gross domestic product and to exports.
This issue discusses venture capital (VC) investment and fundraising activity in Canada during the first quarter of 2011. It also describes recent federal activity in support of VC .
(Special edition of Key Small Business Statistics)
Includes key statistics on small business exports and profile of SME exporters, their financing activities and perceived obstacles to growth.
Survey of Suppliers of Business Financing - 2009 and 2010
As the development of a new program continues, a shorter version of the survey was administered to a smaller number of units for the collection of 2009 and 2010 data.
This report is based on 14 case studies of individuals who have been working for large companies and who have decided to launch their own companies at midpoint in their career.
This year-end issue covers venture capital investment and fundraising activity in Canada over the whole of 2010. It also summarizes recent government initiatives related to supporting the Canadian VC industry, including the announcement of federal funding for five new Canadian Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research.