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How many SMEs are there in Canada?
1.15 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES
97.9%
21,926 MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES
1.9% As of December 2017, there were 1.18 million employer businesses in Canada (Table 1). Of these, 1.15 million (97.9 percent) were small businesses, 21,926 (1.9 percent) were medium-sized businesses and 2,939 (0.2 percent) were large businesses. More than half of Canada's small employer businesses are concentrated in Ontario and Quebec (417,742 and 236,705 respectively). Western Canada has a large number of small businesses led by British Columbia, which had 179,517 small businesses as of December 2017. In the Atlantic region, Nova Scotia has the greatest number of small businesses at 28,874.
Total number of employer businesses by business size and number of SMEs per 1,000 provincial population, December 2017
Province/Territory
Small businesses(1–99 employees)
Number of businesses per 1,000 individuals (18+ years)
Newfoundland and Labrador
16,580
97.9%
38.7
Prince Edward Island
5,963
98.3%
49.4
Nova Scotia
28,874
97.9%
37.3
New Brunswick
24,827
98.0%
40.5
Quebec
236,705
97.9%
35.3
Ontario
417,742
97.7%
37.2
Manitoba
38,226
97.6%
37.8
Saskatchewan
40,072
98.3%
45.4
Alberta
160,264
98.0 %
48.8
British Columbia
179,517
98.3%
Territories
3,999
97.0%
46.4
Canada
1,152,769
97.9%
39.7
Sources: Statistics Canada, Table 33-10-0037-01 — Canadian Business Counts, with employees, December 2017; Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0005-01 — Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex; and ISED calculations.
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CanadianSME is dedicated to helping your business grow. Although we just launched recently, we have already grown readers with our valuable content. Our exclusive interviews and cutting edge articles have created tremendous interest from both vendors and potential clients, bringing both of them together in a winning combination for advertisers.
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CANADIAN SME BUSINESS EXPO
2020
The Biggest Gathering of Canadian Small and Medium Enterprises
January 20, 2020 Metro Tornto Convention Centre Toronto, Canada www.smeexpo.ca Contact for more details: Cmarketing Inc 2355 Derry Rd E Unit 27, . Mississauga, ON L9T 5Z5 info@canadiansme.ca
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Be a part of the crowd as more than 3,000 Business Leaders, Top Executives and Top Canadian SMEs gather at the CanadianSME Business Expo that will take place on January 20th, 2020 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This is an event that you don’t want to miss!
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CanadianSME is dedicated to help SME owners succeed. Committed to making a difference to the Canadian business industry, the CanadianSME Business Expo 2020 will be featuring experts from various industries industry. Having a strong reputation of linking entrepreneurs with resources that can be beneficial in growing their businesses successfully, CanadianSME is confident that this event is the perfect opportunity for every single decision maker in the business world to create long lasting influential business relationships.
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The CanadianSME Business Expo 2020 not only provides a unique business opportunity, but it's also a hub for Canadian SMEs and a place where business owners and decision makers come together. Through this networking platform, investors can discover new ways of bringing their business forward.
Connect with the right business partner and prospects. Maximize your product reach. CanadianSME Business Expo will give companies the opportunity of creating partnerships with other businesses in the community.
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The success of any business is dependent on innovation.Entrepreneurs will be able to explore the latest innovative technologies that cover a wide range of products, services and software applications.
Having issues in expanding your business? You want to take it to the next level but you’ve been struggling? There’s a whole group of people who can help!Outsourcing services, business solutions, ERP and CRM, social media specialists are just some of the things you will find at the event.
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CanadianSME Magazine with Industry experts will organise Business Awards for Canadian SME's who have excelled in their various fields. We are currently looking for corporate partners to be a part of this exciting new event.
CanadianSME will select and evaluate, along with our strategic partners, the best 100 Canadian SMEs. The selection will be based on their overall performance in Innovation, Governance and Employee engagement among others.
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