Of the 1.17 million employer businesses in Canada, small business accounts for 97.7% of the total at 1.14 million (with 1.8% medium-sized and 0.3% large rounding out the total)
Small businesses employ over 8.2 million individuals in Canada, or 70.5% of the total private labour force
Small businesses were responsible for 87.7% of net employment change from 2005-2015 (1.2 million jobs!)
Over 80% of start-ups used personal financing to finance their businesses
More than half of small employer businesses are concentrated in two provinces (Ontario & Quebec)
Small businesses contributed an average of 30% of the GDP of their province
The highest percentage of SMB owners is in the 50-64 age group
15.7% of SMBs were majority owned by women and 19.7% were equally owned by women and men