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The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship 2022

Data

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14%

of women entrepreneurs use a business loan

15.6%

of SMEs are owned by women

37.8%

of self-employed Canadians are women
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Research

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The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2022

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub 28/03/2022

Rise Up: A Study of 700 Black Women Entrepreneurs

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Black Business and Professional Association, Casa Foundation, de Sedulous Women Leaders 15/04/2021

The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship: A Focus on Black Women Entrepreneurs

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Black Business and Professional Association 18/02/2021

Mikwam Makwa Ikwe (Ice Bear Woman): A National Needs Analysis on Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Asper School of Business 27/01/2021

Breaking Barriers: A Decade of Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business 10/12/2020

A Look at Québec Women Entrepreneurship During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Femmessor 19/08/2020

The Measurement of Business Ownership by Gender in the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database

Grekou, D., Li, J., Liu, H., & Statistics Canada 01/01/2018 Statistics Canada

SME Profile: Ownership demographics statistics

Huang, L. 01/01/2020 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Women-owned Exporting Small and Medium Enterprises

Belanger Baur, A. A. 03/10/2019 Global Affairs Canada

The Changing Face of Canadian Entrepreneurship

Business Development Bank of Canada 01/10/2019 Business Development Bank of Canada

GEM Canada Report on Women’s Entrepreneurship 2016

Hughes, K. 01/01/2017 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

Women’s entrepreneurship study

Paypal Canada & Barraza & Associates 01/01/2018 Paypal Canada and Barraza & Associates

Gender Comparisons in Success Evaluation and SME Performance in Canada

Robichaud, Y., Cachon, J., & McGraw, E. 01/01/2018 Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Strengthening Ecosystem Supports for Women Entrepreneurs: Ontario Inclusive Innovation (i2) action strategy

Orser, B., Elliott, C., & Cukier, W. 01/06/2019 Telfer School of Management and Diversity Institute

Entrepreneurship among First Nations Women in the Atlantic Region

Diochon, M., Mathie, A., Alma, E., & Isaac, S. 01/01/2014 Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chief Secrecrait

Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE)

Mastercard 01/01/2018 Annals of Forest Science (Vol

Business as Plan B: Institutional Foundations of Gender Inequality in Entrepreneurship across 24 Industrialized Countries

Thébaud, S. 01/01/2015 Administrative science quarterly

A research agenda for women and entrepreneurship: Identity through aspirations, behaviors and confidence

Greene, P., & Brush, C. 01/01/2018 Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

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Resources

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The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2022

ICYMI: Canada Digital Adoption Program Info Session

Women Redefining: Entrepreneurship in Alberta Podcast Series

Canada’s largest study of Black women entrepreneurs shows significant challenges but also resilience and optimism

See It, Be It: Challenging Stereotypes and Bias

Mikwam Makwa Ikwe (Ice Bear Woman): A National Needs Analysis on Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship

Reviewing the Progress & Challenges of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

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