Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH)

The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) is a national network and accessible digital platform for sharing research and resources, and leading strategies to support women entrepreneurs.

The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada: 2025

Impact of WEKH

Women entrepreneurs don’t just contribute to Canada’s economy, they anchor it, as majority owners of 20% of all businesses across the country and partners in 17%. Women-owned businesses account for more than 1 million jobs and $100 billion per year in GDP. The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) advocates for evidence-based strategies to help ensure women entrepreneurs drive growth, innovation and sustainability.

Each year, WEKH publishes the State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada, the only annual report synthesizing new research on women entrepreneurship in Canada to inform policy and practice. It tackles barriers, enablers and progress, and spans sectors and regions—always with an intersectional lens.

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1 %

of all Canadian businesses are majority women-owned

1 million

The number of people employed by majority women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises

1 %

of women owners of small and medium-sized enterprises report they have or will mitigate U.S. tariff impacts

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Search our extensive library of research on women’s entrepreneurship

Our annual State of Women’s Entrepreneurship (SOWE) report is a go-to resource for the most complete picture of research on women’s entrepreneurship in Canada.