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The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2023

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14%

of women entrepreneurs use a business loan

18%

of businesses, including small, medium and large businesses, are majority owned by women in Canada

90%

of women entrepreneurs in Canada are self-employed rather than majority owners of incorporated businesses
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The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2023

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub 27/06/2023

Financing Women Entrepreneurs in Canada

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub 23/12/2022

Resources for Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs: An Analysis of the Current Supports Available in the Ecosystem

Ashley Richard & Kara Thorvaldson | WEKH & University of Manitoba, Asper School of Business 18/01/2022

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

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

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

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Resources

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Small Business BC

Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada)

Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC)

SHEEO

Canadian Centre for Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (CCAE)

Startup Canada

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New Research Shows Women-owned Businesses Gaining Ground

Celebrating Black Women Entrepreneurs in Trade

Advancing Indigenous women entrepreneurs: Convening Alberta’s Indigenous women entrepreneurs and the ecosystem that supports them

How Mentorship Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

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