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Key Small Business Financing Statistics - August 2005

Introduction

This document highlights key findings on the state of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing in Canada for all three types of financing (debt, leasing and equity) by region, sector, size of business and stage of business development.

The report has four parts:

• SME Marketplace describes the distribution of SMEs by region, sector and size;
• Financing Activity of SMEs describes the demand for financing in terms of requests made and approvals granted for three types of financing (debt, leasing and equity), as well as the amount of financing received;
• Access to Financing looks at the types of financing instruments used by SMEs and the conditions under which they access them; and
• Financial and Ownership Structures examines the financial and ownership structures of SMEs.

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