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Key Small Business Financing Statistics — December 2006
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 five 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 are accessed.
- Financial Structure examines the financial structure of SMEs in 2004.
- SME Business Owner and Financial Characteristics examines the profile and financing characteristics of three demographic trends in Canadian entrepreneurship — women, youth and visible minorities.
