SMEs in Canada

•Facts•Federal Role

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Outline

Overview of SMEs in Canada

Roles of Government

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Overview of SMEs in Canada – Key Statistics

Are defined as firms that have fewer than 500 employees– 99.8% of the 1.1 million businesses with employees are SMEs– 98% are small businesses (less than 100 employees)– 75% have fewer than 10 employees

SMEs employ 2/3 of the private sector work force (6.4 million employees)

SMEs account for 40% of the GDP (or 54 percent of private sector GDP)

SMEs are in constant renewal (about 100,000 new firms created every year) - 51% of Canadian businesses survive their first 5 years.

SMEs regularly account for more than 50% of net job creation (small businesses 43%)

SMEs account for 41% of the value of export (small businesses 25%)

Source of data: Key Small Business Statistics, July 2012, Industry Canada; Statistics Canada.

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Overview of SMEs in Canada - employment

Source: Key Small Business Statistics, July 2012, Industry Canada; Statistics Canada

Number of Employees (thousands)

Five sectors account for 60 percent of total SME employment:

– Retail trade– Manufacturing– Accommodation and food– Construction – Professional Services

On average, SMEs with less than 20 employees accounted for 40 percent of total employment in these sectors

Firms in the manufacturing sector tend to be larger

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Utilities

Forestry

Management of Companies and Enterprises

Mining

Information and Cultural

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Real Estate and Rental

Health

Finance and Insurance

Transportation and Warehousing

Administration, Waste Management

Other Services

Wholesale Trade

Professional Services

Construction

Accomodation and Food

Manufacturing

Retail Trade

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Federal Government Support for SMEs

Support for SMEs involves over 20 government departments including:– Industry Canada– Public Works and Government Services

Canada– National Research Council– Finance Canada– Citizenship and Immigration Canada– Federal Regional Economic Development

Agencies

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Overview of Key Industry Canada Programs

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

The BDC is a Crown financial institution, reporting to the Minister of Industry, with a mandate to support Canadian entrepreneurship by providing financing, consulting and venture capital to SMEs

In 2012, as part of the Government's Digital Economy Strategy, the BDC launched a strategy to promote the adoption of information and communications technologies by SMEs

Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP)

Loan-loss sharing program that increases the availability of asset based debt financing for small businesses

Industry Canada and commercial lenders share the risk of providing term loans to small businesses of up to $500K

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Overview of Key Industry Canada Programs - Continued

Canada Youth Business foundation (CYBF)

The CYBF is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 that provides loans and mentoring services to young entrepreneurs

In Budget 2011, the government provided CYBF $10M in both 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Since 2002, the CYBF has received $57.5M in funding from the federal government

BizPaL

Launched in 2006, BizPaL is an online service that benefits Canadian businesses by helping them identify which permits and licences they require to start and/or run a business and how to obtain them

BizPaL is currently available to 60% of the Canadian population and includes all the provinces and two territories and over 645 municipalities

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Overview of Key Industry Canada Programs - Continued

Canada Business Network (CBN)

CBN provides Canadian entrepreneurs and SMEs with reliable, up-to-date and relevant information

Services are offered through a national website, a toll-free telephone service, and in-person service centres located across Canada

National Research Council Industrial- Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)

 NRC-IRAP is designed to stimulate innovation in Canadian SMEs by helping them access, develop and apply technologies to create new products, services and industrial processes 

The 2012-13 Budget includes the Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program (DTAPP) funding of $80M over three years announced in Budget 2011. DTAPP provides digital technology adoption and adaption support to firms and supports up to $100,000 in costs per project

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Overview of Key Support Agencies & ProgramsCanadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP)

The CICP is a Public Works and Government Services Canada initiative aimed at helping Canadian businesses by testing their innovative products and services within the Government of Canada before taking them to the marketplace.

It targets innovations in four priority areas, namely the environment, enabling technologies, health, safety and security

Funding limit is $500K per bid opportunity with provisions for proposals exceeding $500K on a case-by-case basis.

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

WD is mandated to promote the development and diversification of the economy of Western Canada and advance the interests of Western Canada in national economic policies and programs.

It is currently delivering Infrastructure Canada programs such as the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component, and the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund announced in Budget 2012.

WD will soon be launching the Western INNovation Program which was announced in Budget 2102 and which will provide support to SMEs in Western Canada for technology commercialization activities

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Overview of Key Support Agencies and Programs

Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)FedNor is a regional development organization in Ontario with a mandate to promote economic diversification and expansion of the Northern Ontario economy. The Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP) is FedNor’s main contribution program

Through the NODP, FedNor invests in projects that support community economic development, business growth and competitiveness, and innovation

Since April 2006, FedNor has approved more than $238 million in support of 1,224 projects through the NODP to benefit Northern Ontario’s economy

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)FedDev was created in 2009 in response to southern Ontario’s economic challenges. Its current focus is on creating a southern Ontario advantage by strengthening the region’s economy and positioning southern Ontario to compete globally

FedDev supports SMEs by providing funding to Community Futures Development Corporations to support local business and community development initiatives, via the Eastern Ontario Development Program and the Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation

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Overview of Key Support Agencies and Programs- continued

Canada Economic Development (CED)The Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP) contributes to entrepreneurship support, business performance, regional engagement and regional investment, while providing temporary support for economic activity in Quebec communities to stabilize or strengthen their economies

The Community Futures Program (CFP) supports local economic development and builds the capacity of communities to sustainably realize their full potential

CED delivers the CFP in Quebec through regional development agencies, including the 56 Community Futures Development Corporations and the 10 Business Development Centres

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)ACOA works to create opportunities for economic growth in Atlantic Canada, by helping businesses become more competitive, innovative and productive, and by working with communities to develop and diversify local economies

ACOA supports Community Business Development Programs (CBDP) through the Community Futures Program which helps them provide essential investment capital, business counselling and skills development

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Annex A Other Government Support for SMEs

Challenges and Needs

Department Website Measures

Finance Canada

www.fin.gc.ca/n11/11-080-eng.asp

Small business taxation

Competitive market place Industry

Canada

www.reducingpaperburden.gc.ca

www.canadabusiness.ca

Paper burden reduction BizPal and Canada Business

Network

National Research Council

www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Industrial Research Assistance

Program (IRAP) Support for Innovation

Finance Canada

www.fin.gc.ca/n12/12-086-eng.asp Scientific Research and

Experimental Development (SR&ED) -Tax Incentive Program

Foreign Affairs and

International Trade

www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca Canadian Trade Commissioner

Service

Export Development

Canada

www.edc.ca/EN/Our-Solutions/Financing/

Financing services for smaller capital goods exporters

Access to New Markets

Business Development

Bank of Canada

www.bdc.ca/en/solutions/financing/

Market Xpansion Loan

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Annex A Other Government Support for SMEs (continued)

Challenges and Needs

Department Website Measures

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

www.cic.gc.ca/english/hire/worker.asp

Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Human Capital Human Resources and Social Development

Canada To come

Workplace Skills

Initiative

Industry Canada www.cybf.ca

Canadian Youth

Business Foundation

Regional Agencies www.womensenterprise.ca

Women Entrepreneurs

Culture of Entrepreneurship

Business Development Bank of Canada

www.bdc.ca

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