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Small Business and Special Surveys Division Statistics Canada

This report outlines the progress of Statistics Canada's SME Statistics Program, detailing data collection, analysis, and outputs related to small and medium-sized employer and non-employer businesses in Canada.

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Small Business and Special Surveys Division Statistics Canada

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  1. Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Steering Group Meeting Istanbul June 25-27, 2007 Small Business and Special Surveys DivisionStatistics Canada

  2. SME Statistics Program Progress Report • Coverage • As defined by STC Business Register • All small and medium sized employer businesses in Canada (1–250 employees) = 900K approx. • All non-employer businesses in Canada (self –employed) = 1.3M approx.

  3. Program Content • Four classes of data: • Primary data (micro level) • Basic business characteristics • Business #, NAICS and Geography for active businesses taken from BR • Employment and revenue data taken from tax • Value added data (micro level) • Derived from primary business characteristics • Survival rates; birth rates; profit ratios; high growth businesses

  4. Program Content • Secondary data (micro level) • Financial information taken from tax • Potential fields include salaries & wages, assets & liabilities, revenue and expenses, net income etc. • Auxiliary data including metadata (aggregate level) • Links to domain estimates from surveys in STC • Financing, innovation, exports, entrepreneurial sub-populations – women, Aboriginals etc.

  5. SME Planned Outputs • Standard set of outputs annually • Tables by industry, geography, employment size, revenue size • Custom tables based on client needs • Different size groups; industry detail, sub-provincial geography • Limited by confidentiality and quality considerations • Provided on a cost recovery basis

  6. Concepts - Employment • Calculated using information from payroll deduction account in CRA Note: Self employed who are not a salaried employee (no payroll deductions remitted to CRA) have an employment count of 0 • Total employment (currently available for each business) • Average 12 month head count

  7. Concepts - Employment • Full time employment / part time employment (planned) • Full time = # employees whose employment insurance deductions = maximum annual contribution • Part time = # employees whose employment insurance deductions < maximum annual contribution • Total employment = full time + part-time

  8. Concepts – Size Classes • Size classes based on employment • 0 20 – 49 • 1 – 4 50 – 99 • 5 – 9 100 – 249 • 10 – 19 • Size classes based on revenue • 1-30K 1 – 2.5M • 30 – 100K 2.5 – 5M • 100 - 250K 5M – 12.5M • 250 - 500K 12. 5 – 25M • 500 - 1M 25 – 50M

  9. Milestones • Demographic profile using primary data • Reference yr 2006 May 2007 • Reference yr 2000 - 2005 Oct 2007 • Survival rates and high growth rates for EIP Working Group Sept 2007 • Comparison of 3 yr (2000 – 2003) and 5 yr (2000 – 2005) • Loading value added and secondary information of database Oct 2007 • Creating SME standard program outputs for 2000 – 2006 Nov 2007

  10. Milestones • Providing data to OECD Structural Business Statistics Program Dec 2007 • Creating links to auxiliary data including metadata (aggregate level) • 2008 pending budget and resources

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