Percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises that are majority-owned by Indigenous people, youth, visible minorities and persons with disabilities in western Canada

Percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises that are majority-owned by Indigenous people, youth, visible minorities and persons with disabilities in western Canada Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Small enterprises are defined as having 1-99 employees. Medium sized enterprises have 100-499 employees. So small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are all firms with less than 500 employees. Majority-owned / Majority ownership – Majority ownership for each of the designated groups is based on the following parameters: between 51 and 100 percent owned by one or more females; Indigenous persons; youth; visible minorities; people with disabilities. 50:50 ownership, which in the instance of male and female, may include married couples, would not be included in these totals. 2023-11-29 Western Economic Diversification Canada wd.servicedesk-bureaudeservice.deo@canada.ca Economics and IndustryScience and TechnologyBusinessesownershipcompaniesIndigenous peoplewomenyouthvisible minorities Business Ownership_e.csvCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/3c570e08-5b93-46ce-be97-d6770892efd4/resource/b44c29af-a4a4-4821-9de7-cb6cfecd0c8c/download/business-ownership_e.csv Business Ownership_f.csvCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/3c570e08-5b93-46ce-be97-d6770892efd4/resource/49f444ec-b538-4282-a711-64b5bcc8c0ee/download/business-ownership_f.csv

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Small enterprises are defined as having 1-99 employees. Medium sized enterprises have 100-499 employees. So small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are all firms with less than 500 employees.

Majority-owned / Majority ownership – Majority ownership for each of the designated groups is based on the following parameters: between 51 and 100 percent owned by one or more females; Indigenous persons; youth; visible minorities; people with disabilities. 50:50 ownership, which in the instance of male and female, may include married couples, would not be included in these totals.

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