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The Credit Conditions Survey focuses on financing sought by small businesses (1 to 99 employees).

This dataset includes information on: request rates, approval rates, average amounts authorized, debt financing by term, debt financing by enterprise characteristics, the main reason for not seeking debt financing, the main intended use of debt financing, and the export destination.

The Credit Conditions Survey focuses on financing sought by small businesses (1 to 99 employees).

This dataset includes information on: request rates, approval rates, average amounts authorized, debt financing by term, debt financing by enterprise characteristics, the main reason for not seeking debt financing, the main intended use of debt financing, and the export destination.

The Credit Conditions Survey was conducted between January and March of 2014. The questions were fact-based and focused on financing sought by small enterprises (1 to 99 employees) during the 2013 calendar year. A total of 2,545 small businesses completed the questionnaire, which included 25 questions. This is the second largest Canadian survey on small business financing.

Percentage of enterprises that had obstacles to innovation, that took measures to overcome obstacles to innovation, that took measures that were successful in mitigating specific obstacles to innovation and that made use of government programs to overcome specific obstacles to innovation, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Obstacles to innovation include market size, external financing, internal financing, lack of skills, finding and reaching agreements with external collaborators, uncertainty and risk, regulatory or government competition policy, intellectual property protection, and other obstacles to innovation.

Semi-annual business debt for all supplier types, by financing characteristics and authorization level, displayed in millions of dollars, unless otherwise specified.

Semi-annual business debt for all supplier types, by financing characteristics and credit instrument type, displayed in millions of dollars unless otherwise specified.

The Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises was designed to determine the types of financing that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are using, and to collect information on recent attempts by those SMEs to obtain new financing. In addition, the survey gathers information on firm growth, engagement in international business activities, innovation and intellectual property, as well as owner characteristics.

The Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises was designed to determine the types of financing that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are using, and to collect information on recent attempts by those SMEs to obtain new financing. In addition, the survey gathers information on firm growth, engagement in international business activities, innovation and intellectual property, as well as owner characteristics.

Semi-annual business debt for all supplier types, by financing characteristics and by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), displayed in millions of dollars unless otherwise specified.

The Statistics Canada triennial Survey on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises, launched in 2001, measures the demand and sources for financing of Canadian SMEs, including data on the application process, firm profiles and demographic characteristics of SME ownership. Occasionally, abbreviated supplemental surveys will be administered to measure changing conditions in the marketplace, as was the case in 2001.