As of 2018, slightly more than one in five private sector businesses in Canada were majority owned by women.
While this proportion has increased in recent years, this represents only two percentage points more than in 2005, when 18.18 percent of private businesses were owned by women.
More data on companies in Canada can be found here.
Proportion of private sector businesses owned by women in Canada from 2005 to 2018
Characteristic
Share of private sector businesses
2018
20.64%
2017
20.48%
2016
20.35%
2015
20.18%
2014
20%
2013
19.9%
2012
19.81%
2011
19.71%
2010
19.56%
2009
19.3%
2008
18.87%
2007
18.59%
2006
18.32%
2005
18.18%
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Women-owned businesses refer to those where total shares by female owners are greater than or equal to 51% .
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2005 to 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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