Table 1. Descriptive statistics of owner...

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of owner and firm attributes

Variables	All SMEs* N = 10,397	SME suppliers N = 1,021
Firm attributes
Firm size
1 to 4 employees	53.4	16.1
5 to 19 employees	34.0	22.6
20 to 99 employees	11.1	25.9
100 to 499 employees	1.6	35.0
Growth expectations
More than 10% per year	21.2	20.3
1–10% per year	56.0	61.4
No growth	22.8	18.2
Age of firm
Less than 2 years	7.6	1.7
3 to 10 years	29.9	14.6
11 years or more	62.5	83.7
Innovation
Product	25.6	38.3
Process	17.7	20.6
Organizational	19.0	26.1
Marketing	19.5	24.1
Any of the above	41.6	56.1
Sector
Goods producers	28.8	35.9
Wholesale and retail	24.0	36.1
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	11.3	16.1
Other services	35.9	11.9
Reported international sales	11.8	24.8
Reported interprovincial sales	21.0	52.3
Owner attributes
Age of owner
<30 years old	1.9	1.7
30 to 39 years old	12.7	6.0
40 to 49 years old	26.1	22.9
50 to 64 years old	47.5	54.7
65+ years old	11.8	14.8
Education of owner
Less than high school	8.0	4.5
High school	22.8	16.7
College/CEGEP/Trade School	30.7	26.5
Bachelor’s degree	24.1	35.1
Master’s degree or above	14.4	17.3
Born outside of Canada (Immigrants)	23.6	18.2
Percentage of women ownership
100% men-owned	53.7	58.9
51% to 99% men-owned	11.0	19.6
Equal men/women	19.7	11.5
51% to 99% women-owned	2.2	2.4
100% women-owned	13.5	7.6

Variables	All SMEs*N = 10,397	SME suppliersN = 1,021
Firm attributes
Firm size
1 to 4 employees	53.4	16.1
5 to 19 employees	34.0	22.6
20 to 99 employees	11.1	25.9
100 to 499 employees	1.6	35.0
Growth expectations
More than 10% per year	21.2	20.3
1–10% per year	56.0	61.4
No growth	22.8	18.2
Age of firm
Less than 2 years	7.6	1.7
3 to 10 years	29.9	14.6
11 years or more	62.5	83.7
Innovation
Product	25.6	38.3
Process	17.7	20.6
Organizational	19.0	26.1
Marketing	19.5	24.1
Any of the above	41.6	56.1
Sector
Goods producers	28.8	35.9
Wholesale and retail	24.0	36.1
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	11.3	16.1
Other services	35.9	11.9
Reported international sales	11.8	24.8
Reported interprovincial sales	21.0	52.3
Owner attributes
Age of owner
<30 years old	1.9	1.7
30 to 39 years old	12.7	6.0
40 to 49 years old	26.1	22.9
50 to 64 years old	47.5	54.7
65+ years old	11.8	14.8
Education of owner
Less than high school	8.0	4.5
High school	22.8	16.7
College/CEGEP/Trade School	30.7	26.5
Bachelor’s degree	24.1	35.1
Master’s degree or above	14.4	17.3
Born outside of Canada (Immigrants)	23.6	18.2
Percentage of women ownership
100% men-owned	53.7	58.9
51% to 99% men-owned	11.0	19.6
Equal men/women	19.7	11.5
51% to 99% women-owned	2.2	2.4
100% women-owned	13.5	7.6

Note:

*Estimates are based on the SFGSME (2014) survey weighted to be representative of the population of Canadian SME that employ between 1 and 499 employees

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