Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada

Canada: Share of people who report having intentions to start business was 14.13 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
14.13
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
39th
of 66 countries
All-time high
14.13
in 2017
All-time low
6.26
in 2006
Years of data
10
2002–2017

Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada, 2002–2017

0510152002200920172002: 6.92003: 7.52004: 8.12005: 9.72006: 6.32013: 13.52014: 122015: 11.62016: 142017: 14.1

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Canada recorded 14.13 for share of people who report having intentions to start business in 2017. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 125.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada peaked at 14.13 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6.26, in 2006.

Canada ranks 39th of 66 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada, year by year

Annual values for Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada, 2002 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2002 6.88
2003 7.52 +9.3%
2004 8.06 +7.2%
2005 9.73 +20.7%
2006 6.26 -35.7%
2013 13.53 +116.1%
2014 11.96 -11.6%
2015 11.64 -2.7%
2016 14.04 +20.6%
2017 14.13 +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.69 6.26 9.73 5
2010s 13.06 11.64 14.13 5

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 36 Hungary 15.11 compare
  2. 37 United States of America 14.54 compare
  3. 38 Slovenia 14.23 compare
  4. 40 Argentina 13.36 compare
  5. 41 Portugal 13.26 compare
  6. 42 Mexico 13.2 compare

See the full ranking of 66 places →

More reference data data for Canada

All data for Canada →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada?
Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada was 14.13 in 2017, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of people who report having intentions to start business recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 14.13 in 2017.
What is the lowest share of people who report having intentions to start business recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 6.26 in 2006.
How does Canada rank for share of people who report having intentions to start business?
Canada ranks 39th out of 66 countries with data for 2017.
Is share of people who report having intentions to start business rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is up 125.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Canada data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of people who report having intentions to start business. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-report-having-intentions-to-start-business/canada/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-report-having-intentions-to-start-business/canada/">Share of people who report having intentions to start business in Canada</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of people who report having intentions to start business
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
66 places, 706 data points, 2002–2017
Last refreshed