Small Business and Special Surveys Division Statistics Canada Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Steering Group Meeting Istanbul June 25-27, 2007

SME Statistics Program Progress Report  Coverage  As defined by STC Business Register  All small and medium sized employer businesses in Canada (1–250 employees) = 900K approx.  All non-employer businesses in Canada (self – employed) = 1.3M approx.

Program Content  Four classes of data:  Primary data (micro level)  Basic business characteristics  Business #, NAICS and Geography for active businesses taken from BR  Employment and revenue data taken from tax  Value added data (micro level)  Derived from primary business characteristics  Survival rates; birth rates; profit ratios; high growth businesses

Program Content  Secondary data (micro level)  Financial information taken from tax  Potential fields include salaries & wages, assets & liabilities, revenue and expenses, net income etc.  Auxiliary data including metadata (aggregate level)  Links to domain estimates from surveys in STC  Financing, innovation, exports, entrepreneurial sub- populations – women, Aboriginals etc.

SME Planned Outputs  Standard set of outputs annually  Tables by industry, geography, employment size, revenue size  Custom tables based on client needs  Different size groups; industry detail, sub- provincial geography  Limited by confidentiality and quality considerations  Provided on a cost recovery basis

Concepts - Employment  Calculated using information from payroll deduction account in CRA Note: Self employed who are not a salaried employee (no payroll deductions remitted to CRA) have an employment count of 0  Total employment (currently available for each business)  Average 12 month head count

Concepts - Employment  Full time employment / part time employment (planned)  Full time = # employees whose employment insurance deductions = maximum annual contribution  Part time = # employees whose employment insurance deductions < maximum annual contribution  Total employment = full time + part-time

Concepts – Size Classes  Size classes based on employment  020 – 49  1 – 450 – 99  5 – 9100 – 249  10 – 19  Size classes based on revenue  1-30K1 – 2.5M  30 – 100K2.5 – 5M  K5M – 12.5M  K12. 5 – 25M  M25 – 50M

Milestones  Demographic profile using primary data  Reference yr 2006 May 2007  Reference yr Oct 2007  Survival rates and high growth rates for EIP Working GroupSept 2007  Comparison of 3 yr (2000 – 2003) and 5 yr (2000 – 2005)  Loading value added and secondary information of databaseOct 2007  Creating SME standard program outputs for 2000 – 2006Nov 2007

Milestones  Providing data to OECD Structural Business Statistics ProgramDec 2007  Creating links to auxiliary data including metadata (aggregate level)  2008 pending budget and resources