Enterprise Support by Employment Size and Year

Statistics Canada provides counts of enterprises and the monetary value of support they receive, categorized by eight employment size groups from 0-4 to 500+ employees. The data is broken down by year, offering a longitudinal view of business innovation and growth support distribution. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in support_value across employment_size categories over multiple years.
• Compare the number_of_enterprises receiving support in the 0-4 employee category versus larger categories.
• Model the relationship between employment_size and the average support_value per enterprise.
• Assess policy impact by tracking changes in support distribution across employment_size categories year by year.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Categorized into eight distinct employment_size groups for granular analysis.
• Includes both count and monetary value metrics for enterprises.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and total data size are unknown.
• The geographic coverage is not specified, potentially limiting comparative analysis.
• The sample size for each employment_size category is not provided.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Freshness

Updated in March 2026.