According to Statistics Canada, there are approximately two million Canadian businesses that employ fewer than twenty people. Collectively, these businesses contribute more than $50 billion to the economy.
Not surprisingly, organizations from public, private, and not-for-profit sectors are all eager to support small business. Governments at all levels provide a wealth of advice and information (but no money) for business startups and new businesses. This support is offered in the interest of keeping the economy growing. Private sector organizations—businesses ranging from IBM to your neighbourhood home-based bookkeeper—provide free advice and information in the hope that small business owners will reciprocate this kindness by purchasing their goods and services. Not-for-profit organizations—such as educational institutions and charities—provide information and training as part of their educational mandate and also to generate some much-needed revenue.

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