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The State of Internal Trade: Canada’s Interprovincial Cooperation Report Card

The 2025 edition of CFIB's report card grading federal, provincial, and territorial governments' interprovincial...

Impact of the U.S.-Canada trade war on businesses

The impacts of the U.S.-Canada trade war on small businesses.

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From Challenges to Opportunities

The Newcomer Entrepreneurial Experience in Canada.

Breaking ground: A jurisdictional update on housing initiatives to reduce red tape

CFIB’s 2025 report provides a comprehensive jurisdictional scan of the initiatives undertaken by federal, provincial...

Red Tape Report Card

Provincial Red Tape Report Card

The 2025 Red Tape Report Card grades three major areas of regulatory performance: regulatory accountability, regulatory...

Canada's Red Tape Report

The cost of regulation from all three levels of government to Canadian businesses totalled $38.8 billion in 2020. The...

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Monthly Business Barometer®

Our monthly survey tracks small business confidence, expectations and operating conditions in Canada.

Your Voice Omnibus Survey May 2025

Your Voice Omnibus Survey

Every other month, CFIB members lend their opinions to 'Your Voice,' a survey exploring a variety of current topics. The latest takeaways are showcased in a series of informative charts that summarize these findings.

The Main Street Quarterly

The Main Street Quarterly

Timely economic analysis, including early short-term macroeconomic forecasts developed with our partner AppEco, our latest estimates of private sector job vacancies and a special look each quarter at some key small business questions and economic sectors.

InsightBiz Blog

Tourism season off to a wobbly start

While tourism businesses worry about the impacts of the trade war, consumers are adjusting their travel plans.

Mind the gap: Workforce challenges holding back Canada’s SMEs

A look at the labour shortages, skills gaps, and mobility barriers affecting small business success.

The uncertainty hits main street harder than tariffs

Canadian SMEs and US tarrifs uncertainty

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Key Small Business Statistics

Enterprise Pulse September 2024

Enterprise Pulse

Q2 2024 - Entrepreneurship in Canada is improving, but still not fully back to pre-pandemic strength
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Private Sector Job Vacancies in Canada

The private sector job vacancy rate in Canada remained fairly unchanged at 2.8% in 2025 Q1, though it is 0.6 percentage points lower than in 2024 Q1.

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Employment Profile in Canada

Interactive report presenting a comprehensive overview of Canada’s employment landscape over the past decade.

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About CFIB Research & Economic Analysis

Our research is based on members' views, which are fully collected in-house through our various member surveys.

CFIB represents over 100,000 member businesses across Canada. Our membership reflects a diverse group of successful businesses of all sizes, in a wide range of industries, and in all regions of the country. All members are able to participate in our surveys and we operate using a one-member one-vote system.

We release exclusive research, often survey-based but also relying on a wide range of other methodologies, striving to produce clear, credible and compelling data and analysis that can support the success of independent business in Canada.

The CFIB research team is headed by Simon Gaudreault, Chief Economist and Vice-President, Research.