Most important SME business challenges in Canada as of June 2019

Published by
Abigail Tierney,
Jan 23, 2025
This statistic shows the distribution of the most important challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faced in Canada as of June 2019. About 42.4 percent of SME respondents in Canada named attracting new customers as one of the most important challenges for their business in June 2018.

Distribution of most important challenges that SMEs faced in Canada as of June 2019

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Release date

June 2019

Region

Canada

Survey time period

June 3 to 21, 2019

Number of respondents

784 respondents

Special properties

SMEs

Supplementary notes

Percentages calculated by Statista using values provided by the source.
Original question: "What are the two most important challenges your business currently faces?"

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