Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Canada
Canada: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 2 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Canada, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Canada peaked at 3 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2 number, in 2008.
Canada ranks 186th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Canada, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 number | — |
| 2004 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 number | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 number | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 5 number, 40% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.71 number | 2 number | 3 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 2 number | 2 number | 2 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More private sector data for Canada
- Merchandise trade 48.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 75.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 577.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 42.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 554.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2391 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Canada?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Canada was 2 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 3 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 number in 2008.
- How does Canada rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Canada ranks 186th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties or spouses (if legally required). Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.