Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Canada

Canada: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 2 number in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
2 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
185th
of 190 countries
All-time high
3 number
in 2003
All-time low
2 number
in 2008
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Canada, 2003–2019

01232003201120192003: 3 number2004: 3 number2005: 3 number2006: 3 number2007: 3 number2008: 2 number2009: 2 number2010: 2 number2011: 2 number2012: 2 number2013: 2 number2014: 2 number2015: 2 number2016: 2 number2017: 2 number2018: 2 number2019: 2 number

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 185th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2.71 number 2 number 3 number 7
2010s 2 number 2 number 2 number 10

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 185 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 2 number compare
  2. 185 Jamaica 2 number compare
  3. 185 Singapore 2 number compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

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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 185th out of 190 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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Indicator
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.