Starting a business: Time - Women in Canada
Canada: Starting a business: Time - Women was 1.5 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Canada, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Canada stood at 1.5 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 72.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Canada peaked at 5.5 days in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.5 days, in 2015.
Canada ranks 186th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.07 days | 3.5 days | 5.5 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.5 days | 1.5 days | 5.5 days | 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)
- Commercial service exports 170.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 16.9% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 48.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Canada?
- Starting a business: time - women in Canada was 1.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5 days in 2008.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5 days in 2015.
- How does Canada rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Canada ranks 186th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.7%. 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: Time - Women (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for women captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five female married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra payments. It is calulared in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to start and operate a business, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.