Research & Reports
Relevant research and reports from within the women's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
WEOC
Research and Reports
- Women in Skilled Trades: From Skilled Trades to Business Ownership
- Immigration, Talent, & Women's Entrepreneurship: Building Canada's Workforce, Businesses and Communities (2026)
- Interprovincial Trade & Women Entrepreneurs: Building One Canadian Market for Growth (2026)
- Canada's Untapped Growth Engine: Unlocking Women's Contribution in Growth Capital, Commercialization, and Economic Competitiveness (2026)
- Bootstrap or Borrow? Improving Equity and Access to Financing for Women and Non-Binary Entrepreneurs in Canada (2022)
- Navigating the Road to Success: How to Support Women Entrepreneurs (2022)
- COVID-19 Recovery Research – Navigating the Road to Success: How to Support Women Entrepreneurs, Phase 1 Report (2021)
Additional Reports
From Our Partners
- Women's Entrepreneurship in Manitoba (WeMB, 2023)
- Closing the Gap: Meeting the Unique Borrowing Needs of BC’s Women Business Owners (WeBC, 2022)
- Everywhere, Every Day Innovating: Women Entrepreneurs and Innovation (WeBC, 2021)
- The Path Forward: Advancing the Funding Journeys of BC Women Business Owners (WeBC, 2021)
- Women Entrepreneurs in Saskatchewan: Economic Statistics (WESK, 2020)
From the Ecosystem
- See it. Be it. A Showcase of Indigenous Entrepreneurs (WEKH, 2025)
- Impact of Women-Owned Businesses (Wells Fargo, 2024)
- Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking (Equileap, 2023)
- How to cope with inflation and remain profitable (BDC, 2023)
- The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada (WEKH, 2023)
- Mikwam Makwa Ikwe (Ice Bear Woman): A National Needs Analysis on Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship (WEKH, 2021)
- Women's Entrepreneurship Studyy (PayPal Canada et al., 2021)