Toronto, May 22, 2025 – Long-term small business confidence is slowly regaining lost ground after crashing to historic lows in March. The 12-month indicator added 5.3 index points, reaching 40.0 in ...

Toronto, May 15, 2025 – Last year’s postal strike came at a brutal time, just ahead of the holiday season, and cost small companies over $1 billion in lost revenue and sales. More than three-quarters ...

Toronto, April 24, 2025 – The Canadian economy is estimated to see muted growth in Q1 2025 and expected to see significant contraction in the second quarter of the year, finds the latest Main Street ...

Toronto, April 23, 2025 – The vast majority of Canadian agri-businesses (88%) say Canada should strengthen trade ties with other countries besides China and the U.S. due to rising trade tensions, ...

Toronto, April 17, 2025 – Long-term small business confidence gained 9.3 index points in April, reaching 34.8, up from the record low level of 25.0 points recorded in March, finds the latest Canadian ...

Toronto, March 20, 2025 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer® long-term index crashed to an all-time low in March, dropping 24.8 index points to 25.0. The ...

Halifax, January 29, 2025 – Nova Scotia has secured the second highest overall grade in the country, an "A-”, in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s 15th annual Red Tape Report ...

Toronto, January 15, 2025 – A 25% U.S. tariff on Canadian products, followed by potential Canadian retaliatory tariffs, would lead two-thirds (65%) of small businesses to increase prices for consumers ...

Toronto, December 13, 2024 – Nearly three-quarters (73%) of small business owners say they will be using Canada Post less in the future because of the strike, finds new data by the Canadian Federation ...

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) monitors the sentiments of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Canada through regular member surveys. While rising costs of taxes, ...

Toronto, December 11, 2024 – Insurance costs have become a top concern for over two-thirds (68%) of Canadian small businesses, and half have experienced an increase of 10% or more in their insurance ...

Toronto, December 2, 2024 – The Canada Post strike, now two weeks in, has cost the small- and medium-sized business sector at least $765 million or $76.6 million each business day. At this rate, if ...