Survey finds Canadian small businesses finding success in 2024 [Video]

A new survey done by Canadian insurance company Zensurance found that more than half of the 1,000 small business owners, entrepreneurs and self-employed Canadians it polled reported making more money so far in 2024 than in the first half of 2023.

“60 per cent saying their revenues have improved over the last twelve months, and 20 per cent of that saying they’ve reached new records, 70 per cent are really confident about the future, and a third are planning to hire in the next six months,” said Danish Yusuf, Zensurance’s founder and CEO.

Some Maritime small businesses seem to fit the bill for the trends the survey describes.

Mike Wadden’s physiotherapy clinic on Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton has been open for less than 10 months, but has already built a pretty good clientele.

“We opened our doors in October of last year, and we’ve had a lot of support from the community,” Wadden said.

Right now, Wadden …