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The 2025 Ownr Entrepreneurship
Data Survey Report

The 2025 Ownr Entrepreneurship
Data Survey Report

The 2025 Ownr Entrepreneurship
Data Survey Report

The 2025 Ownr Entrepreneurship Data Survey Report

Find out the state of Canadian entrepreneurship in our annual survey report. Learn the challenges of small business in 2025 as well as their priorities, focus, and outlook for the future.

Find out the state of Canadian entrepreneurship in our annual survey report. Learn the challenges of small business in 2025 as well as their priorities, focus, and outlook for the future.

Find out the state of Canadian entrepreneurship in our annual survey report. Learn the challenges of small business in 2025 as well as their priorities, focus, and outlook for the future.

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What you'll learn in our entrepreneurship survey

With over one thousand entrepreneur participants, our 2025 data survey report highlights their financial challenges, funding access, and the action steps small businesses can take to help prepare them for 2026.

Our 2025 survey explores:

How entrepreneurs are funding their small businesses

Entrepreneurs’ top challenges of 2025

How Ownr is empowering small business owners in Canada

What steps entrepreneurs can take now

And much more

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Register your business today and take the step toward success.

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Register your business today and take the step toward success.

**For sole proprietorship registration, the "$49 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, "$300 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes ("Offer"). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and apply and get approved for a new RBC business deposit account associated with the business registered or incorporated with Ownr ("BDA") within 60 days ("Application Criteria"). Royal Bank of Canada (not Ownr or RBC Ventures Inc.) will in its discretion make approval decisions for all BDA applications. Once you complete the Application Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click 'Refund Me'. You will receive the Offer as a credit in your BDA within 7-10 business days of clicking 'Refund Me'. To qualify for this Offer your BDA must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date it is opened but there is no minimum balance that must be maintained in your BDA. If you received this Offer then change or close your BDA within 1 year of the date it was opened, we reserve the right to debit from your BDA an amount equal to the value of this Offer (inclusive of applicable taxes), even if this places the BDA into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. Prices vary by province and incorporation type. Service offered in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.

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**For sole proprietorship registration, the "$49 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, "$300 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes ("Offer"). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and apply and get approved for a new RBC business deposit account associated with the business registered or incorporated with Ownr ("BDA") within 60 days ("Application Criteria"). Royal Bank of Canada (not Ownr or RBC Ventures Inc.) will in its discretion make approval decisions for all BDA applications. Once you complete the Application Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click 'Refund Me'. You will receive the Offer as a credit in your BDA within 7-10 business days of clicking 'Refund Me'. To qualify for this Offer your BDA must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date it is opened but there is no minimum balance that must be maintained in your BDA. If you received this Offer then change or close your BDA within 1 year of the date it was opened, we reserve the right to debit from your BDA an amount equal to the value of this Offer (inclusive of applicable taxes), even if this places the BDA into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. Prices vary by province and incorporation type. Service offered in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.

**For sole proprietorship registration, the "$49 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, "$300 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes ("Offer"). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and apply and get approved for a new RBC business deposit account associated with the business registered or incorporated with Ownr ("BDA") within 60 days ("Application Criteria"). Royal Bank of Canada (not Ownr or RBC Ventures Inc.) will in its discretion make approval decisions for all BDA applications. Once you complete the Application Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click 'Refund Me'. You will receive the Offer as a credit in your BDA within 7-10 business days of clicking 'Refund Me'. To qualify for this Offer your BDA must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date it is opened but there is no minimum balance that must be maintained in your BDA. If you received this Offer then change or close your BDA within 1 year of the date it was opened, we reserve the right to debit from your BDA an amount equal to the value of this Offer (inclusive of applicable taxes), even if this places the BDA into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. Prices vary by province and incorporation type. Service offered in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.

**For sole proprietorship registration, the "$49 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, "$300 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes ("Offer"). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and apply and get approved for a new RBC business deposit account associated with the business registered or incorporated with Ownr ("BDA") within 60 days ("Application Criteria"). Royal Bank of Canada (not Ownr or RBC Ventures Inc.) will in its discretion make approval decisions for all BDA applications. Once you complete the Application Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click 'Refund Me'. You will receive the Offer as a credit in your BDA within 7-10 business days of clicking 'Refund Me'. To qualify for this Offer your BDA must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date it is opened but there is no minimum balance that must be maintained in your BDA. If you received this Offer then change or close your BDA within 1 year of the date it was opened, we reserve the right to debit from your BDA an amount equal to the value of this Offer (inclusive of applicable taxes), even if this places the BDA into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. Prices vary by province and incorporation type. Service offered in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.

**For sole proprietorship registration, the "$49 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, "$300 back" offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes ("Offer"). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and apply and get approved for a new RBC business deposit account associated with the business registered or incorporated with Ownr ("BDA") within 60 days ("Application Criteria"). Royal Bank of Canada (not Ownr or RBC Ventures Inc.) will in its discretion make approval decisions for all BDA applications. Once you complete the Application Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click 'Refund Me'. You will receive the Offer as a credit in your BDA within 7-10 business days of clicking 'Refund Me'. To qualify for this Offer your BDA must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date it is opened but there is no minimum balance that must be maintained in your BDA. If you received this Offer then change or close your BDA within 1 year of the date it was opened, we reserve the right to debit from your BDA an amount equal to the value of this Offer (inclusive of applicable taxes), even if this places the BDA into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. Prices vary by province and incorporation type. Service offered in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.

What you'll learn in our entrepreneurship survey

With over one thousand entrepreneur participants, our 2025 data survey report highlights their financial challenges, funding access, and the action steps small businesses can take to help prepare them for 2026.

Our 2025 survey explores:

How entrepreneurs are funding their small businesses

Entrepreneurs’ top challenges of 2025

How Ownr is empowering small business owners in Canada

What steps entrepreneurs can take now

And much more

What you'll learn in our entrepreneurship survey

With over one thousand entrepreneur participants, our 2025 data survey report highlights their financial challenges, funding access, and the action steps small businesses can take to help prepare them for 2026.

Our 2025 survey explores:

How entrepreneurs are funding their small businesses

Entrepreneurs’ top challenges of 2025

How Ownr is empowering small business owners in Canada

What steps entrepreneurs can take now

And much more

What you'll learn in our entrepreneurship survey

With over one thousand entrepreneur participants, our 2025 data survey report highlights their financial challenges, funding access, and the action steps small businesses can take to help prepare them for 2026.

Our 2025 survey explores:

How entrepreneurs are funding their small businesses

Entrepreneurs’ top challenges of 2025

How Ownr is empowering small business owners in Canada

What steps entrepreneurs can take now

And much more

What you'll learn in our survey

With over one thousand entrepreneur participants, our 2025 data survey report highlights their financial challenges, funding access, and the action steps small businesses can take to help prepare them for 2026.

Our 2025 survey explores:

How entrepreneurs are funding their small businesses

Entrepreneurs’ top challenges of 2025

How Ownr is empowering small business owners in Canada

What steps entrepreneurs can take now

And much more