Help Shape the Future of Social Enterprise in Canada
The first national social enterprise survey in a decade
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Social enterprises play a vital role to strengthen communities, advance social and environmental solutions, and contribute to Canada’s economy. Every day, their work creates jobs, sustains local economies, and tackles complex social and environmental challenges. Yet there is still limited national data that fully reflects the scale and value of what social enterprises do.
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The Canadian Social Enterprise Sector Survey is an opportunity for social enterprises to share your experience and help build a clearer, more accurate picture of the sector across Canada. The information you provide will support advocacy, research, policy development, and strategic initiatives designed to better serve social enterprises and the communities you work with.
Whether your social enterprise is large or small, urban or rural, new or well-established, your perspective matters. Your participation contributes to a shared national effort to strengthen the sector’s visibility, access to resources and opportunities, and long-term sustainability.
Led by Buy Social Canada · Funded by the Government of Canada · In partnership with sector organizations nationwide
Deadline March 13 · ~20 minutes to complete
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Who Should Respond?
This survey is for social enterprises across Canada: businesses that sell goods or services, embed a social, cultural, or environmental purpose into their operations, and reinvest the majority (51%+) of profits back into that purpose.
Regardless of incorporation, size, or location, if you operate as a social enterprise in Canada, your voice belongs here.
All completed survey submissions shared by March 13 will be entered into a prize draw to win $500.
Add your voice before March 13th
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, and learn on unceded, traditional, and ancestral lands of Indigenous and First Nations peoples. We invite you to consider what efforts we can all take to repair and improve our relations with Indigenous people locally and globally.
Nous reconnaissons respectueusement que nous vivons, travaillons et apprenons sur un territoire traditionnel et ancestral autochtone non cédé. Nous vous exhortons à réfléchir aux efforts que nous pouvons tous entreprendre pour rétablir et améliorer nos relations avec les peuples autochtones d’ici et d’ailleurs.