COVID Measures Caused Number of Family-Run Small Businesses in Canada to Plummet, Federal Report Shows

COVID Measures Caused Number of Family-Run Small Businesses in Canada to Plummet, Federal Report Shows
A sign on a shop window during the first pandemic lockdown, in Ottawa on March 23, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The number of family-run small businesses across Canada plummeted from levels prior to COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020, a report from the federal Department of Industry shows.

“Since the last iteration of this survey in 2017 there has been a substantial decline in the percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises owned by members of the same family,” said the report, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.