Малый бизнес сельской локальной экономики Канады

Abstract

Within the framework of the research of the local rural economy, developed by VIAPI named after. A.A. Nikonov, an analysis of small rural businesses in Canada was carried out based on the Rural Canada Business Profiles Database. The latest data at the time of writing the article, 2019, is taken as the basis for the analysis (updated as of March 2022). It was revealed that the small rural business in Canada is more developed than in Russia and more diversified. Thus, in terms of the density of rural business, classified as small, per 100 people of the rural population, Canada surpasses Russia by almost 2 times, which indicates more favorable conditions created in Canada. Also, if in Russia small enterprises specializing in scientific and technical activities are extremely rarely located in rural areas, in Canada almost 8% of the total number of rural small business units are specialized in this activity. In addition to agriculture, construction and retail trade – industries traditionally attractive for rural small businesses in Russia as well, in Canada rural small businesses are more involved in providing personal services to the population, renting and selling real estate. The article analyzes the financial ratios of rural and urban small businesses in Canada. It is revealed that rural small businesses are comparable in financial performance to urban ones, are less indebted.