May 16th, 2012
According to a new GDSourcing Market Research Overview on organic food in Canada, British Columbians are the most avid consumers of organic food.
They account for a third of all organic fruit sold in Canada.
They also spend more than twice as much per year as the average Canadian household.
Organics are also popular in the Prairie region. On a per household basis Prairie households spend 44.4% more than the national average on organic fruit.
For more details on the organic food market see the full report Organic Food in Canada in our Market Research Overviews section.
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May 15th, 2012
According to the latest Labour Force data from Statistics Canada, the number of self-employed women in Canada reached 959,600 in April 2012. This is the highest number of female entrepreneurs for this month in the last 10 years.
Women now account for 56.4% of self-employed individuals in Canada.
Women operate businesses in all industry sectors. As of April 2012, the most popular sectors were health care & social assistance (18.1%) and professional, scientific & technical services (17.2%). Other services rounded out the top three (13.8%)
For more statistics on self-employment in Canada see our Stats Link Canada subject heading Self-employment (free trial)
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May 10th, 2012
According to a new GDSourcing Household Spending Market Share Report the wealthiest households in Canada spent $205 million on home security systems in 2010.
This represents a 41% share of the entire half billion dollar market.
There are other household characteristics that are drivers of home security such as the presence of children, living in a larger urban area and being between the ages of 55 and 64 years old but income is by far the most influential. High income households are twice as likely as the national average to report making a home security expenditure.
For more details from this report and to view other household spending reports see our Household Spending Market Shares Report series.
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