Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Small business Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Small business in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Small business has an estimated audience of 7,330,341 people in Canada.

The average Small business fan in Canada is 42.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

The audience is concentrated in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec.

Top brand affinities include Innovation, Luxury real estate, Sustainable energy, with strongest over-indexing on Innovation (2.44× the country average).

Demographically, the Small business audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Risk Appetite, Family Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 10 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Small business fan in Canada is balanced, around 42.7 years old, with strong Risk Appetite tendencies and a notable affinity for Innovation.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Small business profile in Canada.

Audience size
7.3M
in Canada
Gender
49.0%
51.0% male
Age
42.7
average years
Country rank
#235
Topic in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-5%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Small business fans

49.0% are female, 51.0% are male, average age 42.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.0%
Female
51.0%
Male
Demographic split for Small business audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female49.0%
Male51.0%
Average age42.7
Estimated audience size7,330,341
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.7
average years
Age distribution of the Small business audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2918%
30-3921%
40-4923%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.4%

of the worldwide Small business audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Small business
CountryShare
United States20.5%
Japan4.5%
Brazil4.3%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Canada average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Small business audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Small business fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Ontario~5M1.69×
02British Columbia~1.5M1.57×
03Alberta~1M1.19×
04Manitoba~300K0.97×
05Nova Scotia~200K0.96×
06Prince Edward Island~30K0.96×
07New Brunswick~200K0.94×
08Saskatchewan~200K0.92×
09Newfoundland and Labrador~100K0.91×
10Quebec~1M0.67×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Small business audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Small business audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Day traderBusiness & Career2.96×
02InnovationBusiness & Career2.44×
03BitcoinBusiness & Career2.01×
04Sustainable energyHome & Garden1.81×
05Retail bankingBusiness & Career1.79×
06LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.72×
07Asset managementBusiness & Career1.69×
08Christmas decorationHome & Garden1.64×
09Real estate investingBusiness & Career1.61×
10TAG HeuerFashion & Accessoires1.61×
11International educationBusiness & Career1.60×
12Luxury real estateBusiness & Career1.58×
13Business schoolBusiness & Career1.58×
14Money managementBusiness & Career1.57×
15Bespoke tailoringFashion & Accessoires1.57×
16Private equityBusiness & Career1.54×
17Career developmentBusiness & Career1.53×
18Data scienceBusiness & Career1.53×
19SpaceXCars & Mobility1.53×
20Passive incomeBusiness & Career1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Small business audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Small business audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.66×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.40×
Career OrientationPOWER1.39×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Small business audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.93×
CreativityOPEN0.93×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Small business have in Canada?

Small business has an estimated audience of 7,330,341 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and British Columbia.

02

What is the gender split and age of Small business fans?

49.0% of Small business fans are female, 51.0% are male, with an average age of 42.7 years.

03

Which brands do Small business fans like most?

Small business fans show strongest brand affinity for Innovation (2.44×), Luxury real estate (1.58×), and Sustainable energy (1.81×) over the country average.

04

Where do Small business fans live in Canada?

Small business fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~5M), British Columbia (reach ~1.5M), and Quebec (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Small business fans also like?

Beyond Small business itself, the audience over-indexes on Luxury real estate (1.58×), Sustainable energy (1.81×), Career development (1.53×), and Retail banking (1.79×) compared to the Canada average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Canada who actively search for Small business. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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