The Main Street Journal
About THE MAIN STREET JOURNAL
FIGHTING THE BIAS AGAINST SMALL BUSINESS
The Main Street Journal challenges the tendency to overestimate medium-sized and large businesses and overlook the smallest firms that make up Canada’s economy
THE REALITY OF CANADA'S SMALLEST BUSINESSES
Half of workers in business with fewer than 50 employees work for micro-businesses with 0-4 employees.
87%
of private-sector firms are self-employed or micro-business
0-4
employees defines a micro-business
99.7%
of Canadian firms are not large
WHY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OVERLOOKED
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Focus on Fortune 500 companies
BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Follows firms with PR departments
SME CATEGORIES
Can hide the scale of micro-businesses
Our hope is to challenge our own perspectives and those of public-sector and corporate finance counterparts to deliver perspectives relevant to the ‘missing middle’ of Canada’s economy.
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