B
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29%
29% -- solopreneur share of emerging founders for Canadian emerging founders (2026)
29 percent of emerging founders in Canada are solopreneurs.
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Value
29%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
3,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Be Giant (Ipsos poll)
Primary
Tier A
https://www.begiant.ca/stories/people/canadian-woman-solopreneur ↗
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Canadian women are solo entrepreneurs at nearly twice the rate of men: poll
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Be Giant (Ipsos poll)
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Methodology
Be Giant Upstart Index, proprietary Ipsos poll of more than 3,000 aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs
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Industrymarketing
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Canadian emerging founders: 29% solopreneur share of emerging founders. Source: Be Giant (Ipsos poll) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-emerging-founders-solopreneurs-29pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-emerging-founders-solopreneurs-29pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>29%</strong> -- solopreneur share of emerging founders for Canadian emerging founders<br><small>Source: Be Giant (Ipsos poll) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-emerging-founders-solopreneurs-29pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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