B
Evidence Grade B
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30%
30% -- planned hiring within next year for Canadian solopreneurs (2026)
30% of Canadian solopreneurs plan to hire within the next year.
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
3,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
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 ↗
Source Article
Canadian women are solo entrepreneurs at nearly twice the rate of men: poll
Original Research
Be Giant (Ipsos poll)
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Methodology
Be Giant Upstart Index, Ipsos poll; business owners overall comparison: 49 per cent
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Industrymarketing
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Canadian solopreneurs: 30% planned hiring within next year. Source: Be Giant (Ipsos poll) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/solopreneurs-hiring-plans-30pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/solopreneurs-hiring-plans-30pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- planned hiring within next year for Canadian solopreneurs<br><small>Source: Be Giant (Ipsos poll) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/solopreneurs-hiring-plans-30pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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