Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
“ People in their late 20s to early 40s are the most likely to start businesses, but that demographic is shrinking with Canada&#x27;s aging population, leaving a smaller pool of candidates as potential founders.”<p>Canada has an ace in the hole here (that America doesn’t) in the form of a relatively generous immigration program.<p>It’s time it leans on immigrants to bolster its entrepreneurship. Immigrants are by definition self-selected risk takers it’s a match made in heaven. However to fix it Canada needs:<p>a) less regulations on work requirements for immigrants (it’s less complicated than America but that’s not saying much)<p>b) better funding environment (I’m not a funder&#x2F;investor so not qualified to speak to this, but I know it sucks)<p>c) housing, housing and lots of cheap housing especially, in the big cities and college towns where most budding entrepreneurs build the networks required to succeed.<p>Without c) esp Canada is DOA. But that’s a whole other post.