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Appendix B: Profile of the Student Business Loans Program

Student Business Loans Program

Exhibit B1 Demographic, Social and Program Characteristics of Participants in Student Business Loans Program
Type of Participant	Individual student	95%
	Group of students¹	5%
	(N)** = (1172)

Gender	Female	29%
	Male	71%
	Both²	*
	(N)** = (1172)

Age	14 to 15	10%
	16 to 17	29%
	18 to 19	21%
	20 to 24	30%
	25 to 29	5%
	30 or more	5%
	(N)** = (1172)

Education Level	High school	37%
	CEGEP	4%
	College	19%
	University	40%
	(N)** = (1167)

Province³	Newfoundland	4%
	Quebec	15%
	Manitoba	13%
	Saskatchewan	33%
	Alberta	23%
	British Columbia	11%
	Northwest Territories	*
	(N)** = (1171)

Dollar Amount Authorized	Less than $1000	2%
	$1000 to $1999	7%
	$2000 to $2999	7%
	$3000	84%
	(N)** = (1172)

Case Counseling Received	Yes	50%
	No	50%
	(N)** = (1172)

Participated in Seminar	Yes	8%
	No	92%
	(N)** = (1172)

In all tables throughout report,
* indicates less than 1%.
** = the number of respondents¹Includes cases where groups of students who were not all the same gender received funding.²These cases are included in the general analysis that follows. The database contains a single value for age, education level and other variables, with the exception of gender. In all cases but two (representing 4% of all groups of individuals funded), the groups of individuals receiving funding were all of the same gender. 75% involved groups of male students, with the remaining 21% being groups of women.³Excludes one participant whose province is Ontario as that province did not participate in the program.

Types of Businesses Started under the Student Business Loans Program

As Exhibit B2 shows, in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the majority of businesses started are in the agricultural industries. Alberta also has a high proportion of businesses started in the agricultural industries and in service industries incidental to agriculture.

Exhibit B2 Standard and Industrial Classification of Businesses by Province
	Nfld.	Que.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	TOTAL
Agricultural industries	2%	2%	59%	87%	38%	7%	46%
Service ind. incidental to agriculture	0%	0%	1%	1%	10%	1%	3%
Trade contracting industries	4%	34%	13%	4%	18%	24%	15%
Business service industries	6%	11%	3%	1%	5%	18%	6%
Food service industries	20%	2%	4%	1%	3%	5%	3%
Services to buildings and dwellings	8%	7%	7%	2%	7%	8%	5%
Other	60%	45%	14%	5%	20%	37%	22%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
(Number of respondents)	(50)	(181)	(151)	(381)	(272)	(132)	(1171)

^{1 The Northwest Territories are excluded as they only had 4
participants (all 4 businesses are in the "other" category).
Employees Hired by the Student Businesses
Seventy-four percent of businesses have one employee (presumably the
student). Another 5% have more than one employee, but also had more than one
student as part of the funding. The breakdown for the number of employees is
shown in Exhibit B3.

Exhibit B3

Number of Employees

1 (the student) or multiple cases¹
79%

2
6%

3 to 5
5%

6 to 9
7%

10 or more
3%

Total
100%

(Number of respondents)
(1172)

^{1 Includes cases where the participant is a group of students.
Several factors contribute to whether or not student businesses have
employees:

Those age 20 or older are much more likely to have employees than those
under age 20, with the 25-to-29 year-olds being the most likely to have
employees (48% have at least two employees).

Consequently, college and university students are also much more likely to
have employees (40% of each do). Twenty-nine percent of college students
have employees and 7% of high school students do.

Those who received $3000 are slightly more likely to have employees than
those who received less.

Students in Quebec (54%), British Columbia (50%) and Newfoundland (36%)
are the most likely to have employees.

Women are 10% less likely than men to have employees.

Program Supports
Some students who received funding from the program also received case
counseling (project related training provided by the Business Development Bank
of Canada) and/or took part in seminars through the program. As Exhibits B4 and
B5 show, these supports were used to different extents in different provinces.

Exhibit B4

Received Case Counselling as Part of Program Participation by Province¹

Nfld.
Que.
Man.
Sask.
Alta.
B.C.
Total

Yes
38%
49%
19%
48%
27%
76%
50%

No
60%
51%
82%
52%
73%
24%
50%

Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

(Number of respondents)
(50)
(181)
(151)
(381)
(272)
(132)
(1171)

^{1 The Northwest Territories are excluded as they only had four
participants (none of these received case counselling).
British Columbia used case counseling much more than any other province, with
76% of participants having received counseling. It was used the least in
Manitoba, where 17% received counseling.

Exhibit B5

Participated in Seminar as Part of Program
Involvement by Province¹

Nfld.
Que.
Man.
Sask.
Alta.
B.C.
Total

Yes
2%
14%
0%
0%
22%
6%
8%

No
98%
86%
100%
100%
78%
94%
92%

Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

(Number of respondents)
(50)
(181)
(151)
(381)
(272)
(132)
(1171)

^{1 The Northwest Territories are excluded as they only had four
participants (none of these participated in a seminar).
Participants in Alberta are the most likely to have participated in a seminar
(22% did) followed by Quebec (14%). In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, no
participants went to a seminar.
Province is the overriding factor related to participation in case
counselling and attendance at seminars. Any other relationships are a function
of the one with
province.

Last Modified: 2001-03-06
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