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Small Business Financing Profiles:
Young Entrepreneurs
Canada's population is aging and a substantial number of today's entrepreneurs will soon be heading into retirement. To maintain economic growth and prosperity, it will become increasingly important that Canada's youth fill the entrepreneurial void left by the retiring baby-boom generation. Drawing on the comprehensive database of the SME Financing Data Initiative, this article provides a portrait of Canada's young entrepreneurs and examines the effect, if any, of the age of the owner on financing a small business.