Here's why we're so committed:  

Small businesses have 1-99 employees. The majority of small businesses in Canada are actually ‘micro-enterprises’ of 1-4 people. 

• About 16 per cent of small businesses are majority-owned by women, and there were about 950,000 self-employed women in Canada in 2012.

That said, current statistics are not readily available about BIPOC women who are entrepreneurs or small business owners.

• We do know that approximately 51 per cent of Indigenous-owned small and medium businesses in Canada belong partly or wholly to women. And data from 2001 showed that 19 per cent of visible minority entrepreneurs are women.

But it seems not much else is out there, and often the support and opportunities that BIPOC women need to start their businesses aren’t out there either.

Source: Canadian Women's Foundation

When you shop with us you help to empower women entrepreneurs facing systemic barriers across the globe who need a boost to level up. We've partnered with the Canadian Women's Foundation and NACCA to make this a possibility.

We also accept monthly contributions from our community from those who'd like to donate directly to Our Grant Program. Give, get lifted. ✨