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<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
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    <label>How Indigenous-owned firms finance their operations</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Businesses that can’t easily access credit experience slower growth. Indigenous-owned firms are less likely than other firms in Canada to use conventional lending products—like loans or lines of credit from banks. We look at why Indigenous-owned businesses may face barriers to accessing credit.]]></description>
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<label>Indigenous-owned firms</label>
<description>Indigenous-owned firms</description>
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</series>
<series id="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">
<label>All Canadian small firms</label>
<description>All Canadian small firms</description>
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</series>
<series id="SABA_FUDU20260618_C2_S1">
<label>Share of Indigenous-owned firms reporting loans or lines of credit from conventional financial institutions or equity as their main source of financing, by ownership type</label>
<description>Share of Indigenous-owned firms reporting loans or lines of credit from conventional financial institutions or equity as their main source of financing, by ownership type</description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
<series id="SABA_FUDU20260618_C3_S1">
<label>Share of exporting firms citing a lack of financing or cash flow as a major barrier to exporting, by firm type</label>
<description>Share of exporting firms citing a lack of financing or cash flow as a major barrier to exporting, by firm type</description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
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<o k="Past earnings"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">40.0</v><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">30</v></o>
<o k="Personal savings"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">19.0</v><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">14</v></o>
<o k="Loans and grants from governments"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">17.0</v><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">0</v></o>
<o k="Credit from conventional lenders or equity"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">8.0</v><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">31</v></o>
<o k="Credit from Indigenous lenders"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">6.0</v></o>
<o k="Personal credit"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S1">4.0</v><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C1_S2">16</v></o>
<o k="All Indigenous-owned firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C2_S1">8.2</v></o>
<o k="First Nations-owned firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C2_S1">9.2</v></o>
<o k="Métis-owned firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C2_S1">7.4</v></o>
<o k="Inuit-owned firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C2_S1">2.9</v></o>
<o k="Indigenous-owned exporting firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C3_S1">38.9</v></o>
<o k="All Canadian small and medium-sized exporting firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C3_S1">20.9</v></o>
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