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Doing Business 2017: Canada Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank Group evaluates the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized businesses across 190 economies, focusing on 11 key areas. It provides a comparative analysis of regulations and their impact on business operations, using two main metrics: the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score and the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) ranking. These metrics help identify how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices and how it compares to others globally.

The report for Canada is part of this comprehensive analysis and includes data for the year 2016 and 2017, with some indicators covering the period January–December 2015. It also includes data for comparator economies to facilitate benchmarking and comparison.

Main Indicators and Key Findings

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• Canada DB2017 Rank: 22
• Canada DB2016 Rank: 20 (adjusted for methodology changes)
• Change in Rank: -2
• Canada DTF Score (2017): 78.57
• Canada DTF Score (2016): 78.79
• Change in DTF: -0.22

Canada's ranking has slightly improved, and its distance to frontier score has slightly decreased, indicating a small movement away from the best practices.

Starting a Business

• Rank (2017): 2
• DTF Score (2017): 98.23
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 7 (DTF 96.47)
  • France: 27 (DTF 93.27)
  • Germany: 114 (DTF 83.42)
  • New Zealand: 1 (DTF 99.96)
  • United States: 51 (DTF 91.23)

Canada is among the top performers in this area, with a very high DTF score, indicating a highly efficient process for starting a business.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2017): 57
• DTF Score (2017): 73.66
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 2 (DTF 86.56)
  • France: 20 (DTF 79.23)
  • Germany: 12 (DTF 81.45)
  • New Zealand: 1 (DTF 87.40)
  • United States: 39 (DTF 75.74)

Canada ranks moderately well, with a significant gap to the best performers like New Zealand. The process involves 12 procedures, taking 249 days and costing 1.3% of warehouse value.

Getting Electricity

• Rank (2017): 108
• DTF Score (2017): 63.76
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 41 (DTF 82.31)
  • France: 25 (DTF 85.78)
  • Germany: 5 (DTF 98.79)
  • New Zealand: 34 (DTF 83.96)
  • United States: 36 (DTF 83.39)

Canada ranks lower, with 7 procedures, taking 137 days and costing 125.8% of income per capita. The best performer is South Korea, with a DTF score of 99.88.

Registering Property

• Rank (2017): 43
• DTF Score (2017): 75.40
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 45 (DTF 74.22)
  • France: 100 (DTF 61.09)
  • Germany: 79 (DTF 65.72)
  • New Zealand: 1 (DTF 94.46)
  • United States: 36 (DTF 76.80)

Canada has a relatively high DTF score, but it is still behind New Zealand. The process involves 6 procedures, taking 16.5 days and costing 3.1% of property value.

Getting Credit

• Rank (2017): 7
• DTF Score (2017): 85.00
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 5 (DTF 90.00)
  • France: 82 (DTF 50.00)
  • Germany: 32 (DTF 70.00)
  • New Zealand: 1 (DTF 100.00)
  • United States: 2 (DTF 95.00)

Canada performs well in this area, with a strong DTF score. The process involves 8 procedures, taking 131 hours per year and costing 21% of profit.

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2017): 7
• DTF Score (2017): 76.67
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 63 (DTF 58.33)
  • France: 32 (DTF 65.00)
  • Germany: 53 (DTF 60.00)
  • New Zealand: 1 (DTF 83.33)
  • United States: 41 (DTF 64.67)

Canada ranks relatively high, with a DTF score of 76.67. It scores well in the strength of minority investor protection and conflict of interest regulation.

Paying Taxes

• Rank (2017): 17
• DTF Score (2017): 88.86
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 25 (DTF 85.6)
  • France: 63 (DTF 78.72)
  • Germany: 48 (DTF 82.1)
  • New Zealand: 11 (DTF 90.71)
  • United States: 36 (DTF 83.85)

Canada has a high DTF score, indicating efficient tax payment processes. It involves 8 payments per year, taking 131 hours and costing 21% of profit.

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2017): 46
• DTF Score (2017): 88.36
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 91 (DTF 70.65)
  • France: 1 (DTF 100.00)
  • Germany: 38 (DTF 91.77)
  • New Zealand: 55 (DTF 84.55)
  • United States: 35 (DTF 92.01)

Canada ranks well, with a DTF score of 88.36. It has minimal border compliance time and cost for exports and imports, with the lowest time and cost for documentary compliance.

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2017): 112
• DTF Score (2017): 54.35
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 3 (DTF 79.72)
  • France: 18 (DTF 73.04)
  • Germany: 17 (DTF 73.17)
  • New Zealand: 13 (DTF 74.25)
  • United States: 20 (DTF 72.61)

Canada ranks lower, with a DTF score of 54.35. The process takes 910 days and costs 22.3% of the claim. It scores well on the quality of judicial processes but lags in contract enforcement efficiency.

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2017): 15
• DTF Score (2017): 81.43
• Comparator Economies:
  • Australia: 21 (DTF 78.73)
  • France: 24 (DTF 76.62)
  • Germany: 3 (DTF 92.28)
  • New Zealand: 34 (DTF 71.43)
  • United States: 5 (DTF 89.19)

Canada performs well in this area, with a DTF score of 81.43. The process takes 0.8 years and costs 7% of the estate. It has a strong insolvency framework, though not the best globally.

Key Methodological Changes

• Expanded Indicators: The report now includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator.
• Gender Dimension: Three indicators now include a gender component, reflecting the differences in business processes for men and women.
• New Pilot Indicator: A new indicator on selling to the government was introduced.
• Inclusion of Somalia: For the first time, Somalia is included in the analysis, bringing the total number of economies to 190.

Additional Notes

• The DTF score measures how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices.
• The EoDB ranking compares economies based on their overall regulatory environment.
• The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking, but it is presented in the economy profile.
• Data is based on the Doing Business database, with some data updated to June 2016 and paying taxes data covering January–December 2015.
• The report is available for further details on methodology and data sources at http://www.doingbusiness.org.