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StartupBlink<\/a> says Canada currently offers the world\u2019s sixth most favourable business environment for building a technology startup.<\/p>\n The Swiss startup-ecosystem research firm\u2019s new Innovators Business Environment Index<\/a> (IBEI), released today, ranked Canada as one of the easiest nations from which to launch, operate, and scale a tech startup or innovative company.<\/p>\n StartupBlink\u2019s IBEI assessed 125 countries, placing Canada\u2019s business environment behind only the United States (US), Singapore, the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), respectively.<\/p>\n Canada\u2019s business environment placed sixth out of 125 countries.<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, Canada\u2019s results show a business environment with strong institutions, advanced digital infrastructure, high levels of mobility and international accessibility, and an enabling environment for running a business,\u201d a StartupBlink spokesperson said.<\/p>\n This index measures how easy it is to start, manage, and sustain a business in each country. The IBEI also takes into account business incentives and how financially attractive that country is for entrepreneurs and investors, and how countries are viewed globally in terms of governance quality, credibility, transparency, stability, human capital, and international mobility.<\/p>\n The IBEI ranks business environments in five categories: regulation and governance; access to capital and financial infrastructure; taxation; digital infrastructure; and global mobility and openness.<\/p>\n StartupBlink found that Canada ranked third globally in terms of rewards and penalties, meaning strong use of \u201cfriction-reducing\u201d policy levers, and fourth due to the ease of operating a business and regulatory and governance conditions.<\/p>\n Canada\u2019s internet freedom, lending rate, credit access, and cross-border banking contributed positively to its placement on the IBEI. Meanwhile, StartupBlink identified room for improvement when it comes to the tax burden the country places on entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n RELATED: Lagging growth rate knocks Canada out of top four in StartupBlink\u2019s ecosystem rankings<\/a><\/p>\n The US took the top spot on the IBEI, garnering a perfect score, despite its erratic investment environment <\/a>under President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, China, Israel, France, South Korea, and India\u2014which all cracked the top 20 on StartupBlink\u2019s 2025 startup ecosystem performance rankings<\/a>\u2014failed to place among the IBEI\u2019s top 20.<\/p>\n \u201cThese results suggest that, despite strong startup performance, the broader business environment in these countries has not yet fully caught up with the quality of their ecosystem outputs,\u201d the StartupBlink spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Like the US, the UK, and Singapore, Canada ranked highly on both reports, placing fifth<\/a> in StartupBlink\u2019s latest startup ecosystem performance rankings after dropping from fourth, a position it held from 2021 until 2024.<\/p>\n Feature image courtesy Unsplash<\/a>. Photo by Mwangi Gatheca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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