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Overall, 85.3% of Québec SMEs requested external financing in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a sharp increase from 2017 (43.0%). 

Overall, 85.3% of Qu&eacute;bec SMEs requested external financing in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a sharp increase from 2017 (43.0%). This proportion is similar to those observed in Ontario (82.4%, vs. 48.1% in 2017) and in Canada as a whole (82.7%, vs. 47.1%).&nbsp;

This Science, technologie et innovation en bref bulletin provides a portrait of external financing requests by Qu&eacute;bec SMEs in 2017. The data used are from the Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises 2017, conducted by Statistics Canada.

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