Venture capital investments in Canada
Canada: Venture capital investments was 0.1845 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Canada, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for venture capital investments in Canada is 0.1845 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and up 78.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Canada peaked at 0.4535 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.059 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.
Canada ranks 4th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Canada, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.118 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0757 Percentage of GDP | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 0.059 Percentage of GDP | -22.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0653 Percentage of GDP | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0785 Percentage of GDP | +20.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0857 Percentage of GDP | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0907 Percentage of GDP | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1036 Percentage of GDP | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1495 Percentage of GDP | +44.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1683 Percentage of GDP | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1596 Percentage of GDP | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2235 Percentage of GDP | +40.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1802 Percentage of GDP | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4535 Percentage of GDP | +151.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3291 Percentage of GDP | -27.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2257 Percentage of GDP | -31.4% |
| 2024 | 0.2006 Percentage of GDP | -11.1% |
| 2025 | 0.1845 Percentage of GDP | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0842 Percentage of GDP | 0.059 Percentage of GDP | 0.118 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.125 Percentage of GDP | 0.0653 Percentage of GDP | 0.2235 Percentage of GDP | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2623 Percentage of GDP | 0.1802 Percentage of GDP | 0.4535 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Israel 1.81 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Estonia 0.3399 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Croatia 0.0091 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 United States of America 0.6244 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Netherlands 0.0998 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Lithuania 0.0651 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Sweden 0.2056 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Poland 0.0337 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 0.0254 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Switzerland 0.167 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Latvia 0.0166 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1624 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 New Zealand 0.1527 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Canada
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.8812 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 5,089 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 16.22 % change on previous year (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2735 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 15,452 current US$ per person (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 20.64 % change on previous year (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.356 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 20,112 current LCU per person (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Canada?
- Venture capital investments in Canada was 0.1845 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4535 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.059 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- How does Canada rank for venture capital investments?
- Canada ranks 4th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org