TORONTO — Only one in four small businesses are back to making normal sales, according to new data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Its Small Business Recovery Dashboard shows that 63 percent of small businesses are fully open (up 10 percent since June) 39 percent are fully staffed (+7 percent) and just 26 percent are making normal sales (+7 percent).
“As Canadians drive or walk through their neighbourhoods, they see more open shops and restaurants and may believe that businesses are back to normal operations. But behind the counter, the story is often very different,” CFIB President Dan Kelly said in a release. “Only a quarter of small firms report their sales are at normal levels, and another quarter remain down by 50 percent or more.”
