1,000 small business owners and 100 C-suite executives
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Question: Do you know or suspect that external hackers have (currently or within the last year) access to any of your confidential business information? - Respondents who answered "Yes".
Citation formats
Businesses' experience with external hackers in Canada 2017, by industry
The statistic presents the results of a survey among business owners in Canada in relation to cyber crime. As of January 2017, ** percent of responding Canadian retail business owners said they were aware of hackers accessing their company's confidential information currently or at some point in the preceding 12 months. The same was true for ** percent of businesses in the financial services sector.
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Ipsos. (February 27, 2017). Share of small business owners aware of external hackers accessing their confidential information in Canada as of January 2017, by industry [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/684350/businesses-affected-by-external-hackers-industry-canada/
Ipsos. "Share of small business owners aware of external hackers accessing their confidential information in Canada as of January 2017, by industry." Chart. February 27, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 25, 2026. /statistics/684350/businesses-affected-by-external-hackers-industry-canada/
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Share of small business owners aware of external hackers accessing their confidential information in Canada as of January 2017, by industry [Graph], Ipsos, February 27, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/684350/businesses-affected-by-external-hackers-industry-canada/
