In 2014, 43,530 enterprises exported goods from Canada, generating $469.3 billion in sales. Compared with 2010, the number of exporting enterprises was up 7.2%, while export sales grew 30.4%.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounted for 97.3% of all exporting enterprises, and over 40% of all export sales in 2014. In contrast, large enterprises accounted for 2.7% of all exporting enterprises, but were responsible for nearly 60% of the total value of export sales.

Exports were concentrated among a small number of enterprises from 2010 to 2014. Each year, the top 10 exporting enterprises accounted for about one-quarter of all export sales, while the top 1,000 exporting enterprises represented over 85%.

This has been excerpted from a 25 October 2016 release by Statistics Canada and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161025/dq161025a-eng.htm?HPA=1