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By The Numbers

Why this work is worth getting right.

70%

of HR time at Canadian SMBs goes to administrative tasks — filing, onboarding paperwork, coordination — leaving little room for the strategic work that actually grows a team.

Folks HR, 2026 State of HR Survey
91%

of Canadian employer businesses have fewer than 20 employees — exactly the size where a full HR department is overkill, but no HR at all is a real risk.

Statistics Canada, Key Small Business Statistics 2025
50–200%

of an employee's annual salary is what it typically costs to replace them — recruiting, onboarding, and lost productivity included.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
75%

of employees who voluntarily quit say the real reason was their manager, not the job itself.

Gallup