The two charts present data about how Canadian businesses used AI in 2022 and 2023, along with the main reasons for its use in 2023 based on company size.
Overall, it is clear that larger companies used AI more than s maller ones. In addition, the percentage of businesses using AI grew for all company sizes between 2022 and 2023.
In the first chart, large enterprises had the highest numbers, rising from about 31% in 2022 to 41% in the following year. Medium enterprises also experienced growth, going up from 13% to 21%. Meanwhile, small enterprises stayed the lowest, with a small increase from 8% to 11%.
The second chart breaks down the usage of AI in 2023 into four areas. For small and medium enterprises, marketing and sales was the main use, at around 35% and 32% respectively. On the other hand, large companies focused mostly on business administration (38%). Across all company sizes, research and development was the least popular purpose, staying between 17% and 26%.
