The bar charts illustrate the percentage of small, medium and large Canadian enterprises using AI in 2022 and 2023. The second chart shows the main purpose of AI use by the companise of different sizes in 2023.
Overall, the use of AI increased among all three types of enterprises from 2022 and 2023. Large enterprises used AI the most, while small enterprises had te lowest figure. In 2023, marketing and sales were the main purposes of AI for small businesses whereas business administration was the most common purpose for large companies.
Looking at the first chart, approximately 6% of small enterprises used AI in 2022, and this figure rose to around 10% in 2023. The percentage of medium-sized businesses increased from about 13% to 20%. Large enterprises recorded the highest figure, with AI usage rising from approximately 30% in 2022 to 40% in 2023.
Moving towards second chart, around 35%of small enterprises used AI for marketing and sales, compared with approximately 32% of medium-sized companies and 33% of large businesses. For business administration the figure were about 26%, 29% and 37% respectively. In finance management, large enterprises again had the highest percentage at around 28%, while small and medium- sized businesses recorded approximately 22% and 23%. Finally, research and development was the least common purpose among all enterprises, at about 17% compared with 20%, for medium sized 17%