Looking beyond just the coworking space, our survey included a section to see who are using Canadian coworking spaces and their backgrounds. Of the spaces surveyed, 45% have 25 of fewer members, while 34% have 26-75 members, and 14% have 76-150 members. Coworking members come from a variety of industries. The largest industry represented by…
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Space Interactions
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One of the intentions of Coworking Canada is to foster relationships on the regional and national levels between members and their local political and business associations. The hope is to provide the resources and education to show how spaces can strengthen bonds with ones local community, either through politics or business. When asked what kind…
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General Information About Canadian Coworking Spaces
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The first sections of the survey were intended to gather some basic information on just who and what the Canadian spaces look like. The basic business model of spaces responding were based on a for profit model according to 34% of respondents, while not-for-profit was second, with 25%, followed by, Other, which represented 22%. Given…
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How Are Spaces Collaborating
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We asked spaces to describe and provide examples on how their members were collaborating, and the responses were great. Some included: “Collaboration is high in here, honestly it’s tough to explain, we don’t manage the collaboration in anyway.” “Some work together as independent businesses to secure larger contracts or clients. Some use each other’s services…
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Future Plans
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Being a relatively new industry, and having so many new spaces in Canada, future plans play an important role in shaping our industry. When asked what Canadian coworking spaces had planned for the future, 32% responded that they planned on opening additional spaces. A total of 29% intend on staying put, while 18% are planning…
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Member Interactions
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Food and drink helps! As well all know, coworking spaces are all based around interaction, and the responses to how members are interacting with spaces varied a great deal. When asked what kind of internal events were being held within spaces to promote members to socialize, the majority of events were based around food and…
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2013 Survey of Canadian Coworking Spaces – now available
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The survey that we initiated earlier this year has concluded, and the results have been compiled into a survey report. A quote from the foreword: “As a collective, we’re growing, we’re learning as we go and innovating on the spot, and we’re charging ahead with the global coworking movement to change the future of work.”…
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Survey of Canadian Coworking Spaces
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Today a survey is being sent out to all coworking spaces across Canada. This is a major research project to gather biographical and operational info of all spaces. The goal of the research is to have a clear picture of the Canadian coworking spaces that we can use for: listing on this website having biographical…