Editing Cooperative (section)

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{{Main|History of cooperatives in Canada}}

A 2010 report by the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export in Québec found the five-year survival rate and ten-year survival rate of cooperatives in Québec to be 62% and 44% respectively compared to 35% and 20% for conventional firms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.ontario.coop/cms/documents/212/2008_Quebec_Co-op_Survival_Report_Summary.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327054218/http://ontario.coop/cms/documents/212/2008_Quebec_Co-op_Survival_Report_Summary.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2016 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> Another report by the BC-Alberta Social economy Research Alliance found that the three-year survival rate of cooperatives in Alberta to be 81.5% in comparison to 48% for traditional firms.<ref name="wisc.edu">{{cite web |title=A11 Report – Alberta Co-op Survival (PDF) |url=http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/BALTA_A11_report_BC.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714160752/http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/BALTA_A11_report_BC.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2016 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> Another report by the aforementioned Research Alliance found that in British Columbia, the five-year survival rates for cooperatives between 2000 and 2010 to be 66.6% in comparison to conventional businesses that had 43% and 39% in the years 1984 and 1993 respectively.<ref name="wisc.edu" />