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Friday, November 7, 2003 Population of businesses with employeesThird quarter 2003There were 966,236 businesses with employees in the third quarter of 2003, a slight 0.07% less than in the second quarter, when the number of employer businesses was 966,949. The decline affected all regions but the Prairies (+2.52%) and British Columbia (+0.21%). The Atlantic region had proportionally the largest decline (-2.70%), followed by Quebec (-1.91%), Ontario (-0.33%) and the Territories region (-1.47%). Among provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador registered the highest loss, down 3.24%. On the other hand, Alberta showed the largest gain, up 6.24%. Information on Nunavut and the Northwest Territories will be available when sufficient quarterly observations are collected. Available on CANSIM: table 178-0001. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 1105. For more information or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Joanne Proulx (613-951-9006; fax: 613-951-0104; joanne.proulx@statcan.gc.ca), Business Register Division.
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