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There were 1,067,000 Canadian businesses with employees in the second quarter, up slightly from the previous quarter and 2.1% higher compared with 1,045,000 businesses during the same quarter last year.
The number of Canadian businesses with employees edged up in Quebec (+0.3%), Ontario (+0.1%) and British Columbia (+0.4%) compared with the previous quarter, but were down in the Atlantic provinces (overall -0.7%), Manitoba (-0.4%), Saskatchewan (-1.3%) and the Northwest Territories (-0.9%).
Every province and territory recorded more Canadian businesses with employees compared with second quarter of 2005, except Newfoundland and Labrador (-2.0%), Nova Scotia (-0.5%), Saskatchewan (-0.2%) and the Northwest Territories (-2.7%).
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 Muriel Ngombo (613-951-0015; fax: 613-951-0104; Muriel.Ngombo@statcan.gc.ca), Business Register Division.
