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There were 1,085,000 Canadian businesses with employees in the fourth quarter of 2006, up slightly from the previous quarter and 2.9% more than in the fourth quarter of 2005.
The number of businesses with employees increased in all provinces and territories, except Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, between the third and fourth quarters of 2006.
Ontario posted the largest quarter-over-quarter increase (+0.7%), followed by Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec.
On a year-over-year basis, the number of businesses with employees in Alberta in the fourth quarter of 2006 was 5.8% higher than in the same quarter of 2005, the largest gain among the provinces. It was followed by British Columbia (+4.5%) and Ontario (+3.1%).
The number of businesses with employees declined in the Atlantic provinces (-1.1%) and in the three territories combined (-0.4%), compared with the fourth quarter of 2005.
Data for Nunavut and the Northwest Territories will be available separately 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: 613-951-6274; joanne.proulx@statcan.gc.ca), Business Register Division.
