Canadian business patterns, June 2012

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Canadian business patterns data are now available for June.

Canadian business patterns data provides counts of active locations by industry classification and employment size for Canada and the provinces. The data are compiled from the Business Register, which is a repository of information on the Canadian business population.

Nationally, there were 2,416,896 active locations recorded in June.

Note to readers

Data are presented according to the 2006 Standard Geographical Classification, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2007) and employment categories.

Starting with the December 2011 reference period, data are available on CANSIM. However, the data should not be considered a time series and each reference period will appear in a separate CANSIM table. For example, December 2011 can be found in CANSIM table 551-0001 and June 2012 data will appear in CANSIM table 551-0002.

Available without charge in CANSIM: table CANSIM table551-0002.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number1105.

Custom extractions for other geographic levels can also be ordered on a cost recovery basis. Data prior to December 2011 are also available upon request on a cost recovery basis.

For more information, contact Statistics Canada's National Contact Centre (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 613-951-8116; infostats@statcan.gc.ca).

To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Alex Côté (613-951-0829; brdinfodrestatcan.gc.ca) or Joanne Proulx (613-951-9006), Business Register Division.