Table 15
Enterprises with one or more employee, by industry, with percentage change from 2005 to 2009 and percentage distribution, 2009

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Enterprises with one or more employee, by industry, with percentage change from 2005 to 2009 and percentage distribution, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of enterprises with one or more employee 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, change from  2005 to 2009 and 2009  distribution, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  2005 2006 2007 2008Note r: revised 2009 Change from  2005 to 2009 2009
 distribution
  number percent
Total 959,856 973,485 974,910 985,283 998,810 3.9 100.0
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
56,254 54,926 49,119 49,270 49,642 -13.3 5.0
Agriculture 40,393 39,544 35,201 35,935 36,789 -9.8 3.7
Forestry and logging 9,722 9,414 8,410 7,881 7,449 -30.5 0.7
Fishing, hunting and trapping 6,139 5,968 5,508 5,454 5,404 -13.6 0.5
Mining and oil and gas extraction 7,639 8,332 8,326 8,418 8,671 11.9 0.9
Oil and gas extraction 6,190 6,780 6,684 6,755 6,879 10.0 0.7
Mining 1,449 1,552 1,642 1,663 1,792 19.1 0.2
Utilities 3,248 3,423 3,485 3,220 3,274 0.8 0.3
Electric power 435 457 469 323 321 -35.5 0.0
Other utilities 2,813 2,966 3,016 2,897 2,953 4.7 0.3
Construction 113,733 118,278 116,165 120,539 123,242 7.7 12.3
Manufacturing 53,885 53,580 52,553 51,483 50,755 -6.2 5.1
Food 5,404 5,254 5,226 5,083 4,987 -8.4 0.5
Beverage and tobacco 578 630 618 627 660 12.4 0.1
Textile 1,563 1,477 1,410 1,355 1,284 -21.7 0.1
Wood products 3,745 3,729 3,675 3,582 3,468 -8.0 0.3
Paper 617 590 588 555 545 -13.2 0.1
Printing 4,655 4,535 4,357 4,233 4,202 -10.8 0.4
Petroleum and coal products 131 147 153 139 129 -1.6 0.0
Pharmaceutical and medicine 268 267 265 261 266 -0.8 0.0
Other chemicals 1,511 1,507 1,487 1,439 1,454 -3.9 0.1
Plastic products 1,846 1,775 1,739 1,711 1,724 -7.1 0.2
Rubber products 288 281 275 265 266 -8.3 0.0
Non-metallic mineral products 1,854 1,857 1,870 1,837 1,818 -2.0 0.2
Primary metal (ferrous) 303 314 325 293 319 5.0 0.0
Primary metal (non-ferrous) 294 281 278 265 247 -19.0 0.0
Fabricated metal products 7,947 7,974 7,907 7,893 7,824 -1.6 0.8
Machinery 5,091 5,109 5,041 4,963 4,853 -4.9 0.5
Computer and peripheral equipment 261 257 247 246 244 -7.0 0.0
Communications equipment 297 296 283 274 291 -2.1 0.0
Semiconductor and other electronic
components
443 439 422 396 399 -11.0 0.0
Navigational, measuring, medical
and control instruments
766 769 750 727 717 -6.8 0.1
Other computer and electronic
products
183 191 187 179 186 1.6 0.0
Electrical equipment, appliance
and components
1,085 1,085 1,073 1,049 1,034 -4.9 0.1
Motor vehicle and parts 1,298 1,308 1,295 1,263 1,234 -5.2 0.1
Aerospace products and parts 218 221 233 223 227 4.0 0.0
All other transportation equipment 617 602 558 520 515 -19.8 0.1
Furniture and related products 4,269 4,350 4,268 4,289 4,237 -0.8 0.4
Other manufacturing industries 8,353 8,335 8,023 7,816 7,625 -9.6 0.8
Services 725,097 734,946 745,262 752,353 763,226 5.0 76.4
Wholesale trade 51,789 52,281 51,184 50,731 50,449 -2.7 5.1
Retail trade 106,531 105,893 104,288 104,281 102,161 -4.3 10.2
Transportation and warehousing 43,157 44,528 43,666 45,396 46,400 7.0 4.6
Information and cultural industries 11,263 11,450 10,934 10,781 10,934 -3.0 1.1
Finance, insurance and real estate 69,398 70,740 62,436 63,200 64,170 -8.2 6.4
Architectural, engineering and
related services
17,675 18,576 17,643 17,664 17,839 0.9 1.8
Computer system design and related
services
21,610 23,174 21,865 23,154 24,312 11.1 2.4
Management, scientific and technical
consulting services
27,483 27,045 24,258 24,471 25,305 -8.6 2.5
Scientific research and development
services
2,298 2,422 2,403 2,432 2,468 6.9 0.2
Health care and social assistance 77,959 79,256 81,031 81,599 83,246 6.4 8.3
All other services 295,934 299,581 325,554 328,644 335,942 11.9 33.6
Note(s):
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Business Register, enterprises with one or more employees, December 2005-2009.
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