Canada Business Establishments by Size Band

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Description

This dataset shows business location (establishment) counts by area, industry, and number of employees by size band. Data is available from June 2009 through the latest data available from CBP. Data is available down to the Census Subdivision level for geography, and down to 6-digit NAICS for industry.

Users should note that Canada business location data is only published every June and December. API constraints are such that all months must be displayed; however, data is only available for the months June and December. All other months should be disregarded.

Questions answered by this dataset

• How many mining establishments are there in Alberta, and how many employees do they have?
• How quickly is the number of small businesses in Toronto growing?

Metrics

• LT: Total. Count of all businesses in all other categories (including Indeterminate). Equivalent to the sum of all other ## metrics.
• LI: Indeterminate. Count of businesses for which a size could not be determined or disclosed.
• LD: Determinate. Count of businesses with a known size.
• L1: Number of establishments with 1-4 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L5: Number of establishments with 5-9 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L10: Number of establishments with 10-19 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L20: Number of establishments with 20-49 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L50: Number of establishments with 50-99 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L100: Number of establishments with 100-199 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L200: Number of establishments with 200-499 employees for the industry-area combination selected.
• L500: Number of establishments with 500 or more employees for the industry-area combination selected.

Filters

• Area (Nation, Province, Census Division, Census Subdivision)
• Industry (2 to 6-digit NAICS)
• Year
• Month

Core LMI Metadata