The data includes all active Canadian locations with employees. The Unclassified category is composed of units with employees which have not received a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, December 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Number of employer businesses in Canada 2022, by employment size
As of December 2022, enterprises with one to four employees represented the largest group of businesses in Canada. Specifically, there were *** thousand active businesses belonging to this group. Enterprises with five to nine employees amounted to *** thousand, the second most numerous group.
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