- nine employment size ranges
- geography groupings by Canada, province/territory, metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, census divisions and census subdivisions*.
- industry classification (North American Industry Classification System). Note: Standard Industrial Classification is available from 1997-2004.
- * as of December 2008 census subdivisions are no longer used.
The standard Canadian Business Patterns data products available from this site are viewed using the Beyond 20/20 data browser.
This software must be installed prior to selecting tables from the sections linked to "Data Tables".
Tables that require the Beyond 20/20 data browser software are identified by this icon:
. The Beyond 20/20 software may be downloaded here.
Available Information
- Data Tables
The data tables included at this link are organized by geography and then by classification system. Within each of the main categories of each classification system, the data is listed by year. For example, the data organized by province/census division is displayed on the webpage called "Canadian Business Patterns: Established Counts by Province/Census Division. On this webpage data from the North American Industry Classification is listed first, by category and then year. Data from the Standard Industry Classification Survey is listed second, again by category and then year. (Note: SIC tables not available as of June 2005)
- Information about the North American Industry Classification System and the Standard Industrial Classification (including concordances)
- Information about the Business Register
- The use of these data is restricted to University of Alberta faculty, students, and staff.
Contact Statistics Canada:
1-888-553-9993
Fax: (613) 951-6274
Business Register Division
Statistics Canada
Jean Talon Building, 8-A8
Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OT6
Or
Contact the Statistics Canada Regional Reference Centre Nearest You:
| Halifax (902) 426-5331 |
Montréal (514) 283-5725 |
| Ottawa (613) 951-8116 |
Toronto (416) 973-6586 |
| Winnipeg (204) 983-4020 |
Regina (306) 780-5405 |
| Edmonton (780) 495-3027 |
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For further information or assistance, contact the staff in the
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