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The CD-ROM, Canadian Business Patterns, provides counts of active establishments by various geography levels, industry classifications and employment sizes.
This product was compiled from the Business Register, which is a repository of information on the Canadian business population.
Nationally, 2,405,455 active establishments were recorded for June 2007. Data from the June 2007 Canadian Business Patterns (CBP) are now available on CD-ROM. They are presented by the 2001 Standard Geographical Classification, the 2007 North American Industry Classification System, and by employment categories.
Note that the Standard Industrial Classification is no longer available in the CBP tables.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 1105.
The June 2007 edition of the CD-ROM Canadian Business Patterns (61F0040XCB) is now available. The cost varies between $150 and $2,000 depending on the number of tables or cells requested.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods, and data quality for this release, contact Beau Cinnamon (613-951-9021; BRDinfoDRE@statcan.gc.ca) or Alex Côté (613-951-0829), Business Register Division.