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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2015 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted series

number 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 Jan. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Apr. 2020 OpeningsOpenings ClosuresClosures
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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2015 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted series, number
  Openings Closures
January 2015 40,179 31,164
February 2015 39,672 35,262
March 2015 35,565 32,962
April 2015 38,551 37,490
May 2015 39,562 34,292
June 2015 28,096 35,565
July 2015 42,533 36,755
August 2015 37,587 35,629
September 2015 31,217 35,033
October 2015 38,822 37,305
November 2015 41,658 36,665
December 2015 33,552 36,591
January 2016 39,866 34,413
February 2016 37,501 45,369
March 2016 37,736 38,025
April 2016 39,947 37,055
May 2016 37,876 36,783
June 2016 29,805 34,374
July 2016 43,587 41,952
August 2016 38,119 38,375
September 2016 35,028 36,583
October 2016 38,976 38,729
November 2016 43,913 39,914
December 2016 38,934 37,517
January 2017 37,154 39,012
February 2017 38,320 34,551
March 2017 38,563 42,688
April 2017 38,773 37,465
May 2017 38,890 34,090
June 2017 36,567 36,771
July 2017 36,421 38,854
August 2017 39,448 38,159
September 2017 41,344 39,294
October 2017 36,498 38,361
November 2017 36,288 31,652
December 2017 37,348 38,701
January 2018 36,991 38,917
February 2018 38,909 37,063
March 2018 41,359 40,018
April 2018 38,373 37,532
May 2018 36,561 39,224
June 2018 41,089 37,958
July 2018 37,829 36,735
August 2018 38,868 43,205
September 2018 40,933 39,235
October 2018 39,498 38,548
November 2018 50,216 49,297
December 2018 38,672 39,545
January 2019 38,549 39,754
February 2019 39,990 39,948
March 2019 41,930 38,219
April 2019 40,136 39,078
May 2019 39,655 38,992
June 2019 39,042 39,791
July 2019 39,865 37,826
August 2019 37,247 38,051
September 2019 37,549 38,552
October 2019 37,687 37,576
November 2019 37,838 37,226
December 2019 38,330 38,149
January 2020 37,607 39,008
February 2020 35,397 39,104
March 2020 33,002 59,869
April 2020 32,803 88,187
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