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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2015 to September 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 Sept. 2020 OpeningsOpenings ClosingsClosings
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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2015 to September 2020, seasonally adjusted series, number
  Openings Closings
January 2015 40,372 31,248
February 2015 39,821 35,495
March 2015 35,613 32,901
April 2015 38,660 37,560
May 2015 39,665 34,270
June 2015 27,353 35,713
July 2015 39,603 36,709
August 2015 37,703 35,737
September 2015 34,832 35,047
October 2015 38,934 37,310
November 2015 40,795 36,170
December 2015 33,737 36,571
January 2016 40,006 34,485
February 2016 37,593 45,570
March 2016 37,725 37,967
April 2016 40,025 37,117
May 2016 37,941 36,767
June 2016 29,111 34,514
July 2016 40,919 41,924
August 2016 38,197 38,528
September 2016 38,390 36,621
October 2016 39,088 38,750
November 2016 43,248 39,468
December 2016 39,173 37,477
January 2017 37,335 39,003
February 2017 38,463 34,646
March 2017 38,397 42,607
April 2017 38,763 37,500
May 2017 38,746 34,077
June 2017 35,690 36,903
July 2017 33,977 38,806
August 2017 39,806 38,538
September 2017 44,462 39,535
October 2017 36,624 38,374
November 2017 35,848 31,219
December 2017 37,728 38,595
January 2018 37,337 38,768
February 2018 39,269 36,919
March 2018 40,926 39,898
April 2018 38,239 37,574
May 2018 35,979 39,201
June 2018 39,627 37,978
July 2018 35,364 36,687
August 2018 39,848 43,972
September 2018 44,188 39,824
October 2018 39,590 38,547
November 2018 50,081 48,818
December 2018 39,186 39,352
January 2019 39,066 39,438
February 2019 40,612 39,527
March 2019 41,172 38,056
April 2019 39,898 39,143
May 2019 38,606 38,932
June 2019 36,762 39,635
July 2019 37,115 37,766
August 2019 39,113 39,292
September 2019 41,152 39,536
October 2019 37,755 37,527
November 2019 37,965 36,718
December 2019 38,964 37,848
January 2020 38,255 38,551
February 2020 36,249 38,429
March 2020 31,997 59,676
April 2020 36,365 88,232
May 2020 40,082 61,983
June 2020 52,413 51,973
July 2020 51,889 35,020
August 2020 46,302 33,118
September 2020 46,517 32,830
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