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

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number 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 110,000 120,000 Jan. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Nov. 2020 Business openings¹ Business openings¹ Business closures¹Business closures¹ Business sector openingsBusiness sector openings Business sector closuresBusiness sector closures
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Excludes educational services and health care and social assistance
Source(s):
Table 33-10-0270-01.

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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2015 to November 2020, seasonally adjusted series, number
  Business openings¹ Business closures¹ Business sector openings Business sector closures
January 2015 40,231 33,793 43,785 36,185
February 2015 39,985 34,918 42,631 37,083
March 2015 36,213 33,746 39,781 36,160
April 2015 39,331 36,770 40,576 39,185
May 2015 36,616 34,518 38,437 36,677
June 2015 34,467 36,689 37,388 39,181
July 2015 37,584 35,238 39,332 37,928
August 2015 37,449 34,966 40,431 37,316
September 2015 30,802 35,359 34,123 38,061
October 2015 37,393 36,448 40,379 39,065
November 2015 39,393 35,412 41,511 38,002
December 2015 37,605 36,534 40,592 39,238
January 2016 38,625 35,745 41,163 38,209
February 2016 37,987 44,406 40,520 47,169
March 2016 39,249 37,918 41,163 40,549
April 2016 37,895 36,624 41,786 39,175
May 2016 38,556 37,629 40,934 39,882
June 2016 36,623 35,537 39,962 38,157
July 2016 38,349 41,091 40,567 44,221
August 2016 38,280 38,396 41,484 41,235
September 2016 34,169 36,952 37,581 39,824
October 2016 40,470 38,458 43,473 41,217
November 2016 41,628 38,149 44,788 40,867
December 2016 39,728 37,595 43,194 40,309
January 2017 38,848 38,576 41,407 41,352
February 2017 38,970 35,296 42,023 37,616
March 2017 38,882 42,024 42,137 45,055
April 2017 38,863 37,495 40,711 40,260
May 2017 39,952 33,990 42,700 36,049
June 2017 38,767 38,046 41,418 40,812
July 2017 34,667 38,461 36,783 41,388
August 2017 40,139 38,279 44,643 41,093
September 2017 38,033 39,515 42,243 42,185
October 2017 36,392 38,512 38,560 41,264
November 2017 36,097 29,793 39,062 32,434
December 2017 36,488 38,719 38,815 41,556
January 2018 38,374 38,446 41,610 41,291
February 2018 39,422 37,545 42,818 40,223
March 2018 41,451 39,218 42,909 42,070
April 2018 38,933 37,326 43,413 40,256
May 2018 37,341 40,092 41,437 42,661
June 2018 38,806 39,138 41,696 42,070
July 2018 35,680 36,493 36,987 39,640
August 2018 38,090 44,570 41,427 47,742
September 2018 39,763 39,522 45,168 42,587
October 2018 40,100 39,098 43,179 42,333
November 2018 51,931 45,324 56,177 48,547
December 2018 39,920 39,586 43,925 42,880
January 2019 39,982 39,400 44,476 42,767
February 2019 41,352 40,020 44,687 43,254
March 2019 41,054 38,019 44,424 41,117
April 2019 40,341 39,140 42,830 42,666
May 2019 38,610 40,646 41,590 43,565
June 2019 38,579 41,485 41,892 44,525
July 2019 38,169 37,864 40,196 41,002
August 2019 37,048 38,467 41,094 41,601
September 2019 39,307 39,145 43,377 42,338
October 2019 38,363 37,700 42,115 40,899
November 2019 36,953 33,150 40,186 36,090
December 2019 38,494 37,457 41,759 40,465
January 2020 37,465 38,155 40,294 41,282
February 2020 35,906 37,602 39,449 40,709
March 2020 36,635 55,055 40,001 59,382
April 2020 37,008 102,687 40,634 113,730
May 2020 39,179 69,431 42,805 78,507
June 2020 50,310 54,465 55,883 59,367
July 2020 52,344 32,266 55,802 34,558
August 2020 48,546 28,391 53,236 30,883
September 2020 45,855 29,917 51,145 32,375
October 2020 45,856 31,113 50,243 33,653
November 2020 46,105 32,783 49,956 35,533
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Excludes educational services and health care and social assistance
Source(s):
Table 33-10-0270-01.
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