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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2019 to January 2021, seasonally adjusted series

number 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 110,000 120,000 Jan. 2019 2020 Jan. 2021 Business openingsBusiness openings Business closuresBusiness closures
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Monthly business openings and closures in the business sector, Canada, January 2019  to January 2021, seasonally adjusted series, number
  Business openings Business closures
January 2019 44,451 43,000
February 2019 45,099 43,335
March 2019 44,526 41,307
April 2019 44,081 42,887
May 2019 41,977 43,743
June 2019 43,657 44,894
July 2019 41,540 40,913
August 2019 40,270 41,590
September 2019 42,282 42,234
October 2019 40,486 40,681
November 2019 39,081 35,477
December 2019 41,174 40,229
January 2020 43,025 41,231
February 2020 39,224 40,313
March 2020 40,147 59,076
April 2020 40,387 113,654
May 2020 42,855 78,214
June 2020 61,830 59,652
July 2020 57,792 34,378
August 2020 52,572 30,817
September 2020 48,528 32,408
October 2020 47,773 33,795
November 2020 47,491 35,607
December 2020 45,561 36,045
January 2021 42,408 35,560
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