Table 1 
Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2020 

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Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2020
  Federal government Provincial–territorial governments Universities and colleges Health institutions Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan Local governments Local school boards
  number of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active units
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 32 3 5 0 289 2
Prince Edward Island 0 21 3 2 0 64 2
Nova Scotia 2 33 12 4 0 81 9
New Brunswick 1 40 11 4 0 128 0
Quebec 6 109 81 38 1 1,387 72
Ontario 37 61 79 137 1 499 84
Manitoba 3 43 13 13 0 137 37
Saskatchewan 0 76 23 5 0 803 27
Alberta 1 47 32 2 0 436 76
British Columbia 6 45 35 14 0 432 60
Yukon 0 8 1 2 0 8 0
Northwest Territories 1 13 1 3 0 23 2
Nunavut 5 34 1 1 0 25 0
Total 62 562 295 230 2 4,312 371
  Federal government business enterprises Provincial–territorial government business enterprises Local government business enterprises Total general government and government business enterprises
  number of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active units
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 5 1 339
Prince Edward Island 0 8 1 101
Nova Scotia 1 9 8 159
New Brunswick 2 5 6 197
Quebec 7 14 19 1,734
Ontario 13 13 102 1,026
Manitoba 1 6 2 255
Saskatchewan 1 10 5 950
Alberta 0 6 44 644
British Columbia 4 8 9 613
Yukon 0 3 1 23
Northwest Territories 0 3 0 46
Nunavut 0 3 0 69
Total 31 93 198 6,156
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from Public Sector Universe (Catalogue number68-516-X).
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