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Counts of small businesses across all industries in Canada, by rural and urban areas and incorporation status, 2017-2019

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Rural area, 2017 Urban area, 2017 All areas, 2017 Rural area, 2018 Urban area, 2018 All areas, 2018 Rural area, 2019 Urban area, 2019 All areas, 2019 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 thousands of businesses Unincorporated enterprisesUnincorporated enterprises Incorporated enterprisesIncorporated enterprises
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All industries refers to all industries except finance and insurance, and public administration.
Source(s):
Rural Canada Business Profiles, 2017-2019.

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Counts of small businesses across all industries in Canada, by rural and urban areas and incorporation status, 2017-2019, thousands of businesses
  Unincorporated enterprises Incorporated enterprises
Rural area, 2017 112,086 193,262
Urban area, 2017 596,808 1,000,456
All areas, 2017 708,894 1,195,718
Rural area, 2018 113,031 197,002
Urban area, 2018 615,659 1,049,886
All areas, 2018 728,690 1,246,888
Rural area, 2019 114,481 197,971
Urban area, 2019 651,572 1,067,081
All areas, 2019 766,053 1,265,052
Note(s):
All industries refers to all industries except finance and insurance, and public administration.
Source(s):
Rural Canada Business Profiles, 2017-2019.
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