Table 1 
Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2021 

Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2021
  Federal Provincial–territorial Universities and colleges Health institutions Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan Local 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
General government              
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 30 3 5 0 289 2
Prince Edward Island 0 20 3 2 0 64 2
Nova Scotia 2 32 12 4 0 81 9
New Brunswick 1 40 11 4 0 128 0
Quebec 6 107 81 38 1 1,387 72
Ontario 37 58 79 136 1 498 84
Manitoba 2 40 13 13 0 137 37
Saskatchewan 0 76 23 5 0 803 27
Alberta 1 46 32 2 0 436 76
British Columbia 6 43 35 13 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 61 547 295 228 2 4,311 371
  Federal Provincial–territorial Local Total general government and government business enterprises
  number of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active unitsnumber of active units
Government business enterprises        
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 5 1 337
Prince Edward Island 0 8 1 100
Nova Scotia 1 7 7 155
New Brunswick 2 5 6 197
Quebec 7 14 19 1,732
Ontario 13 13 102 1,021
Manitoba 1 6 2 251
Saskatchewan 1 10 5 950
Alberta 0 6 44 643
British Columbia 4 8 10 611
Yukon 0 3 1 23
Northwest Territories 0 3 0 46
Nunavut 0 3 0 69
Total 31 91 198 6,135
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from Public Sector Universe (Catalogue number68-516-X).
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