Table 1 
Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2022 

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Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2022
  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, total 57 545 294 228 2 4,310 371
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 31 3 5 0 289 2
Prince Edward Island 0 21 3 2 0 63 2
Nova Scotia 2 31 12 4 0 81 9
New Brunswick 1 42 11 4 0 128 0
Quebec 6 107 81 38 1 1,387 72
Ontario 35 60 79 136 1 499 84
Manitoba 2 32 13 13 0 137 37
Saskatchewan 0 76 22 5 0 803 27
Alberta 0 46 32 2 0 436 76
British Columbia 5 44 35 13 0 431 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
  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, total 31 90 194 6,122
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 5 1 338
Prince Edward Island 0 8 1 100
Nova Scotia 1 7 7 154
New Brunswick 2 5 6 199
Quebec 7 14 19 1,732
Ontario 13 13 101 1,021
Manitoba 1 6 2 243
Saskatchewan 1 9 5 948
Alberta 0 6 42 640
British Columbia 4 8 9 609
Yukon 0 3 1 23
Northwest Territories 0 3 0 46
Nunavut 0 3 0 69
Note(s):
Local general government total (4,310) includes 3,886 municipalities.
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from Public Sector Universe (Catalogue number68-516-X).
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