Table 1 
Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2023 

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Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2023
  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 2 0 289 2
Prince Edward Island 0 21 3 2 0 63 2
Nova Scotia 2 29 12 4 0 81 9
New Brunswick 1 43 11 4 0 101 0
Quebec 7 107 81 38 1 1,387 72
Ontario 35 61 79 135 1 499 84
Manitoba 2 31 13 13 0 137 37
Saskatchewan 0 76 22 5 0 802 27
Alberta 0 45 32 2 0 435 76
British Columbia 5 45 35 13 0 431 60
Yukon 0 8 1 2 0 8 0
Northwest Territories 1 13 1 3 0 23 2
Nunavut 5 33 1 1 0 25 0
Total 58 542 294 224 2 4,281 371
  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 1 334
Prince Edward Island 0 8 1 100
Nova Scotia 1 6 7 151
New Brunswick 2 5 6 173
Quebec 7 14 19 1,733
Ontario 13 13 97 1,017
Manitoba 1 6 2 242
Saskatchewan 1 9 5 947
Alberta 0 6 42 638
British Columbia 4 8 9 610
Yukon 0 3 1 23
Northwest Territories 0 3 0 46
Nunavut 0 3 0 68
Total 31 89 190 6,082
Note(s):
Local general government total (4,281) includes 3,858 municipalities.
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from Public Sector Universe (Catalogue number68-516-X).
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