Table 1 
Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2024 

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Number of active Canadian public sector units, by sector and jurisdiction, 2024
  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 31 3 2 0 289 1
Prince Edward Island 0 21 3 2 0 63 2
Nova Scotia 2 27 12 4 0 81 9
New Brunswick 1 44 11 4 0 100 0
Quebec 7 103 81 38 1 1,386 72
Ontario 35 62 78 135 1 499 84
Manitoba 2 31 13 13 0 137 37
Saskatchewan 0 74 22 5 0 801 27
Alberta 0 44 32 2 0 431 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 33 1 1 0 25 0
Total 58 535 293 224 2 4,274 370
  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 7 149
New Brunswick 2 5 6 173
Quebec 7 14 19 1,728
Ontario 13 13 96 1,016
Manitoba 1 6 2 242
Saskatchewan 1 9 5 944
Alberta 0 5 42 632
British Columbia 4 8 9 609
Yukon 0 3 1 23
Northwest Territories 0 3 0 46
Nunavut 0 3 0 68
Total 31 88 189 6,064
Note(s):
Local general government total (4,274) includes 3,853 municipalities.
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from Public Sector Universe (Catalogue number68-516-X).
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