Table 8
Distribution of entrants, by firm size (ALUs), 2000 to 2008

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Distribution of entrants, by firm size (ALUs), 2000 to 2008

Table summary
This table displays the results of distribution of entrants. The information is grouped by firm size appearing as row headers, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2000 to 2008 average, calculated using percent units of measure appearing as column headers.
Firm size 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2000 to 2008 average
  percent
First-year size (ALUs)  
0 to less than 1 63.1 60.8 59.6 59.6 60.9 62.3 63.5 65.1 64.7 62.2
1 to less than 5 29.3 31.6 32.6 32.1 31.8 31.3 30.8 29.8 30.1 31.0
5 to less than 10 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 4.0
10 to less than 20 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.6
20 to less than 50 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8
50 to less than 100 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
100 and more 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Second-year size (ALUs)  
0 to less than 1 48.3 45.7 44.8 45.8 47.7 47.4 47.6 50.8 51.0 47.7
1 to less than 5 38.1 40.5 41.1 40.5 40.1 40.8 40.9 39.0 39.2 40.0
5 to less than 10 7.4 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.1 6.0 7.1
10 to less than 20 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 3.0
20 to less than 50 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.6
50 to less than 100 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4
100 and more 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note(s): ALU = Average Labour Unit.                    
                     
Source:
Note(s):
ALU = Average Labour Unit.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' compilation based on Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program data.
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