Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners

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Infographic: Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners
Description: Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners

Businesses where at least 50% of owners have the minority official language as their first official language spoken (2017)


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 Number of OLM businesses and Percentage of businesses in the province (appearing as column headers).
Number of OLM businesses Percentage of businesses in the province
Newfoundland and Labrador 110 0.9
Prince Edward Island 110 1.8
Nova Scotia 1,610 4.8
New Brunswick 8,520 31.7
Quebec 70,740 17.8
Ontario 24,790 3.6
Manitoba 2,060 4.1
Saskatchewan 1,070 1.8
Alberta 6,880 2.3
British Columbia 4,240 1.5
Territories 140 4.5
Total (Canada) 123,760 6.5

Characteristics of official language minority business owners

Compared with other owners, owners of official language minority (OLM) businesses are somewhat younger, a bit less likely to be women, and a bit more likely to be immigrants.


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2 OLM business owners and Other business owners (appearing as column headers).
OLM business owners Other business owners
Under 50 years 45.1% 42.2%
Women 33.4% 36.9%
Immigrants 23.8% 21.8%

Characteristics of official language minority businesses

The revenues of OLM businesses tend to be slightly lower than the revenues of other businesses.


Table 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3 OLM businesses and Other businesses (appearing as column headers).
OLM businesses Other businesses
Annual revenues of at least $50,000 29.1% 31.6%
Fewer than five employees 87.6% 87.4%

The vast majority of OLM businesses have fewer than five employees. In most cases, they have none.

Compared with other businesses, OLM businesses are more concentrated in certain industries and less concentrated in others


Table 4
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 4 OLM businesses and Other businesses (appearing as column headers).
OLM businesses Other businesses
Manufacturing 4.1% 3.6%
Wholesale trade 5.6% 3.9%
Retail trade 8.7% 7.3%
Accommodation and food services; arts, entertainment and recreation 7.0% 5.4%

Table 5
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 5 OLM businesses and Other businesses (appearing as column headers).
OLM businesses Other businesses
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 3.2% 4.3%
Mining; utilities; construction 11.1% 14.7%
Professional, scientific and technical services 14.7% 16.2%

Notes:

  • Official language minorities (OLMs) are English-language communities in Quebec and French-language communities in Canada outside Quebec.
  • OLM businesses are defined as businesses majority-owned by a person or persons whose first official language spoken is that of the OLM of the province or territory where the business is located.
  • All data in this infographic are for 2017.
  • A business’s geographic location corresponds to the location of its head office.

For more information on the definition of OLM businesses, see the infographic entitled “Defining official language minority businesses.”

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census and Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database linkage.

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