Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners – Atlantic region
Description: Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners – Atlantic region
Businesses where at least 50% of owners have French as their first official language spoken (2017)
| Number of OLM businesses | Percentage of businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 110 | 0.9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 110 | 1.8 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,610 | 4.8 |
| New Brunswick | 8,520 | 31.7 |
| Atlantic (total) | 10,345 | 13.1 |
Characteristics of official language minority business owners
Compared with other owners, owners of official language minority (OLM) businesses are somewhat younger, and a bit less likely to be women or to be immigrants.
| OLM business owners | Other business owners | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 50 years | 42.5 | 38.1 |
| Women | 33.6 | 36.6 |
| Immigrants | 3.4 | 8.2 |
Characteristics of official language minority businesses
Official language minority (OLM) businesses have annual net incomes that are similar to those of other businesses.
| OLM businesses | Other businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual net income | ||
| Negative | 30.7 | 31.5 |
| $0 to $50,000 | 34.8 | 33.6 |
| $50,000 to $500,000 | 30.0 | 30.5 |
| Over $500,000 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Number of employees | ||
| None | 48.3 | 52.9 |
| 1 to 4 | 35.2 | 29.6 |
| 5 or more | 16.5 | 17.5 |
Compared with other businesses, OLM businesses are more likely to have at least one employee, but somewhat less likely to have 5 employees or more.
Compared with other businesses, OLM businesses are more concentrated in certain industries and less concentrated in others.
| OLM businesses | Other businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| More concentrated | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 12.7 | 7.6 |
| Manufacturing | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| Health care, social assistance and educational services | 11.6 | 10.3 |
| Mining, utilities and construction | 14.6 | 13.6 |
| Less concentrated | ||
| Real estate, rental and leasing | 8.0 | 10.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises, information and cultural industries | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 8.2 | 11.5 |
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 where at least 50% of property is held by a person or persons whose first official language spoken is that of the official language minority of the province where the business is located (including persons who have both English and French as their first official language spoken).
- A business’s geographic location corresponds to the location of its head office.
- All data in this infographic are for 2017.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census and Canadian Employer-Employee Database linkage.
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