Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners – British Columbia
Description: Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners – British Columbia
Businesses where at least 50% of owners have French as their first official language spoken (2017)
| Number of OLM businesses | Percentage of businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Island and Coast | 690 | 1.6 |
| Lower Mainland--Southwest | 2,645 | 1.4 |
| Thompson--Okanagan | 535 | 1.6 |
| Rest of the province | 365 | 1.6 |
| British Columbia (total) | 4,240 | 1.5 |
Characteristics of official language minority business owners
Compared with other owners, owners of official language minority (OLM) businesses are slightly more likely to be women.
| OLM business owners | Other business owners | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 50 years | 43.0 | 43.9 |
| Women | 41.7 | 40.0 |
| Immigrants | 26.4 | 26.0 |
Characteristics of official language minority businesses
Compared to other businesses, official language minority (OLM) businesses are somewhat less likely than other businesses to have an annual net income that is over $500,000.
| OLM businesses | Other businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual net income | ||
| Negative | 32.3 | 31.8 |
| $0 to $50,000 | 33.9 | 33.4 |
| $50,000 to $500,000 | 29.9 | 29.4 |
| Over $500,000 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| Number of employees | ||
| None | 58.5 | 57.7 |
| 1 to 4 | 31.0 | 29.1 |
| 5 or more | 10.5 | 13.2 |
OLM businesses are somewhat more likely than other businesses to have no or fewer than 5 employees.
Compared with other businesses, OLM businesses are more concentrated in certain industries and less concentrated in others.
| OLM businesses | Other businesses | |
|---|---|---|
| More concentrated | ||
| Health care, social assistance and educational services | 11.2 | 8.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 20.3 | 15.9 |
| Management of companies and enterprises, information and cultural industries | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| Less concentrated | ||
| Finance and insurance | 7.5 | 9.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| Real estate, rental and leasing | 9.1 | 11.6 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 2.3 | 3.4 |
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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