Businesses where at least 50% of owners have the minority official language as their first official language spoken (2017)
Description: Businesses where at least 50% of owners have the minority official language 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 |
| Quebec | 70,740 | 17.8 |
| Southern Ontario | 20,885 | 3.1 |
| Northern Ontario | 3,895 | 15.1 |
| 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 |
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.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census and Canadian Employer-Employee Database linkage.
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