Official language minority (OLM) enterprises – Quebec

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In 2021, 14.6% of enterprises in Quebec were majority-owned by official language minority ownersNote 1Note 2Note 3

Table 1
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This table displays the results of Table 1 Number of OLM enterprises, Percentage of enterprises, 2016, 2021, 2016 and 2021, calculated using units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Number of OLM enterprises Percentage of enterprises
2016 2021 2016 2021
Montérégie 18,040 21,150 9.7% 10.6%
Montréal 98,590 107,500 32.1% 32.9%
Laval 10,150 12,120 19.9% 21.7%
Outaouais 6,650 7,210 17.0% 17.4%
Rest of Quebec 15,360 16,580 3.2% 3.3%
Quebec (total) 148,790 164,560 14.0% 14.6%

4 in 10 OLM enterprises were incorporated. Just over 1 in 10 were incorporated enterprises with more than one employee. These proportions are similar to those observed for other enterprises.

Table 2
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The information is grouped by Type of enterprise and number of employees (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Type of enterprise and number of employees OLM enterprises Other enterprises
Unincorporated enterprises 58.1% 60.2%
Incorporated enterprises 41.9% 39.8%
1 or no employee 31.1% 27.7%
More than 1 but less than 5 employees 5.6% 6.4%
5 or more employees 5.2% 5.7%

A smaller proportion of OLM enterprises than other enterprises were located in a rural region. Similar proportions were majority-owned by women+.

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This table displays the results of Table 3 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  OLM enterprises Other enterprises
Rural enterprisesNote 4 8.6% 23.4%
Enterprises majority-owned by women+Note 5 29.2% 29.8%

The shares of total employment and total payroll represented by OLM enterprises decreased from 2016 to 2021 while their share of all enterprises increased slightly, among incorporated enterprises with more than 1 and less than 5000 employees.

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This table displays the results of Table 4 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  2016 2021
Share of enterprises 13.1% 13.3%
Share of employment 15.2% 14.3%
Share of total payroll 15.4% 14.5%

Industry sectors with the largest and smallest proportions of OLM enterprises

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This table displays the results of Table 5 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  Proportion of enterprises that are OLM-owned
Sectors with the largest proportions of OLM enterprises  
Accommodation and food services 18.9%
Transportation and warehousing 18.2%
Wholesale and retail trade 17.0%
Sectors with the smallest proportions of OLM enterprises  
Health care and social assistance 10.5%
Construction 10.0%
Natural resources and agriculture 5.6%

Source: Statistics Canada, Business Linkable File Environment (B-LFE).



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