As of June 2022, there were 1.3 million business locations with employees in Canada. The largest number was located in Ontario, with roughly 494 thousand locations. Quebec and British Colombia followed, with 275 thousand and 212 thousand units, respectively.
Number of business locations with employees in Canada as of 2022, by province or territory
According to the source, "Businesses are counted according to the number of ‘statistical locations' they have. For example, a retail business with 10 stores and a head office is counted 11 times in the Canadian business counts."
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, June 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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