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Active businesses: Canadian provinces ranked (2026)

Measure: Active businesses. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Business openings and closures by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: July 2026.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 33-10-0270-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated
2026-11-04
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National value: 937,821 (Canada).

British Columbia: 155,792Alberta: 124,118Saskatchewan: 25,214Manitoba: 29,122Ontario: 357,273Quebec: 201,878New Brunswick: 17,702Yukon: 1,473Nunavut: 376Newfoundland and Labrador: 12,569Nova Scotia: 21,411Northwest Territories: 1,000Prince Edward Island: 4,182
  • Lowest: 376 to 1,473
  • Group 2: 1,473 to 17,702
  • Group 3: 17,702 to 25,214
  • Group 4: 25,214 to 155,792
  • Highest: 155,792 to 357,273
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Statistics Canada's experimental monthly estimates, seasonally adjusted; rates are openings or closures as a share of active businesses, derived by Quadranac.

1Ontario357,273
2Quebec201,878
3British Columbia155,792
4Alberta124,118
5Manitoba29,122
6Saskatchewan25,214
7Nova Scotia21,411
8New Brunswick17,702
9Newfoundland and Labrador12,569
10Prince Edward Island4,182
11Yukon1,473
12Northwest Territories1,000
13Nunavut376

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 33-10-0270-01: Experimental estimates for business openings and closures for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, seasonally adjusted. Reference period: July 2026 (monthly, seasonally adjusted).

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by active businesses (July 2026). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 33-10-0270-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-active-businesses/

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