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Closing businesses: Canadian provinces ranked (2026)

Measure: Closing businesses. All 12 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: 46,823 (Canada).

British Columbia: 7,931Alberta: 6,831Saskatchewan: 1,110Manitoba: 1,375Ontario: 19,229Quebec: 7,160New Brunswick: 778Yukon: 79Nunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 658Nova Scotia: 1,024Northwest Territories: 55Prince Edward Island: 226
  • Lowest: 55 to 226
  • Group 2: 226 to 778
  • Group 3: 778 to 1,375
  • Group 4: 1,375 to 7,160
  • Highest: 7,160 to 19,229
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.

1Ontario19,229
2British Columbia7,931
3Quebec7,160
4Alberta6,831
5Manitoba1,375
6Saskatchewan1,110
7Nova Scotia1,024
8New Brunswick778
9Newfoundland and Labrador658
10Prince Edward Island226
11Yukon79
12Northwest Territories55

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 closing 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-closing-businesses/

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