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Opening businesses: Canadian provinces ranked (2026)

Measure: Opening 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: 45,874 (Canada).

British Columbia: 7,839Alberta: 6,775Saskatchewan: 1,103Manitoba: 1,325Ontario: 18,894Quebec: 7,059New Brunswick: 750Yukon: 72Nunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 604Nova Scotia: 993Northwest Territories: 38Prince Edward Island: 217
  • Lowest: 38 to 217
  • Group 2: 217 to 750
  • Group 3: 750 to 1,325
  • Group 4: 1,325 to 7,059
  • Highest: 7,059 to 18,894
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.

1Ontario18,894
2British Columbia7,839
3Quebec7,059
4Alberta6,775
5Manitoba1,325
6Saskatchewan1,103
7Nova Scotia993
8New Brunswick750
9Newfoundland and Labrador604
10Prince Edward Island217
11Yukon72
12Northwest Territories38

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 opening 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-opening-businesses/

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