Canadian Business Patterns, 1988-1996 [B2020]

Canadian Business Patterns (61F0040XCB) contains data that reflects counts of business locations (as of December 2008) and business establishments (prior to December 2009) by: 9 employment size ranges, including "indeterminate" (as of December 1997) geography groupings: province/territory, census division, census subdivision (before December 2008), census metropolitan area and census agglomeration industry using the North American Industry Classification System (tables at the 2, 3, 4 and 6-digit level) as of December 1998 Before December 2004, these data were also presented using the Standard Industrial Classification (tables at the 1, 2, 3 and 4-digit level).

A concordance table showing the relationships between both classification systems is included with the product. The data published in the Canadian Business Patterns represents the current number of locations or establishments for a specific reference period which is taken from the Business Register Database. It is not intended for use as a time series because changes that affect the continuity of the data might result from changes in methodology.