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Establishments by industry

  20001
  Employment size
  Total 0-42 employees 5-49 employees 50-99 employees 100 employees and more
  number of establishments
All industries 2,024,508 1,586,749 383,062 31,081 23,616
Goods-producing sector 545,676 447,923 82,351 8,237 7,165
Primary industries 209,657 191,583 16,603 865 606
  Agriculture 165,862 156,227 9,254 264 117
  Other primary 43,795 35,356 7,349 601 489
    Fishing and trapping 9,607 7,978 1,546 60 23
    Logging and forestry 20,134 16,517 3,263 226 128
    Mining quarrying and oil wells 14,054 10,861 2,540 315 338
Utilities 4,926 3,282 1,350 123 171
Manufacturing 105,256 66,099 28,918 5,031 5,208
  Non-durables manufacturing 47,140 31,277 11,876 1,868 2,119
  Durables manufacturing 58,114 34,821 17,041 3,163 3,089
Construction 225,837 186,959 35,480 2,218 1,180
Services-producing sector 1,478,832 1,138,826 300,711 22,844 16,451
Transportation, storage and communication 102,168 86,270 13,501 1,304 1,093
Trade 375,538 260,555 104,059 6,878 4,046
  Wholesale trade 132,666 93,402 35,103 2,716 1,445
  Retail trade 242,872 167,153 68,956 4,162 2,601
Finance, insurance and real estate 301,547 267,151 30,363 2,431 1,602
Community business and personal services 691,779 522,465 149,002 11,656 8,656
  Amusement and recreational services 42,587 33,269 8,124 686 508
  Educational services 15,301 10,105 3,794 433 969
  Health and social services 92,990 58,506 30,139 1,878 2,467
  Business and personal services 540,901 420,585 106,945 8,659 4,712
Public administration 7,800 2,385 3,786 575 1,054
Note: Based on the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.
1. As of December 31.
2. The "0-4" category includes establishments with an "indeterminate" employment status. Such establishments do not maintain employee payrolls, but may have a workforce that consists of contracted workers, part-time employees, family members or business owners.
Source: Statistics Canada, catalogue no. 61F0040X.
Last modified: juillet 24, 2001.

For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the Statistical data documentation.

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