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Business opening rate, Jul 2026: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Opening rate (% of active businesses, derived), July 2026 (monthly, seasonally adjusted). 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: 4.9 (Canada).

British Columbia: 5Alberta: 5.5Saskatchewan: 4.4Manitoba: 4.5Ontario: 5.3Quebec: 3.5New Brunswick: 4.2Yukon: 4.9Nunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 4.8Nova Scotia: 4.6Northwest Territories: 3.8Prince Edward Island: 5.2
  • Lowest: 3.5 to 4.2 %
  • Group 2: 4.2 to 4.5 %
  • Group 3: 4.5 to 4.9 %
  • Group 4: 4.9 to 5.2 %
  • Highest: 5.2 to 5.5 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. 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.

1Alberta5.5
2Ontario5.3
3Prince Edward Island5.2
4British Columbia5
5Yukon4.9
6Newfoundland and Labrador4.8
7Nova Scotia4.6
8Manitoba4.5
9Saskatchewan4.4
10New Brunswick4.2
11Northwest Territories3.8
12Quebec3.5

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 rate (% of active businesses, derived), July 2026 (monthly, seasonally adjusted) (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-rate/

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