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Self-employment rate: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Self-employment rate (% of employment, derived). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Self-employment and public sector jobs by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01. 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: 2026-10-29

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National value: 12.9 (Canada).

Lowest: 7.3 to 10.4 %
Group 2: 10.4 to 11 %
Group 3: 11 to 13.5 %
Group 4: 13.5 to 13.6 %
Highest: 13.6 to 15.4 %

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.


1	British Columbia	15.4
2	Saskatchewan	13.6
2	Alberta	13.6
4	Ontario	13.5
5	Prince Edward Island	11.3
6	Quebec	11
7	Manitoba	10.9
8	Nova Scotia	10.4
9	New Brunswick	9.5
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	7.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01: Employment by class of worker, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by self-employment rate (% of employment, derived) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-self-employed/

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