|
| 1996 | n/a | 903,200 |
| 1997 | n/a | 925,400 |
| 1998 | n/a | 930,700 |
| 1999 | n/a | 933,900 |
| 2000 | n/a | 898,900 |
| 2001 | n/a | 886,500 |
| 2002 | n/a | 911,700 |
| 2003 | n/a | 932,000 |
| 2004 | n/a | 955,700 |
| 2005 | n/a | 988,700 |
| 2006 | n/a | 1,001,400 |
| 2007 | 382,600 | 1,027,600 |
| 2008 | 381,300 | 1,036,700 |
| 2009 | 392,200 | 1,024,400 |
| 2010 | 391,700 | 1,038,300 |
| 2011 | 385,100 | 1,027,900 |
Note: Small business is defined as those businesses with fewer than 50
employees plus businesses operated by self-employed individuals without
paid help.
* Note that Statistics Canada has changed the method used to measure
business counts such that a consistent time series prior to 2007 is no
longer available (n/a denotes "not available").
Source: BC Stats using data supplied by Statistics Canada