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The Business Gateway

The business gateway is designed to be a one-stop "shopping" area for information and statistics related to business.

Preparing a Business Plan

This publication is a guide designed to help entrepreneurs research and plan their new business.

For answers to other questions about starting a business in BC, see Small Business BC's Business Start-Up FAQ page.

Small Business in British Columbia

A joint product of BC Stats, the Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development and Western Economic Diversification Canada, this annual publication provides a profile of BC's small businesses, including number of businesses, employment and GDP.

Data Tables:

Business Indicators

Business Indicators is a monthly release providing a range of up-to-date economic and financial data, including production and shipping for British Columbia's major industries, consumer price index, incorporations and bankruptcies, retail sales, wages, unemployment, etc.

Small Business Quarterly

The Small Business Quarterly presented a wide range of statistics of interest and relevance to the small business sector, covering such topics as self-employment, bankruptcies, and business conditions. This release has been discontinued, but feature articles from past issues are available.

Small and Medium-Sized Exporters

This study provides a profile of BC's small and medium-sized exporters, their numbers and the value of their exports, the industries and commodities which are most important to them, the markets they serve, and how they compare to exporters in other provinces.

Small Business Profiles

Detailed financial and employment data on small businesses by industry. The Profiles provide performance benchmarks for the financial planning of start-up and established small and medium sized businesses. The data also provide information for use in government policy decisions.

The most recent data available is:

  • by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
  • by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): 1993, 1995, and 1997.

Small Business Profiles (for Canada and all the provinces and territories) are available on-line at Industry Canada's Strategis site

The following is an example of a profile extracted from the Strategis site: