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| British Columbia Small Business Counts and Employment |
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| Year | Count of Small Businesses* | Small Business Employment |
| 1994 | n/a | 874,800 |
| 1995 | n/a | 893,100 |
| 1996 | n/a | 905,600 |
| 1997 | n/a | 926,700 |
| 1998 | n/a | 932,700 |
| 1999 | n/a | 932,400 |
| 2000 | n/a | 899,500 |
| 2001 | n/a | 885,400 |
| 2002 | n/a | 915,600 |
| 2003 | n/a | 940,800 |
| 2004 | n/a | 969,500 |
| 2005 | n/a | 1,006,100 |
| 2006 | n/a | 1,022,400 |
| 2007 | 384,800 | 1,047,300 |
| 2008 | 384,300 | 1,058,100 |
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
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