BC Primary Agriculture Establishments and Food and Beverage Manufacturing Establishments by Region provides counts of establishments in British Columbia for 2022. The data is categorized by product category and Regional District using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It was published by the Government of British Columbia and last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional distribution of agricultural production based on establishment counts by Regional District.
- Compare the scale of food and beverage manufacturing sectors across different product categories.
- Study industry concentration using the NAICS classification system referenced in the description.
Strengths
- Data is classified by the official North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
- Geographic classification aligns with BC's provincially legislated Regional Districts via the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).
- Data is specific to the year 2022.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:25:53.224519; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada, by Regional District