Percentage of total businesses classified as small, meaning businesses with between one and 49 employees, across municipalities. The dataset is provided by the Government of Alberta via Statistics Canada and was last updated on April 17, 2026. Statistics Canada advises against interpreting changes as a time series due to major methodological changes over time.
Use Cases
- Analyze the concentration of small businesses based on municipality boundaries.
- Compare regional economic structures based on the percentage of small businesses.
- Support policy planning for small business support programs based on municipal data.
Strengths
- Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
- Available in multiple file formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and XLSX.
- Last update date is April 17, 2026.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Statistics Canada advises against using the data for time-series analysis due to methodological changes.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:46:17.177946
- Geography
- Municipalities in Alberta