Canadian Business Patterns, June 2012 [B2020]

The Canadian Business Patterns contains data that reflects counts of business locations (as of December 2008) and business establishments (prior to December 2009) by: 9 employment size ranges, including \"indeterminate\" (as of December 1997); geography groupings: province/territory, census division, census subdivision (before December 2008), census metropolitan area and census agglomeration; and industry using the North American Industry Classification System (tables at the 2, 3, 4 and 6-digit level) as of December 1998. Before December 2004, these data were also presented using the Standard Industrial Classification (tables at the 1, 2, 3 and 4-digit level). The data published in the Canadian Business Patterns represents the current number of locations or establishments for a specific reference period which is taken from the Business Register Central Frame Data Base. It is not intended for use as a time series because changes that affect the continuity of the data might resu lt from changes in methodology. Some examples are: the change to another version of the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) or the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the addition of the new territory of Nunavut and new rules to better identify inactive units.《加拿大商业格局》（Canadian Business Patterns）数据集包含两类统计数据：截至2008年12月的商业场所数量，以及2009年12月之前的商业机构数量，统计维度涵盖：9个就业规模区间（含1997年12月统计的"不确定"类别）；地理分组：省/地区、普查分区、普查子分区（2008年12月前）、普查都会区与普查集聚区域；以及采用1998年12月版北美行业分类系统（North American Industry Classification System, NAICS）2、3、4、6位码层级的行业分类（对应表格层级为2、3、4、6位码）。2004年12月之前，该类数据还曾采用标准行业分类（Standard Industrial Classification, SIC）发布，对应表格层级为1、2、3、4位码。《加拿大商业格局》发布的数据取自商业登记中央框架数据库（Business Register Central Frame Data Base），反映特定参考周期内的当前场所或机构数量。由于方法变更可能影响数据连续性，例如改用新版标准地理分类（Standard Geographical Classification, SGC）或北美行业分类系统（NAICS）、新增努纳武特地区（Nunavut）统计、增设更精准识别非活跃单位的规则，因此该数据集不适合作为时间序列使用。