Annual Business Formations

Annual number of business incorporations in British Columbia by development region, regional district and municipality. If you need help with this dataset, you can reach BC Stats at the email below; however, submitting a support request is recommended. Source: BC Registries, Ministry of Citizens' Services. Prepared by BC Stats, January 2026.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-02-14
Date ( RI_366 )
2025-01-16
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; BC Stats Business StatisticsTeam - BC Stats Business Statistics Team ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BC Development Region
  • BC Regional District
  • Business Incorporations
  • Business formations
  • Incorporations
  • Municipality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
textTable; texteTable RI_637
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Society
Begin date
0001-01-01
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RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; BC Stats Business StatisticsTeam - BC Stats Business Statistics Team ( )
OnLine resource
Business Incorporations 1990-2025 (CSV) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Business Incorporations 2009-2025 (PDF) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Business Incorporations 1990-2025 (XLSX) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XLS;eng

File identifier
fa4cfa49-8241-4d4e-8d4c-ea0399c7cafd XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-03-17
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; BC Stats Business StatisticsTeam - BC Stats Business Statistics Team ( )
 
 

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