Question:
I have a researcher wondering there is data on the number of business and types of businesses by smaller levels of census geography (CT or FSA)? Is this data available?
Answer:
The University of Toronto Map and Data Library dataverse appears to have this data: Canadian Business Patterns, Dissemination Area (DA) Level. In addition to the DAs for 2012-2016, they also have DA, CA/CMA, and CSD level files for various years in the period 2007-2011. Here’s the full list of what U of T purchased:
https://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/dataverse/MDL?q=%22canadian+business+patterns%22&types=dataverses%3Adatasets&sort=score&order=desc&page=1
McGill just purchased the CT-level CBCounts. Since these data are governed by the open data license we can share no problem. I can send you a link if you want the CT as well.
