These groupings divide the industry into segments so that comparisons between businesses at different gross operating revenue levels can be made. The revenue boundary for each grouping is indicated by the low and high values appearing at the top of each column. The last column shows the percentage of businesses in the sample that reported each expense item on their tax form. The Profiles are available for the provinces, territories, Atlantic Canada, the Prairies and Canada. Statistics Canada's standardized coding system for grouping businesses engaged in similar types of activity into non-overlapping industry categories.
Profiles are available at all levels of industrial aggregation.
A more complete description of the SIC is available in Statistics Canada Catalogue No. These averages are calculated from a sample of businesses weighted to represent the entire small business population. The sample size for each area and industry, rounded to the nearest 10, is provided at the top of the page. The data used to generate the Profiles come from a sample of Revenue Canada tax returns for unincorporated and incorporated businesses operating in Canada. The data are transcribed into electronic format from the financial statements that businesses attach to their income tax forms.