Western Economic Diversification Canada

7 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Percentage of professional jobs (including science & technology) in western Canada

    Professional, science and technology-related jobs – Based on an OECD definition of ‘science and technology-related jobs’ that includes occupations beyond those typically associated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or merely the natural sciences. It includes physical,...
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    Western Economic Diversification Canada
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  • Open Data

    Amount leveraged per dollar by WD in community projects

    Funds leveraged means that communities have partnered with various sources of funds to realize their projects and therefore are addressing their communities’ needs through these investment opportunities. The leverage ratio represents total financial contributions by WD’s partners in relation to...
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    Western Economic Diversification Canada
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  • Open Data

    Number of high growth firms in western Canada

    High-Growth Firm – Based on list of all businesses in Canada included in Statistics Canada’s Business Register, a “high-growth firm” is an enterprise with average annualized growth greater than 20% per annum over a three-year period. That is, the total growth over a three-year period must be...
    Organization:
    Western Economic Diversification Canada
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  • Open Data

    Percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises that are majority-owned by Indigenous people, youth, visible minorities and persons with disabilit...

    Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Small enterprises are defined as having 1-99 employees. Medium sized enterprises have 100-499 employees. So small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are all firms with less than 500 employees. Majority-owned / Majority ownership – Majority ownership for...
    Organization:
    Western Economic Diversification Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV