Some contextual information.
Here is the 2014 small buisness profile in alberta. As far as I know it is the most recent version of this report.
http://www.albertacanada.com/files/a...BusProfile.pdf
Some highlights include.
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Small businesses continue to represent the overwhelming majority of businesses
in the province
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Without question, Alberta continues to be one of the best places in Canada to
establish a small business and find success.
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Small businesses remain a sizeable and important portion of the provincial
economy, contributing 25 percent of Alberta’s GDP.
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Now this is 4 years dated document, all the same, it is good to know if we are to discuss small businesses.
FWIW this article suggests that since a drop in 2016 small businesses in AB are doing well as of December 2017.
https://edmontonjournal.com/business...-canada-report