{
 "title": "New federal companies by province, October 2026: 5,093 incorporated",
 "headline": "5,093 new federal corporations were incorporated in Canada from October 1–27, 2026; Ontario accounted for 3,896 of them (76%), and Toronto led all cities with 943.",
 "period_start": "2026-10-01",
 "period_end": "2026-10-27",
 "period_label": "October 1–27, 2026",
 "period_note": "Federal corporations in Corporations Canada's open data with an incorporation date from October 1–27, 2026. The registry file is published daily; the latest date in it when this report was built was October 27, 2026.",
 "stats": [
  [
   "5,093",
   "new federal corporations, October 1–27, 2026"
  ],
  [
   "76%",
   "registered in Ontario (3,896 companies)"
  ],
  [
   "943",
   "in Toronto, the city with the most"
  ],
  [
   "41%",
   "are numbered companies (no business name yet)"
  ]
 ],
 "summary": [
  "5,093 companies were incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act from October 1–27, 2026. Ontario had the most, with 3,896 (76% of the total), followed by Quebec (512), Alberta (236), British Columbia (206).",
  "By registered office, Toronto, ON had the most new federal companies of any city (943; Toronto includes North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, East York and York). 41% of the new companies are numbered companies, which register without a business name.",
  "These are federal incorporations only. Most Canadian companies incorporate provincially, so the numbers show where federal incorporations are happening, not all new businesses."
 ],
 "method": "Active corporations under the Canada Business Corporations Act whose incorporation (anniversary) date in Corporations Canada's daily file falls from October 1–27, 2026, counted by the province of the registered office. Corporations dissolved again within the month are not in the active file. Numbered companies are those whose name is a number followed by Canada Inc. or a similar form.",
 "source": {
  "name": "Corporations Canada, Federal Corporations open data (active CBCA corporations)",
  "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0032ce54-c5dd-4b66-99a0-320a7b5e99f2",
  "licence": "Open Government Licence – Canada",
  "licence_url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada"
 },
 "chart": {
  "title": "New federal corporations by province, October 1–27, 2026",
  "rows": [
   {
    "label": "Ontario",
    "value": 3896
   },
   {
    "label": "Quebec",
    "value": 512
   },
   {
    "label": "Alberta",
    "value": 236
   },
   {
    "label": "British Columbia",
    "value": 206
   },
   {
    "label": "Manitoba",
    "value": 71
   },
   {
    "label": "Nova Scotia",
    "value": 61
   },
   {
    "label": "Saskatchewan",
    "value": 39
   },
   {
    "label": "New Brunswick",
    "value": 37
   },
   {
    "label": "NF",
    "value": 17
   },
   {
    "label": "Other provinces and territories",
    "value": 18
   }
  ]
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every province and territory",
  "columns": [
   "Province or territory",
   "New corporations",
   "Share",
   "Top city",
   "Numbered"
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "Ontario",
    "3,896",
    "76%",
    "Toronto (943)",
    "44%"
   ],
   [
    "Quebec",
    "512",
    "10%",
    "Montreal (134)",
    "36%"
   ],
   [
    "Alberta",
    "236",
    "5%",
    "Calgary (113)",
    "27%"
   ],
   [
    "British Columbia",
    "206",
    "4%",
    "Vancouver (45)",
    "27%"
   ],
   [
    "Manitoba",
    "71",
    "1%",
    "Winnipeg (54)",
    "37%"
   ],
   [
    "Nova Scotia",
    "61",
    "1%",
    "Halifax (19)",
    "28%"
   ],
   [
    "Saskatchewan",
    "39",
    "1%",
    "Regina (18)",
    "38%"
   ],
   [
    "New Brunswick",
    "37",
    "1%",
    "Moncton (14)",
    "30%"
   ],
   [
    "NF",
    "17",
    "0%",
    "St. John'S (9)",
    "18%"
   ],
   [
    "Prince Edward Island",
    "15",
    "0%",
    "Summerside (3)",
    "33%"
   ],
   [
    "Northwest Territories",
    "2",
    "0%",
    "Inuvik (2)",
    "0%"
   ],
   [
    "Yukon",
    "1",
    "0%",
    "Whitehorse (1)",
    "0%"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "publisher": "A3E Ecosystem Inc.",
 "url": "https://newbiz.a3eecosystem.com/reports/2026-10/",
 "published": "2026-10-27",
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "licence_note": "Free to quote or republish with a link to https://newbiz.a3eecosystem.com/reports/2026-10/"
}