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View the Archive..March 28, 2023BUSINESS OPENING AND CLOSING, DECEMBER 2022 Statistics Canada released updated data on monthly business openings and closures for December 2022. The data are seasonally adjusted.
Month-over-month (December 2022 vs November 2022, seasonally adjusted)
The number of active businesses in Nova Scotia decreased 0.13% from November to December 2022 (falling to 20,496 active businesses). The number of active businesses has been around 20,500 through 2022.

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March 27, 2023POLICE RESOURCES, 2022 Statistics Canada reports that there were 183.8 police officers per 100,000 residents in Nova Scotia in 2022. This is slightly above the national average (181.3), but below Saskatchewan and Quebec. Prince Edward Island reports the fewest police officers per 100,000 residents (132.4).

The number of police officers per 100,000 residents has been declining in...
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March 24, 2023RETAIL TRADE, JANUARY 2023 MONTH OVER MONTH (seasonally adjusted January 2023 vs. December 2022)

In Nova Scotia retail trade increased 4.0% to $1.82 billion. Nationally, retail trade increased 1.4% to $66.4 billion. All provinces reported increasing retail sales in January 2023, led by Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. Quebec and Ontario reported t...
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