In 2023, there were 2,655 head office locations across Canada, reflecting a slight decline of 0.3% from the previous year. The number of head offices has declined 4.9% since 2012.
There were 211,445 people working at head offices in 2023, 250 more than a year earlier.
Just over four in five head office employees worked in Ontario (43.1%), Quebec (23.7%) and Alberta (15.5%) in 2023. Most head offices were located in Canada's largest urban centres. Toronto was home to the most head offices (689), followed by Montréal (372), Vancouver (236) and Calgary (197). Toronto also led in head office employment, with 68,223 employees, followed by Montréal (38,293), Calgary (25,396) and Vancouver (15,387).
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