•The chamber network is the largest, most broadly based business organization in B.C.
• More than 125 chambers and boards of trade represent 36,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors of the economy.
• Small business makes up 98 per cent of all business in the province and employ over one million people.
• According to BC Stats — B.C.’s small business sector grew 1,400 per cent above the national average last year.
• British Columbia ranks first in Canada for the number of small businesses per capita, with 83 businesses per 1,000 people (national average is 70.3).
• Small businesses account for 35 per cent of British Columbia’s GDP, tied for first place in the country and higher than the Canadian average of 32 per cent.
• Small business provides nearly 54 per cent of all private-sector jobs in British Columbia, the highest rate in the country.