2012 Co-operatives in Canada

Table 7: Employment of Co-operatives by Industry Codes and Province and Territories, 2012 1 CO-OPERATIVES IN CANADA IN 2012 TABLE OF FIGURES Page 9 Figure 1: Co-operatives by Type, 2012 10 Figure 2: Distribution of Reporting Co-operatives by Age, 2012 11 Figure 3: Total Number of Reporting Co-operatives by Industry Codes, 2012 12 Figure 4: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting by Number of Re [...] Cooperatives in Canada in 2012 is the 79th edition and is based on unweighted data gathered from the 2012 and 2011 Annual Surveys of Canadian Co-operatives that are coordinated by the Co-operatives Policy Unit in the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. [...] The government would like to thank all of the co-operatives in Canada that responded to the 2011 and 2012 Annual Surveys and contributed to the data in this report. [...] In this type of co-operative, the employees are the members and the owners of the enterprise. [...] They are incorporated co-operatives that hold partial ownership of the business in which the co-op's members are employed and the co-op can participate in the management of the business.