Huron County

Business FACT SHEET

Issue 1

2013 FACT SHEET -- Huron County, ,

Growth/Decline in enterprises by sector 2001 - 2013 Rates of Self-Employment

2,604 Agriculture & Mining Huron County Ontario 1,973 994 Professional, Administrative, & Other Services 1,049 25% 21% 790 20% Finance & Real Estate 325 20% 17% 18% 767 Retail & Wholesale Trade 749 15% 654 11% 11% Construction & Utilities 533 10% 10% Transportation & Warehousing 304 7% Industrysectors 271 261 5% Health, Government, & Education 273 186 Manufacturing 207 0% 1996 2001 2006 2011 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 2001 2013 Census years Number of enterprises

Value of commercial/industrial building permits Huron County 2011 & 2012

$2,500 Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh $2,089

Bluewater x 10000 x $2,000 $1,840

Goderich $1,558 $1,500 Howick

Huron East $896 Morris-Turnberry $1,000

North Huron $517 $388 South Huron $500 $353 $354 $230 $190 $150 $72 $42 $39 $85 $35 Note: Goderich permit numbers high due to $7 $2 tornado damage. South Huron 2012 permit $0 value high due to residue mgmt facility. 2011 2012

2013 BUSINESS FACT SHEET -- Huron County, Ontario, Canada – Issue 1 2

Businesses by number of employees, Huron County, 2001 & 2013

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Numberofbusinesses 1 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 500+ employees employees employees employees employees employees employees employees 2001 1,407 365 221 143 56 20 6 5

2013 1,381 521 330 178 51 19 5 2

Change in business Labour force aged 15+ years by class of worker, numbers 2001 - 2013 Employee, Huron County 2011, number & percent Number of enterprises 25,255 = 82%

2001 5,380

2006 5,714

Year 2011 6,119 Self-employed, 5,740 = 18% 2013 6,859

Data Source: Investment in R & D, Huron County IRAP Projects 2006 - 2013 . National Household Survey (NHS) $183,364 Profiles, 2013. Note: Global non-response rate is $200,000 31.6% for Huron County and 27.1% for Ontario. $74,485 $77,302 Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Patterns, $100,000 $33,336 $23,536 Business Location Counts, Huron County, June 2013. $5,000 $13,993 $0 The Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh; the Municipality of Bluewater; the Municipality of 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 Central Huron; the Town of Goderich; the Township of Howick; the Municipality of Huron East; the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry; the Township of North Huron; the Municipality of South Huron. Huron County businesses by industry sector 2013 Professional, Financial Information Return, Schedule 80, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing of Ontario. Retail & Wholesale Finance & Real Administrative, & Other Services Trade Estate Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), 11.2% 11.5% 14.5% Ottawa, ON, July 22, 2013. Fact Sheet produced by: Construction & Utilities

9.5% Agriculture & Mining 38.0% County of Huron Economic Development Services Phone: 1-888-524-8394 x 3 Transportation & Email: [email protected] Warehousing

4.4%

Entertainment, Recreation, Health, Huron Business Development Corporation Accommodation, & Government, & Information & Phone: 519-527-0305 Food services Education Manufacturing Cultural Industries Email: [email protected] 3.8% 3.8% 2.7% 0.5%