Activities of Canadian Multinational Enterprises Abroad

Affiliate's employees of enterprise, number

Affiliates employees' refers to a group of persons employed by the foreign affiliate of an enterprise located in Canada at a specified point in time. It includes persons working on a full-time and part-time basis, excluding temporary workers and contractors.

Enterprise refers to the highest level of the Business Register statistical hierarchy. In alignment with the System of National Accounts, it is defined as an institutional unit that directs and controls the allocation of resources relating to its operations, and for which financial statements are maintained from which international transactions, an international investment position and a financial position for the unit can be derived. Enterprises can be corporations, quasi-corporations, institutions, or unincorporated businesses such as sole proprietors or partnerships. For incorporated enterprises, financial statements can be consolidated.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Whole number