Guides: Company and Industry Research: Industry Information

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Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Interactive tools and in-depth analysis of the history, performance, and opportunities of thousands of companies and industries. Search and browse SWOT analyses, market research, investment and financial reports, and articles from top magazines and industry journals. Includes online access to key publications including Market Share Reporter.
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Sage Business Explorer This link opens in a new window
A collection of business resources including datasets, videos, business cases, research methods tools and ebooks.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
On-demand access to a vast collection of ebooks, videos, case studies, learning paths, expert playlists, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 other publishers.

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NAICS Codes

NAICS codes, which stands for the North American Industry Classification System, can be useful to know as some databases allow you to do research based on NAICS codes. Use the link below to look up the NAICS code for the industry you are researching using this Statistics Canada table. Statistics Canada published updated NAICS in 2022.

Find Industry Information

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
To search for information on a specific industry, select "Industry Profile" under Publication Type in the Limit Your Results section.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Select your preferred industry under the Industry tab and click Search to retrieve recent new articles and reports mentioning that industry.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
To search for information on a specific industry, select "Industry Report" under Document Type in Advanced Search.
IbisWorld This link opens in a new window
Access Canadian industry reports including market characteristics, statistics and business environment profiles, organized by NAICS code.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Access to data from over 18,000 sources including industry reports, dossiers, and statistics, including Statistics Canada. Download images, PPT slides, Excel files and more.
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Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Interactive tools and in-depth analysis of the history, performance, and opportunities of thousands of companies and industries. Search and browse SWOT analyses, market research, investment and financial reports, and articles from top magazines and industry journals. Includes online access to key publications including Market Share Reporter.
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Industry Information Online

Canadian Industry Statistics (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
Search for statistical data by industry
Canadian Trade Commissioner - Market Reports by Industry
These industry reports "offer key intelligence that lets you take advantage of foreign business opportunities in the highest-demand industrial sectors."
Trademap
Trade statistics for international business development
UN Comtrade Database
Deloitte Canada
Click on "Industries" to view overviews of key industries as prepared by Deloitte.
PwC Research and Insights
Select "More Industry Related Publications" under the By Industry heading.
Industry and Entrepreneurship (OECD)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publishes international industrial information.
European Commission - Business, Economy, Euro

Industry News

Find information about particular industries in the news:

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access current Canadian news content with archives as far back as the 1970s, from a variety of news sources. Newspapers including The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star along with newswires and broadcast transcripts in full-text format. Updated daily. Part of the ProQuest Central Collection.
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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Covers more than 9,000 full text sources including local, national and international newspapers.
Lexis Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text of news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index) This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for approximately 700 Canadian periodicals with 240 available in full-text.

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Country Information

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