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  • 31. Businesses’ use of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021023
    Description:

    This infographic represents the top three Canadian industries with the highest consumption of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 such as medical and non-medical masks, surgical and non-surgical gloves, disinfectant, disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer. The data shows the consumption for the reference period of December 2020.

    Release date: 2021-03-05
  • 32. Impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities, third quarter of 2020
    Articles and reports: 45-28-0001202000100090
    Description:

    Different communities in Canada have been impacted in various ways by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, a comparison was made to assess the impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities. Differences were noted in certain areas: these businesses were more likely to experience a decrease in revenue, have less liquidity, be unable to take on more debt, and be approved for funding or credit. This article further explores the impacts these businesses are experiencing during these unprecedented times.

    Release date: 2020-11-25
  • 33. The Effect of Robots on Firm Performance and Employment
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2020024
    Description:

    Recent improvements in robotics have rekindled ancient fears about the impact of robotics on humankind. Unfortunately, existing data seldom distinguishes robots from other types of automation, so research into their impact so far has been difficult. This article introduces research from a new Statistics Canada dataset, Robots!, on the impact of robots at the firm-level. The article examines the impact of robot investment on firm performance and employment at the enterprise level.

    Release date: 2020-11-02
  • 34. Canadians' Views on Automation and Net Job Creation in 1989: Were They Right?
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2020025
    Description:

    Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, advances in artificial intelligence and robotics raised concerns that automation might lead to relatively high unemployment rates in the coming years. This Economic Insights article examines the degree to which Canadians’ views about the impact of automation on net job creation in 1989 materialized three decades later.

    Release date: 2020-11-02
  • 35. Economic Insights
    Journals and periodicals: 11-626-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Articles in the Economic Insights series highlight issues related to the growth and development of Canada's economy. In some cases, these articles highlight new insights or synthesize the results of previous research carried out by Statistics Canada; in others, they provide contextual information that accompanies the release of new data or updates from previous papers. The Economic Insights series features concise examinations of economic events, research results, trends, and important structural changes in the economy.
    Release date: 2020-11-02
  • 36. Gearing up to stay open: Trends in businesses' needs for personal protective equipment since July Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100083
    Description:

    This study examines the evolution of private-sector businesses' demand for PPE since July, and concerns about lack of supply, using new data for September 2020 from the Personal Protective Equipment Survey.

    Release date: 2020-10-09
  • 37. Gearing up to restart: Businesses’ need for personal protective equipment Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100068
    Description:

    This study examines businesses' demand for personal protective equipment, and concerns about lack of supply, using new data for July 2020 from the Personal Protective Equipment Survey.

    Release date: 2020-08-14
  • 38. Businesses' Demand for Personal Protective Equipment During COVID-19 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020061
    Description:

    This infographic presents estimates of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) demand by Canadian businesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Personal Protective Equipment survey measures the demand in PPE over many industries in Canada.

    Release date: 2020-08-14
  • 39. Expected changes in spending habits during the recovery period Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100060
    Description:

    This article examines the expected changes in spending habits of Canadians after stores and businesses start re-opening and how these changes are associated with various demographic characteristics. It uses data from the third iteration (June 15, 2020 to June 21, 2020) of Statistics Canada's new Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS).

    Release date: 2020-07-22
  • 40. Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020052
    Description:

    This infographic presents the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Canada and their recovery needs. Specifically, the infographic presents information on teleworking (before, during and after the pandemic), personal protective measures businesses plan to implement, personal protective equipment and supply needs, and actions businesses have taken to help themselves through the pandemic. Results are from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

    Release date: 2020-07-17
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Data (6) ((6 results))

  • 1. Business Counts in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024008
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore current and historical counts of employer and non-employer businesses by geography, employment size and industry. This web-based application undergoes semi-annual updates.
    Release date: 2024-05-30
  • 2. Business Conditions in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024009
    Description: This dashboard features data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. It is designed for users to explore the obstacles, expectations, and future outlook of businesses in rural and small town areas. This web-based application undergoes quarterly updates.
    Release date: 2024-05-30
  • 3. Rural Canada Business Profiles: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024001
    Description: This dashboard shows the selected data from the Rural Canada Business Profile (RCBP) database that is produced based on the business tax returns filed with the Canada Revenue Agency. A reference year for the RCBP database runs from January 1 to December 31. The main variables in this RCBP dashboard are business counts, revenue, expenses, and balance sheets items. Data are organized by geography, by location, by industry code, and by industry incorporation status. The RCBP database defines rural and small town (RST) areas as communities outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2024-01-16
  • 4. The Open Database of Businesses
    Table: 21-26-0003
    Description: The Open Database of Businesses contains the names, addresses and locations of businesses. It also includes information on the type of business and legal nature of business, when supplied by the data providers.

    This database is compiled from both open and publicly available data sources and is made available under the Open Government License - Canada.
    Release date: 2023-11-28
  • 5. Municipal Financial and Socioeconomic Data Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022004
    Description:

    This interactive dashboard presents key financial, economic and socio-economic data for individual municipalities and other local public administrations.

    Release date: 2022-07-26
  • 6. Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021020
    Description: This interactive dashboard allows users to explore main data released from the Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS) for the reference periods 2015-2017 (SIBS 2017) and 2017-2019 (SIBS 2019). Data for SIBS 2019 were released mainly in three waves in 2021: April 26 (innovation), June 9 (structure and business strategies) and July 27 (global value chain ). The SIBS 2019 is a joint initiative of Statistics Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; Global Affairs Canada; the Bank of Canada; the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the Institut de la statistique du Québec ; and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. SIBS is the primary source of business innovation data for the Canadian economy. Between the release of the 2017 SIBS and 2019 SIBS results, the definition of what constitutes innovation changed slightly in the 4th edition of the Oslo Manual Data for the 2015-to-2017 and 2017-to-2019 reference periods are available by sector, according to the North American Industry Classification System; by enterprise size; and by economic region, according to the Standard Geographical Classification.
    Release date: 2021-07-27
Analysis (97)

Analysis (97) (0 to 10 of 97 results)

  • 1. The outlook of rural businesses, second quarter of 2023
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2023003
    Description: This article examines the business conditions and expectations of rural businesses in Canada, with comparison to urban counterparts by industry for contextual support. Topics include business obstacles, expectations for the next year, workforce changes and other subjects from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, second quarter of 2023.
    Release date: 2023-07-24
  • 2. Analysis on Federal Business Innovation and Growth Support to Clean Technology, 2016 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023011
    Description: This analysis provides a first-ever snapshot of the businesses performing clean technology activities that have been funded by the federal government through Business Innovation and Growth Support (BIGS) programs.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 3. Labour market imbalances: Evidence from the Canadian Economic Tracker
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300600001
    Description: The Canadian Economic Tracker, released on May 16th 2023, is a new data visualization tool combining selected monthly indicators of economic activity from Statistics Canada’s Common Output Database Repository (CODR) into a unified, customizable interface. The Tracker includes six indicators: business openings and closures, employment and weekly earnings, job vacancies and vacancy rates, gross domestic product, the consumer price index, and the industrial product price index. Each data release for these series is automatically incorporated into the Tracker, ensuring that the statistics remain timely and up to date. This article is the first in a series which will uncover insights that can be collected from the Canadian Economic Tracker.
    Release date: 2023-06-28
  • 4. Markups and inflation: Evidence from firm-level data
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300600004
    Description: In the past two years, Canada has experienced inflation rates that have not been seen in the past two decades. The rise of markups, i.e., price over marginal cost, can be one of the potential drivers or amplifiers of inflation. This study uses firm-level data to estimate markups in Canada's pre- and post-COVID.
    Release date: 2023-06-28
  • 5. Zombie firms in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300300003
    Description: In Canada and other advanced economies, the share of zombie firms, defined as businesses that perform poorly over a long period of time without exiting, has been rising over the past few decades. Recent studies have shown that the share of zombie firms in Canada could potentially be the highest in the world. However, these studies for Canada are based only on publicly traded Canadian firms. This paper presents new evidence on zombification using not only publicly traded firms but also Canadian controlled private corporations, which make up a large proportion of businesses in Canada.
    Release date: 2023-03-22
  • 6. Analysis on businesses majority-owned by women, first quarter of 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2023005
    Description: Canadian businesses face many different obstacles in their day-to-day operations. Several factors such as size, industry of operation and region of operation can cause businesses to experience different obstacles affecting their ability to sell to their markets. The obstacles experienced by businesses owned by different segments of the population can also vary. The challenges of businesses majority-owned by women are illustrated within this article. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2023-03-16
  • 7. Business Conditions in Canada, first quarter of 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023015
    Description: From January 3rd to February 6th, 2023, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on businesses in Canada related to emerging issues. This infographic presents key results from this.
    Release date: 2023-02-27
  • 8. Impact of spring flooding on businesses in key areas across Canada
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X201900100003
    Description: In this second article on the 2019 spring flooding, Statistics Canada examines the potential impact on businesses, again using flood extent maps produced by Natural Resources Canada from satellite data acquired by the Canadian Space Agency from April 17 to 30, 2019.
    Release date: 2023-02-06
  • 9. Business Conditions in Canada, fourth quarter of 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022080
    Description:

    From October 3 to November 7 2022, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on businesses in Canada related to emerging issues. This infographic presents key results from this.

    Release date: 2022-12-15
  • 10. Immigrant women among board directors and officers: From admission in Canada to executive roles
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2022017
    Description:

    This study provides the first socioeconomic profile of immigrant women board directors and officers in Canada from an intersectional lens. Linking data from the Corporations Returns Act with those from the Longitudinal Immigration database, exploratory estimates are presented. The study analyzes characteristics of immigrants at admission and disparities in family, work and income characteristics, mainly by gender and immigrant status. Further, it informs on the types of businesses in which diverse women executives contribute to corporate governance and strategic decision making.

    Release date: 2022-12-08
Reference (1)

Reference (1) ((1 result))

  • 1. Public Sector Universe
    Classification: 68-516-X
    Description: This product presents the Public Sector Universe, defined by Statistics Canada as a list of institutional units that are included in the economic measurement of governments in Canada. An institutional unit is defined as an economic entity that is capable, in its own right, of owning assets, incurring liabilities, and engaging in economic activities and in transactions with other entities. It includes the sectors of education, health, general government and government business enterprise sectors for all levels of government in Canada, annually, since 2008.
    Release date: 2023-11-22
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