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  • 1. Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, Canadian and foreign multinationals, as a share of the Canadian economy
    Table: 36-10-0356-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Data on the activities of Canadian and foreign multinational enterprises in Canada, for example the number of jobs, assets, operating revenues, international merchandise trade or gross domestic product, as a share of the Canadian economy.

    Release date: 2024-12-06
  • 2. Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, foreign multinationals, by ultimate investor country and industry
    Table: 36-10-0582-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Data on the activities of foreign multinational enterprises in Canada, for example the number of jobs, assets, operating revenues, international merchandise trade or gross domestic product, by ultimate investor country and industry.

    Release date: 2024-12-06
  • 3. Foreign control in the Canadian economy: Visualization tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020024
    Description: A visual summary of foreign control in Canada as measured by ownership of assets, revenues and profits. Users can specify the financial variable, choose from selected industries as well as selected countries and macro-regions. Two reference periods are provided for comparison over time.
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 4. Corporations Returns Act
    Table: 61-220-X
    Description: Each year, Statistics Canada produces a report on foreign control {Foreign control in the Canadian economy}, as stipulated in the Corporations Returns Act. This report draws a national profile of foreign control in the Canadian corporate economy, examining financial and ownership information on corporations conducting business in Canada. This information is used to evaluate the extent and effect of non-resident control of the Canadian corporate economy. The report includes charts and tables providing time series on selected financial characteristics (assets, operating revenue and operating profits) by specific country of control and classified by major industry groups. The statistics provided in the Corporations Returns Act report are presented at the 21-industry level, using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS Canada 2017). Previous versions of this report may use different industry classification systems. The industry system used will be referenced within the specific version.
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 5. Foreign control in the Canadian economy 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242832972
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 6. Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, counts by operating revenue size groups
    Table: 33-10-0005-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of incorporated enterprises operating in Canada and under foreign control, by specific enterprise size groupings (small, medium and large), annual.

    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 7. Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, by financial characteristics and selected country of control
    Table: 33-10-0570-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Dollar amounts and percentages of assets, operating revenues and operating profits of incorporated enterprises that are operating in Canada by the Finance and Non-Financial industries and selected country of control, annual.

    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 8. Sales made through Canadian businesses and through their majority-owned foreign affiliates distributed by country of destination, industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0213-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total value (x 1,000,000) of businesses’ sales that were made through Canadian businesses and through their majority-owned foreign affiliates in Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, other Latin American and Caribbean countries, Europe, China, other Asian countries or all other countries, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
    Release date: 2024-09-27
  • 9. Inter-corporate Ownership
    Table: 61-517-X
    Description: The Inter-corporate ownership product is the most authoritative and comprehensive source of information available on corporate ownership; a unique directory of "who owns what" in Canada. It provides up-to-date information reflecting recent corporate takeovers and other substantial changes. Ultimate corporate control is determined through a careful study of holdings by corporations, the effects of options, insider holdings, convertible shares and interlocking directorships. The number of corporations that make up the hierarchy of structures totals approximately 50,000.

    The information that is presented is based on non-confidential returns filed by Canadian corporations under the Corporations Returns Act and on research using public sources such as internet sites. The data are presented in an easy-to-read tiered format, illustrating at a glance the hierarchy of subsidiaries within each corporate structure. The entries for each corporation provide both the country of control and the country of residence.

    The product covers every individual corporation that is part of a group of commonly controlled corporations with combined assets exceeding 600 million dollars or combined revenue exceeding 200 million dollars. Individual corporations with debt obligations or equity owing to non-residents exceeding a net book value of 1 million dollars are covered as well.

    Release date: 2024-06-17
  • 10. Affiliation with a foreign parent company, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0148-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that were affiliates of a foreign parent company and location of the foreign parent company (United States of America, Mexico, other Latin American and Caribbean countries, Europe, China, other Asian countries or all other countries), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
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  • 1. Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, Canadian and foreign multinationals, as a share of the Canadian economy
    Table: 36-10-0356-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Data on the activities of Canadian and foreign multinational enterprises in Canada, for example the number of jobs, assets, operating revenues, international merchandise trade or gross domestic product, as a share of the Canadian economy.

    Release date: 2024-12-06
  • 2. Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, foreign multinationals, by ultimate investor country and industry
    Table: 36-10-0582-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Data on the activities of foreign multinational enterprises in Canada, for example the number of jobs, assets, operating revenues, international merchandise trade or gross domestic product, by ultimate investor country and industry.

    Release date: 2024-12-06
  • 3. Foreign control in the Canadian economy: Visualization tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020024
    Description: A visual summary of foreign control in Canada as measured by ownership of assets, revenues and profits. Users can specify the financial variable, choose from selected industries as well as selected countries and macro-regions. Two reference periods are provided for comparison over time.
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 4. Corporations Returns Act
    Table: 61-220-X
    Description: Each year, Statistics Canada produces a report on foreign control {Foreign control in the Canadian economy}, as stipulated in the Corporations Returns Act. This report draws a national profile of foreign control in the Canadian corporate economy, examining financial and ownership information on corporations conducting business in Canada. This information is used to evaluate the extent and effect of non-resident control of the Canadian corporate economy. The report includes charts and tables providing time series on selected financial characteristics (assets, operating revenue and operating profits) by specific country of control and classified by major industry groups. The statistics provided in the Corporations Returns Act report are presented at the 21-industry level, using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS Canada 2017). Previous versions of this report may use different industry classification systems. The industry system used will be referenced within the specific version.
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 5. Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, counts by operating revenue size groups
    Table: 33-10-0005-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of incorporated enterprises operating in Canada and under foreign control, by specific enterprise size groupings (small, medium and large), annual.

    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 6. Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, by financial characteristics and selected country of control
    Table: 33-10-0570-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Dollar amounts and percentages of assets, operating revenues and operating profits of incorporated enterprises that are operating in Canada by the Finance and Non-Financial industries and selected country of control, annual.

    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 7. Sales made through Canadian businesses and through their majority-owned foreign affiliates distributed by country of destination, industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0213-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total value (x 1,000,000) of businesses’ sales that were made through Canadian businesses and through their majority-owned foreign affiliates in Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, other Latin American and Caribbean countries, Europe, China, other Asian countries or all other countries, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
    Release date: 2024-09-27
  • 8. Inter-corporate Ownership
    Table: 61-517-X
    Description: The Inter-corporate ownership product is the most authoritative and comprehensive source of information available on corporate ownership; a unique directory of "who owns what" in Canada. It provides up-to-date information reflecting recent corporate takeovers and other substantial changes. Ultimate corporate control is determined through a careful study of holdings by corporations, the effects of options, insider holdings, convertible shares and interlocking directorships. The number of corporations that make up the hierarchy of structures totals approximately 50,000.

    The information that is presented is based on non-confidential returns filed by Canadian corporations under the Corporations Returns Act and on research using public sources such as internet sites. The data are presented in an easy-to-read tiered format, illustrating at a glance the hierarchy of subsidiaries within each corporate structure. The entries for each corporation provide both the country of control and the country of residence.

    The product covers every individual corporation that is part of a group of commonly controlled corporations with combined assets exceeding 600 million dollars or combined revenue exceeding 200 million dollars. Individual corporations with debt obligations or equity owing to non-residents exceeding a net book value of 1 million dollars are covered as well.

    Release date: 2024-06-17
  • 9. Affiliation with a foreign parent company, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0148-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that were affiliates of a foreign parent company and location of the foreign parent company (United States of America, Mexico, other Latin American and Caribbean countries, Europe, China, other Asian countries or all other countries), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 10. Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, by financial characteristics and selected country of control, inactive Archived
    Table: 33-10-0084-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Dollar amounts and percentages of assets, operating revenues and operating profits of incorporated enterprises that are operating in Canada by the Finance and Non-Financial industries and selected country of control, annual.
    Release date: 2022-01-31
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  • 1. Foreign control in the Canadian economy 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242832972
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-09
  • 2. Study: Immigrant women among board directors and officers: From admission in Canada to executive roles Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202234236484
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-12-08
  • 3. Why Are Multinationals More Productive than Non-multinationals? Evidence from Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020008
    Description:

    Multinationals play an important role in the world economy because they are larger, innovate more, are more productive and pay higher wages compared with non-multinationals. Multinationals (i.e., firms that have established affiliates or subsidiaries in other countries) have played an increasingly important role in many economies. In Canada, multinationals accounted for only 0.8% of all enterprises in 2016, but they held 67% of all assets in the Canadian economy (Schaffter and Fortier-Labonté 2019). Given the importance of multinationals to the Canadian economy, it is essential for policy makers to understand the economic performance and productivity advantage of multinationals operating in Canada.

    To address policy-relevant research questions, a rich micro dataset covering all industries from 2000 to 2014 has been constructed for this study, using several administrative microdata files at Statistics Canada. This dataset is used to delve deeper into and estimate the productivity advantage of multinationals, including the selection and learning effects associated with multinationality. In addition, this study investigates whether and how research and development (R&D) investment contributes to the superior productivity performance of multinationals.

    Release date: 2020-05-26
  • 4. Study: Why are multinationals more productive than non-multinationals? Evidence from Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202014722585
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-05-26
  • 5. Study: Foreign-owned Affiliates in Canada: Trends across Major Sectors Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201917620407
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-06-25
  • 6. Foreign-owned Affiliates in Canada: Trends across Major Sectors Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2019012
    Description:

    This Economic Insights article presents estimates of the nominal output of foreign-owned multinationals operating in different sectors of Canada’s economy. It examines changes in the value added of foreign majority-owned affiliates, highlighting contributions by country of control. Estimates are examined separately for affiliates operating in resource, manufacturing and service industries. Developed by the Canadian Economic Accounts, the new data summarized in this article are part of a series of projects designed to provide more detailed information on the global dimensions of Canada’s economy. Annual estimates of the value added of foreign-owned affiliates are currently available from 2010 to 2016.

    Release date: 2019-06-25
  • 7. Exploring the significance of Asia's corporate control in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2019003
    Description:

    This paper aims to provide new details on foreign control of corporations in Canada, with a focus on Asia. New details are presented across five industry breakdowns: manufacturing, distributive trade, financial services, resources and mining, and a residual category which includes a composite of all remaining corporate sectors in the Canadian economy.

    Release date: 2019-06-11
  • 8. New findings on who controls Canadian corporations and how this has changed over the last 10 years Archived
    Articles and reports: 61-220-X2016001
    Description:

    This report is a special release intended to highlight new insights into the extent of foreign control in the Canadian corporate economy from 2007 to 2016. It illustrates changes in foreign control by macro-region and country for financial and non-financial industry groupings.

    Release date: 2018-08-01
  • 9. The Changing Importance of Foreign Control in Canadian Manufacturing Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2016387
    Description:

    The paper investigates recent changes in the importance of foreign ownership in Canadian manufacturing in the 2000s, and also compares these changes to those in the previous decades from 1973 to 1999. The importance of foreign firms in manufacturing is measured by the share of output under foreign control, and its changes are examined at different levels: aggregate, sector and industry.

    Release date: 2017-10-30
  • 10. Foreign direct investment in Canada by ultimate investing country Archived
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X201700154868
    Description:

    With Canadian companies increasingly engaged in the global economy there is a growing demand for more detailed information on their international activities to better understand how Canadian businesses are expanding internationally and what the benefits and consequences are for Canada.

    Release date: 2017-10-02
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