Business performance and ownership

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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While the presence of provincial border effects—the relative weakness of inter-provincial trade compared to intra-provincial trade—is well established, it remains unclear what underlies them. Parsing out the sources of the border effect is important, because it provides policy makers with much more information on where to direct their efforts. This paper takes a step in this direction by asking whether part of the border effect can be attributed to how multi-unit firms organize their production within and across provincial borders. Networks of operating units controlled by the same enterprise lower the cost of trade by shipping goods between units as value is added through the production chain or via the use of common upstream and downstream supply chains. Higher costs of operating these networks in multiple provinces may act as a barrier to firm networks. By combining measures of regional trade and firm networks over a nine-year period (2004 to 2012), the study tests these propositions.

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This study is part of the movement in the literature that supposes that entrepreneurship is an important factor in economic development and growth. A company’s success or failure is largely determined by the quality of corporate decisions made by the entrepreneur. However, since business decisions are intangible, their impact on a company’s performance is difficult to measure. This analysis aims to quantify the impact of business decisions. To measure intangibles, indexes were developed to measure a company’s management practices and long-term strategic directions, much like those developed by Bloom and Van Reenen (2007) and Brouillette and Ershov (2014).

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An enterprise is said to be multinational if it controls or is controlled by an enterprise outside of Canada. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are an important part of the Canadian economy. This paper uses financial statement data from the Annual Financial and Taxation Statistics program and tax sources to answer questions about MNEs, such as: What industries have the highest concentrations of MNEs? How do these enterprises compare in terms of size and profitability to enterprises that do not have affiliates outside of Canada? How diverse are the operations of Canadian- controlled MNEs abroad?

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Amount (x 1,000,000) of enterprises’ total sales that came from local markets in Canada, the rest of Canada, the United States of America or the rest of the world, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Estimates refer to fiscal year 2017 (end date falling after January 1, 2017 and on or before December 31, 2017).

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Percentage of enterprises for which specific statements best described their strategic focus regarding marketing practices or methods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. Statements that best described enterprises’ strategic focus regarding marketing practices or methods include maintain current marketing practices or methods, intensify current marketing practices or methods, introduce new or significantly improved marketing practices or methods, and don’t know.

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Percentage of enterprises for which specific statements best described their strategic focus regarding operations and business activities, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. Statements that best described enterprises’ strategic focus regarding operations and business activities include maintain current operations and business activities, optimize current operations and business activities, introduce new or significantly improved business activities or processes to operations, and don’t know.

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Percentage of enterprises for which specific statements best described their strategic focus regarding organizational and management practices, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. Statements that best described enterprises’ strategic focus regarding organizational and management practices include maintain current organizational and management practices, optimize current organizational and management practices, introduce new or significantly improved management practices or change organizational structure, and don’t know.

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This table contains 80 series, with data starting from 1982 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  Mortgages (4 items: Total, mortgage loans outstanding; Mortgages in Canada outstanding; Mortgage loans outside Canada outstanding; Allowance for credit losses);  Increases and decreases (15 items: Total, increases and decreases; Gross increase; Cash disbursement of principal; Purchases of mortgages from; ...);  Type of mortgage (7 items: Total, mortgages; Total, residential mortgages; Residential mortgages, insured; Residential mortgages, uninsured; ...).

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This table contains 80 series, with data starting from 1982 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  Mortgages (4 items: Total, mortgage loans outstanding; Mortgages in Canada outstanding; Mortgage loans outside Canada outstanding; Allowance for credit losses);  Increases and decreases (15 items: Total, increases and decreases; Gross increase; Cash disbursement of principal; Purchases of mortgages from; ...);  Type of mortgage (7 items: Total, mortgages; Total, residential mortgages; Residential mortgages, insured; Residential mortgages, uninsured; ...).

Description: Quarterly current and capital accounts for financial, non-financial and total corporations, including property income, disposable income, net saving and net lending, Canada.

Description: Quarterly financial, non-financial and total corporation profits before taxes, on an original-cost-basis, excluding government business enterprises, Canada.

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.

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.

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Monthly gross new issues, retirements and net new issues of debt securities, including direct and guaranteed bonds, Treasury Bills, and Canada Bills, by geography for the Government of Canada. Also included historical data by security type (common stocks, preferred stocks, trust units, bonds, treasury bills, commercial paper, and term securitizations), and by issuer type (provincial, municipal, corporate, institutions, and foreign debtors).

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Month-end Government of Canada direct bonds outstanding data by currency. Also included historical data by currency for provinces, municipalities, corporations and other institutions.

Description: Private sector business counts by majority ownership, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, second quarter of 2024.

Description: Expectations over the next three months by the business or organization, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, second quarter of 2024.

Description: With the emergence of COVID-19, Canadian governments at all levels adopted policy initiatives to address the financial challenges faced by businesses. The policies were broad in both scope and variety and altogether represented billions of dollars in support.

This article examines these programs including the characteristics of recipients using preliminary data from the Canadian COVID-19 Business Support Measures Database (CCBSM), a standardized set of data covering government support programs for businesses.

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This analysis is based on the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) which is a database built from business tax returns. With several breakdowns available along the theme of rural and urban areas, the RCBP version released by Statistics Canada on January 13, 2023, provides data for 2020. Future updates of the RCBP, expected to be produced on an annual basis, will add more recent years as fresh data become available. The RCBP could be a useful and timely analytical tool in efforts to gain insights on trends and transformations in the rural business environment just as the economy enters the post-pandemic period.

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The infographic for active enterprises consists of all enterprises that had either revenue or employees at any time during the reference period.

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This paper provides an update to the work of Abbes et al. (2022a) and to the Canadian Patent Research Database (CPRD). The CPRD was created to study patenting, an important indicator of innovative activity, at the micro level.

Description: In recent years, Statistics Canada has released data and analysis on business ownership by women and persons with disabilities. Furthermore, in an effort to continue to fill the information gap on business ownership by employment equity groups and better inform policy making, Statistics Canada has released, for the first time, time series on Indigenous-owned businesses by sex of ownership and other characteristics such as age of primary owner and province of operation.

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Businesses are aiming to retain employees in order to keep up with increased supply and demand pressures. Based on the results of the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, most businesses were likely to expect obstacles regarding the retention of current staff as well as the recruitment of new staff in order to fill vacant positions they may be experiencing. Almost half of businesses foresee rising costs of inputs and labour to be an obstacle in addressing staffing challenges. This article provides insights on the topics of challenges of hiring and vacant positions.

Description: This article examines some of the effects of COVID-19 on 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, fourth quarter of 2022.

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A variety of different factors impact the ability of Canadian businesses to operate, such as the geographical location of businesses, the industry the businesses operate in, and the size of businesses. Differences may also be apparent when looking at different categories of business owners, as different segments of the Canadian population face different challenges at a personal level, and as owners of businesses. From the beginning of October to early November 2022, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CSBC) to collect information on the environment businesses are currently operating in and their expectations moving forward. This article explores results from the survey by looking at the businesses majority-owned by immigrants to Canada and businesses majority-owned by racialized persons. While there is some degree of crossover between these two sub-populations, they are two distinct groups and face different challenges. The information and trends presented in this article are based on data collected via the CSBC.

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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.

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Description: This survey collects financial and operating data for radio and television stations and networks, and the pay and specialty television industry.

Description: This survey collects financial and operating data for statistical measurement and analysis of the broadcast distribution undertakings sector (cable and wireless).

Description: This survey collects data from common carrier railways operating in Canada which are essential for the analysis of the Railway Transport Industry and the assessment of its contribution to the Canadian economy. These data provide input into Canada's System of National Accounts for the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product and are used by various Government Departments to develop policy and to monitor the industry.

Description: The purpose of this survey is to measure the size, structure and economic performance of the trucking industry and to analyze its impact on the Canadian economy.

Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect the financial data needed to estimate value-added for the trucking industry and to analyze its impact on the Canadian economy.

Description: The survey collects financial and operational data from Canadian-domiciled water carriers.

Description: The main purpose of this survey is to provide information about the size, structure and economic performance of Canada's small for-hire trucking industry and Owner-operators.

Description: This survey was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Description: The survey is designed to find out what kinds of financing small and medium enterprises are using, and to collect information on recent attempts to obtain new financing. The survey also collects information on barriers to growth, the financial position of small and medium enterprises, the characteristics of ownership and the extent to which the enterprise is involved in innovation and intellectual property.

Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.