Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Updates on Feb 1st, 2012
Hello, The Inter-corporate ownership (ICO) – Q4 2011 CD is now available for download from the DLI FTP and website. “The Inter-corporate ownership CD 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 [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Updates on Mar 4th, 2011
Inter-corporate ownership (ICO) – Q4 2010 This product is now available on the DLI FTP and website. DLI Contacts will receive a copy of this CD by mail. “The Inter-corporate ownership CD is the most authoritative and comprehensive source of information available on corporate ownership; a unique directory of “who owns what” in Canada. It [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Updates on Feb 26th, 2010
Please note the updated products listed below and the path to access them via the DLI FTP and web sites. Canadian Business Patterns – December 2009 “The Canadian Business Patterns contains data that reflect counts of business establishments and locations (as of December 2008) by: 9 employment size ranges, including “indeterminate” (as of December 1997); [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Economic Accounts on Jan 8th, 2010
Question A student here is interested in determining the percentage or value of Canadian equities held by institutional investors (such as pension funds) as opposed to private investors. He would like these data over time, preferably since 1980, and preferably on a monthly basis (although quarterly or annual would suffice). Any ideas? Answer Please refer [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Nov 13th, 2009
Question I have a faculty member looking for data on how much Canadian firms spend on research. She’s hoping to get the data by company size and sector. There seemed to be data of interest from Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4201&lang=en&db=imdb&adm=8&dis=2) through CANSIM 358-0024, various publications, and the Summary Table at http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/econ151a-eng.htm. The publication at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=88-001-X200900410909&lang=eng [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Education, Training and Learning, Reference on Oct 23rd, 2009
Question A group of students is doing a project for a Business School course here at Western. The project consists of examining a business problem for an existing business, and offering data-based resolutions to the business. In this specific case, they wish to do market research. So, working through the flow chart: -I assume that [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Population and Demography on Sep 28th, 2009
Question I’m not sure if you would know the answers to some of these questions but perhaps you can direct me to someone who does. 1. I was looking at the tables for CMA NAICS 6. For 1999- June 2007, the CMAs listed for Newfoundland and Labrador were: St. John’s, Gander, Grand Falls/Windsor, Corner Brook, [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Mar 30th, 2009
*Note: Translated from the original French. Question A student is researching to see if a list of businesses with 250 or more employees in Canada. Is there a Statistics Canada resource that would allow you to find this information? Answer This information is available under the product “Canadian Business Patterns.”
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Mar 27th, 2009
Question As you probably recall, this CD title is received through both DSP and DLI. Specifically, only the 4th (quarterly) issue is available from the DSP and can be used by the general public as well. Does this pose problems in turns of location (do you keep the first 3 CDs in one area and [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership on Mar 20th, 2009
Question The Dec. 2008 Canadian business patterns that was released on Wednesday last week is missing all the CSD-level tables. Could we get those as well, please, as we indeed have in all previous editions since June 1998?!? Answer I was just informed by the author division that they have dropped Census Subdivisions from the [...]