Subject Guides: Companies: Historical Reports

Reports & Filings

CANFIL
(1974-1982) - 10Ks/Annual reports
Insider
(1979-1989). AFS (Annual financial statements and 10Ks) and PRO (Prospectuses) ONLY
CanCorp
CanCorp (1990-1996) - AFS (Annual financial statements and 10Ks) and PRO (Prospectuses) ONLY.

FP Advisor (Financial Post) This link opens in a new window
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Predecessor & Defunct - information on name changes, amalgamations, takeovers, acquisitions and dissolutions of publicly-traded companies, dating back to 1929.
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) This link opens in a new window
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Canadian Company Histories (1997 - Gale). Available through CPI.Q - search for the Publications title "Canadian Company Histories".
FP Advisor (Financial Post) This link opens in a new window
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Corporate Surveys (FinancialPost.com) - detailed corporate and investment information on all companies publicly traded in Canada.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window
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Includes PDF copies of the Moody's International Manual (an annual publication) which covers Canadian companies. Provides brief history, financials, subsidiaries, etc.Covers 1981 to current
Contains PDF copies of corporate annual reports for American and International companies (Including Canadian) going as far back as 1874.

Columbia Historical Corporate Reports Online Collection (Watson Library, Columbia University Libraries)
Corporate Reports Online (University of Pennsylvania Library)
The Collection of Historical Annual Reports is a project of the Lippincott Library at the University of Pennsylvania. The Collection consists of annual reports in PDF format from U.S. companies, and covers the period 1834 through 1968.
Historical Annual Reports
Annual reports (1844-2008) available for over 800 US companies
International Directory of Company Histories (1988-2014)

FP Survey. Mines & Energy
Call Number: HG 5151 F49221: 1998-
Information on over 3000 public mining and energy companies.
FP Survey. Industrials
Call Number: HG 5151 F49: 1998-
Profiles over 2800 public manufacturing & service companies.
Commercial Handbook of Canada (Heaton's)
Call Number: HF 3223 H44: 1906-1907
Heaton's Annual
Call Number: HF 3223 H442: 1908-1914, 1916-1924
Heaton's commercial handbook of Canada
Call Number: HF 3223 H4422: 1925-1950, select volumes only (RCRF)
Southern Alberta Business: Into the 1990's-- Some Histories
Call Number: HD 2810.15 A3 H149 1990
The Annual Financial Review: Canadian
Call Number: HG 5151 A61: 1901- 1940 select volumes only