Subject Guides: Industry: Statistics

Retail specific statistics

Insider Intelligence This link opens in a new window
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Retail and ecommerce data.
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Industry research (Retail Council of Canada - RCC)
Links to a number of retail statistical reports, some of which are publicly accessible - Retail by the numbers, Canadian shopping centre study.

Statistics

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IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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Reports include data on Canadian and US industries.
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To access Fitch Connect
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Passport GMID This link opens in a new window
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FP Advisor (Financial Post) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to Industry Reports - analysis of 30 Canadian industry sectors.
NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
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Industry profiles include ratios for U.S. industries.
LSEG Data & Analytics This link opens in a new window
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LSEG Data & Analytics (formerly known as Refintiv) is a Financial and Economics information platform. Workspace for Students covers market data in a wide range of asset classes: equities, fixed income, FX, and commodities. UofA users have access to two add-ons: After-Market Research (AMR), and Datastream, a comprehensive financial time series database.

Government sources

Canadian Industry Statistics (Government of Canada)
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Industry trends and financial information, such as GDP, labour productivity, manufacturing and trade data.
Financial Performance Data (Government of Canada)
Selected revenue, expense, profit and balance sheet items as well as financial ratios on small business in Canada.
Data for 2012- available as open data on the Open Government website.
Financial and taxation statistics for enterprises, by industry type (Data. Statistics Canada)
Taxable income, taxes and tax credits by industry - balance sheet and income statement.
Click on Add/Remove data to customize the table.
Canadian Business Counts (Statistics Canada)
Locations counts, with and without employees, by employment size, NAICS and geography (Canada, province/territory), Dec. 2011- . Issued semi-annually.
1988- available through ODESI under the title "Canadian Business Counts". Includes census division and census metropolitan area data.
Business and Economy (United States Census Bureau)
"economic data across the entire [US] economy on a monthly, quarterly, yearly, and five-year basis."
North American Transportation Statistics On-line Database
Information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries.