Industry Overviews and Trends
Industry Profiles
These reports may discuss market value and volume, outlook, segmentation, analyse competitive intensity and profitability, profile major market competitors, and discuss industry trends.
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowCanadian and U.S. industry reports at the NAICS 5-digit level. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.
- Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new windowInternational company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research.
- Industry Reports - Global, including Canada (from Business Source Complete)Search keywords for industry and use the
Publication Type limiter to view only Industry Profiles - Industry Reports - Mostly U.S. (from ABI Inform Trade and Industry)Search for keywords for your industry and use the
Document Type limiter to view only Industry Reports. - Analysis - Statistics Canada PublicationsSearch by keyword to find reports.
- "Google" Industry Reports Using Google's Advanced SearchSometimes Industry Reports are available for free. Most often they are in PDF format -
use Google Advanced Search to limit to PDFs only under "File Type".
Association Websites
Industry association(s) can help you understand an industry, and can be valuable sources of trend reports and statistics. Find associations using the following tools:
- Associations Canada (2023 Online Edition)From the Catalogue record, click "View Online." Then run a search using keywords related to your industry to find an Association.
Industry Statistics
- Canadian Industry Statistics - Industry CanadaAnalyses industry data on many economic indicators using the most recent data from Statistics Canada.