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Hello, Welcome to the Summer issue of the BR Newsletter. We have been busy over the last few months redesigning our website. Don't worry all of the same content is still there. We have just simplified the navigation system so entrepreneurs can find the relevant data they need from all of our research databases: Canadian Industry Profiles (industry benchmarks), Canadian Market Estimates (household spending), Stats Link Canada (polls, survey and reports) and our original Site Summaries (websites with free Canadian data). Please note that there is now a subject index for each section conveniently located in the top right corner of every page. We have also added a Research Consultant module to the
web site that guides researchers though the available resources. It is
organized by industry sector. See: As always you can still submit a query at the QueryDesk if
you are unsure where to look: Over the next few months we plan to add more features to help small business researchers find the Canadian data they need. I hope you find this issue helpful. John White
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We did not add any new site summaries to the GDSourcing site over the last few weeks.
We did however add the following subject headings to the Stats Link Canada subject index. Click on the links below to see a free preview of the references now available under each heading. Subscribers can click on the full access links.
To view all available subject headings see: http://www.gdsourcing.com/statslinkcanada/IndexFree.asp
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The following statistics were released by Statistics Canada over the last few months. We have listed those releases we feel are of the most interest to Canadian entrepreneurs. Now that Statistics Canada is giving away their online publications free of charge, you can access many of the detailed reports right online. Simple click on the publication link at the bottom of each reference. For more information of the free Stats Can giveaway see the article below.
AGRICULTURE
Poultry and Eggs Statistics
Net farm income
Farm Input Price Index 2005
Canadian agriculture in 2005: A
tough year in review
Agriculture value added account
2005
Farm business cash flows 2005
ARTS & CULTURE
Arts, entertainment and recreation services
Rural employment in the culture sector
International trade in culture goods
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Buying and
selling research and development services, 1997 to 2002
Science and Engineering Employment in Canada and the United States http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11-622-MIE2006011
Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and US Cities http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11-622-MIE2006012
Annual Survey of
Advertising and Related Services
Foreign banks in the Canadian market http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11-621-MIE2006041
Screening job
applicants
COMMUNICATIONS
Telecommunications statistics
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE
Review of non-residential construction in 2005
Flows and stocks of fixed residential capital
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories
Characteristics of Growth Firms, 2004/2005
An analysis of consumer prices in 2005
Economic importance of transportation
Foreign control
in the Canadian economy
Foreign direct investment
Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review
How are Canadian regions adjusting to a larger and more integrated North
American market?
Changing patterns of women in the Canadian labour force 2005 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060615/d060615c.htm
Current economic conditions
The Canadian Labour Market at a Glance, 2005
EDUCATION
Educational Outcomes at Age 19 Associated with Reading Ability at Age 15 http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=81-595-MIE2006043
Education and
earnings 1980 - 2005
GOVERNMENT
Public sector employment
Public Sector Statistics: Supplement
HEALTH
Impact of universal flu immunization in Ontario
Estimates of Total Spending on Research and
Development in the Health Field in Canada, 1988 to 2005
Food consumption
Residential care facilities 2002/2003 and 2003/2004
Health Indicators
New data on smoking and on diabetes
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Informatics professional services price indexes
JUSTICE & SECURITY
Aboriginal people as victims and offenders
Neighbourhood
characteristics and the distribution of crime on the Island of Montréal
MANUFACTURING
The Impact of Trade on Plant Scale,
Production-run Length and Diversification
Survey of Innovation http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060602/d060602d.htm
MARKET
Income of
individuals
Census family
income
OTHER SERVICES
Personal services industry
Electronic, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and
maintenance services
PRIMARY & ENERGY
Electric Power Capability and Load
Contract
drilling and services to the oil and gas extraction industry
Non-metallic
Mineral Mining and Quarrying, 2004
Metal Ore
Mining, 2004
General Review
of the Mineral Industries, Mines, Quarries and Sand Pits, 2004
Diamonds: Still
shining brightly for Canada's North
SOCIAL STATISTICS - NON-PROFIT SECTOR
Income and the Outcomes of Children http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11F0019MIE2006281
Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians:
Highlights from the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2004
Why did employment and earnings rise among lone mothers during the 1980s
and 1990s?
TRADE
International Merchandise Trade Annual
Review, 2005
Profile of Canadian importers 2002
Foreign affiliate trade statistics
Motor vehicle fuel sales
TRANSPORTATION
Couriers and local messengers industry
Characteristics of international travellers
Taxi and limousine service industry - 2004
An analysis of the transportation industry in 2005
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Statistics Canada released their December 2005 business counts in March 2006. Prior to releasing the new data, Statistics Canada undertook a "Deathing Project" to "clean up" their database. While the process sounds menacing, the aim was simply to eliminate inactive establishments. The result was that there was a noticeable drop (3.8%) in the number of businesses identified in Canada between December 2004 and December 2005. It is important to note that this decline in counts is due to the Deathing Project itself and not to any extraordinary economic factors. Whether you are consulting business count data from our Canadian Industry Profiles or from another source, make sure you understand the change in the source parameters before you jump to any conclusions about industry strength or closures. First of all the inactive business establishments have been accumulating over a period of years. These "dead" businesses did not all cease activity in 2004. Of course with hindsight, this means that business counts from previous years have be skewed somewhat by these inactive businesses. Unfortunately there is not a great deal we can do about past comparisons. By looking at the types of businesses that were deathed however, we can at least gain some insight into the types of businesses where the likelihood of inactivity is highest. In total 172,374 businesses were removed from the Statistics Canada Business Register. Of these, 172,235 or 99.92% were from the Indeterminate size grouping (businesses without full-time employees), an additional 0.06% were from the 1-4 employees grouping. In total 99.98% of the deathed businesses belonged to the smallest of businesses in Canada. All industry sectors were affected by the Deathing Project but four in particular stand out. Among indeterminate deaths Finance and Insurance (11.1%), Construction (11.1%), Retail Trade (10.9%), and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (10.6%) account for 43.7% of the total. Among employer businesses Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (19.4%) and Construction (13.7%) alone account for a third of the businesses removed from the register.
When the distribution of deathed indeterminate businesses is examined at a 6-digit NAICS level, only ten business have a 2% or higher share with Portfolio Management (7.76%) and Holding Companies (7.16%) accounting for nearly 15% of all indeterminate deaths.
Similar sectors appear on top among employer-businesses with the exception of Civic and Social Organizations. Of course here the numbers overall are quite small with the top industry (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) losing only 12 businesses due to the Deathing Project.
The order of ranking changes when you consider which business types experience the biggest impact from the Deathing Project, that is industries with the highest percentage variation in business counts. Clearly the most distorted are those where there is a high number of indeterminate businesses (e.g. Portfolio Management) and/or a low total number of businesses (e.g. Infants' Cut and Sew Clothing Manufacturing).
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