Guides: Company and Industry Research: Industry Information

Industry Information in Library Databases

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
To search for information on a specific industry, select "Industry Profile" under Publication Type in the Limit Your Results section.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
ProQuest One Business is a complete business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Access to data from over 18,000 sources including industry reports, dossiers, and statistics, including Statistics Canada. Download images, PPT slides, Excel files and more.
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Industry Information Online

Canadian Industry Statistics (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
Search for statistical data by industry
Trademap
Trade statistics for international business development
UN Comtrade Database
Deloitte Canada
Click on "Industries" to view overviews of key industries as prepared by Deloitte.
PwC Research and Insights
Select "More Industry Related Publications" under the By Industry heading.
Industry and Entrepreneurship (OECD)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publishes international industrial information.
European Commission - Business, Economy, Euro

Industry News

Find information about particular industries in the news:

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access current Canadian news content with archives as far back as the 1970s, from over 360 news sources. Newspapers including The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star along with newswires and broadcast transcripts in full-text format. Updated daily.
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Lexis Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text of over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Includes mainly U.S. newspapers, laws, business news journals, company financial information, and industry and market news. Limited Canadian and other international legal research sources.
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CPI.Q This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for approximately 700 Canadian periodicals with 240 available in full-text. Content includes news, biographies, company profiles and historical information.
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NAICS Codes

NAICS codes, which stand for the North American Industry Classification System, can be useful to know as some databases allow you to do research based on NAICS codes. Use the link below to look up the NAICS code for the industry you are researching using this Statistics Canada table. Statistics Canada published updated NAICS in 2022.

Company and Industry Research

Industry Information in Library Databases

Industry Information Online

Industry News

NAICS Codes

Product and Service Codes

Country Information