LibGuides: Business Research: Company Info

Accounting Resources

CPA Canada Standards and Guidance Collection (CPACHB) This link opens in a new window
Includes access to the CPA Canada Standards and Guidance Collection (CPACHB).
Financial Performance Data This link opens in a new window
Financial Performance Data provides detailed financial and employment data on more than 600 business sectors across Canada. Includes more than 30 performance benchmarks to help businesses with revenue under $20 million determine how they measure up against their competitors.
International Financial Reporting Standards This link opens in a new window
The complete set of International Financial Reporting Standards incorporating International Accounting Standards and Interpretations.

Business Development, Benchmarking, Expansion, and Market Info

BizPal
BizPaL helps find the permits and licences required when starting and/or operating your business. Filter permits based on your location, industry, and business activities and save the ones that apply to your situation.
Data: Statistics Canada
This site has over 25 million time series. Can be search by keyword and/or filtered by topic at the left of the screen
Government of Canada - Research and Business Intelligence
Industry sector data, financial benchmarks, labour trends and business statistics.
Government of Canada - Services and Information for Business
Business taxes, permits and regulations, intellectual property, business support and how to sell to government.

Market Research AND Company Profiles

Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window
Provides market intelligence on thousands of global companies, economies, and industries. Includes articles; case studies; statistics; infographics; market share reports; SWOTS; market research reports etc.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Content from top Business trade publications, journals, country reports, market reports plus company profiles.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Covers business, news, and law. It includes business news journals; company financial information; SEC filings and reports; and industry and market news; international, regional, and national newspapers; and non-English language news sources. It is also a rich resource for legal information including Canadian, US, and European case law and legislation, legal news, law reviews etc.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Passport provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, helping to analyse market context and identify future trends.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Find statistics; consumer survey results; market research reports etc from more than 22,500 sources on over 60,000 topics.

Salaries & Standards

Canada Labour Standards Regulations
This documentation deals with private sector minimum employment standards in Canada. These documents are not intended to be a substitute for the relevant statutes themselves; this information is prepared for convenience only.

Corporate Filings

SEDAR
Corporate filings to the Canadian Securities Administrators [CSA] required of companies whose shares are listed on the TSE.
EDGAR
Corporate filings with the US Securities & Exchange Commission, required of companies whose shares are listed on US exchanges
GuideStar.Org
GuideStar is an information service specializing in U.S. nonprofit companies, however, it does include Canadian nonprofits. It provides information on more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations

Conference Board of Canada eLibrary

Conference Board of Canada E-Library This link opens in a new window
The full-service e-Library subscription provides electronic access to research products from The Conference Board of Canada and The Conference Board, Inc. (based in New York). Over 8,000 documents are currently available on the e-Library and more than 350 are added annually.

For full text access from off campus, visit www.conferenceboard.ca and click on “Create an account” in the upper right corner. When creating an account you must use your CBU e-mail address and information so Conference Board can link you to CBU's subscription.

Business Research