Canada Business Summary
This database provides the summary of businesses in Canada. With over 100 variables, each table represents counts of businesses in Canada by 2-digit (US) SIC code for all levels of geography. Other variables include information such as total number of businesses, employees, sales and years in yellow pages.
The Canada Business Summary data is compiled from more than 300 telephone directories, government data sources, business magazines, newsletters and newspapers. Over 1.1 million Canadian businesses were geocoded and then summarized by standard census areas and postal FSAs. Use Canada Business Summary to understand the number and type of businesses within a geographic area.
The Canada Business Location file file is available to provide a database of individual business as geographic points that can be mapped and used for site location models.
