Library Guides: Business Administration: Country Data

Country Information & Data

International business requires knowledge and statistics about the countries you're dealing with. These resources contain information and/or data about countries.

Sources by Country

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- This scholarly business database contains Full Text journals and other resources covering topics such as: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, country economic reports, company profiles, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.

Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada is the nation's central bank. The 4 main functions are:monetary policy, financial systems, currency, funds management.
Canadian Industry Statistics
From Industry Canada, Canadian Industry Statistics (CIS) analyses industry data on many economic indicators using the most recent data from Statistics Canada. CIS looks at industry trends and financial information, such as GDP, Labour Productivity, Manufacturing and Trade data.
Government of Canada - Business and Industry
This website provides support for Canadian businesses and includes a section on Research and Business Intelligence.
Canadian Statistics
Trent Library's webpage on searching Statistics Canada.
Statistics Canada - Data Concepts
Read this guide to gain a better understanding of what data is and how it's organized.
Canadian Census
Statistics Canada
Statistics by Subject
Statistics Canada portal of statistics by subject.
Surveys by Subject
Statistics Canada portal of surveys by subject.
ODESI
Trent Library's page on searching ODESI: a web based data repository, extraction and analysis service which includes Statistics Canada microdata and aggregate data, Canadian Gallup Polls, CORA (Canadian Opinion Research Archive) and other data sets.
Canadian Cluster Data
Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity. This site provides open data on Canadian regional clusters and economies to support Canadian business, economic development and public policy. Note: as of May 2019, the Institute stopped updating cluster data, but the historical data may be useful.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- This scholarly business database contains Full Text journals and other resources covering topics such as: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, country economic reports, company profiles, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.
United States Census Bureau This link opens in a new window
- Provides data on the U.S. population, housing, economy, and demographics.

Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- This scholarly business database contains Full Text journals and other resources covering topics such as: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, country economic reports, company profiles, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data This link opens in a new window
- Access to macroeconomic and financial data including international financial statistics, balance of payment statistics, government finances statistics, direction of trade statistics, and trade and investment data.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) iLibrary This link opens in a new window
- Access to a vast collection of OECD publications, reports, statistics, and datasets. It covers a wide range of topics including economics, education, health, and the environment.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
- Statistical database provided by the United Nations, offering access to a wide range of global data on topics such as economics, population, environment, and development.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
- Access to a repository of global economic, social, and environmental data, including a wide range of indicators covering topics such as economic development, poverty, health, education, and the environment.
World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
- Access to a wide range of global economic, social, and environmental data. It includes key indicators on economic performance, poverty, education, health, and the environment.

Google Search Tips

Add keywords that represent statistics to the subject search:

cannabis (stat or statistics or data or dataset)

To narrow to Canadian websites, try these strategies:

Add Canada as a keyword - canada cannabis (stat or statistics or data or dataset)
After doing a search in Google, look for the Advanced Search option under Settings to select a Region - Canada.

To narrow your search to government websites add special operators to the end of your search. Here are some examples:

site:gc.ca will find pages within the Government of Canada website
site:statcan.gc.ca will find pages within the Statistics Canada website
site:ic.gc.ca will find pages within the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada website
site:ontario.ca will find pages with the Government of Ontario website

Example Google search: cannabis site:statcan.gc.ca