Canadian Business Expectations for Q2 2026 by Industry and Size

Statistics Canada provides survey data on business or organization expectations over the next three months for the second quarter of 2026. The data is broken down by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity, and majority ownership. The dataset was last updated on July 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Forecasting sector-specific economic activity based on business expectations mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing sentiment differences between business sizes and ownership types as described.
• Modeling leading indicators for the Canadian economy using the quarterly expectations data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative national statistics office, Statistics Canada.
• Coverage includes multiple breakdowns such as NAICS, employment size, and ownership type.
• Dataset is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on Canada.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

Likely contains survey data from businesses and organizations.

Time Range

Second quarter of 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-21 12:48:28.769753; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada