Business Debt Financing Plans and Intended Fund Uses for Q1 2026

First quarter of 2026 survey data on business plans to apply for debt financing and the intended uses of that funding. The dataset is categorized by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, activity, and majority ownership. It is published by Statistics Canada and was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between NAICS code and the likelihood of a business planning to apply for debt financing.
• Compare debt financing intentions across different business employment size categories.
• Identify the most common intended uses of funding reported by businesses across various types of ownership.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by multiple dimensions including NAICS, employment size, and ownership type.
• Published by the national statistical office of Canada, Statistics Canada.

Limitations

• The sample size and total row count are unknown.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to a single quarter (Q1 2026), providing a snapshot rather than a trend.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected via business survey, though the specific methodology is not detailed in the provided input.

Time Range

First quarter of 2026

Freshness

Data is current for the first quarter of 2026 and was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

Canada