Canadian Business Plans for Expansion, Restructuring, and Investment, Q2 2024

Second quarter 2024 survey data from Statistics Canada on business or organization plans over the next 12 months. The data covers intentions to expand, restructure, acquire, invest, transfer, sell, or close, broken down by industry classification, business size, type, activity, and ownership. It is published by Statistics Canada under the Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0.

Use Cases

• Forecasting sector-specific economic activity based on business expansion plans.
• Analyzing investment trends by business size and ownership type.
• Modeling business lifecycle events like acquisitions and closures using stated intentions.
• Comparing restructuring or downsizing plans across different industries.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type, activity, and majority ownership.
• Covers multiple forward-looking business intentions: expand, restructure, acquire, invest, transfer, sell, or close.
• Published by the national statistical office, Statistics Canada, suggesting an official collection methodology.

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 primarily on Canadian businesses.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Second quarter of 2024, covering plans for the subsequent 12 months.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-21 12:48:31.465526; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (inferred from the source organization and platform).