Canadian Business Plans for Expansion, Restructuring, and Closure, Q3 2024

Statistics Canada provides survey data on business intentions for the next 12 months, covering plans to expand, restructure, acquire, invest, transfer, sell, or close. The data is disaggregated by industry classification, business size, type of business, business activity, and majority ownership. This dataset reflects the third quarter of 2024 and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Forecasting sectoral economic activity based on business expansion plans mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing investment trends by business size and ownership type as indicated by the survey variables.
• Modeling business survival and closure rates using data on plans to sell or close.
• Benchmarking regional economic health based on aggregated business restructuring and acquisition intentions.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Covers multiple business intention categories (expand, restructure, acquire, invest, transfer, sell, close).
• Disaggregated by several key dimensions including NAICS, employment size, and ownership.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update was 2026-07-21.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected via business surveys.

Time Range

Third quarter of 2024, with a forward-looking 12-month horizon.

Freshness

Data reflects Q3 2024; metadata last updated 2026-07-21.

Geography

Canada