Business Tariff Cost Pass-Through Likelihood Survey, Q2 2026

Second quarter 2026 survey data from Statistics Canada on the likelihood of businesses to pass on cost increases from tariffs to customers over the next 12 months. The dataset is stratified by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, business employment size, type of business, business activity, and majority ownership. It is available under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Forecasting inflationary pressure in specific sectors based on NAICS classification.
• Modeling small versus large business resilience to cost shocks based on employment size.
• Analyzing differences in pricing strategy by business type and ownership structure.
• Assessing supply chain vulnerability by business activity category.

Strengths

• Data is stratified by multiple business dimensions including NAICS, size, type, activity, and ownership.
• Provides a forward-looking measure of business intent for a specific 12-month period.
• Published by the authoritative national statistical office, Statistics Canada.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data reflects a single point-in-time survey from Q2 2026; longitudinal trends cannot be analyzed.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

Likely a business survey or questionnaire.

Time Range

Survey period: second quarter of 2026. Forecast period: the following 12 months.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 12:48:36.714560; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (inferred from source organization and platform).