Business Views on Interprovincial Trade Incentives for Q1 2026

First quarter 2026 survey data from Statistics Canada on measures businesses find most effective for increasing purchases or sales across Canadian provinces or territories. It categorizes responses by industry classification (NAICS), business size, type, activity, and ownership structure. The data was published by Statistics Canada on February 27, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between NAICS industry code and the perceived effectiveness of different trade measures.
• Compare preferred trade measures across business employment size categories to tailor policy interventions.
• Investigate how business activity type or majority ownership influences views on sales or purchase incentives.
• Model the most effective interprovincial trade measure as a target variable using business characteristics as features.

Strengths

• Data is current, covering the first quarter of 2026 and published in the same quarter.
• Provides multiple business dimensions for analysis, including NAICS, size, type, activity, and ownership.

Limitations

• Exact sample size (row count) and data volume are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to Canadian businesses and interprovincial/territorial trade.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Business survey.

Time Range

First quarter of 2026.

Freshness

Quarterly survey data, published in Q1 2026.

Geography

Canada (interprovincial and interterritorial trade focus).