U.S. Supplier Direct Purchases by Industry and Business Size, Q2 2026

Statistics Canada provides a quarterly survey measuring the percentage of purchases made directly from U.S. suppliers by Canadian businesses. The data is broken down by NAICS industry classification, business employment size, type of business, activity, and majority ownership for the second quarter of 2026. It is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry-specific reliance on U.S. supply chains based on NAICS classification
• Model procurement trends by business size and ownership type mentioned in the description
• Benchmark direct purchasing behavior across different business activities

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative national statistical agency, Statistics Canada
• Includes multiple breakdown dimensions: NAICS, business size, type, activity, and ownership
• Available in three standard machine-readable formats: XML, CSV, and HTML

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 and temporal bias inherent to the survey source and period

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected via a business survey

Time Range

Covers the 12 months leading up to the second quarter of 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06 02 12:48:34.937812

Geography

Focuses on Canadian business purchases from suppliers in the United States