Business

Formerly CMA: Canadian Manufacturers Association and the Exporters Association of Canada. Merged May 1996. Excellent links to related sites.

A national, self-supporting, non-profit organization, the main product is information and its main activity is research, focusing on concerns such as income security, employment, poverty, child welfare, pensions and government social policies.

A very comprehensive site containing sections on trade, travel, culture the world and foreign policy.

Provides information on human resource management, recruitment, occupational health and safety, labour laws, training and skills development, pay and benefits, entrepreneurship, and sector information.

An international organization of 29 countries (including Canada) that deals with economic and social issues.

A Canadian Council for Indigenous Business publication. Discusses business topics relevant to Indigenous communities across Canada.

This organization supports and enhances Indigenous business and economy. Check out the "Research" section for publications and public policy.

Indigenous Corporate Training offers training (and more) to help everyone work more effectively with Indigenous communities. A selection of ebooks are available on their site - requires setting up a free subscription.

A national social enterprise founded from the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Their mandate is ' to improve the inclusion and engagement of Indigenous people in the Canadian economy."

You can view financial data based on industry averages and build reports. Search by keyword or NAICS code to locate data. Previously called SME Benchmarking.

A comprehensive listing of Canadian manufacturers and distributors. Free of charge.

Alternate site from Statistics Canada -- the US site is down if the government is on shut down.

North America Classification System which replaced SIC code.

A database of Canadian and U.S. manufacturing companies. Searchable by product, service, company name, brand, female & minority ownership.