Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, foreign multinationals, by immediate and ultimate investor country [36100445]

For additional information and definitions related to the financial performance variables, refer to Financial and Taxation Statistics for Enterprises (opens new window)." For additional information and definitions related to the total number of jobs, refer to Labour Productivity Measures - Provinces and Territories (Annual) (CPA) (opens new window)." For additional information and definitions related to merchandise imports, refer to Trade by Importer Characteristics - Goods (TIC) program (opens new window)." For additional information and definitions related to merchandise domestic exports, refer to Trade by Exporter Characteristics - Goods (TEC) program (opens new window)." For additional information and definitions related to trade in commercial services, refer to Canada's International Transactions in Services survey (opens new window)." Round-tripping refers to cases where the country of the immediate investor is foreign but the country of the ultimate investor is Canada. Due to the consolidated financial reporting requirement, this population may be underestimated. The ultimate based ownership is defined as the country of residence of the ultimate investor and gives information about who controls the foreign multinational enterprise. The immediate based ownership is defined as the country of residence of the immediate investor and gives information about the country that is the direct investor before entering the Canadian economy. Intramural, or In-house R&D" refers to expenditures made within Canada for R&D performed on-site or within an organization's establishment. For additional information and definitions refer to Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) (opens new window)." Personnel is measured in full-time equivalent (FTE). Full-time equivalent or a person-year is equal to number of persons who work solely on research and development projects and an estimate of time of persons working only part of their time on research and development. For additional information and definitions refer to Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) (opens new window)." These concern payments and receipts made by enterprises in respect of foreign purchases of patents (sale or licensing) and unpatented inventions, know-how, trademarks, designs and patterns, technical services, industrial R&D carried out abroad, and foreign sources of funds for intramural R&D projects. Canada's total gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, also known as value added The Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) survey was redesigned for reference year 2014. As a result, comparisons between 2014 and prior years should be done with caution. Gross fixed capital formation is disaggregated by multinational status using microdata from multiple programs. Machinery and equipment, non-residential construction, and software (a component of intellectual property) use capital expenditure data from the Annual Capital Expenditure Survey (record number 2803 (opens new window)) The universe used in the compilation of financial variables covers most enterprises, except partnerships, in the corporate sector. Gross domestic product at basic prices (value added) data for 2021 and 2022 are not available at the time of this release. Data on the Activities of Multinational Enterprises in Canada for 2022 are preliminary. Select activities, including: number of jobs, merchandise trade and gross fixed capital formation are available for this reference year. Quality improvements in assigning characteristics to a universe of enterprises engaged in trade in services exports and imports have been undertaken since reference year 2019. As a result, comparisons between 2019 and prior years should be done with caution.

Updated on DBnomics on December 8, 2023 (3:53 AM)

Frequency [freq]
Geography [geogr]
Country [count]
Basis of ownership [bas_of_own]
Descriptive variable [des_var]

Dataset has 5,596 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Series code 2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
1.1.1.1 1843967 2031454 2173593 2285524 2350890 2397812 2479949 2548132 2732118 2871350 2986381 3119294
1.1.1.10 225679 253896 264994 257497 294321 278368 272173 295068 320615 327187 277535 324961 406575
1.1.1.11 21523 23547 23442 26311 29919 30537 32714 33878 39276 46664 48519 55056
1.1.1.12 6004 6168 6000 5923 6693 7082 7207 7576 8520 9287 9947 11802
1.1.1.13 38425 40313 39231 39252 46546 49202 48571 50367 58582 60184 64906 71888
1.1.1.14 5733 6081 6411 9450 9757 8963 9700 10072 11516 13435 14455 17253
1.1.1.15 8231 8488 8539 10301 11540 13447 13427 13571 14407 16941 15638 15710
1.1.1.16 246140 269565 278434 293182 306176 282186 284478 305075 326404 336373 306627 NA
1.1.1.17 69668 61781 54710 61539 69458 62715 70676 74623
1.1.1.18 35078 29110 20394 23749 24603 22255 24809 25257
Dimension codes and labels
[freq] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[geogr] Geography
  • [geogr_1] Canada
[count] Country
  • [count_1] All countries
  • [count_10] South Korea
  • [count_100] Poland
  • [count_101] Portugal
  • [count_102] Anguilla
  • [count_103] Russian Federation
  • [count_104] Slovenia
  • [count_105] Spain
  • [count_106] Sweden
  • [count_107] Switzerland
  • [count_108] Turkey
  • [count_109] Ukraine
  • [count_11] Taiwan
  • [count_110] United Kingdom
  • [count_111] Africa
  • [count_112] Egypt
  • [count_113] Antigua and Barbuda
  • [count_114] Liberia
  • [count_115] Mauritius
  • [count_116] Seychelles
  • [count_117] South Africa
  • [count_118] Swaziland
  • [count_119] Asia and Oceania
  • [count_12] Cayman Islands
  • [count_120] American Samoa
  • [count_121] Australia
  • [count_122] Bahamas
  • [count_123] Bahrain
  • [count_124] China
  • [count_125] Hong Kong
  • [count_126] India
  • [count_127] Indonesia
  • [count_128] Iran
  • [count_129] Israel
  • [count_13] Thailand
  • [count_130] Japan
  • [count_131] Barbados
  • [count_132] Jordan
  • [count_133] Kazakhstan
  • [count_134] Kuwait
  • [count_135] Lebanon
  • [count_136] Macao
  • [count_137] Malaysia
  • [count_138] Marshall Islands
  • [count_139] Nauru
  • [count_14] United Arab Emirates
  • [count_140] New Zealand
  • [count_15] Vanuatu
  • [count_16] Canada (Round-tripping)
  • [count_17] Trinidad and Tobago
  • [count_18] Cameroon
  • [count_19] Czechia
  • [count_2] Bermuda
  • [count_20] Qatar
  • [count_21] Honduras
  • [count_22] Kenya
  • [count_23] Cuba
  • [count_24] Belize
  • [count_25] Suriname
  • [count_26] Ecuador
  • [count_27] Gambia
  • [count_28] Nigeria
  • [count_29] Tanzania
  • [count_3] North Korea
  • [count_30] Uganda
  • [count_31] Afghanistan
  • [count_32] Azerbaijan
  • [count_33] Cambodia
  • [count_34] Dominican Republic
  • [count_35] Georgia
  • [count_36] Mongolia
  • [count_37] Yemen
  • [count_38] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [count_39] Lithuania
  • [count_4] Oman
  • [count_40] Romania
  • [count_41] Serbia
  • [count_42] Slovakia
  • [count_43] Libya
  • [count_44] Iraq
  • [count_45] Guadeloupe
  • [count_46] Nepal
  • [count_47] Pakistan
  • [count_48] Haiti
  • [count_49] Brunei Darussalam
  • [count_5] Philippines
  • [count_50] Curacao
  • [count_51] Morocco
  • [count_52] Niger
  • [count_53] Saint Lucia
  • [count_54] Sri Lanka
  • [count_55] Ethiopia
  • [count_56] Jamaica
  • [count_57] Belarus
  • [count_58] Viet Nam
  • [count_59] Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • [count_6] Pitcairn
  • [count_60] Turks and Caicos Islands
  • [count_61] British Virgin Islands
  • [count_62] North America and Caribbean
  • [count_63] South and Central America
  • [count_64] Argentina
  • [count_65] Brazil
  • [count_66] Chile
  • [count_67] Colombia
  • [count_68] Costa Rica
  • [count_69] Guyana
  • [count_7] Samoa
  • [count_70] Panama
  • [count_71] Mexico
  • [count_72] Paraguay
  • [count_73] Peru
  • [count_74] Uruguay
  • [count_75] Venezuela
  • [count_76] Europe
  • [count_77] Austria
  • [count_78] Belgium
  • [count_79] Bulgaria
  • [count_8] Saudi Arabia
  • [count_80] Cyprus
  • [count_81] United States
  • [count_82] Denmark
  • [count_83] Estonia
  • [count_84] Finland
  • [count_85] France
  • [count_86] Germany
  • [count_87] Gibraltar
  • [count_88] Greece
  • [count_89] Hungary
  • [count_9] Singapore
  • [count_90] Iceland
  • [count_91] Ireland
  • [count_92] Italy
  • [count_93] Latvia
  • [count_94] Liechtenstein
  • [count_95] Luxembourg
  • [count_96] Malta
  • [count_97] Monaco
  • [count_98] Netherlands
  • [count_99] Norway
[bas_of_own] Basis of ownership
  • [bas_of_own_1] Ultimate
  • [bas_of_own_2] Immediate
[des_var] Descriptive variable
  • [des_var_1] Total assets
  • [des_var_10] Non-residential construction
  • [des_var_11] Machinery and equipment
  • [des_var_12] Total liabilities
  • [des_var_13] Intellectual property
  • [des_var_14] Shareholder's equity
  • [des_var_15] Operating revenues
  • [des_var_16] Operating expenses
  • [des_var_17] Operating profit or loss
  • [des_var_18] Total number of jobs
  • [des_var_19] Merchandise imports
  • [des_var_2] Merchandise exports
  • [des_var_20] Commercial services imports
  • [des_var_3] Commercial services exports
  • [des_var_4] Intramural research and development expenditures
  • [des_var_5] Research and development personnel
  • [des_var_6] International technological receipts
  • [des_var_7] International technological payments
  • [des_var_8] Gross domestic product at basic prices (value added)
  • [des_var_9] Gross fixed capital formation
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