[36100582] Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, foreign multinationals, by ultimate investor country and industry

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 under estimated. 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. Goods producing industries (11-33) includes the following sectors: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21), utilities (22), construction (23) and manufacturing (31-33). Service producing industries (41-81) includes the following industries: wholesale trade (41), retail trade (44-45), transportation and warehousing (48-49), information and cultural industries (51), finance and insurance (52), real estate and rental and leasing (53), professional, scientific and technical services (54), management of companies and enterprises (55), administrative and support, waste management and remediation services (56), educational services (61), health care and social assistance (62), arts, entertainment and recreation (71), accommodation and food services (72) and other services (except public administration) (81). Some of the corporations in the NAICS sector 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) are not in a consolidated corporate structure, which can lead to double counting of certain financial balance sheet measures of affiliates operations, e.g. assets, liabilities and equity. 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. Other goods producing industries includes the following sectors: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11), and utilities (22). Other service producing industries includes the following industries: information and cultural industries (51), educational services (61), health care and social assistance (62), arts, entertainment and recreation (71), accommodation and food services (72), and other services (except public administration) (81). Canada's total gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, also known as value added Figures may not add up due to rounding. 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. Data on the Activities of Multinational Enterprises in Canada for 2023 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.

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