DG Observatory
Data observatory for the Defying Gravity trade diversification research program. Curated datasets, standardized intake, descriptive profiles, and scoped analytical insights.
Insights
How concentrated are Canadian exports across provinces and territories?
Deconstructing destination, product, and origin Herfindahl-Hirschman Indices (HHI) from 1988 to 2025
How Does Canada's Trade Concentration Compare Globally?
Deconstructing Canada's trade concentration: geographic destination monopsony vs. industrial product breadth across the G7 and 140+ global economies
How Has Trade with Europe Evolved Since CETA?
Untangling EU-27 Real Commercial Diversification from the Post-Brexit UK Gold Illusion
What Explains the Surge in Canadian Gold Exports?
Decomposing a Decade of Tripled Trade Value (2015–2025): Mined Ore vs. Factory Ingot Production, Imports and Toll Refining, and the London-New York Vaulting Network
Which industries drive Canadian trade vs. GDP?
Cross-referencing National Accounts, Balance of Payments, and Input-Output value added across 16 harmonized sectors, manufacturing subsectors, and provinces
Sources
US Gross Output by Industry (BEA Detail)
Annual gross output for 412 detail-level US industries from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (Table 237, UnderlyingGDPbyIndustry). Measures the total value of goods and services produced by each industry before netting out intermediate inputs.
International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, monthly
Canada's monthly international merchandise trade values (imports, exports, and trade balance) for all countries and 27 principal trading partners, on both Customs and Balance of Payments (BOP) bases, unadjusted and seasonally adjusted.
Value added in exports, by industry, provincial and territorial
Annual provincial and territorial estimates of trade in value added (TiVA), measuring direct and indirect value added, imports, and jobs embodied in Canadian exports by industry, province/territory, and destination (United States vs. All other countries).
Canadian domestic export concentration
Herfindahl-Hirschman concentration ratios and indices measuring the concentration of Canadian domestic exports across partner destination markets, export product categories, and provinces of production.
International trade in services, monthly
Monthly international trade in services covering exports (receipts), imports (payments), and trade balances across commercial, travel, transportation, and government service categories on seasonally adjusted (SA) and raw (NSA) bases from 2007 to 2026.
Balance of international payments, current account, trade in services by principal trading partners, quarterly
Quarterly Balance of Payments (BOP) trade in services receipts, payments, and net balances between Canada and 24 principal bilateral trading partners and regional economic blocs, both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted.
International merchandise trade, by commodity, price and volume indexes, monthly
Monthly price and volume indexes (Fisher formulas, 2012=100 and Paasche/Laspeyres variants) for Canadian international merchandise trade, covering exports and imports across NAPCS commodity sections and seasonal adjustment variants.
Canadian international merchandise trade by principal trading partner, and by product section and group, customs-based, annual
Annual customs-based Canadian international merchandise exports and imports by principal trading partner (28 major bilateral partners and regional country groupings) and by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS 2022) commodity sections and groups.
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries, monthly
Monthly customs-based merchandise exports and imports for Canada by industry (NAICS 2022 v1.0) and by 232 bilateral trading partner countries, unadjusted.
Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, by financial characteristics and selected country of control, inactive
Historical Corporations Returns Act (CRA) data on foreign-controlled enterprise assets, operating revenues, and operating profits in Canada across 24 NAICS industries and 26 countries of control from 2007 to 2019.
Foreign-controlled enterprises in Canada, by financial characteristics and selected country of control
Active Corporations Returns Act (CRA) series tracking corporate assets, operating revenues, and operating profits under foreign control across 24 NAICS industries and 26 countries of control from 2010 to 2024.
Canadian Business Counts, with employees, December 2024
Semi-annual census snapshot of active Canadian business establishments with payroll employees from the Statistics Canada Business Register, categorized by employment size ranges (micro, small, medium, large), NAICS industry sectors, and provinces/territories.
International investment position, Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, by country, annual
Annual stock positions of Canadian direct investment abroad (CDIA) and foreign direct investment in Canada (FDI) at book value across 187 countries and regional groupings from 1987 to 2025.
International investment position, Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and region, annual
Annual stock positions of Canadian direct investment abroad (CDIA) and foreign direct investment in Canada (FDI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector and broad partner region from 1999 to 2025.
Balance of international payments, current account, goods by principal trading partners, quarterly
Quarterly Balance of Payments (BOP) goods trade receipts, payments, and net balances between Canada and 28 principal bilateral trading partners, both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted.
Balance of international payments, flows of Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, quarterly
Quarterly transactional flows of Canadian direct investment abroad (CDIA) and foreign direct investment in Canada (FDI) by component (net flows, mergers and acquisitions, reinvested earnings, other flows) and geography from 2007 to 2026.
Activities of Canadian multinational enterprises abroad, by industry
Annual operational and financial indicators of Canadian majority-owned multinational foreign affiliates abroad (outward FATS / AMNE), including sales, employment, assets, and liabilities by industry sector and destination region.
Activities of multinational enterprises in Canada, foreign multinationals, by immediate and ultimate investor country
Annual operational, financial, trade, and employment activities of foreign multinational enterprises operating in Canada across 140+ countries, disaggregated on both ultimate and immediate investor basis.
Supply and use tables, detail level, provincial and territorial
Provincial and territorial detail-level supply and use tables (SUT), tracing the production, intermediate input consumption, trade margins, and final demand of goods and services across Canadian provinces.
Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, provinces and territories
Annual gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices by industry (NAICS 2017/2022) across Canadian provinces and territories, reported in current prices, chained (2017) dollars, and contributions to percentage change.
Merchandise Product Concentration and Diversification Indices (Annual)
Annual merchandise export and import product concentration indices (normalized Herfindahl-Hirschman Index HHI) and diversification indices (fingerprint divergence from global trade structure) disaggregated by 3-digit SITC Rev. 3 for 200+ economies.
US International Merchandise Trade by NAICS-6 (Bilateral)
Annual US merchandise exports and imports at NAICS 6-digit commodity detail, both world total and bilateral with Canada. From the US Census Bureau International Trade API.
Herfindahl-Hirschman Market Concentration Index (Annual)
Annual export market concentration index measuring the dispersion of merchandise export value across destination trading partners for 200+ economies (1988–2023).