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IBIS World
Provides reports for Canadian and U.S. industries. Canadian industry reports include a provincial breakdown and economic profile for provinces.
EMIS
Provides financial, political and economic information on emerging markets. Select Client Login in top right corner. Then click Full Subscription or the specific geographic region of interest and click Continue.
MarketLine Advantage
Includes industry, company, and country information. Industry reports include market size, segmentation, and five forces analysis. Company profiles include SWOT analysis. Country reports provide PESTLE analysis.
BCC Research
Market research reports with comprehensive analysis of global market sizing, forecasting, and industry intelligence in the sciences and technology sectors.

Mintel Reports (Mintel Oxygen)
Market research reports covering primarily U.S. and Canadian markets. Each report includes data and analysis of the competitive landscape, market share, and consumer profiles.
Fitch Connect
Provides in-depth market research reports, economic and political risk ratings, macroeconomic analysis and forecasts, and financial analysis of debt and equity with a focus on emerging markets. Also includes profiles for multinational companies and their subsidiaries.
Select SSO and type in Western and then enter your UWO username and password
Frost & Sullivan
In-depth market research and strategy reports with European and global coverage.

Statista
Consolidates statistical data from various sources to provide insights on industries, markets, and consumers. Use the Insights menu to access Market Insights (forecasts and Key Performance Indicators) and Consumer Insights (interactive tool for comparing and analyzing consumer behaviour and attitudes – includes Brand Profiler Tool).

Canadian Industry Statistics
Analyses industry data on many economic indicators using the most recent data from Statistics Canada. It looks at industry trends and financial information, such as GDP, labour productivity, manufacturing and trade data.
Financial Performance Data - Industry Canada
View financial data based on industry averages for more than 30 performance benchmarks.

Key Business Ratios (D&B)
Contains industry benchmarking data, featuring 14 key business ratios for public and private companies in North America.
Factiva
Extensive access to news coverage from over 8000 sources, available from 118 countries in 22 languages. Company and industry information is also available: Select Companies/Markets in top menu bar.