"Online service that simplifies the business permit and licence process for entrepreneurs, governments, and third party business service providers"

Information on starting a business, importing/exporting, taxes, regulations & licensing, business planning, hiring staff, management operations, and more

"lists companies importing goods into Canada, by product, by city and by country of origin"

"Industry data on a number of economic indicators using the latest annual data sources from Statistics Canada"

Information and services related to copyright, trademarks, patents, industrial designs, industrial design databases

Patent descriptions and images

Contact information for thousands of Canadian companies

"Learn about intellectual property (IP), including patents, trade-marks, copyright, industrial design and integrated circuit topographies, and how they can protect your business."

Information on incorporating a business, filing an annual return, naming your corporation, creating/maintaining a non-profit corporation

"Information and analyses of the opportunities in Canadian industry sectors"

"Strategic objectives, workforce renewal and corporate priorities for 2009–2010"

Industries are listed alphabetically as well as by category e.g. manufacturing, resource, services, and technologies industries

Market reports on industry sectors; search by industry sector, country/region, and date

"Detailed statistics on goods and estimates of services shipped from the U.S. to foreign countries"

US national and state merchandise import/export statistics, maps, and charts

"Detailed proprietary reviews and commentary on the best web-based sources of industry specific content."

KPMG guide, allows custom comparison of international business locations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, including by country, city, and industry.

Country profiles, featured country, and intelligence briefing are free

Industry profiles and economic statistics for European Union

Time-series and cross sectional data relating to hunger, food and agriculture for approximately 245 countries and 35 regional areas from 1961 through the present, together with FAOSTAT Analysis, for basic statistical analysis of the data.

International business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs.

Information on potential export markets for many industries and countries

Labour statistics providing data tables on employment, unemployment, and wages

"Companies ranked by analyst recommendations, market capitalization and earnings growth"