Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CSBC) Real-time Local Business Condition Index (RTLBCI) - Jake Purdy

Survey facilitated information on: • …the impacts the pandemic was having on businesses in Canada • …the ways businesses were reacting and adapting to the pandemic • …the needs of businesses to continue to allow them to sustain themselves through the pandemic and beyond. [...] • The survey will monitor business sentiment and provide timely data on current business challenges 2 Delivering insight through data for a better Canada CSBC details WHO? WHAT? Survey of over 30,000 Survey of 30 to 35 questions employer businesses across • Set of core questions for Canada longitudinal analysis • Punctual and timely to meet data gaps or emerging needs HOW? WHEN? Stratification by:. [...] • Actions or measures implemented due to the pandemic • Business obstacles • Layoffs and rehires • Does the business plan to expand, acquire or invest in • Revenue and expenses compared to previous years other businesses? • Teleworking • Does the business have plans to sell or close? • Cybersecurity • Does the business have the ability to take on more debt? • Supply chain • Business majority owner. [...] What?: Variety of analytical products disseminated: • Major release in The Daily • 20+ new CODR tables • Data published at the national, provincial, and territorial level by industry, by size, by age, by type, and by majority ownership • Analytical articles published for the Analysis in Brief series • Analysis on small businesses in Canada, Analysis on supply chains in Canada, Analysis on business. [...] 6 Delivering insight through data for a better Canada Infographic: Business conditions in Canada, second quarter of 2022 7 Delivering insight through data for a better Canada Real-time local business condition index Real-time Local Business Conditions Index (statcan.gc.ca) 8 Delivering insight through data for a better Canada A s.