University of Toronto. Map & Data Library

Title: Inter-corporate ownership on cd-rom.

Series title: Inter-corporate ownership on cd-rom

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. Industrial Organization and Finance Division

Producer: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Industrial Organization and Finance Division (61-517-xcb)

Date of creation: 2011-05-06 [latest]

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Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2011-02-04 [latest]

Access conditions/restrictions: This product is licenced under the Statistics Canada Limited use data product licence agreement
Access by University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.

Access note: Quarter 4 of each year is also available under the Depository Services Program licence. DLI libraries may allow the public to access the quarter 1, 2 and 3 editions of the ICO even if, technically, only the quarter 4 edition is a DSP product. [see dlilist 2007/11/05].

Summary: Inter-corporate Ownership (ICO) on cd-rom provides ownership information on Canadian companies:

With stock splits, takeovers, spin offs, and divestitures occuring on a daily basis, the ownership structure of the Canadian corporate sector is constantly shifting. ICO allows analysts to keep track of this changing maze of corporate affiliations. It features:

Source: accompanying brochure by Statistics Canada. (1998-1)

Beginning with the second quarter release of the 2006 Inter-Corporate Ownership CD-ROM, the number of corporations that make up the hierarchy of structures will total approximately 40,000.

Every individual corporation that is part of a group of commonly controlled corporations with combined assets exceeding 10 million dollars or annual gross revenue exceeding 15 million dollars is required to file under the Corporations Returns Act. Further, any individual corporation not meeting the above criteria, but with value of equity or debt an obligation owing directly or indirectly to non-residents of Canada in excess of $200 thousand dollars, is required to file under the Act. Statistics Canada is in the process of revising these thresholds as follows: assets greater than 200 million dollars and/or annual gross revenue greater than 80 million dollars and/or foreign equity or foreign debt of at least one million dollars.

The number of corporations that will meet these new thresholds is approximately a third of the current number of corporations meeting the existing thresholds. This new reduced number of corporations will be consistent with the original population size targeted by the Act. In anticipation of these changes, the ICO will represent those corporations that will be required to report under the Corporations Returns Act in accordance with the new thresholds. Although the number of corporations will be significantly less than before, the corporate structures will remain complete and will be subject to regular updates and analysis to ensure their accuracy and relevance to the Corporations Returns Act program.

Geographic coverage: Canada

Time period: 1996-[latest]

Periodicity: quarterly

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Universe:covers every individual corporation that is part of a group of commonly controlled corporations with combined assets exceeding 200 million dollars or combined revenue exceeding 80 million dollars. Individual corporations with debt obligations or equity owing to non-residents exceeding a net book value of 1 million dollars are covered as well.

Data type: aggregate

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Mode of data collection: The information that is presented is based on non-confidential returns filed by Canadian corporations under the Corporations Returns Act and on research using public sources such as internet sites.

Citation: Statistics Canada. Inter-corporate ownership on cd-rom, 1st quarter 2010 [computer file]. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Industrial Organization and Finance Division [producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], April 2010 (STC 61-517-XCB)

Extent of file: 468 data and documentation files (.mdb format database; number of logical records varies)

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Related data:

Inter-corporate ownership, 1965-2000 (STC cat. 61-517; format print) GOVT

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