A detailed guide to conducting research on companies, nonprofits, charities, and industries. Look up NAICS codes, find competitors, industry profiles, financial ratios by industry.
It is possible to benchmark your pro-forma financial statement data by type of business, size of business, and line of business/industry (e.g. NAICS) using these Canadian sources:
Share or stock ownership data for public companies is readily available.
Most publicly-traded companies maintain investor relations sections on their corporate websites with copies of recent annual reports and other securities filings, stock quotes, press releases and other relevant information for investors.
Stock ownership data is reported in the Management Information Circular (Canadian) or the Proxy Statement / Information Circular (US) documents.