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Feds create new Canadian Internal Trade Data Hub for agriculture

Canada’s federal government has launched the new Canadian Internal Trade Data and Information Hub, which is designed to provide growers with open and accessible pan-Canadian data on the agriculture sector.

Information contained on the Hub includes the movement of goods and services and interprovincial labour mobility. The interactive data platform includes user friendly tools, graphics, and visualizations to provide insights across the Canadian economy and better assess opportunities to strengthen internal trade, federal officials said.

The Hub also has information on the nation’s energy and transportation sectors.

“This information will help federal, provincial and territorial governments work together to target and eliminate barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility,” officials said in an April 15 news release. “It will also enable Canadian businesses and workers to make timely choices about where to invest and where to work.”

Developed by Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Privy Council Office, the will continue to evolve over time to include new data sources, including from provincial and territorial governments.

Tools embedded in the Hub ensure users can make full use of the wide variety of data available, including information from business across the country on how they trade goods, access services, and what barriers they face, gathered from the 2023 Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. These insights can be broken down by geography, industry/sector, and size.

The Hub can be accessed at this link.