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Company Information
From electronic indexes to historical annual reports, the Business Information Centre carries a comprehensive range of information in a variety of formats. To research a company, visit the centre at Toronto Reference Library.
Current and Historical Company Information
 Annual reports for Canadian companies traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, plus some reports from the early 1900's.
Financial Post Yellow Cards
an annual collection of information on publicly traded Canadian companies that includes financial statements, brief company histories and company operations.
Financial Post Investment Reports
published quarterly for Canada's top 500 public companies. Serving as updates for the Financial Post Yellow Cards. These reports include historical and current data, investment recommendations, latest earnings and performance analysis.
Information Files
of clippings about Canadian publicly traded companies. The source is Globe & Mail's Report on Business section.
Business Directories for Canadian, American and International Companies
Sample titles include:
Canadian
- Canadian Trade Index
- Fraser's Canadian Trade Directory
- Scott's Directories (manufacturers by province)
- Canadian Key Business Directory
- Blue Book of Canadian Companies.
United States
- Thomas Register
- Thomas Food Industry Register
- Million Dollar Directory
- Moody's directories
- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations
- Directors and Executives.
International
- Principal International Businesses
- Kompass series of manufacturers directories by country.
Electronic Resources
Indexes to Articles in Newspapers and Magazines
 Search Business & Companies databases (library card required)
- Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) is a multidisciplinary Canadian (both English and French) database which offers full text and indexing of over 650 Canadian popular,
business, and academic journals. Limited American coverage is provided through approximately 25 major U.S. journals. Coverage: 1982 onwards with full text articles for over 240 selected titles available from 1993. Updated monthly
- CPI.Q (citations 1988 to present, full-text January 1995 to present)
Canadian Periodical Index indexes more than 400 Canadian and international periodicals. Some citations provide the full-text of the article; some provide the full-text of selected sections of the Globe and Mail.
- Canadian News Disc
Canadian NewsDisc provides full text articles from 11 major English language Canadian newspapers. Verbatim transcripts for 12 CBC and 3 CTV news and current affairs programs such as Fifth Estate, CBC and CTV National News, Canada AM and W5 are also included. Coverage: 1994 onwards. Updates: Monthly.
- Virtual News Library (Coverage: 1985-present)
Indexes Canadian newspapers, including the Financial Post, Toronto Star, London Free Press, Regina Leader-Post, Hamilton Spectator. Full-text is provided for some of the newspapers.
- Business and Company Resource Centre (Coverage: 1980-present).
This database provides an index to magazine and newspaper articles from the United States and covers information on companies worldwide. Includes a directory to companies including addresses, phone numbers, brief financial information and corporate executive names. Brief histories of many companies are provided. Investment reports by brokerage firms are available for some companies listed.
Electronic Resources For Business And Financial Information
- Scott's Selectory for the Greater Toronto Area
A CD-ROM version of Scott's Greater Toronto Area directory, it lets you search by a variety of fields and lets you combine search results. (Search by SIC code and then by city, for example.) Print by individual company or by different report formats.
- Compact Disclosure SEC
A CD-ROM database, it contains information on publicly traded American companies only. Includes financial information drawn from annual reports, and SEC filings. Includes company addresses, phone numbers and executive names.
- CanCorp Financials (1997-present)
CanCorp Financials is a database replacing Compact Disclosure Canada. Covers more than 12, 000 Canadian companies and derives information from the Financial Post Datagroup and from documents filed with securities regulators across Canada. Sources include annual reports, information circulars, prospectuses and audited annual financial statements.
- FIS Online (1993-present)
Financial Information Services Online is Moody's corporate information and financial statements for more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Includes 15,000 non-United States, public companies.
Web Sites
Our business librarians have bookmarked sites of business interest. See listings under Company Information and Company Directories.
Updated on: August 27, 2008
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