Research guides: IRE346: Human Resource Planning and Strategy: Finding Information on Companies

Finding Information on Companies

The following resources will help you with researching Canadian, U.S., and international companies.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - EDGAR
Database of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) corporate filings and information.

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Current and archived news, business and company information worldwide.

Government of Canada: Research and Business Intelligence
"Industry sector data, financial benchmarks, labour trends and business statistics." RBI
MarketLine (Formerly Datamonitor)
Business descriptions, competitor companies and SWOT analysis for Canadian and international companies.

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Global company search engine featuring company profiles, capital stock information, reports, subsidiaries, and more.

Toronto Board of Trade Resource Library
A collection of reports, videos, guides, etc. Search or browse by topic or industry.
SEDAR+
SEDAR+ incorporates the filings from National Cease Trade Order Database (CTO), the Disciplined List (DL), the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR), the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI), the National Registration Database (NRD) and the National Registration System. It is the Canadian Securities Administrators’ national system that contains filings, disclosures, payments and information regarding Canada's financial markets.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
To find SWOT Analyses: On the Advanced Search screen, enter the name of a company in the Find field and select CO Company Entity from the Select a Field drop-down menu.
Select the Full Text limiter in the Limit your results area of the search screen and click Search.
The result list is displayed. Under Source Types in the left column, click Show More, check the SWOT Analyses box, and click Update.