Research Series
We help Canada prepare for what’s next. Signal49 Research delivers evidence-based insights across eight critical areas—from economics and education to innovation and sustainability—reflecting the complexity of Canada’s most pressing challenges. Each year, we produce hundreds of outputs including research reports, forecasts, dashboards, and podcasts that speak to both today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities.
40+
Research series
10,000+
Outputs
Research Series
Bright Ideas podcasts
Hear from leaders from around the world who are working to create a bright future.
Future Skills podcasts
Experts discuss solutions to some of the most crucial emerging challenges to the future of work.
How Canada Performs
Assesses Canada’s performance relative to peer countries across eight categories to identify solutions that will help us reach our full potential.
Leadership Perspectives podcasts
We sit down with experts in a variety of fields to hear their perspectives on issues affecting the lives of Canadians.
Canada in a Changing World
Exploring how Canada can build a resilient economy in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
Canadian 20-Year Outlook
A long-term economic forecast to help you anticipate structural shifts, such as an aging population, and plan for the future.
Canadian 5-Year Outlook
A trusted national economic forecast outlining macroeconomic trends and factors impacting growth.
Canadian Hiring Index
An index of job posting data and labour tightness by province, city, occupation, and industry to help you understand labour market dynamics.
Canadians’ Inflation Expectations
The result of a monthly survey tracking Canadians’ inflation outlook for one and three years, with results by region, demographics, and trends.
Consumer Price Index
Discover what drives Canadian prices: From energy shifts to policy changes, track inflation trends and their impact on households and the economy.
Economic Perspectives
An in-depth analysis of national economic challenges, providing evidence-based recommendations for policy and institutional strategy to support a resilient Canadian economy.
Economic Report Card
A unique assessment of Canada’s performance relative to its peers across 17 indicators.
GDP by Industry
Pinpoints Canada’s growth sectors by tracking production trends, sectoral shifts, and quarterly expenditure patterns shaping the nation’s economic trajectory.
GrowthNow
A model-driven estimate of the current quarter’s GDP growth rate—released before official government figures are published—and a summary of the trends driving GDP growth fluctuations.
Housing Market Update
Current monthly resale and construction information for 24 Canadian urban centres.
Index of Business Confidence
Captures the views of senior executives at private Canadian firms on the economy, price increases, investment intentions, and factors influencing business decisions.
Index of Consumer Confidence
Canadian consumer sentiment on the state of the economy, personal finances, short-term employment prospects, and major purchase intentions.
Index of Consumer Spending
An index of consumer spending by province, territory and month, based on exclusive consumer transaction data provided by Moneris Data Services.
Industry Lens
Key economic and profitability indicators for specific industries, including GDP, industry price index, employment growth, wages, revenues, costs, and profits.
Interest Rate Announcement
Understand how Bank of Canada rate changes influence borrowing, investment, and spending, and their implications for households, businesses, and markets.
Labour Force Survey
Monitors employment, wages, and workforce trends to help you understand the labour dynamics shaping businesses and the broader economy.
Major City Insights
Access detailed economic forecasts for 24 key urban centres, updated three times a year, covering real GDP and employment by industry and more.
Manufacturing Sales
Monitors production, orders, and inventories to show how global demand, currency, and supply-chain pressures affect the performance of Canada’s manufacturing sector.
Provincial 20-Year Outlook
Gain insight into the long-term economic landscape and structural shifts across Canada’s provinces.
Provincial 5-Year Outlook
Compare provincial economic conditions with quarterly forecasts and analysis highlighting trends, forces, and regional differences.
The Provincial Fiscal Outlook
A five-year independent forecast of each province’s finances, covering revenue, expenditures, debt levels, and budgetary balances.
Territorial Outlook
The only privately-produced regular economic forecast for Canada’s territories, focused on detailed regional information like planned investments.
Trade
Examine Canadian trade flows, including imports, exports, and balances, while assessing global demand, commodity prices, and policy impacts on competitiveness.
Travel Markets Outlook
A biannual forecast of tourism demand in 10 Canadian provinces, one territory, and 10 metropolitan areas.
U.S. 20-Year Outlook
Understand the long-term economic performance of the American economy and the large structural shifts and factors that will shape it.
U.S. 5-Year Outlook
A forecast for U.S. economic performance over the next five years and factors that will drive or hinder growth.
Higher Education Trends
Coverage of four key areas—student enrollment, outcomes, mobility, and finances—to help post-secondary leaders assess program performance and institutional value.
ROI of Higher Education
This annual report analyzes the return on investment that provincial and federal governments receive for their financial contributions to post-secondary education programs.
Skill Trends
Each report analyzes a high-demand skill in Canada’s labour market, assessing demand trends and offering recommendations for post-secondary program development.
Benefits Benchmarking
See how your benefits coverage, offerings, and premiums compare with others in your industry, sector, and region.
C-Suite Challenge Series
Based on survey responses from Canadian C-suite executives, this series uncovers their most pressing challenges and provides insights to solve them.
Compensation Planning Outlook
Provides Canadian benchmarks on planned base pay increases and incentive plan targets for the upcoming year, by industry, sector, region, and employee group.
Employee Perspectives
Offers a comprehensive view of employee preferences regarding total rewards and the employee experience, and how preferences vary across demographic groups.
Employee Relations Trends
This dashboard highlights collective bargaining trends, including wage growth, labour disruptions, and work stoppages over the last five years.
HR Insights
Uncovers data-driven HR insights drawn from organizational surveys on emerging trends, practices, and benchmarks across Canadian workplaces.
HR Metrics
Assess your HR team’s efforts and programs with quarterly Canadian benchmarks on turnover, absenteeism, retirement, and job vacancy rates.
Human Resources Spotlight Series
Explore forward-thinking HR practices through spotlights and case studies that help Canadian organizations enhance employee value proposition, engagement, and competitiveness.
Labour Relations Outlook
Highlights compensation trends and top bargaining issues for unionized employees.
Indigenous Business Spotlight
A quarterly series showcasing Indigenous business leaders and enterprises, featuring in-depth profiles on innovation, growth, and new models of success.
Forthcoming
Indigenous Economic Realities
Each release provides timely analysis of a key area influencing the commercial and economic lives of Indigenous communities, governments, and entrepreneurs.
Forthcoming
AI on the Horizon
Stay current on Canada’s evolving AI landscape with this free newsletter delivering timely news on AI’s economic, social, and policy effects.
Innovation Report Card
An evidence-based assessment of Canada’s innovation performance across 21 indicators, compared with 19 peer nations.
Innovation Trends Reports
Examines provincial and regional innovation performance to understand how jurisdictions build competitive advantage, highlighting strengths, gaps, and trends shaping Canada’s innovation landscape.
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