In our annual outlook survey, among other things, we look at how managers and executives view the current and future health of organizations and the economy, the expected impact of Trump, concerns for 2025, and risks for the Canadian economy.

The results presented in this report cover various issues, including the state of the economy, housing affordability, and global affairs.

A flash poll on the 2024 federal budget, asking business leaders for their feedback on the budget.

The results presented in this report cover Canadian business perspectives on various global issues, as well as the Canadian economy.

This report presents the results of our survey on how Canadian businesses have been impacted by inflation and the increasing cost of living, particularly in recruiting and retaining talent.

This report summarizes the results of a flash poll on the 2023 federal budget, asking business leaders for their feedback on the budget.

This report presents the results of the most recent edition of The Business Monitor. The Monitor is a regular omnibus survey from the Modus Business Panel. This edition focused on the relationship between government and business, as well as issues around leadership.

This report presents the results of our annual outlook survey. Among other issues, it covers the outlook for both organizations and the economy, and the effects of inflation and rising interest rates.

This report presents the latest results from The Business Monitor. These results focus on the state Canadian business and the economy.

Conducted in March 2022, this survey covered a variety of issues, including people’s views on current news events, the use and trust in mainstream media, concern about potential threats, attitudes to authority and trust in various organizations and occupations,  the COVID pandemic and misinformation.

Conducted at the end of 2021, this survey covered a variety of topics ranging from the outlook for the economy and business concerns to trust in government and their support, vaccine passports, and working from home.

In our latest survey on COVID, we update our tracking of economic and business health and look at various other issues, such as immunization certificates, the impact of the pandemic on businesses, the measures businesses have taken to survive, and the effectiveness of each level of government.

In the year-end edition of our COVID series, we examine the views of Canadian managers and executives on such issues as the prospects for Canadian businesses and their ability to survive, the outlook for 2021, changes in the spending of their organization, and the impact of working from home.

In our third survey on this topic, we look at how managers and executives view the current situation on COVID. Topics include the current and future economic and organizational health, their ability to survive, their support for and the effect of government restrictions, as well as the amount of working from home.

This is an overview of the results of the survey on AI adoption and usage carried out in June/July 2020. Based on a sample of 428 senior managers and executives in Ontario, it explores how AI is used, the challenges involved and the needs/sources of AI talent.

This report is a top-line presentation of results for the COVID and Canada 2030 survey carried out in June 2020. This survey is focused on the short-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, business and economic recovery, and the lasting impacts of COVID on both businesses and the economy.

In this study carried out in April 2020 with 950 Canadian managers and executives, we look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Canadian businesses. Topics covered include the impact on employment and revenues, the effect of CEWS and businesses ability to survive.

This survey was carried out in February 2020 among 529 managers and executives. It studies what are the drivers of organizational performance, the barriers to performance and what makes and organization high performing.

This study explores the succession plans of Canadian businesses, their familiarity with the Cooperative business model and the degree to which they have or would consider adopting that model. It was carried out in December 2019 and January 2020 among a sample of 319 business owners and senior executives.

Carried out in July 2019, this study looks at a variety of issues surrounding the “New Data Economy”. In particular, it covers Business and Policymakers priorities, the current status, performance and potential actions.

This study examines a wide variety of issues that face Canadian organizations today. Topics covered include: Economic and business confidence, concerns about recession, investment, government performance and policy priorities.

Carried out in February, 2019, this study looks at the views of Canadian businesses on Artificial Intelligence. In particular, it examines whether organizations have adopted or are ready to adopt AI, as well as their attitudes and concerns.

In this study we examine the degree to which organizations are disrupted by external forces. This study was carried out in August 2018 and includes comparisons with a previous study done in 2014. Issues such as the impact of technology, labour markets, financial markets and competition are examined along with organizations risk tolerance and investment in innovation.

Here we update our study of the Insurance industry contrasting key indicators with those we found in 2017. Topics covered include: the importance of the various service attributes, loyalty to providers and organisations’ satisfaction with their provider.

This study examines the various factors that drive business success. Issues covered include: perceptions of leadership, decision-making, innovativeness, organizational behaviours, competitive advantages and organizational responsibilities.

Carried out at the end of 2017, this study analyses current business practices such as technology, innovation and people management and suggest ways in which Canadian businesses can improve.

In our Commercial Insurance Study we explore a number of topics: Reputation, Purchasing Habits and Customer Experience. Specific issues covered include the frequency of purchasing insurance, customer loyalty and satisfaction, the attributes that businesses are looking for, the performance of insurance companies on those attributes and businesses’ claims experience.

This study carried out in 2016 and covers a wide variety of topics such as economic and business confidence, the impact of the Trump election, tolls in Toronto and the proposed guaranteed income.

In our Banking Survey we explore a range of issues, including economic and business confidence, university performance, CPP expansion and Banking performance. In the Banking performance section, we look at how businesses rate their bank, their degree of satisfaction, where the gaps in service are and how likely businesses are to switch their financial institution.

The Courage in Business survey explores a range of issues relating to courage in business. This includes a series of attributes that may or may not affect courage relating to entrepreneurialism, risk taking and growth.