IT Sector in Canada and North America

Question

I have received a faculty request for information regarding the "status and future of the IT sector in Canada and North America".

Information and Communications Technologies in Canada was released in 1999, and I can't find an update. Is there any data available through the DLI that would give me updated information? Or even through the DSP if that's where it's found?

I have also been looking for data on employment in the ITC sector, but most of it covers only up to about 2002, which hardly qualifies as current status.

Answer

Industry Canada has some statistics in Strategis under "Canadian ICT Statistical Overview"
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inict-tic.nsf/en/h_it06155e.html.
Most of the tables are 2003 or 2004 and there are also "Detailed Industry Statistics". The "Sources and Technical Notes" section lists a number of different annual surveys and CANSIM tables from Statistics Canada which might give you other leads.

The Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology is listed in the Definitions, Sources and Methods section of the SC web site with a release date of April 2005. But there is old message on the DLIList from May 2002 that says no pumf was produced from this survey.