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Why We Built This
Canadian Trade Intelligence is a media and intelligence company publishing on the Canadian economy, trade, and business. We cover global developments — tariffs, trade agreements, geopolitics, investment flows, commodity markets — from a Canadian perspective, for Canadians navigating the economy. We also cover interprovincial dynamics and the on-the-ground challenges of our communities.
Whether you work in a clothing store or run an export business, from public service to managing a supply chain, from farming to defence — if you are trying to understand Canada's place in the world because you live here, CTI is built for you.
The information has always existed. It lives across Global Affairs Canada, EDC, Statistics Canada, the Trade Commissioner Service, provincial trade offices, sector associations, and dozens of trade publications. Many Canadian businesses — especially small and mid-size ones — don't have the time, the budget, or the dedicated trade intelligence staff to pull it all together. So they make decisions with incomplete information, miss programmes they qualify for, and leave markets they could have entered.
Canadian Trade Intelligence exists to fix that. We believe this is Canada's moment and that moment belongs to every Canadian willing to reach for it, not just the ones with enterprise research budgets.
What We Do
We publish news stories covering national and local events across Canada, written for Canadians who need context, not just headlines.
We maintain a live procurement feed drawing from federal, provincial, and allied tender databases, updated continuously.
Every week we publish sector intelligence reports and vertical products for subscribers across six industries and more on the way:
- Critical Minerals
- Energy & Cleantech
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Aerospace & Defence
- Agri-Food & Agriculture
- Technology & Digital
Each report includes verified market signals, step-by-step actions with programme links, regulatory context, market entry pathways, community impact assessments and much more.
We also provide global country intelligence dossiers, Canadian trade agreement summaries, a sanctions screener, a tariff lookup tool, and a growing library of practical guides.
CTI Advisory offers contracted research, briefings, and consultancy services for organisations that need dedicated trade intelligence support. Contact us to discuss.
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What We Believe
Better-informed Canadians build a stronger Canada.
Our standard is the same one the best publications hold themselves: verified sources, clear attribution, honest analysis, and a Canadian perspective that global platforms rarely provide.
We believe Canada's growing relationships, natural advantages, and skilled workforce position Canadians to compete anywhere in the world. Canada's task is to transform from reliance on specific trade partners to something more resilient built on strong Canadian industries and diverse international relationships. That transformation requires individuals to be better informed, faster.
We are not affiliated with any government agency. Our editorial positions are our own. Nothing on this platform constitutes legal, financial, or investment advice — consult a qualified professional for that or work with our consultancy services.
Sources and Standards
Verified sources. Named analysis. Clear attribution.
Our intelligence draws on publicly available information from primary sources including Global Affairs Canada, Export Development Canada, Statistics Canada, the Trade Commissioner Service, Natural Resources Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and international equivalents. We reference primary sources throughout and encourage readers to verify regulatory requirements directly with the relevant authority, regulatory environments change, to which we link to and we date-stamp our analysis accordingly.
Our intelligence is produced using AI-assisted research and synthesis, combined with editorial review and primary source verification. We do not publish signals, actions, or claims that have not been checked against their cited source. Editorial judgment and source verification are human. We believe being transparent about this is both the right thing to do and the standard our readers deserve.
Where we cite data, we cite sources. Where we offer analysis, we identify it as analysis. Where something requires further professional verification, we say so.
Who's Behind This
Built in Canada. For Canada.
Canadian Trade Intelligence was founded by a Canadian who believes the country deserves better and more accessible trade intelligence — built here, framed here, and delivered every week without requiring a research team or an enterprise software budget to use.
We're early. The platform is growing. If you have feedback, a story worth covering, or an organisation that would benefit from this intelligence, we want to hear from you.