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Benchmark dataset

Canadian Manufacturing Digital Maturity Benchmark (n=114)

How 114 Canadian manufacturers score on digital maturity: peer averages across five dimensions and maturity-band prevalence.

Dataset provenance

Source
2026 Advanced Manufacturing Outlook report (Plant, Canadian Manufacturing Online, and EMC)
Survey year
2026
Sample size
n = 114

Peer averages by dimension

Mean self-assessed maturity across 114 manufacturers, on a 1–5 scale.

Mean self-assessed digital maturity by dimension across 114 Canadian manufacturers, scored 1 to 5.
DimensionPeer averageOf 5.0
Data & Visibility2.45.0
Technology & Systems2.65.0
Process & Automation2.55.0
People & Change Readiness2.75.0
Strategy & Investment2.35.0

Where manufacturers actually sit

Share of the 114 surveyed manufacturers in each maturity band.

  • AnalogueScores 1.0–1.922%
  • ConnectedScores 2.0–2.940%
  • IntegratedScores 3.0–3.934%
  • IntelligentScores 4.0–4.94%
  • AutonomousScores 5.0–5.01%

See where you sit

The Compass readiness assessment scores your operation on these same five dimensions and places you against these peers. It also scores six readiness dimensions this survey does not cover — how your plant is organised to use AI — and reports that separately, without a peer figure, because none exists for them.

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Source: 114 Canadian manufacturers surveyed in the 2026 Advanced Manufacturing Outlook report (Plant, Canadian Manufacturing Online, and EMC).