From an article in the Hamilton Spectator about a new program at McMaster that I am involved in I came across a reference to the NPD Group which does “global sales and marketing information”. They have a section just on the video game industry, see,
NPD Funworld. On the site they have reports that are for sale along with trend information.
There is also an NPD Canada site though it’s not clear when you are seeing reports/information clearly about Canada and when not.
Here is a quote from the April 13, 2005, Hamilton Spectator article, “Math whiz at Mac is playing to win; Engineering students can focus on developing computer games”, by Rob Faulkner,
It (McMaster’s new program in Software Engineering and Game Design) also comes as Canada’s gaming industry booms: Industry-tracker NPD Canada says the Canadian video game market grew 5 per cent from 2003 to 2004, to hit $776 million.
Break that down, notes NPD Canada director Darrel Ryce, and software sales grew 17 per cent to $451 million in 2004, and the number of games sold grew 31 per cent to 11 million units.
Thanks to Kelly Curwin for this.