Program adjustments by sector
Aboriginal Statistics
Aboriginal Statistical Training Program
The end of the Aboriginal Statistical Training Program was announced on May 16, 2012. The course material is available upon request.
Agriculture
Agriculture Value Added Account
The final release of the Agriculture Value Added Account was published on November 24, 2011. Custom data tables on the Agriculture Value Added Account continue to be available on a cost-recovery basis from the Agriculture Economic Statistics Program.
Farm Business Cash Flows
The final release of the Farm Business Cash Flows was published on January 18, 2012. Custom data tables on the Farm Business Cash Flows continue to be available on a cost-recovery basis from the Agriculture Economic Statistics program.
Farm Cash Receipts
Effective May 23, 2012, farm cash receipts data are released semi-annually instead of quarterly. Data for the second and third quarters of 2012 will be released in November 2012. Information on net farm income for 2011 will also be released in November 2012.
Farm Product Price Index
Effective June 2012, the Farm Product Price Index has been released quarterly instead of monthly. The most recent release took place on June 4, 2012. The next release of the Index will be on August 29, 2012.
Farm Product Prices Survey
The following four components of the survey are discontinued: Potato prices; Straw and hay prices; Grain and oilseed prices; Grain and specialty crop prices. Statistics Canada is investigating ways to replace these price components with administrative sources. All other components of the Farm Product Prices Survey will continue to be published.
Field Crop Reporting Series: The December Farm Survey
The last release of the December Farm Survey was on February 3, 2012. Other surveys in the Field Crop Reporting Series will continue to be conducted.
Fruit and Vegetable Survey
Starting in 2013, Statistics Canada will release data from the Fruit and Vegetable Survey once a year instead of twice a year. The spring data collection has been discontinued. The last available results of the Spring Fruit and Vegetable Survey were published on June 23, 2011. The fall data collection will continue, with results for reference year 2012 to be published in early 2013.
Hog Survey
Starting with the July 2012 occasion, data for the Hog Survey will be collected twice a year instead of quarterly. Data for the July and January reference periods will continue to be collected while the October and April collections have been discontinued. Information will continue to be published from the January and July surveys.
Net Farm Income
Statistics Canada will release data on net farm income once a year instead of twice a year. As a result, the release of preliminary data for net farm income for 2011, scheduled for May 23, 2012, was cancelled. Data for 2011 will be released on November 26, 2012.
Culture
Surveys of Government Expenditures on Culture
The elimination of two surveys of government expenditures on culture was announced on May 17, 2012. Information on culture continues to be available through other Statistics Canada programs such as the Labour Force Survey, the Census Program and some service industries' surveys.
Economy – General
Composite Leading Indicator
Statistics Canada published the last release of data for the Composite Leading Indicator on May 23, 2012. Similar information is available from other sources, in particular the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which publishes more up-to-date leading indicators for Canada and other member nations.
Education
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
The final issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada was released on May 1, 2012. In future, analytical articles on education themes will be published directly on Statistics Canada's website.
Salaries and Salary Scales of Full-time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities
The final issue of Salaries and Salary Scales of Full-time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities was released on May 3, 2012. The Full-time University and College Academic Staff Survey has been discontinued.
Energy
Annual Coal Mines Survey
The last release of the Annual Coal Mines Survey was on May 4, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Annual Contract Drilling and Services to Oil and Gas Extraction Survey
The last direct release of the Annual Contract Drilling and Services to Oil and Gas Extraction Survey took place on March 17, 2008. Since then, the data have continued to be used as an input into products of the System of National Accounts and made available to the public through the release of those products. The survey was discontinued on April 1, 2012.
Annual Electricity Utility Financial Survey
The last release of information from the Annual Electricity Utility Financial Survey was on February 2, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Annual Gas Utilities/Transport and Distribution Survey
The last release from the Annual Gas Utilities/Transport and Distribution Survey took place on March 12, 2008. Since then, the data have continued to be used as an input into products of the System of National Accounts and made available to the public through the release of those products. The survey was discontinued on April 1, 2012.
Annual Oil Pipeline Transport Survey
Statistics Canada published the last release of the Annual Oil Pipeline Transport Survey on March 12, 2008. Since then, the data have continued to be used as an input into products of the System of National Accounts and made available to the public through the release of those products. The survey was discontinued on April 1, 2012.
Health
Residential Care Facilities
The final release of the Residential Care Facilities Survey was published on July 17th, 2012. The program is discontinued.
Labour and Income
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
The final release of longitudinal data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics was published on June 18, 2012. Statistics Canada will continue to conduct a survey to produce annual estimates on income.
Non-profit Sector
Satellite account of non-profit institutions and volunteering
The last release of the Satellite account of non-profit institutions and volunteering was in December 2010. This program has been discontinued, however, as part of the Canadian System of National Accounts historical revision (2012) a portion of this account will be published on a quarterly basis, specifically the activities of non-profit institutions serving households. Statistics Canada will publish a paper outlining how users can construct estimates of the non-profit sector account using data from Statistics Canada.
Public Sector Statistics
Public Sector Employment Program
The final release of the Public sector employment program was published on May 30, 2012. Statistics Canada continues to produce data on public administration employment through the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours and the Labour Force Survey.
Science and Technology
Provincial Scientific Activity Surveys
Statistics Canada is ending its contribution to a number of provincial surveys that measure scientific activities by provincial governments. The final release is currently planned for the end of the summer of 2012.
Survey of Federal Intellectual Property Management
The final release of the Federal Intellectual Property Management Survey was on May 16, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Survey of Intellectual Property and Commercialization in the Higher Education Sector
The final release of this survey is currently planned for the end of the summer of 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Service Industries
Annual Survey of Service Industries: Personal Services
Statistics Canada published the last release of data from this survey on February 28, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Quarterly Industry Revenue Indices
Statistics Canada published the last release of data from this survey on March 28, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
Transport
Air Carrier Operations in Canada Survey (Civil Aviation Surveys)
Statistics Canada will continue to publish the same information from the Air Carrier Operations in Canada Survey. However, the information will be released 20 months after the reference period instead of 14 months.
Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Canada – U.S.A.
The same data will continue to be published on air passenger origin and destination between Canada and the U.S. However, the information will be released 20 months after the reference period instead of 14 months.
Annual and Quarterly Trucking Surveys
Information collected with trucking surveys were last released on February 16, 2012 and April 3, 2012. Both surveys have been discontinued.
Fare Basis Survey
The same data will continue to be collected and published for the Fare Basis Survey. However, the information will be released 20 months after the reference period instead of 14 months.
Marine Origin and Destination Survey
The final release of the Marine Origin and Destination of Commodity Shipments Survey was published on April 26, 2012. The survey has been discontinued.
New Motor Vehicle Sales Survey
The last release of the monthly New Motor Vehicle Sales in its current format was on April 17, 2012. Effective on May 14, 2012, with the release of data for the March 2012 reference month, only unadjusted data on new motor vehicle sales are available. The unadjusted data continue to be available on CANSIM.
Program adjustments across sectors
Efficiencies through increased use of electronic data collection
Statistics Canada will continue its migration to electronic data collection for a number of business and household surveys. Increasing the use of online collection improves the cost-effectiveness of programs and provides respondents with an easy, accessible way to complete surveys.
Streamlining dissemination of publications
Statistics Canada is developing an innovative, web-based approach to releasing publications and analytical reports. This new approach will reduce the number of print publications to make analytical products accessible online to Canadians in a more timely fashion, at no charge.