Table 3: Summary of agriculture statistical program options evaluated
| Baseline Option— Current Canadian |
Option 1— Modified British |
Option 2— Modified Australian/ American |
Option 3— Modified Scandinavian |
Option 4— Hybrid A |
Option 5— Hybrid B |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEAG Year "1" | Comprehensive | Comprehensive-excludes tax variables | Comprehensive-excludes tax variables | No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG | Comprehensive-excludes tax & other administratively sourced variables | Comprehensive-excludes tax & other administratively sourced variables |
| CEAG Year "6" | Comprehensive | None | None | No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG | None | Meets minimum requirements for policy, small area data, benchmarks & frame |
| Replacement for CEAG Year "6" | Not applicable | Larger sample for June Modular Survey in years "5" & "8" | One new large survey in years "6" | No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG | Increased sample & content for annual surveys in years "6" | Not applicable |
| Risk mitigated if Year "6" CEAG cancelled? | No | Somewhat | Somewhat | "No" in the short to medium term, "Yes" in the long term | Somewhat | "No" in the short term; increasingly in the longer term |
| Target Population CEAG | Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell | Threshold based on production threshold | Threshold based on estimated value of agricultural operation | Threshold based on monetary sales | Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell | Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell |
| Survey Population | Min. $10,000 (for majority of surveys) | Equal to target population | Equal to target population | Equal to target population | Less than target population (minimum to be determined) | Less than target population (minimum to be determined) |
| Annual Survey Program | Crop & livestock surveys conducted throughout year, as appropriate to crop growing cycle or livestock reproductive cycle | Two modular annual surveys in June & Dec. Larger sample for June survey in years "5" & "8" | Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys | Farm structure survey every 3 years; small surveys as required | Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys | Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys |
| Frame Maintenance | Admin sources and short survey | Admin sources and short survey | Admin sources and short survey | Admin sources and short survey | Rolling frame update | Tax filer (& other admin sources) and short survey |
| Investment in New Technology | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Investment in Administrative Data | No | No | Yes | Major investment | Yes | Yes |
| Investment in New Surveys | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Meets Small Area Data Needs | Most | Somewhat | Somewhat | Most (depending on coverage) | Somewhat | Most |
| Meets Current User Needs (content) | Most | Somewhat | Somewhat | Least | Somewhat | Most |
| Time to implement | Not applicable | Medium term (5-10 years) |
Medium term (5-10 years) |
Long term (> 15 years) |
Medium term (5-10 years) |
Medium term (5-10 years) |
| Ranking for Response Burden Reduction | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Ranking by Cost | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Note:
The ranking of these categories is as follows: 1 is best (i.e. the least burden or the least cost), while 5 is worst (i.e. the most burdensome or the most costly). Both the response burden and cost evaluations take into consideration total burden and cost, including those on other organizations besides Statistics Canada.
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