2016 Info Source

• Introduction
• Background
• Responsibilities
• Institutional Functions, Programs and Activities
  • Economic and Environmental Statistics
  • Socio-economic Statistics
  • Censuses
  • Statistical Infrastructure
  • Cost-recovered Statistical Services
  • Internal Services
• Classes of Personal Information
• Manuals
• Additional Information
• Reading Room

Introduction

Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information provides information about the functions, programs, activities and related information holdings of government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. It provides individuals and employees of the government (current and former) with relevant information to access personal information about themselves held by government institutions subject to the Privacy Act and to exercise their rights under the Privacy Act.

The Introduction and an index of institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act are available centrally.

The Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act assign overall responsibility to the President of Treasury Board (as the designated Minister) for the government-wide administration of the legislation.

Background

The origins of Statistics Canada date from 1918 with the creation of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. With the passing of a new Statistics Act in 1971, it became Statistics Canada, the name by which it is still known. Therefore it has been over 90 years that the department has served as the national statistical bureau of the country.

Statistics Canada reports to a Minister designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada. For most of the years since its establishment, the Agency has reported to a minister with a broad economic mandate. Statistics Canada reports to Parliament through the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development.

Under the direction of the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, the Chief Statistician is charged with the administration of the Statistics Act and the Corporations Returns Act, the provision of advice on statistical matters within the federal government, and the general management of Statistics Canada. The Chief Statistician must report to the Minister on Statistics Canada's activities and that report is to be included in the Minister's annual report to Parliament.

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Responsibilities

Statistics Canada ensures that Canadians have access to a trusted source of statistics on Canada. Access to trusted information is fundamental in an open, democratic society to support decision making by citizens and their elected representatives. A large portion of Statistics Canada's activities is devoted to meeting the needs of federal, provincial and territorial government policy departments and providing ongoing measurement of Canadian socio-economic dynamics and emerging trends.

Statistics Canada's mandate derives primarily from the Statistics Act. The Act requires that the agency collect, compile, analyse and publish statistical information on the economic, social and general conditions of the country and its people. This mandate covers a broad range of statutory requirements, as well as contractual obligations.

The Statistics Act requires Statistics Canada to conduct a Census of Population and a Census of Agriculture every fifth year. The Act also confers substantial powers on the agency to collect information for statistical purposes through surveys of businesses and households.

Statistics Canada is also mandated to provide co-ordination and leadership for the national statistical system, specifically to avoid duplication in the information collected by government. The agency can, by law, access administrative records (e.g., tax data, customs declarations, and birth and death records), enabling it to reduce reporting burden on business and individual respondents. Statistics Canada is considered a leader among statistical agencies around the world in reducing reporting burden through the use of administrative data, partnerships and cost-recovery arrangements with other organizations.

Institutional Functions, Programs and Activities

1) Economic and Environmental Statistics

Through the Economic and Environmental Statistics program, Statistics Canada creates a trusted, relevant and comprehensive source of information and analysis on the entire spectrum of Canada's economy to inform public debate on economic issues; support economic policy development, implementation and evaluation; and guide business decision making. These statistics support various agreements and statutory requirements specified by legislations or regulations in such areas as taxation.

1.1) Macroeconomic Accounts

The Macroeconomic Accounts program provides a conceptually integrated framework of statistics and analysis for studying the evolution of the Canadian economy. The accounts are centred on the measurement of production of goods and services, and the purchase and sale of goods and services in domestic and international markets. Corresponding price indexes are derived and estimates of economic activity in real or inflation-adjusted terms are prepared. Monetary flows are tracked among the five major sectors of the economy: households, non-profit institutions serving households, corporations (financial and non-financial), governments and the non-resident sectors. Saving, investment, assets, liabilities and national wealth are measured. This program also produces statistics on international trade, economic transactions and on Canada's assets and liabilities with the rest of the world, of which the primary output is the balance of payments and the international investment position. This program also produces financial and employment statistics for the Canadian public sector: more specifically, revenues, expenditures, assets, liabilities and debt statistics for the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal levels of government including government health and education institutions. The program supports various statutory requirements, including the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, the Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement and the Special Data Dissemination Standard with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Its outputs such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), balance sheet and financial flows, provincial economic accounts, the input-output tables and the various satellite accounts such as the Tourism Satellite Account and the Pension Satellite Account, are vital to the policy development and program responsibilities of the Bank of Canada, Finance Canada, Industry Canada, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada and several other federal, provincial and territorial departments and agencies. Its outputs are also widely used in the private sector.

Industry Accounts
Description: Includes records related to the production of measures of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by industry for Canada, the provinces and territories and records related to the production of annual provincial and territorial input output tables including provincial trade flows and structural economic models of the Canadian and provincial economies.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan IMA 240

International Accounts
Description: Includes records related to the collection and processing of statistics on economic transactions between both Canadian residents and the rest of the world (the balance of international payments and related products) and on Canada's assets and liabilities with the rest of the world (the international investment position and related products).
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan IFE 260

International Trade Statistics
Description: Includes records on the compilation, analysis and dissemination of Canada's merchandise export and import statistics and related price and volume indices (Customs and Balance of Payments basis). These are administrative data drawn from trade documents filed with the Canadian and American custom agencies.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan INT 410

National Economic Accounts
Description: Includes records related to the production of national and provincial time series estimates of final expenditures (consumer spending, government spending, business investment, exports and imports) and income (wages, surplus, interest, rents, etc.). Records also relate to key economic processes of production, income generation, productivity, capacity utilization, labour, consumption, capital formation, financial transactions and wealth (saving, net lending and wealth), debt service ratio and the conceptual and statistical integration of statistics within the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan NAD 235

Public Sector Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the production of statistics of financial and employment statistics for the Canadian public sector (revenues, expenditures, assets, liabilities and debt statistics for the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government and government business enterprises).
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan PUI 220

1.2) Industry Statistics

The Industry Statistics program plans, directs, coordinates and controls the provision of statistical information and advice on a broad range of industrial sectors. These range from distributive trades, manufacturing, transportation, and other service industries to governments, private organizations and institutions. It also produces timely statistics concerning the activities of the agriculture sector and its participants. This is achieved by conducting annual and sub-annual surveys of manufacturing, transportation, and retail and wholesale trade. The program also includes annual and sub-annual surveys on farm income and prices, and crop and livestock production and inventories. The program supplies the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts with data required by the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, and the Special Data Dissemination Standard with the IMF. Data are required as part of Canada's participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement under the snapback provision and the Bank Act Regulations, Section 427. The program also satisfies the information requirements of Transport Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, other federal government departments, provincial governments, international organizations, industry associations, the academic community and the public at large. The program also assists large, complex, business enterprises with data collection requirements.

Agriculture Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on the activities of the agriculture sector and people employed in it by means of various agriculture surveys.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan AGR 450

Energy Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of national and provincial statistics on the energy sector. Statistics on the financial, industrial, operational and location characteristics of this sector are obtained through a series of annual, quarterly and monthly surveys of Canadian businesses and from administrative sources.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan MED 310

Integrated Business Statistics Program
Description: Records related to the management of Statistics Canada business surveys and data collection from large businesses through the Enterprise Portfolio Manager Program.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan UES 307

Manufacturing Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of national and provincial statistics on the manufacturing and forestry sectors. Statistics on the financial, industrial, operational and location characteristics of these sectors are obtained through a series of annual and monthly surveys of Canadian businesses and from administrative sources.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan MWT 380

Retail Trade Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on retail trade and new motor vehicle sales that are obtained through a series of annual and monthly surveys of Canadian businesses and from administrative sources.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan RTS 420

Service Industries Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on service industries by means of annual and monthly surveys. The range of services covered includes accounting, real estate, publishing and food and accommodation services, to name just a few.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SER 425

Transportation Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on all modes of transport in Canada (air, marine (up to 2011), bus, for-hire and private trucking, rail, and urban transit). Statistics from the program are used by Transport Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency, other federal government departments, provincial governments, international organizations and industry associations.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan TRA 400

Wholesale Trade Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of wholesale trade statistics that are obtained through a series of annual and monthly surveys of Canadian businesses and from administrative sources.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan MWT 375

1.3) Economy-wide Business Statistics

The Economy-wide Business Statistics program plans, directs, coordinates and controls the provision of statistical information and advice on financial and taxation statistics for enterprises, capital expenditures, property values, consumer and industrial prices, small businesses, science, technology, innovation and the digital economy to governments, private organizations and institutions. This program also tracks the size, financial structure and ownership characteristics of the corporate sector in Canada and has responsibility for measuring production in the finance and insurance industries. Data is produced on the Corporation Returns Act and the Financial and Taxation Statistics for enterprises as well as Canada's merchandise export and import statistics and related price and volume indices (customs and balance of payments basis). This program supplies the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts with data required by the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations and the Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), and other price indexes (industrial product prices, services producer prices, non-residential construction prices, new housing prices, machinery and equipment prices, and farm input prices) are named in numerous acts (such as Canada Pension Plan Act, the Old Age Security Act and the Excise Tax Act) for various reasons: the adjustment of income tax basic deductions and inflation indicators in the Government of Canada-Bank of Canada Agreement on Inflation Control Targets. The indexes are also required by the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts to satisfy the Fiscal Arrangements Act, and the Special Data Dissemination Standard with the IMF.

Industrial Organization and Finance Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and dissemination of the size, financial structure and ownership characteristics of the corporate sector in Canada. Also includes records related to collection and analysis of data reported under the Corporations Returns Act, and tax records from Canada Revenue Agency.
Document Types: Questionnaires, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan IOF 435

Investment Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection, analysis and publication of statistics relating to investment activities, which are used to derive measures of stocks of fixed capital assets.
Document Types: Questionnaires, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SCT 470

Prices Statistics
Description: Includes records on the collection and analysis of consumer and industrial products prices, raw materials prices, farm input prices and construction price indexes, as well as a number of indexes relating to capital expenditures and services. These price indexes are required for numerous acts and the adjustment of income tax basic deductions and benefits.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan PRI 415

Science and Technology Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on science, technology and innovation, advanced technology use, broadcasting, telecommunications and the digital economy in the public and private sectors in Canada.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan BST 431

Small Business Statistics and Entrepreneurship Indicators
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on small businesses and entrepreneurship indicators in Canada. The information is gathered through special surveys of businesses, data linkage of micro records or data integration of existing data.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan BST 524

1.4) Environmental Statistics

The Environmental Statistics program integrates environmental and socio-economic information into sets of statistics relevant for the analysis of relationships between human activity and the environment in Canada. The primary outputs for this program are time-series estimates of various components of Canada's environmental wealth (water, ecosystems, sub-soil minerals), natural resource usage, pollution flows, environmental protection expenditures and household environmental behaviours. As well, a detailed geographically referenced database is maintained, which facilitates environmental studies by eco-region or by drainage area. The program includes an annual analytical publication entitled Human Activity and the Environment which is widely used by schools as well as by federal, provincial and territorial government policy makers. Short analytical articles are also released through the EnviroStats publication. Program outputs are used by Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, provincial government departments, various media outlets, private sector organizations, international institutions and the general public.

Environment Accounts and Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection of statistics used for the analysis of relationships between human activity and the environment in Canada. The primary outputs for this program are time series estimates of various components of Canada's environmental wealth (water, ecosystems, sub-soil minerals), physical flows including water and energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. Estimates on environmental protection expenditures, revenues from environmental goods and services, and household behaviours affecting the environment are also produced.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan ESP 291

1.5) Analysis of Economic and Environmental Statistics

The Analysis of Economic and Environmental Statistics program directs, coordinates and conducts a broad range of data-development initiatives and statistical analyses on topics in macro- and microeconomics including productivity, firm entry and exits, and job creation and destruction. These activities serve four main functions:

1. To generate new data that can be used by the analytical community
2. To demonstrate how these data can be used to provide analysis of relevant issues that dominate public debate
3. To contribute to improved quality by vetting Statistics Canada data to assess their fitness for various uses
4. To provide in-depth feedback and quality assurance to a wide range of the data-producing units within Statistics Canada.

The results of the data-development initiatives and analyses are disseminated through a number of different ways, including the Economic Insights publication and the Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper series, as well as external academic journals and through presentations made at conferences. The Analysis of Economic and Environmental Statistics program oversees the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research, which allows outside analysts from governments, research institutions and academia to make use of business microdata under controlled conditions within Statistics Canada for research purposes. Strategic partnerships are entered into with highly trained economists to undertake important policy-relevant economic research on topics such as productivity, international trade, investment patterns and firm dynamics, while assuring the confidentiality and security of data.

Economic and Environmental Analysis
Description: Includes records relating to the analysis and interpretation of economic and environmental data.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SES 298

2) Socio-economic Statistics

Through the Socio-economic Statistics program, Statistics Canada provides integrated information and relevant analysis on the social and socio-economic characteristics of individuals, families, and households, as well as on the major factors that affect their well-being. This information is used to inform public debate on socio-economic issues; to support social policy development, implementation and evaluation; and to guide public and private decision making. These statistics support requirements specified by legislation or regulations in such areas as labour, immigration, official languages and employment equity.

2.1) Labour, Education, Income and Tourism Statistics

The Labour, Education, Income and Tourism Statistics program provides indicators that measure the economic well-being of Canadians based on information from the labour market, income, expenditures and wealth, pensions, housing and education fields. In addition, the program also provides statistics on tourism. Indicators are produced at various frequencies. Labour market estimates, which are among the most timely and important measures of the overall performance of the Canadian economy, are reported monthly. A multi-dimensional picture of the financial well-being of Canadian families and individuals is provided through annual surveys on income, expenditures and a periodic measurement of wealth. Indicators collected through tax data complete the picture. Information on pension funds is provided quarterly, and information on pension plans is provided yearly. The program also has a comprehensive set of pan-Canadian education statistics and analysis that is released yearly. Tourism indicators are released monthly and quarterly. The program supplies data to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts, the Tourism Satellite Accounts and the balance of payments. The program collection mandate stems from requirements in the Employment Insurance Act, the Judges Act, the Senate and the House of Commons Act, the Canada Pension Plan Act, and the Quebec Pension Plan Act, and the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations. The outputs of this program support economic, social and monetary policy and governments, financial institutions and researchers alike rely heavily on these outputs to monitor the impact of policies and programs. Specific user agencies include Finance Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Industry Canada, Destination Canada and the Bank of Canada.

Education Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on education. The Centre for Education Statistics manages a comprehensive program of pan-Canadian education statistics and analysis at the elementary, secondary and postsecondary levels as well as from a number of household surveys.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and letters of agreement.
Record Number: StatCan ECT 170

Income Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics that provide a picture of the financial well-being of Canadian families and individuals, including income, expenditures, wealth and pensions. Information on low-income trends, income inequality, shelter costs and the health of pension funds is drawn from these statistics.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports.
Record Number: StatCan HLD 038

Labour Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis of dissemination of monthly labour market estimates from household and business surveys and administrative records. The information supports economic, social and monetary policy and is used by governments, financial institutions and researchers to better understand how work and work time are distributed, to identify groups at risk, and to monitor the impact of labour market policies and programs.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports.
Record Number: StatCan LAB 035

Small Area and Administrative Data
Description: Includes records related to the use of T1 income tax data for statistical and analytical purposes. Also includes records related to the Small Area Database that contains annual socio-economic and demographic data for sub-provincial areas. Data come from sources within and external to Statistics Canada. Also includes records related to the Longitudinal Administrative Databank which contains individual and family information on approximately five million people based on tax records from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SAD 555

Tourism Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on tourism and travel within and outside of Canada.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, letters of agreement and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan ECT 180

2.2) Health and Justice Statistics

The Health and Justice Statistics program provides statistical information and analysis about the state of health of Canadians as well as criminal and civil justice in Canada. It also conducts the ongoing Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canadian Health Measures Survey, collects the data for and maintains Canada's vital statistics, as well as the Canadian Cancer Registry. Health information is used to assist and support health planners and decision makers at all levels of government, to sustain demographic and epidemiological research, and to report to the Canadian public about their collective health and health care system. Vital statistics data are used by the Population Estimates Program, whose results, in turn, are used for the Equalization program. The National Justice Statistics Initiative strives to develop, implement and manage an effective national justice statistics program through the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, which is the operational arm of a federal-provincial-territorial partnership. The rationale for this program stems from a memorandum of understanding with Justice Canada and Cabinet decisions where Statistics Canada was named a partner in the National Justice Statistics Initiative. The program administers several surveys on police-reported crime, homicide, police administration, adult and youth criminal courts, civil courts and adult corrections, as well as surveys on expenditures and personnel, and key-indicator reports on adult and youth corrections. The program also administers the Family Violence Statistical Program funded by the Family Violence Initiative.

Health Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical information on health of Canadians by means of health surveys and administrative files. Also includes records on the management of the analytical research program that uses health data.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan HLT 080

Justice Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistics on criminal and civil justice in Canada by means of various crime-related surveys and administrative data. Also includes records related to statistics on victimization and related support services.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan CCJ 135

2.3) Demographic, Aboriginal and other Social Statistics

The Demographic, Aboriginal and other Social Statistics program produces Canada's quarterly and annual post-censal and inter-censal population estimates and population projections, which are used by all levels of government, the private sector, researchers and non-government organizations. Population estimates are used to satisfy the statutory requirements of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, including the Canada Health and Social Transfer, the Equalization Program and the Wait Times Reduction Transfer. Territorial estimates are used in the Territorial Formula Financing. Population estimates are used to allocate federal seats to provinces under the Fair Representation Act. Population estimates must be used in connection with the following legislations: the Canada Pension Plan Act, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, the Canada Student Loans Act, and the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act. Data include components of population growth, namely estimates of births, deaths, immigration, total emigration, change in non-permanent residents, and inter- and intra-provincial migration. This program also enables access to microdata for research purposes and produces information and analytic outputs on key social issues. Through the General Social Survey, information on immigration, visible minorities, religion, ethnicity, language, social identity, giving and volunteering, victimization, youth, families, gender, seniors, time use, care giving and receiving, and social well-being are collected. The information is used to support various pieces of legislation including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Citizenship Act, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, the Official Languages Act, and the Employment Equity Act. The Demographic, Aboriginal and other Social Statistics program provides information and subject-matter expertise to help support the policy interests of Employment and Social Development Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Justice Canada, Canadian Heritage, and Status of Women Canada. It is also responsible for providing subject matter expertise, coordination and integration in the collection, analysis and dissemination of data about Aboriginal people, on topics such as education, use of Aboriginal languages, labour activity, income, health, communication technology, mobility and housing conditions, which are used by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and Aboriginal governments and organizations.

Population Estimates
Description: Includes records related to the production of post-censal and inter-censal population estimates. Population estimates are produced at various geographic levels: Canada, province and territory, and census division, census metropolitan area and economic region. Data also include estimates of components of population growth: births, deaths, immigration, emigration, returning emigrants, change in non-permanent residents, and interprovincial and intraprovincial migration.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports.
Record Number: StatCan DEM 030

Social Characteristics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on key social issues, including immigration, visible minorities, religion, ethnicity, language, social identity, giving and volunteering, victimization, youth, families, gender, seniors, time use, care giving and receiving, and social well-being through the General Social Survey.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan HFS 722

2.4) Analysis of Socio-economic Statistics

The Analysis of Socio-economic Statistics program plans, directs, coordinates and conducts a range of statistical analyses, as well as data-development initiatives and micro-simulation modelling. Results are disseminated through the Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper series, in other Statistics Canada publications such as Economic Insights, Health Reports and Insights on Canadian Society, in external academic journals and through presentations provided at conferences. Substantive areas of analysis that are of interest to policy makers, academics, business leaders and individuals include population aging and its impacts on labour markets and health care needs; wait times and access to health care; Aboriginal health; the economic circumstances of immigrants, population health status and health systems, the impact of diseases and health determinants; trends in income distribution, including both low income and vulnerable populations; geographic patterns, including across Canada's major cities; labour force dynamics; education outcomes; labour compensation; and pensions and retirement adequacy. These activities serve four main functions and audiences: providing high quality and often leading-edge analyses on important contemporary topics for the general public; providing information of direct relevance to matters of current policy concern; contributing more generally to the corpus of national and international research in the peer-reviewed literature; and providing an important quality assurance role to verify the accuracy and relevance of the statistics produced in order to assist users in interpreting the data, and to develop relevant concepts for the production of statistics.

Social Analysis
Description: Includes records relating to the analysis of socio-economic phenomena focusing on labour markets, income, pensions, health, education and the family.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SES 297

3) Censuses

Through the Censuses program, Statistics Canada provides information on changes in the Canadian population, in demographic characteristics, and in the agricultural sector. This information serves as a basis for public and private decision making, and research and analysis in areas of concern to the Canadians. The program includes the Census of Population (including the National Household Survey) and the Census of Agriculture. Both the Census of Population and the Census of Agriculture are mandated by the Statistics Act; the Census of Population is also mandated in the Constitution Act.

3.1) Census of Population Program

The Census of Population program plans, develops and implements all collection, data processing and dissemination of the decennial and quinquennial censuses of population—Canada's national inventory of key socio-economic phenomena. The Census of Population program provides a statistical portrait of Canada and its people. The Census of Population produces population counts that are the basis for updating population estimates, which are used to determine transfer payments for Canada Health and Social Transfer, the Health Reform Transfer, Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing. The program is also the only source of standard information for low levels of geography and small populations, which are needed to meet legislative requirements, and to satisfy key policy requirements defined by government needs, or to satisfy non-governmental organizations' and businesses' need to plan and evaluate programs and make informed decisions. Because the Canadian census is conducted every five years, and the questions are similar, it is possible to compare results in order to see what changes to Canada's population have occurred over time. The census includes every person living in Canada on Census Day, as well as Canadians living abroad, either on a military base, attached to a diplomatic mission, at sea or in port aboard Canadian-registered merchant vessels. Persons in Canada including those holding a temporary resident permit, study permit or work permit, as well as their dependents, are also part of the census. The Census of Population, mandated in the Constitution Act, underlies the delineation of federal electoral districts (therefore representation in the House of Commons) and plays a critical role in the Constitutional amending formula. The Fair Representation Act requires population estimates to determine the number of Federal Electoral Districts and the Federal Electoral Act requires the use of population counts to redraw the boundaries of these districts every 10 years. This program is mandated in many statutes and acts including the Statistics Act, the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, the Canada Council for the Arts Act, the Provincial Subsidies Act, the Railway Relocation and Crossing Act, the Industrial and Regional Development Act, the Income Tax Act, the Canada Pension Plan Act, the Old Age Security Act, the War Veterans Allowance Act and constitutional amendments.

1940 National Registration Records
Description: Includes records related to the 1940 National Registration Records which includes information from a compulsory registration of all persons 16 years of age or older in the period 1940-1946.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, correspondence, statistical databases.
Record Number: StatCan COP 020

Census of Population Program Management and Operations
Description: Includes records related to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of statistics from the Census of Population and the National Household Survey as well as testing and consultations and post-censal evaluation studies. The program also manages Statistics Canada's role in the prosecution of individuals who fail to complete a census questionnaire as required under the Statistics Act.
Document Types: Questionnaires, administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, enumerator, interviewer and help-line operator manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan COP 015

3.2) Census of Agriculture

The Census of Agriculture program conducts the quinquennial Census of Agriculture, and produces and publishes economic series on the agriculture sector that flow to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts to form the agriculture component of the Gross Domestic Product and thereby satisfy requirements of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations. Information from this program is used to improve the register of businesses for the purpose of conducting surveys and censuses to ensure proper survey coverage using samples that are as small as statistically possible and thereby minimizing response burden. The program provides a comprehensive picture of the agriculture sector at the national, provincial and sub-provincial levels and is mandated by the Statistics Act. Small area and benchmarking data produced from the Census of Agriculture are critical to industry structural analysis, crisis management, environmental programs, pesticide management, carbon credits, water-use planning and protection, rural development and traceability. No other comprehensive source of these data currently exists and coverage of farms of all sizes is important. In some sectors and regions, small farms are significant to the economy and data are required for policy and program development.

Census of Agriculture Statistics and the Agriculture-Population Linkage
Description: Includes records related to the planning, collection, processing, dissemination and evaluation of the Census of Agriculture which is conducted every five years and the linkage of Census of Agriculture data with data from the Census of Population and the National Household Survey.
Document Types: Questionnaires, operation and planning documents, decision records, enumerator, interviewer and help-line operator manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan AGR 445

4) Statistical Infrastructure

Through the Statistical Infrastructure program, Statistics Canada administers activities and services that support a strong statistical system. These activities include the development of sound statistical methodology, standardized concepts and classifications, the development and provision of information about the agency's surveys and statistical programs, and the development and maintenance of registers of enterprises and addresses for statistical purposes. The activities and services also include data collection for Statistics Canada's surveys, acquisitions of administrative data for use by statistical programs across Statistics Canada, the production of Statistics Canada's catalogued publications, online databases and the dissemination of Statistics Canada's official release vehicle. As well as the coordination of those aspects of the agency's Integrated Strategic Planning Process, which ensures the continuity and quality maintenance of programs.

4.1) Professional Statistical Services

The Professional Statistical Services program develops sound statistical methodology, standardized concepts and classifications (including geographic concepts) and information about the agency's surveys and statistical programs, and prepares and maintains registers of households, farms, and other businesses and organizations for the purpose of conducting surveys and censuses. This program is also responsible for acquiring administrative data from Canada Revenue Agency and other administrative sources to make these data available for statistical uses to other programs throughout the agency. The program also undertakes methodological research activities aimed at providing practical solutions related to survey and questionnaire design, the analysis of survey data and other specific topics, and provides expert advice on survey methodology and quality assurance within and outside the agency. The program also includes the provision of agency-specific legal services relating to the Statistics Act and to data-sharing agreements.

In addition, the Professional Statistical Services program carries out research and development activities relating to a number of areas such as statistical methodology, data collection, and operational activities, and assists large complex business enterprises with data collection requirements.

Administrative Data
Description: Records related to the management, processing and use of data from taxation records of individuals and businesses or from other administrative records, and the incorporation of this information in multiple statistical programs throughout Statistics Canada.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan ADD 530

Business Register
Description: Records related to the development and maintenance of a central register of enterprises and associated establishments for statistical purposes. The register is used by statistical programs to determine the in-scope population, select samples, support collection activities, monitor respondent burden and support/perform business demographics analysis.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan BUS 525

Geography and Address Register
Description: Records related to the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) that contains roads (including road names and address ranges) from the National Geographic Database (NGD), a shared database between Statistics Canada and Elections Canada. The SDI supports a wide range of census operations, such as the maintenance and delineation of the boundaries of standard geographic areas and custom area creation. The SDI is also the source for generating many geography products such as cartographic and digital boundary files and road network files. Also comprises records related to the Address Register that contains a list of dwelling addresses to be used to conduct the Census of Population Program and household surveys.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, maps, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan GEO 520

Standards
Description: Records related to statistical units, variables, and classifications such as the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC), Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) and the National Occupational Classification (NOC), and related products for coding and concordances. Also includes data sources and methods for Statistics Canada's surveys and statistical programs and an inventory of questionnaires.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, statistical metadatabases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan STD 535

Statistics Act Advice and Documentation
Description: Records related to the provision of services for the interpretation and administration of the Statistics Act, and compliance with all legal requirements concerning data collection, use and disclosure. Includes documents that outline specific conditions for access to confidential information obtained pursuant to the Statistics Act, such as standard data-sharing agreements under Sections 11 or 12 of the Act, agreements for obtaining records pursuant to Section 13 and authorized disclosures under Section 17(2). Also comprises records related to privacy impact assessments, record linkage and prescription of survey collection activities.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, directives and guidelines, communications material and correspondence, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders and agreements, survey prescription request forms and orders, record linkage and project proposals, privacy impact assessments, threat risk assessments, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SAD 700

Survey Methods
Description: Records related to survey design, methodology, data quality and data analysis for programs that conduct surveys and use administrative records.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, evaluation reports, technical and scientific papers, user guides.
Record Number: StatCan MET 545

4.2) Operational Statistical Services

The Operational Statistical Services program comprises those activities and services relating to the collection of data from respondents; the entry of data into computer systems; the coding of data into standard categories; and the processing of data obtained from other government organizations or administrative sources, rather than directly from respondents. This program includes activities associated with the release of the agency's information to the public. Examples include the production of online databases and the dissemination of Statistics Canada's official release vehicle, The Daily. The program also oversees the hiring and training of interviewers to support ongoing, ad-hoc and cost-recovered surveys and provides a data-user advisory services function through the Statistical Information Services.

Client Service Activities
Description: Records related to the coordination of client service activities including the development of strategic communications plans, surveys and focus groups to assess client satisfaction and identify client needs, coordination of outreach activities, management of the Client Relationship Management System and the management of client information for the fulfillment of inquiries, purchase of products and services and support.
Document Types: Communications and outreach plans, outreach activities and evaluation, decision records, databases, invoices, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan MAR 572

Survey Management and Operations
Description: Records related to survey development and management of collection operations for multiple household and business surveys. Also includes records relating to data entry and coding services, and processing of information obtained from survey respondents or from other organizations.
Document Types: Questionnaires, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, statistical databases, evaluation reports.
Record Number: StatCan SOP 601

4.3) Continuity and Quality Maintenance Program

The Continuity and Quality Maintenance program coordinates aspects of the agency's Integrated Strategic Planning Process to ensure the continuity and quality maintenance of programs.

Corporate Business Architecture
Description: Records related to all activities covered under the mandate of the Corporate Business Architecture Initiative.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, communications material and correspondence, evaluation reports.
Record Number: StatCan SOP 602

5) Cost-recovered Statistical Services

Through the Cost-recovered Statistical Services program, Statistics Canada produces on-demand high quality cost-recovered statistical services that meet specific needs of federal and provincial and territorial institutions and other clients that are not met by the core statistical program.

5.1) Cost-recovered Services related to Economic and Environmental Statistics

The Cost-recovered Services related to Economic and Environmental Statistics program produces high-quality cost-recovered economic and environmental outputs that meet the needs of specific federal, provincial and territorial institutions and other clients. This program designs, implements, analyzes and disseminates the results of large-scale or complex surveys and newly-created databases for external clients to provide useful information to the broadest possible spectrum of users. Examples include the financing surveys for small and medium-sized enterprises, the digital economy, Internet use, bio-products, business and household energy use and household interaction with the environment. Cost-recovered analytical projects, research and database creation, including those conducted at the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research (CDER) are also part of this program.

Economic and Environmental Statistics
Description: Includes records related to the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of economic and environmental statistics from various ad hoc and recurring surveys, on a cost-recovery basis, for external clients such as other federal government departments. Also includes records relating to the dissemination of micro-simulation models of individuals, families or firms that are used to draw conclusions at higher levels of aggregation such as an entire country.
Document Types: Questionnaires, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SES 292

5.2) Cost-recovered Services related to Socio-economic Statistics

The Cost-recovered Services related to Socio-economic Statistics program produces high quality cost-recovered socio-economic outputs that meet the needs of specific federal, provincial and territorial institutions and other clients. This program designs, implements, analyzes and disseminates the results of large-scale or complex surveys and newly created databases for external clients to provide useful information to the broadest possible spectrum of users. Examples include surveys on public service employment, employment insurance and labour market, young Canadians, literacy and education, Aboriginal peoples, community-related activities such as resiliency, and health-related activities including tobacco use. It also produces high-quality, cost-recovered programs that provide access to Statistics Canada's public-use and confidential microdata, including the Data Liberation Initiative, which provides access to Public Use Microdata Files in the libraries of post-secondary institutions. Other services include operating the Research Data Centres, which supply secure access to detailed microdata files in 26 universities and one research institute across Canada, as well as the Real Time Remote Access program, which provides access remotely, in more or less real time, to researchers who submit codes and receive automatically-vetted output back. This program also includes cost-recovered analytical projects and research, the Longitudinal Immigration Database, and population projections for specific sub-populations (microsimulations) or based on customized sets of assumptions, and other socio-economic microsimulation modelling.

Aboriginal Peoples Surveys
Description: Records related to various surveys which collect extensive data on the living conditions of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
Document Types: Questionnaires, reporting guides, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan HFS 716

Data Access Services
Description: Includes records related to data access services offered mostly on a cost-recovery basis, such as the Data Liberation Initiative, Research Data Centres, the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research, and the Real Time Remote Access program, to support the statistical needs of external clients, such as federal government departments and academic institutions.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, communications material and correspondence, evaluation reports, research proposals, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan RDC 505

Deemed Employees
Description: Includes records related to persons who are temporarily engaged by Statistics Canada to conduct research or to provide another service to a statistical program.
Document Types: Contracts, memoranda of understanding, résumés, research proposals.
Record Number: StatCan RDC 501

Demography
Description: Includes records related to the production, analysis and dissemination of customized population and demographic projections, on a cost-recovery basis, for external clients such as other federal government departments.
Document Types: Administrative records, decision records, analytical articles and studies, special tabulations, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan DEM 031

Longitudinal Immigration Data
Description: Includes records related to the development and maintenance of the Longitudinal Immigration Database.
Document Types: Administrative records, operation and planning documents, decision records, analytical articles and studies, publications, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan HFS 723

Socio-economic Statistics and Special Surveys
Description: Includes records related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of socio-economic statistics from various ad hoc and recurring household surveys, mostly on a cost-recovery basis, for external clients such as other federal government departments.
Document Types: Questionnaires, operation and planning documents, decision records, interviewer manuals, respondent relations material and correspondence, analytical articles and studies, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, data-sharing agreements, discretionary disclosure orders, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SSD 040

5.3) Cost-recovered Services related to the Censuses

The Cost-recovered Services related to the Census programs produce high-quality, cost-recovered outputs related to the censuses that meet the needs of specific federal, provincial and territorial institutions and other clients. This program designs, implements, analyzes and disseminates the results of large-scale or complex surveys and projects for external clients to provide useful information to the broadest possible spectrum of users. Examples include linking the census database to other surveys or administrative databases for analytical purposes, as well as producing statistics for small geographic areas.

Census Cost-recovered Services
Description: Includes records on the analysis, tabulation and dissemination of statistics related to the Censuses. These services are offered, on a cost-recovery basis, to meet the needs of external clients such as other federal government departments.
Document Types: Analytical articles and studies, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, evaluation reports, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan COP 025

5.4) Cost-recovered Services related to Statistical Infrastructure

The Cost-recovered Services related to Statistical Infrastructure program produces high-quality, cost-recovered outputs related to statistical infrastructure that meet the needs of specific federal, provincial and territorial institutions and other clients. An example is the imaging/data capture of the E311 Travel Declaration Cards for Canadians for the Canadian Border Services Agency and Services Canada. As a member of the international statistical community, Statistics Canada is an active participant in the development of statistical methods, standards and techniques. The Agency engages with international organizations and other countries, with the aim of supporting Canada's international responsibilities in statistics, offering technical assistance, as well as enhancing its own statistical program.

Statistical Infrastructure Services
Description: Includes records related to statistical infrastructure services (e.g., development of concepts, support for data collection and dissemination activities, provision of advice and technical assistance) offered on a cost-recovery basis to meet the needs of external clients such as other federal government departments.
Document Types: Operation and planning documents, decision records, communications material and correspondence, evaluation reports, maps, special tabulations, microdata files, statistical databases, project proposals, contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Record Number: StatCan SOP 610

6) Internal Services

Internal services constitute groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are management and oversight services, communications services, legal services, human resources management services, financial management services, information management services, information technology services, real property services, materiel services, acquisition services, and travel and other administrative services. Internal services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Acquisition Services

Acquisition services involve activities undertaken to acquire a good or service to fulfill a properly completed request (including a complete and accurate definition of requirements and certification that funds are available) until entering into or amending a contract.

• Procurement and Contracting Class of Record
  • Professional Services Contracts Personal Information Bank

Communications Services

Communications services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well-coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. The communications management function ensures that the public—internal or external—receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives.

• Communications Class of Record
  • Internal Communications Personal Information Bank
  • Public Communications Personal Information Bank

Financial Management Services

Financial management services involve activities undertaken to ensure the prudent use of public resources, including planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.

• Financial Management Class of Record
  • Accounts Payable Personal Information Bank
  • Accounts Receivable Personal Information Bank
  • Acquisition Cards Personal Information Bank

Human Resources Management Services

Human resources management services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, allocating resources among services and processes, as well as activities relating to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies and plans.

• Awards (Pride and Recognition) Class of Record
  • Recognition Program Personal Information Bank
• Classification of Positions Class of Record
  • Staffing Personal Information Bank
• Compensation and Benefits Class of Record
  • Attendance and Leave Personal Information Bank
  • Pay and Benefits Personal Information Bank
• Employment Equity and Diversity Class of Record
  • Employment Equity and Diversity Personal Information Bank
• Hospitality Class of Record
  • Hospitality Personal Information Bank
• Human Resources Planning Class of Record
  • Human Resources Planning Personal Information Bank
• Labour Relations Class of Record
  • Canadian Human Rights Act – Complaints Personal Information Bank
  • Discipline Personal Information Bank
  • Grievances Personal Information Bank
  • Harassment Personal Information Bank
  • Disclosure of Wrongdoing in the Workplace Personal Information Bank
  • Values and Ethics Codes for the Public Sector and Organizational Code(s) of Conduct Personal Information Bank
• Occupational Health and Safety Class of Record
  • Employee Assistance Personal Information Bank
  • Harassment Personal Information Bank
  • Occupational Health and Safety Personal Information Bank
  • Vehicle, Ship, Boat and Aircraft Accidents Personal Information Bank
• Official Languages Class of Record
  • Official Languages Personal Information Bank
• Performance Management Reviews Class of Record
  • Discipline Personal Information Bank
  • Employee Performance Management Program Personal Information Bank
• Recruitment and Staffing Class of Record
  • Applications for Employment Personal Information Bank
  • Employee Personnel Record Personal Information Bank
  • EX Talent Management Personal Information Bank
  • Personnel Security Screening Personal Information Bank
  • Staffing Personal Information Bank
  • Values and Ethics Codes for the Public Sector and Organizational Code(s) of Conduct Personal Information Bank
• Relocation Class of Record
  • Relocation Personal Information Bank
• Training and Development Class of Record
  • Training and Development Personal Information Bank

Information Management Services

Information management services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective information management to support program and service delivery; foster informed decision making; facilitate accountability, transparency and collaboration; and preserve and ensure access to information and records for the benefit of present and future generations.

• Access to Information and Privacy Class of Record
  • Access to Information Act and Privacy Act Requests Personal Information Bank
• Information Management Class of Record
  • Library Services Personal Information Bank

Information Technology Services

Information technology services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective use of information technology to support government priorities and program delivery, to increase productivity, and to enhance services to the public.

• Information Technology Class of Record
  • Electronic Network Monitoring Personal Information Bank

Legal services

Legal services involve activities undertaken to enable government departments and agencies to pursue policy, program and service delivery priorities and objectives within a legally sound framework.

• Legal Services Class of Record

Management and Oversight Services

Management and oversight services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction and allocating resources among services and processes, as well as those activities related to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies or plans.

• Cooperation and Liaison Class of Record
  • Lobbying Act Requirements Personal Information Bank
  • Outreach Activities Personal Information Bank
• Executive Services Class of Record
  • Executive Correspondence Personal Information Bank
• Internal Audit and Evaluation Class of Record
  • Evaluation Personal Information Bank
  • Internal Audit Personal Information Bank
• Planning and Reporting Class of Record

Materiel Services

Materiel services involve activities undertaken to ensure that materiel can be managed by departments in a sustainable and financially responsible manner that supports the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.

• Materiel Management Class of Record
  • Vehicle, Ship, Boat and Aircraft Accidents Personal Information Bank

Real Property Services

Real property services involve activities undertaken to ensure that real property is managed in a sustainable and financially responsible manner, throughout its life cycle, to support the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.

• Real Property Management Class of Record
  • Real Property Management Personal Information Bank

Travel and Other Administrative Services

Travel and other administrative services include Government of Canada travel services, as well as those other internal services that do not smoothly fit with any of the internal services categories.

• Administrative Services Class of Record
  • Parking Personal Information Bank
• Boards, Committees and Council Class of Record
  • Governor in Council Appointments Personal Information Bank
  • Members of Boards, Committees and Councils Personal Information Bank
• Business Continuity Planning Class of Record
  • Business Continuity Planning Personal Information Bank
• Disclosure to Investigative Bodies Class of Record
  • Disclosure to Investigative Bodies Personal Information Bank
• Proactive Disclosure Class of Record
  • Hospitality Personal Information Bank
  • Travel Personal Information Bank
• Security Class of Record
  • Identification Cards and Access Badges Personal Information Bank
  • Disclosure of Wrongdoing in the Workplace Personal Information Bank
  • Personnel Security Screening Personal Information Bank
  • Security Incidents and Privacy Breaches Personal Information Bank
  • Security Video Surveillance and Temporary Visitor Access Control Logs and Building Passes Personal Information Bank
• Travel Class of Record
  • Travel Personal Information Bank

Classes of Personal Information

Business surveys

This class describes personal information used in support of Statistics Canada surveys that are intended for industrial and service sectors of the economy. The personal information collected and used relates to contact persons for the organizations, language, views and opinions of individuals, and, in the case of unincorporated businesses, financial and operational information. The personal information collected is not used for any administrative purposes that affect these individuals and is not organized or intended to be retrieved by name or other personal identifier. Retention of this personal information is one year after its last operational use and then it is destroyed.

Household surveys

This class describes personal information collected by Statistics Canada in support of various household surveys, in cases where no names or other personal identifiers are retained. The personal information collected is not used for any administrative purposes that affect these individuals and is not organized or intended to be retrieved by name or other personal identifier.

Manuals

• CANSIM User Guide for E-STAT
• Companion Guide to the Statistics Act
• Interviewer Training Manuals
• Public Use Microdata Files Documentation for Surveys
• Security Practices Manual
• Statistics Canada Policy Suite
• Statistics Canada Quality Guidelines

Additional Information

The Government of Canada encourages the release of information through informal requests. You may wish to consult Statistics Canada's completed Access to Information (ATI) summaries. To make an informal request, contact infostats@statcan.gc.ca or phone 1-800-263-1136 or 613-951-8116 (TTY: 1-800-363-7629).

To make a formal request, mail your letter or Access to Information Request Form (Access to Information Act) or Personal Information Request Form (Privacy Act), along with any necessary documents (such as consent or the $5.00 application fee for a request under the Access to Information Act) to the following address:

Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
Office of the Chief Statistician
Statistics Canada
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Please note: Each request made to Statistics Canada under the Access to Information Act must be accompanied by an application fee of $5.00, cheque or money order made payable to the Receiver General for Canada.

Statistics Canada conducts Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) to ensure that privacy implications will be appropriately identified, assessed and resolved before a new or substantially modified program or activity involving personal information is implemented. Summaries of completed PIAs are available online.

For additional information about the programs and activities of Statistics Canada, please visit Surveys and statistical programs by subject or contact infostats@statcan.gc.ca. For Statistics Canada data available through the Government of Canada Open Data Portal, please consult the Open Government website .

Reading Room

In accordance with the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, the applicant may wish to review material in person. The address is:

R.H. Coats Building, 2nd Floor
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario