Introduction

Purpose

This survey collects data to better evaluate trends in the usage of forage seed varieties.

Authority

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Although voluntary, your participation is important so that the information collected is as accurate and complete as possible.

Purpose

The survey collects data on forage seed shipped during the year. Seed trade and professional associations use the data to better evaluate trends in forage seed usage and to conduct market share analysis.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Data-sharing agreements

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.

Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data, and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at Statistics Canada Help Desk or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with provincial and territorial ministries of agriculture.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey and to minimize the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or email. However upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.
Note: Our online questionnaires are secure, there is no risk of data interception when responding to Statistics Canada online surveys.

Business or organization and contact information

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:1

Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed. Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:2

Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed. Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code Example: A9A 9A9 or 12345-1234
Country
Email address Example: user@example.gov.ca
Telephone number (including area code) Example: 123-123-1234
Extension number (if applicable)
Fax number (including area code) Example: 123-123-1234

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3
Please verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

• 1: Operational
• 2: Not currently operational e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership

Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

• 1: Seasonal operations
• 2: Ceased operations
• 3: Sold operations
• 4: Amalgamated with (an) other business(es) or organization(s)
• 5: Temporarily inactive but will re-open
• 6: No longer operating due to other reason(s)

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3a

Seasonal operations
When did this business or organization close for the season?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3b

Ceased operations
When did this business or organization cease operations?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
Why did this business or organization cease operations?

• 1: Bankruptcy
• 2: Liquidation
• 3: Dissolution
• 4: Other reasons - specify:

Why did this business or organization cease operations?
Other reasons - specify:

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3c

Sold operations
When was this business or organization sold?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
What is the legal name of the buyer?

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3d

Amalgamated with (an) other business(es) or organization(s)
When did this business or organization amalgamate?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
What is (are) the legal name(s) of the other amalgamated business(es) or organization(s)?

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3e

Temporarily inactive but will re-open
When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3f

No longer operating due to other reason(s)
When did this business or organization cease operations?
Date:
Example: YYYY-MM-DD
Why did this business or organization cease operations?

Main activity

Main activity - Question identifier:4.

Please verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name.
Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

• 1: This is the current main activity. -- Go to next section
• 2: This is not the current main activity.
  Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.
  e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity - Question identifier:5.
Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as:

• 1: Yes
• 2: No -- Go to next section

Main activity - Question identifier:6.

When did the main activity change?
Date: YYYY / MM / DD

Forage seed shipments

Forage seed shipments - Question identifier:1.
Did this business ship any legumes, grasses or native species to Canadian customers between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?
Note: Only report shipments if you are a forage seed distributor/wholesaler; please report seed sold to retail, farm dealers and direct sales to farmers.
Exclude shipments to:
- other Canadian seed distributors/wholesalers (to avoid counting multiple shipments of the same seed)
- municipal or private seed cleaning plants
- forage seed processors.

• 1: Yes -- Go to question 2
• 2: No -- Go to question 10

Unit of measure

Unit of measure - Question identifier:2.
What unit of measure will be used to report the shipment quantities throughout the questionnaire?

• 1: Pounds
• 2: Kilograms
• 3: Metric tonnes
• 4: Imperial tons

Shipments to Alberta

Shipments to Alberta - Question identifier:3.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Alberta between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to the Atlantic provinces

Shipments to the Atlantic provinces - Question identifier:4.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Alberta between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to British Columbia

Shipments to British Columbia - Question identifier:5.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to British Columbia between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?
Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to Manitoba

Shipments to Manitoba - Question identifier:6.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Manitoba between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to Ontario

Shipments to Ontario - Question identifier:7.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Ontario between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to Quebec

Shipments to Quebec - Question identifier:8.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Quebec between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Shipments to Saskatchewan

Shipments to Saskatchewan - Question identifier:9.
For the following forage seeds, what were the quantities of commercial (common) seed or pedigreed seed shipments made to Saskatchewan between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025?

Definitions:
Commercial (common seed) refers to non-pedigreed seed whose varietal origin or purity is uncertain.
Pedigreed varieties are grown under crop production and varietal purity standards and can be traced back to plant breeders.
Conversion examples:
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 metric tonne = 2,200 pounds
1 imperial ton = 2,000 pounds
Legumes

• a: Alfalfa -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alfalfa -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• b: Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Bird's-foot trefoil -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• c: Alsike clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Alsike clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• d: Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - single cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• e: Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red clover - double cut -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• f: Sweet clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Sweet clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• g: White clover -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  White clover -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• h: Other -- specify other legumes:
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

Grasses and native species

• j: Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• k: Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Smooth brome grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• l: Meadow fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Meadow fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• m: Red fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Red fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• n: Tall fescue -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Tall fescue -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• o: Timothy -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Timothy -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• p: Orchard grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Orchard grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• q: Reed canary grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Reed canary grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• r: Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Annual ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• s: Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Perennial ryegrass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• t: Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Crested wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• u: Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Intermediate wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• v: Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Slender wheat grass -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• w: Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other wheat grass varieties -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• x: Wild rye-- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Wild rye -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• y: Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  Other perennial forage species -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped
• z: Other -- specify other grass or native species :
  -- Quantity of commercial (common) seed shipped
  -- Quantity of pedigreed seed shipped

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• : OR
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Data element manual for survey respondents

Canadian centre for education statistics division, Statistics Canada.

Table of Contents

• Authority to Collect Data
• Coverage
• Reporting Options
• Reporting Date
• Further Information
• Table 1: Record layout – Standard UCASS variables
• Table 2: Record layout – Nominal UCASS variables
• Survey Elements
  • Element 01: Reporting Institution
    • Table 3: List of institutions
  • Element 02: Permanent Identification Number
  • Element 03: Gender
  • Element 04: Year of Birth
  • Element 05: Department
    • Table 4: List of Department codes
  • Element 06: Salary Status
  • Element 07: Actual Salary
  • Element 08: Annual Rate of Salary
  • Element 09: Administrative Stipends
  • Element 10: Senior Administrative Responsibilities, Researchers and Visitors
  • Element 11: Number of Months on Sabbatical Leave During the Current Academic Year
  • Element 12: Number of Months on Unpaid Leave During the Current Academic Year
  • Element 13: Reduced Load
  • Element 14: Previous Employment
  • Element 15: Province or Country of Previous Employment
    • Table 5: Alphabetical Listing of Province and Country Codes
  • Element 16: Year of First Degree
  • Element 17: Province or Country of First Degree
  • Element 18: Level of Highest Earned Degree
  • Element 19: Year of Highest Earned Degree
  • Element 20: Province or Country of Highest Degree
  • Element 21: Country of Citizenship at Time of Appointment
  • Element 22: Rank
  • Element 23: Year of Appointment to Present Rank at Current Institution
  • Element 24: Type of Appointment
  • Element 25: Medical or Dental Appointment Category
  • Element 26: Year of Appointment to Current Institution
  • Element 27: Principal Subject Taught
    • Table 6: Numerical Listing of CIP Codes
  • Element 28: First Name
  • Element 29: Last Name
  • Element 30: Date of birth

Authority to Collect Data

The information requested in this survey is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. This survey is mandatory in accordance with the Statistics Act.

This data collection is the only source of national level information on full-time teaching staff in Canadian public degree granting institutions, and is used by a variety of federal, provincial, and international organizations and governments, postsecondary institutions and individual researchers.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this data collection that relates to any identifiable individual. Furthermore, the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. Additionally, institution level data from this data collection will only be published and made available to the public, if written permission is provided to Statistics Canada in the form of a signed authorization form from the participating institution.

Coverage

Data should be submitted for all full-time teaching staff employed in public or private degree granting institutions that receive funding from a provincial or territorial ministry of education as of October 1 of the reporting year. The affiliates and other related colleges of these institutions may be reported by the parent institution or independently. As well, please include full-time research staff who have an academic rank and a salary scale similar to teaching staff.

This data collection includes full-time teaching staff that spend the majority of their teaching time on credit courses leading to degree programs (as opposed to continuing education courses, special interest courses or courses in a program that do not lead to a degree).

Full-time include:

1. Staff appointed on a full-time basis whose term of appointment is not less than twelve months (include any staff member on leave).
2. New appointees hired on a full-time basis whose term of contract is twelve months but for the first year he/she can only be at the institution for less than twelve months.
3. Staff who were appointed to teach full-time (12 months or more) and at a later date have entered into a formal agreement with the institution to work on a reduced load basis. This situation usually arises with staff members who are approaching retirement.

Teaching staff included in the survey:

1. All academic staff within faculties (colleges, schools, etc.) who are full-time teachers, researchers (meeting the above criteria), and/or senior academic staff, i.e., deans, chairperson, directors etc.
2. All full-time teachers within faculties, whether or not they hold an academic rank.
3. Full-time academic staff in teaching hospitals (see element 25 for details).
4. Visiting full-time academic staff in faculties.
5. Full-time research staff that have an academic rank and a salary scale similar to teaching staff.

Staff excluded from this survey:

1. Administrators solely responsible for university administration, i.e., president, vice-president, registrar, comptroller, etc.
2. Administrative assistants within faculties (colleges, schools, etc.).
3. Librarians.
4. Non-academic support staff both in faculties (college, school, etc.) and other university departments.
5. Markers, demonstrators, lab assistants, etc.
6. Graduate teaching assistants.
7. Postdoctoral fellows.
8. Academic staff within faculties (colleges, schools, etc.) who have been hired as researchers without academic rank and/or whose salary scales are different from teaching staff.

New Content

As a result of the 2023/2024 feasibility study, three new variables have been added to this data collection. They are first name, last name and date of birth of the staff member. This nominal information is required to perform data linkages and is used for statistical purposes only. Once the data are linked, an anonymized person-level key replaces all personal identifiers. (See elements 28, 29, and 30 for further details).

Only Institutions that have accepted the expanded data request are invited to provide this information for their academic teaching staff. This information can be included in the ‘Nominal Information Nominale’ tab of the Edit Checker or Excel file.

If your institution has chosen not to provide this information, then NO ACTION is required on your part regarding these three new variables.

Reporting Options

Statistics Canada provides the institutions with an "Edit Checker" (tool) that includes their previous year's data for each teaching staff member, for updating. The data elements will be arranged in the same order as the record layouts. Once the current year's data has been loaded in this tool, it runs a number of preliminary edits on the data that will prompt the respondent to address common reporting issues.

Updating Instructions:

Returning teaching staff: Please update any data elements that changed since the last survey. Elements that typically change from year to year are: actual salary, annual rate of salary, administrative stipends, senior administrative responsibilities, researchers and visitors' code, reduced load, number of months on sabbatical leave, and number of months on unpaid leave during the current academic year. Elements that change less frequently include level of highest earned degree, year of highest earned degree, province/country of highest degree, rank, year of appointment to present rank at current institution and principal subject taught.

New teaching staff: Institutions are required to provide all data elements for each new teaching staff reported.

Non–returning staff: Please delete the record.

While it is preferred that the “Edit Checker” tool is used, institutions can also send Statistics Canada the individual data for each full-time teaching staff member in an EXCEL format. Please use the codes provided in this Data Element Manual and list the data elements in the order they appear in the record layouts on page 6.

To ensure the confidentiality of data during transmission, Statistics Canada requires that all information is sent through their "Electronic File Transfer" (EFT) service. Information on sending and receiving files through this secure internet-based service is included in the annual request for information or can be obtained by contacting the UCASS team.

Reporting Date

Most data elements in this survey are to be reported as of October 1 (a "snap shot" of the survey). However, the following data elements are not conceptually a snapshot and are reported on a 12 month basis: Number of months on sabbatical leave, Number of months on unpaid leave, Reduced load, and Actual salary.

Further Information

Please direct inquiries to:

Table 1: Record layout – Standard UCASS variables

Size	Position	Type	Title
8	1 to 8	N	Reporting institution
9	9 to 17	AN	Permanent identification number
1	18	N	Gender
4	19 to 22	N	Year of birth
2	23 to 24	N	Department
1	25	N	Salary status
7	26 to 32	N	Actual salary
7	33 to 39	N	Annual rate of salary
6	40 to 45	N	Administrative stipends
1	46	N	Senior administrative responsibilities, reseachers and visitors
2	47 to 48	N	Number of months on sabbatical leave during the current academic year
2	49 to 50	N	Number of months of unpaid leave during the current academic year
2	51 to 52	N	Reduced load
2	53 to 54	N	Previous employment
5	55 to 59	N	Province or country of previous employment
4	60 to 63	N	Year of first degree
5	64 to 68	N	Province or country of first degree
1	69	N	Level of highest earned degree
4	70 to 73	N	Year of highest earned degree
5	74 to 78	N	Province or country of highest degree
5	79 to 83	N	Country of citizenship at time of appointment
1	84	N	Rank
4	85 to 88	N	Year of appointment to present rank at current institution
1	89	N	Type of appointment
1	90	N	Medical or dental appointment category
4	91 to 94	N	Year of appointment to current institution
4	95 to 98	N	Principal subject taught

Table 2: Record layout – Nominal UCASS variables

Size	Position	Type	Title
8	1 to 8	N	Reporting institution
9	9 to 17	AN	Permanent identification number
20	18 to 37	Char	First name
20	38 to 57	Char	Last name
8	58 to 65	N	Date of birth

Survey Elements

Element 01: Reporting Institution

Description:

An 8 digit code assigned by Statistics Canada to identify the reporting institution.

Notes:

These codes are structured as follows:

• Digits 1-2: Province in which the institution is located
• Digits 3-5: Institution
• Digits 6-8: Campus (if applicable)

Codes:

Please see the following pages for a list of institution codes.

Table 3: List of institutions

Code	Institution Name
Newfoundland and Labrador
10001000	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
11001000	University of Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
12001000	Acadia University
12001002	Acadia Divinity College
12002000	Atlantic School of Theology
12003000	Cape Breton University
12004000	Dalhousie University
12005000	University of King's College
12006000	Mount Saint Vincent University
12008000	Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD)
12010000	Université Sainte-Anne
12011000	St. Francis Xavier University
12012000	Saint Mary's University
New Brunswick
13002000	Mount Allison University
13003000	University of New Brunswick
13004000	Université de Moncton (parent)
13005000	St. Thomas University
Quebec
24001000	Bishop's University
24002000	McGill University
24003000	Université de Montréal
24003002	Polytechnique Montréal
24003003	École des hautes études commerciales
24005000	Université Laval
24006000	Université de Sherbrooke
24007000	Concordia University
24008000	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
24009000	Université du Québec à Montréal
24010000	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
24011000	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
24012000	Université du Québec en Outaouais
24013000	Université du Québec, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
24014000	Université du Québec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
24015000	Université du Québec à Rimouski
24016000	Université du Québec, École de technologie supérieure
24017000	Université du Québec, Télé-université du Québec (TÉLUQ)
Ontario
35001000	Brock University
35001003	Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary
35002000	Carleton University
35004000	University of Guelph
35005000	Lakehead University
35006000	Laurentian University of Sudbury/Université Laurentienne de Sudbury
35007000	McMaster University
35008000	Nipissing University
35010000	University of Ottawa/Université d'Ottawa
35010002	Saint-Paul University/Université Saint-Paul
35011000	Queen's University
35014000	Ryerson University
35015000	University of Toronto
35015004	St. Augustine's Seminary
35015005	University of St. Michael's College
35015006	University of Trinity College
35015007	Victoria University
35015008	Knox College
35015009	Wycliffe College
35015011	Regis College
35016000	Trent University
35017000	University of Waterloo
35017002	St. Jerome's University
35017003	Renison University College
35017004	Conrad Grebel University College
35018000	University of Western Ontario
35018003	Huron University College
35018004	King's College
35019000	Wilfred Laurier University
35020000	University of Windsor
35021000	York University
35022000	Ontario College of Art and Design
35023000	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
35024000	Algoma University College
35026000	Université de Sudbury/University of Sudbury
35027000	Université de Hearst
35028000	Huntington University
35029000	Thorneloe University
Manitoba
46001000	Brandon University
46002000	Canadian Mennonite University
46005000	University of Manitoba
46005002	Université de Saint-Boniface
46006000	University of Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
47004000	University of Regina
47004002	Campion College
47004003	Luther College
47005000	University of Saskatchewan
47005002	College of Emmanuel and St. Chad
47005003	Lutheran Theological Seminary
47005004	St. Andrew's College
47005005	St. Thomas More College
47005008	Horizon College & Seminary
Alberta
48001000	University of Alberta
48002000	Athabasca University
48005000	University of Calgary
48007000	Burman University
48008000	Concordia University of Edmonton
48009000	University of Lethbridge
48011000	The King's University College
48014000	Ambrose University
48015000	Grant MacEwan University
48029000	Mount Royal University
British Columbia
59001000	University of British Columbia
59002000	University of Northern British Columbia
59005000	Royal Roads University
59007000	Simon Fraser University
59009000	University of Victoria
59048000	Thompson Rivers University
59049000	Capilano University
59051000	Vancouver Island University
59052000	Emily Carr University of Art and Design
59053000	Kwantlen Polytechnic University
59054000	University of the Fraser Valley
Yukon
60002000	Yukon University

Element 02: Permanent Identification Number

Description:

A nine - digit code chosen by the institution which identifies each staff member.

Notes:

This code should be unique, never be re-assigned and remain the same from year to year for each individual staff member. 

Alpha-numeric codes may be used.

Please ensure that there are no duplicate permanent identification numbers.

This element must not be blank.

Codes:

As assigned by the institution.

Element 03: Gender

Description:

A one - digit element to report the gender of the staff member.

Notes:

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). 

Gender includes the following concepts: 

• gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
• gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's license. A person's gender may change over time. Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Man includes persons whose reported gender is male.  This includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) men.

Woman includes persons whose reported gender is female.  This includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) women. 

Non-binary person includes persons whose reported gender is not exclusively male or female.  It includes persons whose reported gender is, for example, agender, pangender, genderqueer, genderfluid, or gender-nonconforming. It also includes persons whose reported gender is Two-Spirit, a term specific to some Indigenous peoples of North America. It includes persons whose reported gender is both male and female, neither male nor female, or either male or female in addition to another gender. It may also include those who reported or were reported by proxy as questioning or in the process of deciding.

Unknown includes persons whose gender was not reported by the staff member and is not known to the institution.

Codes:

1.  Man
2.  Woman
3.  Non-binary person  
9.  Unknown

Source: This standard was approved as a departmental-recommended standard on October 1, 2021. For more information, please consult Classification of gender and Gender of person.

Element 04: Year of Birth

Description:

A four - digit element to report the staff member's year of birth.

Codes:

Four digits of the year of birth.

Element 05: Department

Description:

A two - digit code to report the department to which the staff member is appointed.

Notes:

Please note that previously, reporting this data element was optional but is now mandatory.

Please report the department using the 2 - digit Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 codes listed on the following pages.

For cross appointments, please report the department in which the staff member spends the majority of their time.

Codes:

The list of 2 - digit CIP codes is given on the following pages.

Table 4: List of Department codes

Code	Title	Description
01	Agricultural and veterinary sciences/services/operations and related fields	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on agriculture, animal, plant, veterinary and related sciences and that prepare individuals to apply specific knowledge, methods, and techniques to the management and performance of agricultural and veterinary operations.
03	Natural Resources and Conservation	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the various natural resources and conservation fields and prepare individuals for related occupations.
04	Architecture and Related Services	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals for professional practice in the various architecture-related fields and focus on the study of related aesthetic and socioeconomic aspects of the built environment.
05	Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on defined areas, regions, and countries of the world; defined minority groups within and across societies; and issues relevant to collective gender and group experience.
09	Communication, Journalism and Related Programs	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures, and that prepare individuals to apply communication knowledge and skills professionally.
10	Communications technologies/technicians and support services	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to function as equipment operators, support technicians, and operations managers in the film/video, recording, and graphic communications industries.
11	Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the computer and information sciences and prepare individuals for various occupations in information technology and computer operations fields.
13	Education	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the theory and practice of learning and teaching, and related research, administrative and support services.
14	Engineering	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the solution of practical problems.
15	Engineering/engineering-related technologies/technicians	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineering and related projects.
16	Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on Indigenous and foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.
19	Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the human interface with the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual environments and the developmental stages and needs of individuals in the interrelated spheres of family, workplace, and community.
22	Legal Professions and Studies	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals for the legal profession, for related support professions and professional legal research, and focus on the study of legal issues in non-professional programs.
23	English Language and Literature/Letters	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the structure and use of the English language and dialects, speech, writing, and various aspects of the literatures and cultures of the English-speaking peoples.
24	Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	This series comprises general instructional programs and independent or individualized studies in the liberal arts subjects, the humanities disciplines and the general curriculum.
25	Library Science	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the knowledge and skills required for managing and/or maintaining libraries and related information and record systems, collections and facilities for research and general use.
26	Biological and Biomedical Sciences	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the biological sciences and the non-clinical biomedical sciences, and that prepare individuals for research and professional careers as biologists and biomedical scientists.
27	Mathematics and Statistics	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the systematic study of logical symbolic language and its applications.
28	Military Science, Leadership and Operational Art	This series comprises instructional programs that provide professional education and training of military officers in leadership, military science and operational studies, security policy and strategy, military economics and management, and pre-officer training.
29	Military Technologies and Applied Sciences	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals in specialized and advanced subject matter for the Armed forces and national security organizations, including intelligence operations, military applied sciences, and military technologies.
30	Multidisciplinary/Interdisciplinary Studies	This series comprises instructional programs that derive from two or more distinct programs to provide a cross-cutting focus on a subject concentration that is not subsumed under a single discipline or occupational field.
31	Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the principles and practices of managing parks and other recreational and fitness facilities; providing recreational, leisure and fitness services; and the study of human fitness.
38	Philosophy and Religious Studies	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on logical inquiry, philosophical analysis, and the academic study of organized systems of belief and religious practices.
39	Theology and Religious Vocations	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the intramural study of theology and that prepare individuals for the professional practice of religious vocations.
40	Physical Sciences	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.
42	Psychology	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of the behaviour of individuals, independently or collectively, and the physical and environmental bases of mental, emotional, and neurological activity.
43	Security and Protective Services	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the principles and procedures for providing police, fire, specialized security and protective services, other safety services and managing penal institutions.
44	Public Administration and Social Service Professions	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to analyze, manage, and deliver public programs and services.
45	Social Sciences	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the systematic study of social systems, social institutions, and social behaviour.
50	Visual and Performing Arts	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the creation and interpretation of works and performances that use auditory, kinesthetic, and visual phenomena to express ideas and emotions in various forms, subject to aesthetic criteria.
51	Health Professions and Related Programs	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to practice as licensed professionals and assistants in the health care professions and related clinical sciences and administrative and support services.
52	Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services	This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to perform managerial, technical support, and applied research functions related to the operation of commercial and non-profit enterprises and the buying and selling of goods and services.
54	History	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the study and interpretation of past events, institutions, issues, and cultures.
55	French Language and Literature/Letters	This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the structure and use of the French language and dialects, speech, writing, and various aspects of the literatures and cultures of the French-speaking peoples.
60	Health professions residency/fellowship programs	This series comprises residency and fellowship programs that prepare dentists (DDS, DMD), nurse practitioners, pharmacists (PharmD), physician assistants, and veterinarians (DVM) for certification as practitioners of recognized specialties in their respective professions. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations. Residency or fellowship programs that also result in the completion of an academic degree (e.g., MS, MSc, PhD), should be reported under the appropriate CIP code, rather than in a residency code located in Series 60.
61	Medical residency/fellowship programs	This series comprises residency and fellowship programs that prepare physicians (MD), osteopathic physicians (DO), and podiatrists (DPM) for certification as practitioners of recognized medical specialties. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations and require from one to seven years to complete, depending on the program. Residency or fellowship programs that also result in the completion of an academic degree (e.g., MS, MSc, PhD), should be reported under one of the clinical sciences codes located in Series 26. Biological and biomedical sciences or in subseries 51.14 Medical clinical sciences/graduate medical studies, rather than in a residency code located in Series 61.

Element 06: Salary Status

Description:

A one - digit element to identify the salary status of the staff members.

Codes:

1. Staff members who are paid according to regular salary scales. This can include lay or religious staff.

2. All staff members paid according to salary scales that are lower than regular salary scales. This can include religious, military or other staff.

Element 07: Actual Salary

Description:

A seven - digit element to report the actual gross salary (including vacation pay) that the staff member is expected to receive during the salary year.

Please exclude stipends or other honoraria for administrative duties. Any extra payments such as those received for summer employment, extension work, or others are also to be excluded.

Notes:

Please note that every staff member should have an actual salary reported.

The reported actual salary should reflect all newly negotiated settlements applicable as of October 1 and should not include expected increases or adjustments which may become effective at a later date. If salaries are not negotiated by that date, please report the newly negotiated settlement applicable as of October 1, when they become known.

For medical/dental staff, it is understood that, in most cases, the institution itself, provincial medical care institutions (e.g. hospitals) and/or medical care plan contribute to the staff member's salary at an agreed upon ratio. In some institutions, staff receive all their remuneration directly from the university and the university bills the hospital (or medical care plan) for the latter's share. In other cases, the staff member receives remuneration from the university, the hospitals and/or medical care plan. In order to keep the actual salary reported as comparable as possible among institutions, please include, for medical/dental staff, both the university contribution and the contribution by hospitals and/or medical care plans (excluding special grants, fees for services to patients, guarantees, etc.).

The following elements will affect the actual salary:

1. Element 11: "Number of months on sabbatical leave during the current academic year": For example, if the staff member had a non 100% reimbursed sabbatical leave, it is expected that the actual salary reported would be reduced.
2. Element 12: "Number of months on unpaid leave during the current academic year". For example, if the staff member took 6 months of unpaid leave, it is expected that the actual salary would be reduced by about 50%.
3. Element 13: "Reduced load". For example, if a staff member had a 75% load reduction, it is expected that the actual salary would be reduced to 75% of the annual rate of salary.

Exclusions:

Administrative stipends and other honorarium for administrative duties.

Research grants.

Extra payments such as those for overload, extension and summer employment.

Codes:

Seven - digit numeric value (without decimals)

0000000. Only those staff who are on leave without pay for the whole salary year or staff who do not receive an allowance or salary.

Element 08: Annual Rate of Salary

Description:

A seven - digit element to report the annual gross salary (including vacation pay) the staff member is expected to receive during the salary year.

Please exclude stipends or other honoraria for administrative duties. Any extra payments such as those received for summer employment, extension work, or others are also to be excluded.

Notes:

The reported annual rate of salary should reflect all newly negotiated settlement applicable as of October 1 and should not include expected increases or adjustment which may become effective at a later date. If salaries are not negotiated by that date, please report the newly negotiated settlement applicable as of October 1, when they become known.

For those staff on sabbatical leave, unpaid leave and reduced load please report the annual gross salary that would have been paid had the staff member not gone on leave or had a reduced load.

The "Annual Rate of Salary" will be the same as the "Actual Salary" (Element 07) where the staff member is employed for the full 12 months of the year and is not on an unpaid leave, reduced load or 100% non-reimbursed sabbatical leave.

For medical/dental staff, please report (on an annual rate basis), the staff member's income from all sources including operating and trust funds from the university, hospitals and/or medical care plans, and special grants from health or research agencies but excluding fees for service to patients and guarantees. The reported income should relate to the university appointment only and not to outside activities unrelated to this appointment.

Exclusions:

Administrative stipends and other honorarium for administrative duties.

Research grants.

Extra payments such as those for overload, extension and summer employment.

Codes:

Seven - digit numeric value (without decimals).

Please report the salary even if it is the same as what was reported in element 07.

0000000. Only those staff who do not receive an allowance or salary.

Element 09: Administrative Stipends

Description:

A six - digit element to report annual stipends or other honorarium paid to the staff member for administrative duties.

Notes:

Please include only those annual stipends and other honorarium that are received for administrative duties. Payments given to the staff member for non-administrative duties are not to be included.

This element is related to "Element 10: Senior Administrative Responsibilities, Researchers and Visitors". If a staff member is coded as having senior administrative responsibilities (i.e. codes 1-5 and 9), then it is expected that they will receive an administrative stipend. The exception is where other arrangements are made for re-imbursement, in which case this element should be coded as "999999".

Examples of where the stipend should be reported as "999999":

• It is included in their salary,
• They are given course relief,
• The payment is made to their research fund etc.

Exclusions:

Funds received for research grants such as Canada Research Chairs and others.

Stipends received for non-administrative duties.

Codes:

Six - digit numeric value (without decimals)

000000. If the staff member does not have administrative duties.

999999. If the staff member has administrative duties but does not receive a separate stipend.

Element 10: Senior Administrative Responsibilities, Researchers and Visitors

Description:

A one - digit code to report researchers, visitors and those staff members with senior administrative responsibilities.

Notes:

Please report all staff members holding senior administrative positions, including those in an acting capacity.

All visiting staff are to be coded either 6 or 8 regardless of their responsibilities. Please note that they should be coded 4 in element 24: "Type of Appointment".

All research staff who have an academic rank and are paid according to regular salary scales, should be coded either 7 or 8.

It is expected that an administrative stipend would be reported (in element 09) for those staff who are coded as 1 to 5, and in some cases coded as 9.

Codes:

0. Teacher with no senior administrative duties

1. Dean

2. Assistant dean, associate dean, vice-dean

3. Director whose responsibilities and salary are equivalent to those of a dean. Those directors not equivalent to deans would be coded as 4.

4. Director, department head, coordinator

5. Chairperson

6. Visitor with teaching responsibilities e.g., staff with a permanent affiliation to another university or organization

7. Researchers - non-visitors. Researchers are defined as full-time research staff who have an academic rank and a salary scale similar to teaching staff. Please note that their principal subject taught (element 27) should be coded as 9998.

8. Researchers – visitors. Researchers are defined as full-time research staff who have an academic rank and a salary scale similar to teaching staff. Please note that their principal subject taught (element 27) should be coded as 9998.

9. Other - Assistant and associate director, assistant or associate department head, assistant or associate coordinator, assistant or associate chairperson and any other person.

Element 11: Number of Months on Sabbatical Leave* During the Current Academic Year

Description:

A 2 - digit element to report the number of months on sabbatical leave.

Notes:

This element requests information on leave that relates to the full academic year.

Codes:

01 to 12: two digits indicating the Number of months on sabbatical leave during the academic year.

* As approved by the time institution reports to Statistics Canada.

Element 12: Number of Months on Unpaid Leave * During the Current Academic Year

Description:

A 2 digit element, to report the number of months on unpaid leave.

Notes:

This element requests information on leave that relates to the full academic year and as approved by the time the institution reports to Statistics Canada.

Codes:

01 to 12: two digits indicating the number of months on unpaid leave during the academic year.

* As approved by the time institution reports to Statistics Canada.

Element 13: Reduced Load

Description:

A two - digit element to report the percentage of a full load worked by a full-time academic staff.

Notes:

This applies to full-time staff members who have entered into a formal agreement with the institution to carry his/her duties on a reduced load, for the whole year or that part of the year not on leave.

Please report the percentage of a full load carried by the full-time academic staff member.

For staff members on reduced load, the actual salary (element 07) must be lower than the annual rate of salary (element 08). For example, if the reduced load is 75% (of a full load) for 12 months, we would expect the actual salary to be around 75% of the annual rate of salary.

For staff members not on a reduced load, please use code 00.

Codes:

10 to 95. Possible range reported of workload values.

00. Staff members not on a reduced load.

Example: If, according to contract terms, a staff member is on a 75% workload, please indicate 75 for this element.

Element 14: Previous Employment

Description:

A two - digit element, to report the staff member's employment/occupation that they held immediately prior to their appointment (or reappointment) to the institution.

Notes:

The employment/occupation that the staff member held immediately prior to the Year of appointment to institution specified in Element 26.

Codes:

01. University: Teaching or non-teaching position at a university or affiliated college, or other educational institution where teaching is defined as set out in the introduction to this manual (page 2: "Coverage").

02. Non-university: Teaching or non-teaching position at other educational institutions (including CÉGEPS as well as community colleges).

03. Student (including postdoctoral fellows).

04. Public sector: Employment in a government department or agency. This includes hospitals and other publicly funded clinics or other organized health care agency and the military.

05. Private sector: Employment in the private sector (including those that are self-employed).

06. Other

99. Unknown

Element 15: Province or Country of Previous Employment

Description:

A five - digit code to report the province or country of previous employment. Please report the province in which the staff member held the position of their employment (occupation) immediately prior to being appointed (reappointed) to the institution. If outside of Canada, please report the country.

Notes:

An alphabetical listing of province and country codes is presented on the following pages.

If a country code does not appear on the list, please contact the UCASS team (see page 5).

Codes:

Please refer to the following pages for a list of the Province and Country codes.

99999. Unknown

Table 5: Alphabetical Listing of Country Codes

Country Name	Code
Afghanistan	00004
Åland Islands	00248
Albania	00008
Algeria	00012
American Samoa	00016
Andorra	00020
Angola	00024
Anguilla	00660
Antarctica	00010
Antigua and Barbuda	00028
Argentina	00032
Armenia	00051
Aruba	00533
Australia	00036
Austria	00040
Azerbaijan	00031
Bahamas	00044
Bahrain	00048
Bangladesh	00050
Barbados	00052
Belarus	00112
Belgium	00056
Belize	00084
Benin	00204
Bermuda	00060
Bhutan	00064
Bolivia	00068
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	00535
Bosnia and Herzegovina	00070
Botswana	00072
Bouvet Island	00074
Brazil	00076
British Indian Ocean Territory	00086
Brunei Darussalam	00096
Bulgaria	00100
Burkina Faso	00854
Myanmar	00104
Burundi	00108
Cambodia	00116
Cameroon	00120
Cabo Verde	00132
Cayman Islands	00136
Central African Republic	00140
Chad	00148
Chile	00152
China	00156
Christmas Island	00162
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	00166
Colombia	00170
Comoros	00174
Congo, Republic of the	00178
Congo  Democratic Republic of the	00180
Cook Islands	00184
Costa Rica	00188
Côte d'Ivoire	00384
Croatia	00191
Cuba	00192
Curaçao	00531
Cyprus	00196
Czech Republic	00203
Denmark	00208
Djibouti	00262
Dominica	00212
Dominican Republic	00214
Ecuador	00218
Egypt	00818
El Salvador	00222
Equatorial Guinea	00226
Eritrea	00232
Estonia	00233
Eswatini	00748
Ethiopia	00231
Faroe Islands	00234
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	00238
Fiji	00242
Finland	00246
France	00250
French Guiana	00254
French Polynesia	00258
French Southern Territories	00260
Gabon	00266
Gambia	00270
Georgia	00268
Germany	00276
Ghana	00288
Gibraltar	00292
Greece	00300
Greenland	00304
Grenada	00308
Guadeloupe	00312
Guam	00316
Guatemala	00320
Guernsey	00831
Guinea	00324
Guinea-Bissau	00624
Guyana	00328
Haiti	00332
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	00334
Holy See (Vatican City State)	00336
Honduras	00340
Hong Kong	00344
Hungary	00348
Iceland	00352
India	00356
Indonesia	00360
Iran	00364
Iraq	00368
Ireland	00372
Isle of Man	00833
Israel	00376
Italy	00380
Jamaica	00388
Japan	00392
Jersey	00832
Jordan	00400
Kazakhstan	00398
Kenya	00404
Kiribati	00296
Korea, North	00408
Korea, South	00410
Kosovo	00983
Kuwait	00414
Kyrgyzstan	00417
Laos	00418
Latvia	00428
Lebanon	00422
Lesotho	00426
Liberia	00430
Libya	00434
Liechtenstein	00438
Lithuania	00440
Luxembourg	00442
Macao	00446
North Macedonia	00807
Madagascar	00450
Malawi	00454
Malaysia	00458
Maldives	00462
Mali	00466
Malta	00470
Marshall Islands	00584
Martinique	00474
Mauritania	00478
Mauritius	00480
Mayotte	00175
Mexico	00484
Micronesia, Federated States of	00583
Moldova	00498
Monaco	00492
Mongolia	00496
Montenegro	00499
Montserrat	00500
Morocco	00504
Mozambique	00508
Namibia	00516
Nauru	00520
Nepal	00524
Netherlands	00528
New Caledonia	00540
New Zealand	00554
Nicaragua	00558
Niger	00562
Nigeria	00566
Niue	00570
Norfolk Island	00574
Northern Mariana Islands	00580
Norway	00578
Oman	00512
Pakistan	00586
Palau	00585
Panama	00591
Papua New Guinea	00598
Paraguay	00600
Peru	00604
Philippines	00608
Pitcairn	00612
Poland	00616
Portugal	00620
Puerto Rico	00630
Qatar	00634
Réunion	00638
Romania	00642
Russian Federation	00643
Rwanda	00646
Saint Barthélemy	00652
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan de Cunha	00654
Saint Kitts and Nevis	00659
Saint Lucia	00662
Saint Martin (French part)	00663
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	00666
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	00670
Samoa	00882
San Marino	00674
Sao Tome and Principe	00678
Sark	00680
Saudi Arabia	00682
Senegal	00686
Serbia	00688
Seychelles	00690
Sierra Leone	00694
Singapore	00702
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	00534
Slovakia	00703
Slovenia	00705
Solomon Islands	00090
Somalia	00706
South Africa, Republic of	00710
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	00239
South Sudan	00728
Spain	00724
Sri Lanka	00144
Sudan	00729
Suriname	00740
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	00744
Sweden	00752
Switzerland	00756
Syria	00760
Taiwan	00158
Tajikistan	00762
Tanzania	00834
Thailand	00764
Timor-Leste	00626
Togo	00768
Tokelau	00772
Tonga	00776
Trinidad and Tobago	00780
Tunisia	00788
Türkiye	00792
Turkmenistan	00795
Turks and Caicos Islands	00796
Tuvalu	00798
Uganda	00800
Ukraine	00804
United Arab Emirates	00784
United Kingdom	00826
United States of America	00840
United States Minor Outlying Islands	00581
Uruguay	00858
Uzbekistan	00860
Vanuatu	00548
Venezuela	00862
Viet Nam	00704
Virgin Islands, British	00092
Virgin Islands, United States	00850
Wallis and Futuna	00876
West Bank and Gaza	00275
Western Sahara	00732
Yemen	00887
Zambia	00894
Zimbabwe	00716
Not applicable	99899
Not reported	99999
Canada	00124
Newfoundland and Labrador	81021
Prince Edward Island	81121
Nova Scotia	81221
New Brunswick	81321
Quebec	82421
Ontario	83521
Manitoba	84621
Saskatchewan	84721
Alberta	84821
British Columbia	85921
Yukon Territory	86021
Northwest Territories	86121
Nunavut	86221

Element 16: Year of First Degree

Description:

A four - digit element to report the year in which the staff member obtained their first university degree, postsecondary diploma or professional designation.

Codes:

Four digits of the year in which the first university degree, postsecondary diploma or professional designation was obtained.

9998. No degree, diploma or professional designation.

9999. Unknown

Element 17: Province or Country of First Degree

Description:

A five - digit code to report the province in which the staff member's first university degree, postsecondary diploma or professional designation was obtained. If outside of Canada, please report the country code. If a country is not identified in the list of Country Codes, please contact the subject matter analyst (see page 5).

Codes:

The list of province and country codes is given in element 15 (see Table 5).

99899. If code 9998 was used in element 16, then please code 99899 for this element.

99999. Unknown.

Element 18: Level of Highest Earned Degree

Description:

A one - digit code to report the level of the staff member's highest earned degree, postsecondary diploma or professional designation.

Notes:

Please note that it is the highest degree, and not the most recent, which is required. The following codes list the degrees in order of highest to lowest. Please exclude all anticipated and all honorary degrees.

Codes:

1. PhD. or any other equivalent doctoral degree (e.g., Ed.D, D.Sc, D.S.W, OD, PharmD, etc).

2. Professional degree - This code refers to medical and paramedical degrees only. For example, the following degrees would be included in this category: M.D. (Medical Doctor), D.D.S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery), D.D.M. (Doctor of Dental Medicine), D.V.M. (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine). Please do not include the Master of Social Work (code 3) or the LLB: Bachelors of Laws and Letters (code 4) degrees in this category.

3. Masters degree and equivalent (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.S.W., M.B.A., etc).

4. Bachelors degree (e.g., LL.B., J.D., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., etc).

5. All other credentials. This includes undergraduate and graduate diplomas, professional designations other than a degree (e.g., C.A., C.G.A., C.M.A., C.P.A., teaching certificate but no degree, etc.) and any others.

8. No degree, diploma or professional designation.

9. Unknown

Element 19: Year of Highest Earned Degree

Description:

A four - digit element to report the year in which the highest earned degree as specified in element 18, was obtained.

Notes:

If the staff member has two or more degrees at the same level, please report the year of the most recent degree. For example, if the staff member has two doctorate degrees, one obtained in 1960 and the other in 1965, please report 1965 for this element.

Similarly, if the staff member has two degrees, the most recent of which is at a lower level than the first, e.g., M.D. obtained in 1965, and M.Sc. in 1972, please report the year of the higher degree, in this case 1965 (M.D.).

If a staff member has a degree which is higher than a bachelor's degree, it is expected that the year of highest earned degree will be later (e.g. M.A. in 2010) than the element 16: "Year of First Degree" (e.g. B.A. in 2005).

Codes:

A four - digit code indicating the year when the highest earned degree was obtained.

9998. If code 8 was used in element 18, then please code 9998 for this element.

9999. Unknown.

Element 20: Province or Country of Highest Degree

Description:

A five - digit code to report the province or country of the highest earned degree (as reported in element 18).

Notes:

Please report the province in which the highest earned degree that was specified in element 18 was obtained. If outside of Canada, please report the country.

Codes:

The list of province and country codes is given in element 15 (see Table 5).

99899. If code 8 was used in element 18, please report code as 99899 for this element.

99999. Unknown.

Element 21: Country of Citizenship at Time of Appointment

Description:

A five - digit code to report the staff member's country of citizenship for the year that they were appointed to the institution (as reported in element 26).

Codes:

The list of province and country codes is given in element 15 (see Table 5).

99999. Unknown

Element 22: Rank

Description:

A one - digit code to report the staff member's current rank.

Codes:

1. Full professor

2. Associate professor

3. Assistant professor

4. Ranks/level below assistant professor: includes lecturers, instructors, and other teaching staff

5. Other: includes staff that do not fit in the categories described above (not elsewhere classified).

Element 23: Year of Appointment to Present Rank at Current Institution

Description:

A four - digit element, to report the year in which the staff member attained their current rank (as reported in element 22) at their current institution.

Notes:

Please note the following when deciding what year to report:

1. The year should only change when a staff member has been promoted from one rank to the next. The year does not change when the administrative responsibilities change.
2. The service between the year of appointment to the current rank (as indicated in this element) and the present year must be both uninterrupted and full-time. It is recognized that leave can be granted without interrupting the continuous service.
3. If the period of employment at the current rank has been interrupted (i.e., the staff member has severed their connection with the institution), the year of reappointment should be reported.
4. It is quite possible that the year reported in this element will be the same as that reported in element 26 ("Year of Appointment to Institution"). This would occur when the staff member has not had a change in rank since their appointment (or reappointment) to the institution.

Codes:

Four - digits of the year in which the staff member attained their present rank.

9999. Unknown

Element 24: Type of Appointment

Description:

A one - digit element to report the type of appointment held by the staff member at the current institution.

Notes:

Those teachers who have been granted tenure should be coded as 1.

Teachers for whom, in the normal course of events, (e.g., after a certain period of time and, in some cases, upon completion of their doctorate), a tenure review is required by university policy are to be coded as 2.

Staff for whom no tenure review is required should be coded as 3. This category includes teachers hired for one year or more, with no formal commitment on the part of the university to renew their contract, although the contract may in fact be renewed (or has been renewed).

Those reported as code 4 (visiting staff), should also have been reported as code 6 or 8 in Element 10 "Senior Administrative Responsibilities, Researchers and Visitors".

Codes:

1. Tenured

2. Leading to tenure, probationary

3. Non – tenured staff. This could include annual, sessional or other definite term contracts. Other terms used to describe staff in this category are "full-time term employees", "limited term positions", and other contractual staff whose contracts are greater than 12 months.

4. Visiting staff, (e.g., staff with a permanent affiliation to another university or organization.

5. Other staff: Continuing staff (e.g., staff neither on tenure stream nor on definite term contract).

Element 25: Medical or Dental Appointment Category

Description:

A one - digit element, to report the appointment category of the staff in the faculties of medicine (including veterinary medicine) and/or dentistry.

Notes:

Medical/dental/veterinary teaching staff is defined as those who are teaching in department/programs which typically award/train students for either an MD, DVM or DDS degree (or post MD/DDS degrees). These staff should be coded as "0", "1" or "2". Please do not report other teaching staff who may be in the Faculty of Medicine or Dentistry who do not focus on the training of students in these fields (e.g. Nursing, Occupational Therapy etc.). All other teaching staff should be coded as "9" (non-medical /dental).

Code 0: Regular full-time (12 months) academic staff
This is a regular academic appointment similar to that in any other faculty. The appointee receives his full salary from the institution. This category usually applies to all basic medical science departments and to other medical or dental staff who are not engaged in private practice. It also includes those staff who are supported by research grants but whose income is administered by the university. These staff are expected to hold some teaching responsibilities.

Code 1: Geographic full-time (12 months) academic staff
This category applies to all medical and dental staff who are engaged in the practice of medicine as well as teaching (e.g. clinicians). Geographic full-time staff members usually receive an established percentage of their regular salary from the university and the remaining portion from provincial medical care institutions (e.g., hospitals) and/or medical care plans. In addition, they are entitled to earn an income (limited by a ceiling) for service to patients. The staff members are usually assigned to a specific hospital. Although they may receive only a percentage of their income from the university, they are counted as full-time members of the institution. Please include all clinicians in this category.

Code 2: Full-time (12 months) joint appointments
This category includes medical and dental staff who have received a letter of appointment from both the university and one of the teaching hospitals. Salaries are paid by both institutions at an agreed upon ratio.

Exclusions:

The following categories of medical staff are to be excluded from the survey:

1. Major part-time
   These staff members spend approximately 50% of their time in a teaching hospital. Their offices are not located in the hospital and there is no ceiling on the income they earn from outside patients although there is a ceiling on the earnings made through the clinical teaching units.
2. Part-time
   These staff members are usually community practitioners who do not receive a formal letter of appointment from the institution but rather are engaged by department heads as demonstrators or teaching assistants. These casual staff members may teach both graduate and undergraduate students, on an average of several hours per week, and may be involved in clinical research.

Codes:

0. Regular full-time academic staff member

1. Geographic full-time academic staff member

2. Full-time joint appointment

9. Not applicable (staff member is not in a faculty of medicine or dentistry)

Element 26: Year of Appointment to Current Institution

Description:

A four - digit element to report the year of first appointment (or reappointment) to reflect the year of the first full-time academic teaching position in the current institution.

Notes:

Please note that the service between the year reported in this element and the present year must be both full-time and uninterrupted (e.g., the staff member has not severed their connection with the institution during this period). Leave (sabbatical, leave of absence, etc.) should not be interpreted as interrupting the continuous service, e.g., when a staff member goes on leave, it does not change their year of appointment to the institution. Similarly, if a staff member assumes a non-academic position in the university for a period of time and then returns to teaching, the period spent in that position should not be interpreted as interrupting continuous service. However, during the time the person holds such a position they should not be reported as a full-time teacher.

It does not matter whether the staff member's appointment was originally temporary, probationary or permanent or has been a series of one-year contracts. As long as the employment has been continuous from year to year and full- time in each year, the year of appointment should be reported as the earliest year in which the staff member joined the institution on a full-time basis. For example, in year 1, a staff member held a full-time probationary appointment which was made permanent in year 2. Year 1 would be reported as the year of appointment.

For the staff member who was employed full-time (12 months) during the past, then, (1) severed their connection with the institution, or (2) they obtained a teaching position which is other than full-time (12 months), and was later re-hired to a full-time (12 months) position, the year of reappointment is the one that should be reported in this element.

Please note that the year of appointment to the institution (as reported in this element) cannot be later than the year of appointment to the present rank at current institution (element 23).

Codes:

Four - digits of the year the staff member was appointed (or reappointed) to the current institution.

Element 27: Principal Subject Taught

Description:

A four - digit element describing the principal subject taught of the staff member.

Notes:

Please report using the CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) code at the 4 - digit level. A numerical and alphabetical listing of programs is provided on the following pages. Please code this element according to the subject in which the staff member spends the largest portion of their teaching time.

For further assistance on determining the correct codes, please contact the UCASS team (see page 5). Please note that the 2021 CIP codes are currently being used.

For staff members, who are on leave, please report the subject that they would have taught had the staff member been teaching.

Codes:

The list of 4 - digit CIP codes is given on the following pages.

9998. Not applicable (researchers).

Table 6: CIP Codes

CIP Code	Name
0100	Agriculture, general
0101	Agricultural business and management
0102	Agricultural mechanization
0103	Agricultural production operations
0104	Agricultural and food products processing
0105	Agricultural and domestic animal services
0106	Applied horticulture/horticultural business services
0107	International agriculture
0108	Agricultural public services
0109	Animal sciences
0110	Food science and technology
0111	Plant sciences
0112	Soil sciences
0113	Agriculture/veterinary preparatory programs
0180	Veterinary medicine (DVM)
0181	Veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
0199	Agricultural and veterinary sciences/services/operations and related fields, other
0301	Natural resources conservation and research
0302	Environmental/natural resources management and policy
0303	Fishing and fisheries sciences and management
0305	Forestry
0306	Wildlife and wildlands science and management
0399	Natural resources and conservation, other
0402	Architecture
0403	City/urban, community and regional planning
0404	Environmental design/architecture
0405	Interior architecture
0406	Landscape architecture (BS, BSc, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)
0408	Architectural history, criticism and conservation
0409	Architectural sciences and technology
0410	Real estate development
0499	Architecture and related services, other
0501	Area studies
0502	Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies
0599	Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies, other
0901	Communication and media studies
0904	Journalism
0907	Radio, television and digital communication
0909	Public relations, advertising and applied communication
0910	Publishing
0999	Communication, journalism and related programs, other
1003	Graphic communications
1101	Computer and information sciences and support services, general
1102	Computer programming
1104	Information science/studies
1105	Computer systems analysis/analyst
1107	Computer science
1108	Computer software and media applications
1109	Computer systems networking and telecommunications
1110	Computer/information technology administration and management
1199	Computer and information sciences and support services, other
1301	Education, general
1302	Bilingual, multilingual and multicultural education
1303	Curriculum and instruction
1304	Educational administration and supervision
1305	Educational/instructional media design
1306	Educational assessment, evaluation and research
1307	International and comparative education
1309	Social and philosophical foundations of education
1310	Special education and teaching
1311	Student counselling and personnel services
1312	Teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods
1313	Teacher education and professional development, specific subject areas
1314	Teaching English or French as a second or foreign language
1315	Teaching assistants/aides
1399	Education, other
1401	Engineering, general
1402	Aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical/space engineering
1403	Agricultural engineering
1404	Architectural engineering
1405	Biomedical/medical engineering
1406	Ceramic sciences and engineering
1407	Chemical engineering
1408	Civil engineering
1409	Computer engineering
1410	Electrical, electronics and communications engineering
1411	Engineering mechanics
1412	Engineering physics/applied physics
1413	Engineering science
1414	Environmental/environmental health engineering
1418	Materials engineering
1419	Mechanical engineering
1420	Metallurgical engineering
1421	Mining and mineral engineering
1422	Naval architecture and marine engineering
1423	Nuclear engineering
1424	Ocean engineering
1425	Petroleum engineering
1427	Systems engineering
1428	Textile sciences and engineering
1432	Polymer/plastics engineering
1433	Construction engineering
1434	Forest engineering
1435	Industrial engineering
1436	Manufacturing engineering
1437	Operations research
1438	Surveying engineering
1439	Geological/geophysical engineering
1440	Paper science and engineering
1441	Electromechanical engineering
1442	Mechatronics, robotics, and automation engineering
1443	Biochemical engineering
1444	Engineering chemistry
1445	Biological/Biosystems engineering
1447	Electrical and computer engineering
1448	Energy systems engineering
1499	Engineering, other
1515	Engineering-related fields
1516	Nanotechnology
1599	Engineering/engineering-related technologies/technicians, other
1601	Linguistic, comparative and related language studies and services
1602	African languages, literatures and linguistics
1603	East Asian languages, literatures and linguistics
1604	Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages, literatures and linguistics
1605	Germanic languages, literatures and linguistics
1606	Modern Greek language and literature
1607	South Asian languages, literatures and linguistics
1608	Iranian languages, literatures and linguistics
1609	Romance languages, literatures and linguistics
1610	Indigenous languages, literatures and linguistics of the Americas
1611	Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic languages, literatures and linguistics
1612	Classics and classical languages, literatures and linguistics
1613	Celtic languages, literatures and linguistics
1614	Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific languages, literatures and linguistics
1615	Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian and Central Asian languages, literatures and linguistics
1616	Sign language
1617	Second language learning
1618	Armenian languages, literatures and linguistics
1699	Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics, other
1901	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences, general
1902	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences business services
1904	Family and consumer economics and related services
1905	Foods, nutrition and related services
1906	Housing and human environments
1907	Human development, family studies and related services
1909	Apparel and textiles
1910	Work and family studies
1999	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences, other
2200	Non-professional legal studies
2201	Law (LLB, JD, BCL)
2202	Legal research and advanced professional studies (post-LLB/JD)
2299	Legal professions and studies, other
2301	English language and literature, general
2313	English rhetoric and composition/writing studies
2314	English literature
2399	English language and literature/letters, other
2401	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
2501	Library science and administration
2599	Library science, other
2601	Biology, general
2602	Biochemistry/biophysics and molecular biology
2603	Botany/plant biology
2604	Cell/cellular biology and anatomical sciences
2605	Microbiological sciences and immunology
2607	Zoology/animal biology
2608	Genetics
2609	Physiology, pathology and related sciences
2610	Pharmacology and toxicology
2611	Biomathematics, bioinformatics,  and computational biology
2612	Biotechnology
2613	Ecology, evolution, systematics and population biology
2614	Molecular medicine
2615	Neurobiology and neurosciences
2699	Biological and biomedical sciences, other
2701	Mathematics
2703	Applied mathematics
2705	Statistics
2706	Applied statistics
2799	Mathematics and statistics, other
2808	Military science, leadership and operational art
2905	Military technologies and applied sciences
3001	Biological and physical sciences
3005	Peace studies and conflict resolution
3006	Systems science and theory
3008	Mathematics and computer science
3010	Biopsychology
3011	Gerontology
3012	Historic preservation and conservation
3013	Medieval and renaissance studies
3014	Museology/museum studies
3015	Science, technology and society
3016	Accounting and computer science
3017	Behavioural sciences
3018	Natural sciences
3019	Nutrition sciences
3020	International/global studies
3021	Holocaust and related studies
3022	Classical and ancient studies
3023	Intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies
3025	Cognitive science
3026	Cultural studies/critical theory and analysis
3027	Human biology
3028	Dispute resolution
3029	Maritime studies
3030	Computational science
3031	Human computer interaction
3032	Marine sciences
3033	Sustainability studies
3034	Anthrozoology
3035	Climate Science
3036	Cultural studies and comparative literature
3037	Design for human health
3038	Earth systems science
3039	Economics and computer science
3040	Economics and foreign language/literature
3041	Evironmental geosciences
3042	Geooarchaeology
3043	Geobiology
3044	Geography and environmental studies
3045	History and language/literature
3046	History and political science
3047	Linguistics and anthropology
3048	Linguistics and computer science
3049	Mathematical economics
3050	Mathematics and atmospheric/oceanic science
3051	Integrated philosophy, politics, and economics
3052	Digital humanities and textual studies
3053	Thanatology
3070	Data science
3071	Data analytics
3099	Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other
3101	Parks, recreation and leisure studies
3103	Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management
3105	Sports, kinesiology, and physical education/physical fitness
3106	Outdoor education
3199	Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology, other
3800	Philosophy and religious studies, general
3801	Philosophy, logic and ethics
3802	Religion/religious studies
3899	Philosophy and religious studies, other
3902	Bible/biblical studies
3903	Missions/missionary studies and missiology
3904	Religious education
3905	Religious music and worship
3906	Theological and ministerial studies
3907	Pastoral counselling and specialized ministries
3908	Religious institution administration and law
3999	Theology and religious vocations, other
4001	Physical sciences, general
4002	Astronomy and astrophysics
4004	Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
4005	Chemistry
4006	Geological and earth sciences/geosciences
4008	Physics
4010	Materials sciences
4011	Physics and astronomy
4099	Physical sciences, other
4201	Psychology, general
4227	Research and experimental psychology
4228	Clinical, counselling and applied psychology
4299	Psychology, other
4301	Criminal justice and corrections
4302	Fire protection
4303	Security and protective services, specialized programs
4304	Security science and technology
4399	Security and protective services, other
4400	Human services, general
4402	Community organization and advocacy
4404	Public administration
4405	Public policy analysis
4407	Social work
4499	Public administration and social service professions, other
4501	General social sciences
4502	Anthropology
4503	Archeology
4504	Criminology
4505	Demography
4506	Economics
4507	Geography and cartography
4509	International relations and national security studies
4510	Political science and government
4511	Sociology
4512	Urban studies/affairs
4513	Sociology and anthropology
4515	Geography and anthropology
4599	Social sciences, other
5001	Visual, digital and performing arts, general
5002	Crafts/craft design, folk art and artisanry
5003	Dance
5004	Design and applied arts
5005	Drama/theatre arts and stagecraft
5006	Film/video and photographic arts
5007	Fine arts and art studies
5009	Music
5010	Arts, entertainment, and media management
5011	Community/environmental/socially-engaged art
5099	Visual and performing arts, other
5100	General Health services/allied health/health sciences
5101	Chiropractic (DC)
5102	Communication disorders sciences and services
5104	Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
5105	Advanced/graduate dentistry and oral sciences (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
5106	Dental support services and allied professions
5107	Health and medical administrative services
5109	Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions
5110	Clinical/medical laboratory science/research and allied professions
5111	Health/medical preparatory programs
5112	Medicine
5114	Medical clinical sciences/graduate medical studies
5115	Mental and social health services and allied professions
5117	Optometry (OD)
5118	Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions
5120	Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration
5122	Public health
5123	Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions
5127	Medical illustration and informatics
5131	Dietetics and clinical nutrition services
5132	Health professions education, ethics, and humanities
5133	Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems
5134	Alternative and complementary medical support services
5135	Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services
5136	Movement and mind-body therapies
5137	Energy-based and biologically-based therapies
5138	Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing
5139	Practical nursing, vocational nursing and nursing assistants
5199	Health professions and related programs, other
5201	Business/commerce, general
5202	Business administration, management and operations
5203	Accounting and related services
5204	Business operations support and assistant services
5205	Business/corporate communications
5206	Business/managerial economics
5207	Entrepreneurial and small business operations
5208	Finance and financial management services
5209	Hospitality administration/management
5210	Human resources management and services
5211	International business/trade/commerce
5212	Management information systems and services
5213	Management sciences and quantitative methods
5214	Marketing
5215	Real estate
5216	Taxation
5217	Insurance
5218	General sales, merchandising and related marketing operations
5219	Specialized sales, merchandising and marketing operations
5220	Construction management
5221	Telecommunications management
5299	Business, management, marketing and related support services, other
5401	History
5501	French language and literature, general
5513	French rhetoric and composition/writing studies
5514	French literature
5599	French language and literature/letters, other
6001	Dental residency/fellowship programs
6003	Veterinary residency/fellowship programs
6007	Nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs
6008	Pharmacy residency/fellowship programs
6009	Physician assistant residency/fellowship programs
6099	Health professions residency/fellowship programs, other
6101	Combined medical residency/fellowship programs
6102	Multiple-pathway medical fellowship programs
6103	Allergy and immunology residency/fellowship programs
6104	Anesthesiology residency/fellowship programs
6105	Dermatology residency/fellowship programs
6106	Emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs
6107	Family medicine residency/fellowship programs
6108	Internal medicine residency/fellowship programs
6109	Medical genetics and genomics residency/fellowship programs
6110	Neurological surgery residency/fellowship programs
6111	Neurology residency/fellowship programs
6112	Nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs
6113	Obstetrics and gynecology residency/fellowship programs
6114	Ophthalmology residency/fellowship programs
6115	Orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs
6116	Osteopathic medicine residency/fellowship programs
6117	Otolaryngology residency/fellowship programs
6118	Pathology residency/fellowship programs
6119	Pediatrics residency/fellowship programs
6120	Physical medicine and rehabilitation residency/fellowship programs
6121	Plastic surgery residency/fellowship programs
6122	Podiatric medicine residency/fellowship programs
6123	Preventive medicine residency/fellowship programs
6124	Psychiatry residency/fellowship programs
6125	Radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs
6126	Radiology residency/fellowship programs
6127	Surgery residency/fellowship programs
6128	Urology residency/fellowship programs
6199	Medical residency/fellowship programs, other

Element 28: First Name

Description:

A twenty-character element to indicate the staff member’s first name.

Notes:

Only the first name is required. Please omit any honorifics such as Mr., Mrs., or Dr. Please do not include university degrees, diplomas, or other professional designations.

Legal name is preferred. However, given or chosen names are also accepted.

If an individual requests to be excluded from the expanded data collection, report NR for non-response.

Codes:

NR. Non-response

Element 29: Last Name

Description:

A twenty-character element to indicate the staff member’s surname.

Notes:

Only the surname (or last name) is required. Please omit any honorifics such as Mr., Mrs., or Dr. Please do not include university degrees, diplomas, or other professional designations.

If an individual requests to be excluded from the expanded data collection, report NR for non-response.

Codes:

NR. Non-response

Element 30: Date of birth

Description:

An eight-digit element to report the staff member's birth date.

Notes:

Please report the staff member’s full birth date using format YYYYMMDD (YearMonthDay).

If the date of birth is not known, then the date should be reported as follows:

• If only the month and year of birth are known, please use 99 as default for the day of birth: YYYYMM99.
• If only the year of birth is known, please use 99 as default for the day and month of birth: YYYY9999.
• If it has not been possible to identify any components of the date of birth, or if the individual requests to be excluded from the expanded data collection please report date of birth as 99999999.

Codes:

Eight digits of the date of birth using format YYYYMMDD (YearMonthDay)

Example: If the staff member’s full date of birth is June 29, 1966, please report 19660629 for this element.

99999999. Unknown

 

CVs for Total sales by geography

Geography	Month
	202408	202409	202410	202411	202412	202501	202502	202503	202504	202505	202506	202507	202508
	percentage
Canada	0.11	0.14	0.14	0.19	0.14	0.17	0.22	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.09	0.13	0.15
Newfoundland and Labrador	0.71	0.59	0.57	0.75	0.71	0.69	1.01	0.63	0.78	0.45	0.50	0.80	1.33
Prince Edward Island	2.19	2.30	4.57	4.09	4.39	4.99	1.26	1.09	0.87	0.72	0.81	1.24	1.22
Nova Scotia	0.34	0.48	0.37	0.38	0.42	0.48	1.57	0.60	0.58	0.41	0.35	0.56	0.60
New Brunswick	0.52	0.52	0.46	0.57	0.62	0.59	0.82	0.57	0.51	0.42	0.49	0.62	0.64
Quebec	0.26	0.35	0.16	0.56	0.24	0.29	0.54	0.36	0.53	0.26	0.16	0.27	0.43
Ontario	0.20	0.25	0.30	0.31	0.29	0.34	0.35	0.31	0.23	0.36	0.17	0.21	0.22
Manitoba	0.42	0.46	0.40	0.48	0.55	0.70	0.74	0.75	0.56	0.50	0.39	0.73	0.78
Saskatchewan	0.60	0.59	0.83	0.75	0.99	0.65	0.69	0.52	0.54	0.47	0.53	0.70	0.79
Alberta	0.20	0.24	0.32	0.31	0.28	0.38	0.59	0.41	0.32	0.34	0.25	0.37	0.33
British Columbia	0.23	0.22	0.27	0.26	0.22	0.29	0.49	0.29	0.20	0.24	0.16	0.31	0.32
Yukon Territory	2.28	2.51	2.89	2.42	2.25	3.18	26.11	3.86	2.69	2.04	2.49	3.16	3.33
Northwest Territories	3.09	3.38	3.22	2.91	3.57	3.42	34.07	18.21	2.90	17.86	3.29	3.67	3.83
Nunavut	12.04	13.21	12.76	61.05	6.85	4.28	129.90	6.89	59.24	66.28	9.14	10.52	35.15

The following provides information to assist in completing the Annual Survey of End Use of Refined Petroleum Products.

The end use categories requested in this questionnaire have been established to correlate as close as possible with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Definitions

The following definitions relate to the categories listed on the questionnaire:

Total Net Sales, All Categories

Report sales in Canada, less sales to other refinery-owning enterprises (see list of other reporting companies on questionnaire), and less exports (either direct or known for export). The quantities reported on this row must be broken down by province between the different end-use categories for refined petroleum products.

Iron Mines

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing iron ores. NAICS code 21221. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Oil and Gas Extraction

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in exploration of and/or production of crude oil and natural gas, whether by conventional or non-conventional methods. Also include establishments primarily engaged in contract drilling operations for oil and gas as well as services incidental to oil and gas extraction. NAICS codes 211 and 213. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Other Mining

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in mining activities other than iron mines. This category includes metal mines (excluding iron mines), non-metal mines, coal mines, stone quarries, and sand and gravel pits. NAICS code 212 excluding 21221. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Food, Beverage, Tobacco Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and processing food products (NAICS code 311), Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing (NAICS code 312). These establishments typically sell to wholesalers or retailers, for distribution to consumers. NAICS codes 311 and 312. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Paper Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pulp, paper and paper products. NAICS code 322. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Iron and Steel Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in operating blast furnaces, casting mills, rolling mills or coke oven operated in association with blast furnaces including ferrous metal foundries. NAICS codes 3311, 3312 and 33151. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use that should be included in road transport.

Aluminium and Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the production of aluminium and in the refining of non-ferrous metals and including non-ferrous metal foundries. NAICS codes 3313, 3314 and 33152. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Cement Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the manufacturing of cement, NAICS code 32731. Do not include ready mix concrete operations which should be placed in "other manufacturing". Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the manufacturing of a group of refined petroleum products including fuels, blended oils and greases. NAICS code 324. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Chemical and Fertilizer Manufacturing

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic chemicals and chemical fertilizers. NAICS codes 3251 and 3253. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Other Manufacturing

Include all sales to manufacturing establishments not covered above. This category comprises establishments which are primarily engaged in the following manufacturing activities:

This category comprises establishments which are primarily engaged in the following manufacturing activities and the NAICS codes

	NAICS Codes
Textile Mills	313
Textile Product Mills	314
Clothing Manufacturing	315
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing	316
Wood Product Manufacturing	321
Printing and Related Support Activities	323
Resin, Synthetic Rubber and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing	3252
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	3254
Paint, Coating and Adhesive Manufacturing	3255
Soap, Cleansing Compound and Toilet Preparation Mfg.	3256
Other Chemical Product Manufacturing	3259
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	326
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing - (excluding Cement Manufacturing - 32731)	327
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	332
Machinery Manufacturing	333
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	334
Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Mfg.	335
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	336
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	337
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	339

Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Total Manufacturing

Add up the provincial data for all manufacturing sectors. Do not include mining.

Forestry, Logging and Support Activities

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in forestry and logging services. NAICS codes 113 and 1153. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Agriculture, Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping

Include all sales to establishments with land holdings primarily engaged in agricultural, fishing, hunting and trapping activity. In addition, include establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities; included are activities such as mushroom growing, greenhouses and nurseries, harvesting of fish and other wild animals, game retreats and hunting preserves. NAICS codes 111, 112, 114  and 115 (excluding 1153). Exclude any offsite transportation fuel, which should be included in road transport.

Construction

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the construction of buildings, highways, dams etc., and those providing services to the construction industry. Also include special trade contractors primarily engaged in construction work in such specialties as plumbing, carpentry, painting, roofing, etc. NAICS code 23. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Public Administration

Include all sales to establishments of federal, provincial and municipal governments primarily engaged in activities associated with public administration. This includes establishments such as the Federal Public Service, the Department of National Defense, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and provincial and local administrations. NAICS code 91. Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Electric Power Generation and Distribution

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the generation of electric power. NAICS code 22111. Municipal utilities engaged in the distribution of electricity should be reported under - "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales". Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transportation.

Railway Transportation

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in operating railways (i.e. establishments primarily engaged in the operation of long haul or mainline railways, short-haul railways and passenger railways are included). NAICS codes 482 and 4882. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Air Transportation – Sales to Canadian Airlines

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in for-hire, common-carrier transportation of people and/or goods using aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters. NAICS codes 481 and 4881. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Air Transportation – Sales to Foreign Airlines

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in for-hire, common-carrier transportation of people and/or goods using aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters. NAICS codes 481 and 4881. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Road Transportation and Support Activities

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in the truck transportation of goods, transit and ground passenger transportation (urban transit systems, interurban and rural bus transportation, taxi and limousine services, school and employee bus transportation, charter bus industry, limousine service to airports and stations, shuttle services and special needs transportation), scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities for road transportation. NAICS codes 484, 485, 4871, 4879, 4884, 4885 and 4889. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Marine Transportation – Sales to Canadian Marine Companies

Include all sales made in Canada to establishments primarily engaged in the water transportation of passengers and goods, using equipment designed for those purposes and provided by ships of Canadian registry (flag). In addition, include all sales made to establishments primarily engaged in commercial fishing. NAICS codes 483, 4872, 4883 and 1141. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Marine Transportation – Sales to Foreign Marine Companies

Include all sales made in Canada to establishments primarily engaged in the water transportation of passengers and goods, using equipment designed for those purposes and provided by ships of foreign registry (flag). NAICS codes 483, 4872 and 4883. Fuels used for heating and cooling buildings and offices should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Pipeline Transportation and Natural Gas disposition

Include all sales to establishments primarily engaged in operating pipelines for the transport of natural gas, crude oil and other products. NAICS code 486. Establishments engaged in the distribution of natural gas through a system of mains should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales."

Gasoline Stations

Include all sales to establishments engaged in retailing motor fuels by means of retail pumps, irrespective of the type of ownership or operation. Establishments that operate gasoline stations on behalf of their owners and receive a commission on the sales of fuels are also included. NAICS 4571. Fuels used for heating and cooling the retail outlet should be reported under "Other Commercial and Institutional Sales".

Other Commercial and Institutional Sales

Include all sales to final customers other than residential customers (as defined below), and those activities specifically listed above. The category comprises establishments that are primarily engaged in the following activities:

Other Commercial and Institutional Sales and the NAICS codes

	NAICS Codes
Water, Sewage and Other Systems	2213
Electric Power Transmission and Distribution	22112
Natural Gas Distribution	2212
Wholesale Trade	41 except 412
Retail Trade	44 and 45 except 457
Postal Service	491
Couriers and Messengers	492
Warehousing and Storage	493
Information and Cultural Industries	51
Finance and Insurance	52
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	53
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	54
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services	56
Educational Services.	61
Health Care and Social Assistance	62
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71
Accommodation and Food Services	72
Other Services (except Public Administration)	81

Exclude any offsite transportation fuel use, which should be included in road transport.

Secondary Distributors

Include all sales to companies who resell fuels in bulk to others within Canada. NAICS 412 and NAICS 4572.

Residential Sales

Include all sales destined to be used in personal residences including single family residences and apartments. Include apartment hotels, and condominiums.

I. Introduction

The main objective of this survey is to obtain detailed revenue and expenditure data on each college and vocational school in Canada. Coupled with what is already available for the university sector, this gathering of data will provide a complete picture of the financial statistics of postsecondary education as well as vocational training in Canada.

The following notes provide the principles, definitions and guidelines necessary for the completion of the data form. Since it is desirable to obtain figures as comparable as possible from one institution to another, each respondent is requested to:

• provide accompanying notes of explanation in the observations and comments section of the submission for figures that do not follow the guidelines;
• provide comments on items which are excluded from the data, such as cases where provinces are making contributions to repay debt on behalf of an institution or material gifts received as donated service along with their estimated market value;
• estimates should be made whenever possible if income and expenditure figures are not readily available in the required format from the financial records of the institution. When estimates are made they should be indicated with an asterisk (*).

II. Submission

The final deadline for the submission is indicated in the covering letter. The completed questionnaire(s) should be returned in the self-addressed envelope provided.

A copy of the institution's Audited Financial Statements is also requested with your submission. If a copy is not available, please advise Statistics Canada as to the date on which they will be forwarded.

III. Coverage

With the exception of private institutions that only offer courses at the trade and vocational level, the survey covers all private and public non-degree granting institutions that offer educational programs at the postsecondary level and/or at the trade and vocational level. For statistical purposes, institutions are classified as follows:

1. Colleges/Institutes/Polytechnics

   Included in this classification are the colleges of applied arts and technology (CAAT’s) in Ontario, general and vocational colleges (CEGEP’s) in Quebec, institutes of technology and any other institutions providing education in fields such as paramedical technologies, nursing, agriculture, forestry, nautical sciences, etc..  These institutions offer programs at the postsecondary level, and may offer trade-vocational level programs.

2. Vocational Schools

   This classification includes Community Colleges in Saskatchewan and Vocational Centres in Alberta, government training schools, vocational training centres and any other institution offering programs at the trade-vocational level only.

3. Training in hospitals

   Included in this classification are educational centres located in hospitals, which offer educational or training programs, independently of the community college system, in nursing, radiotherapy, radiography, medical technology, etc..

   To ensure full coverage, it is important that each reporting officer indicates on section 2 of the questionnaire the affiliated campuses included in and/or excluded from the submission.

IV. Confidentiality

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

V. Authorization to Release

In order for Statistics Canada to release the information provided an 'Authorization to release' form must be signed. The form provided authorizes Statistics Canada to release the information in aggregation to the provincial/territorial level only.

VI. Principles of Reporting

1. Accrual Concept

For the purpose of this survey, the revenue and expenditure data should be reported on an accrual basis. That is, all revenues and expenditures should be reflected in the period in which they are considered to have been earned and incurred respectively. For example, major adjustments, such as retroactive salary and their related benefit costs, should be reported on that basis.

2. Total Income and Expenditures

All income and expenditures of the institution are to be reported. In this regard particular attention should be paid to the following:

• when an institution is provincially governed or consists of a branch of a department, all costs related to the operation, maintenance and administration of the institution are to be reported; the actual funds used to finance those expenditures should be shown as a provincial source of funds;
• consultations may be required with the institution's research department to obtain detailed breakdowns of income sources and expenses related to sponsored research;
• capital expenditures, as well as related revenues, that are financed by a government Department or Ministry other than the one responsible for the institution must be included in this report; the reporting officer is responsible for obtaining and providing this information;
• the figures reported should not include income or expenditures for the purpose of creating or eliminating an appropriation; however, any actual income or expenditure transaction recorded directly in reserve accounts should be included in the figures reported; this also applies to other assets and liability accounts; provisions for replacement of assets are considered to be transfers to reserve or appropriation accounts and should not be reported as expenses;
• receipts and expenses relating to special purpose, trust and other funds of the institution should, as well, be included in the report.

3. Ancillary Enterprises

An ancillary enterprise is an entity that exists to furnish goods and services to students, staff or others, and that charges a fee directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the goods or services. To reflect properly the full cost of these enterprises, you should report their total gross revenues and total gross expenditures in the appropriate cells in the Schedule 1 and Schedule 2A. In addition, a breakdown by type of ancillary enterprises (bookstores, food services, residences, parking) must be completed on the Supporting Schedule A.

4. Reporting of Income

When reporting the sources of funds in the operating, sponsored research and capital income in Schedule 1, it is important to show the revenues under the headings that correspond to the immediate source of funds for the institution. For example, if an institution offers training courses for which Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) purchases seats, then the amount of money paid by ESDC should be shown under "Federal" only if the money is received directly by the institution. If the money is received by a third party (provincial government) and then transferred to the institution, then the direct source of funds is the "Provincial Government".

VII. Definitions

1. Program Cost Groups

This section defines the program cost groups to be used in the reporting of direct instruction expenditures on Schedule 2B of the questionnaire.

The criteria used to define the various program cost groups originates from those used in other surveys conducted by Statistics Canada and also from analysis of different educational systems across Canada. Note that these statistical definitions may not correspond identically to other existing definitions used by other organizations or governments.

a) Postsecondary Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction to students enrolled FULL-TIME or PART-TIME in postsecondary programs offered by Colleges/Institutes (see section III). These programs are of two kinds: university transfer programs and semi-professional career programs.

b) Trade and Vocational Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction (or training) to students (or trainees) enrolled FULL-TIME in vocational programs at the trade level for credit towards a recognized standing of proficiency or certification. Also included are direct expenditures related to students enrolled in academic upgrading programs for entry into a vocational program. Such students normally attend regular day classes in provincial trade schools, trade or industrial divisions of community colleges, adult vocational centres and other similar schools. These programs or courses prepare the student (trainee) for an occupational role below the professional or semi-professional level. A period of less than one year is normally sufficient to complete courses at this level. For less complex occupations, a program may last only a matter of weeks. Completion of grade 9 or 10 is usually required for entrance to these courses.

Included are, for example, pre-employment programs, language, skill or academic upgrading programs, refresher courses, apprenticeship programs, training on the job or training in-industry programs associated with educational institution, nursing assistant, etc..

c) Continuing Education Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction to students enrolled PART-TIME in courses, mostly in the evening, offered under the auspices of subsidiary divisions of schools designated by various names such as Division of Continuing Education, Adult Education Division and so on. Excluded are activities which have no sustained instruction or educational purpose such as recreational activities, presentations in the performing arts, art exhibitions and displays, debates fairs, conferences or conventions of clubs or associations.

Included are, for example, courses such as pre-employment programs, language, skill or academic upgrading programs, refresher, professional development, general interest, etc., which are offered on a PART-TIME basis.

2. Funds

a) Operating

This fund accounts for the cost of credit and non-credit instruction, non-sponsored research, academic support services, administration, plant maintenance and other operating expenses of the institution financed by fees, grants and other operating income. This fund will normally include all revenues and expenses regarding materials, supplies or services that are consumed within the year and which the institution considers to be operating, within the functional operating areas referred to in section 3 below.

b) Sponsored Research

Sponsored Research is a restricted fund that accounts for income and expenditures for all sponsored research as well as Research and Development (R&D). For an activity to qualify as R&D, there must be an appreciable element of novelty. Income is to be reported following the funds flow approach.

Sponsored Research covers the following activities:

Basic Research is any experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observed facts, without any particular application or use in view;

Applied Research is the original investigation undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and directed primarily towards a specific practical objective;

Experimental Development is systematic work drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience that is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, installing new processes, systems and services, or improving those already installed.

The following activities should not be counted as R&D:

• all education and training of personnel; however, research by graduates and postgraduate students should be counted;
• scientific and technical information services such as collecting, coding, recording, classifying, analyzing, disseminating, translating, and evaluating, except where conducted solely or primarily for R&D support;
• routine testing of materials, components, products, processes, soils, etc.;
• maintenance of national standards;
• administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses;
• investigations of proposed engineering projects using existing techniques; however feasibility studies on research projects are part of R&D;
• policy-related studies at the national, regional and local levels, as well as those of business enterprises in pursuit of economic activity;
• routine software development, computer maintenance, quality assurance, routine data collection, and market research;
• the many steps other than R&D necessary for the development and marketing of a manufactured product;
• the raising, management, and distribution of R&D funds; and
• routine investigation and normal application of specialized medical knowledge.

Sponsored Research accounts for the institution's income paid in the form of a contract (legally enforceable arrangements under which the institution, or an individual within the institution, agrees to undertake a research project, using the institution's facilities and/or personnel, for a sponsor that provide funds to meet all or part of the costs of the project) or a grant (unconditional payment for which service is not necessarily expected) from a source external to the institution.

Income sources include government, private industry and donors. Income may also include investment income, if the corresponding expenditures are reported in Sponsored Research.

Expenditures include activity funded from Sponsored Research income and exclude activity funded from the General Operating fund. It also includes the purchase of capital assets, if the corresponding income is reported as Sponsored Research.

c) Capital

The uniform reporting practice in the annual return for capital expenditures is to follow the funds flow approach, rather than to capitalize and amortize. Funds received to acquire capital assets are reported as income in the period in which the funds are received or receivable. Funds used to acquire capital assets are reported as expenditures in the year they take place.

For reporting purposes, capital expenditures are to be reported in the same fund as the corresponding income. Specifically, capital expenditures are only reported in the Capital fund when the corresponding income is reported in the Capital fund.

It is a restricted fund that accounts for resources provided to the institution for capital purposes and not reported in any other fund. Fund income includes grants and related investment income, donations and other resources made available to the institution by external funding sources, such as government and donors, specifically for capital purposes. Fund expenditures include building programs, acquisitions of major equipment and furniture, major renovations and alterations, space rental and buildings, land and land improvements.

Capital expenditures, as well as related revenues, being financed by a Government Department or Ministry other than the one responsible for the institution must be included in this report. The reporting officer should be responsible for obtaining and providing this information.

3. Functions (Schedule 2A)

a) Instruction and non-sponsored research

This includes all direct costs related to credit and non-credit courses, summer courses, extension programs and all other academic functions related to instruction and non-sponsored research such as offices of academic department heads, audio-visual services, laboratories, etc..

b) Library

This includes all the operating costs of the main library as well as the campus libraries, if there are any. All costs of library acquisitions from the Operating fund should be shown under this function.

c) General Administration

This includes costs for activities whose primary function is to provide administrative support for the operation of the institution. It includes the activities of the president's office, vice president, registrar, finance, personnel, public relations, secretariats, etc.. It also includes expenditures on convocations, ceremonies, legal and audit fees, long distance phone calls, the internal portion of debt repayments and costs for computing facilities.

d) Physical Plant

This includes the costs related to physical facilities, such as physical plant offices, maintenance of buildings and grounds, fire insurance, telephone service, security, repairs and furnishing, renovations and alterations, mail delivery service.

e) Student Services

This includes costs for activities whose primary purpose is to assist students in their educational or employment pursuits and which are outside of, but supplemental to, the instruction of academic programs. It includes the costs of: counselling, placement, health services, athletics (not physical education), student accommodation services (not residences), student transportation services, bursaries, scholarships and prizes, student financial aid office, cultural activities, etc..

4. Types of Income

a) Government Grants and Contracts

Lines 1 to 10 include grants from, and contracts with, federal government departments and agencies, provincial/territorial government departments and agencies, and municipal governments.

Government grants provide financial support to institutions and the grants may or may not be restricted.

Government contracts provide financial support to institutions under certain stipulations and conditions, including the provision of a deliverable product, such as a piece of equipment, a service or a report. A contract normally includes provisions for institutions to recover certain indirect or overhead costs, with the contract specifying or documenting the basis for the calculation of the recoverable costs.

Federal

Lines 1 to 6 include all research grants, research contracts, grants and contributions from the Government of Canada and its departments and agencies. Income received from the five major federal government agencies is reported on lines 1 to 5 as applicable.

The line items under "Federal" are as follows:

Provincial/Territorial

Lines 7 to 9 include income from provincial government departments and agencies. For example, Provincial/Territorial CFI matching grants, Provincial/Territorial CFI matching income (line 8) from the Ministry responsible for the institution is reported under the Sponsored Research fund.

In the case of a provincially/territorially administered institution, direct provincial funding is to be included here.

Municipal

Examples of income to be reported on this line include grants from urban transit, communication and parking authorities.

b) Fees

This includes all mandatory student fees for credit and non-credit courses (with the exception of residence fees, parking fees and other similar fees which should be reported under 'ancillary enterprises - gross') paid by, or on behalf of all FULL-TIME and PART-TIME students.

All other fees charged to students such as laboratory fees, transcript, late registration, application, athletic fees, etc., are to be reported under the heading 'other'.

Normally, whenever revenues from fees are reported in Schedule 1 under specific program(s), related expenditures should be reported for the corresponding program(s) in Schedule 2B.

Note: Fees that are "flow through" (such as student activity fees collected for the students' council, etc.) should not be reported as college revenue.

c) Bequests, Donations, Non-Government Grants

This includes receipts from business, industry, foundations, individuals and religious organizations, as well as the value of services donated by various organizations.

d) Investment Income

This includes income from all investments such as dividends, bonds, mortgages, short-term notes and bank interest. Realized gains (or losses) should also be included if they are treated as income in the operating and/or capital funds.

e) Ancillary Enterprises (gross)

This includes total revenues from all ancillary enterprises such as residence or parking fees, and sales of services and products from bookstores, food services (dining hall, cafeterias and vending machines), publishing, laundry services, etc..

It should also be noted that the reporting officer is asked to report, on Supporting Schedule A, a breakdown of total income for the institution's ancillary enterprises.

f) Borrowings

This includes only those borrowings which are used to finance expenditures when repayment is to be made by the institution. Note that borrowings should be reported on an accrual basis.

g) Miscellaneous

This includes net income from rentals (other than ancillary enterprises), library fines and fines for other similar charges, and any income not reported elsewhere.

h) Interfund Transfers

When income from one fund is used to finance expenditures in another fund, report the amount as an interfund transfer. Total interfund transfers must net to zero.

5. Types of Expenditures

a) Salaries and Wages

Salaries and wages (excluding fringe benefits) as well as payments for leave of absence, shown under the appropriate functions and programs, are to be broken down into the following two categories:

b) Fringe Benefits

This includes the institution's contribution (in respect of all salaries and wages) to pensions, group life insurance, workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, Canada pension, salary contribution insurance, long term disability insurance and other similar benefits. Also include staff development costs paid for by the institution.

c) Library Acquisitions

This includes all purchases of books, periodicals, audio/visual material and other reference material for the library. Costs of binding may also be included if normally considered part of the acquisition costs.

d) Operational Supplies and Expenses

This includes all expenditures for supplies which are normally consumed in the fiscal year, including postage, teaching supplies, photocopying, publications, long distance telephone charges, repair materials, all supplies to operate laboratories, etc..

e) Utilities

This includes all expenditures for fuel, electricity, water, gas, telephone equipment rental, etc..

f) Furniture and Equipment

This includes all expenses for furniture and equipment, such as laboratory equipment (other than consumables), administrative equipment and furnishings, copying and duplicating equipment, computing equipment maintenance equipment, etc.. Rental and maintenance costs as well as other related operating expenses should be shown under the appropriate operational function. Costs for replacing or acquiring new furniture and equipment should be reported under the capital fund.

g) Scholarships and Other Related Students Support

This includes all payments to students including scholarships, bursaries, prizes, fee remissions, gifts, etc..

h) Fees and Contracted Services

This includes all expenses for services contracted to external agencies (except for renovations, alterations and major repairs). Examples would be cleaning contracts, security services, snow removal, etc.. Also included are fees paid to legal counsellors (including retainers for negotiations of collective contracts), auditors’ fees, consultant’s fees, etc..

i) Debt Services

This includes all payments made to service debts of the institution such as bank interest, mortgage or debenture interest payments, and related charges. Principal payments on loans, mortgages, debentures or repayable grants should be excluded.

j) Buildings

This includes all capital expenditures which are normally considered part of construction costs, except for furniture and equipment as well as land and site services which are to be reported under their respective item. Costs for space rental, building insurances, taxes, minor renovations and alterations on buildings, and all other related operating expenses should be shown under the Physical Plant operational function. Depreciation is not to be included as an expenditure.

k) Land and Site Services

This includes capital expenditures on acquisitions of and improvements to land such as landscaping, sewers, tunnels, roads, etc.. Capitalized professional fees and planning costs related to this category are also to be included. Rental, maintenance and insurance costs as well as other related operating expenses for this item should be shown under the Physical Plant operational function.

l) Miscellaneous

This is to be used when the institution has an operating or capital expenditure not classified in the other categories.

m) Transfers To/From

This item is used for internal transfers of costs between funds or functions whenever it is not feasible to directly adjust the appropriate expenditure items.

The total internal transfers of costs should net to zero.

n) Ancillary Enterprises (gross)

Includes all gross expenditures incurred in the operating of ancillary enterprises (see section 4 (e) above).

It should be noted that the reporting officer is asked to report, on the Supporting Schedule A, a breakdown of total expenditures for the institution's ancillary enterprises.

VIII. Supporting Schedule A

Additional information is to be provided in this section for the total revenue and expenditures of institutional ancillary enterprises (bookstores, residences, food services and parking).

IX. Suggestions

Statistics Canada would welcome any suggestions made to improve this survey.

Canadian Centre for Education Statistics

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

Confidential when completed

Voluntary survey

Although your participation in this survey is voluntary, your cooperation is important so that the information collected will be as accurate and complete as possible.

Survey purpose

Results from this survey allow users a better understanding of the financial position (income and expenditures) of all community colleges and public vocational schools in Canada. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Financial Year Ending: Day, Month, Year (2025)

Identification of the institution

• Name of institution
• Address (number and street)
• City
• Province
• Postal code
• Check the appropriate boxes
  • Type
    • Public
    • Private
  • Governing authority
    • Province or territory
    • Board

Identification of the reporting officer

• Name and title of reporting officer
• Address (number and street)
• City
• Province
• Postal code
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Fax number
• Signature of the reporting officer
• Day, Month, Year

Does your institution offer courses at the elementary-secondary level, other than those academic upgrading courses such as Adult Basic Education which should be reported in this questionnaire?

• Yes
• No

If yes, please exclude revenues and expenditures relating to that level of education.

Instructions

1. Please read the guidelines carefully.
2. All amounts should be expressed in thousands of dollars ($'000).
3. Indicate estimated amounts with an asterisk (*).

Affiliated institutions or campuses included in this report

Affiliated institutions or campuses partially included in this report

Affiliated institutions or campuses excluded from this report

Schedule 1 – Operating, Sponsored Research and Capital Income
Table summary
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Types	Funds
	Operating ($'000)	Sponsored Research ($'000)	Capital ($'000)	Total ($'000)
Government Grants and Contracts
FederalSchedule 1 footnote *
1. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
2. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
3. Canadian Institutes of Health Research
4. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
5. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
6. Other federal
Provincial
7. Regular Grants
8. CFI Matching Fund
9. Other
10. Municipal
Fees
11. Postsecondary Programs
12. Trade Vocational Programs
13. Continuing Education Programs
14. Other
Bequests, Donations, Non-Government Grants
15. Business Enterprises and Individuals
16. Non-profit Organizations and Foundations
17. Sub-total
18. Investment Income
19. Ancillary Enterprises (Gross)Schedule 1 footnote **
20. Borrowings
21. Miscellaneous
22. Interfund TransfersSchedule 1 footnote ***
23. Total Income
Schedule 1 footnote * As highlighted in Section VI.4 in the Guidelines, amounts reported here should relate only to payments received directly by the institution. Return to Schedule 1 footnote * referrer Schedule 1 footnote ** Total should correspond with figures reported in the supporting schedule A. Return to Schedule 1 footnote ** referrer Schedule 1 footnote *** Total interfund transfers must equal to zero. Return to Schedule 1 footnote *** referrer

Schedule 2A – Operating, Sponsored Research and Capital Expenditures by Function and by Type
Table Summary
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Types of Expenditures	Functions
	Operating						Sponsored Research ($'000)	Capital ($'000)	Total ($'000)
	Instruction and non-sponsored researchSchedule 2A footnote * ($'000)	Library ($'000)	General Administration ($'000)	Physical Plant ($'000)	Student Services ($'000)	Total Operating ($'000)
Salaries and Wages
1. Teachers
2. Other
3. Fringe Benefits
4. Library Acquisitions
5. Operational Supplies and Expenses
6. Utilities
7. Furniture and Equipment
8. Scholarships and Other Related Students Support
9. Fees and Contracted Services
10. Debt Services
11. Buildings
12. Land and Site Services
13. Miscellaneous
14. Transfers to/from
15. Ancillary Enterprises (Gross)Schedule 2 footnote ***
16. Total Expenditures
Schedule 2A footnote * The figures in this column should be identical to the appropriate ones in column 5 (column total), schedule 2B. Return to Schedule 2A footnote * referrer Schedule 2A footnote ** Total should correspond with figures reported in the supporting schedule A. Return to Schedule 2A footnote ** referrer

Schedule 2B – Direct Instruction Expenditures by Program Cost Groups
Table Summary
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Types of Expenditures	Programs
	Postsecondary Programs		Trade and Vocational Programs ($'000)	Continuing Education Programs ($'000)	TotalSchedule 2B footnote * ($'000)
	University Transfer ($'000)	Career ($'000)
Salaries and Wages
1. Teachers
2. Other
3. Fringe Benefits
4. Operational Supplies and Expenses
5. Furniture and Equipment
6. Fees and Contracted Services
7. Miscellaneous
8. Transfers to/from
9. Total Instruction Expenditures
Schedule 2B footnote * The figures in this column should be identical to the appropriate ones in column 1 (column instruction and non-sponsored research), schedule 2A. Return to Schedule 2B footnote * referrer

Supporting Schedule A – Ancillary Enterprises
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	Total Income		Total Expenditures
	Operating ($'000)	Capital ($'000)	Operating ($'000)	Capital ($'000)
Bookstores
Food Services
Residences
Parking
Other
TotalSchedule A footnote *
Schedule A footnote * Total should correspond with figures reported in schedules 1 and 2A. Return to Schedule A footnote * referrer

Observations and Comments
Table Summary
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Description (Fund, Function, Type of Income, Expenditure)	Comments

As part of the redesign of Frontier Counts, the following changes have been introduced:

• Ports of entry align more closely with the Directory of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Offices and Services. Historical data was revised.
• Countries align with the Variant of the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest 2019 for Travel Statistics. Historical data was revised.
• Vehicle type for residents of countries other than Canada or the United States of America entering by land is available for all data sources. Prior to 2017, it was not available and from 2017-2021, it was available for only one data source.
• All ferry travellers are included in the water mode, in order to align with UN Tourism recommendations. Prior to 2022, most of these travellers were included in the land mode as either pedestrian or automobile travellers (the only exception was Fortune, in Newfoundland and Labrador).
• The maximum number of passengers allowed in an automobile before it is reclassified as a bus is 8, in order to align with UN Tourism recommendations. Prior to 2022, the maximum was 10.
• There are separate series for motorcycles and "other land vehicles". Prior to 2022, the series for motorcycles also contained "other land vehicles".
• An "other land vehicle" is no longer reclassified as an automobile or a bus based on the number of passengers. Prior to 2022, it was reclassified as an automobile if there were more than 4 passengers and as a bus if there were more than 10 passengers.
• If residents of countries other than Canada or the United States of America entering by air or water are recorded by CBSA as same-day, they will be published as excursionists (same-day visitors). Prior to 2022, they were reclassified as tourists (overnight visitors).
• If Canadian residents returning from countries other than the United States of America are recorded as same-day, they will be published as excursionists (same-day visitors). Prior to 2022, they were reclassified as tourists (overnight visitors).
• Travellers from Primary Inspection Kiosks (PIK) who declare their purpose of trip as "work" are classified as "other travellers" (not as visitors), in order to align with UN Tourism recommendations. Prior to 2022, they were considered as visitors.
• Non-resident travellers with a trip duration of 365 days or more are considered as "other travellers" (not as visitors). Prior to 2022, they were reclassified as Canadian-resident visitors.
• Crew residing in countries other than Canada or the United States of America entering by land are considered as crew ("other travellers"). Prior to 2022, they were considered tourists (overnight visitors).
• One passenger from each bus record is considered to be the driver (a crew member) and therefore, an "other traveller". Prior to 2022, there were no crew recorded from bus travellers.
• Prior to 2022, land immigration data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada were added as "other travellers". Since January 2022, as data from CBSA already include persons immigrating to Canada by land, only data from CBSA is retained to avoid overestimating the number of arrivals in Canada. However, these travellers are counted as visitors as the CBSA does not specifically identify them as immigrants in the data that is shared with Statistics Canada.
• Length of stay for vehicles is no longer published, as the data were mostly imputed and it is not a widely-used or well-established tourism concept. Historical data was revised.
• Trip duration for cruise ships is now collected, which provides data on same-day and overnight visitors. Prior to 2022, trip duration was imputed.