| Geography | CVs for operating revenue |
|---|---|
| percent | |
| Canada | 0.02 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.01 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.02 |
| Nova Scotia | 0.03 |
| New Brunswick | 0.04 |
| Quebec | 0.03 |
| Ontario | 0.03 |
| Manitoba | 0.05 |
| Saskatchewan | 0.04 |
| Alberta | 0.04 |
| British Columbia | 0.04 |
| Yukon | 0.02 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.01 |
| Nunavut | 0.00 |
Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2021 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
Help Line: 1-800-858-7921
Your answers are confidential.
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 information from this survey for statistical purposes.
1. Please print in ink.
2. Please report all dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars ('000 CAN$).
3. Do not include sales tax
4. All dollar amounts reported should be rounded to the nearest whole dollar (e.g., $55,417.40 should be rounded to $55,417). All percentages reported should be rounded to the nearest whole percent (e.g., 37.3% to 37%, 75.8% to 76%).
5. When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.
This section verifies or requests basic identifying information of the business or organization such as legal name, operating name (if applicable), contact information of the designated contact person, current operational status, and main activity(ies).
1. Legal name and Operating name
Legal Name
The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.
Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.
Operating Name
The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with the trade name.
2. Designated contact person
Verify or provide the requested contact information of the designated business or organization contact person. 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. If different than the designated contact person, the contact information of the person completing the questionnaire can be indicated later in the questionnaire.
3. Current operational status
Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name in question 1. If indicating the operational status of the business or organization is 'Not currently operational' then indicate an applicable reason and provide the requested information.
4. Main activity
This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.
The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.
The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational unit(s) targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.
The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.
Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.
If the current NAICS associated with this business or organizations is not correct, please provide a brief description of the main activity and provide any additional information as requested.
For this survey, please report information for this business's most recent 12 month fiscal period
Note: For this survey, the End date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.
Here are examples of common fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
1. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, admissions, services revenue)
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include: Sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales); Transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.
Exclude: Transfers into inventory and consignment sales; Federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes; intracompany sales in consolidated financial statements.
2. Rental and leasing
Include: Rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
3. Commissions
Include: Commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies – (compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)).
4. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)
Include: Non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government; Revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.
5. Royalties rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Include: Revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
6. Dividends
Include: Dividend income; Dividends from Canadian sources; Dividends from foreign sources; Patronage dividends.
Exclude: Equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
7. Interest
Include: Investment revenue; Interest from foreign sources; Interest from Canadian bonds and debentures; Interest from Canadian mortgage loans; Interest from other Canadian sources.
Exclude: Equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
8. Other revenue (please specify)
Include: Amounts not included in questions (1) to (7).
9. Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions (1) to (8).
1. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include: Cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for re-sale – net of discounts earned on purchases; Freight in and duty.
2. Employment costs and expenses
a. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include: Vacation pay; Bonuses (including profit sharing); Employee commissions; Taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays); Severance pay.
Exclude: All payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report these amounts at question 3 - Subcontracts).
b. Employee benefits
Include contributions to: Health plans; Insurance plans; Employment insurance; Pension plans; Workers' compensation; Association dues; Contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans; Contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
3. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include: Hired casual labour and outside contract workers; Custom work and contract work; Subcontract and outside labour; Hired labour.
4. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
5. Professional and business fees
Include: Legal services; Accounting and auditing fees; Consulting fees; Education and training fees; Appraisal fees; Management and administration fees; Property management fees; Information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased); Architectural fees; Engineering fees; Scientific and technical service fees; Other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific); Veterinary fees; Fees for human health services; Payroll preparation fees; All other professional and business service fees.
Exclude: Service fees paid to Head Office (report at question 21 - All other costs and expenses).
6. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
Include: Diesel, wood, natural gas, oil and propane; Sewage.
Exclude: Energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts; Telephone, Internet and other telecommunications; (report this amount at question 8. - Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication); Vehicle fuel (report at question 21 - All other costs and expenses).
7. Office and computer related expenses
Include: Office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines; Postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity); Diskettes and computer upgrade expenses; Data processing.
Exclude: Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report this amount at question 8 - Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
8. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include: Internet; Telephone and telecommunications; Cellular telephone; Fax machine; Pager.
9. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include: Property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes; Vehicle license fees; Beverage taxes and business taxes; Trade license fees; Membership fees and professional license fees; Provincial capital tax.
10. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include: Amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks; Gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs; Resident and non-resident royalty expenses; Franchise fees.
Exclude: Crown royalties
11. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include: Crown royalties; Crown leases and rentals; Oil sand leases; Stumpage fees.
12. Rental and leasing
Include: Lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses; Motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses; Studio lighting and scaffolding; Machinery and equipment rental expenses; Storage expenses; Road and construction equipment rental; Fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.
13. Repair and maintenance
Include: Buildings and structures; Machinery and equipment; Security equipment; Vehicles; Costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses; Janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
14. Amortization and depreciation
Include: Direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements; Amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).
15. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include: Professional and other liability insurance; Motor vehicle and property insurance; Executive life insurance; Bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.
16. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include: Newspaper advertising and media expenses; Catalogues, presentations and displays; Tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion; Fundraising expenses; Meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.
17. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include: Travel expenses; Meeting and convention expenses, seminars; Passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train, etc.); Accommodations; Travel allowance and meals while travelling; Other travel expenses.
18. Financial services
Include: Explicit service charges for financial services; Credit and debit card commissions and charges; Collection expenses and transfer fees; Registrar and transfer agent fees; Security and exchange commission fees; Other financial service fees.
Exclude: Interest expenses (report at question 19 - Interest expense).
19. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include: Interest; Bank charges; Finance charges; Interest payments on capital leases; Amortization of bond discounts; Interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.
20. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include: Charitable donations and political contributions; Bad debt expense; Loan losses; Provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries); Inventory adjustments
21. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
Production costs; Pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration; Gross overriding royalty; Other producing property rentals; Well operating, fuel and equipment; Other lease rentals; Other direct costs; Equipment hire and operation; Log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs; Freight in and duty; Overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales; Other expenses; Cash over/short (negative expense); Reimbursement of parent company expense; Warranty expense; Recruiting expenses; General and administrative expenses; Interdivisional expenses; Interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries); Exploration and Development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses); Amounts not included in questions 1 to 20 above.
22. Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions 1 to 21.
All revenue reported should exclude sales taxes (GST/HST, PST and QST) and be net of returns, discounts, sales allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers.
1. All products purchased for resale
Include: Excise taxes (such as those on gasoline, liquor, and tobacco) and other taxes that are levied on the manufacturer/importer and included in the cost of products purchased by this business unit; Sales of all products purchased for resale, please report gross sales of new and used products less returns, discounts and rebates; Parts used in generating repair and maintenance revenue, report the labour portion of repair and maintenance at question 3; Any sales made to any member company of your enterprise. Do not deduct the value of trade-ins.
Exclude: Taxes collected directly from customers and paid directly by this operating unit to provincial and federal tax agencies.
2. Products manufactured as a secondary activity by this business
Report revenue from sales of products of own manufacture.
3. Repair and maintenance services
Include: Labour revenue from installation, repair and maintenance work; Parts used in generating installation, repair and maintenance revenue are to be included at question 1.
4. Rental and leasing of real estate
Include: Rental and leasing of office space and other real estate.
5. Rental and leasing of products and equipment
Include: Rental and leasing of products and equipment whether or not they have been produced by this business.
Industry characteristics
Value of products
Report sale value of those products upon which this business has reported earning a commission or fee in the Revenue section question 1.
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
1. Clients in Canada
a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include:
c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include:
2. Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include:
For costs of goods sold and sales of goods:
Report the total cost of goods for this product. In the following question, you will be asked to provide the percentage breakdown of the total cost of goods according to the origin of the goods (i.e., the province, territory, or country outside Canada where the goods were originally manufactured).
The origin is, to the best of your knowledge, where the products were originally produced or manufactured (i.e., which province, territory, or country outside Canada). If the origin is not known, an acceptable substitute is the location of this business's supplier.
Note: exclude intermediate shipping points between your supplier and you.
The total for the origin should be equal to 100%.
Sales of Goods
Report the total sales for this product. In the following question, you will be asked to provide a percentage breakdown of the total sales of this product according to the destination (that is, the province, territory, or country outside Canada where the goods will ultimately be used). For the product listed, please provide the percentage breakdown of the sales according to the destination.
The destination, to the best of your knowledge, where the goods will ultimately be used (i.e., which province, territory, or country outside Canada). Acceptable substitutes are: Shipping destinations; Location of retail customers; Location of warehouses.
The percentages should sum to 100%.
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This standard was approved as a departmental standard on September 7, 2021.
The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) is Statistics Canada's official classification for geographic areas in Canada. The SGC covers all of the provinces and territories of Canada. The standard classification version of the SGC 2021 provides standard names and codes for the geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions (counties, regional county municipalities) and census subdivisions (municipalities). The names and codes for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, census metropolitan influenced zones, economic regions, North and South, census agricultural regions and census consolidated subdivisions are shown as the variants of SGC 2021.
The SGC was developed to enable the production of integrated statistics by geographic area. It provides a range of geographic units that are convenient for data collection and compilation, and useful for spatial analysis of economic and social statistics. The SGC is intended primarily for the classification of statistical units, such as establishments or households, whose activities are normally associated with a specific location.
The classification consists of two parts, volume I and volume II. Volume I describes the classification and related standard geographic areas and place names. The Introduction explains the changes between the 2021 version of the SGC and the 2016 version that impact upon the classification, such as changes in name, type or code, and indicates how the new and old codes relate to one another. Volume II contains reference maps showing the boundaries and locations of the geographic areas in the classification.
This update of the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021 was accomplished through the time, effort and co-operation of numerous people in the Statistical Geomatics Centre (SGC) at Statistics Canada.
The SGC enables the production of integrated statistics by geographic area. Established in the early 1960s, the Standard Geographical Classification was released as a working manual for 1964, 1966 and 1972. In 1974, the manual became an official publication of Statistics Canada and was subsequently issued for 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. This 2021 version is the eleventh (11th) edition.
The SGC conforms to the basic principles of classification. It consists of a set of discrete units that are mutually exclusive and, in total, cover the entire universe. Usually, a classification appears as a hierarchy, each level of which satisfies the above-mentioned principles and is defined by the uniform application of a single criterion. Applied to geography, these principles result in a classification consisting of geographic areas whose boundaries are specifically delimited in accordance with well-defined concepts and which, in total, cover the entire landmass of Canada. The classification appears as a four-level hierarchy of geographic units identified by a seven-digit numerical coding system.
The SGC is one of a family of geographical classifications, approved and promoted by Statistics Canada. These geographical classifications provide the basic definitions of geographic areas which, when adopted for data collection and dissemination, result in statistics that are comparable among series and over time.
Two criteria were used in the selection of geographic units for the SGC. The first was that they be easily recognized by the respondents who are asked to report geographical detail. Administrative units were chosen because respondents routinely conduct business with administrative units such as a municipality, county or province.
The second criterion was the usefulness of the geographic units for general statistical purposes. Once again, administrative units were suitable because they are used by those establishing and implementing programs involving the expenditure of public funds and also because the general public can readily associate statistics on this basis with the names and boundaries of administrative units.
Geographic units range from the more detailed census subdivisions to the geographical regions of Canada. 'Census subdivision' is the general term for municipalities as determined by provincial or territorial legislation, or areas treated as municipal equivalents for statistical purposes. Municipalities are units of local government. The geographical regions of Canada are groupings of provinces and territories. The range of geographic units in this hierarchical classification allows for the publication of data at different levels of aggregation.
The SGC identifies the following four types of geographic units:
In SGC 2021, there are 6 geographical regions of Canada, 10 provinces and 3 territories, 293 census divisions and 5,161 census subdivisions.
Each of the four levels of the classification covers all of Canada. They are hierarchically related: census subdivisions aggregate to census divisions, census divisions aggregate to a province or a territory which in turn aggregate to a geographical region of Canada. The relationship is illustrated in Figure 1.
This structure is implicit in the seven-digit SGC code as shown in the following illustration for the city of Oshawa.
| Region | PR | CD | CSD | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ontario | |||
| 35 | Ontario | |||
| 35 | 18 | Durham (Regional municipality) | ||
| 35 | 18 | 013 | Oshawa (City) |
The region code is the first digit of the province and territory code. The code for the city of Oshawa is 3518013.
At the outset, numerical codes were adopted for ease of use and clarity. The numbers were universally applicable to all of the data processing machines in use at that time.
The use of numerical codes continues but the number of digits in the code changed from six to seven in 1976, when a three-digit code was adopted for census subdivisions (CSDs) because the number of CSDs in one census division exceeded 99.
Provinces are numbered from east to west. Because the number of provinces and territories exceeded nine, a two-digit code was adopted. The first digit represents the geographical region of Canada in which the province or territory is located and the second digit denotes one of the 10 provinces and 3 territories. The codes for geographical regions of Canada are shown in Table A.
| Code | Geographical region of Canada | Map |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic | HTML | PDF |
| 2 | Quebec | HTML | PDF |
| 3 | Ontario | HTML | PDF |
| 4 | Prairies | HTML | PDF |
| 5 | British Columbia | HTML | PDF |
| 6 | Territories | HTML | PDF |
The provincial and territorial codes are shown in Table B.
| Code | Provinces and territories | Abbreviation | Internationally approved alpha code Footnote 1 |
Internationally approved alpha codeFootnote 2 |
Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Newfoundland and Labrador | N.L. | NL | CA-NL | HTML | PDF |
| 11 | Prince Edward Island | P.E.I. | PE | CA-PE | HTML | PDF |
| 12 | Nova Scotia | N.S. | NS | CA-NS | HTML | PDF |
| 13 | New Brunswick | N.B. | NB | CA-NB | HTML | PDF |
| 24 | Quebec | Que. | QC | CA-QC | HTML | PDF |
| 35 | Ontario | Ont. | ON | CA-ON | HTML | PDF |
| 46 | Manitoba | Man. | MB | CA-MB | HTML | PDF |
| 47 | Saskatchewan | Sask. | SK | CA-SK | HTML | PDF |
| 48 | Alberta | Alta. | AB | CA-AB | HTML | PDF |
| 59 | British Columbia | B.C. | BC | CA-BC | HTML | PDF |
| 60 | Yukon | Y.T. | YT | CA-YT | HTML | PDF |
| 61 | Northwest Territories | N.W.T. | NT | CA-NT | HTML | PDF |
| 62 | Nunavut | Nvt. | NU | CA-NU | HTML | PDF |
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The following conventions are used in the coding system:
The following procedure is applied in selecting names for geographic units:
Due to system constraints, Statistics Canada is unable to maintain certain characters within geographic names. This results in a difference between the official names and those used in census products. For example, the ER with the official name 'Campbellton–Miramichi' will be published as 'Campbellton--Miramichi'.
Appendix A and Appendix B provide the standard abbreviations and titles for all CD and CSD types for English, French and bilingual publications respectively.
This Interim List of Changes provides a summary of the changes to census subdivisions (CSDs) such as municipal boundary or name changes in effect between January 2, 2016, and January 1, 2021. This list presents the changes which have been processed by Statistics Canada based on the information received and, therefore, may not include all the changes that may have occurred in this time period.
The SGC 2021 presents standard geographic areas as of January 1, 2021. It includes any changes to municipalities, effective on that date or earlier, received by Statistics Canada before the spring of 2021.
Information received after the spring of 2021, has not been included, therefore provincial or territorial authorities may notice some small discrepancies compared to their official records.
Several hundred changes are made to CSDs every five years. These changes may affect boundaries, codes, names, or types. Changes to the census division level also occur periodically. Most changes originate from provincial legislation (revised statutes and special acts), changes to Indian reserves originate with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC): formerly Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and other changes come from Statistics Canada.
Legislated changes are effective as of the date proclaimed in the legislation. Other changes are effective January 1, usually of the reference year for the SGC.
The Standard Geographical Classification is published every five years, coincident with the Census of Population. For most statistical applications, holding the geography in a statistical series constant for this length of time is an acceptable compromise between stability and existing reality. Observations at five-year intervals are suitable for historical trend analysis, yet for current series, a tolerable degree of distortion occurs.
The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021 is divided into two separate products:
The basic presentation of the classification with tables illustrating the classes is available in Volume I. Maps illustrate the boundaries of individual geographic areas effectively describing the class boundaries of each class in the classification. Maps are included in Volume I and Volume II of the classification.
Volume I is the basic presentation of the system of geographic units. It describes the SGC 2021 consisting of the four levels of geographic areas:
The SGC is the centrepiece of the classification, providing a complete list of its geographic units. These units are the building blocks for all other standard geographic areas. The SGC provides a code, name and type for each census subdivision (CSD).
Volume I also describes the classification variants that present census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs), census metropolitan influenced zones (MIZs), economic regions (ERs), North and South, census agricultural regions (CARs) and census consolidated subdivisions (CCSs), and displays them in a variety of configurations for easy access and understanding. The introductory text explains the background and context for using standard geographic units.
This product contains a series of twenty-three maps depicting the boundaries in effect on January 1, 2021, for census divisions (CDs), census subdivisions (CSDs), census metropolitan areas (CMAs), and census agglomerations (CAs). The boundaries are plotted on base maps, showing water features. The maps identify each CSD by name and code, and CDs and CMAs/CAs by code.
Also included are four maps of Canada, which illustrate:
An index to CD and CSD reference maps is also included.
The Statistical Area Classification (SAC) by Province and Territory is a variant of the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC). Census subdivision (CSD) form the lowest level of this classification variant. This classification variant is based on the "Statistical Area Classification - Variant of SGC 2021", but with two additional levels in the hierarchy of the classification:
This allows for the classification of the census metropolitan categories, the census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census metropolitan influenced zones, by provincial and territorial parts. The hierarchical structure of the classification is shown in Figure 3.
A provincial or territorial part designation is included with the name of the census metropolitan category by province and territory. For example, under the province of Manitoba, the three categories of this level are:
Individual geographic units by province are presented for the census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) by province. This is useful for the separate analysis of one CMA and three CAs that have provincial parts. The codes and names of the provincial parts of the CMAs and CAs are:
The census metropolitan influenced zones by province and territory are also presented as provincial and territorial parts. For example, under the province of Quebec, the categories are:
The Statistical Area Classification (SAC) - Variant of SGC 2021 groups census subdivisions (CSDs) according to whether they are a component of a census metropolitan area (CMA), a census agglomeration (CA) or a census metropolitan influenced zone (MIZ).
CSDs form the lowest level of this classification variant. The next level of this classification variant consists of individual CMAs, CAs and MIZs. The highest level of this classification variant consists of three categories that cover all of the landmass of Canada:
The SAC provides unique numeric identification (codes) for these hierarchically related geographic areas. It was established for the purpose of reporting statistics. The hierarchical relationship of the geographic areas is shown in Figure 2.
A Census metropolitan area (CMA) and census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a Population centre (POPCTR) (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, based on data from the current Census of Population Program, of which 50,000 or more must live in the core based on adjusted data from the previous Census of Population Program. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000, also based on data from the previous Census of Population Program. To be included in the CMA or CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from data on place of work from the previous Census Program.
The Census metropolitan influenced zone (MIZ) is a concept that geographically differentiates the area of Canada outside census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs). Census subdivisions (CSDs) within provinces that area outside CMAs and CAs are assigned to one of four categories according to the degree of influence (Strong, moderate, weak or no influence) that the CMAs or CAs have on them. CSDs within the territories that are outside CAs are assigned to a separate category.
All of the landmass of Canada outside CMAs and CAs are classified by the five MIZ in the classification variant. For example, all areas in Canada with no metropolitan influence are classified as "No metropolitan influenced zone (Canada)". Where "Canada" appears in brackets, it may be omitted when the context provides clarification.
Each of the three levels of the classification variant covers all of Canada. For the first level consisting of the census metropolitan categories, an alpha code has been introduced:
In the second level, three-digit numeric codes are used for individual CMAs, CAs and MIZs.
The codes for a CMA, a CA and a MIZ are shown in the following illustration:
| Census metropolitan category | CMA/CA/MIZ code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| A | 001 | St. John's |
| B | 015 | Corner Brook |
| C | 996 | Strong metropolitan influenced zone (Canada) |
The last level consists of the census subdivision codes as described in the classification version. Each census subdivision is part of a CMA, a CA or is categorized as part of a MIZ.
An Economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete Census division (CD) (with one exception in Ontario) created as a standard geographic unit for analysis of regional economic activity.
Such a unit is small enough to permit regional analysis, yet large enough to include enough respondents that, after data are screened for confidentiality, a broad range of statistics can still be released.
The regions are based upon work by Camu, Weeks and Sametz in the 1950s. At the outset, boundaries of regions were drawn in such a way that similarities of socio-economic features within regions were maximized while those among regions were minimized. Later, the regions were modified to consist of counties which define the zone of influence of a major urban centre or metropolitan area. Finally, the regions were adjusted to accommodate changes in CD boundaries and to satisfy provincial needs.
An ER is a geographic unit, smaller than a province, except in the case of Prince Edward Island and the Territories. The ER is made up by grouping whole CDs, except for one case in Ontario, where the city of Burlington, a component of Halton (CD 35 24), is excluded from the ER of Toronto (ER 35 30) and is included in the Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula ER (ER 35 50), which encompasses the entire census metropolitan area of Hamilton.
ERs may be economic, administrative or development regions. Within the province of Quebec, economic regions are designated by law (les régions administratives). In all other provinces, economic regions are created by agreement between Statistics Canada and the provinces concerned.
There were 76 ERs in 2021. ERs are listed with their component CDs.
Census agricultural regions (CARs) and Census consolidated subdivisions (CCSs) are used by the Census of Agriculture for disseminating agricultural statistics. A CAR is composed of groups of adjacent census divisions (CDs). A CCS is a group of adjacent census subdivisions (CSDs) within the same CD.
For 2021, two changes to the composition of CARs were made to allow for the creation of this variant:
There were 72 CARs in 2021. CARs are listed with their component CDs.
For 2021, many smaller 2016 CCSs have been amalgamated in order to create contiguous areas and reduce data suppression. CCSs are listed with their component CSDs.
The national collection response rates for the Census of Population were as follows:
The national collection response rates by Internet for the Census of Population were as follows:
Please visit the agency website for a detailed breakdown (by geography and type) of the 2021 Census of Population collection response rates.
This module provides a concise summary of selected Canadian economic events, as well as international and financial market developments by calendar month. It is intended to provide contextual information only to support users of the economic data published by Statistics Canada. In identifying major events or developments, Statistics Canada is not suggesting that these have a material impact on the published economic data in a particular reference month.
All information presented here is obtained from publicly available news and information sources, and does not reflect any protected information provided to Statistics Canada by survey respondents.
| Cancer | ICD-O-3 Site/type | ICD-9 | ICD-10 | ICD-9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence (1992-2018) | Incidence (1984-1991) | Mortality (2000-2020) | Mortality (1984-1999) | |
| Head and neck | C00–C14, C30-C32.9 | 140-149, 160, 161 | C00–C14, C30–C32 | 140-149, 160, 161 |
| Esophagus | C15 | 150 | C15 | 150 |
| Stomach | C16 | 151 | C16 | 151 |
| Small intestine | C17 | 152 | C17 | 152 |
| Colorectal | C18–C20, C26.0 | 153, 159.0, 154.0, 154.1 | C18–C20, C26.0 | 153, 159.0, 154.0, 154.1 |
| Colon excluding rectum | C18, C26.0 | 153, 159.0 | C18, C26.0 | 153, 159.0 |
| Rectum and rectosigmoid | C19.9, C20.9 | 154.0, 154.1 | C19, C20 | 154.0, 154.1 |
| Anus, anal canal and anorectum | C21.0-C21.8 | 154.2, 154.3, 154.8 | C21 | 154.2, 154.3, 154.8 |
| Liver | C22.0 | 155 | C22.0, C22.2-C22.4, C22.7 | 155 |
| Pancreas | C25 | 157 | C25 | 157 |
| Lung and bronchus | C34 | 162.2–162.5 162.8, 162.9 | C34 | 162.2-162.5, 162.8, 162.9 |
| Soft tissue (including heart) | C38.0, C47, C49 | 164.1, 171 | C38.0, C47, C49 | 164.1, 171 |
| Melanoma of the skin | C44 (Type 8720–8790) | 172 | C43 | 172 |
| Breast | C50 | 174, 175 | C50 | 174, 175 |
| Cervix uteri | C53 | 180 | C53 | 180 |
| Uterus (body, NOS) | C54–C55 | 179, 182 | C54–C55 | 179, 182 |
| Ovary | C56.9 | 183 | C56 | 183 |
| Prostate | C61.9 | 185 | C61 | 185 |
| Testis | C62 | 186 | C62 | 186 |
| Urinary bladder (including in situ for incidence) | C67 | 188, 233.7 | C67 | 188 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | C64.9, C65.9 | 189.0, 189.1 | C64–C65 | 189.0, 189.1 |
| Brain/CNS | C71 | 191 | C71 | 191 |
| Thyroid | C73.9 | 193 | C73 | 193 |
| Hodgkin lymphomaFootnote 1 | Type 9650–9667 | 201 | C81 | 201 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomaFootnote 1 | Type 9590–9597, 9670–9719, 9724–9729, 9735, 9737, 9738; Type 9811-9818, 9823, 9827, 9837 for all sites except C42.0, C42.1, C42.4 | 200, 202.0–202.2, 202.8, 202.9 | C82–C86 | 200, 202.0–202.2, 202.8, 202.9 |
| Multiple myelomaFootnote 1 | Type 9731, 9732, 9734 | 203.0, 238.6 | C90.0, C90.2, C90.3 | 203.0, 238.6 |
| LeukemiaFootnote 1 | Type 9733, 9742, 9800–9801, 9805-9809, 9820, 9826, 9831–9836, 9840, 9860–9861, 9863, 9865–9867, 9869–9876, 9891, 9895–9898, 9910, 9911, 9920, 9930–9931, 9940, 9945–9946, 9948, 9963–9964; Type 9811-9818, 9823, 9827, 9837 for sites C42.0, C42.1, C42.4 | 204.0, 204.1, 205.0, 207.0, 207.2, 205.1, 202.4, 204.2, 204.8, 204.9, 205.2, 205.3, 205.8, 205.9, 206.0, 206.1, 206.2, 206.8, 206.9, 203.1, 207.1, 207.8, 208.0, 208.1, 208.2, 208.8, 208.9 | C91–C95, C90.1 | 204.0, 204.1, 205.0, 207.0, 207.2, 205.1, 202.4, 204.2, 204.8, 204.9, 205.2, 205.3, 205.8, 205.9, 206.0, 206.1, 206.2, 206.8, 206.9, 203.1, 207.1, 207.8, 208.0, 208.1, 208.2, 208.8, 208.9 |
| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | Type 9826, 9835, 9836; Type 9811-9818, 9837 for sites C42.0, C42.1, C42.4 | 204.0 | C91.0 | 204.0 |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | Type 9823 for sites C42.0, C42.1, C42.4 | 204.1 | C91.1 | 204.1 |
| Acute myeloid leukemia | Types 9840, 9861, 9865–9867, 9869, 9871-9874, 9895–9897, 9898, 9910, 9911, 9920 | 205.0, 207.0, 207.2 | C92.0, C92.4-C92.6, C92.8, C94.0, C94.2 | 205.0, 207.0, 207.2 |
| Chronic myeloid leukemia | Types 9863, 9875, 9876, 9945, 9946 | 205.1 | C92.1 | 205.1 |
| All cancers | All invasive sites | All invasive sites | All invasive sites | All invasive sites |
| CNS=central nervous system; NOS=not otherwise specified | ||||
| Note: ICD-O-3 refers to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition.(5) ICD-10 refers to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision.(4) ICD-9 refers to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision.(3) | ||||
