Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

  • profile the manufacturing and logging industries
  • undertake market studies
  • forecast demand
  • develop trade tariff policies.

In addition, businesses use the data to track their performance against industry averages, evaluate expansion plans, and prepare business plans for investors.

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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.

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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 statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For all manufacturing industries - there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development, Manitoba Agriculture, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator.

For establishments in non-ferrous metal (and aluminum) smelting and refining, clay building material and refractory manufacturing, cement manufacturing and lime manufacturing - there are Section 12 agreements with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the Manitoba Department of Mineral Resources, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

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.

Section 17 of the federal Statistics Act allows for the disclosure of a list of individual establishments, firms or businesses showing information including the establishments' names and locations (province, territory and municipality) and North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes. The disclosure of these lists may be authorized in order to aid analysts in the interpretation of data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries.

Business or organization and contact information

1. 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

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 trade name.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. 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
    • English
    • French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
  • Country
    • Canada
    • United States
  • Email address
  • Telephone number (including area code)
  • Extension number (if applicable)
    The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

  • Operational
  • Not currently operational (e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership)
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    • Seasonal operations
      • When did this business or organization close for the season?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
    • Ceased operations
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Bankruptcy
        • Liquidation
        • Dissolution
        • Other
      • Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased
    • Sold operations
      • When was this business or organization sold?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • When did this business or organization amalgamate?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
      • What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
    • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
      • Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
    • No longer operating due to other reasons
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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 units 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.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

  • This is the current main activity
    Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

  • Yes
    • When did the main activity change?
    • Date
  • No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

  • Farming or logging operation
  • Construction company or general contractor
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Retailer
  • Provider of passenger or freight transportation
  • Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
  • Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
  • Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
  • Provider of health care or social services
  • Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
  • Other sector

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

  • Yes, there are other activities
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
  Percentage of revenue
Main activity  
Secondary activity  
All other activities  
Total percentage  

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021
  • June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
  • July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
  • August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
  • September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
  • October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
  • November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021
  • December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021
  • January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
  • February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022
  • March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022
  • April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2020 to September 15, 2021 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (e.g., a newly opened business).
  • Fiscal year start date
  • Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operations
  • New business
  • Change of ownership
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Ceased operations
  • Other
    Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

  • a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
  • these questions are asked of many different industries - some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services

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.

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: FOB factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided.

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other subcontracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • sales of logs and wood residue, regardless of the source of these materials (for logging operations only)
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is (purchased from another company or another business unit of your firm not covered by this questionnaire)
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • revenue from repair work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • revenue from stumpage sales
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (e.g., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns.

b. Rental and leasing Rental and leasing revenue from assets owned by your business unit should be reported here.

This revenue should be reported before deduction of expenses such as property taxes and repairs and maintenance, excluding the goods and services tax (GST). Rental expenses should not be subtracted from rental revenues.

Include:

  • revenue from rental or leasing of manufactured products made by your business unit
  • revenue from long and short term rental or leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment owned by your business unit (including operating leases)
  • revenue from rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships.

Exclude:

  • finance charges from financing and sales leases
  • revenue from intellectual property (for example, patents, trademarks, copyrights).

c. 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 (e.g., compensation for collecting sales tax).

d. 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.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

Royalties paid by your business unit should not be subtracted from royalty revenues.

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 (e.g., motion pictures, computer programs, etc.)
  • revenues from franchise fees
  • revenues from licensing agreements.

f. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

  • dividend income
  • dividends from Canadian sources
  • dividends from foreign sources
  • patronage dividends.

Exclude dividends from capital investment from affiliates.

g. Interest Interest expenses should not be subtracted from interest revenues.

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.

h. Other revenue - specify Include amounts not included in questions a. to g. above such as:

  • revenue from warranties
  • placement fees for displaying items on websites, store windows, catalogues
  • revenue from shipping and handling charges that are not included in the price of the merchandise
  • deposit service income, credit service income and card service income
  • lodging and boarding revenue in the logging industry
  • revenue from secondary activities (e.g., cafeterias and lunch counters)
  • revenue from outside installation or construction work not related to your own products.

Total revenue The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
  CAN$ '000
a. Sales of goods and services  
b. Rental and leasing  
c. Commissions  
d. Subsidies  
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees  
f. Dividends  
g. Interest  
h. Other  
Total revenue  

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

  • a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
  • these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Purchases

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Please report the laid-down cost ('Free on Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), for purchases/cost of materials.

Include:

  • purchases of raw materials and components for manufacturing
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets)
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. 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) for this reporting period. Amounts reported should be gross, before any deductions at source.

Include:

  • Indirect labour costs (e.g., food service staff, repair staff)
  • overtime payments
  • vacation pay
  • payments to casual labour
  • directors' pay
  • bonuses (including profit sharing)
  • commissions paid to regular employees such as your manufacturer's agents
  • taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, gifts such as air tickets for holidays)
  • retroactive wage payments
  • stock options awarded to employees (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 38' on the employees' T4 and which is included in box 14 - value according to CRA rules)
  • any other allowance forming part of the employee's earnings
  • payments to individuals working on their own premises using equipment and materials provided by your business unit since such persons should be treated as employees
  • severance pay.

Exclude:

  • deferred stock options awarded to employees that meet relevant CRA rules (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 53' on the employee's T4 and which is excluded from box 14)
  • amounts paid out to other business units for employment costs only
  • monies withdrawn by working owners and partners of unincorporated business units
  • directors' fees or distribution of profits to shareholders of incorporated business units
  • Cost/expenses for outside subcontracted employees (report at Subcontracts)
  • cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other).

b2.Employee benefits Report expenses related to the employer portion of employee benefits.

Include:

  • payments for employee life and extended health care insurance plans (e.g., medical, dental, drug and vision care plans)
  • employer portion of Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) contributions
  • employer pension contributions
  • contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes (applicable to your business unit)
  • workers' compensation (provincial or territorial) applicable to your business unit
  • employer portion of employment insurance premiums (EI)
  • association dues paid by the employer
  • all other employee benefits such as childcare and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans.

Exclude employee portions of employee benefits (i.e., deductions from pay).

c. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

In such cases, business units provide materials to other business units or individuals for the production of outputs on a so-called 'custom basis'. Subcontract expense only refers to work hired out for production towards the company's outputs.

Include:

  • commissions paid to non-employees
  • any amount you pay to any other business units, firms, or individuals for work done on materials you own
  • custom work and contract work
  • subcontract and outside labour
  • hired labour.

Exclude:

  • research and development subcontracts (report at Research and development fees)
  • salaries and wages paid to employees
  • payments to individuals working on their own premises using machinery, equipment and materials provided by your firm (such persons should be treated as employees)
  • cost of materials
  • cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other)
  • repairs and maintenance services (report at Repair and maintenance).

d. Research and development fees

Paid activities (purchased or subcontracted) 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.

Exclude own labour costs (included in Salaries, wages and commissions).

e. Professional and business fees

Please report only the total cost of purchased professional or business service fees here (a detailed breakdown may be required in a subsequent section).

Include:

  • legal services
  • accounting and auditing fees
  • education and training fees
  • appraisal fees
  • management and administration fees
  • property management fees
  • information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
  • data processing service fees
  • 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 and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report at Other)
  • the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

f. Energy and water expenses

Report the cost/expense of purchased utilities attributed to operations in the current reporting period such as water, electricity, gas and heating.

Include:

  • diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
  • sewage.

Exclude:

  • energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
  • telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
  • vehicle fuel (report at Other)
  • raw materials, i.e., any fuel purchased as input to the manufacturing process as a feed stock or processing material (e.g., crude oil to be refined into gasoline) or for any other non-energy purpose (report at Purchases).

g. Office and computer related expenses

Please report all office supplies purchased and used by your business unit for both manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations.

Include:

  • office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
  • postage and courier fees (used in the day-to-day office business activity)
  • memory storage devices and computer upgrade expenses
  • data processing expense (equipment, software and software licenses).

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

  • telephone, fax, cellular phone, or pager services for transmission of voice, data or image
  • Internet access charges
  • purchased cable and satellite transmission of television, radio and music programs
  • wired telecommunication services
  • wireless telecommunication services
  • satellite telecommunication services
  • large bandwidth services to send/receive digital works
  • online access services
  • online information provision services.

i. Business taxes, licences and permits

This item comprises the cost of various licences and permits, and some indirect taxes (taxes levied on your business unit that are not corporate income or logging taxes, sales or excise taxes, or insurance premium taxes).

Include:

  • property taxes paid directly and land transfer taxes
  • business taxes
  • vehicle licence and/or registration fees
  • beverage licence fees
  • trade licence fees
  • professional licence fees
  • all other licence fees
  • lot levies
  • building permits and development charges
  • other property/business licences or permits not specified above.

Exclude:

  • property taxes covered in your rental and leasing expenses
  • corporate income taxes
  • stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

j. Royalties (other than Crown 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
  • membership fees
  • franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

k. Crown charges (for logging, mining and energy industries only)

Include:

  • Crown royalties, Crown leases and rentals, oil sand leases and stumpage fees
  • federal or provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

l. Rental and leasing (land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc.)

Include:

  • lease/rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
  • only operating leases (as opposed to leases that can be capitalized)
  • motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses (without driver)
  • furniture and fixtures
  • computer, machinery and equipment rental expenses (without operator)
  • storage expense
  • studio lighting and scaffolding
  • road and construction equipment rental
  • fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

Exclude rental and leasing of vehicles (with driver), machinery and equipment (with driver or operator) (report at Other).

m. Repair and maintenance

This item comprises repair and maintenance costs related to the replacement of parts or other restoration of plant and machinery to keep your properties in efficient working condition.

Include:

  • waste removal services, hazardous and non-hazardous
  • janitorial and cleaning services
  • sweeping and snow removal services
  • costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with the following expenses: buildings and structures, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, security equipment and other goods (except fabricated metal products or furniture repair services).

Exclude:

  • salaries (report at Employment costs and expenses)
  • property management fees (report at Professional and business fees)
  • repair and maintenance expenses that are included in any payment to a head office.

n. Amortization and depreciation

Report the amortization/depreciation (the systematic allocation of the cost of assets to current operations over their useful life) related only to the current reporting period.

Include:

  • direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
  • amortization of rental equipment (for operating leases: by lessor; for capital leases: by lessee)
  • amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, deferred gains and losses on investments, organizational costs).

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

  • accident and health insurance services
  • life insurance and individual pension services
  • asset insurance services, including property and motor vehicle
  • general liability insurance services
  • executive life insurance
  • bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance
  • all other insurance services not elsewhere specified.

Exclude:

  • payments on behalf of employees which are considered to be taxable benefits (report at Employee benefits)
  • premiums paid directly to your head office (report at Other).

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

  • advertising planning and creating services
  • newspaper advertising and media expenses
  • catalogues, presentations and displays
  • trade fairs and exhibition organization services
  • tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
  • fundraising expenses
  • meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients
  • other advertising services.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

  • travel expenses
  • rental services of passenger cars, buses and coaches with operator
  • meeting and convention expenses, seminars
  • passenger transportation (airfare, bus, train, etc.)
  • accommodations (hotel and motel lodging)
  • travel allowance and meals while travelling
  • travel agency services
  • taxi services
  • meal and beverage services for consumption on the premises
  • other travel expenses.

r. Financial service fees (bank charges, transaction fees, etc.)

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 Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

Please report the cost of servicing your company's debt such as interest and bank charges, finance charges, interest payments on capital leases and amortization of bond discounts.

Include (interest on):

  • short-term and long-term debt
  • bonds and debentures
  • mortgages.

Exclude:

  • dividends paid to term and retractable preferred shares
  • debt issue expenses, including their amortization.

t. Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown

Include:

  • charitable donations and political contributions
  • bad debt expense
  • loan losses
  • provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
  • inventory adjustments.

u. Other (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

  • production costs
  • vehicle fuel expenses
  • pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration costs
  • gross overriding royalty
  • other producing property rental costs
  • well operating, fuel and equipment costs
  • other lease rental costs
  • other direct costs
  • equipment hire and operation costs
  • log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
  • overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales
  • cash over/short (negative expense)
  • reimbursement of parent company expenses
  • warranty expenses
  • recruiting expenses
  • general and administrative expenses
  • interdivisional expenses
  • interfund transfers (minus expense recoveries)
  • exploration and development costs (include: geological prospecting, well abandonment and dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
  • safety supplies
  • cafeteria supplies
  • materials, components and supplies for installation and construction that is not related to own product
  • all other supplies, material and components not elsewhere specified
  • variance
  • all other expenses not reported elsewhere.

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what were this business's expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Purchases  
Employment costs and expenses  
Salaries, wages and commissions  
Employee benefits  
Subcontracts  
Research and development fees  
Professional and business fees  
Energy and water expenses  
Office and computer related expenses  
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication  
Business taxes, licenses and permits  
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships  
Crown charges  
Rental and leasing  
Repair and maintenance  
Amortization and depreciation  
Insurance  
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment  
Travel, meetings and conventions  
Financial service fees  
Interest expense  
Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown  
Other  
Total expenses  
2. Of the [amount] reported in Subcontracts, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.
  Percentage
From Canadian sources  
From sources in other countries  
Total breakdown  

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

Cost Center

A cost center is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost center. Cost centers do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

  • Yes
  • No

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

  • If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
  • If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
    1. sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
    2. sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).
  • Final selling price
  • Transfer price
  • Other

Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer or logger is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided in question 3e.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Sales of logs, wood residue and manufactured products

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
  • revenue from repair work
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
  • revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

b. Revenue from stumpage sales

Please report any revenue earned from stumpage sales during the reporting period.

c. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

d. Revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Revenue from logging service fees and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing or logging service, comprises manufacturing or logging work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging).

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

f. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

  • revenue from rental and leasing
  • commissions
  • revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
  • revenue from interest and dividends
  • subsidies/grants.
What were this business's sales for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales  
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is  
Revenue from repair work  
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work  
Other  
Total sales of goods and services  

4. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
  • change in inventories.

b. Stumpage fees

Business units undertaking logging operations on Crown land must pay "stumpage fees" for harvested logs.

If logging activity is applicable to your business unit, please report the total of all stumpage fees paid during this reporting period.

c. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST).

Include:

  • boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

e. Vehicle fuel expense Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

What were this business's expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components  
Stumpage fees  
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials  
Purchases of goods for resale, as is  
Vehicle fuel expense  

5. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
  CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

6. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
  Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

7. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include:

  • inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
  • inventory in transit in Canada
  • inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

  • goods owned and held in inventory abroad
  • any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

  • materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
  • non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

  • partially completed goods
  • the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

  • goods of own manufacture from your business unit
  • logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories - specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?
  Opening
CAN$ '000
Closing
CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components    
Goods and work in process    
Finished goods manufactured    
Goods purchased for resale, as is    
Other - Specify all other inventories    
Total inventories    

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

  • shipping destination
  • client's billing address
  • location of this business's retail customers
  • location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.
What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
  Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
United States  
All other countries  
Total percentage  

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

This section asks for a breakdown, by product, of this business's sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue. For each product, report sales net of shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown by product for the total reported at 'sales of goods manufactured' in the Industry characteristics section question 3a. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • sales allowances
  • return sales
  • sales taxes
  • excise duties and taxes

Note: If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided (in question 3e.).

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts after answering "Yes" when asked "During the reporting period, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?"

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

  • Yes
    • Quantity sold in
    • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)
  • No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes
    • How many types of products
    • Number of products
  • No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

Product # reported

Description of product # reported

Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

  • Yes
    • What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
    • Value of shipping charges (CAN$ '000)
  • No

From this section, the calculated sum of the net sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) is [amount] , whereas the value entered in question 3a. in the Industry characteristics section is not [amount]. These two values should be equal.

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

This section asks for a breakdown of this business's purchases of raw materials and components. The total cost of purchases for all raw materials and components should match the amount reported in question 5a. of the Industry characteristics section [amount].

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

Raw material or component 1 -
Hardwood logs and bolts (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

Raw material or component 1 -
Hardwood logs and bolts (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Raw material or component 2 -
Autres billes et billons de résineux (sauf le bois de chauffage et le bois à pâte)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

Raw material or component 2 -
Autres billes et billons de résineux (sauf le bois de chauffage et le bois à pâte)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Raw material or component 3 -
Other logs and bolts of softwood (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing process

This section requests a breakdown, by product, of the total reported at question 5a. Purchases of raw materials and components of the Industry characteristics section. Please report the cost of raw materials for each individual product used in manufacturing operations.

In reporting the cost of the various items purchased, give the laid down value at your business unit, (i.e., the amounts after discounts actually paid or payable).

Where quantity information is requested, please provide this information from your records or, if not recorded, provide your best estimate.

Note: If you are involved in contract logging, manufacturing services or custom work, the raw materials and components used in these processes that are owned by the business to which you are providing a service should not be reported here.

Include:

  • semi-processed goods, if you are part of a multi-business unit firm and receive semi-processed goods as transfers from the other business units of your firm for further processing. The cost of such goods should be equivalent to the transfer value reported by the shipping unit plus any transportation and handling charges paid by your business unit to common or contract carriers
  • any fuel purchased as an input into the manufacturing process, as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline), or for any other non-energy purpose. Exclude: Fuel used for energy purposes (e.g., for office or plant heating). These energy items should be reported in the "Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses" section.
  • If you purchased raw materials that are not displayed in this section, please enter the raw material name and relevant amounts, when asked, 'During the reporting period, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?'.

Raw material or component # reported -

Was this raw material or component purchased this reporting period?

  • Yes
    • Quantity purchased
    • Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)
  • No

3. Of the of reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Pre-consumer (post-production) recycled resin
Pre-consumer recycled resin consists of material resulting from a manufacturing process that is diverted from the waste stream. It is the reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind, or scrap generated in a process. It can be reused within the same process that initially generated it or waste material originating (purchased or given) from another facility.

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Post-consumer recycled resin
Post-consumer recycled resin comes from plastic that was used by the end-consumer, and recycled by a recycling facility. If this post-consumer recycled material is a blend of resins, report it in this section only if are the main component of the blend. The entire amount of the blended post-consumer recycled resins should be reported here (i.e., not just the amount of in the blend).

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

  • Yes

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

  • No

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices). Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list. If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these in the next section.

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

7.  What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

In this section, please indicate whether there are any additional locations attached to your business unit that were not listed in the previous section. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

  • Yes
    • How many locations?
    • Number of locations
  • No

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption).

Include transportation costs, duties, etc., which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes (e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all distillate type fuels for power burners
  • fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
  • fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
  • furnace fuel oil
  • gas oils
  • light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
  • bunker B and bunker C
  • fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
  • residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Electricity  
Gasoline  
Light fuel oil  
Heavy fuel oil  
Diesel fuel  
Liquefied petroleum gas  
Natural gas  
Coal  
Water utilities  
Other  
Total energy and water expenses  

2. Does this business pay rent?

  • Yes
  • No

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

  • Yes
  • No

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

  • Yes
  • No

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

  • Heat
  • Electricity
  • Steam
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

COVID-19

1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business experience additional expenses in 2021 to comply with public health and safety guidelines or corporate guidelines to be allowed to operate?

Additional expenses could include: purchases of cleaning supplies, sanitation measures, protective equipment for employees or customers and costs to retrofit business operations (e.g., Plexiglass barriers, new equipment that facilitates physical distancing, additional labour costs).

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

  • Yes
    • What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021? 
      • Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
      • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
    • Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000) 
    • Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000) 
    • As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments? 
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

  • Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
    e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
  • Retrofit the workspace
  • Invest in e-commerce platforms
  • Use business intelligence technologies
    e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
  • Develop new supply chains
  • Ask some or all employees to work from home
  • Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
  • Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Change marketing strategy
    Include re-allocating marketing budget.
  • Increase marketing budget
  • Decrease marketing budget
  • Expand to new markets
  • Substitute capital for labour
    e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
  • Provided extra staff training
    e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
  • Downsize business activities
    e.g., reduce goods and services offered
  •  Reduce labour costs
    e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
  • Reduce costs other than labour costs
  • Take other actions
  • Specify the additional actions taken 
    OR 
  • No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

  • Yes
    • How much did your business obtain through these means?
    • Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
  • No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Statistics Canada is piloting a web data extraction initiative, also known as web scraping, which uses software to search and compile publicly available data from business websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will do our utmost to ensure the data are collected in a manner that will not affect the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency's mandate.

Please visit Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative page- this link will open in a new window for more information.

Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page- this link will open in a new window to learn more.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Statistics Canada Client Services, toll-free at 1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-800-363-7629) or by email at infostats@canada.ca- this link will open in a new window. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link:

Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

  • Yes
  • No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

  • First name:
  • Last name:
  • Title:
  • Email address:
  • Telephone number (including area code):
  • Extension number (if applicable):
    The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

From the Minister

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne

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We are pleased to see how Statistics Canada has stepped up, innovated and leveraged its modernization plans to strengthen statistical capacity and frameworks. The agency will leverage this investment to continue providing the impactful statistical data and products necessary for a greener and more inclusive recovery.

Through the Disaggregated Data Action Plan, Statistics Canada will provide Canadians with the detailed data required to address gender gaps, inequality and other systemic barriers to bring fairness and inclusion to decisions that affect the people of Canada. Thanks to support from Canadians, the agency will disseminate results from the 2021 Census to provide a detailed and comprehensive statistical portrait of the country. Statistics Canada looks forward to sharing the rich data collected for this census, which will capture the scale of the social and economic impacts that Canadians continue to face because of COVID-19.

Together with Canadians of all backgrounds and in all regions, ISED and its portfolio will continue to build a strong culture of innovation for a resilient, sustainable and inclusive economic future.

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Mandate Letter

Annual Survey of Logging Industries - Short Questionnaire - 2021

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

  • profile the manufacturing and logging industries
  • undertake market studies
  • forecast demand
  • develop trade tariff policies.

In addition, businesses use the data to track their performance against industry averages, evaluate expansion plans, and prepare business plans for investors.

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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.

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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 statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For all manufacturing industries - there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development, Manitoba Agriculture, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator.

For establishments in non-ferrous metal (and aluminum) smelting and refining, clay building material and refractory manufacturing, cement manufacturing and lime manufacturing - there are Section 12 agreements with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the Manitoba Department of Mineral Resources, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

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.

Section 17 of the federal Statistics Act allows for the disclosure of a list of individual establishments, firms or businesses showing information including the establishments' names and locations (province, territory and municipality) and North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes. The disclosure of these lists may be authorized in order to aid analysts in the interpretation of data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries.

Business or organization and contact information

1. 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

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 trade name.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. 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
    • English
    • French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
  • Country
    • Canada
    • United States
  • Email address
  • Telephone number (including area code)
  • Extension number (if applicable)
  • The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

  • Operational
  • Not currently operational
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    • Seasonal operations
      • When did this business or organization close for the season?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
    • Ceased operations
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Bankruptcy
        • Liquidation
        • Dissolution
        • Other - Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
    • Sold operations
      • When was this business or organization sold?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • When did this business or organization amalgamate?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
      • What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
    • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
      • Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
    • No longer operating due to other reasons
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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 units 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.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

  • This is the current main activity
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

  • Yes
    • When did the main activity change?
    • Date
  • No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

  • Farming or logging operation
  • Construction company or general contractor
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Retailer
  • Provider of passenger or freight transportation
  • Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
  • Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
  • Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
  • Provider of health care or social services
  • Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
  • Other sector

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

  • Yes, there are other activities
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Percentage of revenue
Main activity  
Secondary activity  
All other activities  
Total percentage  

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021
  • June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
  • July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
  • August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
  • September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
  • October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
  • November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021
  • December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021
  • January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
  • February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022
  • March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022
  • April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2020 to September 15, 2021 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (e.g., a newly opened business).
  • Fiscal year start date
  • Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operations
  • New business
  • Change of ownership
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Ceased operations
  • Other
    • Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

Cost Center A cost center is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost center. Cost centers do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

  • Yes
  • No

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

  • If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
  • If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
    • sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
    • sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).
  • Final selling price
  • Transfer price
  • Other
    • Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer or logger is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided in question 3 e.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Sales of logs, wood residue and manufactured products

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
  • revenue from repair work
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
  • revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

b. Revenue from stumpage sales

Please report any revenue earned from stumpage sales during the reporting period.

c. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

d. Revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Revenue from logging service fees and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing or logging service, comprises manufacturing or logging work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging).

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

f. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

  • revenue from rental and leasing
  • commissions
  • revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
  • revenue from interest and dividends
  • subsidies/grants.
What were this business's sales for the following items?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales  
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is  
Revenue from repair work  
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work  
Other  
Total sales of goods and services  

4. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
  • change in inventories.

b. Stumpage fees

Business units undertaking logging operations on Crown land must pay "stumpage fees" for harvested logs. If logging activity is applicable to your business unit, please report the total of all stumpage fees paid during this reporting period.

c. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST).

Include:

  • boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

e. Vehicle fuel expense Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

Purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

What were this business's expenses for the following items?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components  
Stumpage fees  
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials  
Purchases of goods for resale, as is  
Vehicle fuel expense  

5. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

6. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

7. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include:

  • inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
  • inventory in transit in Canada
  • inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

  • goods owned and held in inventory abroad
  • any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

  • materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
  • non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

  • partially completed goods
  • the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

  • goods of own manufacture from your business unit
  • logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories

Specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?
Table summary
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  Opening
CAN$ '000
Closing
CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components    
Goods and work in process    
Finished goods manufactured    
Goods purchased for resale, as is    
Other - Specify all other inventories    
Total inventories    

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

  • shipping destination
  • client's billing address
  • location of this business's retail customers
  • location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.
What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
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  Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
United States  
All other countries  
Total percentage  

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

This section asks for a breakdown, by product, of this business's sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue. For each product, report sales net of shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown by product for the total reported at 'sales of goods manufactured' in the Industry characteristics section question 3a. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • sales allowances
  • return sales
  • sales taxes
  • excise duties and taxes

Note: If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided (in question 3e.).

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts after answering "Yes" when asked "During the reporting period, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?"

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

  • Yes
    • Quantity sold
    • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)
  • No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes
    • How many types of products?
    • Number of products
  • No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

  • Product # reported
  • Description of product # reported
  • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

  • Yes
    • What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
    • Value of shipping charges (CAN$ '000)
  • No

From this section, the calculated sum of the net sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) is [amount] , whereas the value entered in question 3a. in the Industry characteristics section is not [amount] . These two values should be equal.

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

This section asks for a breakdown of this business's purchases of raw materials and components. The total cost of purchases for all raw materials and components should match the amount reported in question 5a. of the Industry characteristics section [amount] .

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

Raw material or component 1 -
Hardwood logs and bolts (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

Raw material or component 1 -
Hardwood logs and bolts (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Raw material or component 2 -
Autres billes et billons de résineux (sauf le bois de chauffage et le bois à pâte)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

Raw material or component 2 -
Autres billes et billons de résineux (sauf le bois de chauffage et le bois à pâte)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

Raw material or component 3 -
Other logs and bolts of softwood (except fuel wood and pulpwood)

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

Total cost of purchases entered in 5a: $10,000

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the logging or manufacturing process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes
    • How many types of raw materials and components?
    • Number of raw materials and components
  • No

3. Of the of reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Pre-consumer (post-production) recycled resin
Pre-consumer recycled resin consists of material resulting from a manufacturing process that is diverted from the waste stream. It is the reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind, or scrap generated in a process. It can be reused within the same process that initially generated it or waste material originating (purchased or given) from another facility.

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Post-consumer recycled resin
Post-consumer recycled resin comes from plastic that was used by the end-consumer, and recycled by a recycling facility. If this post-consumer recycled material is a blend of resins, report it in this section only if are the main component of the blend. The entire amount of the blended post-consumer recycled resins should be reported here (i.e., not just the amount of in the blend).

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the logging or manufacturing process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

  • No

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices). Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list. If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these in the next section.

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

  • Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
  • For manufacturing or logging only
  • Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

7. What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

In this section, please indicate whether there are any additional locations attached to your business unit that were not listed in the previous section. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

  • Yes
    • How many locations?
    • Number of locations
  • No

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

  • Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
  • For manufacturing or logging only
  • Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption).

Include transportation costs, duties, etc., which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes (e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all distillate type fuels for power burners
  • fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
  • fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
  • furnace fuel oil
  • gas oils
  • light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
  • bunker B and bunker C
  • fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
  • residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
Electricity  
Gasoline  
Light fuel oil  
Heavy fuel oil  
Diesel fuel  
Liquefied petroleum gas  
Natural gas  
Coal  
Water utilities  
Other  
Total energy and water expenses  

2. Does this business pay rent?

  • Yes
  • No

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

  • Yes
  • No

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

  • Yes
  • No

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

  • Heat
  • Electricity
  • Steam
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

COVID-19

1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business experience additional expenses in 2021 to comply with public health and safety guidelines or corporate guidelines to be allowed to operate?

Additional expenses could include: purchases of cleaning supplies, sanitation measures, protective equipment for employees or customers and costs to retrofit business operations (e.g., Plexiglass barriers, new equipment that facilitates physical distancing, additional labour costs).

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

  • Yes
    • What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021?
      • Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
      • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
    • Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000)
    • Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
    • As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments?
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

  • Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
    e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
  • Retrofit the workspace
  • Invest in e-commerce platforms
  • Use business intelligence technologies
    e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
  • Develop new supply chains
  • Ask some or all employees to work from home
  • Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
  • Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Change marketing strategy
    Include re-allocating marketing budget.
  • Increase marketing budget
  • Decrease marketing budget
  • Expand to new markets
  • Substitute capital for labour
    e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
  • Provided extra staff training
    e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
  • Downsize business activities
    e.g., reduce goods and services offered
  • Reduce labour costs
    e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
  • Reduce costs other than labour costs
  • Take other actions
  • Specify the additional actions taken
    OR
  • No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

  • Yes
    • How much did your business obtain through these means?
    • Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
  • No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Statistics Canada is piloting a web data extraction initiative, also known as web scraping, which uses software to search and compile publicly available data from business websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will do our utmost to ensure the data are collected in a manner that will not affect the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency's mandate.

Please visit Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative page- this link will open in a new window for more information.

Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page- this link will open in a new window to learn more.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Statistics Canada Client Services, toll-free at 1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-800-363-7629) or by email at infostats@canada.ca- this link will open in a new window. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link:

Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    • Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

  • Yes
  • No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

  • First name:
  • Last name:
  • Title:
  • Email address:
  • Telephone number (including area code):
  • Extension number (if applicable):
  • The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Building and Demolition Permits - Monthly Report

Why are we conducting this survey?

The monthly Building and Demolition Permits Survey collects data on the value of permits issued by Canadian municipalities for both residential and non-residential buildings, and the number of residential dwellings authorized. The survey also measures the number of dwelling units demolished.

Building permit data are widely used as a leading indicator for the construction industry since the issuance of a building permit is one of the first steps in the construction process.

Statistics on building permits are essential inputs for the computation of residential building construction expenditures, the quarterly and annual estimates of net capital stock, and depreciation by component. They are also a major input in the computation of investment in non-residential building construction.

In addition, the results of this survey are used by CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) as a reference frame for conducting a monthly survey of housing starts and completions in accordance with its mandate.

The statistics are used by a wide range of economists, construction industry analysts, housing market analysts and economic development officers across Canada.

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the response burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into a data sharing agreement with provincial and territorial statistical agencies, which must keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies. For this survey, there are data sharing agreements with Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. Shared data will be limited to information from the respective province or territory. Each provincial or territorial Statistics Act includes the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of information as the Statistics Act.

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, Investment, Science and Technology 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 the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Reporting period

For the purposes of this survey, report information for the month of January 2022.

Reporting instructions

Please refer to the Building and Demolition Permits - Monthly Report - Reporting guide(s) when completing your report.

Deadline for completing this questionnaire

Please complete this questionnaire and submit it within 10 days of receipt.

Other information about this questionnaire

Additional information about this survey can be found at: Building permits

Monthly Building and Demolition Permits Survey

1. Did you issue any permits for January 2022?

1-Yes

2-No

2. Please indicate if you will be reporting the value of construction in dollars or thousands of dollars.

1- Dollars

The value of the construction project rounded to the nearest dollar.

2- Thousands of dollars

The value of the construction project rounded to the nearest thousand. i.e., $234,800 should be $235.

There are two options for reporting monthly building and demolition permit data:

Electronic questionnaire: Provide the number of permits issued for the indicated reference month, then enter permit information using the web browser.

Attaching files: Enter permit information in the provided excel template, and save to your computer using the following naming convention: BPER_YYYYMM where BPER is the survey acronym, YYYY is the year and MM the month of the reference period.

You can also attach files using other formats (.txt, .pdf, etc.).

3. Indicate whether you will be completing the electronic questionnaire or attaching files with the required information.

1-Completing the electronic questionnaire

2-Attaching files

4. Please attach the files containing your monthly building and demolition permits for January 2022.

Please submit only for the municipality included in this electronic questionnaire. If you require assistance, please contact 1-877-949-9492 (toll free). To submit your completed questionnaire attachment, please follow the instructions below. Once the files are attached, use the navigation buttons to submit the questionnaire.

To attach files

Press the Attach files button.

Choose the file to attach. Multiple files can be attached.

Note:

Each file must not exceed 5 MB.

All attachments combined must not exceed 50 MB.

The name and size of each file attached will be displayed on the page.

There are no files attached.

5. Please provide the number of permits the municipality issued for January 2022.

Include all building and demolition permits for both residential and non-residential buildings.

Number of permits

6. Report the details for each building and demolition permit.

Press the “Start” button to capture information for each permit.

7. Please provide the details for this permit – Part 1.

Permit details

Permit number

Issue date of permit(Format: 4 digit year dash 2 digit month dash 2 digit day)

Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Name of owner

Street address of owner

City of owner

Owner phone number (including area code)(Enter all ten numbers without spaces or special characters)

Example: 123-123-1234

Is the owner name, address and phone number the same as the builder or contractor name, address and phone number?

1-Yes

2-No

Is the owner address the same as the construction or demolition location (site address)?

1-Yes

2-No

8. Please provide the details for this permit – Part 2.

Please specify builder or contractor information

Name of builder or contractor

Street address of builder or contractor

City of builder or contractor

Builder or contractor phone number (including area code)(Enter all ten numbers without spaces or special characters)

Example: 123-123-1234

Please specify construction or demolition location

Construction or demolition location (site address)

Construction or demolition project details

Type of building code

Single House, single detached home

Single House - Condominium

Mobile home

Seasonal Dwelling (unsuitable for year-round occupancy); cottage, house boat

Semi-Detached or Double (side by side)

Semi-Detached or Double (side by side) - Condominium

Apartment, apartment building, duplex, triplex, quadruple

Apartment - Condominium

Row House, garden home, town house, carriage home, quadrex

Row House – Condominium

Primary industry building; farm building, greenhouse, fish hatchery

Mining building

Plant for manufacturing, processing and assembling goods

Transportation terminal; bus and truck terminal, airport, railway station

Maintenance building; hangar, repair shop, railway shed

Storage building; warehouse (for storage purposes only), grain elevator, locker rental, silo

Communication building; post office, mail sorting plant, radio station

Utility building; hydro control building, oil refinery building, water filtration building, sewage treatment building, natural gas processing plants

Engineering; parking garage, tunnel, dock

Retail and wholesale outlets; department store, photographic studio, rental service, beauty salon, dry cleaner, laundromat

Retail complex; plaza, mall, shopping center, store/office building

Office building; doctor’s office, insurance company, bank, office/cafeteria

Office complex; office/store, office/apartment

Hotel, hotel/motel, motor hotel

Motel, cabin

Other accommodation; student’s residence, boarding house, religious residence, hostel

Convention center, exhibition building

Restaurant, bar, tavern, night club, diner, donut shop

Theatre and performing art center; movie theatre, concert hall, cultural center

Indoor recreational building; sports complex, community center, arena

Outdoor recreational building; golf club, campground facilities, outdoor skating rink, outdoor swimming pool

Motor vehicle show room; car dealership, motorcycle and tractor sale

Service station, repair garage and specialty shop; gasoline station, service station/car wash, muffler shop

Laboratory and research center; medical research center, industrial laboratory, observatory

Special building use; funeral director, crematorium, mausoleum

Government legislative and administration building other than office building; city hall, court of justice

Other government building; police station, prison, fire station, military building

Elementary school, kindergarten

Secondary school, high school, junior high school

Post-secondary institution; technical institute, trade school

University

Library, museum, art gallery, aquarium, botanical garden, scientific center

Hospital; general, military, specialized

Clinic, health unit; out-patient clinic, first aid station

Day care, nursing home, home for the blind, charitable home, detoxification center

Religious building; church, cathedral, temple, citadel, synagogue

Type of work code

New construction

Addition to existing building (structural extension) for non-residential only

Alteration and improvements

Foundation

Superstructure or part of new building

Mechanical

Conversion from single to multiple dwelling

Conversion from multiple to multiple dwelling

Conversion from non-residential to residential building

Deconversion from single to non-residential building

Deconversion from multiple to multiple or single dwelling or non-residential building

Installation of a pre-fabricated building

Additional value to previous permit(s)

Swimming pool

Garage and carport

Demolition

9. Please provide the details for this permit – Part 3.

Value of construction

Value of construction $CAN

Units

Dwelling units created

Dwelling units lost

Units demolished

Building area

Gross area

Unit of measure

1-Ft2 (Square feet)

2-M2 (Square metres)

Construction details

Start date of construction (if known)(Format: 4 digit year dash 2 digit month dash 2 digit day)

Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Permit description or additional permit comments

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

  • profile the manufacturing and logging industries
  • undertake market studies
  • forecast demand
  • develop trade tariff policies.

In addition, businesses use the data to track their performance against industry averages, evaluate expansion plans, and prepare business plans for investors.

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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.

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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 statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For all manufacturing industries - there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development, Manitoba Agriculture, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator.

For establishments in non-ferrous metal (and aluminum) smelting and refining, clay building material and refractory manufacturing, cement manufacturing and lime manufacturing - there are Section 12 agreements with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the Manitoba Department of Mineral Resources, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

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.

Section 17 of the federal Statistics Act allows for the disclosure of a list of individual establishments, firms or businesses showing information including the establishments' names and locations (province, territory and municipality) and North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes. The disclosure of these lists may be authorized in order to aid analysts in the interpretation of data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries.

Business or organization and contact information

1. 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

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 trade name.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. 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
    • English
    • French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
  • Country
    • Canada
    • United States
  • Email address
  • Telephone number (including area code)
  • Extension number (if applicable)
    The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

  • Operational
  • Not currently operational (e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership)
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    • Seasonal operations
      • When did this business or organization close for the season?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
    • Ceased operations
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Bankruptcy
        • Liquidation
        • Dissolution
        • Other
      • Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased
    • Sold operations
      • When was this business or organization sold?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • When did this business or organization amalgamate?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
      • What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
    • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
      • Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
    • No longer operating due to other reasons
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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 units 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.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

  • This is the current main activity
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

  • Yes
    • When did the main activity change?
    • Date
  • No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

  • Farming or logging operation
  • Construction company or general contractor
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Retailer
  • Provider of passenger or freight transportation
  • Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
  • Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
  • Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
  • Provider of health care or social services
  • Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
  • Other sector

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

  • Yes, there are other activities
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
  Percentage of revenue
Main activity  
Secondary activity  
All other activities  
Total percentage  

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021
  • June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
  • July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
  • August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
  • September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
  • October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
  • November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021
  • December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021
  • January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
  • February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022
  • March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022
  • April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2020 to September 15, 2021 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (e.g., a newly opened business).
  • Fiscal year start date
  • Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operations
  • New business
  • Change of ownership
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Ceased operations
  • Other
    Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

  • a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
  • these questions are asked of many different industries - some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services

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.

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: FOB factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided.

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other subcontracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • sales of logs and wood residue, regardless of the source of these materials (for logging operations only)
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is (purchased from another company or another business unit of your firm not covered by this questionnaire)
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • revenue from repair work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • revenue from stumpage sales
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (e.g., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns.

b. Rental and leasing Rental and leasing revenue from assets owned by your business unit should be reported here.

This revenue should be reported before deduction of expenses such as property taxes and repairs and maintenance, excluding the goods and services tax (GST). Rental expenses should not be subtracted from rental revenues.

Include:

  • revenue from rental or leasing of manufactured products made by your business unit
  • revenue from long and short term rental or leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment owned by your business unit (including operating leases)
  • revenue from rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships.

Exclude:

  • finance charges from financing and sales leases
  • revenue from intellectual property (for example, patents, trademarks, copyrights).

c. 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 (e.g., compensation for collecting sales tax).

d. 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.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

Royalties paid by your business unit should not be subtracted from royalty revenues.

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 (e.g., motion pictures, computer programs, etc.)
  • revenues from franchise fees
  • revenues from licensing agreements.

f. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

  • dividend income
  • dividends from Canadian sources
  • dividends from foreign sources
  • patronage dividends.

Exclude dividends from capital investment from affiliates.

g. Interest Interest expenses should not be subtracted from interest revenues.

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.

h. Other revenue - specify Include amounts not included in questions a. to g. above such as:

  • revenue from warranties
  • placement fees for displaying items on websites, store windows, catalogues
  • revenue from shipping and handling charges that are not included in the price of the merchandise
  • deposit service income, credit service income and card service income
  • lodging and boarding revenue in the logging industry
  • revenue from secondary activities (e.g., cafeterias and lunch counters)
  • revenue from outside installation or construction work not related to your own products.

Total revenue The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
  CAN$ '000
a. Sales of goods and services  
b. Rental and leasing  
c. Commissions  
d. Subsidies  
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees  
f. Dividends  
g. Interest  
h. Other  
Total revenue  

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

  • a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
  • these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Purchases

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Please report the laid-down cost ('Free on Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), for purchases/cost of materials.

Include:

  • purchases of raw materials and components for manufacturing
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets)
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. 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) for this reporting period. Amounts reported should be gross, before any deductions at source.

Include:

  • Indirect labour costs (e.g., food service staff, repair staff)
  • overtime payments
  • vacation pay
  • payments to casual labour
  • directors' pay
  • bonuses (including profit sharing)
  • commissions paid to regular employees such as your manufacturer's agents
  • taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, gifts such as air tickets for holidays)
  • retroactive wage payments
  • stock options awarded to employees (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 38' on the employees' T4 and which is included in box 14 - value according to CRA rules)
  • any other allowance forming part of the employee's earnings
  • payments to individuals working on their own premises using equipment and materials provided by your business unit since such persons should be treated as employees
  • severance pay.

Exclude:

  • deferred stock options awarded to employees that meet relevant CRA rules (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 53' on the employee's T4 and which is excluded from box 14)
  • amounts paid out to other business units for employment costs only
  • monies withdrawn by working owners and partners of unincorporated business units
  • directors' fees or distribution of profits to shareholders of incorporated business units
  • Cost/expenses for outside subcontracted employees (report at Subcontracts)
  • cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other).

b2. Employee benefits Report expenses related to the employer portion of employee benefits.

Include:

  • payments for employee life and extended health care insurance plans (e.g., medical, dental, drug and vision care plans)
  • employer portion of Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) contributions
  • employer pension contributions
  • contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes (applicable to your business unit)
  • workers' compensation (provincial or territorial) applicable to your business unit
  • employer portion of employment insurance premiums (EI)
  • association dues paid by the employer
  • all other employee benefits such as childcare and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans.

Exclude employee portions of employee benefits (i.e., deductions from pay).

c. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

In such cases, business units provide materials to other business units or individuals for the production of outputs on a so-called 'custom basis'. Subcontract expense only refers to work hired out for production towards the company's outputs.

Include:

  • commissions paid to non-employees
  • any amount you pay to any other business units, firms, or individuals for work done on materials you own
  • custom work and contract work
  • subcontract and outside labour
  • hired labour.

Exclude:

  • research and development subcontracts (report at Research and development fees)
  • salaries and wages paid to employees
  • payments to individuals working on their own premises using machinery, equipment and materials provided by your firm (such persons should be treated as employees)
  • cost of materials
  • cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other)
  • repairs and maintenance services (report at Repair and maintenance).

d. Research and development fees

Paid activities (purchased or subcontracted) 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.

Exclude own labour costs (included in Salaries, wages and commissions).

e. Professional and business fees

Please report only the total cost of purchased professional or business service fees here (a detailed breakdown may be required in a subsequent section).

Include:

  • legal services
  • accounting and auditing fees
  • education and training fees
  • appraisal fees
  • management and administration fees
  • property management fees
  • information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
  • data processing service fees
  • 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 and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report at Other)
  • the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

f. Energy and water expenses

Report the cost/expense of purchased utilities attributed to operations in the current reporting period such as water, electricity, gas and heating.

Include:

  • diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
  • sewage.

Exclude:

  • energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
  • telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
  • vehicle fuel (report at Other)
  • raw materials, i.e., any fuel purchased as input to the manufacturing process as a feed stock or processing material (e.g., crude oil to be refined into gasoline) or for any other non-energy purpose (report at Purchases).

g. Office and computer related expenses

Please report all office supplies purchased and used by your business unit for both manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations.

Include:

  • office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
  • postage and courier fees (used in the day-to-day office business activity)
  • memory storage devices and computer upgrade expenses
  • data processing expense (equipment, software and software licenses).

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

  • telephone, fax, cellular phone, or pager services for transmission of voice, data or image
  • Internet access charges
  • purchased cable and satellite transmission of television, radio and music programs
  • wired telecommunication services
  • wireless telecommunication services
  • satellite telecommunication services
  • large bandwidth services to send/receive digital works
  • online access services
  • online information provision services.

i. Business taxes, licences and permits

This item comprises the cost of various licences and permits, and some indirect taxes (taxes levied on your business unit that are not corporate income or logging taxes, sales or excise taxes, or insurance premium taxes).

Include:

  • property taxes paid directly and land transfer taxes
  • business taxes
  • vehicle licence and/or registration fees
  • beverage licence fees
  • trade licence fees
  • professional licence fees
  • all other licence fees
  • lot levies
  • building permits and development charges
  • other property/business licences or permits not specified above.

Exclude:

  • property taxes covered in your rental and leasing expenses
  • corporate income taxes
  • stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

j. Royalties (other than Crown 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
  • membership fees
  • franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

k. Crown charges (for logging, mining and energy industries only)

Include:

  • Crown royalties, Crown leases and rentals, oil sand leases and stumpage fees
  • federal or provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

l. Rental and leasing (land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc.)

Include:

  • lease/rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
  • only operating leases (as opposed to leases that can be capitalized)
  • motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses (without driver)
  • furniture and fixtures
  • computer, machinery and equipment rental expenses (without operator)
  • storage expense
  • studio lighting and scaffolding
  • road and construction equipment rental
  • fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

Exclude rental and leasing of vehicles (with driver), machinery and equipment (with driver or operator) (report at Other).

m. Repair and maintenance

This item comprises repair and maintenance costs related to the replacement of parts or other restoration of plant and machinery to keep your properties in efficient working condition.

Include:

  • waste removal services, hazardous and non-hazardous
  • janitorial and cleaning services
  • sweeping and snow removal services
  • costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with the following expenses: buildings and structures, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, security equipment and other goods (except fabricated metal products or furniture repair services).

Exclude:

  • salaries (report at Employment costs and expenses)
  • property management fees (report at Professional and business fees)
  • repair and maintenance expenses that are included in any payment to a head office.

n. Amortization and depreciation

Report the amortization/depreciation (the systematic allocation of the cost of assets to current operations over their useful life) related only to the current reporting period.

Include:

  • direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
  • amortization of rental equipment (for operating leases: by lessor; for capital leases: by lessee)
  • amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, deferred gains and losses on investments, organizational costs).

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

  • accident and health insurance services
  • life insurance and individual pension services
  • asset insurance services, including property and motor vehicle
  • general liability insurance services
  • executive life insurance
  • bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance
  • all other insurance services not elsewhere specified.

Exclude:

  • payments on behalf of employees which are considered to be taxable benefits (report at Employee benefits)
  • premiums paid directly to your head office (report at Other).

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

  • advertising planning and creating services
  • newspaper advertising and media expenses
  • catalogues, presentations and displays
  • trade fairs and exhibition organization services
  • tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
  • fundraising expenses
  • meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients
  • other advertising services.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

  • travel expenses
  • rental services of passenger cars, buses and coaches with operator
  • meeting and convention expenses, seminars
  • passenger transportation (airfare, bus, train, etc.)
  • accommodations (hotel and motel lodging)
  • travel allowance and meals while travelling
  • travel agency services
  • taxi services
  • meal and beverage services for consumption on the premises
  • other travel expenses.

r. Financial service fees (bank charges, transaction fees, etc.)

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 Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

Please report the cost of servicing your company's debt such as interest and bank charges, finance charges, interest payments on capital leases and amortization of bond discounts.

Include (interest on):

  • short-term and long-term debt
  • bonds and debentures
  • mortgages.

Exclude:

  • dividends paid to term and retractable preferred shares
  • debt issue expenses, including their amortization.

t. Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown

Include:

  • charitable donations and political contributions
  • bad debt expense
  • loan losses
  • provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
  • inventory adjustments.

u. Other (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

  • production costs
  • vehicle fuel expenses
  • pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration costs
  • gross overriding royalty
  • other producing property rental costs
  • well operating, fuel and equipment costs
  • other lease rental costs
  • other direct costs
  • equipment hire and operation costs
  • log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
  • overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales
  • cash over/short (negative expense)
  • reimbursement of parent company expenses
  • warranty expenses
  • recruiting expenses
  • general and administrative expenses
  • interdivisional expenses
  • interfund transfers (minus expense recoveries)
  • exploration and development costs (include: geological prospecting, well abandonment and dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
  • safety supplies
  • cafeteria supplies
  • materials, components and supplies for installation and construction that is not related to own product
  • all other supplies, material and components not elsewhere specified
  • variance
  • all other expenses not reported elsewhere.

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , what were this business's expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Purchases  
Employment costs and expenses  
Salaries, wages and commissions  
Employee benefits  
Subcontracts  
Research and development fees  
Professional and business fees  
Energy and water expenses  
Office and computer related expenses  
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication  
Business taxes, licenses and permits  
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships  
Crown charges  
Rental and leasing  
Repair and maintenance  
Amortization and depreciation  
Insurance  
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment  
Travel, meetings and conventions  
Financial service fees  
Interest expense  
Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown  
Other  
Total expenses  
2. Of the [amount] reported in Subcontracts, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.
  Percentage
From Canadian sources  
From sources in other countries  
Total breakdown  

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

Cost Center A cost center is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost center. Cost centers do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

  • Yes
  • No

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

  • If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
  • If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
    1. sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
    2. sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).
  • Final selling price
  • Transfer price
  • Other

Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer or logger is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided in question 3 e.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
  • revenue from repair work
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
  • revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

b. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

c. Revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing or logging service, comprises manufacturing or logging work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging).

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

  • revenue from rental and leasing
  • commissions
  • revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
  • revenue from interest and dividends
  • subsidies/grants.
What were this business's sales for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales  
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is  
Revenue from repair work  
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work  
Other  
Total sales of goods and services  
4. Of the [amount] reported in Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.
  Percentage
From Canadian clients  
From clients in other countries  
Total breakdown  

5. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
  • change in inventories.

b. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST).

Include:

  • boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

c. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

d. Vehicle fuel expense Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

What were this business's expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components  
Stumpage fees  
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials  
Purchases of goods for resale, as is  
Vehicle fuel expense  

6. Did this business purchase goods (raw materials, semi-finished, or finished goods) "off the shelf" outside of Canada and sell them "as-is" in foreign markets (including the U.S.) without altering the goods, and without the goods entering Canada before the sale?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

7. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
  CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

8. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
  Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

9. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include:

  • inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
  • inventory in transit in Canada
  • inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

  • goods owned and held in inventory abroad
  • any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

  • materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
  • non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

  • partially completed goods
  • the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

  • goods of own manufacture from your business unit
  • logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories - specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?
  Opening
CAN$ '000
Closing
CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components    
Goods and work in process    
Finished goods manufactured    
Goods purchased for resale, as is    
Other - Specify all other inventories    
Total inventories    

10. On the last day of the fiscal year, did this business hold inventories abroad, including inventories in transit to Canada?

Include raw materials, work in process, and finished goods recorded in this business's accounting books, but physically located outside of Canada. Also include goods purchased abroad for resale "as-is" in foreign markets.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

11. What was the approximate value of inventories held abroad at the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Value of inventories in CAN$ '000

12. Is the value reported above included in the [amount] closing inventories previously reported in question 9 from the inventory section?

  • Yes
  • No

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

  • shipping destination
  • client's billing address
  • location of this business's retail customers
  • location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.
What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
  Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
United States  
All other countries  
Total percentage  

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

This section asks for a breakdown, by product, of this business's sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue. For each product, report sales net of shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown by product for the total reported at 'sales of goods manufactured' in the Industry characteristics section question 3a. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • sales allowances
  • return sales
  • sales taxes
  • excise duties and taxes

Note: If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided (in question 3e.).

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts after answering "Yes" when asked "During the reporting period, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?"

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

  • Yes
    • Quantity sold
    • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)
  • No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes
    • How many types of products?
    • Number of products
  • No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

Product # reported

Description of product # reported

Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

  • Yes
    • What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
    • Value of shipping charges (CAN$ '000)
  • No

From this section, the calculated sum of the net sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) is [amount] , whereas the value entered in question 3a. in the Industry characteristics section is not [amount]. These two values should be equal.

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

This section asks for a breakdown of this business's purchases of raw materials and components. The total cost of purchases for all raw materials and components should match the amount reported in question 5a. of the Industry characteristics section.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

2. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase the following raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

Yes

  • Quantity purchased in Oven dry metric
    Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

No

3. Of the of reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Pre-consumer (post-production) recycled resin
Pre-consumer recycled resin consists of material resulting from a manufacturing process that is diverted from the waste stream. It is the reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind, or scrap generated in a process. It can be reused within the same process that initially generated it or waste material originating (purchased or given) from another facility.

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Post-consumer recycled resin
Post-consumer recycled resin comes from plastic that was used by the end-consumer, and recycled by a recycling facility. If this post-consumer recycled material is a blend of resins, report it in this section only if are the main component of the blend. The entire amount of the blended post-consumer recycled resins should be reported here (i.e., not just the amount of in the blend).

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the logging or manufacturing process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

  • No

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

The following questions ask for details on each of this business's 3 locations that were operational during the reporting period ending in 2021. For each location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices). Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list. If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these in the next section.

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

7. What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

In this section, please indicate whether there are any additional locations attached to your business unit that were not listed in the previous section. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

  • Yes
    • How many locations?
    • Number of locations
  • No

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption).

Include transportation costs, duties, etc., which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes (e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all distillate type fuels for power burners
  • fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
  • fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
  • furnace fuel oil
  • gas oils
  • light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
  • bunker B and bunker C
  • fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
  • residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
Electricity  
Gasoline  
Light fuel oil  
Heavy fuel oil  
Diesel fuel  
Liquefied petroleum gas  
Natural gas  
Coal  
Water utilities  
Other  
Total energy and water expenses  

2. Does this business pay rent?

  • Yes
  • No

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

  • Yes
  • No

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

  • Yes
  • No

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

  • Heat
  • Electricity
  • Steam
  • Other
    Specify other reason

COVID-19

1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business experience additional expenses in 2021 to comply with public health and safety guidelines or corporate guidelines to be allowed to operate?

Additional expenses could include: purchases of cleaning supplies, sanitation measures, protective equipment for employees or customers and costs to retrofit business operations (e.g., Plexiglass barriers, new equipment that facilitates physical distancing, additional labour costs).

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

  • Yes
    • What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021?
      • Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
      • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
    • Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000)
    • Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
    • As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments? 
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

  • Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
    e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
  • Retrofit the workspace
  • Invest in e-commerce platforms
  • Use business intelligence technologies
    e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
  • Develop new supply chains
  • Ask some or all employees to work from home
  • Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
  • Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Change marketing strategy
    Include re-allocating marketing budget.
  • Increase marketing budget
  • Decrease marketing budget
  • Expand to new markets
  • Substitute capital for labour
    e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
  • Provided extra staff training
    e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
  • Downsize business activities
    e.g., reduce goods and services offered
  • Reduce labour costs
    e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
  • Reduce costs other than labour costs
  • Take other actions
  • Specify the additional actions taken
    OR
  • No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

  • Yes
    • How much did your business obtain through these means?
    • Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
  • No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Statistics Canada is piloting a web data extraction initiative, also known as web scraping, which uses software to search and compile publicly available data from business websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will do our utmost to ensure the data are collected in a manner that will not affect the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency's mandate.

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Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

  • Yes
  • No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

  • First name:
  • Last name:
  • Title:
  • Email address:
  • Telephone number (including area code):
  • Extension number (if applicable):
    The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries - Short Questionnaire - 2021

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

  • profile the manufacturing and logging industries
  • undertake market studies
  • forecast demand
  • develop trade tariff policies.

In addition, businesses use the data to track their performance against industry averages, evaluate expansion plans, and prepare business plans for investors.

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

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Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

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Record linkages

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For all manufacturing industries - there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development, Manitoba Agriculture, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator.

For establishments in non-ferrous metal (and aluminum) smelting and refining, clay building material and refractory manufacturing, cement manufacturing and lime manufacturing - there are Section 12 agreements with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the Manitoba Department of Mineral Resources, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

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.

Section 17 of the federal Statistics Act allows for the disclosure of a list of individual establishments, firms or businesses showing information including the establishments' names and locations (province, territory and municipality) and North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes. The disclosure of these lists may be authorized in order to aid analysts in the interpretation of data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries.

Business or organization and contact information

1. 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

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 trade name.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. 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
    • English
    • French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
  • Country
    • Canada
    • United States
  • Email address
  • Telephone number (including area code)
  • Extension number (if applicable)
  • The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

  • Operational
  • Not currently operational
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    • Seasonal operations
      • When did this business or organization close for the season?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
    • Ceased operations
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Bankruptcy
        • Liquidation
        • Dissolution
        • Other - Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
    • Sold operations
      • When was this business or organization sold?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • When did this business or organization amalgamate?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
      • What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
    • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
      • Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
    • No longer operating due to other reasons
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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 units 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.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

  • This is the current main activity
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

  • Yes
    • When did the main activity change?
    • Date
  • No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

  • Farming or logging operation
  • Construction company or general contractor
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Retailer
  • Provider of passenger or freight transportation
  • Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
  • Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
  • Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
  • Provider of health care or social services
  • Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
  • Other sector

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

  • Yes, there are other activities
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
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  Percentage of revenue
Main activity  
Secondary activity  
All other activities  
Total percentage  

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021
  • June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
  • July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
  • August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
  • September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
  • October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
  • November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021
  • December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021
  • January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
  • February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022
  • March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022
  • April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2020 to September 15, 2021 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (e.g., a newly opened business).
  • Fiscal year start date
  • Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operations
  • New business
  • Change of ownership
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Ceased operations
  • Other
    • Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880. 25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

Cost Center A cost center is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost center. Cost centers do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

  • Yes
  • No

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

  • If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
  • If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
    • sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
    • sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).
  • Final selling price
  • Transfer price
  • Other
    • Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer or logger is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided in question 3 e.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

  • sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
  • sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
  • sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
  • amounts received from progress billings
  • charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
  • book value of goods sold for rental
  • transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
  • revenue from repair work
  • revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
  • revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

b. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

  • transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts and returns
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

c. Revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing or logging service, comprises manufacturing or logging work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging).

Exclude:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

  • revenue from rental and leasing
  • commissions
  • revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
  • revenue from interest and dividends
  • subsidies/grants.
What were this business's sales for the following items?
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  CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales  
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is  
Revenue from repair work  
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work  
Other  
Total sales of goods and services  
4. Of the [amount] reported in Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.
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  Percentage
Fom Canadian clients  
Fom clients in other countries  
Total breakdown  

5. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
  • purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
  • change in inventories.

b. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST).

Include:

  • boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

c. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

  • shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
  • freight in and duty.

Exclude:

  • federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
  • change in inventories.

d. Vehicle fuel expense Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

Purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

What were this business's expenses for the following items?
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  CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components  
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials  
Purchases of goods for resale, as is  
Vehicle fuel expense  

6. Did this business purchase goods (raw materials, semi-finished, or finished goods) "off the shelf" outside of Canada and sell them "as-is" in foreign markets (including the U. S.) without altering the goods, and without the goods entering Canada before the sale?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

7. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
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  CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

8. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).
For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
Table summary
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  Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)  
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)  

9. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include:

  • inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
  • inventory in transit in Canada
  • inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

  • goods owned and held in inventory abroad
  • any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

  • materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
  • fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
  • non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

  • partially completed goods
  • the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

  • goods of own manufacture from your business unit
  • logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories

Specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?
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  Opening
CAN$ '000
Closing
CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components    
Goods and work in process    
Finished goods manufactured    
Goods purchased for resale, as is    
Other - Specify all other inventories    
Total inventories    

10. On the last day of the fiscal year, did this business hold inventories abroad, including inventories in transit to Canada?

Include raw materials, work in process, and finished goods recorded in this business's accounting books, but physically located outside of Canada. Also include goods purchased abroad for resale "as-is" in foreign markets.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

11. What was the approximate value of inventories held abroad at the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Value of inventories in CAN$ '000

12. Is the value reported above included in the [amount] closing inventories previously reported in question 9 from the inventory section?

  • Yes
  • No

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

  • shipping destination
  • client's billing address
  • location of this business's retail customers
  • location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.
What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
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  Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
United States  
All other countries  
Total percentage  

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

This section asks for a breakdown, by product, of this business's sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue. For each product, report sales net of shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown by product for the total reported at 'sales of goods manufactured' in the Industry characteristics section question 3a. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

  • shipping charges by common or contract carriers
  • discounts
  • sales allowances
  • return sales
  • sales taxes
  • excise duties and taxes

Note: If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided (in question 3e.).

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts after answering "Yes" when asked "During the reporting period, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?"

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

  • Yes
    • Quantity sold
    • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)
  • No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes
    • How many types of products?
    • Number of products
  • No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

  • Product # reported
  • Description of product # reported
  • Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

  • Yes
    • What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
    • Value of shipping charges (CAN$ '000)
  • No

From this section, the calculated sum of the net sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) is [amount] , whereas the value entered in question 3a. in the Industry characteristics section is not [amount]. These two values should be equal.

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

This section asks for a breakdown of this business's purchases of raw materials and components. The total cost of purchases for all raw materials and components should match the amount reported in question 5a. of the Industry characteristics section.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

2. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase the following raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This section requests a breakdown, by product, of the total reported at question 5a. Purchases of raw materials and components of the Industry characteristics section. Please report the cost of raw materials for each individual product used in manufacturing operations.

In reporting the cost of the various items purchased, give the laid down value at your business unit, (i.e., the amounts after discounts actually paid or payable).

Where quantity information is requested, please provide this information from your records or, if not recorded, provide your best estimate.

Note: If you are involved in contract logging, manufacturing services or custom work, the raw materials and components used in these processes that are owned by the business to which you are providing a service should not be reported here.

Include:

  • semi-processed goods, if you are part of a multi-business unit firm and receive semi-processed goods as transfers from the other business units of your firm for further processing. The cost of such goods should be equivalent to the transfer value reported by the shipping unit plus any transportation and handling charges paid by your business unit to common or contract carriers
  • any fuel purchased as an input into the manufacturing process, as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline), or for any other non-energy purpose.

Exclude: Fuel used for energy purposes (e.g., for office or plant heating). These energy items should be reported in the "Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses" section.

If you purchased raw materials that are not displayed in this section, please enter the raw material name and relevant amounts, when asked, "During the reporting period, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?"

Yes

  • Quantity purchased in Oven dry metric
    Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

No

3. Of the of reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Pre-consumer (post-production) recycled resin
Pre-consumer recycled resin consists of material resulting from a manufacturing process that is diverted from the waste stream. It is the reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind, or scrap generated in a process. It can be reused within the same process that initially generated it or waste material originating (purchased or given) from another facility.

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Post-consumer recycled resin
Post-consumer recycled resin comes from plastic that was used by the end-consumer, and recycled by a recycling facility. If this post-consumer recycled material is a blend of resins, report it in this section only if are the main component of the blend. The entire amount of the blended post-consumer recycled resins should be reported here (i.e., not just the amount of in the blend).

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the logging or manufacturing process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

  • Yes

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

  • No

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

The following questions ask for details on each of this business's 3 locations that were operational during the reporting period ending in 2021 . For each location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices). Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list. If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these in the next section.

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

  • Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
  • For manufacturing or logging only
  • Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

7. What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

In this section, please indicate whether there are any additional locations attached to your business unit that were not listed in the previous section. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

  • Yes
    • How many locations?
    • Number of locations
  • No

Details on this business's additional location # reported

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

  • Operating name
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Nova Scotia
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon Territory
  • Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

  • manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
  • logging and forestry support
  • packing, handling, warehousing
  • repair and maintenance, janitorial
  • watchmen
  • foremen doing work similar to their employees
  • erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

  • executives, administrators and office staff
  • sales staff
  • food service staff
  • building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
  • machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

  • Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
  • For manufacturing or logging only
  • Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

  • Yes, full-year operation
  • No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

  • Part Year Operation Start Date
  • Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Seasonal operation
  • Ceased operations
  • New location
  • Temporarily inactive
  • Change of fiscal year
  • Moved
  • Change of ownership
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption).

Include transportation costs, duties, etc., which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes (e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all distillate type fuels for power burners
  • fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
  • fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
  • furnace fuel oil
  • gas oils
  • light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

  • all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
  • bunker B and bunker C
  • fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
  • residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
Electricity  
Gasoline  
Light fuel oil  
Heavy fuel oil  
Diesel fuel  
Liquefied petroleum gas  
Natural gas  
Coal  
Water utilities  
Other  
Total energy and water expenses  

2. Does this business pay rent?

  • Yes
  • No

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

  • Yes
  • No

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

  • Yes
  • No

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

  • Heat
  • Electricity
  • Steam
  • Other
    • Specify other reason

COVID-19

1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business experience additional expenses in 2021 to comply with public health and safety guidelines or corporate guidelines to be allowed to operate?

Additional expenses could include: purchases of cleaning supplies, sanitation measures, protective equipment for employees or customers and costs to retrofit business operations (e.g., Plexiglass barriers, new equipment that facilitates physical distancing, additional labour costs).

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

  • Yes
    • What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021? 
      • Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
      • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
    • Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000)
    • Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
    • As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments? 
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 in which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

  • Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
    e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
  • Retrofit the workspace
  • Invest in e-commerce platforms
  • Use business intelligence technologies
    e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
  • Develop new supply chains
  • Ask some or all employees to work from home
  • Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
  • Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Change marketing strategy
    Include re-allocating marketing budget.
  • Increase marketing budget
  • Decrease marketing budget
  • Expand to new markets
  • Substitute capital for labour
    e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
  • Provided extra staff training
    e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
  • Downsize business activities
    e.g., reduce goods and services offered
  • Reduce labour costs
    e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
  • Reduce costs other than labour costs
  • Take other actions
  • Specify the additional actions taken
    OR
  • No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

  • Yes
    • How much did your business obtain through these means?
    • Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
  • No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Statistics Canada is piloting a web data extraction initiative, also known as web scraping, which uses software to search and compile publicly available data from business websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will do our utmost to ensure the data are collected in a manner that will not affect the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency's mandate.

Please visit Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative page- this link will open in a new window for more information.

Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page- this link will open in a new window to learn more.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Statistics Canada Client Services, toll-free at 1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-800-363-7629) or by email at infostats@canada.ca- this link will open in a new window. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link:

Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    • Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

  • Yes
  • No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

  • First name:
  • Last name:
  • Title:
  • Email address:
  • Telephone number (including area code):
  • Extension number (if applicable):
  • The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Eh Sayers Episode 5 - Why Should You Care About Inflation?

Release date: January 27, 2021

Catalogue number: 45-20-0003
ISSN: 2816-2250

Eh Sayers podcast

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on the way that we spend money. Documenting these shifts in spending patterns is crucial to decision making and providing Canadians with timely and accurate information on consumer price changes. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most widely used indicator of consumer price change and inflation in Canada. Our guest, Taylor Mitchell, an economist at Statistics Canada, explains why the CPI is an important tool for setting economic policy and monitoring economic conditions. She will also shed light on why you should care about inflation, its impact on different population groups and the cost of living.

Host

Tegan Bridge

Guest

Taylor Mitchell, Economist for the Consumer Price Index at Statistics Canada

Listen to audio

Eh Sayers Episode 5 - Why Should You Care About Inflation? - Transcript

Tegan:Hi everyone. Quick programing note before we start today's show. The main interview was recorded in November, and while everything was correct at the time of recording, the world of data moves fast, so some of our examples may not contain the latest information. That said, the main points of the show are still as relevant today as the day we recorded them, and we hope it doesn't detract from your podcast listening experience. Enjoy!

(Theme)

Tegan: Welcome to Eh Sayers, a podcast from Statistics Canada, where we meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. I’m your host, Tegan.

If you’re an economics-minded person, you’ll know that in December 2021, the CPI was up 4.8% from the year before. Even if you’re not, you've probably noticed that prices have been going up. I feel like I’m spending more on my groceries than I was a year ago, but I don't think the cost of my clothing has really changed. I have questions. And I bet you do too. To get some answers, we sat down with an economist from StatCan.

Taylor: My name is Taylor Mitchell. I am an economist, working on the CPI or the Consumer Price Index, which is one of Canada's economic indicators of consumer inflation.

Tegan: Big question, what is inflation?

Taylor: What is inflation? Inflation is essentially the change in prices over time. So what the CPI does is it tracks that change in consumer goods, everything that consumers purchase on a daily or monthly or yearly, semiannually basis. Everything from the groceries we buy to the rent we pay, to our haircuts, to our entertainment. It's all in this one basket and we track how that the price of that basket changes overtime.

Tegan: So, you said CPI. What is the CPI?

Taylor: So the CPI is the consumer price index. It's an economic indicator, and it is a measure of how prices change through time. It's often used for a number of a number of important purposes. It's it's a gauge of the health of the economy. It's also used for purposes that are quite relevant to Canadians, day-to-day. Everything from indexing tax brackets to indexing pension payments, and other government benefits to ensure that purchasing power remains constant over time so that you still can purchase the same number of goods with the dollars that you have.

Tegan: And how do you actually gather that information?

Taylor: We start with the basket so we have--a virtual basket I should say. So I'm I spoke a little bit about this before. The basket includes eight major components, which are food, shelter, household operations, furnishings and equipment, so that includes everything from buying furniture, so buying a couch, to buying a fridge, to paying some basic household bills, like cellular bills or financial services, things of that nature. The basket includes clothing and footwear. It includes transportation, which is everything from buying airline tickets, to buying gas, to paying for the bus. It includes health and personal care, recreation, education and reading, and alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and recreational cannabis. So that's kind of the main framework and each month. We collect through various means a number of prices for various products to represent those. Those 8 major components. So when it comes to grocery prices, for instance, we do that by using transaction data. So when you go to the grocery store, we're actually using that price of the groceries that were scanned at the cashier, and that's incorporated into the CPI. Uh, for other types of goods and services we send interviewers into stores and they record the actual price that’s on the shelf. Uhm, now as we modernize the CPI, we're we're getting more and more into things like API's.

So for various travel indexes, for example, for air transportation, were able to access that data through an API. And we also do a great deal of online price collection now and and because of the pandemic, actually we're we're pretty much exclusively using the non-in person forms of price collection so prior to the pandemic I should say we used to send interviewers into stores, but now that's on hold as a result of physical distancing measures. So the bulk of our collection is now done through alternative data.

Tegan: I like the picture in my head of an economist going in and buying just different kinds of butter. Salted, unsalted, in different sizes and then comparing all the prices.

Taylor: And that's essentially what we do. We look at different types of goods for each, so you know you use the example of butter. We do look at different types of butter. We look at goods of all sizes. We adjust for the quantity to ensure that the price is not falling or staying the same, but that the quantity is the same so we adjust for for so-called shrinkflation in that way. Uh, and then once prices are collected, it's a complex but very robust statistical process that takes, you know over 100 people to do every month to produce that one number that represents inflation for the entire country.

Tegan: What is what is shrinkflation?

Taylor: So shrinkflation refers to typically when product sizes shrink, so product packages shrink in size. Uhm, and when that happens when you know, say, the size of the peanut butter jar that I buy when that gets smaller in size. I'm getting less for more. so that's considered a type of inflation, because again, you are paying more, but getting less or perhaps paying the same beginning, less so when it comes to shrinkflation the way we address that in the CPI is we receive quantity, standard quantity sizes with our price information each month, and that allows us to standardize. So, for example, if the price of peanut butter stays the same. But the jar of peanut butter falls in size becomes smaller. That would be, all else equal, considered a price increase because I'm paying more for what I'm getting.

Tegan: Do prices always rise?

Taylor: That's a great question. Typically, the CPI as an aggregate that accounts for all inflation for the entire country. For the most part, that has risen year over year historically. With that said, prices for individual components within that basket of goods and services they do sometimes fall over time. So one example would be this past year, so you know, we often we were very aware of how much more we're paying for gasoline or for meat at the grocery store, but we do have a number of products that are actually less expensive now than they were at this time last year. Uhm, mortgage interest costs. We've had historically low interest rates and that's passed along to people who are entering or renewing their mortgages. Uh, telephone services. That's your cell phone service. Uh, now we get more and more data typically involved in those packages and so that means it's a de facto price decline. Car insurance is costing Canadians less than it was a year ago. Fresh vegetables. So to answer your question, there are fluctuations, and there are some goods and services where prices do fall over time. Uh, and then there are other goods where prices. They don't really move that much from year to year. One example might be clothing.

Tegan: And are all price increases due to inflation all the time always?

Taylor: Well, inflation is kind of a general catchall term for prices that rise as opposed to deflation, which is when prices fall. So in a general economic sense, yes, when prices rise, that is, that is inflation. But I'm wondering if what you're getting at might be kind of why those prices increase over time. Like what are the factors at play?

Tegan: Yeah, I mean if you are I don't know off the top of my head if you are. If you are buying a cell phone, a smartphone, say and you bought 2 years ago and it was, I don't know $700.00 and now you buy one today and it's $900. Is that inflation or is that something different?

Taylor: It's inflation, but there are dynamics behind that inflation with price change it really all does in the end come down to supply and demand. If more people want to buy something then there are of that good or service to be purchased. Prices tend to rise. In the case of the smart phone, it may be that more people are interested in that particular smartphone than they have been in the past. It may be that there's some sort of a supply chain disruption which, like we're seeing right now for semiconductor chips that are affecting a number of consumer goods in general there are. There are a number of different factors. But when prices do rise over time, yes, we do attribute that generally, uh, to be inflation.

Tegan: Are there ever disagreements about the inflation rate?

Taylor: We you know, I certainly hear that from my neighbours. Uh, you know I. I have that conversation probably every month when the CPI comes out and I'll hear you know, “2%, 3%, 4%. I'm paying 10 or 15% more than last year.” So I think that that's definitely something that every Canadian has their own experience with. It's important to remember that the CPI is an aggregate that represents the entire country as a group, so it represents households that are very, very different. It represents people that own their homes versus people that rent their homes. It represents Canadians with children and Canadians without children. It represents Canadians that are like me and don't have a car and who take the bus or the train everywhere. And we're not paying for gas every month. It represents older Canadians, seniors and millennials who are paying university tuition. And so because of that within that big group, everyone is going to have their own unique experience with inflation. And actually that's why we created here. It's STATCAN something called a personal inflation calculator, which allows Canadians to input their own expenses every month, and they can see how their own personal rate of inflation does differ from that one number that represents the country as a whole.

Tegan: Could you elaborate on how different people's experiences with inflation would vary?

Taylor: So currently gas prices are up quite a bit compared with last year and part of that is because gas prices were actually quite low last year, and that's that was a result of the pandemic and all kinds of disruptions to both demand and supply. But this year gas prices are up about 41%, so that's quite a large increase, and that's certainly affecting some Canadians more than others. You know I mentioned that I'm a person that I. I ride the train. I take the bus, I live in an urban area where I'm fortunate to be able to do that. I don't own a car, but for Canadians that live in different, you know for Canadians who drive to work for Canadians that live in rural areas, they're absolutely going to be feeling the impact of that on their pocketbooks more than somebody like me. At the same time, you know we, renters and homeowners have different experiences with inflation. Those with kids certainly have unique experiences. There are also different regional realities. So, one area that I like to highlight is home heating so the CPI encompasses Canadians from all 10 provinces as well as the three territorial capitals and one aspect about our day-to-day lives is actually quite different in different parts of the country. Is how we heat our homes. So the Atlantic region they tend to rely quite heavily on furnace oil to heat their homes, and furnace oil tends to firm so prices tend to move quite closely with oil prices or gasoline prices. So furnace oil prices are also up quite significantly right now. Whereas West of Quebec, we tend to rely more so on natural gas. Natural gas prices are up as well, but only about half as much as furnace oil prices, and so this means that Canadians in the in Atlantic, Canada are certainly feeling a greater impact on those day-to-day expenses than then those of us using natural gas.

Tegan: In October of 2021, I was curious about the personal inflation calculator, so I played around with it a bit, exploring how inflation would affect people across the country.

I used some guesses about household expenses for a renter in Vancouver, BC, let's call her Beatrice, and came up with a personal inflation rate of 3.9%. BC's actual rate was 3.8%.

I used all of the same numbers for someone in rural PEI, I'll call her Aisha, with the only difference being that Aisha was a homeowner, so she didn't have to pay rent, but she would have some other housing-related expenses. Aisha’s personal inflation rate was 5.6%, higher than Beatrice's 3.9% in BC, but still lower than PEI’s official rate of 6.6%.

Playing around with the numbers in the tool really helped me understand how inflation affects people differently. I encourage you to check it out if you are also curious!

Tegan: You mentioned gas, could you share some examples of other goods affected by inflation? Any other notable changes or anything that you've noticed in the past little while?

Taylor: One area that's been getting a lot of attention has been housing costs, so I will I'll talk a little bit about how shelter is measured in the CPI, just to give you a bit of background. The CPI includes consumer goods. It's right there in the name, consumer price index, and a house itself is not considered a consumer good because we don't consume it. It's considered an asset. It doesn't necessarily change your net worth to purchase a house. So therefore in accordance with international standards, the way the CPI accounts for housing is to measure changes in the costs of the ongoing expenses associated with homeownership. So that would be things like property taxes, that would be things like the commission when you buy a house, that would be your the interest on your mortgage. One area where we're seeing a lot of growth lately is what we call replacement costs. Homeowners replacement costs, and that essentially would be the amount of money that it would take you if you were to rebuild your home on the piece of land that you own. So it's a bit of a tricky concept to wrap our heads around for sure, but it's very closely linked to the price of new homes. And of course we have seen quite a bit of growth in the housing market in the past year and a bit. And so we are currently seeing higher replacement costs than we've seen since the late 1980s. Which is currently it, which is definitely affecting those who are in in the market for new homes. At the same time, you know I mentioned earlier, that interest costs are at a historic low and they have been since the onset of the pandemic, so the flip side of that is that those paying interest on a mortgage are currently enjoying the largest decrease in history. So that's been one trend that we've been watching, those, uh, those inverse relationships regarding shelter.

We're also paying a lot of attention right now to supply chain disruptions, so there are a number of factors there we've seen shipping costs that are that have been quite high. We've seen the impact on a number of consumer goods, especially those that are being imported from overseas, and we're also contending with shortages, so there's been a a fairly well publicized shortage of semiconductor chips, which is in particular impacting the production of new cars and that shortage of new cars is leading to the largest price increases there since the early 90s. So that's a factor that we're also paying a lot of attention to right now.

Tegan: Could you talk a little bit more about what impact the pandemic specifically has had on inflation?

Taylor: Yeah, absolutely so the early price impacts associated with the COVID pandemic, largely to do with a few key areas, one of which was energy. We saw the largest one, two punch in terms of its decline in energy prices in March and April of 2020. Uh, it was an extremely notable decline in prices and that was just because there were some fairly sudden significant changes in terms of how we were all living our lives. We were all staying at home. We were, you know, many of us were not commuting to work anymore. We certainly weren't flying across the ocean. International commerce and trade and just general economic activity, it slowed dramatically. And as a result of that, there were some pretty sharp declines to demand for oil, which of course we saw here in Canada reflected as incredibly low prices at the gas pumps. So, so that was an initial impact, and since then we've seen prices recovering in terms of oil and the reason I bring it up now you know nearly 18 months later, it's because we are still contending with the year over year impacts of those low oil prices in those low gasoline prices from last year. I mentioned that gasoline is up over 40%, but a lot of that is actually just because prices were low this time last year and we're comparing from a low, and so that makes this year's price increases look even larger when we when we look at it in terms of a year over year increase. That's what we call a base effect. That that hasn't impact on that indicator.

We also saw prices for clothing decline towards the beginning of the pandemic and in the early days that was largely because retailers were kind of forced to pivot and discount their inventories online in order to move product. But now it seems to be a bit about longer term trend. Uhm, a lot more people are working at home or just in general staying closer to home. And we're not necessarily buying the same types of clothes that we used to buy, so it's really interesting to see how that's playing out. And, as well, I just want to highlight again just the number of supply shortages that we continue to contend with. We're seeing it, you know, I mentioned shipping costs and semiconductors, but another area where we're really seeing a lot of issue from supply chain disruptions is food prices, particularly meat prices. We've been seeing some labor shortages there that have slowed down production. Some higher prices for livestock feed and just in general of a number of challenges to the supply chain that are leading to higher meat prices for Canadians here and meat prices are up close to 10% right now compared with a year ago.

Tegan: Why should the average Canadian care about inflation?

Taylor: The average Canadian should care about inflation because it's a reflection of how their purchasing power is changing over time. When prices rise, if I have the same amount of money that I had a year ago, I can buy less. I can buy fewer goods and services, and if I'm a person that wants to, you know, keep my spending relatively constant from time to time. I care about inflation, but I also care about inflation because it does affect Canadians in some very practical ways. It impacts their tax brackets. Tax brackets are updated every year based on the CPI. If I'm a senior and I'm collecting CPP, I certainly care about inflation because my CPP payments are going to be indexed to the CPI to ensure that I still have the same amount of purchasing power year to year. Many Canadians who collect private pensions also see their payments index to the CPI. In general, the CPI is used as a gauge of economic health.

Taylor: You know, at the end of the day. I'm in economist that works on prices all day, but I'm also a Canadian and I'm a consumer and I'm a grocery shopper and when I hear that question, what I think about is when I'm in the grocery store and I want to buy some bacon and I see that it's 20% more expensive than it was a year ago. I think that every Canadian can relate to that. That sense of frustration, and I think that that is why the CPI is important. That's why we provide as much information as we do to Canadians about how prices are moving and what is affecting them, because that's, I think, an experience that that everybody can relate to. And at the end of the day, I think that's why Canadians should care about inflation.

Tegan: Is there anything about inflation that we haven't already talked about or about the CPI that? Would be really important for Canadians to know. Or just that you think is cool or interesting?

Taylor: I think I've already touched on everything that's awesome. You know, in, general I just want to stress again that some. Everybody has their own experience with inflation. I'm speaking with you right now and I know that you and I are experiencing different levels of inflation right now. So I always like to point Canadians to our personal inflation calculator. It's a very cool tool. It's a very cool way of kind of seeing your unique circumstances as far as inflation goes and seeing how your circumstances do differ from that one number that represents the entire country.

Tegan: If someone wants to learn more about the CPI or inflation, where should they go?

Taylor: So Statistics Canada has a CPI portal. It is essentially a one stop shop for all things CPI. It includes data visualization tools where Canadians can kind of look at the numbers and play with play with different indexes of interests and see how it's all looked historically it includes the personal inflation calculator, and it includes a number of our other analytical articles as well as the analysis that accompanies are release each month. So I would encourage Canadians to check it out. CPI portal.

Tegan: And that’s our show! You’ve been listening to Eh Sayers. Thank you to Taylor Mitchell, whose expertise powered this episode.

You can subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts. There, you can also find the French version of our show, called Hé-coutez bien. Thanks for listening!

Introduction to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2022 Version 1.0

Status

This standard was approved as a departmental standard on July 30, 2021.

Purpose of 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.

Economic statistics describe the behaviour and activities of economic transactors and of the transactions that take place among them. The economic transactors 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.

NAICS is a comprehensive system encompassing all economic activities. It has a hierarchical structure. At the highest level, it divides the economy into twenty sectors. At lower levels, it further distinguishes the different economic activities in which businesses are engaged.

NAICS is designed for the compilation of production statistics and, therefore, for the classification of data relating to establishments. It takes into account the specialization of activities generally found at the level of the producing units of businesses. The criteria used to group establishments into industries in NAICS are similarity of input structures, labour skills and production processes.

NAICS can also be used for classifying companies and enterprises. However, when NAICS is used in this way, the following caveat applies: NAICS has not been specially designed to take account of the wide range of vertically- or horizontally-integrated activities of large and complex, multi-establishment companies and enterprises. Hence, there will be a few large and complex companies and enterprises whose activities may be spread over the different sectors of NAICS, in such a way that classifying them to one sector will misrepresent the range of their activities. However, in general, a larger proportion of the activities of each complex company and enterprise is more likely to fall within the sector, subsector and industry group levels of the classification than within the industry levels. Hence, the higher levels of the classification are more suitable for the classification of companies and enterprises than are the lower levels. It should also be kept in mind that when businesses are composed of establishments belonging to different NAICS industries, their company- and enterprise-level data will show a different industrial distribution, when classified to NAICS, than will their establishment-level data, and the data will not be directly comparable.

While NAICS is designed for the classification of units engaged in market and non-market production, as defined by the System of National Accounts, it can also be used to classify own-account production, such as the unpaid work of households.

NAICS has been designed for statistical purposes. Government departments and agencies and other users that use it for administrative, legislative and other non-statistical purposes take responsibility for applying the classification in this manner.

Preface

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) represents a continuing co-operative effort among Statistics Canada, Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), and the Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC) of the United States, acting on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget, to create and maintain a common industry classification system. With its inception in 1997, NAICS replaced the existing classification of each country, the Standard Industrial Classification (1980) of Canada, the Mexican Classification of Activities and Products (1994), and the Standard Industrial Classification (1987) of the United States. Since 1997, the countries have collaborated in producing five-year revisions to NAICS in order to keep the classification system current with changes in economic activities.

The North American Industry Classification System is unique among industry classifications in that it is constructed within a single conceptual framework. Economic units that have similar production processes are classified in the same industry, and the lines drawn between industries demarcate, to the extent practicable, differences in production processes. This supply-based, or production-oriented, economic concept was adopted for NAICS because an industry classification system is a framework for collecting and publishing information on both inputs and outputs, for statistical uses that require that inputs and outputs be used together and be classified consistently. Examples of such uses include measuring productivity, unit labour costs, and capital intensity of production, estimating employment-output relationships, constructing input-output tables, and other uses that imply the analysis of production relationships in the economy. The classification concept for NAICS leads to production of data that facilitate such analyses.

In the design of NAICS, attention was given to developing a production-oriented classification for (a) new and emerging industries, (b) service industries in general, and (c) industries engaged in the production of advanced technologies. These special emphases are embodied in the particular features of NAICS, discussed below. These same areas of special emphasis account for many of the differences between the structure of NAICS and the structures of industry classification systems in use elsewhere. NAICS provides enhanced industry comparability among the three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) trading partners, while also increasing compatibility with the two-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC Rev.4) of the United Nations.

NAICS divides the economy into twenty sectors. Industries within these sectors are grouped according to the production criterion. Though the goods/services distinction is not explicitly reflected in the structure of NAICS, four sectors are largely goods-producing and sixteen are entirely services-producing industries.

A key feature of NAICS is the information and cultural sector that groups industries that primarily create and disseminate a product subject to copyright. This sector brings together those activities that transform information into a commodity that is produced and distributed, and activities that provide the means for distributing those products, other than through traditional wholesale-retail distribution channels. Industries included in this sector are publishing; motion picture and sound recording; broadcasting and content providers; telecommunications; computing infrastructure and hosting; web search portals, libraries, archives and other information services.

Another feature of NAICS is a sector for professional, scientific and technical services. It comprises establishments engaged in activities where human capital is the major input. The industries within this sector are each defined by the expertise and training of the service provider. The sector includes such industries as offices of lawyers, engineering services, architectural services, advertising agencies, and interior design services.

A sector for arts, entertainment and recreation groups facilities or services that meet the cultural, entertainment and recreational interests of patrons.

The health care and social assistance sector recognizes the merging of the boundaries of these two types of services. The industries in this sector are arranged in an order that reflects the range and extent of health care and social assistance provided. Some important industries are family planning centres, outpatient mental health and substance abuse centres, and community care facilities for the elderly.

In the manufacturing sector, the computer and electronic product manufacturing subsector brings together industries producing electronic products and their components. The manufacturers of computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors, for example, are grouped into the same subsector because of the inherent technological similarities of their production processes, and the likelihood that these technologies will continue to converge in the future. The reproduction of packaged software is placed in this sector, rather than in the services sector, because the reproduction of packaged software is a manufacturing process, and the product moves through the wholesale and retail distribution systems like any other manufactured product.

The NAICS structure reflects the levels at which data comparability was agreed upon by the three statistical agencies. The boundaries of all the sectors of NAICS have been delineated. In most sectors, NAICS provides for comparability at the industry (five-digit) level. However, for real estate, and finance and insurance, three-country comparability will occur either at the industry group (four-digit) or subsector (three-digit) levels. For these sectors, differences in the economies of the three countries prevent full comparability at the NAICS industry level. For utilities, retail trade, wholesale trade, and public administration, the three countries' statistical agencies have agreed, at this time, only on the boundaries of the sector (two-digit level). Below the agreed upon level of comparability, each country may add additional detailed industries, as necessary, to meet national needs, provided that this additional detail aggregates to the NAICS level.

Foreword

Statistics Canada, the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografía (INEGI) of Mexico and the United States Office of Management and Budget, through its Economic Classification Policy Committee, have jointly updated the system of classification of economic activities that makes the industrial statistics produced in the three countries comparable. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) revisions for 2022 are scheduled to go into effect for reference year 2022 in the United States and in Canada and 2023 in Mexico. NAICS was originally developed to provide a consistent framework for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of industrial statistics used by government policy analysts, by academics and researchers, by the business community, and by the public.

NAICS is the first industry classification system that was developed in accordance with a single principle of aggregation, the principle that producing units that use similar production processes should be grouped together. NAICS also reflects, in a much more explicit way, the significant changes in technology and in the growth and diversification of services in recent decades. Though NAICS differs from other international industry classification systems, the three countries continue to strive to create industries that do not cross two-digit boundaries of the United Nations' International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC).

The actual classification reveals only the tip of the work carried out by staff from INEGI, Statistics Canada, and the U.S. statistical agencies. It is through their regular efforts, analysis, and co-operation that NAICS has emerged as a harmonized international classification of economic activities in North America.

Development and historical background of NAICS

NAICS was developed by Statistics Canada, Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) and the Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC) of the United States Office of Management and Budget.

The three countries agreed upon the conceptual framework of the new system and the principles upon which NAICS was to be developed.

  1. NAICS would be based on a production-oriented or supply-based conceptual framework. This means that producing units using similar production processes would be grouped together in NAICS.
  2. Special attention would be given to developing production-oriented classifications for (a) new and emerging industries (b) service industries in general and (c) industries engaged in the production of advanced technologies.
  3. Time-series continuity would be maintained to the extent possible. However, changes in the economy and proposals from data users would be considered. In addition, in order to create a common system for all three countries, adjustments would be made where the United States, Canada and Mexico had incompatible definitions.
  4. In the interest of a wider range of international comparisons, the three countries would strive for greater compatibility with the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Revision 3) by minimizing the extent to which the lowest levels of NAICS crossed the boundaries of the 2-digit level of ISIC Revision 3.

To help with the development of NAICS, a user committee meeting was called in November 1994 and extensive consultation was undertaken in Canada with federal and provincial government departments and agencies, business and trade associations, economic analysts and the advisory committees of Statistics Canada.

A co-ordinating committee and subcommittees, which covered agriculture, mining and manufacturing, construction, distribution networks (retail and wholesale trade, transportation, communications and utilities), finance, insurance and real estate, business and personal services and health, social assistance and public administration, were responsible for developing the proposed structure of NAICS, in co-operation with representatives from INEGI and the U.S. statistical agencies. Proposals from all three countries concerning individual industries were considered for acceptance, if the proposed industry was based on the production-oriented concept of the system. The structure of NAICS was developed in a series of three-country meetings and formally accepted by the senior representatives of the ECPC, INEGI and Statistics Canada.

The final structure of NAICS was accepted by the heads of Statistics Canada, INEGI and the Office of Management and Budget of the United States on December 10, 1996.

Over the years, Statistics Canada has developed and used a number of industrial classification systems. In 1948, the first Canadian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was developed. This was done to meet the government's need to establish a more comprehensive and fully-integrated system of economic reporting, in support of the key objectives of its post-war reconstruction programme outlined in the 1945 White Paper (on employment and income). The 1948 SIC brought together different industry descriptions in use at the time, each of which was applied to data about different aspects of the economy based on different definitions. It facilitated data comparability, by providing a framework of common concepts, terminology and groupings of industries. The introduction to the 1948 SIC manual stated that it was designed for the classification of the establishment but a precise definition was not provided.

In the major revision of the SIC in 1960, the importance of the need for a standard unit of observation was emphasized by the provision of a standard definition of the establishment. The variables needed to assemble the "basic industrial statistics" required for the analysis of the different sectors of the economy were specified and the establishment became the smallest unit capable of reporting that set of variables. The 1970 revision updated the industry groupings to reflect changes in the industrial structure of the economy.

The 1980 revision of the SIC was again a major one. This revision more directly linked the SIC to the System of National Accounts (SNA). It specified the universe of production to be as defined for the production accounts of the SNA. It drew a picture of all the variables that needed to be collected from or allocated to the establishment, in order to calculate value added by establishment for the Input Output accounts and Real Domestic Product by industry. It gave more emphasis to the role of "ancillary" activities in the collection of an integrated system of economic statistics and emphasized the difference between technical and ancillary activities and the role of ancillary units in accounting for total production. By using available statistics, it more explicitly used measures of specialization and coverage to delineate manufacturing industries. It recommended the use of the 1980 SIC for the classification of establishments and the compilation of production statistics.

In 1980, a separate classification, the Canadian Standard Industrial Classification for Companies and Enterprises, was produced for the compilation of financial statistics related to companies and enterprises. This classification took account of vertically-integrated companies and enterprises and created special classes for them at the lowest level of the classification. The higher levels of the classification cut across the traditional groupings of industrial classifications based on separating primary, secondary and tertiary activities in the economy and created sector groupings that drew together single and vertically-integrated companies and enterprises engaged in the production of similar product groups.

It was customary to revise the SIC at ten-year intervals; however, by 1990 not all the economic statistics programs of Statistics Canada had implemented the 1980 SIC. It was decided to postpone the revision and to take into account the statistical needs of the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in January 1994. The needs were met by developing NAICS, an industrial classification common to Canada, Mexico and the United States. The first version, NAICS 1997, was released in March 1998.

NAICS was revised for 2002 to achieve increased comparability among the three countries in selected areas and to identify additional industries for new and emerging activities. To that end, the construction sector was revised and comparability achieved, for the most part, at the industry (five-digit) level. Industries were created for Internet services providers and web search portals, and Internet publishing and broadcasting.

Changes to Canadian and world economies continue to impact on classification systems. NAICS was revised for 2007 to reflect these changes. In particular, the information sector was once again updated. The updates took into account the rapid changes within this area, including the merging of activities. As a result, Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals were combined, as were Internet service providers and data processing, hosting, and related services. Telecommunications resellers and other telecommunications were also merged.

The 2012 NAICS revision was undertaken to achieve one main goal: to modify or create industries to reflect new, emerging, or changing activities and technologies. New industries were created for video game publishers and designers, and small clothing manufacturing industries were rolled up to a higher classification level. In addition, new guidelines for the coding of units that outsource production of goods were written into the sector definitions for 31-33 Manufacturing and 41 Wholesale trade.

Various kinds of changes were brought into NAICS 2017 Version 1.0. Many changes involved clarification of the definition and boundary of classes through changes to the descriptive text of the definition; the illustrative examples; the exclusions; and titles of industries. Some changes involved the reduction of industry detail, while other industries were detailed further. Units that outsource the transformation process for manufactured goods were classified to manufacturing if the units owned the material inputs to production. Otherwise the units we classified to wholesale trade. The telecommunications industries were revised in recognition of the structure of telecommunications companies. The oil and gas extraction industries were expanded, and the classification of arts, sports and recreation industries were revised with new 6-digit industries being created. In recognition of the small or diminishing size of some rental industries, existing industries were merged. Record production and distribution industries were also merged.

NAICS Canada 2017 Version 2.0 was created to meet urgent classification needs prior to the scheduled NAICS revision in 2022. The principle change consisted of moving Internet-only publishing activities out of 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search and into the corresponding publishing industries.  A change was made to the list of examples to clarify the treatment of cannabis cultivation for medical use. The growing of cannabis under cover for medical use was classified to 111419 Other food crops grown under cover.

NAICS Canada 2017 Version 3.0 was created to meet classification needs prior to the legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018. The principle change consisted of creating new cannabis-related industries in agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale trade and retail trade.

Conceptual framework of NAICS

NAICS is based on a production-oriented, or supply-based conceptual framework in that establishments are grouped into industries according to similarity in the production processes used to produce goods and services. The production process refers to the combination of inputs (capital, labour, energy, materials and services – KLEMS) used in producing a certain quantity of outputs. A production-oriented industry classification system ensures that statistical agencies in the three countries can produce information on inputs and outputs, industrial performance, productivity, unit labour costs, employment, and other statistics that reflect structural changes occurring in the three economies.

Producing units are grouped into industries according to similarities in their production processes as defined earlier. The boundaries between industries demarcate, in principle, differences in input structures and production technologies. This means that, in the language of economics, producing units within an industry have similar production functions that differ from those of producing units in other industries.

The unit of observation of the industrial classification is the producing unit or establishment, and the industrial classification groups producing units, not products. Groupings of producing units permit the collection of data on inputs and outputs on a comparable basis. Because establishments each produce a number of products in different combinations and using different technologies, it is hardly possible to group all the establishments producing a particular product. It is more useful to use a production-oriented approach to bring together, into industries, establishments with common input structures, and to compile data on their outputs. This permits the compilation of comprehensive data on the total output of each product by industry and across all industries.

In contrast, the various versions of the Canadian SIC and of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) of the United Nations have used mixed criteria to create the industries of the classification.

Structure of NAICS and NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0

The structure of NAICS is hierarchical. The numbering system that has been adopted is a six-digit code, of which the first five digits are used to describe the NAICS levels that will be used by the three countries to produce comparable data. The first two digits designate the sector, the third digit designates the subsector, the fourth digit designates the industry group and the fifth digit designates the industry. The sixth digit is used to designate national industries. A zero as the sixth digit indicates that there is no further national detail.

NAICS agreements define the boundaries of the twenty sectors into which the classification divides the economies of the three countries. Although, typically, agreement has been reached that comparable data will be made available for Canada, Mexico and the United States up to the five-digit industry level of NAICS, differences in the organization of production in the economies of the three countries necessitated certain exceptions. For some sectors, subsectors and industry groups, three-country agreement was reached only on their boundaries rather than on detailed industry structures.

In general, the use of the same code across the three countries indicates that the class is comparable, even if the title is not identical because of differences in the use of language.

NAICS with Canadian detail is designated NAICS Canada while NAICS with the United States' and Mexico's own six-digit detail are designated NAICS United States and Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte (SCIAN) México, respectively.

Comparability among the three countries is indicated by superscripts at the end of class titles. The abbreviation "CAN" indicates a Canadian-only class, "MEX" indicates that the Canadian and Mexican classes are comparable, and "US" indicates that the Canadian and United States classes are comparable. When no superscript appears, the Canadian, Mexican and United States classes are comparable.

The Classification Structure displays the codes and titles of the sectors, subsectors, industry groups, industry, and national industries of NAICS Canada. In general, comparable sectors, subsectors, industry groups, industries carry the same code in NAICS Canada, NAICS Mexico and NAICS United States.

The superscript symbols at the end of NAICS class titles used to signify comparability are:

CAN
Canadian industry only
MEX
Canadian and Mexican industries are comparable
US
Canadian and United States industries are comparable
[Blank]
[No superscript symbol] Canadian, Mexican and United States industries are comparable.

NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 consists of 20 sectors, 99 subsectors, 323 industry groups, 694 industries and 923 Canadian industries, and replaces NAICS Canada 2017 Version 3.0. The following summary table shows the counts of subsectors, industry groups, industries, and Canadian industries for each of the NAICS sectors.

NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 structure
Code Sectors Sub-sectors Industry groups Industries Canadian industries Total
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 5 19 41 52 117
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 3 5 11 30 49
22 Utilities 1 3 6 10 20
23 Construction 3 10 28 29 70
31-33 Manufacturing 21 87 178 248 534
41 Wholesale trade 9 29 73 73 184
44-45 Retail trade 9 24 48 73 154
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 11 29 42 58 140
51 Information and cultural industries 6 11 23 28 68
52 Finance and insurance 5 11 28 52 96
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 3 8 17 20 48
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 1 9 35 41 86
55 Management of companies and enterprises 1 1 1 2 5
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 2 11 29 34 76
61 Educational services 1 7 12 12 32
62 Health care and social assistance 4 18 30 37 89
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 3 9 23 38 73
72 Accommodation and food services 2 6 10 18 36
81 Other services (except public administration) 4 14 30 37 85
91 Public administration 5 12 29 31 77
Total 99 323 694 923 2039

Summary of changes from NAICS 2017 Version 3.0 to NAICS 2022 Version 1.0

NAICS 2022 Version 1.0 was the biggest revision to NAICS since 2002. It includes a large number of revisions related to the digital economy, in addition to other changes in a variety of areas. Some classification items were taken-over, while others were split-off, broken down, merged or transferred.

Structural changes: generalities

The overarching theme to the updates of the NAICS 2022 Version 1.0 is the digital economy. The guiding principle for these changes is to classify platform-based activities and those delivered over the Internet the same as their non-digital counterparts. For instance, ride sharing services are classified in the same industry as taxi and taxi dispatch services. This revision is especially important for the retail, publishing and broadcasting industries.

The Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM) is used to identify the types of changes made to the classification: real changes and virtual changes. Real changes are those affecting the scope of the existing classification items or categories, whether or not accompanied by changes in the title, definition and/or the coding. Virtual changes are those made in coding, titles and/or definitions, while the meaning or scope of the classification item remains the same. Real changes are the most important ones for analysis.

Combination of classification items

Combinations consist of mergers and take-overs among classes. Close to two hundred and seventy five new groupings were combined into an emerging class (merger) or an existing class (take-over) with the intent to realign the existing classification items under these classes.

The most important combination change, in terms of the number of classes affected, is in the retail trade industry, where 454110 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses is being expired as an industry and these activities are being taken-over by existing retail classes (i.e. brick and mortar retail).

Some other examples of combinations include:

  • 335110 Electric lamp bulb and parts manufacturing and 335120 Lighting fixture manufacturing expired and merged to form emerging item 335130 Electric lighting equipment manufacturing.
  • 811112 Automotive exhaust system repair and 811119 Other automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance expired and merged to form emerging item 811113 Specialized automotive repair.

Decomposition of classification items

Two hundred and fifty nine classes are affected as a result of either a breakdown or a split-off.  Some of the most significant decomposition changes are related to NAICS Canada industry 519130 Internet broadcasting and web search portals. This industry was split-off into three new classes, 516212 Media streaming distribution services, 516219 Other media content providers, and 519290 Web search portals and all other information services.

NAICS 91411 Aboriginal public administration is being renamed to Indigenous public administration and split-off into three new national industries 914111 First Nations public administration, 914112 Métis public administration, and 914113 Inuit public administration.

Transfer of parts of classes

There were ninety instances where part of a class continued while part of it was transferred to one or more existing classes.

An example of transfers include:

Coal and coke merchant wholesalers transferred from 418990 to 412110 Petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons merchant wholesalers; and many miscellaneous examples of wholesale trade activities were transferred from 418990 All other merchant wholesalers, to where there is a better fit.

Virtual Changes

More than two hundred and twenty classification items were modified as a result of a virtual change where changes were made to codes, titles and definitions without affecting the scope or meaning of the existing classification items. These types of changes are important for clarification and making necessary updates or corrections. For example, 522130 Local credit unions was renamed to Credit unions to clarify the scope of the industry since the word local creates confusion as there are now national credit unions in Canada. Also, some titles and definitions were modified so that the classification aligns with current terminology related to mental health and gender.

Finally, all changes made (real or virtual) can potentially have an impact on the content of the NAICS index file, which contains inclusions, illustrative examples and exclusions. More than 8,000 examples and more than 800 exclusions have been either added, deleted or edited in this version of NAICS Canada 2022. The NAICS index (or reference) file supports coding of activities and fosters fluidity when reading or using the classification.

Definition of the establishment

NAICS is a classification system for establishments. The establishment is defined as the smallest operating entity for which records provide information on the cost of inputs - capital, labour, energy, materials and services - employed to produce the units of output. The output may be sold to other establishments and receipts or sales recorded, or the output may be provided without explicit charge, that is, the good or service may be "sold" within the company itself.

The establishment in NAICS Canada is generally a single physical location, where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed (for example, a factory, mill, store, hotel, movie theatre, mine, farm, airline terminal, sales office, warehouse, or central administrative office).

There are cases where records identify distinct and separate economic activities performed at a single physical location (e.g., shops in a hotel). These retailing activities, operated out of the same physical location as the hotel, are identified as separate establishments and classified in retail trade while the hotel is classified in accommodation. In such cases, each activity is treated as a separate establishment provided that: no one industry description in the classification includes such combined activities; separate reports can be prepared on the number of employees, their wages and salaries, sales or receipts, and expenses; and employment and output are significant for both activities.

Exceptions to the single location exist for physically dispersed operations, such as construction, transportation, and telecommunications. For these activities the individual sites, projects, fields, networks, lines, or systems of such dispersed activities are not normally considered to be establishments. The establishment is represented by those relatively permanent main or branch offices, terminals, stations, and so forth, that are either (1) directly responsible for supervising such activities, or (2) the base from which personnel operate to carry out these activities.

Although an establishment may be identical with the enterprise (company), the two terms should not be confused. An enterprise (company) may consist of more than one establishment. Such multi-unit enterprises may have establishments in more than one industry in NAICS. If such enterprises have a separate establishment primarily engaged in providing headquarters services, these establishments are classified in NAICS Sector 55, Management of companies and enterprises.

Although all establishments have output, they may or may not have receipts. In large enterprises, it is not unusual for establishments to exist to solely serve other establishments of the same enterprise (auxiliary establishments). In such cases, these units often do not collect receipts from the establishments they serve. This type of support activity is found throughout the economy and involves goods producing activities as well as services. Units that carry out support activities for the enterprise to which they belong are classified, to the extent feasible, according to the NAICS code related to their own activity. This means that warehouses providing storage facilities for their own enterprise will be classified as warehouses.

Determining the Industry Classification of an establishment

An establishment is classified to an industry when its principal activity meets the definition for that industry. This is a straightforward determination for establishments engaged in a single activity, but where establishments are engaged in more than one activity, it is necessary to establish procedures for identifying its principal activity.

In cases where there is more than one activity, the industry code is assigned based on the relative share of value-added. The activity with the largest value-added is identified as the establishment's principal activity, and the establishment is classified to the industry corresponding to that activity. For example, if the value added within an establishment consists of 40% from manufacturing dishwashers, 30% from manufacturing airspeed instruments and 30% from assembling clocks, it will be classified to NAICS 335223, Major kitchen appliance manufacturing. The assignment of the industry code is performed at the 6-digit level of the classification.

In most cases, when an establishment is engaged in more than one activity, the activities are treated independently. However, in some cases, the activities are treated in combination. There are two types of combined activities that are given special attention in NAICS. They are vertical integration and joint production (horizontal integration).

These combined activities have an economic basis and occur in both goods-producing and services-producing sectors. In some cases, there are efficiencies to be gained from combining certain activities in the same establishment. Some of these combinations occur so commonly or frequently that their combination can be treated as a third activity in its own right and explicitly classified in a specific industry.

One approach to classifying these activities would be to use the primary activity rule, that is, whichever activity is largest. However, the fundamental principle of NAICS is that establishments that employ the same production process should be classified in the same industry. If the premise that the combined activities correspond to a distinct third activity is accepted, then using the primary activity rule would place establishments performing the same combination of activities in different industries, thereby violating the production principle of NAICS. A second reason for NAICS recognizing combined activities is to improve the stability of establishment classification, both over time and among the various parties that implement the classification. An establishment should remain classified in the same industry unless its production process changes; and different parties should code the same establishment or type of establishment in the same way. A consistent treatment of establishments with combined activities is more likely if they are classified to a single industry.

Vertical integration involves consecutive stages of fabrication or production processes in which the output of one step is the input of the next. In general, establishments will be classified based on the final process in a vertically-integrated production environment, unless specifically identified as classified in another industry. For example, paper may be produced either by establishments that first produce pulp and then consume that pulp to produce paper or by those establishments producing paper from purchased pulp. NAICS specifies that both of these types of paper-producing processes should be classified in NAICS 32212, Paper mills rather than in NAICS 32211, Pulp mills. In other cases, NAICS specifies that vertically-integrated establishments be classified in the industry representing the first stage of the manufacturing process. For example, steel mills that make steel and also perform other activities such as producing steel castings are classified in NAICS 33111, Iron and steel mills and ferro-alloy manufacturing, the first stage of the manufacturing process.

The joint production of goods or services represents the second type of combined activities. In some cases, these combined activities have been assigned to a specific NAICS industry. For example, establishments that both engage in the sale of new cars and also provide repair services are coded to NAICS 44111, new car dealers. In other cases, specific industries have been identified for these combined activities, such as NAICS 45711, Gasoline stations with convenience stores.

In some complex businesses, there are units that exclusively produce services in support of other units within the same company or enterprise. Examples of such units are transportation units, central administrative units and head offices. Such units are known as ancillary units and are classified according to the NAICS code related to their own activity. This means that a warehouse providing storage facilities for its own company or enterprise will be classified as a warehouse. Similarly, a head office providing headquarters services for its own company or enterprise will be classified to the head office industry.

The Relationship of NAICS Canada and ISIC Revision 4

Recognizing that economic statistics are substantially more useful if they are also internationally comparable, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN) first adopted an International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) in 1948. Since then, ISIC has been revised in 1958, 1968, 1989, and, most recently, in 2008. This 2008 version of the classification is referred to as ISIC Revision 4. With these various revisions, the Council has recommended that member states adopt, as soon as possible, the latest version of the classification, with such modifications as necessary to meet national requirements, without disturbing the framework of the classification.

Similar to NAICS, ISIC was designed primarily to provide a classification for grouping activities (rather than enterprises or firms), and the primary focus for the ISIC classification system is the kind of activity in which establishments or other statistical entities are engaged. Whereas the main criteria employed in delineating the divisions, groups and classes of ISIC are: (a) the character of the goods and services produced; (b) the uses to which the goods and services are put; and (c) the inputs, the process and technology of production, it is the third criterion of ISIC that corresponds to the conceptual basis of NAICS.

ISIC Rev. 4 groups economic activity into 21 broad sections, 88 divisions, 238 groups, and 419 classes. In the coding system, sections are distinguished by the letters A through U and the divisions, groups, and classes are identified as the two-digit, three-digit, and four-digit groupings, respectively. As was the case with NAICS, the most recent revision of ISIC also focused on improvements to the detail in services sections.

In the development and subsequent revision of NAICS industries, the statistical agencies of the three countries strove to create industries that did not cross ISIC two-digit boundaries. The 2007 revision of NAICS and revision 4 of ISIC increased comparability beyond previous levels. The 2012, 2017 and 2022 NAICS revisions maintains the same level of comparability with ISIC Rev. 4.

The third and fourth versions of ISIC put increased emphasis on harmonization with other activity classifications. ISIC Rev. 4 in particular was intended to have improved comparability with NAICS. The ISIC Rev. 4 revision process spanned several years and involved contributions from classification experts and users around the world, including NAICS experts. The revised ISIC structure is more detailed than the previous version, especially in the area of services. As well, to improve comparability explanatory notes have been extended to provide additional detail. This improved comparability reflects ISIC's central role in international comparison and analysis of industry statistics.

In addition to working to maintain coherence between NAICS and ISIC, international efforts have also focused on moving towards greater coherence between NAICS, ISIC and the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE, Nomenclature statistique des activités économiques dans la Communauté européenne). NACE is very similar to ISIC, so improved convergence of NAICS with ISIC benefits convergence with NACE as well.

Use of the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)

The needs of analysts to study market shares and the demand for products can more effectively be met by compiling data relating to the products produced by industries and using a product classification based on demand-oriented criteria to group products by markets served. Users of NAICS may want to consider and evaluate whether the classification they require is industry-based or product-based and whether a product classification would best suit their needs.

The North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) is a classification that organizes goods and services throughout the economy in a systematic fashion. It is a departmental standard classification for goods and services. A description of NAPCS is available at the following link: North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) - Canada (12-003-X)

More information on NAICS 2022 Version 1.0

For questions related to the North American Industry Classification System, please send an email to: statcan.csds-standards-industry-cnsd-normes-industrie.statcan@statcan.gc.ca.

Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) User Guide

Table of contents

Table of contents

Introduction

The Statistics Canada SDMX REST web services provide access to the time series made available on the Statistics Canada's website in a structured form. It complies with the SDMX standard. This service is accessible using an HTTP request.

The time series available through Statistics Canada's Common Output Data Repository (CODR) are presented in a form of Canadian indicators/cubes (short-term, structural, specific, etc.) usually representing a set of series/vectors. An indicator/cube is broken down into as many elementary series as there are possible crossover of variables/dimensions. For example, 50 industries * 13 provinces/territories = 650 different series/vectors in CODR.

The SDMX web service allows access:

  • to the values of the series
  • structural metadata describing the characteristics of the series
  • is free of charge

It is possible to quickly extract data using the CODR cube identifier and vectors. In these cases the user must have previously noted the CODR cube identifier or vector identifier from the Statistics Canada website.

What is SDMX?

The Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange initiative is sponsored by seven institutions (the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB), Eurostat, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank) to foster standards for the exchange of statistical information. The first version of the standard is an ISO standard (ISO/Technical Specification 17369:2005). It offers an information model for the representation of statistical data and metadata, as well as several formats to represent this model (SDMX-EDI, SDMX-JSON, SDMX-CSV and several SDMX-ML formats). It also proposes a standard way of implementing web services, including the use of registries.

The SDMX information model in a nutshell

The list below tells you everything you need to know about the SDMX information model in order for us to start developing an application based on the SDMX standard:

  • Descriptor concepts: In order to make sense of some statistical data, we need to know the concepts associated with them. For example, on its own the figure 1.3312 is pretty meaningless, but if we know that this is an exchange rate for the CDN dollar against the US dollar on November 19th, 2019, it starts to make more sense.
  • Packaging structure: Statistical data can be grouped together at the following levels: the observation level (the measurement of some phenomenon); the series level (the measurement of some phenomenon over time, usually at regular intervals); the group level (a group of series – a well-known example being the sibling group, a set of series which are identical, except for the fact that they are measured with different frequencies); and the dataset level (made up of several groups, to cover a specific statistical domain for instance). The descriptor concepts mentioned in point 1 can be attached at various levels in this hierarchy.
  • Dimensions and attributes: There are two types of descriptor concepts: dimensions, which both identify and describe the data, and attributes, which are purely descriptive.
  • Keys: Dimensions are grouped into keys, which allow the identification of a particular set of data (a series, for example). The key values are attached at the series level and given in a fixed sequence. Conventionally, frequency is the first descriptor concept and the other concepts are assigned an order for that particular dataset. Partial keys can be attached to groups.
  • Code lists: Every possible value for a dimension is defined in a code list. Each value on that list is given a language-independent abbreviation (code) and a language-specific description. Attributes are represented sometimes by codes, and sometimes by free-text values. Since the purpose of an attribute is solely to describe and not to identify the data, this is not a problem.
  • Data Structure Definitions: A Data Structure Definition (key family) specifies a set of concepts, which describe and identify a set of data. It tells us which concepts are dimensions (identification and description) and which are attributes (just description), and it gives the attachment level for each of these concepts on the basis of the packaging structure (dataset, group, series or observation), as well as their status (mandatory or conditional). It also specifies which code lists provide possible values for the dimensions and gives possible values for the attributes, either as code lists or free text fields.

The various SDMX-ML formats

SDMX-ML supports various use cases and, therefore, defines several XML formats. For the purpose of this guide, the following two formats will be used:

  • The Structure Definition format : This format will be used to define the structure (concepts, code lists, dimensions, attributes, etc.) of the key families.
  • The Compact format: This format will be used to define the data file. It is not a generic format (it is specific to a Data Structure Definition), but it is designed to support validation and is much more compact so as to support the exchange of large datasets.

The SDMX information model is much richer than this limited introduction, however the above should be sufficient to understand the basics of this web service. For additional information, please refer to the SDMX documentation.

SDMX Data (cube) Web Service

All the data stored in CODR can be retrieved using the query string described below.

protocol://wsEntryPoint/resource/flowRef/key?parameters

where parameters are defined as such:

startPeriod=value&endPeriod=value&firstNObservations=value&lastNObservations=value&detail=value

SDMX Data (cube) Web Service Syntax definition

protocol
The web service is available over http and https.
wsEntryPoint
The web service entry point is available at the same location of the sdmx data and metadata entry point.
resource
The resource for queries is dataflow.
flowRef

A reference to the dataflow describing the data that needs to be returned.

The syntax is the identifier of the agency maintaining the dataflow, followed by the identifier of the dataflow, followed by the dataflow version, separated by a ,(comma).

For example: AGENCY_ID, FLOW_ID, VERSION

If the parameter contains only one of these 3 elements, it is considered to be the identifier of the dataflow. The value for the identifier of the agency maintaining the dataflow will default to all, while the value for the dataflow version will default to latest.

If the string contains only two of these 3 elements, they are considered to be the identifier of the agency maintaining the dataflow and the identifier of the dataflow. The value for the dataflow version will default to latest.

key

The combination of dimensions allows statistical data to be uniquely identified. Such a combination is known as a series key in SDMX and this is what is needed in the key parameter.

Let's say for example that exchange rates can be uniquely identified by the following:

  • the frequency at which they are measured (e.g.: on a daily basis - code D),
  • the currency being measured (e.g.: US dollar - code USD),
  • the currency against which a currency is being measured (e.g.: Euro - code EUR),
  • the type of exchange rates (Foreign exchange reference rates - code SP00) and
  • the series variation (such as average or standardized measure for given frequency, code A).

In order to build the series key, you need to take the value for each of the dimensions (in the order in which the dimensions are defined in the DSD) and separate them with a .(dot). The series key for the example above therefore becomes: D.USD.EUR.SP00.A

Wildcarding is supported by omitting the value for the dimension to be wildcarded. For example, the following series key can be used to retrieve the data for all daily currencies against the euro: D..EUR.SP00.A

The OR operator is supported using the + (plus) character. For example, the following key can be used to retrieve the exchange rates against the euro for both the US dollar and the Japanese Yen: D.USD+JPY.EUR.SP00.A

You can of course combine wildcarding and the OR operator. For example, the following key can be used to retrieve daily or monthly exchange rates of any currency against the euro: D+M..EUR.SP00.A

startPeriod & endPeriod

It is possible to define a date range for which observations should be returned by using the startPeriod and/or endPeriod parameters. The values should be given according to the syntax defined in ISO 8601 or as SDMX reporting periods. The format will vary depending on the frequency.

The supported formats are:

  • YYYY for annual data (e.g.: 2013).
  • YYYY-MM for monthly data (e.g.: 2013-01).
  • YYYY-MM-DD for daily data (e.g.: 2013-01-01).
Detail

Using the detail parameter, it is possible to specify the desired amount of information to be returned by the web service.

Possible options are:

  • full: The data (series and observations) and the attributes will be returned. This is the default.
firstNObservations & lastNObservations
Using the firstNObservations and/or lastNObservations parameters, it is possible to specify the maximum number of observations to be returned for each of the matching series, starting from the first observation (firstNObservations) or counting back from the most recent observation (lastNObservations).

SDMX Data (cube) Web Service Examples

1. Retrieve the data for the series 1.1.1 (Canada / Both sexes / All ages) for the 17100005 dataflow. Table 17100005 is presented in full details in appendix 1.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_17100005/1.1.1

Results

SDMX-ML 2.1 Generic Data
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SDMX-ML 2.1 Structure Specific Data
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--NSI Web Service v7.8.0.0--><message:StructureSpecificData xmlns:ss="http://www.sdmx.org/resources/sdmxml/schemas/v2_1/data/structurespecific" xmlns:footer="http://www.sdmx.org/resources/sdmxml/schemas/v2_1/message/footer" xmlns:ns1="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.datastructure.DataStructure=StatCan:Data_Structure_17100005(1.0):ObsLevelDim:TIME_PERIOD" xmlns:message="http://www.sdmx.org/resources/sdmxml/schemas/v2_1/message" xmlns:common="http://www.sdmx.org/resources/sdmxml/schemas/v2_1/common" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"><message:Header><message:ID>IREF6c6123ee03f2474e8c8966362092d5da</message:ID><message:Test>true</message:Test><message:Prepared>2019-11-26T00:12:41</message:Prepared><message:Sender id="NOT_CONFIGURED" /><message:Structure structureID="StatCan_Data_Structure_17100005_1_0" namespace="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.datastructure.DataStructure=StatCan:Data_Structure_17100005(1.0):ObsLevelDim:TIME_PERIOD" dimensionAtObservation="TIME_PERIOD"><common:Structure><Ref agencyID="StatCan" id="Data_Structure_17100005" version="1.0" /></common:Structure></message:Structure><message:DataSetAction>Information</message:DataSetAction></message:Header><message:DataSet action="Information" ss:dataScope="DataStructure" xsi:type="ns1:DataSetType" ss:structureRef="StatCan_Data_Structure_17100005_1_0"><Series Geography="1" Sex="1" Age_group="1" UOM="249" DGUID="2016A000011124" SCALAR_FACTOR="0" VECTOR_ID="466668" NB_DECIMAL="0"><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2012" OBS_VALUE="34714222" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2013" OBS_VALUE="35082954" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2014" OBS_VALUE="35437435" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2015" OBS_VALUE="35702908" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2016" OBS_VALUE="36109487" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2017" OBS_VALUE="36543321" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2018" OBS_VALUE="37057765" /><Obs TIME_PERIOD="2019" OBS_VALUE="37589262" /></Series></message:DataSet></message:StructureSpecificData>
SDMX-JSON
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2. Retrieve the data for the series 1.2+3.1 (Canada / Male & Female / All ages) for the 17100005 dataflow. Table 17100005 is presented in full details in appendix 1.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_17100005/1.2+3.1

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3. Retrieve the data for the series .1.138 (all geographies / Both sexes / 100 years and over) for the 17100005 dataflow and for the reference years 2015 & 2016. Table 17100005 is presented in full details in appendix 1.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_17100005/.1.138?startPeriod=2015&endPeriod=2016

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SDMX-JSON
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SDMX Data (vector) Web Service

All the data stored in CODR can be retrieved using the query string described below.

 protocol://wsEntryPoint/resource/vector?parameters

where parameters are defined as such:

startPeriod=value&endPeriod=value&firstNObservations=value&lastNObservations=value&detail=value

Syntax definition

protocol
The web service is available over http and https.
wsEntryPoint
The web service entry point is available at the same location of the sdmx data and metadata entry point.
resource
The resource for vector queries is vector.
vector
The vector allows statistical time series to be identified. Vectors are unique identifiers to a time series of data points. (i.e. v123456) They do not change over time. Given the vector number does not change, users can still use the same vectors as shortcuts to their data points of interest.
startPeriod & endPeriod

It is possible to define a date range for which observations should be returned by using the startPeriod and/or endPeriod parameters. The values should be given according to the syntax defined in ISO 8601 or as SDMX reporting periods. The format will vary depending on the frequency.

The supported formats are:

  • YYYY for annual data (e.g.: 2013).
  • YYYY-MM for monthly data (e.g.: 2013-01).
  • YYYY-MM-DD for daily data (e.g.: 2013-01-01).
Detail

Using the detail parameter, it is possible to specify the desired amount of information to be returned by the web service.

Possible options are:

  • full: The data (series and observations) and the attributes will be returned. This is the default.
firstNObservations & lastNObservations
Using the firstNObservations and/or lastNObservations parameters, it is possible to specify the maximum number of observations to be returned for each of the matching series, starting from the first observation (firstNObservations) or counting back from the most recent observation (lastNObservations).

Examples

4. Retrieve the data for the series (vectors) 466670 (Canada / Male / All ages). Table 17100005 is presented in full details in appendix 1.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/vector/v466670

Results

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SDMX-ML 2.1 Structure Specific Data
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SDMX-JSON
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SDMX Metadata (structure) Web Service

5. Retrieve the latest version in production of the DSD with id 17100005 data structure. Table 17100005 is presented in full details in appendix 1.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_17100005

Results

SDMX-ML Structure format
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          <common:Name xml:lang="en">All ages</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">Tous âges</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="7" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).7">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 to 4 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 à 4 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="2" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).2">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 an</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="7" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="3" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).3">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">1 year</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">1 an</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="7" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="4" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).4">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">2 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">2 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="7" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="5" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).5">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">3 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">3 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="7" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="6" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).6">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">4 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">4 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="7" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="13" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).13">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">5 to 9 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">5 à 9 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="8" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).8">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">5 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">5 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="13" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="9" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).9">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">6 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">6 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="13" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="10" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).10">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">7 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">7 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="13" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="11" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).11">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">8 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">8 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="13" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="12" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).12">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">9 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">9 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="13" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="19" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).19">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">10 to 14 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">10 à 14 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="14" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).14">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">10 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">10 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="19" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="15" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).15">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">11 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">11 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="19" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="16" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).16">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">12 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">12 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="19" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="17" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).17">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">13 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">13 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="19" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="18" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).18">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">14 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">14 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="19" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="25" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).25">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">15 to 19 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">15 à 19 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="20" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).20">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">15 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">15 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="25" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="21" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).21">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">16 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">16 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="25" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="22" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).22">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">17 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">17 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="25" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="23" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).23">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">18 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">18 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="25" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="24" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).24">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">19 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">19 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="25" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="31" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).31">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">20 to 24 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">20 à 24 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="26" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).26">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">20 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">20 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="31" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="27" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).27">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">21 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">21 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="31" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="28" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).28">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">22 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">22 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="31" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="29" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).29">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">23 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">23 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="31" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="30" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).30">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">24 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">24 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="31" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="37" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).37">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">25 to 29 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">25 à 29 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="32" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).32">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">25 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">25 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="37" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="33" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).33">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">26 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">26 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="37" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="34" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).34">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">27 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">27 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="37" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="35" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).35">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">28 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">28 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="37" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="36" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).36">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">29 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">29 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="37" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="43" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).43">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">30 to 34 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">30 à 34 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="38" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).38">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">30 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">30 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="43" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="39" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).39">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">31 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">31 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="43" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="40" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).40">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">32 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">32 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="43" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="41" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).41">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">33 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">33 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="43" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="42" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).42">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">34 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">34 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="43" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="49" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).49">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">35 to 39 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">35 à 39 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="44" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).44">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">35 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">35 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="49" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="45" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).45">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">36 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">36 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="49" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="46" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).46">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">37 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">37 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="49" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="47" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).47">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">38 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">38 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="49" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="48" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).48">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">39 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">39 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="49" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="55" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).55">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">40 to 44 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">40 à 44 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="50" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).50">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">40 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">40 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="55" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="51" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).51">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">41 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">41 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="55" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="52" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).52">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">42 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">42 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="55" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="53" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).53">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">43 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">43 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="55" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="54" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).54">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">44 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">44 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="55" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="61" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).61">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">45 to 49 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">45 à 49 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="56" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).56">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">45 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">45 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="61" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="57" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).57">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">46 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">46 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="61" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="58" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).58">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">47 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">47 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="61" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="59" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).59">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">48 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">48 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="61" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="60" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).60">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">49 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">49 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="61" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="67" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).67">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">50 to 54 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">50 à 54 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="62" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).62">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">50 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">50 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="67" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="63" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).63">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">51 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">51 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="67" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="64" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).64">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">52 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">52 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="67" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="65" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).65">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">53 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">53 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="67" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="66" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).66">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">54 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">54 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="67" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="73" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).73">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">55 to 59 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">55 à 59 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="68" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).68">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">55 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">55 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="73" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="69" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).69">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">56 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">56 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="73" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="70" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).70">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">57 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">57 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="73" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="71" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).71">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">58 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">58 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="73" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="72" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).72">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">59 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">59 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="73" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="79" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).79">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">60 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">60 à 64 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="74" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).74">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">60 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">60 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="79" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="75" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).75">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">61 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">61 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="79" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="76" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).76">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">62 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">62 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="79" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="77" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).77">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">63 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">63 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="79" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="78" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).78">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">64 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="79" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="85" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).85">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">65 to 69 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">65 à 69 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="80" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).80">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">65 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">65 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="85" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="81" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).81">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">66 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">66 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="85" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="82" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).82">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">67 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">67 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="85" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="83" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).83">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">68 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">68 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="85" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="84" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).84">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">69 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">69 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="85" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="86" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).86">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">70 to 74 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">70 à 74 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="87" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).87">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">75 to 79 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">75 à 79 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="88" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).88">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">80 to 84 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">80 à 84 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="89" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).89">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">85 to 89 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">85 à 89 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="90" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).90">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">90 years and over</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">90 ans et plus</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="91" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).91">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 to 14 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 à 14 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="92" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).92">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 to 15 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 à 15 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="93" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).93">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 to 16 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 à 16 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="94" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).94">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">0 to 17 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">0 à 17 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="95" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).95">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">15 to 49 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">15 à 49 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="96" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).96">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">15 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">15 à 64 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="97" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).97">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">16 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">16 à 64 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="98" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).98">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">17 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">17 à 64 ans</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="101" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).101">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">18 years and over</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">18 ans et plus</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="100" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).100">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">18 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">18 à 64 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="101" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="99" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).99">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">18 to 24 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">18 à 24 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="100" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="102" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).102">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">25 to 44 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">25 à 44 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="100" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="103" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).103">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">45 to 64 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">45 à 64 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="100" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="104" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).104">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">65 years and over</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">65 ans et plus</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="101" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="105" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).105">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">Median age</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">Âge médian</common:Name>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="106" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).106">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">70 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">70 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="86" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="107" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).107">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">71 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">71 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="86" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="108" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).108">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">72 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">72 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="86" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="109" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).109">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">73 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">73 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="86" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="110" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).110">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">74 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">74 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="86" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="111" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).111">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">75 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">75 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="87" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="112" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).112">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">76 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">76 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="87" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="113" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).113">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">77 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">77 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="87" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="114" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).114">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">78 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">78 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="87" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="115" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).115">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">79 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">79 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="87" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="116" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).116">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">80 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">80 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="88" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="117" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).117">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">81 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">81 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="88" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="118" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).118">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">82 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">82 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="88" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="119" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).119">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">83 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">83 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="88" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="120" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).120">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">84 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">84 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="88" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="121" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).121">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">85 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">85 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="89" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="122" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).122">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">86 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">86 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="89" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="123" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).123">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">87 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">87 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="89" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="124" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).124">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">88 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">88 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="89" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="125" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).125">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">89 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">89 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="89" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="126" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).126">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">90 to 94 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">90 à 94 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="1" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="127" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).127">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">90 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">90 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="126" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="128" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).128">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">91 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">91 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>


            <Ref id="126" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="129" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).129">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">92 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">92 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="126" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="130" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).130">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">93 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">93 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="126" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
        <structure:Code id="131" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Code=StatCan:CL_17100005_Age_group(1.0).131">
          <common:Name xml:lang="en">94 years</common:Name>
          <common:Name xml:lang="fr">94 ans</common:Name>
          <structure:Parent>
            <Ref id="126" />
          </structure:Parent>
        </structure:Code>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">Postcensal estimates are based on the 2016 Census counts adjusted for census net undercoverage (CNU) (including adjustment for incompletely enumerated Indian reserves (IEIR)) and the components of demographic growth that occurred since that census. Intercensal estimates are produced using counts from two consecutive censuses adjusted for CNU (including (IEIR) and postcensal estimates.</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Les estimations postcensitaires sont produites à partir des comptes du Recensement de 2016, rajustées pour le sous-dénombrement net du recensement (SDNR) (incluant le rajustement pour les réserves indiennes partiellement dénombrées (RIPD)) et des composantes de l'accroissement démographique survenu depuis ce recensement. Les estimations intercensitaires sont produites à l'aide des comptes de deux recensements consécutifs rajustés pour le SDNR (inlcuant les RIPD) et des estimations postcensitaires.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">Estimates are final intercensal up to 2015, final postcensal for 2016, updated postcensal for 2017 and 2018 and preliminary postcensal for 2019.</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Les estimations sont intercensitaires définitives jusqu'en 2015, postcensitaires définitives pour 2016, postcensitaires mises à jour pour 2017 et 2018 et postcensitaires provisoires pour 2019.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">Population estimates for Northwest Territories and Nunavut are presented separately from 1991.</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Les estimations de la population des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et du Nunavut sont présentées séparément à partir de 1991.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">Prior to 1991, only estimates of population for Northwest Territories and Nunavut combined are available.</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Avant 1991, seules les estimations de la population des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et du Nunavut combinées sont disponibles.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Âge atteint au dernier anniversaire en années révolues.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">Data for persons aged 90 to 100 years and over will be available from 2001.</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Les données des personnes âgées de 90 à 100 ans et plus sont disponibles à partir de 2001.</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">The population growth, which is used to calculate population estimates, is comprised of the natural growth (Tables 17100006 and 17100016), international migration (Table 17100014) and interprovincial migration (Table 17100015).</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">L'accroissement démographique qui sert au calcul des estimations de la population, est composé de l'accroissement naturel (Tableaux 17100006 et 17100016), de la migration internationale (Tableau 17100014) et de la migration interprovinciale (Tableau 17100015).</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">Population et démographie</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">CURRENT - a cube available to the public and that is current</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">ACTIF - un cube qui est disponible au public et qui est toujours mise a jour</common:AnnotationText>
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            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="en">https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000501</common:AnnotationText>
            <common:AnnotationText xml:lang="fr">https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/fr/tv.action?pid=1710000501</common:AnnotationText>
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              <structure:LocalRepresentation>
                <structure:Enumeration>
                  <Ref id="CL_17100005_TERMINATED" version="1.0" agencyID="StatCan" package="codelist" class="Codelist" />
                </structure:Enumeration>
              </structure:LocalRepresentation>
              <structure:AttributeRelationship>
                <structure:Dimension>
                  <Ref id="Geography" />
                </structure:Dimension>
                <structure:Dimension>
                  <Ref id="Sex" />
                </structure:Dimension>
                <structure:Dimension>
                  <Ref id="Age_group" />
                </structure:Dimension>
              </structure:AttributeRelationship>
            </structure:Attribute>
            <structure:Attribute id="SECURITY_LEVEL" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.datastructure.DataAttribute=StatCan:Data_Structure_17100005(1.0).SECURITY_LEVEL" assignmentStatus="Conditional">
              <structure:ConceptIdentity>
                <Ref id="SECURITY_LEVEL" maintainableParentID="CONCEPTS_17100005" maintainableParentVersion="1.0" agencyID="StatCan" package="conceptscheme" class="Concept" />
              </structure:ConceptIdentity>
              <structure:LocalRepresentation>
                <structure:Enumeration>
                  <Ref id="CL_17100005_SECURITY_LEVEL" version="1.0" agencyID="StatCan" package="codelist" class="Codelist" />
                </structure:Enumeration>
              </structure:LocalRepresentation>
              <structure:AttributeRelationship>
                <structure:PrimaryMeasure>
                  <Ref id="OBS_VALUE" />
                </structure:PrimaryMeasure>
              </structure:AttributeRelationship>
            </structure:Attribute>
          </structure:AttributeList>
          <structure:MeasureList id="MeasureDescriptor" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.datastructure.MeasureDescriptor=StatCan:Data_Structure_17100005(1.0).MeasureDescriptor">
            <structure:PrimaryMeasure id="OBS_VALUE" urn="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.datastructure.PrimaryMeasure=StatCan:Data_Structure_17100005(1.0).OBS_VALUE">
              <structure:ConceptIdentity>
                <Ref id="OBS_VALUE" maintainableParentID="CONCEPTS_17100005" maintainableParentVersion="1.0" agencyID="StatCan" package="conceptscheme" class="Concept" />
              </structure:ConceptIdentity>
            </structure:PrimaryMeasure>
          </structure:MeasureList>
        </structure:DataStructureComponents>
      </structure:DataStructure>
    </structure:DataStructures>
  </message:Structures>
</message:Structure>

Content negotiation

Using the HTTP content negotiation mechanism, you can select the representation to be returned and you can also instruct the service to compress the data to be returned.

Format selection

The following data formats are supported by the web service:

  • Data formats:
    • SDMX-ML 2.1 Generic Data format:
      application/vnd.sdmx.genericdata+xml;version=2.1. This is the default for data queries.
    • SDMX-ML 2.1 Structure Specific Data format:
      application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1
    • SDMX-JSON: application/vnd.sdmx.data+json;version=1.0.0-wd
    • CSV: text/csv
  • Metadata formats:
    • SDMX-ML Structure format: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1

For additional information about the various SDMX-ML formats, please refer to the SDMX documentation.

Generic mime types (application/json, application/xml) are also supported but they will always point to the most recent version of the SDMX formats supported by these web services. That version will change in the future, whenever new versions of the various SDMX formats are made available.

Is it therefore highly recommended that implementers use one of the specific mime types above rather than a generic one, to avoid issues when new versions of the formats are released.

Output compression

You can also enable data compression using the Accept-Encoding HTTP header field. Compressed messages are typically significantly smaller than uncompressed messages, which can lead to improvements when transferring large amount data over the network.

Status codes

The web service returns the following HTTP status codes.

HTTP status codes
Code Status Description
200 OK Your query could be successfully processed and the data have been returned.
304 No changes No changes since the timestamp supplied in the If-Modified-Since header.
400 Syntax error If there is a syntactic or semantic issue with the parameters you supplied, a 400 HTTP status code will be returned.
404 No results found A 404 HTTP status code will be returned if there are no results matching the query.
406 Not Acceptable If you ask for a resource representation that we don't support, a 406 HTTP status code will be returned. See the section about European Central Bank content negotiation, to view the supported representations.
500 Internal Server Error When there is an issue on our side, a 500 HTTP status code will be returned. Feel free to try again later or to contact our support hotline.
501 Not implemented This web service offers a subset of the functionality offered by the SDMX RESTful web service specification. When you use a feature that we have not yet implemented, a 501 HTTP status code will be returned.
503 Service unavailable If our web service is temporarily unavailable, a 503 HTTP status code will be returned.

Useful tips

The SDMX Technical Working Group publishes a list of tips and tricks for web service clients, which is well worth reading.

The SDMX Technical Working Group has also published a cheat sheet (PDF, 83 KB) which summarises, in 2 A4 pages, the main points of the SDMX 2.1 RESTful API.

If the documentation does not contain the information you require, or if you have any general comments or feedback regarding our web service, please contact us.

All sample queries in this tutorial can also be executed using command-line tools such as curl or wget:

wget -O data.xml \
--header="Accept:application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1" \
https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/EXR/M.NOK.EUR.SP00.A
curl -k -o data.xml \
--header "Accept:application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1" \
https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/EXR/M.NOK.EUR.SP00.A

Appendix 1

Table 17100005 - Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex

Thumbnail - Table 17100005 - Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex

1st Dimension - Geography
Codes for 1st Dimension - Geography
Code Name_en
1 Canada
2 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 Prince Edward Island
4 Nova Scotia
5 New Brunswick
6 Quebec
7 Ontario
8 Manitoba
9 Saskatchewan
10 Alberta
11 British Columbia
12 Yukon
13 Northwest Territories including Nunavut
14 Northwest Territories
15 Nunavut
2nd Dimension – Sex
Codes for 2nd Dimension – Sex
Code Name_en
1 Both sexes
2 Males
3 Females
3rd Dimension – Age group
Codes for 3rd Dimension – Age group
Code Name_en
1 All ages
2 0 years
3 1 year
4 2 years
5 3 years
6 4 years
7 0 to 4 years
8 5 years
9 6 years
10 7 years
11 8 years
12 9 years
13 5 to 9 years
14 10 years
15 11 years
16 12 years
17 13 years
18 14 years
19 10 to 14 years
20 15 years
21 16 years
22 17 years
23 18 years
24 19 years
25 15 to 19 years
26 20 years
27 21 years
28 22 years
29 23 years
30 24 years
31 20 to 24 years
32 25 years
33 26 years
34 27 years
35 28 years
36 29 years
37 25 to 29 years
38 30 years
39 31 years
40 32 years
41 33 years
42 34 years
43 30 to 34 years
44 35 years
45 36 years
46 37 years
47 38 years
48 39 years
49 35 to 39 years
50 40 years
51 41 years
52 42 years
53 43 years
54 44 years
55 40 to 44 years
56 45 years
57 46 years
58 47 years
59 48 years
60 49 years
61 45 to 49 years
62 50 years
63 51 years
64 52 years
65 53 years
66 54 years
67 50 to 54 years
68 55 years
69 56 years
70 57 years
71 58 years
72 59 years
73 55 to 59 years
74 60 years
75 61 years
76 62 years
77 63 years
78 64 years
79 60 to 64 years
80 65 years
81 66 years
82 67 years
83 68 years
84 69 years
85 65 to 69 years
86 70 to 74 years
87 75 to 79 years
88 80 to 84 years
89 85 to 89 years
90 90 years and over
91 0 to 14 years
92 0 to 15 years
93 0 to 16 years
94 0 to 17 years
95 15 to 49 years
96 15 to 64 years
97 16 to 64 years
98 17 to 64 years
99 18 to 24 years
100 18 to 64 years
101 18 years and over
102 25 to 44 years
103 45 to 64 years
104 65 years and over
105 Median age
106 70 years
107 71 years
108 72 years
109 73 years
110 74 years
111 75 years
112 76 years
113 77 years
114 78 years
115 79 years
116 80 years
117 81 years
118 82 years
119 83 years
120 84 years
121 85 years
122 86 years
123 87 years
124 88 years
125 89 years
126 90 to 94 years
127 90 years
128 91 years
129 92 years
130 93 years
131 94 years
132 95 to 99 years
133 95 years
134 96 years
135 97 years
136 98 years
137 99 years
138 100 years and over

Appendix 2: CURL Examples

SDMX structure sample URL:

curl -X GET -k -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

curl -X GET -k -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

pid=13100101

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

pid=13100101

Header:

Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/structure/Data_Structure_13100101'

pid=13100101

Header:

Accept: application/xml

SDMX data sample URL:

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

pid = 13100101

Header:

Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structurespecificdata+xml;version=2.1
dimensions are separated by "." and members are separated by "+". The date format should be "yyyy-mm-dd". if value of "day" is missing, the default value is "01"

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.data+json;version=1.0.0-wd' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_18100002/1.1+2?startPeriod=2018-01&endPeriod=2018-05'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.data+json;version=1.0.0-wd' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_18100002/1.1+2?startPeriod=2018-01&endPeriod=2018-05'

pid = 18100102

Header:

Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.data+json;version=1.0.0-wd

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.genericdata+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.genericdata+xml;version=2.1' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

pid = 13100101

Header:

Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.genericdata+xml;version=2.1

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

pid = 13100101

Header:

Accept: application/xml

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?startPeriod=2014&endPeriod=2015'

pid = 13100101

Header:

Accept: application/xml

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?firstNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?firstNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?lastNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/data/DF_13100101/1.1.1+2+3+4?lastNObservations=1'

Vector examples

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/vector/v114809245?lastNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/xml' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/vector/v114809245?lastNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/vector/v114809245?firstNObservations=1'

curl -X GET -k -H 'Accept: application/json' -i 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/sdmx/statcan/rest/vector/v114809245?firstNObservations=1'
 
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