Purpose

This monthly survey collects data on the inventories and movement of crude oils and petroleum products by domestic transporters, including pipelines and marine vessels, as well as associated terminals. This data is required for integration into the input-output table of the Canadian System of National Accounts. Data is made available under the authority of the Statistics Act to other federal departments and provincial authorities through data sharing agreements subject to embodied principles of data confidentiality. Data is also intended for use by survey respondents, industry associations, industry analysts, and the general public to assess trends in the Canadian petroleum sector.

Who must submit

To be completed by the operators of pipelines, marine vessels and associated terminals located in Canada.

When to submit

The survey must be received by Statistics Canada 10 days following the month in review.

General instructions

Report all quantities to the nearest whole number in Cubic Metres.

Report data for only products which are applicable to your operation.

Inventories

Pipelines: Include inventories held in tanks, terminals, and lines.

Marine vessels: Include inventories held on vessels and at terminals that are operated by your company.

Report all inventories in the custody of the facility regardless of ownership. Reported inventory quantities should represent actual measured inventories.

Report all domestic and foreign inventories in the custody of the facility as long as foreign stock have entered through customs.

Report opening inventories on the 1st day of the reporting month (start of day).

Report closing inventories on the last day of the reporting month (end of day).

Movements

Report all movements by petroleum product between regions (i.e., provinces, territories, United States, Foreign, non U.S.) made by your company during the reporting month.

The shipping region is also known as the load region. The receiving region is also known as the discharge region.

Report the movement when the product has arrived at the receiving region.

Exclude intermediate movements if operating in more than two provinces.

• Pipeline example: a shipment originating in United States, passing through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and received in Alberta, is reported as a movement from United States to Alberta only.
• Marine vessel example: a shipment originating in US, passing through Newfoundland and Quebec, and terminating in Ontario, is reported as a movement from United States to Ontario only.

Product definitions

Asphalt

A dark-brown-to-black cement-like material containing bitumens as the predominant constituent obtained by petroleum processing; used primarily for road construction. It includes crude asphalt as well as the following finished products: cements, fluxes, the asphalt content of emulsions (exclusive of water), and petroleum distillates blended with asphalt to make cutback asphalts.

Aviation gasoline, blending components

Naphthas which will be used for blending into finished aviation gasoline (e.g., straight-run gasoline, alkylate, reformate, benzene, and xylene).

Includes all aviation gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Aviation gasoline, finished

A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in aviation reciprocating engines.

Excludes blending components of finished aviation gasoline.

Biodiesel Fuel (FAME)

It is a liquid fuel that is comprised of at least one mono-alkyl ester produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks in reaction with an alcohol reactant and is suitable for use in a diesel engine. It is also known as fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and is made from renewable fuel feedstocks.

Crude oil, bitumen

A naturally occurring viscous mixture, mainly of hydrocarbon heavier than pentane, that may contain sulphur compounds and that, in its naturally occurring viscous state, will not flow to a well.

Crude oil, heavy

A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities. Crude oil is deemed to be "heavy" if it has a density equal to 900 or greater.

Crude oil, lease condensate

A mixture consisting primarily of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons which is recovered as a liquid from natural gas in lease separation facilities. Excludes hydrocarbon gas liquids, such as butane and propane, which are recovered at downstream natural gas processing plants or facilities.

Crude oil, light

A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities. Crude oil is deemed to be "light" if it has a density less than 900 kg/m3.

Crude oil, synthetic crude oil

Synthetic crude oil obtained by the upgrading of crude bitumen or heavy crude oil.

Diesel fuel oil

A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. Products known as No. 2 and No. 3 diesel fuel used in on-highway diesel engines, such as those in trucks and automobiles, as well as off-highway engines, such as those in railroad locomotives and agricultural machinery.

Report distillate fuel oil where it is unknown whether it should be classified as diesel fuel oil or light fuel oil by sulphur content:

• Diesel Fuel Oil: ≤ 15ppm sulphur
• Light Fuel Oil: > 15ppm sulphur

Fuel Ethanol

An anhydrous alcohol (ethanol with less than 1% water) intended for gasoline blending that is produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, mixed

A combination of ethane, propane, butanes, or pentanes plus.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, butanes

A normally gaseous straight-chain or branch-chain hydrocarbon extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams (C4H10). It includes normal butane, isobutane, and refinery-grade butane.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, ethane

A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon (C2H6). It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of – 88.6 degrees Celsius. It is extracted from natural gas and refinery gas streams.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, pentanes plus

A mixture of hydrocarbons, mostly pentanes and heavier, extracted from natural gas. Includes isopentane, natural gasoline, and plant condensate.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, propane

A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon (C3H8). It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of -42 degrees Celsius. It is extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams.

Hydrogen

The lightest of all gases, occurring chiefly in combination with oxygen in water; exists also in acids, bases, alcohols, petroleum, and other hydrocarbons.

Jet fuel, Kerosene-type

A kerosene-based product having a maximum distillation temperature of 204 degrees Celsius at the 10-percent recovery point and a final maximum boiling point of 300 degrees Celsius. It is used for commercial and military turbojet and turboprop aircraft engines.

Kerosene

A light petroleum distillate that is used in space heaters, cook stoves, and water heaters and is suitable for use as a light source when burned in wick-fed lamps.

Includes other grades of kerosene called range or stove oil, which have properties similar to those of No. 1 fuel oil.

Light fuel oil (No. 2 and No. 3 heating fuel oils)

A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. Products known as No. 2 and No. 3 fuel oils used primarily for space heating and electric power generation.

Report distillate fuel oil where it is unknown whether it should be classified as diesel fuel oil or light fuel oil by sulphur content:

• Diesel Fuel Oil: ≤ 15ppm sulphur
• Light Fuel Oil: > 15ppm sulphur

Lubricants

Substances used to reduce friction between bearing surfaces or as process materials either incorporated into other materials used as processing aids in the manufacture of other products, or used as carriers of other materials. Petroleum lubricants may be produced either from distillates or residues. Lubricants include all grades of lubricating oils from spindle oil to cylinder oil and those used in greases.

Miscellaneous products

Includes all finished products not classified elsewhere (e.g., petrolatum, lube refining by-products (aromatic extracts and tars), absorption oils, ram-jet fuel, petroleum rocket fuels, synthetic natural gas feedstocks, and specialty oils).

Includes transmix. Transmix is created when two different petroleum products (e.g. motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) become commingled during pipeline transport.

Excludes uncategorized unfinished products. These products should be included in unfinished oils.

Motor gasoline, blending components

Naphthas (e.g., straightrun gasoline, alkylate, reformate, benzene, xylene) used for blending into finished motor gasoline. Products classified as motor gasoline blending components include blendstock for oxygenate blending (BOB), gasoline treated as blendstock (GTAB) and all "other" motor gasoline blending components.

Includes all motor gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Unblended butane and pentanes plus are reported under separate products. This applies only to unblended products. After blending, butanes, pentanes plus, fuel ethanol, oxygenates, and other materials become part of the volume of gasoline blending components or finished motor gasoline.

Excludes any naphtha-range hydrocarbons from gasoline blending components if the intended end use is other than blending or compounding into finished motor gasoline or finished aviation gasoline (e.g. naphtha intended for use in solvents or as petrochemical feedstocks).

Motor gasoline, finished

A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in internal combustion engines.

Excludes aviation gasoline.

Excludes all motor gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Excludes motor gasoline blending components until they are blended into the gasoline (see previous definition).

Petroleum Coke

A residue high in carbon content and low in hydrogen that is the final product of thermal decomposition in the condensation process in cracking. This product is reported as marketable coke or catalyst coke.

Petrochemical Feedstocks

Chemical feedstocks derived from petroleum principally for the manufacture of chemicals, synthetic rubber, and a variety of plastics.

Renewable Diesel Fuel (HDRD/HVO)

Hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) or hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) is a diesel substitute that can be derived renewable fuel feedstocks.

Residual fuel oil (No. 4, No.5 and No. 6 fuel oils)

A general classification for the heavier oils, known as No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 fuel oils, that remain after the distillate fuel oils and lighter hydrocarbons are distilled away in refinery operations. NOTE: No. 6 fuel oil includes Bunker C fuel oil.

Still Gas (Refinery Gas)

Any form or mixture of gases produced in refineries by distillation, cracking, reforming, and other processes. The principal constituents are methane, ethane, ethylene, normal butane, butylene, propane, propylene, etc. Still gas is used as a refinery fuel and a petrochemical feedstock.

Special naphthas (solvents)

All finished products within the naphtha boiling range that are used as paint thinners, cleaners, or solvents. These products are refined to a specified flash point.

Includes all commercial hexane and cleaning solvents.

Excludes naphthas to be blended or marketed as motor gasoline or aviation gasoline, or that are to be used as petrochemical and synthetic natural gas (SNG) feedstocks.

Unfinished oils (excluding synthetic crude oil)

All oils requiring further processing. Unfinished oils are produced by partial refining of crude oil and include naphthas and lighter oils, kerosene and light gas oils, heavy gas oils, and residuum.

Includes uncategorized unfinished products and oils.

Wax

A solid or semi-solid material at 25 degrees Celsius consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained or derived from petroleum fractions, or through a Fischer-Tropsch type process, in which the straight-chained paraffin series predominates. This includes all marketable wax, whether crude or refined, with a congealing point between 27 (or 29) and 121 degrees Celsius and a maximum oil content of 50 weight percent.

Regions

Report data by the following regions:

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut
• United States
• Foreign, non U.S.

Provisions regarding confidentiality of information and data sharing

Confidentiality

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

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 study with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Access Ramps

Strategically placed structures that help to minimize livestock impact while direct watering from a surface water body.

Amino acids

Amino acids are the building block of proteins, and can help maintain muscle and tissue strength.

Anaerobic biodigestion

Anaerobic biodigestion is a process through which bacteria break down organic matter—such as manure—without oxygen.

Air Exchanger

An air exchanger is a device that exchanges indoor with fresh outdoor air.

Background operations

Operations that are more for personal use. Steers and heifers raised by the operator and typically butchered for personal, or local markets. The cows are sometimes sold to feedlot at a later age.

Backgrounding

The growing and feeding of steers and heifers from weaning until just before they are placed on a high concentrate finishing ration in a feedlot. Background feeding or grazing relies more heavily on forage (e.g., pasture, hay) in combination with grains to increase a calf's weight by several hundred pounds and to build up immunity to diseases before it enters a finishing feedlot.

Backgrounding heifers

Backgrounding heifers refers to heifers that are over-wintered on a forage-based diet until their weight increases to about 408 kg (900 lbs). Some grain may be fed, however the amount is limited so the cattle don't gain weight too quickly.

Backgrounding steers

Backgrounding steers refers to steers that are over-wintered on a forage-based diet until their weight increases to about 408 kg (900 lbs). Some grain may be fed, however the amount is limited so the cattle don't gain weight too quickly.

Bactericides

Bactericides are highly used to control bacterial disease by specifically inhibiting or killing the bacterial causing the disease.

Banded application of fertilizer

The banded application of fertilizer is when fertilizer is placed in a "band" often 2 inches over and 2 inches down from the seed or plant. It is also called a "starter" application, to help "start" the plant off.

Bedding

Dry straw, sand, sawdust, bark mulch, shavings, wood chips, or other material used to absorb livestock (e.g. poultry) manure/urine deposits in a barn.

Bentonite

Bentonite clay is used as a dietary supplement as it may help cleanse the colon, balance bacteria levels in the digestive tract, boost immune system health, enhance absorption of nutrients and cleanse the liver.

Biopesticides

Biopesticides are pesticides derived from natural materials such as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals. Biopesticides include naturally occurring substances such as microorganisms that control pests, or substances produced by plants containing added genetic material (plant-incorporated protectants) or PIPs.

Biosecurity measures

Biosecurity measures are management options taken to stop the introduction or prevent the spread of harmful organisms. They include preventive health exams for livestock, quarantine periods for livestock new to the farm or presenting symptoms.

Boar

A boar refers to an intact male pig.

Boarding

Boarding refers to farms being provided with food and lodging for their cattle at a fixed price.

Breeding soundness examination

Breeding soundness examination is a complete evaluation of the reproductive potential of an animal, including mating ability, libido, inspection of the genital organs, and assessment of sperm production and quality.

Buffers

Buffers are feed additives used largely to reduce the effect of acidic conditions produced by the grain rations fed to dairy cows.

Buffer zone

An area of planted or natural vegetation that is beside a permanent wetland or waterway, extending from the shoreline to the edge of a field.

Calibration

Process of ensuring that the equipment used to apply pesticide, commercial fertilizer, manure, seed or other crop input is applying the intended rate per unit area.

Cereal grain

Cereal grain is ground grain crops (e.g., wheat, barley, oats, triticale, etc.) that is used as animal feed.

Chaff

Chaff is the dry, scaly protective casing of the seeds of cereal grains, or similar fine, dry, scaly plant material such as scaly parts of flowers, or finely chopped straw.

Chemfallow

A type of summerfallow; the practice of leaving cultivated land free of vegetation for one growing season and using only herbicides to control weeds.

Coccidiostats

Coccidiostats are a substance administered to poultry and cattle to slow the growth and reproduction of coccidian parasites.

Cold frames

A simple frame (either plastic or glass) used to protect seedlings/plants from frost; a passive solar heating system (that is, it has no source of heat except sunlight) used to generate plant growth and harden off plants for transplanting in the field.

Common bedding pack area

A common bedding pack area is a large bedded pen for resting and walking rather than individual stalls or concrete alleyways.

Common blend

A blend of two or more fertilizer products that is prepared by a fertilizer dealer for a number of clients.

Companion crop

The planting of 2 or more crops in the same place at the same time, so that some benefit is derived, for example pest control, higher yield, etc.

Composted manure

Animal dung or urine, often mixed with straw or other organic matter, which has decomposed into a stable humus.

Composting

A process that decomposes organic matter (manure and/or plant matter) into a stable humus used as a natural fertilizer or soil amendment.

Conservation/ Reduced tillage

Soil disturbance through tillage, planting and other field operations that together retain a considerable portion (30-60%) of the previous crop residues on the surface. This is also often called minimum till, and may include high disturbance direct seeding, mulch tillage, and vertical tillage. Also includes zone tillage or strip tillage, where tillage is limited to narrow bands normally associated with the seed row. For fallow land, weed control is done by a combination of tillage and herbicides.

Conventional tillage

Soil disturbance through tillage, planting and other field operations that together incorporate most of the previous crop residues into the soil (less than 30% of the previous crop's residues remain on the soil after planting). For fallow land, weed control is done primarily by tillage.

Corn for silage

Corn in which the entire plant, including the cob, is chopped up and stored in upright silos, bunker silos or plastic bags, and used for animal feed.

Corn grain

Corn grain is ground corn that is used as animal feed.

Cover crop

A cover crop is a crop, such as red clover, fall rye, etc., used to protect the soil from water and wind erosion between cash crops. Cover crops may increase soil nutrient levels and soil tilth.

Cow/calf operations

Operations that breed cows and then sell the calves to a feedlot once the calves are weaned.

Crop Residue

The above ground portion of terminated crop growth that remains after harvest. It includes straw, chaff and stubble. It does not include post-harvest vegetative growth from perennial crops or from volunteer germination of shattered seeds.

Cross breed

A calf originating from parents that are each a different pure breed.

Culls

Culls are the sorting or segregation of fresh harvested produce into marketable lots, with the non-marketable lots being discarded or diverted into food processing or non-food processing activities.

Cultivar

A cultivar (cultivated variety) is an assemblage of plants selected for desirable characteristics that are maintained during propagation.

Custom blend

A unique blend prepared for a specific client.

Custom feeding

Custom feeding refers to paying someone else to feed cattle for the owner as they may not have the facilities, time, or expertise to feed cattle.

Custom operator

A custom operator performs works on the farm manager's land for a set fee or rate. Custom operators use their own equipment. Other inputs such as seed, fertilizer, pesticides, etc. required for the work may or may not be provided by the custom operator as part of their fee.

Deep tillage or subsoiling

Deep tillage or subsoiling is a practice that breaks up soil, usually 12-18" deep, to allow increased water movement, better aeration of the roots and access to additional minerals and nutrients for plant growth.

Dribble

A dribble band is a tool with drop hoses at seven to 10 inch spacing that touches the soil used to apply liquid fertilizer.

Ear implants

Ear implants contain natural or synthetic anabolic compounds that produce physiological responses in the animal, similar to natural hormones. Implants are typically made of a powder that is compressed into a small pellet. The pellet is implanted under the skin on the backside of the animal's ear with an implant gun.

Earthen lagoons or pits

Earthen lagoons or pits are outside, below ground pits or concrete storages used for the biological treatment of manure and wastewater.

Electrostatic precipitator

A device that removes fine particles like dust, by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge.

Environmental Farm Plan

A formal, written overall assessment of environmental issues or concerns related to this operation. It can include individual and/or group planning processes.

Fall or winter cover crops planted after harvest

Fall or winter cover crops planted after harvest are sown following the harvest of the primary commercial crop in summer or fall of the cropping year, and provide effective cover over winter until next growing season.

Feeding under contract

Feeding under contract refers to, when under contract farming, agricultural production (including livestock and poultry) is carried out based on a pre-harvest agreement between buyers (such as food processing units and exporters), and producers (farmers or farmer organisations).

Field crops

Field crops are seeded every year. These are grown for grain, seed, forage feed (hay, silage, or greenfeed), or grazing.

Finishing

Refers to feeding a high concentrate or energy ration in a feedlot until the animal is ready to be marketed for slaughter. This category can also be used for cattle finished on grass, for a speciality market.

Finishing heifers

Finishing heifers refers to heifers with high energy rations designed to put gain on as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

Finishing pigs

Finishing pigs include pigs in the stage after grower, from 75kg to market weight.

Finishing steers

Finishing steers refers to steers with high energy rations designed to put gain on as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

Foliar spray application

Foliar feeding is a technique of feeding plants by applying liquid fertilizer directly to the leaves.

Forage crops

Forage crops do not have to be reseeded every year. These crops are grown primarily for feed (hay or silage), but could be used for seed or occasional grazing.

Forage feed

Forage feed is whole plant material fed to ruminant animals. Forage may be stored feed offered to ruminant animals in the form of hay or silage, or the animal may obtain forage in a pasture by grazing or searching about for it.

Forages

Plant material; mainly plant leaves and stems, including flowers and heads if present. Forage can be stored in various forms such as hay, silage, greenfeed and other processed forms (e.g., cubes or pellets).

Free range

Hens that roams the barn floor and when weather permits go outside to pasture.

Free run

Hens that roam the entire barn floor. Some of these barns may be equipped with multi-tiered aviaries.

Free stall

A free stall is a type of barn for dairy cows, in which they are permitted free movement between resting and feeding areas.

Fungicide

A chemical used to control, suppress or kill fungi that severely interrupt normal plant growth.

Futures

Futures are exchange-traded contracts that lock in future delivery of a commodity or security at a price set today.

Gilt

A gilt refers to a female pig that has not given birth.

Grain-based feed

Grain-based feed is feed consisting mainly of grains (e.g., corn, barley, etc.)

Green manure crops

Young green plants, such as buckwheat and red clover, incorporated into the soil to improve fertility. Usually grown only to improve the soil. Plowing down green crops: when a crop such as winter wheat, fall rye, buckwheat or red clover is planted but "plowed under" before it can be harvested.

Grower pigs

Grower pigs include pigs in the stage after weaning, from 25kg-75kg.

Harrows

Harrows are an implement used for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of soil.

Heifer

A young female bovine that has not yet given birth to a calf. After giving birth, a heifer becomes a cow.

High tunnels or greenhouse type structures in the field

High tunnels or greenhouse type structures in the field are tall greenhouses used to protect crops on a large scale so vegetables could be grown in high volumes.

Hybrid

A hybrid crop is a result of two different varieties of plant are cross-pollinated to create an off-spring or hybrid that contains the best traits of each of the parents.

In-field winter grazing or feeding

In-field winter grazing or feeding is the practice of keeping grazing livestock in the field (cropland or pastureland) over winter, where they are fed hay or graze on crop residues instead of being confined in paddocks closer to the barns. Cattle, sheep or other grazing livestock are normally moved over the winter to different feeding locations so that their manure can be distributed more widely and the nutrients, especially nitrogen, used to greater advantage for pasture or other crops in the subsequent year. Also called swath grazing and bale grazing.

Injection of fertilizer

The injection of fertilizer is used to apply water-soluble fertilizers during crop production. Fertilizer is added to irrigation systems and delivers nutrients in liquid form directly to the roots of the plants.

Inoculated

Inoculated is defined as the process of adding effective bacteria to the host plant seed before planting. The purpose of inoculation is to make sure that there is enough of the correct type of bacteria present in the soil so that a successful legume-bacterial balance is created.

Inputs

All external requirements used to grow a crop. Includes seed, fertilizer, soil amendments, and pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, biopesticides).

Insecticide

A substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, repel or minimize the effect of any insects that may be present.

Intercropping

Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice that involves growing two or more crops in proximity. In other words, intercropping is the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field.

Inter-row tillage after crop emergence

Inter-row tillage after crop emergence attempts to selectively kill weeds without harming the crop.

Ionophores

Ionophores are a class of antibiotics that are used in cattle production to shift ruminal fermentation patterns. They also are used to control coccidiosis in cattle.

Lactobacillus

Lactobacillus are bacteria used as probiotics to restore normal gut flora after the imbalance created by antibiotic therapy.

Land levelling

Land levelling is a measure used in surface irrigation, such as basin and furrow irrigation. It consists of preparing the irrigation plot in a way that no high and/or low spots disturb the uniform distribution of irrigation water on the field, and ensuring the optimal slope for water movement across a field when irrigated.

Legume

A legume is a seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food. Examples of a legume are chickpeas, beans, peanuts, lentils, etc.

Low tunnels, hoops, or miniature greenhouse structures

Low tunnels, hoops, or miniature greenhouse structures warm the soil and offers protection from many elements, bugs, pests and diseases.

Management of painful procedures

Management of painful procedures involve use of medication like painkillers or anesthetics when completing painful procedures like surgeries, castration or dehorning.

Manure (liquid or semi-solid)

Mixture or slurry of liquid and solid animal waste (with or without bedding) that can be pumped, but normally requires agitation prior to pumping.

Manure (solid)

Solid mixture of animal waste (usually containing some bedding) that is dry enough to be placed in a heap.

Manure pack

A thick layer of manure that develops over time in outdoor confined feeding areas by livestock (e.g. cattle) manure deposits. May be deposited over top of bedding material.

Methane capture

Methane captures occur through farm digesters, which are big tanks that contain manure and other waste from barns that house livestock such as cows and pigs.

Milking parlour

A milking parlour is a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.

Mixed breed

A calf that contains three or more breed types.

Multi-cell ground lagoon, pit or tank

Multi-cell (multi-stage) ground lagoons, pits or tanks have treatment and storage functions divided between two or more earthen basins.

Multi-cell systems

Multi-cell structures are storage structures consisting of two or more cells that are connected, where the content of one cell can overflow into another.

Mycotoxin binder

A mycotoxin binder is a substance that is added to animal feed in small quantities in order to trap mycotoxins, preventing them from entering the blood stream where they can cause serious harm to the animals.

Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by a variety of molds on several agricultural commodities under specific environmental conditions (source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency). They can create a variety of problems for beef cattle including reduced health and productivity.

Natural land for pasture

Areas used for pasture that have not been cultivated and seeded, or drained, irrigated or fertilized. Includes native pasture/hay (indigenous grass suitable as feed for livestock and game); rangeland (land with natural plant cover, principally native grasses or shrubs valuable for forage); grazeable bush (forest land and bushy areas used for grazing, not land cultivated for crops or with dense forest), etc.

Nematicides

Nematicides are substances used to kill nematode worms. Often referred to as roundworms, nematodes are multicellular insects with smooth, unsegmented bodies. The nematode species that feed on plants are so small that you need a microscope to see them.

Nematodes

Nematodes are often referred to as roundworms, nematodes are not are multicellular insects with smooth, unsegmented bodies. The nematode species that feed on plants are so small that you need a microscope to see them.

Nitrogen soil fixation by bacteria

Nitrogen soil fixation by bacteria is a process in which microorganisms that can transform nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into "fixed nitrogen" compounds, such as ammonia, that are usable by plants.

Non-workable land

Includes natural pastureland, woodland, wetlands, ponds, bogs, sloughs, etc., barnyards, lanes, etc., and land on which farm buildings are located.

No till or zero till

No tillage prior to planting. Seeding and fertilizer operations are done with implements that minimize soil disturbance. More than 60% of the previous crop's residues remain on the soil after planting. This is also often called low disturbance direct seeding with no prior tillage. For fallow land, weed control is done by herbicides only (for example, chem fallow).

NPK

NPK stands for nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), and potassium (K). They are the three nutrients that compose fertilizers, and form what is called the N-P-K ratio, which is the proportion of the three nutrients in order.

Nursing pigs

Nursing pigs include pigs from weaning up to 25kg.

On farm sales

Sold directly to the public for consumption (include direct on farm sales and market gardens).

Options

Options are financial derivatives that give buyers the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at an agreed-upon price and date.

Organic waste

Includes crop residues, fruit and vegetable culls and pruned branches, canes or vines.

Perennial vegetation

Perennial vegetation are crop species that live longer than two years without the need for replanting each year.

Permanent wetlands

Similar to seasonal wetlands, except they are usually flooded year-round, except for during periods of extreme drought. They also include lakes, reservoirs and dugouts.

Permeable fabric

Examples of permeable fabric are fabric mulch ground covers, weed barriers, cotton, polyester, and burlap.

Pest management

Refers to management practices used to control weeds, insects, diseases or other pests.

Pesticide

Any chemical used for controlling, suppressing or killing insects, weeds or fungi. Includes fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides.

Plastics or geotextiles

Plastics or geotextiles such as plastic mulch, PVC and polyethylene in large-scale sheets can be used to control liquids and solids to keep the right things in the right place, and the wrong things away.

Plug or restore previously drained wetlands

Digging up the topsoil and allowing it to revert back to a wetland. Maybe removing the tile drainage around it, or filling (plugging) any ditches or similar structures that remove water from it. Not seeding it; avoiding passing over it with equipment.

Pre-mixed feed

A pre-mixed feed can be purchased as a mixture of vitamins, minerals, supplements as desired by the consumer.

Prebiotics

Prebiotics are compounds in food that induce the growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. The most common example is in the gastrointestinal tract, where prebiotics can alter the composition of organisms in the gut microbiome.

Prevention-focused health program

A prevention-focused health program is a set of management practices put in place to prevent the introduction and/or spread of diseases in herds.

Probiotics

Probiotics are live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut flora.

Protein supplements

Protein supplements are available in many forms. High-quality forages, commodity co-product feedstuffs, range cubes, protein blocks, and liquid supplements are some examples.

Pure breed

Animal that has been bred and descended from a population of animals having a common genetic origin and physical characteristics for multiple generations, such that their resulting progeny reliably carry on the characteristics of that breed. In Canada, the definition of purebred for each breed is established in the approved bylaws of a breed association, authorized to register animals of that breed under the authority of the Animal Pedigree Act.

Ration

The daily feed allowance for an individual animal, prepared from various feed types or sources. These feed types can be provided separately or mixed together.

Reduced till or no till

Reduced till or no till farming is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion.

Relay cropping

Relay cropping is essentially a special version of double cropping, where the second crop is planted into the first crop before harvest. In this way, both crops share a portion of the growing season, increasing solar radiation and heat available to each.

Remote or Offsite Watering System

A watering system that reduces livestock impact on surface water bodies by pumping water from the source to a watering trough located some distance upslope from the water source.

Replacement heifers

Replacement heifers refers to heifers that are older and heavier at the start of the breeding season. They are used to maintain a consistent cow size suitable for the environment and feed resources.

Retail sales

Sold to local stores or chains who then sell products to the customer (include local bakeries, butcher shops, coffee shop, gift stores, independent groceries and large grocery chains).

Riparian areas

Riparian areas are defined as the transitional area between an upland dry area and a water body such as a stream or lake, commonly referred to by some as the shoreline region.

Robotic milking

Robotic milking is when a type of robot called an automatic milking system replaces a person to do all the jobs involved in milking a herd of cows.

Rumen modifiers

Rumen modifiers are feed additives which alter ruminal fermentation, microbial growth, and have a positive impact on feed efficiency.

Rumensin™

Rumensin™ is an ingredient for beef cattle, aiding in the control of bloat and prevention of coccidiosis (parasites). Rumensin™ increases feed efficiency by altering the composition of the microbial population in the rumen.

Seasonal wetlands

Normally have water present until mid-summer or early fall and, in most years it is too wet to plant a crop in these areas. Examples include ponds, sloughs, potholes, marshes and treed wet swamps. Don't consider permanent wetlands.

Separate feed ingredients

Separate feed ingredients can be purchased individually by consumers for them to use and mix as they desire.

Setback Distance

Distance between the normal shoreline of a seasonal or permanent wetland or waterway, extending upslope to the edge of manure, fertilizer or pesticide applications.

Side dressing

Side dressing is the application of fertilizers in a shallow furrow or band along the side of vegetable row crops or in a circle around individual plants.

Silage

A crop, such as corn and sorghum or other green crops with sufficient moisture, that has been preserved by partial fermentation in a silo, pit, stack, plastic bag or wrap for animal feed. Usually chopped. Often called "hay crop silage" or "haylage" when made from forage crops such as hay or alfalfa. Also referred to as ensilage and baleage.

Slow release fertilizer

Slow release fertilizers are fertilizers that release a small, steady amount of nutrients over a course of time.

Sod

Sod or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by its roots or another piece of thin material.

Soil fumigants

Soil fumigants are sprayed or spread over an area to be cultivated and are worked into the soil to control disease-causing fungi, nematodes, and weeds.

Sorghum

Sorghum is a cereal grain with broad, corn-like leaves and a tall stem. It is used as a major source of grain and of feed for livestock.

Sow

A sow refers to a female pig that has given birth.

Steer

A steer is a male bovine that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity and is primarily used for beef.

Stubble

Stubble refers to short stiff pieces left in the fields after wheat, corn etc. has been cut.

Summerfallow

Involves keeping normally cultivated land free of vegetation throughout one growing season by cultivating (plowing, discing, etc.) and/or applying chemicals to destroy weeds, insects and soil-borne diseases and allow a buildup of soil moisture reserves for the next crop year. Includes chemfallow, tillage, and/or a combination of chemical and tillage weed control on the same land. Part of the crop rotation system in Western Canada. Rarely found in Eastern Canada.

Super booster

Super booster is a balanced blend of vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, amino acids and probiotics. It is developed for fast growing meat birds to help strengthen bones and develop muscles rapidly.

Surface broadcast

A surface broadcast is a method of seeding or fertilizer application that involves scattering seed or fertilizer, by hand or mechanically, over a relatively large area.

Swathed crops

Swathed crops are strips of hay or grain cut by an implement and left on a field to be grazed.

Tame or seeded pasture

Grazeable land that has been improved from its natural state by seeding, draining, irrigating, fertilizing or weed control. Does not include areas of land harvested for hay, silage or seed.

Tie stall

A tie stall is an individual shelter partially enclosed on three sides with a wall, fence, railing or similar structure.

Tillage

Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. Examples of human-powered tilling methods using hand tools include shoveling, picking, mattock work, hoeing, and raking.

Tillage implements

Tillage implements include ploughs (wooden ploughs, iron or inversion ploughs, special purpose ploughs, etc.), and harrows, rollers, or pulverizers, and other tools for mulching and fallowing.

Trough

A trough is a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Vegetable, fruit, berries or nuts

Exclude herbs, nursery and greenhouse crops, sod, floriculture, Christmas trees, maple trees, mushrooms, ginseng and other field crops.

Venture capital

Venture capital is a capital investment made by others and received by your business, with a long-term growth perspective.

Volunteer crop

Volunteers grow from seeds of the previous year's crop, or seeds which arrive inadvertently in the field.

Waterway

Channels that contain flowing water year round or for at least part of the year, usually in spring. Examples include drainage ditches, draws or coulees, grassed waterways, streams, creeks and rivers.

Weaner, nursery, or starter pigs

Weaner, nursery, or starter pigs include pigs from weaning up to 25kg.

Wetlands

Non-workable areas such as ponds, bogs, marshes and sloughs.

Wholesale

Sold in bulk or in large quantities to a wholesaler who then sells products to retailers.

Windbreaks or shelterbelts

Rows of natural or planted trees or hedges along field edges that stop prevailing winds from eroding the soil. Used more frequently in Western Canada where farmland is more susceptible to wind action and where trapping snow for moisture is important.

Windrow

A windrow is a long line of raked hay or sheaves of grain laid out to dry in the wind.

Windrowed Crops or Swathed Crops

Strips of hay or grain cut by an implement and left on a field to be grazed.

Winter cover crop

A crop, such as red clover, fall rye, etc., seeded in the fall to protect the soil from water and wind erosion during the winter and from heavy rains and run-off in the spring.

Woodlands

Non-workable land such as woodlots, sugarbushes, tree windbreaks, and bush that is not used for grazing.

Workable land

All arable or cleared lands including area in hay, crops, summerfallow, and tame or seeded pasture land.

Yeast cell wall

Yeast cell wall is commonly used as a nutritional supplement in animals' diet. It can help boost immune system health.

Zilpaterol and Ractopamine

Zilpaterol (commercial name Zilmax) and Ractopamine (commercial name Optaflexx) are types of medication fed to cattle at specific dosing regimens to improve weight gain, feed efficiency, and reduce carcass fat.

The Variant of the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest 2019 for Travel Statistics was developed to create groupings of countries to enable the production of integrated statistics when publishing travel statistics data. These groupings are based on those used by the World Tourism Organization (WTO).

The Variant of the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest 2019 for Travel Statistics has three levels: 6 geographical macro-regions, 23 geographical sub-regions and 251 countries or areas of interest. This variant is defined in terms of countries or areas of interest in the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between the three levels of the classification variant.

Level 1: Geographical macro-regions

Level 2: Geographical sub-regions

Level 3: Countries and areas of interest

This variant has a coding structure built on the United Nations numeric code (NUM-3) for countries or areas. This three-digit code is preceded by two numeric digits, where the first digit represents the macro-region and the second digit identifies the sub-region within the macro-region.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

This standard is based on the composition of geographical macro-regions and geographical sub-regions of the WTO ^{Footnote 1}. However, some differences remain. The main differences are:

• in this standard, the six geographical macro-regions are based on the variant Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2019 rather than the WTO
• in this standard, the eight WTO geographical sub-regions of East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, and the Middle East are reassigned to the geographical macro-regions of Asia and Oceania from the variant Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2019
• in this standard, a geographical sub-region was created for the geographical macro-region of Antarctica and Adjacent Islands
• in this standard, the list of countries and areas of interest is based on SCCAI rather than the WTO. Additional countries and areas of interest were allocated to the corresponding geographical macro-regions and geographical sub-regions based on their geographic location.

Overview

• Privacy
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Privacy

Does the StatsCAN app collect personal information?

How do I save a publication?

No. The StatsCAN app does not collect personal information such as your name, phone number or email address, nor does it require personal information for access or use. Statistics Canada would obtain this information only if you provided it via email or an online form. 

Information from such interactions is safeguarded to prevent unauthorized disclosure. For more information on how we handle your personal information, see Statistics Canada’s Privacy notice, Protecting your privacy as a client page. 

Does the StatsCAN app collect any other information?

How long are saved publications kept?

With your consent, Statistics Canada receives aggregate statistics and unidentifiable information about your use of the StatsCAN app from Firebase, a third-party service provider, which uses Google Analytics. 

Aggregate information is data that have been combined or summarized from individual data points into a collective form. This type of information provides a broader overview or summary of information without revealing specific details about individual data points. For example, aggregate information may include average values, totals or percentages derived from multiple data points.

Unidentifiable information is data that have been anonymized or de-identified to the extent that they cannot be used to identify or single out individuals, thereby protecting user privacy.

What information does StatsCAN collect?

How do I delete a saved publication?

With your consent, the following information is collected by the StatsCAN app:

• information about your device and app
  • device brand, model, type, operating system and version
  • location information (country, province, city)
  • installations, updates and uninstallations of the app
  • app version
  • information about app crashes or other app issues
  • device advertising identifier
  • app instance identifier
• information about you, the user
  • age range
  • gender
  • subjects followed
  • types of publications read, saved and shared
  • amount of time spent using the app
  • user-selected setting preferences and usage information
  • in-app and push notification preferences and usage information.

Note that thresholding is applied to demographic data (i.e., age range and gender), and the data will only be displayed when they meet the minimum aggregation thresholds.

Preference information, such as your subjects of interest, preferred language and settings—including notifications, which are set to Off by default and can be enabled—will be stored on your device and used to display information according to your preferences. 

Who is the information shared with?

How do I share a publication?

With your consent, the StatsCAN app shares collected data directly and securely with Firebase, the third-party analytics service provider. The app will never share your personal data with the StatsCAN app team or any other representative of Statistics Canada. Information on app usage shared with Firebase is aggregated and rendered unidentifiable before being shared with the StatsCAN app team.

How is the information collected by the StatsCAN app used?

How can I know when new publications are available?

Statistics Canada will only use the aggregate statistics and unidentifiable information shared by the third-party analytics service providers to assist in improving the StatsCAN app’s performance, functionality and overall user experience. 

The data we collect are analyzed to evaluate the performance of the content and to help develop content that corresponds to users’ interests and preferences. The data may also be used to analyze users’ interaction patterns, browsing behaviour and preferences (such as how and what users read in the StatsCAN app) to optimize the flow of information in the app or for market research purposes. 

The information collected via the Contact us form is strictly limited to the purpose of responding to enquiries, obtaining feedback on the app, or troubleshooting bugs or errors. 

How long is the information stored?

Whom do I contact if I have a question about a publication?

For data retention and deletion policies and procedures for the StatsCAN app’s third-party analytics service providers, please consult

• Firebase services: Privacy and Security in Firebase
• Google Analytics: Safeguarding your data
• Google: How Google retains data we collect.

Can this app track my location?

Whom do I contact if I have a question about a publication?

With your consent, Statistics Canada receives aggregate statistics and unidentifiable information about your use of the StatsCAN app from Firebase, a third-party service provider, including your location information (country, province, city). 

StatsCAN does not use information from cellular, Wi-Fi and GPS (Global Positioning System) networks, nor does it use Bluetooth to determine and track your precise location, movements or activities (e.g., geolocation, camera access, microphone access, calendar integration). 

Publications

How do I save a publication?

How do I save a publication?

You may not always have time to read your favourite publications right there and then. You can save a publication to read at a time that’s convenient for you by selecting the outline bookmark icon at the top right corner of a publication’s screen. A temporary message will confirm that the publication has been added to your Saved screen, and the bookmark icon will now be solid.

You can access your saved publications by navigating to the Saved screen from the bottom menu.

Note that your saved publications can be viewed only when connected to the Internet.

How long are saved publications kept?

How long are saved publications kept?

There's no time limit—publications will remain in your Saved items until you choose to remove them.

How do I delete a saved publication?

How do I delete a saved publication?

You can remove a publication from your Saved items by selecting the solid bookmark icon displayed on the publication’s tile next to the article’s image.

A message will appear to confirm that you would like to remove the publication.

How do I share a publication?

How do I share a publication?

You can share fun facts, visuals, short stories and key information from the StatsCAN app with your friends and colleagues.

You can share content by email, by text or on your favourite social media platforms.

You can access the 'Share' function by first selecting a publication, then selecting Share this publication from the options menu (…) at the top right corner.

The 'Share' function is also available at the bottom of the publication's screen.

You will be prompted with your device's default platforms to share the content.

How can I know when new publications are available?

How can I know when new publications are available?

You can be notified when new publications are available by changing the in-app notifications to On. To do so, go to Settings > Preferences > Manage notifications.

In the Notification type section, slide the In-app notifications toggle to On.

You will be notified when a new publication tagged to a subject you are following is available.

Whom do I contact if I have a question about a publication?

Whom do I contact if I have a question about a publication?

From a publication, you can contact us by tapping the options menu (…) at the top right corner of the screen and selecting the Contact us option.

A chat feature (blue icon with chat bubbles at the bottom right corner of the screen) is also available on the Contact us screen. This is Statistics Canada's Live Chat, which can connect you with Statistics Canada agents for immediate support, during regular business hours.

You can also submit your comment, suggestion or question by going to Settings > Support and feedback > Contact us.

Our email address and telephone number are also available in Settings > Support and feedback > Help & FAQ.

Search

Why are my search keywords retained under the Recent searches?

Why are my search keywords retained under the Recent searches?

StatsCAN stores the five most recent keywords used for searching, so they can quickly be used again if needed.

Can I clear my search history?

Can I clear my search history?

Yes. You can clear your recent searches by going to Settings > Preferences > Clear search history. Tap Clear in the pop-up window to confirm, or Cancel to abort the action.

Notifications

How can I turn my notifications on or off?

How can I turn my notifications on or off?

You can manage your notification preferences by going to Settings > Preferences > Manage notifications.

In the Notification type section, slide the In-app notifications toggle to either On or Off.

How can I mark notifications as read?

How can I mark notifications as read?

Tapping the publication title from the Notifications screen will allow you to read the publication, and will automatically mark the notification as read.

If you would like to mark all notifications as read, select the options menu (…) at the top right corner of the Notifications screen, and then select Mark all as read.

How can I delete a notification?

How can I delete a notification?

You cannot delete notifications manually. Only the latest 25 notifications received will be displayed on the Notifications screen and older notifications will be deleted automatically.

How long are notifications kept?

How long are notifications kept?

There's no time limit. Only the latest 25 notifications received will be displayed on the Notifications screen. Older notifications will be deleted automatically.

Other

I want to tell my friends and family about StatsCAN. Can I share the app with them?

I want to tell my friends and family about StatsCAN. Can I share the app with them?

Absolutely! To share the StatsCAN app, navigate to Settings > Support and feedback > Share this app.

Your device's sharing options will appear at the bottom of the screen. You can then choose how you would like to share the app from these options.

Whom do I contact if I have a question or want to provide feedback about StatsCAN?

Whom do I contact if I have a question or want to provide feedback about StatsCAN?

If you would like to rate or review the app publicly, you can do so via the App Store or Google Play.

To leave feedback using an Apple device, tap the App Store icon. Then, navigate to the detail page for the StatsCAN app. You must have the application downloaded to review it. Scroll down the app page to the Ratings & Reviews section and tap See All. From the Ratings & Reviews screen, tap the star icons to rate the app, and tap the Write a Review link to leave written feedback. Tap Send.

To leave feedback using an Android device, tap the Google Play Store icon. Then, navigate to the detail page for the StatsCAN app. You must have the application downloaded to review it. Scroll down to the Reviews section. Select the number of stars, and tap Write a Review. Follow the onscreen instructions to write a review and add details. Tap Post.

Where can I find the terms of use for StatsCAN once I've accepted them?

Where can I find the terms of use for StatsCAN once I've accepted them?

Once you have accepted the terms of use, You can refer to the terms of use by going to Settings > More information > Terms of use.

Statistics Canada reserves the right to change these terms of use at its sole discretion. It is your obligation to review them from time to time. Any change to the terms of use will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the app following the posting of the updated terms of use constitutes your acceptance of them.

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.

The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

• Obtaining information on the supply of and/or demand for energy in Canada
• Enabling governmental agencies to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities in regards to public utilities
• Enabling all levels of government to establish informed policies in the energy area
• Assisting the business community in the corporate decision-making process.

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 this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the ministère des Finances du Québec, the ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques du Québec, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, Transition énergétique Québec, the Manitoba Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, the Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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.

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

Method of collection

1. Indicate whether you will be answering the remaining questions or attaching files with the required information.

• Answering the remaining questions
• Attaching files

Unit of measure

1. What unit of measure will this business use to report natural gas quantities?

Amounts: Report amounts (1000m3 or Gigajoules) of natural gas received and delivered during the month under review.

• Thousands of cubic metres (103m3)
• Gigajoules (GJ)

Supply of natural gas

2. What was the quantity of natural gas received directly from the following?

Natural gas supply

Transmission pipelines
Report quantities of natural gas received from transmission pipelines (NAICS 486210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Transmission pipelines are establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of natural gas, from gas fields or processing plants to local distribution systems.

Storage facilities
Report quantities of natural gas received from storage facilities (NAICS 493190) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Storage facilities include natural gas storage caverns and liquefied natural gas storage, but exclude establishments primarily engaged in liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purposes of transport (NAICS 488990).

Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)
Report quantities of natural gas received from other gas distributors (NAICS 221210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Gas distributors are establishments primarily engaged in the distribution of natural or synthetic gas to the ultimate consumers through a system of mains.

Total supply of natural gas
Report total quantities of gas received.

What was the quantity of natural gas received directly from the following?

	Unit of measure
a. Transmission pipelines
b. Storage facilities
c. Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)
Total supply of natural gas

Heating value of natural gas supply

3. What was the average heating value in gigajoules (GJ) per thousand cubic meters of natural gas received?

Heat value of natural gas supply

Average heating value in gigajoules per thousand cubic metres: Report average heat content (i.e., calorific value) of your natural gas receipts for the reported reference month.

Heating value in GJ per thousand cubic metres

Disposition of natural gas

4. During the reference month, to which of the following did this business deliver natural gas?

Select all that apply.

Direct deliveries to consumers

• System gas consumers
• Consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy
• Consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers

Other deliveries

• Transmission pipelines
• Storage facilities
• Other gas distributors

Disposition of natural gas - system gas consumers

5. For the following types of system gas consumers, what were the quantity and value of the natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - system gas consumers

Deliveries to system gas consumers
Report deliveries of utility-purchased natural gas to consumers.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power, by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

• Agriculture and forestry
• Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
• Construction
• Manufacturing.

Exclude:

• Electric power generation
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
• Natural gas transmission pipelines
• Natural gas storage facilities
• Natural gas distributors.

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of system gas consumers, what were the quantity and value of the natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

	Unit of measure	CAN$ '000	Number of customers
a. Power generation plants
b. Other industrial consumers
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers
c. Commercial and institutional consumers
d. Residential consumers
Total quantity and value of natural gas delivered to system gas consumers and the number of customers

Disposition of natural gas - consumers enrolled with third party marketers

6. For the following types of consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy, what were the quantity and value of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - consumers enrolled with third party marketers

Deliveries to consumers enrolled with a third party marketer
Report deliveries to consumers who have purchased their natural gas through a gas marketer or broker.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power, by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

• Agriculture and forestry
• Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
• Construction
• Manufacturing.

Exclude:

• Electric power generation
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
• Natural gas transmission pipelines
• Natural gas storage facilities
• Natural gas distributors.

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy, what were the quantity and value of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

	Unit of measure	CAN$ '000	Number of customers
a. Power generation plants
b. Other industrial consumers
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers
c. Commercial and institutional consumers
d. Residential consumers
Total quantity and value of natural gas delivered to consumers enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy and the number of customers

Disposition of natural gas - purchased directly from suppliers

7. For the following types of consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers, what were the quantity of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - purchased directly from suppliers

Deliveries to consumers who have purchased directly from suppliers
Report deliveries to consumers who have purchased their natural gas directly from suppliers.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power, by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

• Agriculture and forestry
• Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
• Construction
• Manufacturing.

Exclude:

• Electric power generation
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
• Natural gas transmission pipelines
• Natural gas storage facilities
• Natural gas distributors.

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

• Wholesale and retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing - Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers, what were the quantity of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

	Unit of measure	Number of customers
a. Power generation plants
b. Other industrial consumers
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers
c. Commercial and institutional consumers
d. Residential consumers
Total quantity of natural gas delivered to consumers who have purchased their own natural gas and the number of customers

Disposition of natural gas - other deliveries

8. What was the quantity of natural gas delivered to the following recipients?

Disposition of natural gas - other deliveries

Deliveries to transmission pipelines
Report quantities of gas delivered to transmission pipelines (NAICS 486210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Transmission pipelines are establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of natural gas from gas fields or processing plants to local distribution systems.

Deliveries to storage facilities
Report quantities of gas delivered to storage facilities (NAICS 493190) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Storage facilities include natural gas storage caverns and liquefied natural gas storage but exclude establishments primarily engaged liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purposes of transport (NAICS 488990).

Deliveries to other gas distributors
Report quantities of gas deliveries to other gas distributors (NAICS 221210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Gas distributors are establishments primarily engaged in the distribution of natural or synthetic gas to the ultimate consumers through a system of mains.

What was the quantity of natural gas delivered to the following recipients?

	Unit of measure
a. Transmission pipelines
b. Storage facilities
c. Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)
Total other deliveries

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

9. What was the quantity of natural gas consumed by this business for its own use?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Own use: Report quantities of gas consumed in operating your pipeline system.

10. What was the quantity of natural gas attributed to line-pack fluctuations?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Line pack fluctuation: Report the difference in the pipeline system from the beginning to the end of the reference month due to changes of temperature and/or pressure.

11. What was the quantity of natural gas attributed to metering differences, line losses, and other unaccounted-for and cyclical-billing adjustments?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Metering differences, line loss, and other billing adjustments that are cyclical and not accounted for: Report the difference between the total supply and the total disposition. This difference includes leakage or other losses, discrepancies due to meter inaccuracies, and other variants, particularly billing lag.

Heating value of delivered natural gas

12. What was the average heating value in gigajoules (GJ) per thousand cubic metres of delivered natural gas?

Heat value of delivered natural gas

Average heating value in gigajoules per thousand cubic metres: Report average heat content (i.e., calorific value) of your total Disposition of natural gas for the reported reference month.

Heating value in GJ per thousand cubic metres

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

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• No

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• Last name:
• Title:
• Email address:
• Telephone number (including area code):
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