Eh Sayers Episode 7 - Doctor's Appointment? There's an App for That!

Release date: April 7, 2022

Catalogue number: 45-20-0003
ISSN: 2816-2250

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Healthcare is a privilege that Canadians value greatly. However, virtual healthcare was a rarity before COVID-19. Immediately after the pandemic hit in March 2020, Canadians were forced to rethink how they access healthcare. Appointments that would usually have happened in an office were suddenly taking place by phone or video chat. Now, two years later, most health care is conducted virtually. The question is whether access to virtual healthcare will disappear when the pandemic ends. Our guest, Dr. Gigi Osler, joins us to explore the barriers to virtual healthcare, the changes we saw during the pandemic, and what’s being done to make virtual care permanent.

Tegan Bridge

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Dr. Gigi Osler, Co-Chair of the Virtual Care Task Force created by the Canadian Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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Eh Sayers Episode 7 - Doctor's Appointment? There's an App for That! - Transcript

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.

Tegan: Just curious. How long has it been since you sat in the waiting room at your doctor’s office? For many of you, I’ll bet the answer is something like, “Not since at least March 2020.” I’d never had a virtual appointment with my nurse practitioner until after the pandemic hit, but now, all of my appointments have been online. I have to say, it’s been a bit of a game changer. I don’t have to take time off from work to cross the city and sit in a waiting room. Of course, that’s just my perspective.

Virtual healthcare isn’t new, but COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracked its widespread adoption across the country. So, what are the pros and cons of virtual healthcare? And, is it here to stay?

Tegan: Could you please introduce yourself with your name and job title?

Dr. Gigi Osler: OK, and so I'm Dr. Gigi Osler and I am a Co chair of the Virtual Care Task force.

Tegan: Perfect. What is virtual healthcare?

Dr. Gigi Osler: That's a great question and I'm gonna answer that first by asking you a question. So since the pandemic started with your health care team, have you had a video visit with them? Have you had virtual phone call visit with them? Have you received any messaging via text or email since the pandemic started?

Tegan: I have actually. I've had a few UM telephone calls and I've also been communicating with them via email.

Dr. Gigi Osler: And so you have experienced virtual healthcare, and let me read you the definition for virtual healthcare that the virtual care task forces are using, and it's very similar to the definition that many groups are using.

So virtual healthcare: any interaction between patients and or members of their circle of care, occurring remotely using any form of communication or information technology with the aim of facilitating and/or maximizing the quality and effectiveness of patient care.

So very broad, but encompasses a lot. So it encompasses communications that may be secure email or texting. As you've had. It may be a phone virtual visit. It may be access to your test results via patient portal. It may be a video visit. So it's all of these different technologies and ways of communicating all brought under one broad definition of virtual care or virtual healthcare.

Tegan: And could you talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected virtual healthcare? What's the situation on the ground right now?

Dr. Gigi Osler: Think of the COVID-19 pandemic like a match. It just lit the adoption and acceleration of virtual healthcare across the country in ways none of us could have imagined. So the virtual care task force is a task force comprised of almost every medical organization in Canada that you can think of. And throughout 2019 we were looking at virtual care. What is it? What was it like in 2019? What were the potential benefits of it? What areas needed to be worked on? And then we released our final report in about February 2020. Mere weeks before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, a global pandemic, and we couldn't anticipate, had no idea in 2019, when we were working on this, what would come in 2020 and where would we be at right now in 2022. So the pandemic really catalyzed the adoption, spread and use of virtual care, especially in those early days, when not much was known about the pandemic and much of healthcare switched to virtual.

And so I pulled up some stats on how much virtual care was being used and Canada Health Infoway said that in 2019 (and this is all healthcare provider visits) 10 to 20% of all health care provider visits were done via virtual healthcare in April 2020, so in the very early days of the pandemic, 60%. And I've seen some other numbers that looked at the rate in 2020 as high as 70% of all visits were virtual. Back down to 2020— Sorry 2021, and it was back down to about 40% of all health care provider visits being done virtually and it continues to be done virtually. And now we're seeing that integration of virtual care and in-person care and trying to figure out what is the path forward to integrate both types of care into sort of a comprehensive model across the country.

Tegan: The virtual care report was released February 2020. How would that report be different? Do you think if it released February 2022?

Dr. Gigi Osler: You know it— some would have changed, you know. Certainly the usage of virtual care across the country. Those numbers that we just talked about. Those would be different.  Some have remained the same, and so in the last two years when we look at what have been the enablers of virtual care, you know, certainly the pandemic was a catalyst for it, made it happen. The ability of Canadians to be able to use our phones, use video platforms, email that has enabled virtual care.

We've also seen some of the barriers to virtual care, some of the barriers being technology. Not everybody has a smartphone not everybody has access to some of the technology like Zoom or MS Teams in order to do the video visits. Not everybody knows how to work it. Uh, and geography for one. You know, maybe you don't live in an area where there is reliable high speed Internet access. We don't have a lot of the regulatory and governance and policy changes that are needed. Much more work is being done on it now compared to 2020. But there's still a lot of work that needs to be done.

If you have an internet download speed of 50 megabits per second or more, your internet can support things like multiple users at a time, ultra-high-definition video streaming with more than one connected device, or downloading a high-definition movie quickly. According to the 2020 Canadian Internet Use Survey, for those respondents who knew their advertised Internet connection speed, 72% reported having these faster speeds. But there is a geographic divide between those who do and those who do not live in what’s called a Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration. These are areas like Ottawa-Gatineau, Montréal or Vancouver. Just over three-quarters of respondents living in these areas had that faster speed, compared with less than half of those living outside these areas.

Tegan: Are there any preconceived notions from either physicians or the general public about virtual healthcare that you would like to take this opportunity to bust?

Dr. Gigi Osler: Well, you know what, I'm gonna ask you that as well and I'll share with you some of the preconceptions or misconceptions that I've heard. But if you could transport yourself back to say January, 2020. Before the pandemic and somebody had asked you about virtual healthcare, in your mind, what would you have pictured?

Tegan: I'll be honest, it's quite similar. I have very few health concerns. I'm fairly straightforward, so for me all I wanted was just be able to call my doctor and get a prescription without having to go and wait in the waiting room. So that's all. That's all that I really wanted.

Dr. Gigi Osler: So prior to the pandemic, the Canadian Medical Association had dumped some surveys and asked the general population about virtual healthcare. What did they see as the benefit of it. And the majority that answered the polls said that they looked at virtual care as a tool that could help access care that could help people have access to specialists, their own physicians, would make it more convenient, and many thought it would make it more efficient. The younger you are, the more familiar you were with technology, the more likely you are to say, ‘yes, virtual care is something I want’.

Interestingly, across all demographics, people never wanted to lose that personal interaction in that personal touch with their health care team. So, no one wanted robots, you know, some people, when they heard virtual healthcare, thought that maybe that just meant you'd never see a real person. Maybe you would just have some type of AI algorithm which would walk you through your symptoms, give you a diagnosis. And so, and video visits was one you know.

People sometimes had this vision that it would be like the Jetsons. You know, for the younger audience, that's an old cartoon, but something really high tech. Interestingly, prior to the pandemic in the United States, there was, there is a big healthcare system called Kaiser Permanente and prior to the pandemic we had looked at what they were using for virtual healthcare and in their system the majority of virtual healthcare visits or touches was secure messaging. So secure text or email then telephone visits with their health care provider, so anyone in their health care team, and then finally video visits, if memory serves me correct, might have comprised about 10% of all of their healthcare touches. So where we weren't talking about, you know, fancy Jetsons video type visits we were talking about using the phone, texting or email.

So one preconception, certainly before the pandemic was that it had to be something very high tech and very fancy and so with that information, with the pandemic, everything that's been going on we, now know and I think a lot of the general population, patients’ health care providers are thinking that virtual healthcare has been such a boon. It's been a good thing to be able to continue to stay in touch with your health care team. But the path forward is really trying to figure out how do you incorporate that with real live in-person visits so that the future of healthcare in Canada really is more comprehensive, incorporates both, so sort of like a hybrid model so that we really can emphasize access to care, quality care, and safe healthcare.

Many Canadians don’t have a regular healthcare provider. In 2020, 14% of Canadians 12 and older reported that they didn’t have a regular healthcare provider. This number is even higher among those between the ages of 18 to 34, about 1 in 4.

Tegan: There are so many Canadians who don’t have a regular healthcare provider. Is this something that virtual healthcare could help with?

Dr. Gigi Osler: I really do think it could, and certainly before the pandemic when people were surveyed about what could be the benefit of virtual care, improved access to it was always cited as a benefit. Access to your own doctor, access to specialists. Let's say if you lived in a remote, rural, isolated or northern community that was seen, and still is seen, as a way to improve access. Part of what we, and when I say we, I mean anyone working in healthcare right now looking at the potential benefit of virtual healthcare in the future, need to always keep in mind; equity of access.

So while virtual healthcare has improved access in some ways, it's almost widened the gap and some will call the digital divide. So if you do have access and the knowledge and the technology and the skills to be able to utilize virtual healthcare, it's been a benefit, but we have to be mindful, especially as we move forward that not everybody has all of that and so making sure that virtual healthcare in are publicly funded Canadian healthcare system ensures equity of access is part of what we must consider moving forward.

Tegan: Could you talk about access to virtual care? Who does and who does not have access?

Dr. Gigi Osler: We don't let, let's have a conversation. Often when we talk about what defines health or what determines health, one term that is often used is the social determinants of health, which I know you're familiar with: income, food, access to clean potable water, housing. All of those are social determinants of health. Think of what are the digital determinants of health. And that’s an important concept that prior to the pandemic, prior to virtual healthcare, I hadn't really thought much about, but now I'm thinking more and more.

So what could be some of the digital determinants of health? Geography, where you live. Do you live in a remote, rural, isolated or northern community where you don't have the infrastructure to have reliable broadband access? What about your socioeconomic status? What if you don't have the smart phones or a desktop or a laptop that would let you access virtual healthcare? What about your language? Much of virtual healthcare is provided in either English or French, and there may be some that are provided in alternative languages, but it is still very much based, virtual healthcare is based in English and French. What about your technical knowledge? Do you know how to download Zoom or MS Teams, setup platform, work it that way? What about anybody who has a disability hearing disability, a visual disability? How were they able to access some of these platforms and systems? What about your housing situation? You know if you’re experiencing homelessness, how are you going to have a stable place where you can have regular virtual healthcare visits. So, I think, to answer that question about equity of access, some of those digital determinants of health really need to be considered as we start to design all of these new platforms and systems.

Dr. Osler is right. Equity of access is still an issue. For example, in 2016, seniors were the age group most likely to have had contact with a medical doctor in the 12 months prior to being surveyed. However, seniors as a group had more negative views on the benefits of technology and were less likely to be Internet users. 97% of Canadians aged 15 to 64 used the Internet in 2016 versus 68% of seniors.

Tegan: So many Canadians reported not accessing all of the mental health care they need because they were too busy. How does virtual healthcare invite us to reimagine the role that healthcare plays in our lives?

Dr. Gigi Osler: Let me start by saying mental health is physical. Health is health. And mental health, if we take a step back under the Canada Health Act, isn't as well covered as physical health, so that's, you know, even before virtual healthcare, that's still a barrier to health. Mental health visits, so mental health care provided virtually, has been shown during the pandemic to be very effective. As effective, in some cases, as in-person care, so certainly mental health is one of those medical conditions that really can be very well suited to virtual healthcare. Think part of the answer to that question is really expanding? How our governments think of health? And in the future, wouldn't it be nice if we could have more mental health supports, psychology, counseling, therapy, covered under the Canada Health Act so that more people could be, would be able to access it and not have the costs or ability to access it as a barrier.

In 2018, roughly 5.3 million people in Canada mentioned they needed some help for their mental health in the previous year. Just over half of these Canadians had their needs fully met.

Tegan: What role could virtual healthcare play in providing Canadians with support for mental health needs?

Dr. Gigi Osler: I look at virtual care really having that potential to support mental health across Canada. I remember visiting when I was president of the CMA, visiting some of our Northern territories, and say even just psychiatry, few or no psychiatrists in the territory, so access to psychiatric care, which is covered under the Canada Health Act, would be limited. But imagine if you lived in a northern community but could have access to a psychiatrist, or if we even have a bigger vision, a psychologist or a therapist who lived in a different province. So that you could have a virtual visit with your mental health care provider. That, to me, really speaks to the vision of better health care and better access to care, especially for something like mental health, which we know, is well suited to virtual healthcare. So, I see the potential and possibilities in so many aspects of health care, with mental health being one of them.

Tegan: 20% of those with an unmet mental health care need reported that language problems and help not being readily available were a barrier to accessing care. Have you ever experienced a time where virtual care eased a language barrier, or where it could have?

Dr. Gigi Osler: Let me give you a real life example from my own work where we have been able to overcome some language barriers with virtual care, so as you said, and as Canada becomes more multicultural, we are seeing more and more different languages being spoken in Canada. And if we receive a referral for a patient whose first language isn't English and whose primary language is something other than one in which I'm able to converse, and we can set up in advance an interpreter of the language of their choice, who then facilitates a 3 way conference call between myself, the patient and the interpreter, which has been extremely helpful, and we’re able to do that for in-person visits as well, again, if we are given that information ahead of time by the referring provider to say, “hey you know this person’s first language is Mandarin”. So through interpretation services provided by our health authority, we've been able to do that quite well with the virtual phone visits that I've been doing and it's something that I think really can help improve access for those whose English isn't their first, their first language, and you're absolutely right in the hospital, interpreters are available and can be arranged in advance.

But sometimes, if it's middle of the night, it would be, maybe difficult for you to find somebody and sometimes in that situation in a hospital you'll hear paged overhead. You know anybody speaking Arabic, you know? Please call such and such a number so it can be made more accessible for people speaking different languages and that I think is part of the recognition that as a multicultural country when we want to provide equitable access to health care, language is certainly one of the things we must consider.

Canada continues to have a hospital-centric care system for those who are dying, despite the preference of most individuals to die in their community and other home-like settings. In 2020, 55% of deaths in Canada took place in a hospital.

Tegan: What role, if any, could virtual healthcare play in palliative care and empowering more Canadians to make decisions about end of life care?

Dr. Gigi Osler: That's an interesting question, and I'll be honest, I haven't looked into the literature about virtual care use in palliative care. I definitely see the possibilities and I can see one possibility in the ability to bring together multiple people within somebody's circle of care, so that person, their caregivers, their families. Bringing them together virtually to have some of those discussions, where in the past, perhaps some of those discussions would have taken place in person, so family visits where, maybe if there was a child or a partner who didn't live in the same city, might not be able to participate. So in that setting, I think the possibility of virtual care as enabling interactions between different people involved in someone’s circle of care who might live geographically distant. It would certainly be an opportunity to bring people together to participate in those discussions and what more important time than perhaps once somebody is receiving palliative care or at the end of life.

Tegan: Could you talk about a procedure or medical intervention that could not have succeeded without virtual healthcare?

Dr. Gigi Osler: Oh, that's a good one so… A specific procedure or medical intervention. Well, I know of colleagues who have given me examples over the last two years. And I'll give you the example of, say, a physician working in our remote community who was able to communicate with a specialist, send them information about the patient, have the specialist interact, perhaps via phone, with the patient in order to be able to figure out and diagnose what that patient’s condition was and really determine if that patient needed to be transferred out or managed by the physician in that remote community. So that's one example of it, and I know there's probably many more.

Tegan: What are some of the barriers that could threaten the permanent, widespread adoption of virtual healthcare?

Dr. Gigi Osler: We knew prior to the pandemic starting there were policy barriers, there were legislative barriers, there were regulatory barriers. Many of those are being worked on by different federal, provincial, territorial, tables and committees and groups, but there's still fairly significant ongoing work that needs to be done.

We've seen an explosion of virtual care across the country and different systems, different platforms, different portals, many of which are still siloed and don't communicate with each other. I had a conversation once with a physician colleague who worked in Toronto, who worked at a few different hospitals who had something like 4 different hospital systems. So digital, like virtual healthcare systems, but none of them spoke to each other. So if you're at one hospital there's no way for that hospital system to communicate with another one, so there's not a lot of interoperability between some of these different systems and platforms.

Access is still an issue for many Canadians who don't even access to your own health information. So some provinces, some hospitals may have patient portals where you, as a patient, can access your information. That's not widespread across the country. Many tests and information, so patient results, might not be in a digital ready format, so, you know, how do you share that information when it's still, you know, maybe on a paper. It's not in a digital format. We still don't have sort of this overall pan-Canadian governance framework to ensure that the virtual healthcare that's being conducted in Ontario is the same as the virtual healthcare in Prince Edward Island. So there's still uneven levels of access, quality of virtual healthcare across the country and so multiple different things at play.

But I think really, you know, if we look at what is the outcome that we want to have from virtual healthcare across Canada, safe healthcare, quality health care, effective healthcare, healthcare that you can access virtually regardless of, you know, your knowledge, skills, socioeconomic status. Maybe even the health care that you can easily use across the country, so one that's portable so that, let's say if I moved from Manitoba and Winnipeg to Quebec? My Quebec healthcare provider, wouldn't it be nice if they could have access to my Manitoba health care records? so that accessibility and portability of health information. Uhm, I don't know if I said enough or it’s too much, but those are, those are just some of the things I came to the top of my mind.

In 2020/2021, while an estimated 858 people migrated from Manitoba to Quebec, the most popular province for Canadians to migrate to was BC.

Tegan: Is there anything that I didn't bring up that you'd like to discuss?

Dr. Gigi Osler: I'm really excited to have this conversation because it's as we come out of the pandemic and I'm putting my hopeful, optimistic hat on. I know across the country every province and territory is dealing with different levels of the pandemic. But as we start to come out of the pandemic, I'd like many of us to just start thinking, you know, health care providers, patients, governments, health authorities. How can we make our healthcare system better? You know, we're seeing the healthcare system under strain across the country. Many health care providers are using virtual care. How can we take the lessons we've learned from the pandemic and virtual healthcare, the benefit we've seen from virtual healthcare, how can we incorporate that into our system? To improve everybody’s health as this pandemic recedes and gets better.

So I think that is my thought and my hope, you know, that people, patients keep having these conversations, keep talking about what they would like to see, how they like to see their care with their health care team, continue to improve in the future. And as health care providers, you know, we're continuing to learn and adapt to try to make the healthcare system better. If there is one silver lining from this pandemic, please let it be that we will incorporate virtual healthcare into in-person healthcare in our publicly funded healthcare system.

Tegan: K, If someone would like to learn more about your work or virtual healthcare, where should they go?

Dr. Gigi Osler: The report from the Virtual Care Task Force, the one that I'm a co-chair of, is freely available to the public on the web, and you just have to go to cma.ca and search out Virtual Care Task Force. Or you could probably Google Virtual Care Task Force. Canadian Medical Association. The link will pop up and the report is available as a downloadable PDF in both English and French.

Tegan: Perfect thank you so much. Thank you so much for joining us.

Dr. Gigi Osler: Thank you for having me. It's been a pleasure.

Tegan: You’ve been listening to Eh Sayers. Thank you to Dr. Gigi Osler for taking the time to speak with us.

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Concordance measures for estimates of household wealth: Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, Survey of Financial Security and Equifax Canada - 2023

Table 1
Concordance between the Survey of Financial Security (SFS) and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA), 2012, 2016 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Concordance between the Survey of Financial Security (SFS) and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) SFS, NBSA and Coverage (SFS/NBSA), calculated using millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  SFS NBSA Coverage (SFS/NBSA)
millions of dollars Percent
2019
Total assets 13,556,182 14,814,510 91.5
Financial assets 6,613,501 8,023,481 82.4
Life insurance and pensions 2,513,121 2,802,063 89.7
Other financial assets 4,100,380 5,221,418 78.5
Non-financial assets 6,942,681 6,791,029 102.2
Real estate 6,264,424 6,011,310 104.2
Other non-financial assets 678,257 779,719 87.0
Total liabilities 1,866,265 2,403,538 77.6
Mortgage liabilities 1,507,421 1,648,555 91.4
Other liabilities 358,844 754,983 47.5
Net worth (wealth) 11,689,917 12,410,972 94.2
2016
Total assets 11,980,597 12,680,847 94.5
Financial assets 5,838,388 6,703,153 87.1
Life insurance and pensions 2,317,797 2,399,455 96.6
Other financial assets 3,520,591 4,303,698 81.8
Non-financial assets 6,142,209 5,977,694 102.8
Real estate 5,537,216 5,281,977 104.8
Other non-financial assets 604,993 695,717 87.0
Total liabilities 1,755,045 2,119,732 82.8
Mortgage liabilities 1,416,565 1,427,586 99.2
Other liabilities 338,481 692,146 48.9
Net worth (wealth) 10,225,552 10,561,115 96.8
2012
Total assets 9,367,532 9,699,486 96.6
Financial assets 4,666,076 5,103,446 91.4
Life insurance and pensions 1,871,134 1,946,189 96.1
Other financial assets 2,794,942 3,157,257 88.5
Non-financial assets 4,701,456 4,596,040 102.3
Real estate 4,186,037 4,020,480 104.1
Other non-financial assets 515,418 575,560 89.6
Total liabilities 1,337,071 1,750,455 76.4
Mortgage liabilities 1,029,811 1,135,890 90.7
Other liabilities 307,261 614,565 50.0
Net worth (wealth) 8,030,461 7,949,031 101.0
Note: NBSA estimates include the territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, 2023.
Table 2
Concordance between Equifax and Distributions of Household Economic Accounts (DHEA) estimates for household mortgages and other liabilities, by distribution category, fourth quarter of 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Concordance between Equifax Canada and Distributions of Household Economic Accounts (DHEA) estimates for household mortgages and other liabilities Total liabilities, Mortgage liabilities and Other liabilities, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total liabilities Mortgage liabilities Other liabilities
percent
All households 81.6 83.1 78.3
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador 80.2 82.1 77.6
Prince Edward Island 82.8 76.8 90.9
Nova Scotia 84.7 93.0 75.7
New Brunswick 80.4 80.3 80.5
Quebec 85.4 83.4 89.7
Ontario 82.7 83.9 79.9
Manitoba 70.7 68.3 75.5
Saskatchewan 73.8 76.9 68.7
Alberta 77.3 78.3 75.2
British Columbia 81.8 87.5 68.3
Age group of major income earner
Under 35 years 61.5 61.8 60.7
35 to 44 years 79.0 79.3 78.1
45 to 54 years 81.8 82.4 80.2
55 to 64 years 94.5 106.3 79.0
65 years and over 107.3 118.8 95.9
Generation of major income earner
Millennials 68.4 68.8 67.1
Generation X 81.7 82.3 80.2
Baby boom 95.3 105.8 81.9
Pre-1946 98.5 103.0 94.4
Household type
One-person household 147.3 144.8 152.4
Multiple-person household 72.5 74.7 67.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, 2023; Equifax Canada.

Statistics Canada to hold news conference to present 2021 Census data on Canada's shifting demographic profile

Media advisory

March 31, 2022, Ottawa, ON

On April 27, 2022, Statistics Canada will release the second set of results from the 2021 Census. This release will explore Canada’s shifting demographic profile, and for the first time ever, will include data about the gender diversity of our population. Additional questions on sex-at-birth and gender were added to the 2021 Census to allow more Canadians to be better represented. Data about age and the various types of dwellings in Canada will also be released.

The release will be published in Statistics Canada's The Daily at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on April 27, 2022. Information about subsequent releases throughout 2022 is available at 2021 Census dissemination planning — Release plans.

Statistics Canada officials will hold a news conference to present high-level national, provincial, and territorial findings for the second release from the 2021 Census. Officials will be available to answer questions from the media following their remarks.

On April 27 and the following days, Statistics Canada will also grant interviews regarding this 2021 Census data release. Members of the media are invited to submit their requests for interviews and/or custom tabulations ahead of the release date to the Media Hot Line.

Date

April 27, 2022

Time

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)

Location

The news conference will be held virtually.

Participation in the question and answer portion of this event is for accredited members of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery only. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact pressres2@parl.gc.ca to request temporary access. A teleconference line is also available for media who wish to listen to the event:

Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US): 1-866-206-0153
Local dial-in number: 613-954-9003
Participant passcode: 7501902#

Contact

Media Relations
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2021 Census: Sex at birth and gender - the whole picture

Video - 2021 Census: Sex at birth and gender - the whole picture

This video presents information on the new gender question in the 2021 Census and the added precision of 'at birth' to the sex question. It highlights the importance of these modifications for greater data inclusivity and the benefits for all individuals in Canada.

Introduction

Purpose

The objective of the survey is to collect information on the Ontario First Nations point-of-sale exemption. These data are part of the information used by the Ontario Ministry of Finance and Finance Canada to determine the allocation of the Ontario HST revenue between the provincial and federal governments.

Additional information

Why we conduct this survey

The information you provide will be used by the Ontario Ministry of Finance and Finance Canada to ensure that the harmonized sales tax (HST) is allocated correctly between the provincial and federal governments. By participating in this survey, you will be helping Ontario receive its accurate share of the HST.

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.

Authority

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. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory. For this survey, there is a Section 11 agreement with the provincial statistical agency of Ontario.

Coverage

For this questionnaire: Please report for Ontario locations only.

Reporting period: Report for calendar year 2021.

Reporting instructions

  • Please complete the questionnaire and submit it within 15 days.
  • Report all dollar amounts in Canadian dollars.
  • Report dollar amounts in exact dollars and cents e.g., $100.12.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.
  • Enter '0' if there is no value to report.

Note

Other information about this questionnaire

Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/survey/business/5205

Clients

This business sells goods or services to which types of customers?

Select all that apply.

  • 1: Businesses
  • 2: Individuals
  • 3: Other

Exemptions

From January 1st to December 31st, 2021, did this business offer or provide Ontario First Nations Point-of-Sale Exemptions to Status Indians, Indian bands or band councils?
The Ontario First Nations point-of-sale exemption is a rebate or exemption equal to the 8% provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) provided to status card holders at the time of purchase.

Exclude exemptions on sales by:

  • businesses located on Indian Reserves
  • businesses designated as 'remote stores'
  • vendors that deliver goods and services to a reserve.

1: Yes

Note: Answer "Yes" if this business offered the exemption even if it did not provide it in 2021.

  • 3: No

Exemptions - Question identifier: 3
From January 1st to December 31st, 2021, what was the total value of all Ontario First Nations point-of-sale exemptions that were provided by this business?

Ontario First Nations point-of-sale exemption (OFNPSE) is a rebate or exemption equal to the 8% provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) provided to status card holders at the time of purchase. In Ontario, the HST is comprised of 8% Provincial Value Added Tax plus 5% Goods and Service Tax for a total of 13%.

  • Report the value of the exemption and not the value of the sales to which the exemption applies.
  • Only GST must have been applied to all goods and services exempted.
  • Enter "0" if this business offered the exemption but was not asked to provide it in 2021.
  • Report all dollar amounts in Canadian dollars.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Exclude

  • Internet sales;
  • Sales of goods and services delivered to a reserve;
  • Sales of goods and services where full HST was exempted;
  • Sales made on a reserve;
  • Sales by a remote store.

Example:

  • In the case of a $100.00 sale made to a status card holder, where that sale is eligible for the OFNPSE, only GST would be applied. The 8% Provincial Value Added Tax would be exempted.
  • The exemption would be calculated as $100.00 x 8% (or 0.08) = $8.00.

1: Total value of the exemptions

Exemptions - Question identifier: 4
Does this business plan to offer the Ontario First Nations Point-of-Sale Exemption to Status Indians, Indian bands and band councils in the future?

  • 1: Yes
  • 3: No

Exemptions - Question identifier: 5
What is the main reason this business will not offer this exemption in the future?

  • 1: No requests for the exemption
  • 2: Offering, registering or declaring the exemption
  • 3: Offering, registering or declaring the exemption is time consuming
  • 4: Other main reason - specify main reason:

Contact Person

Contact Person - Question identifier: 1
Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information. Is __ the best person to contact?

  • 1: Yes
  • 3: No

Feedback

Feedback - Question identifier: 1
How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • 1: Hours
  • 2: Minutes

Feedback - Question identifier: 2
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CVs for operating revenue - Food services and drinking places - 2020

CVs for operating revenue - Food services and drinking places - 2019
Geography CVs for operating revenue
percent
Canada 0.61
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.61
Prince Edward Island 0.14
Nova Scotia 0.42
New Brunswick 1.32
Quebec 1.37
Ontario 1.18
Manitoba 1.24
Saskatchewan 1.14
Alberta 0.56
British Columbia 0.65
Yukon 0.36
Northwest Territories 0.72
Nunavut 0.00

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Quarterly Civil Aviation Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-877-949-9492

Your answers are confidential.

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

Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Table of contents

Business or organization and contact information

This section verifies or requests basic identifying information of the business or organization such as legal name, operating name (if applicable), contact information of the designated contact person, current operational status, and main activity(ies).

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.

Designated contact person

Verify or provide the requested contact information of the designated business or organization contact person. The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire. If different than the designated contact person, the contact information of the person completing the questionnaire can be indicated later in the questionnaire.

Current operational status

Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name in question 1. If indicating the operational status of the business or organization is 'Not currently operational' then indicate an applicable reason and provide the requested information.

Main activity

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS , are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.

The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational 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.

If the current NAICS associated with this business or organizations is not correct, please provide a brief description of the main activity and provide any additional information as requested.

Statement of Revenues and Expenses, Quarterly - Statement 21 (I, II)

1. Revenue, Expenses and Income

Operating revenue

Scheduled services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by an aircraft provided by an air carrier that operates the air service and that, directly or indirectly, sells some or all of its seats or part or all of its cargo space to the public on a price per seat, price per unit of mass or price per volume of cargo basis.

Charter services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.

Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.

Exclude firefighting and heli-logging activities and the movement of people and goods to a firefighting site. (The former Transport Canada TP 8880 document "Starting a Commercial Air Service" outlining a list of activities which are specialty has been replaced with a new document TP 4711 "Air Operator Certification Manual" as of December 2020. A PDF version of volumes of this manual can be requested at: Air Operator Certification Manual – TP 4711)

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on scheduled and charter services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on scheduled and charter services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST).

All other operating revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from all other sources. Include air transport activities not included in passenger revenue or goods revenue, revenue from other flying services (such as flying training, recreational flying and other specialty flying), subsidies and net incidental air transport related revenue, that is revenue less expenses from non-flying services incidental to air transport including aircraft fuel and oil sales; maintenance and aircraft ramp handling service and so on for other carriers; commissions (or sales revenue minus payments to the carrier that does the flying) received for the sale of transportation which takes place on other carriers; and revenue received for the provision of aircraft to other carriers from operations under their control.

Total operating revenue

The sum of passenger revenue, goods revenue and all other operating revenue.

Operating expenses

Turbo fuel expenses

Include fuel used in both turboprop and jet aircraft.

Include the expenses for turbo fuel consumed for all scheduled and/or charter operations, regardless of where purchased. Include throughput charges, non-refundable duties and taxes. If the fuel was supplied by a customer, an approximate value may be provided based on prevailing market rates. Expenses should be reported in Canadian dollars, regardless of where purchased.

Employee wages, salaries and benefits

Include the wages, salaries and benefits (employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on and layover expenses such as hotels and meals, for flight and cabin crews) for all employees.

All other operating expenses

Include all operating expenses not reported in the two expense categories above.

Total operating expenses

The sum of the previous three expense items.

Income

Net operating income (a loss should be a negative number)

Total operating revenue less total operating expenses from above.

Net non-operating income (enter a negative number for a loss)

Include provision for income taxes.

Include:

  • interest and discount income from all sources, including cash discounts on the purchase of materials and supplies;
  • interest on unpaid taxes and all classes of debt, including premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term obligations, as well as amortization of premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term and long-term obligations;
  • capital gains (or losses) from retiring operating property and equipment, aircraft equipment, expendable parts, miscellaneous materials and supplies and other assets, when they are sold or otherwise retired from service as part of a general program and not as incidental sales performed as a service to others;
  • gains or losses made on investments in securities;
  • net miscellaneous non-operating income or loss, which refers to revenue and expenses attributable to financing or other activities that are not an integral part of the air transportation activities undertaken by the carrier, or its incidental services. These could include dividend income, the balance of all income or losses from affiliated companies reimbursed to the carrier, foreign exchange adjustments and special items, such as restructuring expenses, which do not occur on a regular basis;
  • provisions for taxes payable on net income for the accounting period and adjustments of income taxes relating to previous years, including the provisions for deferred income taxes resulting from differences between accounting income and taxable income that arise when the time of including items of revenue and expense in the computation of accounting income and taxable income do not coincide.

Exclude staff reduction expenses which should be included under all other operating expenses.

Net income (a loss should be a negative number)

Net operating income plus net non-operating income from above.

2. Average number of employees

Refers to the average number of people employed during the quarter. Include all employees (all categories), temporary or permanent, on the payroll of the air carrier during the quarter being reported. Part-time employees should be included in the total, prorated to the amount of time worked when compared with the time worked by full-time employees (for example two part-time employees working half-time are equivalent to one full-time employee).

Scheduled Services, Revenue Operating Statistics, Quarterly - Statement 10 (I, II)

1. Scheduled services - operating statistics

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Sector of operation

Refers to the regions where carriers provide transportation services. There are three breakdowns – domestic, transborder (Canada-US) and other international.

Domestic includes operations between points in Canada.

Transborder (Canada-US) includes operations between points in Canada and points in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico).

Other international includes all other operations, (including between points outside of Canada).

Data reported must include both fixed wing and helicopter services, where:

Fixed wing

Means a power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed. An aircraft having wings fixed to the airplane fuselage and outspread in flight – that is non-rotating wings.

Helicopter

Means a rotary wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes. A helicopter does not have conventional fixed wings, nor is it provided with a conventional propeller for forward thrust.

Scheduled services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by an aircraft provided by an air carrier that operates the air service and that, directly or indirectly, sells some or all of its seats or part or all of its cargo space to the public on a price per seat, price per unit of mass or price per volume of cargo basis.

Enplaned passengers

Refers to revenue passengersFootnote 1 who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

Passenger-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one revenue passenger on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Passenger-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown by all passengers.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Number of passengers = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Passenger-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Number of passengers = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Passenger-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of passenger-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Available seat-kilometres

Represents the aircraft kilometres flown on each flight stage multiplied by the number of seats available for use on that stage. This represents the total passenger carrying capacity offered. Seats not actually available for the carriage of passengers should be excluded.

Hours flown

Represents the block hours, in other words, the number of hours which elapsed between the time the aircraft started to move to commence a flight and the time the aircraft came to its final stop after the conclusion of a flight. Report the total number of block hours flown to the nearest hour.

Enplaned goods

Refers to all types of non-passenger traffic. It includes priority freight, freight, mail and excess baggage for which revenue is obtained. Enplaned goods should be reported to the nearest kilogram.

Conversion factor

To convert pounds (lbs.) into kilograms (kg), multiply by 0.453592.

Goods tonne-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one tonne of goods on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Goods tonne-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown with all tonnes of goods.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Tonnes of goods = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Goods tonne-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Tonnes of goods = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Goods tonne-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of goods tonne-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Available tonne-kilometres

Represents the aircraft kilometres flown on each flight stage multiplied by the usable weight capacity of the aircraft. This represents the load carrying capacity offered for passengers and/or goods.

2. Scheduled services - revenue

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on scheduled services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities. Total passenger revenue should equal the passenger revenue from scheduled services from the first screen.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on scheduled services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Total goods revenue should equal the goods revenue from scheduled services from the first screen.

Charter Services, Revenue Operating Statistics, Quarterly - Statement 12 (I, II)

1. Charter services - operating statistics

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Sector of operation

Refers to the regions where carriers provide transportation services. There are three breakdowns – domestic, transborder (Canada-US) and other international.

Domestic includes operations between points in Canada.

Transborder (Canada-US) includes operations between points in Canada and points in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico).

Other international includes all other operations (including between points outside of Canada).

Data reported must include both fixed wing and helicopter services, where:

Fixed wing

Means a power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed. An aircraft having wings fixed to the airplane fuselage and outspread in flight – that is non-rotating wings.

Helicopter

Means a rotary wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes. A helicopter does not have conventional fixed wings, nor is it provided with a conventional propeller for forward thrust.

Charter services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.

Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.

Exclude firefighting and heli-logging activities and the movement of people and goods to a firefighting site. (The former Transport Canada TP 8880 document "Starting a Commercial Air Service" outlining a list of activities which are specialty has been replaced with a new document TP 4711 "Air Operator Certification Manual" as of December 2020. A PDF version of volumes of this manual can be requested at: Air Operator Certification Manual – TP 4711)

Enplaned passengers

Refers to revenue passengersFootnote 1 who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

Passenger-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one revenue passenger on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Passenger-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown by all passengers.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Number of passengers = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Passenger-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Number of passengers = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Passenger-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of passenger-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Hours flown

Represents the block hours, in other words, the number of hours which elapsed between the time the aircraft started to move to commence a flight and the time the aircraft came to its final stop after the conclusion of a flight. Report the total number of block hours flown to the nearest hour.

Enplaned goods

Refers to all types of non-passenger traffic. It includes priority freight, freight, mail and excess baggage for which revenue is obtained. Enplaned goods should be reported to the nearest kilogram.

Conversion factor

To convert pounds (lbs.) into kilograms (kg), multiply by 0.453592.

Goods tonne-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one tonne of goods on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Goods tonne-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown with all tonnes of goods.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Tonnes of goods = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Goods tonne-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Tonnes of goods = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Goods tonne-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of goods tonne-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

2. Charter services - revenue

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on charter services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities. Total passenger revenue should equal the passenger revenue from charter services from the first screen.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on charter services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Total goods revenue should equal the goods revenue from charter services from the first screen.

Why do we conduct 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.

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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.

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For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, the Canada Energy Regulator and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

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 information if 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 for the designated contact person for the business or organization’s, and correct information if 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  

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

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Accounting Standards and Methods

1. What accounting standard is used for this report?

  • IFRS
  • GAAP
  • ASPE
  • Other
    • Specify other accounting standard

2. What method is used in accounting for exploration expenditures?

  • Successful efforts
  • Full cost
  • Other
    • Specify other method

North American Industry Classification System

3. Which of the following methods were used by this business to extract oil and gas?

Select all that apply.

Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands)

Formerly classified as 211113, Conventional oil and gas extraction, this Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the exploration for, and/or production of, petroleum or natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal pumping techniques.

Oil sands extraction

Formerly classified as 211114, Non-conventional oil extraction, this industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing crude oil from oil sands or from reservoirs in which the hydrocarbons are semisolids and conventional production methods are not possible.

Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands)

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the exploration for, and/or production of, petroleum or natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal pumping techniques. Include gas plants.

Oil Sands Extraction

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing crude oil from oil sands or from reservoirs in which the hydrocarbons are semisolids and conventional production methods are not possible. Include in-situ and mined oil sands projects.

Revenues and expenses, deductions and net income

4. What was this business's gross revenue from each of the following sources?

Gross revenues

a. Sales

Report the sales or transfer value of produced goods or services before any adjustment or intersegment elimination. Please include royalties and taxes that are imposed at the time of sale. Exclude GST.

b. Other production revenue

Include all other production revenue not reported in 4a. Include sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees. Amount reported here should equal (question 6).

c. Other non-production revenue

Include all revenue not reported in sales of crude oil and natural gas (4a) or other production revenue (4b) such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends. The amount reported here should equal (question 8).

The total gross revenues equal the sum of question 4a., 4b. and 4c.

What was this business's gross revenue from each of the following sources?
  CAN$ '000
a. Sales of crude oil and natural gas
Include all revenue associated with the sale of extracted oil and gas.
Exclude royalties, taxes and other charges.		  
b. Other production revenue
e.g., sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees.
A breakdown of this revenue by provincial and territorial jurisdiction will be asked later in this questionnaire (question 6).		  
c. Other non-production revenue
Include all revenue not reported in 4a or 4b, such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends.
A breakdown of this revenue by provincial and territorial jurisdiction will be asked later in this questionnaire (question 8).		  
Total gross revenue (a + b + c)  

5. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have any other production revenue?

Select all that apply.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
  • Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia — offshore only
  • Nova Scotia — mainland only
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut

6. For the [amount] reported as other production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Only include revenue associated to the oil and gas industry

Total of this question should sum to value reported in Q4 (b).

Other production revenue

Please provide a provincial breakdown of values reported in question 4b.

Include sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees.

For the [amount] reported as other production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total - other production revenue  

7. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have any other non-production revenue?

Select all that apply.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
  • Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia — offshore only
  • Nova Scotia — mainland only
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut

8. For the [amount] reported as other non-production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Include all revenue such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends

Total of this question should sum to value reported in Q4 (c).

Other non-production revenue

Please provide a provincial breakdown of values reported in question 4c.

Include all non-production revenue such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends.

For the [amount] reported as other non-production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total - other non-production revenue  

9. What were this business's expenses and deductions for the following items?

Exclude capitalised expenditures, which are to be reported later in the questionnaire.

Note: regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such projects or ventures, as applicable.

Expenses, deductions and net income

a. Royalties and Similar Payments

The value reported here should equal the sum of provincial and freehold royalties for the Oil Sands Extraction sector plus the federal crown, provincial, and non-crown royalties for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector, as applicable.

b. Operating expenditures

Include cost of materials and supplies used in production, surface lease rentals, lifting costs and all other expenditures which are related to producing operations. All general and administrative costs related to producing activities and charged to current year operations should also be included here.

The value reported here should equal the sum of total operating expenditures for the Oil Sands Extraction sector plus the sum of total operating expenditures for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector, as applicable. The breakdown of the operating expenditures will be requested later in the questionnaire.

Exclude any non-cash charges and royalties.

c. Salaries, wages and benefits

Include the cost of salaries and wages (including bonuses and commissions, employer contributions to pension, medical, unemployment insurance plans, etc. ) paid to your own workforce during the reporting period.

d. Other operating expenditures

Include only costs associated with non-producing operations and other expense items not reported elsewhere, e.g., a natural gas processing fee paid to other companies.

e. Interest expense

Include interest paid on bank loans, bonds, etc.

f. Federal income tax

Include federal income tax pertaining to the current period and assumed to be currently due.

g. Provincial income tax

Include provincial income tax pertaining to the current period and assumed to be currently due. The amount reported should include the Saskatchewan Corporate Capital Tax Surcharge if applicable.

h. Deferred income tax

Include accrued tax obligations reflected as an expense in the income statement, but not payable in the current reporting period.

i. Exploration and development charged to current operations

Include exploration and development expenses charged to current operations.

j. Amortization and depreciation expense

The systematic charge-off to expense of costs for depreciable assets that had been initially capitalised or deferred. Write-downs of depreciable assets resulting from impairments should be included in this category. However, write-offs arising from unusual dispositions and gains and/or losses on sales of assets should be reported in question 9l. and 9m. respectively.

k. Depletion

Include the current depletion charges for costs subject to such deduction. Write-offs resulting from the application of ceiling tests should be reported in question 9l., 'Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges'. Gains and losses on disposal of properties should be reported in question 9m., 'Other non-cash expenses and deductions'.

l. Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges

Adjustments may be made for non-operating items which the company ordinarily eliminates from its reported 'Internal cash flow'.

m. Other non-cash expenses and deductions

Include non-cash items not reported elsewhere such as unrealised losses on currency transactions, non-controlling shareholders' interest in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries, and the equity portion of losses of unconsolidated affiliates. This item should be reduced by such non-cash revenue items as unrealised currency gains, non-controlling shareholders' interest in losses of consolidated subsidiaries, and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates.

The subtotal of expenses and deductions equals the sum of question 9a. to 9m.

The total net income equals the total gross revenues minus the subtotal of expenses and deductions.

What were this business's expenses and deductions for the following items?
  CAN$ '000
a. Royalties and similar payments  
b. Operating expenses
Figures reported here should equal the sum reported for the oil sands extraction sector (question 33) plus the sum reported for the oil and gas extraction sector (questions 35 to 38).		  
c. Salaries, wages and benefits  
d. Other operating expenses  
e. Interest expense  
f. Federal income tax  
g. Provincial income tax  
h. Deferred income tax  
i. Exploration and development charged to current operations  
j. Amortization and depreciation expense  
k. Depletion  
l. Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges  
m. Other non-cash expenses and deductions  
Total expenses and deductions  
Total gross revenue
Previously reported in question 4.		  
Total net income
Total gross revenues minus total expenses and deductions.		  

10. How many employees did this business have?

Provide the number of employees associated with the expenses for salaries, wages and benefits (item 9c.).

Number of employees

Balance Sheet

11. What were this business's upstream assets?

Balance sheet

a. Total current assets

Include such items as cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventories, etc.

b. Net capital assets

Include land not held for the purpose of re-sale, amortizable assets such as buildings, machinery and equipment, etc.

c. Other assets

Include all assets not reported as either current or capital assets.

Total assets equals the sum of questions 11a. to c.

What were this business's upstream assets?
  CAN$ '000
a. Total current assets  
b. Net capital assets  
c. Other assets  
Total assets  

12. What were this business's upstream liabilities and equity?

Balance sheet

a. Current liabilities

Include such items as current portion of long-term debt, accounts payable, notes payable, etc.

b. Long-term debt

Include all debt with a maturity of greater than one year.

c. Other liabilities

Include all liabilities not reported as either a current liability or long-term debt.

d. Equity

Include common shares, preferred shares, retained earnings and all other equity.

Total liabilities and equity equal the sum of questions 12a. to d.

What were this business's upstream liabilities and equity?
  CAN$ '000
a. Current liabilities  
b. Long term debt  
c. Other liabilities  
d. Equity  
Total liabilities and equity  

Abandonment and reclamation costs

13. Did this business have any associated abandonment and reclamation costs?

Include all costs such as well plugging and abandonment and remediation.

  • Yes
  • No

14. What were the associated abandonment and reclamation costs for your operations?

Include all costs such as well plugging and abandonment and remediation.

Figures reported here should equal to the sum reported for abandonment and reclamation costs by provincial and territorial jurisdictions (question 16).

Abandonment and Reclamation

Include costs such as well plugging and abandonment, well suspension, casing removal, zone abandonments, plug backs, reclamation and remediation.

CAN$ '000

15. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have abandonment and reclamation costs?

Select all that apply.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
  • Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia — offshore only
  • Nova Scotia — mainland only
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut

16. For the [amount] reported as abandonment and reclamation costs, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Abandonment and Reclamation

Include costs such as well plugging and abandonment, well suspension, casing removal, zone abandonments, plug backs, reclamation and remediation.

For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have abandonment and reclamation costs?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total - abandonment and reclamation costs  

Capital expenditures for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

17. Which of the following methods of crude oil extraction are employed by this business?

Include this business's own operations as well as partnerships and joint venture activities or projects as applicable. In the next section of the questionnaire, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

Select all that apply.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

In situ:

In situ refers to extraction employing techniques of drilling wells and then injecting steam, combustion or other sources of heat into the reservoir to warm the bitumen so it can be pumped to the surface.

Mining:

Mining is the use of machinery and equipment to extract deposits that are close to the surface.

Upgraders:

Upgraders convert heavy bitumen into lighter crude oil.

  • In-situ
    • i.e., drilling wells and then injecting steam, combustion or other sources of heat into the reservoir to warm the bitumen so it can be pumped to the surface
  • Mining
    • i.e., the use of machinery and equipment to extract deposits that are close to the surface
  • Upgraders
    • i.e., converting heavy bitumen into lighter crude oil

18. In the oil sands extraction sector, what capital expenditures did this business have?

Note: regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

Select all that apply.

  • Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders
  • Oil rights acquisition and retention costs
  • Include all fees associated with using land agents.
  • Land and leases purchased from others
  • Include all fees associated with using land agents.
  • Machinery and Equipment
  • Include items such as boilers, compressors, motors, pumps and any other items that may be termed manufacturing or mining equipment as opposed to a fixed installation such as a building.
  • Housing
  • Value of residential structures and related infrastructures within a company town-site.
  • Drilling and pre-mining expenditures
  • Drilling expenditures include core hole and delineation drilling. Include the cost of casing and other materials and equipment left in place, core analysis, logging, road building, and other directly related services. Pre-mining costs include overburden removal and other pre-production expenditures.
  • Cost of capitalised overhead
  • Report the cost of capitalised overhead not allocated in questions 19-23. These overhead charges should exclude any amounts to be reported later in the questionnaire for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector.
  • Research and other capital expenditures
  • Include all research costs associated with oil sands extraction and/or natural gas extraction, such as laboratory work, consultants' fees, performance evaluations and experimental pilot plants (including any capitalised operating expenditures). Other costs include items such as drainage systems, roadways, tankages, anti-pollution equipment and fixed installations not including machinery and equipment included in question 21.

Note: On the paper version of this questionnaire, these capital expenditures were reported in Schedule II, lines 1-6.

  • Oil rights acquisition, fees and retention
  • Land and leases purchased from others
  • Machinery and equipment
  • Housing
  • Drilling and pre-mining
  • Include over burden removal.
  • Capitalised overhead
  • Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.
  • Research and other expenditures

19. What were the capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Expenditures associated with land and lease acquisition relating to oil rights, fees and retention.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention  

20. What were the capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Expenditures associated with the purchase of land and lease from others.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses  

21. What were the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include items such as boilers, compressors, motors, pumps and any other items that may be termed manufacturing or mining equipment as opposed to a fixed installation such as a building.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for machinery and equipment  

22. What were the capital expenditures for housing for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Value of residential structures and related infrastructures within a company town-site.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for housing for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for housing  

23. What were the capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining for the following operations?

Include overburden removal.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Drilling expenditures include core hole and delineation drilling. Include the cost of casing and other materials and equipment left in place, core analysis, logging, road building, and other directly related services. Pre-mining costs include overburden removal and other pre-production expenditures.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining  

24. What were the capital expenditures for capitalised overhead for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Report the cost of capitalised overhead not allocated in questions 19-23. These overhead charges should exclude any amounts to be reported later in the questionnaire for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for capitalised overhead for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for capitalised overhead  

25. What were the capital expenditures for research and other expenditures for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all research costs associated with oil sands extraction oil and/or natural gas extraction, such as laboratory work, consultants' fees, performance evaluations and experimental pilot plants (including any capitalised operating expenditures). Other costs include items such as drainage systems, roadways, tankages, anti-pollution equipment and fixed installations not including machinery and equipment included in question 21.

What were the capital expenditures for research and other expenditures for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total capital expenditures for research and other expenditures  

Summary of capital expenditure for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

26. This is a summary of your business's capital expenditures in the oil sands extraction sector.

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This is a summary of your business's capital expenditures in the oil sands extraction sector.
  CAN$ '000
Total capital expenditures for in-situ  
Total capital expenditures for mining  
Total capital expenditures for upgraders  
Total capital expenditures  

Operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

27. What operating expenses did this business have?

Select all that apply.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Field, well or plant expenditures

Include all direct operating expenses and any other expenses directly related to the mining, stimulation, processing, upgrading and delivery of the product, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

Taxes

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments such as property taxes, commodity tax, and carbon tax but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

Fuel and purchased electricity

Include costs for fuel and electricity for all sites.

Water handling and disposal

Include all costs pertaining to water handling and disposal.

Operating overhead

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to crude oil in situ, mining, upgraders or natural gas production, including any corporate allocation to this segment. (These overhead charges should exclude any reported at question 24 for capitalised overheads.)

  • Field, well and/or plant
  • Taxes
  • Exclude income taxes and royalties.
  • Purchased fuel and electricity
  • Water handling and disposal
  • Operating overhead

28. What were the field, well and/or plant expenses for the following operations?

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all direct operating expenses and any other expenses directly related to the mining, stimulation, processing, upgrading and delivery of the product, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were the field, well and/or plant expenses for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total operating expenses for field, well and/or plant  

29. What were the taxes incurred for the following operations?

Exclude income taxes and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments such as property taxes, commodity tax, and carbon tax but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

What were the taxes incurred for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total taxes incurred from operations  

30. What were the purchased fuel and electricity expenses for the following operations?

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include costs for fuel and electricity for all sites.

What were the purchased fuel and electricity expenses for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total operating expenses for purchased fuel and electricity  

31. What were the water handling and disposal expenses for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all costs pertaining to water handling and disposal.

What were the water handling and disposal expenses for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total operating expenses for water handling and disposal  

32. What were the operating overhead expenses for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to crude oil in situ, mining, upgraders or natural gas production, including any corporate allocation to this segment. (These overhead charges should exclude any reported at question 24 for capitalised overheads).

What were the operating overhead expenses for the following operations?
  CAN$ '000
In-situ  
Mining  
Upgraders  
Total operating expenses for overhead  

Summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

33. This is a summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders.

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This is a summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders.
  CAN$ '000
Total operating expenses for crude oil in-situ  
Total operating expenses for crude oil mining  
Total operating expenses for crude oil upgraders  
Total operating expenses  

Operating expenses by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions - Oil and gas extraction sector (except oil sands)

34. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business incur operating expenses?

Select all that apply.

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Operating costs include all direct operating expenses such as wages and salaries, materials and supplies, fuel and power, well conditioning costs, municipal taxes, other direct operating expenses, maintenance and repairs expensed and contract services. Also include the non-capitalised cost of purchased injection materials used in enhanced recovery projects.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
  • Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia — offshore only
  • Nova Scotia — mainland only
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut

Did not incur operating expenses within Canada

35. What were this business's operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery and pressure maintenance facilities, gathering systems and other well site facilities, surface lease rentals, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were this business's operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations  

36. What were this business's operating expenses for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include expenses associated with field processing plants as well as reprocessing activities, recycling projects, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were this business's operating expenses for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total operating expenses for natural gas processing plants  

37. What were this business's operating expenses for taxes by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Exclude income tax and royalties.

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments, but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

What were this business's operating expenses for taxes by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total operating expenses for taxes  

38. What were this business's operating expenses for overhead by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to upstream operations, including any corporate allocation to this segment.

What were this business's operating expenses for overhead by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total operating expenses for overhead  

Upstream expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions — Oil and gas extraction sector (except oil sands)

39. For which provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business incur upstream capital expenditures in exploration, development and production?

Select all that apply.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
  • Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia — offshore only
  • Nova Scotia — mainland only
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut

Did not incur capital expenditures within Canada

40. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Include overhead.

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Acquisition and retention costs and fees for oil and gas rights. Include bonuses, legal fees and filing fees. Exclude inter-company sales or transfers.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention  

41. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Purchases from companies that are engaged primarily in petroleum activities.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies  

42. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include such activities as seismic crew expenses, both company owned and contract. Include camp, bulldozing and dirt work, flying crews in and out, seismograph, velocity survey, gravity meter, magnetometer, core drilling, photo geological digital processing, magnetic playback and bottom hole contributions and environmental impact studies and other similar pre-exploration expenditures. All seismic or geological and geophysical expenditures (including stratigraphic tests) should be reported here, whether such activity is deemed exploration or development by the company.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for geological and geophysical services  

43. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for exploration drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Drilling outside a proven area or within a proven area, but to a previously untested horizon, in order to determine whether oil or gas reserves exist rather than to develop proven reserves discovered by previous drilling. Include costs of dry wells, casing and other materials and equipment abandoned in place; productive wells, including capped wells; and wells still in progress at year-end. Also include costs incurred in fighting blow-outs, runaways, and in replacing damaged equipment.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for exploration drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for exploration drilling  

44. What were this business's upstream development expenditures for development drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream development expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Drilling within the proven area of an oil or gas reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic horizon known to be productive for the purpose of extracting oil or gas reserves. This will cover costs of dry wells, including casing and other materials and equipment abandoned in place; productive wells, including capped well; and wells still in progress at year end. Include costs incurred in fighting blow-outs, runaways, and in replacing damaged equipment. Exclude costs associated with service wells.

Note: There should be no development expenditures until a development plan has been approved.

What were this business's upstream development expenditures for development drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for development drilling  

45. What were this business's upstream development expenditures for proven reserves purchased by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream development expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Purchases from those companies that are engaged primarily in petroleum activities.

What were this business's upstream development expenditures for proven reserves purchased by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for proven reserves purchased  

46. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Production facilities

Include tangible well and lease equipment comprising casing, tubing, wellheads, pumps, flowlines, separators, treaters, dehydrators. Include gathering pipelines, lease and centralized tank batteries and associated facilities prior to delivery to trunk pipelines terminals, and other production facilities. Also include costs associated with intangibles such as pre-production studies costs, and those expenditures that you consider to be pre-development.

Non-production facilities

Include automotive, aeroplane, communication, office and miscellaneous equipment not otherwise provided.

Drilling rigs and supply boats

Report expenditures including progress payments for the purchase of new and imported used and new drilling rigs (on and offshore) and supply boats.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats  

47. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for enhanced recovery projects by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include only expenditures on facilities in tertiary projects involving steam injection, miscible flooding, etc. Include service wells, both tangible and intangible, including the costs of drilling and equipping injection wells and also the cost of capitalised injection fuel (miscible fluid) costs, but exclude non-recoverable injection fluids charged to current operations.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for enhanced recovery projects by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats  

48. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Report only the capitalised amounts of the plants, including structures, measuring, regulating and related equipment.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for natural gas processing plants  

49. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for exploration by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for exploration by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for exploration  

50. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for development by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for development by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for development  

51. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for production by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for production by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?
  CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only  
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia — offshore only  
Nova Scotia — mainland only  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total upstream expenditures for production  

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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Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (January 2022)

Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales October 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (October 2021). The information is grouped by NAPCS-CANADA (appearing as row headers), and Month (appearing as column headers).
NAPCS-CANADA Month
202110 202111 202112 202201
Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services 0.73 0.64 0.63 0.81
Retail Services (except commissions) [561] 0.72 0.63 0.62 0.80
Food at retail [56111] 1.20 1.25 1.25 1.51
Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112] 0.69 0.67 0.70 0.78
Cannabis products, at retail [56113] 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Clothing at retail [56121] 1.50 0.94 0.98 1.28
Footwear at retail [56122] 1.57 1.61 1.51 1.82
Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123] 7.19 4.72 3.45 8.22
Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131] 0.63 0.76 0.58 0.73
Sporting and leisure products (except publications, audio and video recordings, and game software), at retail [56141] 2.41 1.89 1.39 2.86
Publications at retail [56142] 7.50 6.83 6.36 6.76
Audio and video recordings, and game software, at retail [56143] 6.15 5.93 8.18 7.01
Motor vehicles at retail [56151] 2.68 2.34 2.65 2.92
Recreational vehicles at retail [56152] 3.91 4.05 3.01 4.86
Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153] 2.23 1.68 1.82 2.45
Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161] 1.58 1.66 1.66 1.78
Home health products at retail [56171] 2.38 2.68 2.95 2.87
Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172] 2.73 3.20 3.14 1.79
Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181] 1.84 1.96 1.93 2.34
Miscellaneous products at retail [56191] 3.40 3.27 3.59 3.24
Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services Footnote 1 1.84 1.99 2.52 1.85

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Comprises the following North American Product Classification System (NAPCS): 51411, 51412, 53112, 56211, 57111, 58111, 58121, 58122, 58131, 58141, 72332, 833111, 841, 85131 and 851511.

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