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Plans at a glance

As the national statistical office, Statistics Canada ensures that Canadians have the key information they need to make evidence-based decisions about the economy, society and the environment. The agency provides governments with the timely, high-quality data and insights they need to promote economic growth, plan roads and cities, adjust pensions, and develop employment and social programs that benefit Canadians.

Statistics Canada recognizes the important role that data play in the country's pandemic response and recovery. The agency continues to find innovative ways to bring new data and insights to Canadians, and to enable researchers and decision makers to gain a better understanding of where the country is heading in response to the pandemic, for a more resilient economy and a healthier future for all.

Statistics Canada's priorities and activities for 2022–23 support agency modernization efforts and also include ongoing recommendations from world-class statistical advisory bodies, such as the Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access and the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council. As the agency is operating in a rapidly shifting environment, emerging opportunities and challenges will be leveraged and addressed throughout the year, where required.

A major focus over the coming year will be disseminating the results of the 2021 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture. The census, conducted every five years, is the most accurate snapshot of the people in Canada. It provides comprehensive data that reflect all the ways in which this diverse country—and the people who live in it—continues to evolve.

Statistics Canada's core modernization principles will continue to guide the agency's ongoing efforts to strengthen partnerships, build trust, increase data integration, and provide Canadians with the data-driven insights they will need to inform a greener and more inclusive recovery.

The Census of Population is the most important data source for the Disaggregated Data Action Plan, which is another priority for 2022–23. This multi-year plan will provide Canadians with the detailed data required to address gender gaps, racism and other systemic barriers, to apply fairness and inclusion to decisions that affect the entire population.

Providing user-centric services

Statistics Canada will continue to develop new ways to ensure that data are easier for Canadians to find, share and use. Leaders will be provided with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions related to women, Indigenous peoples, racialized populations, groups designated as visible minorities, Canadians living with disabilities, and more. To that end, the agency will

focus on disaggregating as much data as possible to enable a more detailed understanding of the characteristics of Canada's diverse population groups, as part of the Disaggregated Data Action Plan
respond to how Canadians want to access Government of Canada information by deploying new methods, such as a mobile app and podcasts, to keep them informed, and by making its insights accessible to even more people through greater use of plain language, data storytelling and new technologies such as text-to-speech software.

Using leading-edge methods

Statistics Canada will continue to focus on building knowledge, skills and data literacy across the Government of Canada. That includes adapting the agency's programs and services to Canadians; implementing new digital initiatives; and adopting leading-edge approaches to collection, research and analysis that will increase service speed and flexibility. Additionally, the agency will

lead the development of the first-ever Census of the Environment, which will improve Canadians' knowledge of the country's ecosystems, monitor environmental trends and promote better decision making to improve Canada's response to global environmental challenges
use new and experimental modelling approaches for research and development to produce new data insights and small area estimation, and to strengthen the timeliness of statistics
use administrative data to reduce the number of survey questions that businesses and individuals are asked to answer, while continuing to provide high-quality, timely data in a cost-effective manner and maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of Canadians.

Building statistical capacity and fostering data literacy

Statistics Canada will continue to enhance the capacity of Canadians to access and understand data for informed decision making. Key priorities include

developing the Quality of Life Framework for Canada to align government priorities with long-term outcomes that benefit Canadians
developing and releasing comprehensive online training products through the Data Literacy Training Initiative to build data and analytical capacity within the agency and among external stakeholders, to help them better use data
providing data science learning resources and creating opportunities for collaboration among departments through the Data Science Network for the Federal Public Service so that policy makers can mobilize data as a strategic asset to better serve Canadians.

Collaborating and engaging with partners

To better respond to evolving information needs and remain relevant, Statistics Canada will continue collaborating with federal departments; provincial and territorial governments; international partners; and other organizations, such as businesses and non-governmental organizations. This ongoing engagement will include dialogue with national Indigenous organizations, based on the recognition of rights, respect, collaboration and partnership, to better understand their information needs. Collaboration is also ongoing with other departments and organizations to identify their evolving data needs as they evaluate policy and program options to help Canada respond to and recover from the pandemic.

Building an agile workforce and culture

Statistics Canada recognizes the need to strengthen its existing workforce, as well as attract and retain talent. The agency will

transition to a virtual-by-design workplace, providing the flexibility to hire a workforce that better represents Canada's geographical and cultural diversity, while building a culture of inclusion and equal opportunity
implement its integrated Beyond2020 strategy to strengthen a culture of innovation and continuous learning, to ensure that employees are agile and equipped to deliver greater value to Canadians
continue to support the wellness and mental health of employees by ensuring that their evolving needs are addressed and by adjusting corporate strategies accordingly
expand the current plan for learning and development to ensure a continuous learning culture, and build a leadership framework with an increased focus on diverse and inclusive leadership.

For more information on Statistics Canada's plans, see the "Core responsibilities: planned results and resources, and key risks" section of this plan.

Chief Statistician's Message

At no time has the role of data—and Statistics Canada's role as a trusted data steward—been more important in helping Canadians not only to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to thrive once it passes. This report outlines how Statistics Canada will respond to the nation's evolving data needs, as Canadians seek to develop a more resilient economy and build a cleaner, healthier future.

As the nation's pandemic response evolves against the backdrop of persistent social and economic uncertainty, the agency will provide Canadians with the data-driven insights they need to improve outcomes through better decision making. In particular, the agency will deliver results over the coming year based on the following priorities, which include ongoing recommendations from world-class statistical advisory bodies such as the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council:

Publish the results of the 2021 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture. A major focus over the coming year will be the dissemination of the census results. The census is conducted every five years and provides the most accurate portrait of the people of Canada. Canadians demonstrated their unequivocal support for the census even during a pandemic, with a 98% response rate. Of note, more than 84% of respondents—a national record—chose to safely answer their questionnaire online. Statistics Canada looks forward to sharing the rich data collected for the 2021 Census, which will capture the scale of the social and economic impacts that Canadians continue to face because of COVID-19.
Enhance coverage of emerging issues. Through a new program called the Disaggregated Data Action Plan, Statistics Canada is answering the call of Canadians seeking detailed data to address gender gaps, racism and other systemic barriers, to apply fairness and inclusion to decisions that affect all the people in Canada. Another new program, the Census of the Environment, will develop the first-ever inventory of the country's ecosystems, and monitor changes to those ecosystems over time. The goal is to promote evidence-based decision making as Canada responds to climate change.
Use leading-edge methods of data collection and integration. As more data become available in a digital world, actionable insights (not data) will become increasingly valued. To position Statistics Canada for the high-value work of producing data-driven insights, the agency is expanding its data science and data modelling capabilities. The agency will focus on developing new data models that can be used by the Government of Canada to develop projections about the potential short- and long-term impacts of various health and social policies. This will enable advisors and decisions makers to assess the ongoing economic and health impacts of the pandemic, and the path forward. In addition, the agency will turn to enabling infrastructure—both technical and statistical—to help bring data, expertise and the necessary tools together.
Collaborate and engage with partners. By collaborating with a growing number of public and private sector partners, Statistics Canada continues to identify new ways to collect, analyze and share data while maintaining the high standards of trust that Canadians have come to expect from their national statistical agency. These partnerships will continue to grow as the country moves toward recovery from the pandemic.
Provide user-centric services. As user expectations and needs continue to evolve, the agency will ensure that Canadians have the information they need, when and how they need it. That's why Statistics Canada is continuing its modernization journey by developing additional platforms to tell data stories, such as the new podcast Eh Sayers. The agency is also launching the StatsCAN app, a free mobile application that will provide Canadians with on-demand access to the unbiased facts and data-driven insights they have come to expect from Statistics Canada through their mobile devices of choice. This will enable users to stay on top of the country's latest statistical news anytime they want to.
Build statistical capacity and foster data literacy. Statistics Canada is committed to sharing its knowledge and expertise to help people in Canada use data as a strategic asset to improve decision making and outcomes. For example, through the Indigenous Statistical Capacity Development Initiative, the agency is supporting Indigenous leaders, organizations and governments in developing their own capacity to collect, analyze and share data in ways that are based on the needs of First Nations people, Inuit and Métis.
Build a flexible, diverse and agile workforce. The agency recognizes that the incredible dedication and innovation of employees have been fundamental to its success. To ensure that the agency continues to adapt its operations to serve Canadians during what remains a highly fluid public health emergency, Statistics Canada is transitioning to a virtual-by-design workplace, helping to achieve the right balance between a flexible, productive and agile workplace and workforce. This will not only ensure that existing employees continue to work safely and securely during the pandemic, but will also enable the agency to expand its workforce to better represent the geographical and cultural diversity of Canada while building a culture of inclusion and equal opportunity.

For more than 100 years, Statistics Canada has remained steadfast in its legal and ethical duty to collect, store and use data responsibly, as well as to protect the data in its care. Through the agency's online Trust Centre, Statistics Canada engages in an ongoing dialogue with Canadians about how it collects and uses data on their behalf while protecting their privacy and safeguarding the confidentiality of the data they have entrusted to the agency. I invite Canadians to visit the Trust Centre to learn more about how the agency collects, processes, analyzes and shares data safely and securely, as well as how the data-driven insights produced by Statistics Canada contribute to the public interest.

Anil Arora
Chief Statistician of Canada

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

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

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.
Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

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

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

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

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

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

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

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable)
The maximum number of characters is 10.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.

The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.

Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fiscal year start date
Fiscal year-end date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Additional reporting instructions

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

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

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Revenue

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

Notes:

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services

Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities.

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

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

c. Commissions

Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies - Compensation could also be reported under this item (e.g., compensation for collecting sales tax).

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)

Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

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

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

Include:

revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals (e.g., motion pictures, computer programs, etc.)
revenues from franchise fees
revenues from licensing agreements.

f. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

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

Exclude dividends from capital investment from affiliates.

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

Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

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

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

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

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

Expenses

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

Notes:

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Purchases

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. Salaries, wages and commissions Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) for this reporting period. Amounts reported should be gross, before any deductions at source.

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

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

c. Subcontracts

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

d. Research and development fees

Paid activities (purchased or subcontracted) conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

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

e. Professional and business fees

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

Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
data processing service fees
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude:

service fees paid to Head Office and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report at Other)
the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

f. Energy and water expenses

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

g. Office and computer related expenses

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

Include:

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

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

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

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

i. Business taxes, licences and permits

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

j. Royalties (other than Crown royalties), franchise fees and memberships

Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
membership fees
franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

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

Include:

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

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

Include:

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

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

m. Repair and maintenance

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

n. Amortization and depreciation

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

Include:

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

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

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

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

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

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

Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

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

Include (interest on):

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

u. Other (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

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

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

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

**2. Of the [amount] reported in Subcontracts, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.**
	Percentage
From Canadian sources
From sources in other countries
Total breakdown

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

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

Cost Center

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

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

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

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

Final selling price
Transfer price
Other

Specify other basis of valuation

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

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

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

a. Sales of logs, wood residue and manufactured products

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Revenue from stumpage sales

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

c. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

Exclude:

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

d. Revenue from repair work

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

Exclude:

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

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

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

Exclude:

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

f. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

revenue from rental and leasing
commissions
revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
revenue from interest and dividends
subsidies/grants.

What were this business's sales for the following items?
	CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Revenue from repair work
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Stumpage fees

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

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

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

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

Include:

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

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

d. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

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

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
	CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
	Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

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

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

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

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

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

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

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

e. Other inventories - specify:

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

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

Sales by consumer location

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

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

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

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.

What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

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

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

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

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

Sales of goods manufactured

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

For each product, report sales net of:

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

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

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

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

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

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

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

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

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

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

Product # reported

Description of product # reported

Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Include:

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

Raw material or component # reported -

Was this raw material or component purchased this reporting period?

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

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

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

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

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

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

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

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

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

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

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

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

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

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

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

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

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

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

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

Yes
- How many locations?
- Number of locations
No

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

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

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

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

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

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

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

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

Include:

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

d. Heavy fuel oil

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

Include:

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

e. Diesel fuel

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

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

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

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

i. Water Utilities

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

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

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

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

2. Does this business pay rent?

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

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

Electricity
Water
Heat

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

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

Heat
Electricity
Steam
Other
- Specify other reason

COVID-19

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

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

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

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

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

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Yes
- Specify the business website address
- e.g., www.example.ca
No

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

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

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

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

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

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

Contact person

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

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:
Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

From the Minister

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne

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

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

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Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Mandate Letter

Annual Survey of Logging Industries - Short Questionnaire - 2021

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

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

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

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

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

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable)
The maximum number of characters is 10.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fiscal year start date
Fiscal year-end date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Additional reporting instructions

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

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

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

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

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

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

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

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

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

a. Sales of logs, wood residue and manufactured products

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Revenue from stumpage sales

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

c. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

Exclude:

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

d. Revenue from repair work

Exclude:

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

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

Exclude:

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

f. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

revenue from rental and leasing
commissions
revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
revenue from interest and dividends
subsidies/grants.

What were this business's sales for the following items?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Revenue from repair work
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Stumpage fees

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

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

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

Include:

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

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

d. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
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	CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
Table summary
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	Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

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

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

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

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

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

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

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

e. Other inventories

Specify:

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

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

Sales by consumer location

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

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

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

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.

What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

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

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

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

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

Sales of goods manufactured

For each product, report sales net of:

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

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

Not started – press the Start button to begin.

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

Cost of purchase entered for this component:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

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

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

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

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

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

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

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

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

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

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

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

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

Yes
- How many locations?
- Number of locations
No

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

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

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

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

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

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

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

Include:

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

d. Heavy fuel oil

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

Include:

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

e. Diesel fuel

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

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

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

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

i. Water Utilities

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

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

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

2. Does this business pay rent?

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

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

Electricity
Water
Heat

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

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

Heat
Electricity
Steam
Other
- Specify other reason

COVID-19

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

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

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

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Yes
- Specify the business website address
- e.g., www.example.ca
No

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Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

Contact person

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

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:
Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Building and Demolition Permits - Monthly Report

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

Record linkages

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

Data sharing agreements

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

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data, and mailing it to the following address:

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Reporting period

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

Reporting instructions

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

Deadline for completing this questionnaire

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

Monthly Building and Demolition Permits Survey

1. Did you issue any permits for January 2022?

1-Yes

2-No

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

1- Dollars

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

2- Thousands of dollars

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

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

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

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

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

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

1-Completing the electronic questionnaire

2-Attaching files

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

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

To attach files

Press the Attach files button.

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

Note:

Each file must not exceed 5 MB.

All attachments combined must not exceed 50 MB.

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

There are no files attached.

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

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

Number of permits

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

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

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

Permit details

Permit number

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

Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Name of owner

Street address of owner

City of owner

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

Example: 123-123-1234

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

1-Yes

2-No

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

1-Yes

2-No

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

Please specify builder or contractor information

Name of builder or contractor

Street address of builder or contractor

City of builder or contractor

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

Example: 123-123-1234

Please specify construction or demolition location

Construction or demolition location (site address)

Construction or demolition project details

Type of building code

Single House, single detached home

Single House - Condominium

Mobile home

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

Semi-Detached or Double (side by side)

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

Apartment, apartment building, duplex, triplex, quadruple

Apartment - Condominium

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

Row House – Condominium

Primary industry building; farm building, greenhouse, fish hatchery

Mining building

Plant for manufacturing, processing and assembling goods

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

Maintenance building; hangar, repair shop, railway shed

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

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

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

Engineering; parking garage, tunnel, dock

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

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

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

Office complex; office/store, office/apartment

Hotel, hotel/motel, motor hotel

Motel, cabin

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

Convention center, exhibition building

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

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

Indoor recreational building; sports complex, community center, arena

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

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

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

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

Special building use; funeral director, crematorium, mausoleum

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

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

Elementary school, kindergarten

Secondary school, high school, junior high school

Post-secondary institution; technical institute, trade school

University

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

Hospital; general, military, specialized

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

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

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

Type of work code

New construction

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

Alteration and improvements

Foundation

Superstructure or part of new building

Mechanical

Conversion from single to multiple dwelling

Conversion from multiple to multiple dwelling

Conversion from non-residential to residential building

Deconversion from single to non-residential building

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

Installation of a pre-fabricated building

Additional value to previous permit(s)

Swimming pool

Garage and carport

Demolition

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

Value of construction

Value of construction $CAN

Units

Dwelling units created

Dwelling units lost

Units demolished

Building area

Gross area

Unit of measure

1-Ft2 (Square feet)

2-M2 (Square metres)

Construction details

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

Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Permit description or additional permit comments

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

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

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

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable)
The maximum number of characters is 10.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fiscal year start date
Fiscal year-end date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Additional reporting instructions

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

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

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Revenue

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

Notes:

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services

Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities.

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

c. Commissions

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)

Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

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

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

Include:

revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals (e.g., motion pictures, computer programs, etc.)
revenues from franchise fees
revenues from licensing agreements.

f. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

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

Exclude dividends from capital investment from affiliates.

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

Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

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

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

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

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

Expenses

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

Notes:

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Purchases

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Employment costs and expenses

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

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

c. Subcontracts

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

d. Research and development fees

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

e. Professional and business fees

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

Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
data processing service fees
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude:

service fees paid to Head Office and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report at Other)
the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

f. Energy and water expenses

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

g. Office and computer related expenses

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

Include:

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

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

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

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

i. Business taxes, licences and permits

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

j. Royalties (other than Crown royalties), franchise fees and memberships

Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
membership fees
franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

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

Include:

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

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

Include:

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

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

m. Repair and maintenance

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

n. Amortization and depreciation

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

Include:

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

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

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

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

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

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

Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

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

Include (interest on):

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

u. Other (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

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

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

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

**2. Of the [amount] reported in Subcontracts, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.**
	Percentage
From Canadian sources
From sources in other countries
Total breakdown

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

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

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

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

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

Specify other basis of valuation

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

b. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

Exclude:

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

c. Revenue from repair work

Exclude:

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

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

Exclude:

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

e. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

revenue from rental and leasing
commissions
revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
revenue from interest and dividends
subsidies/grants.

What were this business's sales for the following items?
	CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Revenue from repair work
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work
Other
Total sales of goods and services

**4. Of the [amount] reported in Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.**
	Percentage
From Canadian clients
From clients in other countries
Total breakdown

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

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

Include:

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

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

c. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

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

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

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

Include:

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

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

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

6. Did this business purchase goods (raw materials, semi-finished, or finished goods) "off the shelf" outside of Canada and sell them "as-is" in foreign markets (including the U.S.) without altering the goods, and without the goods entering Canada before the sale?

Yes
No
Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
	CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Salaries, wages and commissions

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

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

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

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include:

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

For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
	Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Include:

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

Exclude:

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

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

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

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

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

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

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

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

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

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

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

e. Other inventories - specify:

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

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

10. On the last day of the fiscal year, did this business hold inventories abroad, including inventories in transit to Canada?

Include raw materials, work in process, and finished goods recorded in this business's accounting books, but physically located outside of Canada. Also include goods purchased abroad for resale "as-is" in foreign markets.

Yes
No
Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

11. What was the approximate value of inventories held abroad at the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Value of inventories in CAN$ '000

12. Is the value reported above included in the [amount] closing inventories previously reported in question 9 from the inventory section?

Sales by consumer location

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

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

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

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.

What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

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

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

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

Sales of goods manufactured

For each product, report sales net of:

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

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

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

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

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

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

Product # reported

Description of product # reported

Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yes

Quantity purchased in Oven dry metric
Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

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

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

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

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

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

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

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

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

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

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

The following questions ask for details on each of this business's 3 locations that were operational during the reporting period ending in 2021. For each location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.

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

General guidelines

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

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

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

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

Yes
- How many locations?
- Number of locations
No

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

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

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

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

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

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

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

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

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

Include salaries for:

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

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

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

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

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

Feedback

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

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

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

Select all that apply.

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

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

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

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

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

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

all distillate type fuels for power burners
fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
furnace fuel oil
gas oils
light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
bunker B and bunker C
fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
	CAN$ '000
Electricity
Gasoline
Light fuel oil
Heavy fuel oil
Diesel fuel
Liquefied petroleum gas
Natural gas
Coal
Water utilities
Other
Total energy and water expenses

2. Does this business pay rent?

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

Electricity
Water
Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

Heat
Electricity
Steam
Other
Specify other reason

COVID-19

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

Yes
- What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021?
  - Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
  - When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
- Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000)
- Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
- As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments?
  - Yes
  - No
No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
Retrofit the workspace
Invest in e-commerce platforms
Use business intelligence technologies
e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
Develop new supply chains
Ask some or all employees to work from home
Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Change marketing strategy
Include re-allocating marketing budget.
Increase marketing budget
Decrease marketing budget
Expand to new markets
Substitute capital for labour
e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
Provided extra staff training
e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
Downsize business activities
e.g., reduce goods and services offered
Reduce labour costs
e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
Reduce costs other than labour costs
Take other actions
Specify the additional actions taken
OR
No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

Yes
- How much did your business obtain through these means?
- Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Yes
- Specify the business website address
- e.g., www.example.ca
No

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Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organizational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business or business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business or business units
Other
Specify the other changes or events:
No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

First name:
Last name:
Title:
Email address:
Telephone number (including area code):
Extension number (if applicable):
The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:
Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries - Short Questionnaire - 2021

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

profile the manufacturing and logging industries
undertake market studies
forecast demand
develop trade tariff policies.

In addition, businesses use the data to track their performance against industry averages, evaluate expansion plans, and prepare business plans for investors.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.

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Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable)
The maximum number of characters is 10.
Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Operational
Not currently operational
Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
- Seasonal operations
  - When did this business or organization close for the season?
    - Date
  - When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    - Date
- Ceased operations
  - When did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Date
  - Why did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Bankruptcy
    - Liquidation
    - Dissolution
    - Other - Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
- Sold operations
  - When was this business or organization sold?
    - Date
  - What is the legal name of the buyer?
- Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
  - When did this business or organization amalgamate?
    - Date
  - What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
  - What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
- Temporarily inactive but will re-open
  - When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
    - Date
  - When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    - Date
  - Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
- No longer operating due to other reasons
  - When did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Date
  - Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

This is the current main activity
- Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
- e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

Yes
- When did the main activity change?
- Date
No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

Farming or logging operation
Construction company or general contractor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
Provider of passenger or freight transportation
Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
Provider of health care or social services
Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
Other sector

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

Yes, there are other activities
- Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
- e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021
June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021
December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022
March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

September 18, 2020 to September 15, 2021 (e.g., floating year-end)
June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (e.g., a newly opened business).

Fiscal year start date
Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
- Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880. 25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000: $764,000

I will report in the format above

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
- sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
- sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Final selling price
Transfer price
Other
- Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
amounts received from progress billings
charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
book value of goods sold for rental
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
shipping charges by common or contract carriers
discounts and returns
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
revenue from repair work
revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

b. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
shipping charges by common or contract carriers
discounts and returns
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

c. Revenue from repair work

Exclude:

shipping charges by common or contract carriers
discounts
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work

Exclude:

shipping charges by common or contract carriers
discounts
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

revenue from rental and leasing
commissions
revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
revenue from interest and dividends
subsidies/grants.

What were this business's sales for the following items?
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	CAN$ '000
Revenue from stumpage sales
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Revenue from repair work
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work
Other
Total sales of goods and services

4. Of the [amount] reported in Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.
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	Percentage
Fom Canadian clients
Fom clients in other countries
Total breakdown

5. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
freight in and duty
fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
change in inventories.

b. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST).

Include:

boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

c. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
freight in and duty.

Exclude:

federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
change in inventories.

d. Vehicle fuel expense Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

What were this business's expenses for the following items?
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	CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials
Purchases of goods for resale, as is
Vehicle fuel expense

6. Did this business purchase goods (raw materials, semi-finished, or finished goods) "off the shelf" outside of Canada and sell them "as-is" in foreign markets (including the U. S.) without altering the goods, and without the goods entering Canada before the sale?

Yes
No
Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

7. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
logging and forestry support
packing, handling, warehousing
repair and maintenance, janitorial
watchmen
foremen doing work similar to their employees
erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

executives, administrators and office staff
sales staff
food service staff
building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?
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	CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

8. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
logging and forestry support
packing, handling, warehousing
repair and maintenance, janitorial
watchmen
foremen doing work similar to their employees
erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

executives, administrators and office staff
sales staff
food service staff
building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?
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	Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

9. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Include:

inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
inventory in transit in Canada
inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

goods owned and held in inventory abroad
any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

partially completed goods
the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

goods of own manufacture from your business unit
logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories

Specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?
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	Opening CAN$ '000	Closing CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components
Goods and work in process
Finished goods manufactured
Goods purchased for resale, as is
Other - Specify all other inventories
Total inventories

10. On the last day of the fiscal year, did this business hold inventories abroad, including inventories in transit to Canada?

Yes
No
Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

11. What was the approximate value of inventories held abroad at the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Value of inventories in CAN$ '000

12. Is the value reported above included in the [amount] closing inventories previously reported in question 9 from the inventory section?

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.

What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

For each product, report sales net of:

shipping charges by common or contract carriers
discounts
sales allowances
return sales
sales taxes
excise duties and taxes

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

Yes
- Quantity sold
- Value of sales (CAN$ '000)
No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-JJ to YYYY-MM-JJ , did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

Yes
- How many types of products?
- Number of products
No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

Product # reported
Description of product # reported
Value of sales (CAN$ '000)

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

Yes
- What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
- Value of shipping charges (CAN$ '000)
No

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

2. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase the following raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

In reporting the cost of the various items purchased, give the laid down value at your business unit, (i.e., the amounts after discounts actually paid or payable).

Where quantity information is requested, please provide this information from your records or, if not recorded, provide your best estimate.

Include:

semi-processed goods, if you are part of a multi-business unit firm and receive semi-processed goods as transfers from the other business units of your firm for further processing. The cost of such goods should be equivalent to the transfer value reported by the shipping unit plus any transportation and handling charges paid by your business unit to common or contract carriers
any fuel purchased as an input into the manufacturing process, as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline), or for any other non-energy purpose.

Exclude: Fuel used for energy purposes (e.g., for office or plant heating). These energy items should be reported in the "Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses" section.

If you purchased raw materials that are not displayed in this section, please enter the raw material name and relevant amounts, when asked, "During the reporting period, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?"

Yes

Quantity purchased in Oven dry metric
Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

3. Of the of reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes (i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending in 2021, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase (CAN$ '000)

Operations - Location details

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

The following questions ask for details on each of this business's 3 locations that were operational during the reporting period ending in 2021 . For each location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

Operating name
Address (number and street)
City
Province, territory
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
logging and forestry support
packing, handling, warehousing
repair and maintenance, janitorial
watchmen
foremen doing work similar to their employees
erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

executives, administrators and office staff
sales staff
food service staff
building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
For manufacturing or logging only
Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

Yes, full-year operation
No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

7. What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operation
Ceased operations
New location
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Moved
Change of ownership
Other
- Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Yes
- How many locations?
- Number of locations
No

Details on this business's additional location # reported

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

Operating name
Address (number and street)
City
Province, territory
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue (CAN$ '000)

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
logging and forestry support
packing, handling, warehousing
repair and maintenance, janitorial
watchmen
foremen doing work similar to their employees
erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

executives, administrators and office staff
sales staff
food service staff
building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Direct labour (CAN$ '000)
For manufacturing or logging only
Indirect labour (CAN$ '000)

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

Yes, full-year operation
No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

Part Year Operation Start Date
Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operation
Ceased operations
New location
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Moved
Change of ownership
Other
- Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Include transportation costs, duties, etc., which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

all distillate type fuels for power burners
fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
furnace fuel oil
gas oils
light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
bunker B and bunker C
fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?
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	CAN$ '000
Electricity
Gasoline
Light fuel oil
Heavy fuel oil
Diesel fuel
Liquefied petroleum gas
Natural gas
Coal
Water utilities
Other
Total energy and water expenses

2. Does this business pay rent?

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

Electricity
Water
Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

Heat
Electricity
Steam
Other
- Specify other reason

COVID-19

Public health and safety guidelines refer to guidelines from a federal, provincial or municipal health agency.

Yes
- What were the total additional expenses in fiscal year 2021?
  - Report in thousands of dollars. For expenses less than $500, enter "0".
  - When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
- Additional labour costs, if applicable (CAN$ '000)
- Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
- As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments?
  - Yes
  - No
No

2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 in which of the following ways did this business change operating methods?

Include both temporary and ongoing changes.

Select all that apply.

Adopt or expand upon a contact-less business model
e.g., e-commerce sales, drive-through, delivery, curbside pickup, offer virtual services
Retrofit the workspace
Invest in e-commerce platforms
Use business intelligence technologies
e.g., cloud-based computing systems and big data analytic tools
Develop new supply chains
Ask some or all employees to work from home
Introduce or accelerate the introduction of new goods and services
Increase prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Decrease prices charged to customers of certain goods and services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Change marketing strategy
Include re-allocating marketing budget.
Increase marketing budget
Decrease marketing budget
Expand to new markets
Substitute capital for labour
e.g., automation, robots for use in producing goods and services
Provided extra staff training
e.g., job specific training, managerial training, training in new technology, training in new business practices, digital skills training, data literacy skills, other training and development
Downsize business activities
e.g., reduce goods and services offered
Reduce labour costs
e.g., lay off employees, furlough employees, request employees take vacation, reduce hours of employees, offer early retirement package, outsource work
Reduce costs other than labour costs
Take other actions
Specify the additional actions taken
OR
No changes to operating methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3. Due to COVID-19, did this business receive public financial relief to avoid layoffs through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy or Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy programs?

Yes
- How much did your business obtain through these means?
- Financial relief received (CAN$ '000)
No

Notification of intent to web scrape

1. Does this business have a website?

Yes
- Specify the business website address
- e.g., www.example.ca
No

Please visit Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative page- this link will open in a new window for more information.

Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page- this link will open in a new window to learn more.

Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organizational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business or business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business or business units
Other
- Specify the other changes or events:
No changes or events

Contact person

2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

First name:
Last name:
Title:
Email address:
Telephone number (including area code):
Extension number (if applicable):
The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:
Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Eh Sayers Episode 5 - Why Should You Care About Inflation?

Release date: January 27, 2021

Catalogue number: 45-20-0003
ISSN: 2816-2250

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on the way that we spend money. Documenting these shifts in spending patterns is crucial to decision making and providing Canadians with timely and accurate information on consumer price changes. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most widely used indicator of consumer price change and inflation in Canada. Our guest, Taylor Mitchell, an economist at Statistics Canada, explains why the CPI is an important tool for setting economic policy and monitoring economic conditions. She will also shed light on why you should care about inflation, its impact on different population groups and the cost of living.

Host

Tegan Bridge

Guest

Taylor Mitchell, Economist for the Consumer Price Index at Statistics Canada

Listen to audio

Eh Sayers Episode 5 - Why Should You Care About Inflation? - Transcript

Tegan:Hi everyone. Quick programing note before we start today's show. The main interview was recorded in November, and while everything was correct at the time of recording, the world of data moves fast, so some of our examples may not contain the latest information. That said, the main points of the show are still as relevant today as the day we recorded them, and we hope it doesn't detract from your podcast listening experience. Enjoy!

(Theme)

Tegan: Welcome to Eh Sayers, a podcast from Statistics Canada, where we meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. I’m your host, Tegan.

If you’re an economics-minded person, you’ll know that in December 2021, the CPI was up 4.8% from the year before. Even if you’re not, you've probably noticed that prices have been going up. I feel like I’m spending more on my groceries than I was a year ago, but I don't think the cost of my clothing has really changed. I have questions. And I bet you do too. To get some answers, we sat down with an economist from StatCan.

Taylor: My name is Taylor Mitchell. I am an economist, working on the CPI or the Consumer Price Index, which is one of Canada's economic indicators of consumer inflation.

Tegan: Big question, what is inflation?

Taylor: What is inflation? Inflation is essentially the change in prices over time. So what the CPI does is it tracks that change in consumer goods, everything that consumers purchase on a daily or monthly or yearly, semiannually basis. Everything from the groceries we buy to the rent we pay, to our haircuts, to our entertainment. It's all in this one basket and we track how that the price of that basket changes overtime.

Tegan: So, you said CPI. What is the CPI?

Taylor: So the CPI is the consumer price index. It's an economic indicator, and it is a measure of how prices change through time. It's often used for a number of a number of important purposes. It's it's a gauge of the health of the economy. It's also used for purposes that are quite relevant to Canadians, day-to-day. Everything from indexing tax brackets to indexing pension payments, and other government benefits to ensure that purchasing power remains constant over time so that you still can purchase the same number of goods with the dollars that you have.

Tegan: And how do you actually gather that information?

Taylor: We start with the basket so we have--a virtual basket I should say. So I'm I spoke a little bit about this before. The basket includes eight major components, which are food, shelter, household operations, furnishings and equipment, so that includes everything from buying furniture, so buying a couch, to buying a fridge, to paying some basic household bills, like cellular bills or financial services, things of that nature. The basket includes clothing and footwear. It includes transportation, which is everything from buying airline tickets, to buying gas, to paying for the bus. It includes health and personal care, recreation, education and reading, and alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and recreational cannabis. So that's kind of the main framework and each month. We collect through various means a number of prices for various products to represent those. Those 8 major components. So when it comes to grocery prices, for instance, we do that by using transaction data. So when you go to the grocery store, we're actually using that price of the groceries that were scanned at the cashier, and that's incorporated into the CPI. Uh, for other types of goods and services we send interviewers into stores and they record the actual price that’s on the shelf. Uhm, now as we modernize the CPI, we're we're getting more and more into things like API's.

So for various travel indexes, for example, for air transportation, were able to access that data through an API. And we also do a great deal of online price collection now and and because of the pandemic, actually we're we're pretty much exclusively using the non-in person forms of price collection so prior to the pandemic I should say we used to send interviewers into stores, but now that's on hold as a result of physical distancing measures. So the bulk of our collection is now done through alternative data.

Tegan: I like the picture in my head of an economist going in and buying just different kinds of butter. Salted, unsalted, in different sizes and then comparing all the prices.

Taylor: And that's essentially what we do. We look at different types of goods for each, so you know you use the example of butter. We do look at different types of butter. We look at goods of all sizes. We adjust for the quantity to ensure that the price is not falling or staying the same, but that the quantity is the same so we adjust for for so-called shrinkflation in that way. Uh, and then once prices are collected, it's a complex but very robust statistical process that takes, you know over 100 people to do every month to produce that one number that represents inflation for the entire country.

Tegan: What is what is shrinkflation?

Taylor: So shrinkflation refers to typically when product sizes shrink, so product packages shrink in size. Uhm, and when that happens when you know, say, the size of the peanut butter jar that I buy when that gets smaller in size. I'm getting less for more. so that's considered a type of inflation, because again, you are paying more, but getting less or perhaps paying the same beginning, less so when it comes to shrinkflation the way we address that in the CPI is we receive quantity, standard quantity sizes with our price information each month, and that allows us to standardize. So, for example, if the price of peanut butter stays the same. But the jar of peanut butter falls in size becomes smaller. That would be, all else equal, considered a price increase because I'm paying more for what I'm getting.

Tegan: Do prices always rise?

Taylor: That's a great question. Typically, the CPI as an aggregate that accounts for all inflation for the entire country. For the most part, that has risen year over year historically. With that said, prices for individual components within that basket of goods and services they do sometimes fall over time. So one example would be this past year, so you know, we often we were very aware of how much more we're paying for gasoline or for meat at the grocery store, but we do have a number of products that are actually less expensive now than they were at this time last year. Uhm, mortgage interest costs. We've had historically low interest rates and that's passed along to people who are entering or renewing their mortgages. Uh, telephone services. That's your cell phone service. Uh, now we get more and more data typically involved in those packages and so that means it's a de facto price decline. Car insurance is costing Canadians less than it was a year ago. Fresh vegetables. So to answer your question, there are fluctuations, and there are some goods and services where prices do fall over time. Uh, and then there are other goods where prices. They don't really move that much from year to year. One example might be clothing.

Tegan: And are all price increases due to inflation all the time always?

Taylor: Well, inflation is kind of a general catchall term for prices that rise as opposed to deflation, which is when prices fall. So in a general economic sense, yes, when prices rise, that is, that is inflation. But I'm wondering if what you're getting at might be kind of why those prices increase over time. Like what are the factors at play?

Tegan: Yeah, I mean if you are I don't know off the top of my head if you are. If you are buying a cell phone, a smartphone, say and you bought 2 years ago and it was, I don't know $700.00 and now you buy one today and it's $900. Is that inflation or is that something different?

Taylor: It's inflation, but there are dynamics behind that inflation with price change it really all does in the end come down to supply and demand. If more people want to buy something then there are of that good or service to be purchased. Prices tend to rise. In the case of the smart phone, it may be that more people are interested in that particular smartphone than they have been in the past. It may be that there's some sort of a supply chain disruption which, like we're seeing right now for semiconductor chips that are affecting a number of consumer goods in general there are. There are a number of different factors. But when prices do rise over time, yes, we do attribute that generally, uh, to be inflation.

Tegan: Are there ever disagreements about the inflation rate?

Taylor: We you know, I certainly hear that from my neighbours. Uh, you know I. I have that conversation probably every month when the CPI comes out and I'll hear you know, “2%, 3%, 4%. I'm paying 10 or 15% more than last year.” So I think that that's definitely something that every Canadian has their own experience with. It's important to remember that the CPI is an aggregate that represents the entire country as a group, so it represents households that are very, very different. It represents people that own their homes versus people that rent their homes. It represents Canadians with children and Canadians without children. It represents Canadians that are like me and don't have a car and who take the bus or the train everywhere. And we're not paying for gas every month. It represents older Canadians, seniors and millennials who are paying university tuition. And so because of that within that big group, everyone is going to have their own unique experience with inflation. And actually that's why we created here. It's STATCAN something called a personal inflation calculator, which allows Canadians to input their own expenses every month, and they can see how their own personal rate of inflation does differ from that one number that represents the country as a whole.

Tegan: Could you elaborate on how different people's experiences with inflation would vary?

Taylor: So currently gas prices are up quite a bit compared with last year and part of that is because gas prices were actually quite low last year, and that's that was a result of the pandemic and all kinds of disruptions to both demand and supply. But this year gas prices are up about 41%, so that's quite a large increase, and that's certainly affecting some Canadians more than others. You know I mentioned that I'm a person that I. I ride the train. I take the bus, I live in an urban area where I'm fortunate to be able to do that. I don't own a car, but for Canadians that live in different, you know for Canadians who drive to work for Canadians that live in rural areas, they're absolutely going to be feeling the impact of that on their pocketbooks more than somebody like me. At the same time, you know we, renters and homeowners have different experiences with inflation. Those with kids certainly have unique experiences. There are also different regional realities. So, one area that I like to highlight is home heating so the CPI encompasses Canadians from all 10 provinces as well as the three territorial capitals and one aspect about our day-to-day lives is actually quite different in different parts of the country. Is how we heat our homes. So the Atlantic region they tend to rely quite heavily on furnace oil to heat their homes, and furnace oil tends to firm so prices tend to move quite closely with oil prices or gasoline prices. So furnace oil prices are also up quite significantly right now. Whereas West of Quebec, we tend to rely more so on natural gas. Natural gas prices are up as well, but only about half as much as furnace oil prices, and so this means that Canadians in the in Atlantic, Canada are certainly feeling a greater impact on those day-to-day expenses than then those of us using natural gas.

Tegan: In October of 2021, I was curious about the personal inflation calculator, so I played around with it a bit, exploring how inflation would affect people across the country.

I used some guesses about household expenses for a renter in Vancouver, BC, let's call her Beatrice, and came up with a personal inflation rate of 3.9%. BC's actual rate was 3.8%.

I used all of the same numbers for someone in rural PEI, I'll call her Aisha, with the only difference being that Aisha was a homeowner, so she didn't have to pay rent, but she would have some other housing-related expenses. Aisha’s personal inflation rate was 5.6%, higher than Beatrice's 3.9% in BC, but still lower than PEI’s official rate of 6.6%.

Playing around with the numbers in the tool really helped me understand how inflation affects people differently. I encourage you to check it out if you are also curious!

Tegan: You mentioned gas, could you share some examples of other goods affected by inflation? Any other notable changes or anything that you've noticed in the past little while?

Taylor: One area that's been getting a lot of attention has been housing costs, so I will I'll talk a little bit about how shelter is measured in the CPI, just to give you a bit of background. The CPI includes consumer goods. It's right there in the name, consumer price index, and a house itself is not considered a consumer good because we don't consume it. It's considered an asset. It doesn't necessarily change your net worth to purchase a house. So therefore in accordance with international standards, the way the CPI accounts for housing is to measure changes in the costs of the ongoing expenses associated with homeownership. So that would be things like property taxes, that would be things like the commission when you buy a house, that would be your the interest on your mortgage. One area where we're seeing a lot of growth lately is what we call replacement costs. Homeowners replacement costs, and that essentially would be the amount of money that it would take you if you were to rebuild your home on the piece of land that you own. So it's a bit of a tricky concept to wrap our heads around for sure, but it's very closely linked to the price of new homes. And of course we have seen quite a bit of growth in the housing market in the past year and a bit. And so we are currently seeing higher replacement costs than we've seen since the late 1980s. Which is currently it, which is definitely affecting those who are in in the market for new homes. At the same time, you know I mentioned earlier, that interest costs are at a historic low and they have been since the onset of the pandemic, so the flip side of that is that those paying interest on a mortgage are currently enjoying the largest decrease in history. So that's been one trend that we've been watching, those, uh, those inverse relationships regarding shelter.

We're also paying a lot of attention right now to supply chain disruptions, so there are a number of factors there we've seen shipping costs that are that have been quite high. We've seen the impact on a number of consumer goods, especially those that are being imported from overseas, and we're also contending with shortages, so there's been a a fairly well publicized shortage of semiconductor chips, which is in particular impacting the production of new cars and that shortage of new cars is leading to the largest price increases there since the early 90s. So that's a factor that we're also paying a lot of attention to right now.

Tegan: Could you talk a little bit more about what impact the pandemic specifically has had on inflation?

Taylor: Yeah, absolutely so the early price impacts associated with the COVID pandemic, largely to do with a few key areas, one of which was energy. We saw the largest one, two punch in terms of its decline in energy prices in March and April of 2020. Uh, it was an extremely notable decline in prices and that was just because there were some fairly sudden significant changes in terms of how we were all living our lives. We were all staying at home. We were, you know, many of us were not commuting to work anymore. We certainly weren't flying across the ocean. International commerce and trade and just general economic activity, it slowed dramatically. And as a result of that, there were some pretty sharp declines to demand for oil, which of course we saw here in Canada reflected as incredibly low prices at the gas pumps. So, so that was an initial impact, and since then we've seen prices recovering in terms of oil and the reason I bring it up now you know nearly 18 months later, it's because we are still contending with the year over year impacts of those low oil prices in those low gasoline prices from last year. I mentioned that gasoline is up over 40%, but a lot of that is actually just because prices were low this time last year and we're comparing from a low, and so that makes this year's price increases look even larger when we when we look at it in terms of a year over year increase. That's what we call a base effect. That that hasn't impact on that indicator.

We also saw prices for clothing decline towards the beginning of the pandemic and in the early days that was largely because retailers were kind of forced to pivot and discount their inventories online in order to move product. But now it seems to be a bit about longer term trend. Uhm, a lot more people are working at home or just in general staying closer to home. And we're not necessarily buying the same types of clothes that we used to buy, so it's really interesting to see how that's playing out. And, as well, I just want to highlight again just the number of supply shortages that we continue to contend with. We're seeing it, you know, I mentioned shipping costs and semiconductors, but another area where we're really seeing a lot of issue from supply chain disruptions is food prices, particularly meat prices. We've been seeing some labor shortages there that have slowed down production. Some higher prices for livestock feed and just in general of a number of challenges to the supply chain that are leading to higher meat prices for Canadians here and meat prices are up close to 10% right now compared with a year ago.

Tegan: Why should the average Canadian care about inflation?

Taylor: The average Canadian should care about inflation because it's a reflection of how their purchasing power is changing over time. When prices rise, if I have the same amount of money that I had a year ago, I can buy less. I can buy fewer goods and services, and if I'm a person that wants to, you know, keep my spending relatively constant from time to time. I care about inflation, but I also care about inflation because it does affect Canadians in some very practical ways. It impacts their tax brackets. Tax brackets are updated every year based on the CPI. If I'm a senior and I'm collecting CPP, I certainly care about inflation because my CPP payments are going to be indexed to the CPI to ensure that I still have the same amount of purchasing power year to year. Many Canadians who collect private pensions also see their payments index to the CPI. In general, the CPI is used as a gauge of economic health.

Taylor: You know, at the end of the day. I'm in economist that works on prices all day, but I'm also a Canadian and I'm a consumer and I'm a grocery shopper and when I hear that question, what I think about is when I'm in the grocery store and I want to buy some bacon and I see that it's 20% more expensive than it was a year ago. I think that every Canadian can relate to that. That sense of frustration, and I think that that is why the CPI is important. That's why we provide as much information as we do to Canadians about how prices are moving and what is affecting them, because that's, I think, an experience that that everybody can relate to. And at the end of the day, I think that's why Canadians should care about inflation.

Tegan: Is there anything about inflation that we haven't already talked about or about the CPI that? Would be really important for Canadians to know. Or just that you think is cool or interesting?

Taylor: I think I've already touched on everything that's awesome. You know, in, general I just want to stress again that some. Everybody has their own experience with inflation. I'm speaking with you right now and I know that you and I are experiencing different levels of inflation right now. So I always like to point Canadians to our personal inflation calculator. It's a very cool tool. It's a very cool way of kind of seeing your unique circumstances as far as inflation goes and seeing how your circumstances do differ from that one number that represents the entire country.

Tegan: If someone wants to learn more about the CPI or inflation, where should they go?

Taylor: So Statistics Canada has a CPI portal. It is essentially a one stop shop for all things CPI. It includes data visualization tools where Canadians can kind of look at the numbers and play with play with different indexes of interests and see how it's all looked historically it includes the personal inflation calculator, and it includes a number of our other analytical articles as well as the analysis that accompanies are release each month. So I would encourage Canadians to check it out. CPI portal.

Tegan: And that’s our show! You’ve been listening to Eh Sayers. Thank you to Taylor Mitchell, whose expertise powered this episode.

You can subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts. There, you can also find the French version of our show, called Hé-coutez bien. Thanks for listening!

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