Why are we conducting this survey?
This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.
The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:
- calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs
- establishing government programs to assist businesses
- assisting the business community in negotiating contracts and collective agreements
- supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies
- indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
- enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.
Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.
Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.
Other important information
Authorization to collect this information
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.
Confidentiality
By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:
Chief Statistician of Canada Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6
You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.
For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Business or organization and contact information
1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.
Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
Legal Name
The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.
Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.
Operating Name
The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.
- Legal name
- Operating name (if applicable)
2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.
Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.
- First name
- Last name
- Title
- Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
- Mailing address (number and street)
- City
- Province, territory or state
- Postal code or ZIP code
- Country
- Canada
- United States
- Email address
- Telephone number (including area code)
- Extension number (if applicable)
The maximum number of characters is 10. - Fax number (including area code)
3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.
- Operational
- Not currently operational
- Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
- Seasonal operations
- Ceased operations
- Sold operations
- Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
- Temporarily inactive but will re-open
- No longer operating due to other reasons
- When did this business or organization close for the season?
- Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
- Date
- 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
- When was this business or organization sold?
- Date
- What is the legal name of the buyer?
- 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?
- 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?
- When did this business or organization cease operations?
- Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?
- When was this business or organization sold?
- Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
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.
| 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-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, 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
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Revenue
a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, admissions, services revenue)
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of products and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include:
- sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
- transfers to other business units or the head office of this firm.
Exclude:
- transfers into inventory and consignment sales
- federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
- intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.
b. Rental and leasing
Include rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
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.
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.
f. Dividends
Include:
- dividend income
- dividends from Canadian sources
- dividends from foreign sources
- patronage dividends.
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
g. Interest
Include:
- investment revenue
- interest from foreign sources
- interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
- interest from Canadian mortgage loans
- interest from other Canadian sources.
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
h. Other revenue - specify
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.
Total revenue
The sum of questions a. to h.
| 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. All other revenue | |
| Total revenue |
Expenses
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, 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.
Expenses
a. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include:
- cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for re-sale - net of discounts earned on purchases
- freight in and duty.
Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
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) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
- vacation pay
- bonuses (including profit sharing)
- employee commissions
- taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
- severance pay.
Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:
- health plans
- insurance plans
- employment insurance
- pension plans
- workers' compensation
- association dues
- contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
- contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include:
- hired casual labour and outside contract workers
- custom work and contract work
- subcontract and outside labour
- hired labour.
d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
e. Professional and business fees
Include:
- legal services
- accounting and auditing fees
- consulting fees
- education and training fees
- appraisal fees
- management and administration fees
- property management fees
- information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
- architectural fees
- engineering fees
- scientific and technical service fees
- other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
- veterinary fees
- fees for human health services
- payroll preparation fees
- all other professional and business service fees.
Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
Include:
- diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
- sewage.
Exclude:
- energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
- telephone, Internet and other telecommunications (report at question h.)
- vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).
g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:
- office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
- postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
- diskettes and computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
- data processing.
Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:
- Internet
- telephone and telecommunications
- cellular telephone
- fax machine
- pager.
i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:
- property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
- vehicle license fees
- beverage taxes and business taxes
- trade license fees
- membership fees and professional license fees
- provincial capital tax.
j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:
- amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
- gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
- resident and non-resident royalty expenses
- franchise fees.
Exclude Crown royalties
k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include:
- Crown royalties
- Crown leases and rentals
- oil sand leases
- stumpage fees.
l. Rental and leasing
Include:
- lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
- motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
- studio lighting and scaffolding
- machinery and equipment rental expenses
- storage expenses
- road and construction equipment rental
- fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.
m. Repair and maintenance
Include:
- buildings and structures
- machinery and equipment
- security equipment
- vehicles
- costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
- janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:
- direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
- amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).
o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include:
- professional and other liability insurance
- motor vehicle and property insurance
- executive life insurance
- bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.
p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:
- newspaper advertising and media expenses
- catalogues, presentations and displays
- tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
- fundraising expenses
- meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.
q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:
- travel expenses
- meeting and convention expenses, seminars
- passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train, etc.)
- accommodations
- travel allowance and meals while travelling
- other travel expenses.
r. Financial services
Include:
- explicit service charges for financial services
- credit and debit card commissions and charges
- collection expenses and transfer fees
- registrar and transfer agent fees
- security and exchange commission fees
- other financial service fees.
Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include:
- interest
- bank charges
- finance charges
- interest payments on capital leases
- amortization of bond discounts
- interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.
t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:
- charitable donations and political contributions
- bad debt expense
- loan losses
- provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
- inventory adjustments.
u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
- production costs
- pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
- gross overriding royalty
- other producing property rentals
- well operating, fuel and equipment
- other lease rentals
- other direct costs
- equipment hire and operation
- log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
- freight in and duty
- overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
- other expenses
- cash over/short (negative expense)
- reimbursement of parent company expense
- warranty expense
- recruiting expenses
- general and administrative expenses
- interdivisional expenses
- interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
- exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
- amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.
Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Cost of goods sold | |
| Opening inventories | |
| Purchases | |
| Closing inventories | |
| Cost of goods sold | |
| b. Employment costs and expenses | |
| Salaries, wages and commissions | |
| Employee benefits | |
| c. Subcontracts | |
| d. Research and development fees | |
| e. Professional and business fees | |
| f. Utilities | |
| g. Office and computer related expenses | |
| h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication | |
| i. Business taxes, licenses and permits | |
| j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| k. Crown charges | |
| l. Rental and leasing | |
| m. Repair and maintenance | |
| n. Amortization and depreciation | |
| o. Insurance | |
| p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment | |
| q. Travel, meetings and conventions | |
| r. Financial services | |
| s. Interest expense | |
| t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses | |
| u. All other costs and expenses | |
| Total expenses |
Industry characteristics
1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
All revenue reported should exclude sales taxes (GST/HST, PST and QST) and be net of returns, discounts, sales allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. Do not deduct the value of trade-ins.
a. Sales of all goods purchased for resale, net of returns and discounts
Include:
- excise taxes (such as those on gasoline, liquor, and tobacco) and other taxes that are levied on the manufacturer/importer and included in the cost of products purchased by this business unit
- sales of all goods purchased for resale; please report gross sales of new and used goods less returns and discounts
- parts used in generating repair and maintenance revenue (report the labour portion of repair and maintenance at question c.).
Do not deduct the value of trade-ins.
Exclude:
- taxes collected directly from customers and paid directly by this operating unit to provincial and federal tax agencies
- sales and revenue from concessions.
b. Sales of goods manufactured as a secondary activity by this retailing business unit
Report revenue from sales of goods of own manufacture.
c. Labour revenue from repair and maintenance
Include:
- labour revenue from installations, warranty and repair work
- parts used in generating installation, repair and maintenance revenue are to be included at question a.
d. Revenue from rental and leasing of goods and equipment
Include:
- video/computer game rental
- rug shampoo equipment rental
- tool rental.
e. Revenue from rental of real estate
Include revenue received from renting out or leasing property owned by this business unit.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Sales of all goods purchased for resale, net of returns and discounts | |
| b. Sales of goods manufactured as a secondary activity by this retailing business unit | |
| c. Labour revenue from repair and maintenance | |
| d. Revenue from rental and leasing of goods and equipment | |
| e. Revenue from rental of real estate |
Sales by type of client
1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?
Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
a. to c. Clients in Canada
a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include sales to Crown corporations.
c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
d. Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Clients in Canada - individuals and households | |
| Clients in Canada - businesses | |
| Clients in Canada - governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions | |
| Clients outside Canada | |
| Total percentage |
Distribution of operating revenue by method of sale
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was the breakdown of the operating revenue by method of sale?
a. In-store sales
Please report total operating revenue of goods and services which are purchased in a fixed point-of-sale location accessible to the public.
Include sales at pumps for gasoline stations.
b. E-commerce revenue: sale of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue where the order is received and the commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, orders made in web pages, extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone calls, facsimile or e-mail.
c. Catalogue and mail-order or telephone
Please report total operating revenue of goods and services generated from customers ordering their goods from catalogues and mail order flyers.
Include sales purchased via telephone and fax.
d. All other methods
Please report total operating revenue of goods and services generated from all other methods.
Include sales at trade shows, special events, in-home sales and card lock.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| a. In-store sales | |
| b. E-commerce | |
| c. Catalogue and mail-order or telephone | |
| d. Other | |
| Total percentage |
E-Commerce
1. Please indicate the methods of sales used over the Internet:
Select all that apply
Mobile app
Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps including Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).
Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.
Third-party website
Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia or Etsy).
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.
- Via a mobile app
- Via your company website
- Via a third-party website
- Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Other
- Specify other methods
2. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?
- Yes
- No
3. Please identify the reasons why this business did not make sales over the Internet:
Select all that apply
- Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
- Prefer to maintain current business model
- Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
- Cost of development is too high
- Security concerns
- Other
- Specify other reasons
Details on this business's locations
The following questions ask for details on this business's location that was operational during the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. For this location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.
1. Please verify the location address and correct where needed.
- Store ID or outlet number:
- 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:
- Total operating revenue:
2. Was this business location operational for the full year?
- Yes, full-year operation
- No, part-year operation OR non-operational
3. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.
Comments
4. What were this location's part year start and end dates?
- Part Year Operation Start Date:
- Part Year Operation End Date:
5. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?
Select all that apply.
- Seasonal operation
- Ceased operations
- New store
- Temporarily closed
- Change of fiscal year
- Moved
- Change of ownership
- Other
- Specify other reasons
Details on this business's locations
6. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?
- Yes
- No
How many locations?
Details on this business's additional location # reported
7. Please verify the location address and correct where needed.
- Store ID or outlet number:
- 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:
- Total operating revenue:
8. Was this business location operational for the full year?
- Yes, full-year operation
- No, part-year operation OR non-operational
9. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.
Comments
10. What were this location's part year start and end dates?
- Part Year Operation Start Date:
- Part Year Operation End Date:
11. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?
Select all that apply.
- Seasonal operation
- Ceased operations
- New store
- Temporarily closed
- Change of fiscal year
- Moved
- Change of ownership
- Other
- Specify other reasons
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)
$ ,000
Other additional expenses (CAN$ '000)
$ ,000
As a result of the additional expenses or business conditions, did this business delay plans to expand operating capacity or undertake investments?
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)
$ ,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 for more information.
Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page 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.
Changes or events
1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.
- Strike or lock-out
- Exchange rate impact
- Price changes in goods or services sold
- Contracting out
- Organizational change
- Price changes in labour or raw materials
- Natural disaster
- Recession
- Change in product line
- Sold business or business units
- Expansion
- New or lost contract
- Plant closures
- Acquisition of business or business units
- Other
- Specify the other changes or events:
- No changes or events
Contact person
2. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.
Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?
- Yes
- No
Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?
- First name:
- Last name:
- Title:
- Email address:
- Telephone number (including area code):
- Extension number (if applicable):
- The maximum number of characters is 5.
- Fax number (including area code):
Feedback
3. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?
Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.
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- Minutes:
4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?
