Modelling SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics to Forecast PPE Demand

By: Jihoon Choi, Deirdre Hennessy and Joel Barnes, Statistics Canada

Personal protective equipment (PPE) has become an important part of the lives of all Canadians as the pandemic changed the way we interact with one another and protect ourselves. The rapid rise of the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also referred to as COVID-19, has put unprecedented demands on the Government of Canada to provide timely, accurate and relevant information to inform decision-making around a host of public health issues, including PPE procurement and deployment of PPE to the provinces and territories.

The global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, poses a serious public health concern for Canadians.Footnote 1 As of October 2021, over 1.71 million diagnosed cases have been reported in Canada, meaning it is essential that Canadians have access to PPE when they need it.

PPE refers to commodities such as masks, gloves and gowns that are worn to provide protection against potential exposure to infectious pathogens. The pandemic has brought severe stress to the supply chains for PPE in Canada, causing a significant disruption in supply among sectors where PPE stocks are essential (e.g., hospitals, long-term care facilities).Footnote 2 For this reason, forecasts on the pandemic trajectory and its effect on the supply, demand and inventory of PPE have become a crucial element in decision-making.Footnote 3, Footnote 4

Epidemiological models can contribute valuable insights in public health decision-making by generating a number of 'what-if' scenarios under different assumptions. Furthermore, it can help estimate how different public health intervention measures can affect the outcome of the epidemic (i.e. deciding the critical timing to introduce lockdowns/reopening in each provinces).Footnote 5 Different variations of epidemiological models exist and many of these are compartmental models where the population is divided into multiple compartments and are moved from one compartment to another at a defined rate.Footnote 6

The Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model is one of the most basic forms of a compartmental model (Figure 1). This model consists of three compartments, where S is the number of susceptible individuals, I is the number of infected individuals and R is the number of recovered (and immune) individuals.

Figure 1 – Structure of a basic epidemiological model

Figure 1 – Structure of a basic epidemiological model.

Description - Figure 1

The base structure of the SIR model. The initial population starts in the susceptible compartment and flows into the infectious compartment at an infection rate β, then moves into the recovered compartment at a recovery rate defined by λ.

Figure 1 shows the base structure of the SIR model. The initial population starts in the susceptible compartment and flows into the infectious compartment at an infection rate β, then moves into the recovered compartment at a recovery rate defined by λ.

The origin of compartmental models in epidemiology dates back to the early 20th century. Specifically, the foundation was built based on the theorem outlined by Ronald Ross, William Hamer, Anderson McKendrick and William Kermack, along with important influences from a statistical perspective by John Brownlee.Footnote 7 Since their development, compartmental models have proven useful in modelling for numerous communicable diseases, such as malaria and plague.Footnote 8, Footnote 9

As the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak became a serious public health concern for Canadians, Health Canada commissioned the Data Science Division (DScD) and the Health Analysis Division (HAD) at Statistics Canada to create an epidemiological model that could forecast the trajectories of the outbreak in Canadian provinces. The forecasted cases and hospitalizations produced from the epidemiological model are used in the PPE Project to estimate the PPE demand in various sectors across the provinces. The PPE Project aims to inform decisions related to procurement, allocation and domestic production investment in PPE through evidence-based reports on the current status and projections of PPE supply and demand, in diverse epidemiological scenarios.

Creating the initial model for PPE demand: Susceptible – Infected – Recovered – Death (SIRD) model

The initial SIRD model first used Bayesian methods to estimate the number of active infections in Canadian communities based on SARS-CoV-2 mortalities. The number of total SARS-CoV-2 infections (diagnosed and undiagnosed) were reverse-estimated from SARS-CoV-2 fatalities by province and territory, using a similar method to that used by Flaxman et al.Footnote 10 Estimated number of infections, deaths and recoveries were fed into a simple compartmental model, composed of four compartments. The first three compartments are equivalent to the base SIR model (Susceptible, Infected and Recovered), but this model has an additional compartment D, which represents the population in deceased state (Figure 2).

Figure 2 – Structure of a SIRD epidemiological model

Figure 2 – Structure of a SIRD epidemiological model.

Description - Figure 2

The base structure of SIRD (Susceptible – Infected – Recovered – Death) model. The initial population starts in the susceptible compartment and flows into the infectious compartment at an infection rate β, then moves into the recovered compartment at a recovery rate defined by λ or into the deceased compartment at a mortality rate defined by γ.

Figure 2 shows the base structure of SIRD (Susceptible – Infected – Recovered – Death) model. The initial population starts in the susceptible compartment and flows into the infectious compartment at an infection rate β, then moves into the recovered compartment at a recovery rate defined by λ or into the deceased compartment at a mortality rate defined by γ.

This model also produced a dynamic historical Reproduction Number, R(t). The R(t) is an important concept in infectious disease epidemiology, providing information about the transmission potential of an infectious agent. In other words, it shows how contagious an infectious disease is at time t in the study population. Generally, if R(t) is greater than 1, the disease will start to propagate in the population, whereas if R(t) is less than 1, the number of new cases will decrease.

R(t) is often estimated from observing the number of new infections across a time period. However, the number of SARS-CoV-2 cases was not traced accurately in the beginning of the pandemic, due to a limitation in resources such as insufficient availability of testing kits.Footnote 11 As a workaround, the SIRD model estimated the historical R(t) from the number of SARS-CoV-2 fatalities, which was a much more reliable measure than actual case counts during the initial periods of the outbreak. An infection fatality rate (IFR) for SARS-CoV-2 from the research literature was used to backwards-compute the historical R(t).

To forecast the future R(t), the team generated different pandemic scenarios each with varying assumptions about public health intervention measures in effect:

  • The SARS-CoV-2 containment scenario—attempts to model a situation where strict public health intervention measures are in place (i.e., lockdowns). Under this scenario, R(t) is always kept under 1.
  • The Resurgence Best Estimate scenario—allows the epidemic to resurge in tandem with the reopening of the economy and allows the R(t) to stay high.
  • The Peaks and Valleys Scenario—allows the epidemic to resurge in tandem with the reopening of the economy until hospital intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy reached 30% of the provincial maximum. Then an intervention plan is triggered to bring the R(t) back down to lockdown level.

The SIRD model was used as the main epidemiological model for the PPE project until the beginning of 2021. The model has shown decent accuracy in forecasting the pandemic during the initial phase of the outbreak. However, this model had a number of limitations. In particular, it did not take age structure of the population into account. These limitations led to the creation of another version of the epidemiological model with additional compartments that can take more complex characteristics of the pandemic into consideration.

The current model: Susceptible – Exposed – Infected – Recovered – Deceased – Vaccinated (SEIRDV) model

Early in the pandemic, DScD and HAD at Statistics Canada worked with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to develop an age-structured, multi-compartmental SIR model. This collaboration yielded the SEIRDV model, which was adapted by the Statistics Canada PPE epidemiological team, in collaboration with Health Canada, for use in the main PPE demand and supply model. This model has been used as the main epidemiological model in the PPE project since January 2021 (Figure 3).

Figure 3 – Simplified structure of a SEIRDV epidemiological model

Figure 3 – Simplified structure of a SEIRDV epidemiological model.

Description - Figure 3

A simplified structure of the SEIRDV (Susceptible – Exposed – Infected – Recovered – Death – Vaccinated) model. The population starts in the susceptible compartment, and then can flow into exposed and infectious compartments upon contracting the disease. Individuals whose infections have been detected are sent to the quarantine path and will have a reduced likelihood of spreading the disease to others. Upon infection, individuals with severe symptoms will seek medical attention. The severely symptomatic population can end in two terminal states: deceased or recovered.

Figure 3 shows a simplified structure of the SEIRDV (Susceptible – Exposed – Infected – Recovered – Death – Vaccinated) model. The population starts in the susceptible compartment and then can flow into exposed and infectious compartments upon contracting the disease. Some of these infections are detected from contact-tracing efforts or SARS-CoV-2 testing. Individuals whose infections have been detected are sent to the quarantine path and will have a reduced likelihood of spreading the disease to others. Upon infection, individuals with severe symptoms will seek medical attention. The severely symptomatic population can end in two terminal states: deceased or recovered. People who are only mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic will flow into the recovered compartment over time. In addition, the population can be vaccinated in this model. If an individual is vaccinated, their chances of flowing into the infection compartments are reduced by the protection rate of the vaccine. Similarly, the vaccinated population has a reduced probability of developing severe cases, and therefore, of flowing into the health care system (i.e. Hospital/ICU).

The four major modifications made by introducing the SEIRDV model are:

1. The model allows the study population to be age stratified

In the SEIRDV model, the population is divided into six distinct age groups (0-9 years, 10-19 years, 20-39 years, 40-59 years, 60-74 years, 75+ years), which allows different parameters to be set for each age group and to take age-related differences into account.

For instance, reports show that younger age groups have a reduced likelihood of hospitalization and mortality compared to older age groups.Footnote 12 Since the SEIRDV model allows users to set different flow rates for each age group, it is capable of modelling this effect.

Similarly, certain age groups are known to interact at a higher frequency than others (i.e., parents with their children) and therefore have increased chances of transmitting the disease to each other. In the SEIRDV model, this effect can be taken into account by using an interaction matrix that models the average contact rate between two age groups.

2. Estimation of the transmission rate (β) has been improved

Instead of relying on a single measure, such as R(t), to estimate the transmission rate, the model now uses three different parameters to calculate the rate of transmission.

First is β, which in this model represents the "probability of transmission upon contact". This number is estimated from literature and calibrated in accordance with the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in each province. This measure is multiplied by a contact matrix, which is a numeric matrix that illustrates the average number of contacts that people in each age group make with another age group. Lastly, a contact multiplier is applied to take variances in contact rates into account. When different public health intervention measures are in effect (e.g., lockdowns), the rate of contact among the population will change accordingly. These variances are captured by calibrating the contact-multiplier to the reported number of daily active cases in each province every week.

3. The effect of vaccination is taken into consideration

Two main effects of vaccination are a reduction in the stress on the health care system (by providing protection against developing a severe case requiring hospitalization) and transmission of the disease within the community (by providing protection against infection, ultimately promoting herd immunity). The current design of the SEIRDV model takes this into account by introducing a distinct vaccination pathway. The vaccinated population will flow into this pathway, where they will have reduced chances of contracting the disease as well as reduced likelihood of developing a severe symptom requiring hospitalization.

The model also takes into account the two-dose vaccination plan set out by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization. The vaccination data were retrieved from PHAC and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group (CCODWG) to estimate the number of doses that can be given out each day per province. In addition, the different rates of protection given by the two-stage vaccination plan were modelled by dividing our vaccination path into four distinctive compartments. This process is summarized in Figure 4.

Figure 4 – Design of the vaccination compartment

Figure 4 – Design of the vaccination compartment

Description - Figure 4

Demonstrates how a population is divided into age groups, with vaccines distributed from oldest to youngest with accommodation for some high risk groups of all ages. The groups flow through first and second doses on their way to full vaccination.

The study population is divided into six distinct age groups (0-9 years, 10-19 years, 20-39 years, 40-59 years, 60-74 years, 75+ years) and vaccines are distributed in the order of older to younger age groups, while distributing a small number of doses to an age group that represents the health care professionals in the early phase. Upon receiving the first dose, the freshly vaccinated population flows into the first vaccination compartment which represents the population who have received their vaccine but have not had the chance to develop any immunity yet. Then this population flows into the second vaccination compartment after a set period, at which point they develop a partial protection against SARS-CoV-2. The population stays in this compartment until phase 1 (i.e. giving out first dose) completes. Once phase 2 of the vaccination plan starts, the population flows into the third vaccination compartment where they receive their second dose, then flows into the last vaccination compartment where they develop the maximum immunity that they can gain from the vaccination.

4. Impact of variant of concern (VOC) can be modelled

A number of different strains of SARS-CoV-2 have been sequenced around the world as a result of viral mutation, some having shown higher rates of transmission or mortality.Footnote 13 These variants are called variants of concern (VOC) and became a crucial factor to consider in epidemiological modelling of SARS-CoV-2. The SEIRDV model is capable of modelling these by altering the probability of transmission (β) to model the increased transmission rate, as well as altering the flow into the hospitalization or the deceased compartment to model the effect of increased symptom-severity of the variant. Using this mechanism, the team has successfully modelled the effect of the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant in our model.

Conclusion

Through continuous development, enhancement and calibration efforts, the epidemiological model has yielded a valuable contribution in modelling the trend of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Canada. Specifically, findings from this model have allowed the PPE Project to estimate the PPE demand across Canadian provinces to ensure that all sectors acquire sufficient PPE stocks in advance of large outbreaks.

Furthermore, this article demonstrates how applications of data science, combined with statistics, computer science and epidemiology, can be utilized in public health planning as well as decision making for resource requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How was this achieved?

Areas of further study

Given that SARS-CoV-2 is still an on-going pandemic, there may be more work that needs to be done. Some potential future areas of study include:

  • New variants
    With the high rate of mutation observed in the SARS-CoV-2 strain, new variants are constantly sequenced around the world. While the effect of the B.1.1.7 variant has been considered in the model, there are still several other VOCs that may need to considered (e.g., Delta variant). The team is closely monitoring the spread of VOCs across the country to determine if other variants need to be taken into account in the model.
  • Waning immunity
    Studies have shown that immunity gained from vaccination (or infection) does not last indefinitely. Immunity will wane over time, causing a progressive loss of protective antibodies. This phenomenon is called waning immunity. This will need to be taken into account in the model to prepare for a future scenario, such as when a large portion of the population will require another dose of vaccination to maintain their immunity.

The PPE epidemiological modelling team:
Jihoon Choi (DScD), Deirdre Hennessy (HAD), Joel Barnes (HAD).

Project team and contributors:
Rubab Arim, Statistics Canada; Kayle Hatt, Health Canada

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National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures – Q1 2021

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, including expenditures at origin and those for air commercial transportation in Canada, in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Expenditures (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Visit-Expenditures in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000) and c.v. as units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Visit Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Expenditures
Total Canada United States Overseas
$ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 4,388,384 B 3,584,773 A 348,650 E 454,962 C
Holiday, leisure or recreation 2,095,885 B 1,642,628 A 265,540 E 187,717 D
Visit friends or relatives 762,081 B 715,270 B 10,745 E 36,065 E
Personal conference, convention or trade show 30,793 E 29,511 E 849 E 433 E
Shopping, non-routine 267,241 B 267,241 B ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 679,391 C 456,425 B 67,117 E 155,850 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 31,336 E 9,449 E 123 E 21,764 E
Other business 521,658 B 464,249 B 4,276 E 53,133 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 1,655,756 B 1,555,199 A 100,557 E ..  
Holiday, leisure or recreation 573,716 D 473,915 B 99,802 E ..  
Visit friends or relatives 278,527 B 277,949 B 578 E ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 27,842 E 27,842 E ..   ..  
Shopping, non-routine 242,842 B 242,842 B ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 281,383 B 281,205 B 178 E ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 900 E 900 E ..   ..  
Other business 250,546 B 250,546 B ..   ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 2,732,628 B 2,029,574 B 248,092 E 454,962 C
Holiday, leisure or recreation 1,522,168 B 1,168,713 B 165,738 E 187,717 D
Visit friends or relatives 483,554 B 437,321 B 10,167 E 36,065 E
Personal conference, convention or trade show 2,952 E 1,669 E 849 E 433 E
Shopping, non-routine 24,399 E 24,399 E ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 398,009 D 175,220 B 66,939 E 155,850 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 30,435 E 8,548 E 123 E 21,764 E
Other business 271,112 C 213,703 C 4,276 E 53,133 E
..
data not available

Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination – Q1 2021

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination – Q1 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Trip Destination (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Person-Trips in Thousands (× 1,000) and C.V. as a units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Trip Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Trip Destination
Total Canada United States Overseas
Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 27,144 A 26,718 A 219 E 208 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 9,612 A 9,450 A 83 E 80 D
Visit friends or relatives 8,048 B 7,980 B 15 E 53 E
Personal conference, convention or trade show 167 D 164 D 0 E 2 E
Shopping, non-routine 1,752 B 1,752 B ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 4,341 B 4,252 B 24 E 64 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 20 E 15 E 2 E 3 E
Other business 3,205 B 3,105 B 94 E 6 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 20,369 A 20,253 A 117 E ..  
Holiday, leisure or recreation 6,315 A 6,263 A 51 E ..  
Visit friends or relatives 5,795 B 5,793 B 2 E ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 156 D 156 D ..   ..  
Shopping, non-routine 1,695 B 1,695 B ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 3,664 B 3,652 B 12 E ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 6 E 6 E ..   ..  
Other business 2,738 B 2,687 B 51 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 6,775 A 6,465 A 102 C 208 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 3,298 B 3,186 B 32 D 80 D
Visit friends or relatives 2,254 B 2,188 B 13 E 53 E
Personal conference, convention or trade show 10 E 8 E 0 E 2 E
Shopping, non-routine 57 D 57 D ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 677 B 601 B 12 E 64 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 13 E 9 E 2 E 3 E
Other business 467 C 418 C 43 E 6 E
..
data not available

Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.

National Travel Survey: Response Rate at the estimation stage – Q1 2021

National Travel Survey Q1 2021: Response Rate at the estimation stage
Table summary
This table displays the results of Response Rate at the estimation stage. The information is grouped by Province of residence (appearing as row headers), Unweighted and Weighted (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage unit of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province of residence Unweighted Weighted
Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador 10.7 9.8
Prince Edward Island 7.4 7.3
Nova Scotia 22.2 20.1
New Brunswick 19.7 17.6
Quebec 28.5 25.0
Ontario 26.8 24.6
Manitoba 19.2 17.2
Saskatchewan 15.6 14.4
Alberta 22.8 21.6
British Columbia 28.3 26.4
Canada 21.3 23.5

Preliminary Estimate for 2021 and Intentions for 2022

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Definitions

Reporting period information

For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the final day occurs on or between April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022.

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

Definitions

  • When there are partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting this corporation's net interest in such projects or ventures.
  • Report all dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars ('000).
  • Do not include sales tax. Percentages should be rounded to whole numbers.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

If there are no capital expenditures, please enter '0'.

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Include:

  • Cost of all new buildings, engineering, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
  • Modifications, acquisitions and major renovations
  • Capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
  • Subsidies received and used for capital expenditures
  • Capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
  • Work done by own labour force
  • Additions to capital work in progress.

Exclude:

  • transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
  • assets associated with the acquisition of companies property developed for sale and machinery or equipment acquired for sale (inventory).

1. Oil and gas rights acquisition and retention costs (exclude inter-company sales or transfers):

Include acquisition costs and fees for oil and gas rights (include bonuses, legal fees and filing fees), and oil and gas retention costs

2. Exploration and evaluation, capitalized or expensed (e.g., seismic, exploration drilling):

These expenditures include geological, geophysical and seismic expenses, exploration drilling, and other costs incurred during the reporting period in order to determine whether oil or gas reserves exist and can be exploited commercially. Report gross expenditures, before deducting any incentive grants, incurred for oil and gas activities on a contracted basis and/or by your own employees. Exclude the cost of land acquired from other oil and gas companies.

3. Building construction (e.g., process building, office building, camp, storage building, and maintenance garage):

Include capital expenditures on buildings such as office buildings, camps, warehouses, maintenance garages, workshops, and laboratories. Fixtures, facilities and equipment that are integral parts of the building are included.

4. Other construction assets (e.g., development drilling and completions, processing facilities, natural gas plants, upgraders):

Include all infrastructure, other than buildings, such as the cost of well pads, extraction and processing infrastructure and plants, upgrading units, transportation infrastructure, water and sewage infrastructure, tailings, pipelines and wellhead production facilities (pumpjacks, separators, etc). Include all preconstruction planning and design costs such as development drilling, regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, engineering and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, as well as site clearance and preparation. Equipment which is installed as an integral or built-in feature of a fixed structure (e.g. casings, tanks, steam generators, pumps, electrical apparatus, separators, flow lines, etc.) should be reported with the construction asset; however, when the equipment is replaced within an existing structure, the replacement cost should be reported in machinery and equipment (sustaining capital).

5. Machinery and equipment purchases (e.g., trucks, shovels, computers, etc.):

Include transportation equipment for people and materials, computers, software, communication equipment, and processing equipment not included in the above categories.

Research and Development

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

  1. To be aimed at new findings (novel);
  2. To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
  3. To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
  4. To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
  5. To lead to results to could be possibly reproduced (transferable/ or reproducible).

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

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Reporting period information

For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the Final day occurs on or between April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022.

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

Dollar amounts

  • all dollar amounts reported should be rounded to thousands of Canadian dollars (e.g., $6,555,444.00 should be rounded to $6,555);
  • exclude sales tax;
  • your best estimates are acceptable when precise figures are not available;
  • if there are no capital expenditures, please enter '0'.

Definitions

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Include:

  • Cost of all new buildings, engineering, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
  • Modifications, acquisitions and major renovations
  • Capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
  • Subsidies received and used for capital expenditures
  • Capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
  • Work done by own labour force
  • Additions to capital work in progress.

Exclude:

  • transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
  • assets associated with the acquisition of companies
  • property developed for sale and machinery or equipment acquired for sale (inventory).

How to Treat Leases

Include:

  • assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease;
  • assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.

Industry characteristics

Report the value of the projects expected to be put in place during the year. Include the gross expenditures (including subsidies) on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Include all capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees as well as work done by your own labour force. Include all additions to work in progress.

New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit, includes both existing assets being upgraded and acquisitions of new assets.

Purchase of Used Canadian Assets

Definition: Used fixed assets may be defined as existing buildings, structures or machinery and equipment which have been previously used by another organization in Canada that you have acquired during the time period being reported on this questionnaire.

Explanation: The objective of our survey is to measure gross annual new acquisitions to fixed assets separately from the acquisition of gross annual used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole.

Hence, the acquisition of a used fixed Canadian asset should be reported separately since such acquisitions would not change the aggregates of our domestic inventory of fixed assets, it would simply mean a transfer of assets within Canada from one organization to another.

Imports of used assets, on the other hand, should be included with the new assets (Column 1) because they are newly acquired for the Canadian economy.

Work in Progress

Work in progress represents accumulated costs since the start of capital projects which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

Land

Capital expenditures for land should include all costs associated with the purchase of the land that are not amortized or depreciated.

Residential Construction

Report the value of residential structures including the housing portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites.

Exclude:

  • buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizen residences)
  • the non-residential portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites
  • associated expenditures on services

The exclusions should be included in the appropriate construction (e.g., non-residential) asset.

Non-Residential Building Construction (excluding land purchase and residential construction)

Building construction represents any permanent structure with walls and a roof affording protection and shelter from and for a social and/or physical environment for people and/or materials.

For example, building construction represents expenditures on aircraft hangars, factories, hospitals, hotels, office buildings, railway stations, schools and shopping centres.

Report the total cost incurred during the year of building construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others.

Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and of site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • townsite facilities, such as streets, sewers, stores, schools.

Non-residential engineering construction

Engineering construction encompasses the direct or indirect conveyance of people, machinery, materials, gases, and/or electrical impulses. It also includes free standing structures which contain or restrain such objects either as part of such conveyance or separately and independently.

In addition, the cost associated with significantly altering any terrain in the preparation for specialized use of that terrain will fall under engineering construction.

Report the total cost incurred during the year of engineering construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others. Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and of site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • oil or gas pipelines, including pipe and installation costs
  • communication engineering, including transmission support structures, cables and lines, etc.
  • electric power engineering, including wind and solar plants, nuclear production plants, power distribution networks, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Report total cost incurred during the year of all new machinery, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Any capitalized tooling should also be included. Include progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made. Receipts from the sale of your own fixed assets or allowance for scrap or trade-in should not be deducted from your total capital expenditures. Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

Include:

  • automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances
  • computers (hardware and software), broadcasting, telecommunication and other information and communication technology equipment
  • motors, generators, transformers
  • any capitalized tooling expenses
  • progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made
  • any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred
  • leasehold improvements.

Software

Capital expenditures for software should include all costs associated with the purchase or development of software.

Include:

  • Pre-packaged software
  • Custom software developed in-house/own account
  • Custom software design and development, contracted out

Research and Development

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

  1. To be aimed at new findings (novel);
  2. To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
  3. To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
  4. To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
  5. To lead to results to could be possibly reproduced (transferable/ or reproducible).

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects data on capital expenditures in Canada. The information is used by federal and provincial government departments and agencies, trade associations, universities and international organizations for policy development and as a measure of regional economic activity.

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, Quebec, 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.esdhelpdesk-dsebureaudedepannage.statcan@statcan.gc.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Sustainability Development Technology Canada.

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

Business or organization and contact information

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

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

Legal Name

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

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

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

Operating Name

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

Legal name

Operating name (if applicable)

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

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

First name

Last name

Title

Preferred language of communication

  • English
  • French

Mailing address (number and street)

City

Province, territory or state

Postal code or ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) code
Example: A9A 9A9 or 12345-1234

Country

  • Afghanistan
  • Åland Islands
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma (Myanmar)
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Republic of the
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland, Republic of
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, North
  • Korea, South
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao Special Administrative Region
  • Macedonia, Republic of
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Réunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Barthélemy
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Martin (French part)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Sark
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa, Republic of
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, United States
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Email address
Example: user@example.gov.ca

Telephone number (including area code)
Example: 123-123-1234

Extension number (if applicable)

Fax number (including area code)
Example: 123-123-1234

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., (for example) temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership

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
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?

  • Date
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

When did this business or organization cease operations?

  • Date
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

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
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

What is the legal name of the buyer?

When did this business or organization amalgamate?

  • Date
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

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
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?

  • Date
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?

When did this business or organization cease operations?

  • Date
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

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
  • This is not 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

Main activity

5. You indicated thatis 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.

How to search:

  • if desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting this business or organization's activity sector
  • enter keywords or a brief description that best describes this business or organization main activity
  • press the Search button to search the database for an activity that best matches the keywords or description you provided
  • then select an activity from the list.

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this organization's fiscal year?

Note: For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021.

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, 2020 to December 31, 2021
  • February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
  • March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021
  • April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.

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, 2020 to December 31, 2021 ( e.g. , a newly opened business).

Fiscal Year Start
Example: YYYY-MM-DD

  • Date

Fiscal Year-End
Example: YYYY-MM-DD

  • 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 reason - specify:

Additional reporting instructions

3. 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

I will report in the format above.

Capital Expenditures - Preliminary Estimate 2021

4. For the fiscal year 2021, what are this organization's preliminary estimates for capital expenditures?

Include: all capitalized overhead and capitalized interest.

  • When there are partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting this corporation's net interest in such projects or ventures.
  • Report all dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars ('000).
  • Exclude sales tax.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

If there are no capital expenditures, please enter '0'.

A. Oil and gas rights acquisition and retention costs (exclude inter-company sales or transfers):

Include acquisition costs and fees for oil and gas rights (include bonuses, legal fees and filing fees), and oil and gas retention costs.

B. Exploration and evaluation, capitalized or expensed ( e.g. , leases and licences, seismic, exploration drilling):

These expenditures include mineral rights fees and retention costs, geological, geophysical and seismic expenses, exploration drilling, and other costs incurred during the reporting period in order to determine whether oil or gas reserves exist and can be exploited commercially. Report gross expenditures, before deducting any incentive grants, incurred for oil and gas activities on a contracted basis and/or by your own employees. Exclude the cost of land acquired from other oil and gas companies.

C. Building construction ( e.g. , process building, office building, camp, storage building, and maintenance garage):

Include capital expenditures on buildings such as office buildings, camps, warehouses, maintenance garages, workshops, and laboratories. Fixtures, facilities and equipment that are integral parts of the building are included.

D. Other construction assets ( e.g. , development drilling and completions, processing facilities, natural gas plants, upgraders):

Include all infrastructure, other than buildings, such as the cost of well pads, extraction and processing infrastructure and plants, upgrading units, transportation infrastructure, water and sewage infrastructure, tailings, pipelines and wellhead production facilities (pumpjacks, separators, etc. ). Include all preconstruction planning and design costs such as development drilling, regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, engineering and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, as well as site clearance and preparation. Equipment which is installed as an integral or built-in feature of a fixed structure ( e.g. , casings, tanks, steam generators, pumps, electrical apparatus, separators, flow lines, etc. ) should be reported with the construction asset; however, when the equipment is replaced within an existing structure, the replacement cost should be reported in machinery and equipment (sustaining capital).

E. Machinery and equipment purchases ( e.g. , trucks, shovels, computers, etc. ):

Include transportation equipment for people and materials, computers, software, communication equipment, and processing equipment not included in the above categories.

Preliminary Estimate

  2021 Preliminary Estimate ( CAN$ '000 )
Oil and gas rights acquisitions and retention costs  
Exploration and evaluation  
Non-residential building construction  
Development and other construction  
Machinery and equipment  
Total  

Total

Research and Development

5. For the fiscal year 2021, did this organization perform scientific research and development in Canada of at least $10,000 or outsource (contract-out) to another organization scientific research and development activities of at least $10,000?

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

  1. To be aimed at new findings (novel);
  2. To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
  3. To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
  4. To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
  5. To lead to results to could be possibly reproduced (transferable/ or reproducible).

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

  • Yes
  • No

Capital Expenditures - Intentions 2022

6. For the fiscal year 2022, what are this organization's intentions for capital expenditures?

Include: all capitalized overhead and capitalized interest.

  • When there are partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting this corporation's net interest in such projects or ventures.
  • Report all dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars ('000).
  • Do not include sales tax.
  • Percentages should be rounded to whole numbers.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

If there are no capital expenditures, please enter '0'.

A. Oil and gas rights acquisition and retention costs (exclude inter-company sales or transfers):

Include acquisition costs and fees for oil and gas rights (include bonuses, legal fees and filing fees), and oil and gas retention costs

B. Exploration and evaluation, capitalized or expensed ( e.g. , leases and licences, seismic, exploration drilling):

These expenditures include mineral rights fees and retention costs, geological, geophysical and seismic expenses, exploration drilling, and other costs incurred during the reporting period in order to determine whether oil or gas reserves exist and can be exploited commercially. Report gross expenditures, before deducting any incentive grants, incurred for oil and gas activities on a contracted basis and/or by your own employees. Exclude the cost of land acquired from other oil and gas companies.

C. Building construction ( e.g. , process building, office building, camp, storage building, and maintenance garage):

Include capital expenditures on buildings such as office buildings, camps, warehouses, maintenance garages, workshops, and laboratories. Fixtures, facilities and equipment that are integral parts of the building are included.

D. Other construction assets ( e.g. , development drilling and completions, processing facilities, natural gas plants, upgraders):

Include all infrastructure, other than buildings, such as the cost of well pads, extraction and processing infrastructure and plants, upgrading units, transportation infrastructure, water and sewage infrastructure, tailings, pipelines and wellhead production facilities (pumpjacks, separators, etc. ). Include all preconstruction planning and design costs such as development drilling, regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, engineering and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, as well as site clearance and preparation. Equipment which is installed as an integral or built-in feature of a fixed structure ( e.g. , casings, tanks, steam generators, pumps, electrical apparatus, separators, flow lines, etc. ) should be reported with the construction asset; however, when the equipment is replaced within an existing structure, the replacement cost should be reported in machinery and equipment (sustaining capital).

E. Machinery and equipment purchases ( e.g. , trucks, shovels, computers, etc. ):

Include transportation equipment for people and materials, computers, software, communication equipment, and processing equipment not included in the above categories.

Intensions 2022

  Intentions 2022 ( CAN$ '000 )
Oil and gas rights acquisitions and retention costs  
Exploration and evaluation  
Non-residential building construction  
Development and other construction  
Machinery and equipment  
Total  

Total

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7.  You have not reported any capital expenditure intentions for 2022.

Please indicate the reason.

  • Zero capital expenditure intentions for 2022
  • Figures not available but plans are for no change in capital expenditures for 2022
  • Figures not available but plans are for an increase in capital expenditures for 2022
  • Figures not available but plans are for a decrease in capital expenditures for 2022

Research and Development

8. For the 2022 fiscal year, does this organization plan on performing scientific research and development in Canada of at least $10,000 or outsourcing (contracting-out) to another organization scientific research and development activities of at least $10,000?

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

  1. To be aimed at new findings (novel);
  2. To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
  3. To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
  4. To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
  5. To lead to results to could be possibly reproduced (transferable/ or reproducible).

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

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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 organizational websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this organization to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the response burden on organizations, and produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

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Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements: Weighted Asset Response Rate - second quarter 2021

Weighted Asset Response Rate
Table summary
This table displays the results of Weighted Asset Response Rate. The information is grouped by Release date (appearing as row headers), 2020, Q2, Q3, and Q4, and 2021, Q1 and Q2 calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Release date 2020 2021
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
quarterly (percentage)
August 24, 2021 79.6 76.6 74.2 72.0 58.1
May 25, 2021 79.6 76.6 74.2 54.8 ..
February 24, 2021 78.0 75.7 54.9 .. ..
November 20, 2020 76.3 55.4 .. .. ..
August 25, 2020 59.1 .. .. .. ..
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source: Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements (2501)

Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places: CVs for Total Sales by Geography - June 2021

Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places: CVs for Total sales by Geography - June 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total sales by Geography. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Month and percentage (appearing as column headers).
Geography Month
202006 202007 202008 202009 202010 202011 202012 202101 202102 202103 202104 202105 202106
percentage
Canada 0.34 0.35 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.25 0.20 0.19 0.47 1.44 1.56 1.04
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.05 0.82 0.36 0.62 1.53 0.30 0.48 1.08 0.48 2.16 2.05 2.56 0.73
Prince Edward Island 9.11 8.73 0.95 0.63 0.84 1.08 1.81 1.63 1.04 1.29 16.69 1.29 1.37
Nova Scotia 0.88 1.50 1.39 0.37 0.77 0.36 1.03 0.91 0.40 0.87 2.76 3.24 0.72
New Brunswick 0.82 0.60 2.28 0.50 0.33 0.39 0.49 0.98 0.50 0.39 1.08 1.45 0.77
Quebec 0.70 0.77 0.48 0.56 0.65 0.55 0.79 0.68 0.67 1.11 5.08 4.92 1.87
Ontario 0.63 0.70 0.26 0.31 0.25 0.28 0.45 0.34 0.24 0.99 2.56 2.78 2.54
Manitoba 0.81 0.70 0.34 0.34 0.72 0.93 0.78 0.89 0.46 0.45 1.21 3.36 0.90
Saskatchewan 0.58 1.55 0.67 0.99 0.91 1.04 0.75 0.91 0.52 0.46 1.22 1.28 0.88
Alberta 0.63 0.53 0.23 0.55 0.33 0.36 0.54 0.52 0.33 0.81 3.06 4.85 0.81
British Columbia 1.03 0.83 0.67 0.58 0.72 0.68 0.39 0.33 0.56 0.99 1.88 1.95 1.44
Yukon Territory 3.06 1.41 1.57 1.64 1.72 1.71 4.34 5.07 1.96 3.01 65.36 3.25 2.43
Northwest Territories 2.48 1.43 1.94 2.14 2.10 2.04 1.97 6.05 1.83 2.93 74.26 3.97 2.93
Nunavut 3.93 1.82 0.56 2.60 2.45 67.48 2.75 2.54 2.39 2.67 3.88 4.80 1.19
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