The concordance table presented here shows the relationship between SCCAI 2018 (first six columns: code, country or area of interest, Num-3, Alpha-2, Alpha-3, status code) and SCCAI 2019 (last six columns: code, country or area of interest, Num-3, Alpha-2, Alpha-3, explanatory note). Changes to country names and codes since 1970 is presented in the list of Current and Historical Countries and Areas of Interest.

T - title change.

Concordance: SCCAI 2018 - SCCAI 2019 - CSV version (CSV, 835 bytes)

The Honourable Navdeep Bains
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry

It is our pleasure to present the 2019–20 Departmental Results Report for Statistics Canada. As the agency continues to mobilize industry and the research community to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, the various organizations in the Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) portfolio have coordinated their efforts to position Canada as a global innovation leader and shape an inclusive economy for all Canadians.

As part of the ISED portfolio, Statistics Canada continued to deliver high-quality, timely and accessible data while protecting the privacy and confidentiality of Canadians' information. It also advanced its modernization agenda to keep pace with our data-driven economy and society. In 2019–20, Statistics Canada worked with experts from around the world to strengthen its strict privacy and confidentiality measures, while providing Canadians with the data and insights they need to make informed decisions.

We are pleased to see Statistics Canada's innovative approaches to providing more relevant and timely data, while reducing the response burden on Canadians, to help people make evidence-based decisions that drive Canada's economy and society forward.

Statistics Canada continued to engage and collaborate with its partners from a wide range of sectors both at home and abroad. The agency worked with partners from all three levels of government, Indigenous groups, industry leaders and more to raise awareness of its modernization agenda and to better understand and deliver on information needs.

These are just a few examples of Statistics Canada's work on behalf of Canadians. We invite you to read this report to learn more about how Statistics Canada is collaborating with its partners, disseminating more disaggregated data, modernizing its programs with leading-edge methods and technologies, and supporting government priorities to deliver insight through data for a better Canada.

The material on current and historical countries and areas of interest is presented here to help users who compile longitudinal data on countries and areas of interest to assign those data to the right current or formerly used country names and codes. A start and end date are provided to define the period of validity of country names and codes; there is no end date when the country names or codes are current. This list, which compiles changes to country names and codes since 1970, is based on information gathered from the following sources:

• current and previous editions of the standard ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes;
• ISO 3166-3 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries;
• Newsletters related to ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-3; and
• current and previous editions of the United Nations Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use.

Current and Historical Countries and Areas of Interest - CSV Version (CSV, 22.66 KB)

The Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019 was developed to increase coherence of the list of countries used within Statistics Canada and to be more consistent with Government of Canada norms. This list of countries and areas includes those for which statistical data are compiled. To satisfy the broadest possible range of applications, all entities in the list are mutually exclusive. For instance, China, Hong Kong and Macao are considered as separate entities for the purpose of this classification. This list of countries and areas of interest forms the base level of the classification and applies to both economic and social statistics.

There are 251 countries or areas in the SCCAI 2019, including the 249 countries or areas found in the international standard ISO 3166-1:2013^{Footnote 1}. The two additional entries in the SCCAI that are not in the ISO list are Kosovo, which was recognized as a country by Canada in 2008, and Sark, which was recognized as an area by the United Nations in 2011. The names of countries or areas refer to their short form used and not necessarily to their full names. They are based on the short names used in the ISO standard and were modified both to reflect Canadian norms as well as to follow specific naming rules adopted for the Canadian list. The modifications to reflect Canadian norms were done based on consulting the Global Affairs Canada website as well as examining responses to the 2016 Census of Population question for the place of birth variable. The specific naming rules adopted for the Canadian list are:

1. Use of short form of country names wherever practicable and/or to avoid confusion;
2. Use of commas for sorting in alphabetical order; and
3. Use of long form of country names to avoid confusion.

These changes to the names have resulted in differences between SCCAI 2019 and ISO 3166-1:2013.

The SCCAI provides a list of the names of countries or areas of interest in order of their corresponding five-digit SCCAI code. The first two digits in the SCCAI code correspond to the hierarchical structure in the Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2019, while the last three digits represent the United Nations numeric codes (NUM-3) for countries or areas. Also included are internationally used three-digit numerical codes, two-character alpha codes and three-character alpha codes.

In addition, historical revisions of countries and areas of interest are available to users who compile longitudinal data on countries and areas of interest.

The material on current and historical countries and areas of interest is presented here to help users who compile longitudinal data on countries and areas of interest to assign those data to the right current or formerly used country names and codes. A start and end date are provided to define the period of validity of country names and codes; there is no end date when the country names or codes are current. This list, which compiles changes to country names and codes since 1970, is based on information gathered from the following sources:

• current and previous editions of the standard ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes;
• ISO 3166-3 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries;
• newsletters related to ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-3; and
• current and previous editions of the United Nations Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use.

Code description

Code: Five-digit numerical code defined in the variant for social statistics, Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics (SCCAI).

Num-3: Three-digit numerical code defined by the United Nations.

Alpha-2: Two-character alpha code defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Alpha-3: Three-character alpha code defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Relation to previous version

This is a revision of the previous Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2018. This standard includes a classification variant, Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2019, that provides standard groupings of countries and associated codes for publication purposes. Usage notes are included with the standard.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

This standard is compatible with the list of countries or areas included in the International Standard for country codes ISO 3166-1, except for the recognition of Kosovo and Sark. The coding structure follows the ISO coding structure, with countries having three-digit numeric codes, two-character alpha codes, and three-character alpha codes. New codes were assigned to Kosovo and Sark based on an ISO clause which places codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries or areas of interest to their list.

The 249 countries and areas in the ISO 3166-1:2013^{Footnote 1} standard includes 240 of the 241 countries or areas for which statistical data are compiled by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat^{Footnote 2}. The entity Channel Islands, which regroups Guernsey, Jersey and Sark, is an intermediate level not retained in ISO or SCCAI.

The variant Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2019 was developed to create groupings of countries to enable the production of integrated statistics when publishing social statistics data. These groupings are based on those used historically for Statistics Canada's Census of Population place of birth variable.

The variant Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2019 has three levels: 6 geographical macro-regions, 19 geographical sub-regions and 251 countries or areas of interest. This variant is defined in terms of countries or areas of interest in the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between the three levels of the classification variant.

• Level 1: Geographical macro-regions
• Level 2: Geographical sub-regions
• Level 3: Countries and areas of interest

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

Relation to previous version

This is a revision of the previous Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2018. This standard includes a classification variant, Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2019, that provides standard groupings of countries and associated codes for publication purposes. Usage notes are included with the standard.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

This standard is compatible with the composition of geographical macro-regions and geographical sub-regions of the United Nations Statistics Division;^{Footnote 1} however, some differences remain. The main differences are:

• in this standard, Bermuda is included within the sub-region Caribbean and Bermuda, whereas it is part of Northern America in the United Nations groupings
• the macro-region Oceania is not further divided into sub-regions in SCCAI
• West Central Asia and the Middle East is one sub-region in SCCAI, while most of the countries found here are in two sub-regions, Central Asia and Western Asia, in the United Nations groupings
• Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are included within the sub-region of Eastern Europe in SCCAI, whereas they are part of Northern Europe in the United Nations groupings
• some French sub-region names used by the United Nations have been modified in SCCAI to make them simpler and more consistent with Canadian convention.

Status

This standard was approved as a departmental standard on September 15, 2020.

2019 version of SCCAI

The Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2019 is based on the international standard for country codes ISO 3166-1:2013^{Footnote 1}. All changes made as of December 31, 2019 are included in this 2019 version of the SCCAI. The list was also updated for consistency with Government of Canada norms.

In addition to the list of countries and areas of interest, a classification variant for social statistics data is included. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between these geographic areas.

HTML format

• Introduction
• SCCAI 2019 - Classification structure

CSV format

• SCCAI 2019 - Classification structure (CSV, 8.9 KB)

PDF format

• SCCAI 2019 (PDF, 285 KB) (catalogue no. 12-608-X)

Concordances and documentation on changes

• SCCAI 2018 - SCCAI 2019
• Differences between SCCAI 2019 and ISO 3166-1:2013
• Current and Historical Countries and Areas of Interest

Variants of SCCAI

• Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2019
  ( CSV Version - Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics - SCCAI 2019 (CSV, 16.94 KB) )
  The classification variant for social statistics includes customized groupings (geographical macro-regions and geographical sub-regions) of the SCCAI countries for the publication of social statistics data.
• Variant of the Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest 2019 for Travel Statistics
  ( CSV Version - Variant of SCCAI 2019 for Travel Statistics (CSV, 16.93 KB) )
  The classification variant for travel statistics includes customized groupings (geographical macro-regions and geographical sub-regions) of the SCCAI countries for the publication of travel statistics data. This variant has been developed for the analysis of travel statistics. It is available to other program areas at Statistics Canada should it meet their needs, but there is no requirement for it to be used outside of the Canadian Centre for Tourism and Transportation Statistics.

Catalogue no. 11-628-X
ISSN 2368-1160

Departmental Results Report 2019–20 (PDF, 840.51 KB)

Table of contents

• Minister's message
• Chief Statistician's message
• Results at a glance and operating context
• Results: what we achieved
  • Statistical information
  • Internal services
• Analysis of trends in spending and human resources
  • Actual expenditures
  • Actual human resources
  • Expenditures by vote
  • Government of Canada spending and activities
  • Financial statements and financial statements highlights
• Additional information
  • Organizational profile
  • Raison d'être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do
  • Reporting framework
  • Supporting information on the Program Inventory
  • Supplementary information tables
  • Federal tax expenditures
  • Organizational contact information
• Appendix: definitions
• Endnotes

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting guide

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Definitions

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.

Current main activity of the business or organization

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 unit(s) targeted by this questionnaire only, 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.

Commission year
Indicates the first year the turbine became active.

Electricity generation capacity
Indicates the maximum potential generation capacity of the turbine and not the actual generation value.

Principal fuel
Indicate the "primary" fuel used at this station. If this is a co-generation facility and the steam turbine is operated using recaptured waste heat, please indicate "Other fuels (waste heat)" as the fuel source.

Station
A station refers to a facility which generates electricity. Many stations contain multiple turbines.

Station detail
Indicate the station unit ID name and or unit number, the commission year of the unit, the unit's capacity and total capacity of the station (report capacity in kilowatts).

Station latitude and longitude
If known please indicate as applicable.

Station name
Each station should be reported separately, as applicable. Indicate the name of the station. Also indicate the provincial location of each station.

Status
If this station is a standby facility (a unit whose operation is not part of the planned load), please indicate accordingly.

Turbine
A machine used for converting mechanical power to electrical power, typically through a rotor. In the case of solar electricity generating stations, a turbine refers to a solar array, comprised of photovoltaic cells.

Turbine ID
Indicates the identifier associated with an individual turbine.

Turbine type
Indicate which type of station is present - Combustion Turbine, Hydraulic (Hydro) Turbine, Internal Combustion Turbine, Solar, Nuclear Steam Turbine, Conventional Steam Turbine, Tidal Power Turbine or Wind Power Turbine.

Water source
In the case of hydro stations, name the river or lake utilized.

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