| Geography | CVs for operating revenue |
|---|---|
| percent | |
| Canada | 0.51 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.21 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.00 |
| Nova Scotia | 0.59 |
| New Brunswick | 0.92 |
| Quebec | 0.72 |
| Ontario | 1.12 |
| Manitoba | 0.26 |
| Saskatchewan | 0.40 |
| Alberta | 1.05 |
| British Columbia | 1.52 |
| Yukon | 0.00 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.00 |
| Nunavut | 0.00 |
This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.
The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:
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.
Authorization to collect this information
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.
Confidentiality
By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.
Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6
You may also contact us by email at statcan.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.
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.
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.
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.
3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.
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:
5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.
Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?
6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.
Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)
7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:
Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?
8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
| Percentage of revenue | |
|---|---|
| Main activity | |
| Secondary activity | |
| All other activities | |
| Total percentage |
1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?
For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?
1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.
For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as: CAN$ '000: $764,000
I will report in the format above
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include:
Exclude:
b. Rental and leasing
Include rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
c. Commissions
Include commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax).
d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
f. Dividends
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
g. Interest
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
h. All other revenue (Include intracompany transfers)
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.
Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Sales of goods and services | |
| b. Rental and leasing | |
| c. Commissions | |
| d. Subsidies | |
| e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| f. Dividends | |
| g. Interest | |
| h. All other revenue | |
| Total revenue |
The following questions are about e-commerce activities.
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
Sales from automated kiosks located within the business's establishments are excluded from E-commerce sales.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's total revenue?
Include:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total revenue in CAN$ '000
2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business have any e-commerce revenue?
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
3. Of the $ [amount] amount reported in total revenue, what was the total e-commerce revenue?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total e-commerce revenue in CAN$ '000
4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?
Select all that apply.
Mobile app
Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps, including Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).
Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.
Third-party website
Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia or Etsy).
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.
5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?
6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?
Select all that apply.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Expenses
a. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include:
Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
b. Employment costs and expenses
b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:
c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include:
d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
e. Professional and business fees
Include:
Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas and heating.
Include:
Exclude:
g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:
Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:
i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:
j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:
Exclude Crown royalties
k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include:
l. Rental and leasing
Include:
m. Repair and maintenance
Include:
n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:
o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include:
p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:
q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:
r. Financial services
Include:
Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include:
t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:
u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Cost of goods sold | |
| a1. Opening inventories | |
| a2. Purchases | |
| a3. Closing inventories | |
| a4. Cost of goods sold | |
| b. Employment costs and expenses | |
| b1. Salaries, wages and commissions | |
| b2. Employee benefits | |
| c. Subcontracts | |
| d. Research and development fees | |
| e. Professional and business fees | |
| f. Utilities | |
| g. Office and computer related expenses | |
| h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication | |
| i. Business taxes, licenses and permits | |
| j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| k. Crown charges | |
| l. Rental and leasing | |
| m. Repair and maintenance | |
| n. Amortization and depreciation | |
| o. Insurance | |
| p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment | |
| q. Travel, meetings and conventions | |
| r. Financial services | |
| s. Interest expense | |
| t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses | |
| u. All other costs and expenses | |
| Total expenses |
1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
a. Sales of alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption on the premises
Revenue generated from sales of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine and liquor) prepared and served or dispensed for immediate consumption, including alcoholic beverages served with meals.
Exclude retailing of alcoholic beverages sold in unopened cans, bottles, cartons or other containers (report at question c).
b. Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages
Revenue generated from the sales of meals, snacks, other food items and non alcoholic beverages prepared and served or dispensed for immediate consumption.
c. Sales of merchandise
Revenue generated from the sale or disposition of goods sold in the same condition in which they were purchased (e.g., toys, gifts, cigarettes, newspapers).
d. Fees and commissions from coin operated machines
The fees or commissions received from the owners or lessors of coin operated machines such as video lottery terminals, slot machines, video games, vending machines, children's mechanical rides, etc.
e. Other sales
Sales from other sources (e.g., rentals, cover charge, coat check, delivery service fees).
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Sales of alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption on the premises | |
| Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages | |
| Sales of merchandise | |
| Fees and commissions from coin operated machines such as video gambling terminals, video games and vending machines | |
| Total sales of goods and services |
2. What were the following costs of goods sold for this business?
The cost of goods sold is divided into three categories: alcoholic beverages, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and merchandise purchased for resale. The cost of goods sold is obtained by calculating opening inventory plus total purchases minus closing inventory. Please exclude salary costs.
a. Alcoholic beverages
Include:
b. Food and non-alcoholic beverages
Cost of materials required for meal preparation
c. Merchandise
Include:
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Alcoholic beverages | |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | |
| Merchandise | |
| Total cost of goods sold |
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, this business reported expenses for the following items.
Please provide the requested details related to these expenses.
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Professional and business fees | |
| Legal services | |
| Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services | |
| Management, scientific and technical consulting services | |
| Office administrative services | |
| Freight transportation arrangements and customs brokering services | |
| Brokerage and other insurance related services | |
| Security brokerage and securities dealing services | |
| Other purchased professional services | |
| Total expenses for professional and business fees | |
| Office and computer related expenses | |
| Data processing, hosting, and related services | |
| Business support services | |
| Other office and computer related purchased services | |
| Total expenses for office and computer related expenses | |
| Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rights to non-financial intangible assets | |
| Membership fees or services | |
| Other royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Total expenses for royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rental and leasing | |
| Non-residential real estate rental | |
| Motor vehicle rental and leasing | |
| Computer equipment rental and leasing | |
| Office machinery and equipment rental and leasing services | |
| Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment renting and leasing services, without operator | |
| Other rental services | |
| Total expenses for rental and leasing | |
| Repair and maintenance | |
| Security services and investigation | |
| Waste management and remediation services | |
| Motor vehicle repair and maintenance services | |
| Other repair and maintenance services | |
| Total expenses for repair and maintenance |
1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.
1. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.
Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?
Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?
1. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?
Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.
2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?
| Geography | Month |
|---|---|
| 202001 | |
| % | |
| Canada | 0.6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.9 |
| Nova Scotia | 1.8 |
| New Brunswick | 1.6 |
| Quebec | 1.3 |
| Ontario | 1.0 |
| Manitoba | 0.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.5 |
| Alberta | 1.5 |
| British Columbia | 1.6 |
| Yukon Territory | 1.1 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.1 |
| Nunavut | 1.5 |
This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.
The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:
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.
Authorization to collect this information
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.
Confidentiality
By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6
You may also contact us by email at statcan.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 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Additional information
In cases where information is reported on an amalgamated basis and relates to operations in more than one province or territory, Statistics Canada may allocate a portion of the reported information to these provincial or territorial operations. The allocated information will be shared in accordance with the Section 11 or 12 agreements of the Statistics Act, as described above.
In cases where there is a separate head office, Statistics Canada may adjust the reported revenues of that head office so that those revenues more fully reflect the value of the services the head office provides. In such cases, there will be a corresponding adjustment to the reported expenses of the units served. The adjusted information will be shared in accordance with the Section 11 or 12 agreements of the Statistics Act, as described above.
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.
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.
3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.
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
5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.
Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?
6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.
Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)
7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:
Main activity
Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?
8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
| Percentage of revenue | |
|---|---|
| Main activity | |
| Secondary activity | |
| All other activities | |
| Total percentage |
1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?
For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?
Select all that apply.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
Notes:
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Revenue
a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, admissions, services revenue)
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include sales of finfish, molluscs, aquaculture services, aquaculture by-products, seed, sales of goods purchased for resale and consulting revenue.
Exclude:
b. Rental and leasing
Include rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, et cetera.
c. Commissions
Include commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (e.g., compensation for collecting sales tax)
d. Subsidies (government assistance to offset certain eligible current expenses or to supplement current revenue)
Include:
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
f. Dividends
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
g. Interest
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
h. Other revenue - specify
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.
Total revenue
The sum of questions a. to h.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Sales of goods and services Include sales of finfish, molluscs, aquaculture services, aquaculture by-products, seed, sales of goods purchased for resale and consulting revenue. | |
| b. Rental and leasing Report only if this is a secondary revenue source. If rental and leasing are your primary revenue source, report at question a. | |
| c. Commissions Report only if this is a secondary revenue source. If commissions are your primary revenue source, report at question a. | |
| d. Subsidies (government assistance to offset certain eligible current expenses or to supplement current revenue) Include grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships. | |
| e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| f. Dividends | |
| g. Interest | |
| h. Other Include intracompany transfers. Specify all other revenue: | |
| Total revenue |
1. For the reporting period of of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?
Notes:
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Expenses
a. Purchases
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include: feed, therapeutants, purchases of fish e.g., live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for grow-out or processing and purchases of goods for resale
b. Employment costs and expenses (for all employees who were issued a T4)
b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - statement of remuneration paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:
c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include:
d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
e. Professional and business fees
Include:
Exclude service fees paid to head office (report at Other).
f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
Include:
Exclude:
g. Office and computer-related expenses
Include:
Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other communication).
h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:
i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:
j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:
Exclude Crown royalties.
k. Crown charges
Federal or provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include:
l. Rental and leasing
Include:
m. Repair and maintenance
Include:
n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:
o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income must be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include:
p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:
q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:
r. Financial services
Include:
Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include:
t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:
u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
Total expenses
The sum of questions a. to u.
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| a. Purchases Include feed, therapeutants, purchases of fish e.g., live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for grow-out or processing and purchases of goods for resale. Exclude change in inventories. |
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| b. Employment costs and expenses Include all employees who were issued a T4. Exclude commissions to be paid to non-employees, report at sub-question c. |
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| b1. Salaries, wages and commissions | |
| b2. Employee benefits | |
| c. Subcontracts Include commissions to non-employees. Exclude research and development. |
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| d. Research and development fees. Exclude in-house research and development. |
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| e. Professional and business fees e.g., legal, accounting, consulting, scientific and property management fees |
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| f. Utilities e.g., electricity, water, gas |
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| g. Office and computer related expenses e.g., office supplies, postage, computer upgrades |
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| h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication | |
| i. Business taxes, licenses and permits e.g., beverage tax, business tax, license fees, property taxes |
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| j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships Exclude Crown royalties. |
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| k. Crown charges (for logging, mining and energy industries only) |
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| l. Rental and leasing Include land buildings, equipment, vehicles. |
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| m. Repair and maintenance Include buildings, equipment, vehicles. |
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| n. Amortization and depreciation | |
| o. Insurance | |
| p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment | |
| q. Travel, meetings and conventions | |
| r. Financial services e.g., bank charges, transaction fees |
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| s. Interest expense | |
| t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses Include bad debts, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory write-down. |
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| u. All other costs and expenses Include intracompany expenses, management fees, transportation, shipping, warehousing, storage, postage and courier, processing services and veterinary fees. Specify all other costs and expenses: |
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| Total expenses |
1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?
Notes:
Include all sales within or outside Canada recorded in your accounts for sales to other businesses and for transfers to other units of your business.
Exclude GST/HST, PST and QST.
Sales
Sales should be reported net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction. Dollar amounts and percentages should be rounded to whole numbers. When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
a. to f. Production of finfish (hatchery or grow-out)
This category is comprised of establishments primarily engaged in farm-raising finfish. These establishments use some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as keeping animals in captivity, regular stocking and feeding of animals, and protecting them from predators.
Finfish production is reported as gutted head-on and the value is based on a farm-gate value.
Exclude establishments primarily engaged in catching or taking fish and other aquatic animals from their natural habitat.
g. to j. Production of shellfish (seed or grow-out)
This category is comprised of establishments primarily engaged in farm-raising shellfish. These establishments use some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as keeping animals in captivity, regular stocking and feeding of animals, and protecting them from predators.
Shellfish is reported as whole, and the value is based on a farm-gate value.
Exclude establishments primarily engaged in catching or taking fish and other aquatic animals from their natural habitat.
l. Sales of goods purchased for resale
Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.
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| a. Whole fish dressed, fresh or chilled Exclude fillets. | |
| b. Fish eggs and live fish for grow-out | |
| c. Whole fish live Exclude fish sold for grow-out. |
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| d. Whole fish dressed and frozen Exclude frozen fillets. |
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| e. Fish fillets, fresh or frozen and other fish meat | |
| f. Fish, dried, smoked or in brine | |
| g. Oysters | |
| h. Mussels | |
| i. Clams | |
| j. Scallops | |
| k. Aquaculture services | |
| l. Sales of goods purchased for resale (in the same condition as purchased) | |
| m. Consulting revenue | |
| Other e.g., other molluscs, aquaculture by-products, seed Sales of all other goods and services produced: |
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| Total sales of goods and services |
2. What were this business's expenses for each of the following goods and services?
Notes:
Include all expenses within or outside Canada recorded by this business unit.
Exclude GST/HST, PST and QST.
Materials, components and supply expenses
Exclude capital expenditures.
g. Management fees or any other service fees paid to head office and other business support units
Management fees or any other service fees paid to head office (e.g., legal fees, advertising fees, insurance) and other business support units (e.g., warehouses, sales centres, trucking facilities).
h. to j. Purchased service expenses
Purchased service expenses are services purchased from external businesses (e.g., third parties). Exclude purchased services that have been reported at question g. (management fees or any other service fees paid to head office and other business support units).
h. Transportation, shipping (contracted out), warehousing, storage, postage and courier
Report transportation and storage costs/expenses if they can be reported separately from purchases.
Include:
i. Processing services
Processing services are the costs incurred when another company provides services related to gutting, cleaning, slitting or shelling.
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| a. Feed | |
| b. Therapeutants e.g., pesticides, drugs, vaccinations | |
| c. Purchases of fish e.g., live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for grow-out | |
| d. Purchases of fish e.g., live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for processing | |
| e. Purchases of goods for resale (in the same condition as purchased) | |
| f. Other Specify all other purchases: | |
| g. Management fees or any other service fees paid to head office and other business support units e.g., legal, advertising, insurance, warehouses, sales centres, trucking facilities | |
| h. Transportation, shipping (contracted out), warehousing, storage, postage and courier | |
| i. Processing services e.g., gutting, cleaning, slitting, shelling of product by another farm | |
| j. Veterinary fees |
3. What were this business's inventories for each of the following goods?
Notes:
Include inventory owned by this business unit within or outside Canada (including inventory held at any warehouse, selling outlet, in transit or on consignment).
Exclude inventory held on consignment for others.
| Value of opening inventory CAN$ '000 | Value of closing inventory CAN$ '000 | |
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| a. Raw materials e.g., feed | ||
| b. Goods in process e.g., in pools, pens, on beaches and on grow-out sites | ||
| c. Finished products e.g., finfish, molluscs and crustacea ready for market | ||
| d. Goods purchased for resale (in the same condition as purchased) | ||
| Value of total inventory |
4. What was the average number of people employed during the reporting period?
Include full-time, part-time and temporary employees and employees absent with pay.
Exclude contract workers who are not part of your payroll.
Number:
1. For the reporting period YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, this business reported expenses for the following items.
Please provide the requested details related to these expenses.
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
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| Professional and business fees | |
| Legal services | |
| Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services | |
| Management, scientific and technical consulting services | |
| Office administrative services | |
| Freight transportation arrangements and customs brokering services | |
| Brokerage and other insurance related services | |
| Security brokerage and securities dealing services | |
| Other purchased professional services | |
| Total expenses for professional and business fees | |
| Office and computer related expenses | |
| Data processing, hosting, and related services | |
| Business support services | |
| Other office and computer related purchased services | |
| Total expenses for office and computer related expenses | |
| Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rights to non-financial intangible assets | |
| Membership fees or services | |
| Other royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Total expenses for royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rental and leasing | |
| Non-residential real estate rental | |
| Motor vehicle rental and leasing | |
| Computer equipment rental and leasing | |
| Office machinery and equipment rental and leasing services | |
| Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment renting and leasing services, without operator | |
| Other rental services | |
| Total expenses for rental and leasing | |
| Repair and maintenance | |
| Security services and investigation | |
| Waste management and remediation services | |
| Motor vehicle repair and maintenance services | |
| Other repair and maintenance services | |
| Total expenses for repair and maintenance |
1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.
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In 2018, Statistics Canada marked its centennial: 100 years of service in managing confidential data from Canadians and using its expertise to transform these data into meaningful insights on Canada's economy, society and environment. The agency's activities have always been driven by sound and robust data strategies to address emerging needs while maintaining the trust and confidentiality of Canadians.
Statistics Canada has a mandate to promote and develop integrated social, economic and environmental statistics pertaining to Canadians, the provinces and the territories. This mandate includes collaborating with government departments and agencies to collect, compile and publish statistical information, including information derived from departmental activities; to promote integration; and to avoid duplication of the information collected. The agency provides unbiased, high-quality data that are integral to the well-functioning of society and a statistical framework upon which the nation makes decisions.
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Capitalizing on the data revolution will require a number of key enablers, including a modern, adaptive and agile statistical agency. Statistics Canada's data strategy is embedded in its modernization agenda. The agency is actively researching, developing, and implementing solutions to provide Canadians and decision-makers with increased access to high-quality, relevant and timely information on issues affecting our society using methods that preserve privacy, confidentiality and security; to provide expertise to partners, users and citizens; to provide trusted data insights and standards; to decrease response burden and capitalize on existing administrative data (non-survey based); to use innovative data collection approaches, such as crowdsourcing; and to expand and leverage innovative partnerships. Statistics Canada must continue to work closely with partners and stakeholders to remove barriers to data sharing, including technical, cultural and legislative.
Over the past year, Statistics Canada's modernization included investments in data infrastructure (for the development of the Data Analytics as a Service platform), improved gender-based analysis, and statistical capacity building for Indigenous peoples.
Statistics Canada's ongoing modernization and expertise as a world-leading data steward will provide great value to Canadians. In particular, Statistics Canada is committed to:
The Statistics Canada Data Strategy (SCDS) will be an evergreen document to provide a course of action for managing and leveraging the agency's data assets to ensure their optimal use and value while maintaining public trust. As the nation's trusted provider of high-quality data and information to support evidence-based policy and decision-making, the SCDS also naturally extends into the agency's course of action for supporting and providing expertise on data to other government organizations (federal, provincial, and territorial), non-government organizations, the private sector, academia, and other national and international communities. Statistics Canada coordinates the national statistical system (NSS) working with provinces, territories, municipalities, the private sector and non-government organizations Statistics Canada seeks the expertise and counsel of many advisory groups and has a comprehensive and well-established system of committees to ensure oversight and robustness of the system
This document provides a roadmap for how Statistics Canada will continue to govern and manage its valuable data assets as part of its modernization agenda and in alignment with and response to other federal government strategies and initiatives including the Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service, Canada's 2018-2020 National Action Plan on Open Government, and the Treasury Board Secretariat Digital Operations Strategic Plan: 2018-2022.
Finally, I would like to thank Statistics Canada employees for drawing on their collective expertise to guide the creation of this strategy. The SCDS will ensure that core functions of the agency, in the form of strategic data capabilities, will continue to make data more accessible, drive innovation, and ensure evidence-based decisions in support of an inclusive and data-driven economy and society while maintaining public trust.
Over the last 100 years Statistics Canada has evolved from a centralized statistical agency producing data tables on the state of Canadian economy and society to a modern, dynamic organization producing insights which result in data-driven policy decisions and better services for Canadians. As Canada's national statistical office, Statistics Canada has a clear vision: to deliver insight through data for a better Canada. The agency's role in a whole-of-government approach to data stewardship and data management is to ensure the availability of high-quality, trusted data to inform government programs and services, while safeguarding information and protecting the privacy of Canadians. Further, it is also the agency's role to help public servants and Canadians become more data savvy. Canadians need high-quality, insightful, accessible and timely data. The agency is committed to leading the integration of statistics and strengthening the national statistical system by enabling the strategic use of data and delivering data insights through innovative collaborations and partnerships.
Statistics Canada is achieving its vision through its modernization effort, which was initiated in 2017. Modernizing Statistics Canada's workplace culture and its approach to collecting and producing statistics is resulting in better and faster access for Canadians to the statistical products they need. Specifically, the goals of modernization are to:
Statistics Canada's modernization agenda is built on five pillars which align with the agency's mission ("serving Canada with high-quality statistical information that matters"), vision ("delivering insight through data for a better Canada") and values (trustworthy, purposeful, caring and inclusive, and curious and always learning). These pillars provide the foundation for the Statistics Canada Data Strategy (SCDS). They respond to the ever-changing data landscape and to users' and stakeholders' requirements for more data, provided faster, and made available in multiple formats and from multiple access points. The modernization agenda aims to find the right balance between openness and transparency while protecting privacy and confidentiality.
This image displays an overview of Statistics Canada modernization. The five pillars of modernization are displayed as foundational blocks at the bottom of the image: user-centric service delivery, statistical capacity building and leadership, sharing and collaboration, leading-edge methods and data integration and flexible and modern workplace.
Drivers of modernization are displayed as icons at the top of the image: generation and collection, integration, dissemination, analysis and visualization, and consumption.
The goal of modernization is to delivery insight through data for a better Canada by providing better data, better insights and better services.
Statistics Canada's reputation as the country's premier, trusted data provider, and the agency's recognized expertise as a data steward, will further drive the modernization agenda toward an enterprise-wide (whole-of-government) approach to strategic data management with a focus on collaborative approaches to providing data and insights.
Strategic Collaboration on Energy Statistics
Statistics Canada is currently working in partnership with Natural Resources Canada on the creation of an independent, one-stop website designed to provide Canadians with comprehensive energy information to support Canada's transition to a low-carbon energy future. The website will provide Canadians with free access to independent, credible information and expert analyses. This will help Canadians make important decisions for their businesses, their communities and the environment. The website will be hosted by Statistics Canada and will be guided by a joint federal-provincial-territorial steering committee and will seek advice from Canadians, Indigenous peoples, industry, academics and municipalities.
Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics
Statistic Canada is enhancing its gender, diversity and inclusion statistics to support the implementation of Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) across the Government of Canada. The agency has three key objectives in this area:
The agency has also established a public-facing hub to support evidence-based policy development and decision-making within the federal government and beyond. The hub is a one-stop shop, linking users to data tables and research relevant to GBA+, gender results framework indicators, Sustainable Development Goals data, and useful national and international resources.
The SCDS has been organized along five strategic data capabilities and four sub-capabilities under data stewardship. The data stewardship capabilities provide the enabling infrastructure for achieving the other core capabilities. These five capabilities provide the foundation to ensure that the agency remains an independent and effective leader of the national statistical system, and a global leader in official statistics.
The five strategic data capabilities are:
Each strategic data capability also includes short-term activities (what we are doing now), medium-term activities (what will we do next) and future activities (what will be the ideal mature state); as well as expected outcomes towards improved services to Canadians and increased evidence-informed decision making. Each strategic data capability will also require performance measurement criteria aligned to modernization. Performance criteria will be developed directly with each program area and will be integral to the next steps in the creation of a Data Stewardship Strategic Engagement Plan.
The importance of data stewardship in a "whole-of-government" approach
Statistics Canada's role in a whole-of-government approach to data stewardship is to ensure the availability of high-quality, trusted data to inform government programs and services. Statistics Canada brings quality, relevancy and expertise, in the form of standards and harmonized concepts, to the management of government of Canada data assets. The agency is committed to enabling the strategic use of data and delivering data insights to inform policy decisions which provide better services to Canadians.
| Strategic Data Capability | Short-term activities | Medium-term activities | Future state |
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| Governance | Strategically realign to respond to ever-evolving data ecosystem and align with modernization agenda. | Formalize program data stewards. Increase intergovernmental leadership and synergies on data governance. |
Develop well-established roles and responsibilities relating to enterprise-wide data governance and stewardship. |
| Discovery | Identify and increasingly gain access to administrative data sources for statistical purposes—master data are catalogued and available for use. | Establish and maintain ongoing, mutually beneficial relationships with data providers—ongoing data use monitoring offers BI insights to most-used and least-used data. | Collaborate with other government organizations (including the provinces, the territories and local area governments) to enhance the usefulness of administrative data for statistical purposes and reduce duplication. |
| Digitalization | Modernize IT infrastructure, ensure adoption of business-led and technology-enabled solutions, and ensure alignment. | Ensure alignment to IM vision, including moving to cloud-native storage and processing and role and policy based access control and data visualization. | Implement trusted digital identities and state of the art encryption. Implement data analytics as a service and remote data ingestion. Implement secure multi-party computing and privacy-preserving record sharing. |
| Interoperability | Research and select appropriate open data standards. Continue research and collaboration on international statistical standards and data reference models. | Continue to work on StatCan interoperability framework, ontologies, taxonomies, vocabularies and data visualization. | Conduct continuous research and improvement toward full interoperability. |
| Management | Create a "fit-for-use" StatCan data inventory. Design and perform initial seeding of statistical registers. Conduct a quality assurance framework (QAF) review. |
Develop a fully realized corporate data inventory. Establish centralized and distributed data stores linked via virtualization layers. Develop realized statistical registers. Research enterprise QAF. |
Ensure enterprise Government of Canada (GC) data inventory pulls directly from StatCan's meta store. Fully develop integrated statistical registers. Develop enterprise QAF (whole-of-government approach). |
| Resources | Establish programs to attract and retain employees with the right skills for current work, and ensure employees have appropriate tools to respond to agency priorities. | Conduct targeted hiring for employees with appropriate skill sets. Use refreshed suite of training options to develop and maintain required competencies and skills, including greater flexibility to access software and tools across the agency. | Conduct continuous campaigns to recruit and retain appropriate staff, and ensure evolutionary tool box for research and methods. Encourage and support culture of continuous learning to maintain relevant competencies and skills. |
| Trust framework | Ensure increased communication transparency of existing privacy and confidentiality practices and sharing of "root cause" user stories. | Research new and emerging methods for privacy and confidentiality protection. Implement role and policy based access control and automated auditing. |
Fully automate data access control and audits. Implement appropriate levels of privacy control. Publish code and methods on Open Data Portal for transparency. |
| Leadership | StatCan, Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) will clarify role of GC Chief Data Steward (CDS). | GC CDS, StatCan and TBS will co-lead work on the development of frameworks, principles, protocols and guidance for ethical and secure use of data. | Use continuous learning and GC and international information and best practices to exchange with other public and private sector organizations and academia. |
This placemat displays the Statistics Canada Data Strategy in the form of a summary framework. The row headers provide a breakdown for each strategic data capability, governance, stewardship broken down by discovery, digitalization, interoperability and management, resources, trust framework and leadership. The column headers provide information on evolution and progress sub-divided as short-term activities, medium-term activities and future activities.
The summary framework also includes a header with our pillars: user-centric service delivery, statistical capacity-building and leadership, leading-edge methods and data integration, sharing and collaboration, and modern and flexible workforce.
The framework contains a second header row with goals: people have knowledge and tools to access, use and share data, data are managed strategically through effective and horizontal governance and stewardship, data are accessible and secure, data are stored and accessed in an integrated and streamlined digital infrastructure and data literacy scientific methods and analytics are core competencies at StatCan.
The framework includes a footer row with our values: curious and always learning, caring and inclusive, trustworthy and purposeful.
Drivers
The greatest driver of the SCDS is the changing requirements for data and information of Canadians, Canadian businesses and Canadian institutions. Canadians want an authoritative source of information about what is important to them – relevant information and insights which respond to the increasingly complex economy and society. The legalization of cannabis, the opioid crisis, and the effect of foreign ownership on property values are some recent examples. Statistics Canada like many other National Statistical Offices (NSOs) around the world is responding to this need by reshaping its business model, building new networks and expertise, and devising new ways of unlocking the value of data for public good.
Challenges
The Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service (DSFPS) included details on challenges faced by Government of Canada (GC) organizations:
Statistics Canada faces similar challenges. The agency modernization agenda is addressing these challenges through digital transformation in the form of IT modernization, the move to a broader use of administrative and alternative data sources, and fostering collaboration and partnerships with external partners including other NSOs.
Goals
The goals of the SCDS are to ensure that data are discoverable, accessible, interoperable, reusable, reproducible and open. These goals are realized through the following guiding principles:
The SCDS is driven by the evolving and changing data and information requirements of Canadians, responds to challenges faced by GC organizations, including those detailed in the Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service, and will be realized through the activities listed under the key strategic data capabilities in this report.
Statistics Canada's Data Strategy (SCDS) is aligned with, and in many cases supports or enables, the commitments of various federal government strategies such as the Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service (DSFPS). The SCDS ensures that Statistics Canada's data initiatives and priorities follow a common method and structure that is repeatable, thus ensuring efficient oversight, implementation, measurement and communication throughout the agency as well as the built-in potential to scale them across the enterprise if and when needed.
Statistics Canada's governance framework includes a policy suite (policies, directives, guidelines) and an organizational structure which includes accountabilities for its mandate and priorities. Statistics Canada's internal governance structure, with designated accountabilities for decision making around data, is documented in the roles and responsibilities sections of the Directive on the Management of Statistical Microdata Files and the Directive on the Management of Aggregate Statistics, and in the mandates of the senior management committees, including the Information Management Committee, the Microdata Access Management Committee, the Microdata Review and Release Committee, the Methods, Standards and Quality Committee, and the Communications and Dissemination Committee.
Statistics Canada Executive Management Board is divided into four committees, each with a clear mandate to facilitate responsible experimentation, innovation and action:
Statistics Canada has also designated several key executives with roles and accountabilities for data. These include Chief Information Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Procurement Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Talent Officer.
Additionally, Statistics Canada seeks the expertise and counsel of many advisory groups and consultative committees, including the recently formed Advisory Council on the Modernization of Microdata Access and the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council whose mandate is to advise on the statistical system's overall quality, including the relevance, accuracy, accessibility and timeliness of its data.
Current agency governance practices ensure that agency programs and policies promote holistic data decisions and provide strategic direction aligned to modernization. Moving forward, Statistics Canada's governance structure must ensure that it is strategically aligned to better serve clients and citizens, and to reduce barriers and increase collaboration within the agency. Statistics Canada must work collectively to respond to initiatives and emerging needs, such as cloud adoption, microdata access, data science and engagement with Canadians. Creating synergies and collaborating horizontally across the agency in order to break down silos is vital. The organizational structure must be designed to turn vertical accountabilities into horizontal collaborations to ensure integration of cross-cutting activities. Statistics Canada's organizational structure must also ensure that roles and responsibilities include the following:
Organizing for Success
Statistics Canada reorganized its structure to give greater focus by placing staff under two new fields. The new Strategic Engagement and Communications Field will ensure that Canadians think of Statistics Canada when they need information. This new field's driving mandate is to ensure that "engagement is about user experience and connecting people with products and services."
The newly created Digital Solutions Field will ensure that modern and digital solutions are leveraged to solve business problems. The field will also ensure alignment with the recently released Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Policy on Service and Digital, and the TBS cloud strategy.
Data stewardship is the management and oversight of data assets to ensure they are of high quality, easily accessible and used appropriately in a consistent manner. Data stewardship is a business function that ensures alignment between business and information technology (IT) so that data assets are properly managed throughout their lifecycle. This includes ensuring that data are used efficiently and in a way that addresses privacy preservation, confidentiality and security requirements. Data stewardship is a key function of Statistics Canada and includes data discovery, digitalization, interoperability and management; these operational and tactical capabilities enable all other data capabilities that form part of the SCDS.
Statistics Canada is currently modernizing its statistical programs to respond to a rapidly changing and increasingly complex economy and society, a proliferation of data and providers, and increased user expectations for "real-time" and micro-detailed data
Statistics Canada's modernization includes an administrative-data-first agenda, an environment where data and insights already present in the data ecosystem are leveraged before surveys or other collection methods are used. This includes creating strategic partnerships with other organizations and researching and discovering data inputs that can be used by statistical programs, such as administrative data, open data, found data, commercial data, crowdsourced data and web-scraped data, while respecting privacy and maintaining public trust.
Modern data collection
October, 2018 the production and sale of cannabis was legalized for non-medical purposes. To prepare for this momentous change, Statistics Canada launched two important initiatives, aimed at understanding the cost of and frequency of cannabis usage in Canada and to be able to monitor changes in behaviour as a result of legalization. Before legalization, Statistics Canada launched a crowdsourcing application called StatsCannabis that included questions on cannabis prices, location, consumption, and quantity purchased. To supplement the crowdsourcing information, the National Cannabis Survey (NCS) went into collection in February of 2018 with the results published on a quarterly basis since April 2018. After legalization, Statistics Canada updated the NCS content to track additional changes in consumer behaviours. These updates included new questions on the source of supply (legal or illegal) and first-time use. The National Cannabis Survey was conducted as part of Statistics Canada's 'RapidStats' program – a new survey model aimed at improving timeliness and in response to emerging issues. The complementary cannabis pricing data collected through the crowdsourcing app were released (with a data quality note) in the first quarter of 2019.
Statistics Canada is committed to the privacy, confidentiality and protection of data and information pertaining to Canadians, Canadian businesses and Canadian institutions. Current data acquisition research efforts have been directed at ensuring that Statistics Canada brings in the right data and that the data obtained is proportional and effective to the need for the data, having considered alternatives.
A New Framework
Statistics Canada is ensuring that privacy protection methods and protocols continue to evolve as new data sources with varying levels of sensitivity emerge. Current efforts are focused on creating a necessity and proportionality framework. The framework is being developed to ensure increasing transparency in the data acquisition process, to provide stronger justification (necessity) for data acquisition, and to be more explicit about the efforts used to gather data in a manner that is both efficient and proportional to its necessity and sensitivity. This includes ensuring that necessity (requirement for data or information) is well-defined; applying the scientific approach and a series of checkpoints on sensitivity, ethics and proportionality (quality, sample size, content and risk mitigation); considering alternative methods; and requiring a privacy impact assessment and communication throughout the process to ensure transparency.
The agency must also ensure it continues to have the appropriate skills and tools to continue on the data discovery journey. Statistics Canada has responded to this challenge by developing tools, templates and communications to streamline the process, including an Administrative Data Inventory, an administrative data handbook, updated policy instruments and common templates for acquisition agreements.
The first phase of modernization at Statistics Canada included the implementation of four pathfinder projects which helped guide modernization, engage with stakeholders, consult with users, and implement leading-edge tools and methods to produce relevant, high-quality statistics. Over the last several years, efforts have been concentrated on discovering and acquiring administrative data files that directly feed the pathfinder projects: Measuring Cannabis, Transition to a Low-carbon Economy (Clean Technology), Measuring Growth in International Visitors to Canada, and the Canadian Housing Statistics Program. These pathfinder projects are providing lessons learned for the broader modernization plan at Statistics Canada. Specifically, lessons learned in acquiring these new data sources will be leveraged as the agency continues to pursue its administrative-data-first agenda.
Filling the gap
The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP), a joint program between Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), launched in 2017 and provides information on residential property ownership in Canada. This framework relies exclusively on administrative data collected from private and public data sources. This information is used by Canadians in a number of ways, including by policy makers to design programs that answer economic and societal needs, by academics to drive the creation of new knowledge, and by businesses and individuals with interest in the real estate market.
The program first released insights on non-resident ownership for Toronto and Vancouver in late 2017, and when fully completed, the program will provide comprehensive data on housing ownership and financial characteristics at the sub census metropolitan area (CMA). The program is filling data gaps related to housing in the measurement of foreign-buyer activity, something that had previously been unmeasurable using traditional methods.
Statistics Canada is also building capacity in the areas of negotiation and outreach, particularly as they relate to building strategic partnerships and win-win relationships with data and information providers. To ensure transparency, the agency is developing communications related to the acquisition, treatment and use of administrative data files by Statistics Canada.
Data-driven Partnerships
Statistics Canada is in the process of developing a Northern Data Strategy to more effectively coordinate a growing number of requests for northern data. The Northern Data Strategy will develop a sustainable way to produce statistics for each of the territories in partnership with the statistical focal points in the North. To do this a Northern Data Steering Committee and four sub‑committees (Data Needs, Gatekeeping, Data Transformation and Indigenous Lens) were created to address the challenges of high response burden in the north, insufficient granularity of data, numerous data gaps and high collection costs. Working with the territories, key federal partners and Indigenous organizations, innovative data strategies will be developed using modern methods to exploit alternative data and to undertake surveys when no administrative data are available.
Building Statistical Capacity
Statistics Canada's is currently directing activities towards engagement with national indigenous organizations and providing statistical capacity building grounded in the needs of indigenous peoples. Many indigenous organizations and communities are requesting access to and ownership of relevant data to develop policies, deliver services, tell their own stories and sustain their own statistical capacity. The Agency is exploring partnerships to support collection, analysis and dissemination in the North and in indigenous communities.
The Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) is Statistics Canada's largest technical assistance project to date. Since the project launched in 2015, the agency has been providing technical assistance and enhancing statistical capacity in 14 Caribbean countries. PRASC focuses on statistical development in four major areas: national accounts, statistical infrastructure for business and household surveys, and communications and dissemination. The PRASC project embodies all the pillars of modernization – from leading-edge methods and sharing and collaboration to statistical capacity building and leadership.
Data-driven organizations require a digital transformation plan. Under the SCDS, a key requirement of our digital transformation is to align operational decisions to the systematic (and automatic as much as possible) interpretation of data. This is rooted in Statistics Canada's ability to deploy advanced analytics at every point of interaction—human as well as machine—to continuously improve decision-making quality and accuracy. The SCDS also ensures that the agency adopts "business-led/technology-enabled" solutions.
The need for tools to collect, store, analyze, manage, share and visualize data is increasing in all departments. Enabling open standards, open source, interoperability and expertise sharing requires access to a common set of data tools commensurate with data needs. Departments also need a flexible framework to explore new tools and more advanced options that are both interoperable and secure. The Government of Canada's (GC) IT infrastructure must be able to support its data system's ambitious agenda. There is a growing need for higher computing capacity and for the modernization of older data infrastructureFootnote 1
Statistics Canada continues to renew its aging and mission-critical IT infrastructure and systems. This work has been prioritized to enable innovative solutions that support modernization.
Statistics Canada's three-year IT strategy includes moving from a "custom-build" approach to a "borrow and buy" approach—only building when necessary to improve agility and responsiveness, and leveraging relationships and collaborating more closely with government departments, other national statistical agencies, the private sector and academia.
The following strategic actions will support the agency's modernization agenda and the GC's direction:
Increasing Virtual Access to Data
In partnership with Compute Canada, work is underway to modernize the IT infrastructure in Statistics Canada's research data centres (RDCs) to build on the agency's business and security processes, and to foster greater access to data for academic and policy research. The agency is also piloting virtual infrastructure that provides access to linked administrative and business data for its federal and provincial partners. More than 80 new files have been added to the RDC collection since April 2017.
Data Analytics as a Service (DAaaS)
Statistics Canada is establishing data analytics as a service, which will enable the delivery of business capabilities in a more agile, responsive manner. Key components include a data management hub, data ingestion services, and data analysis tools using artificial intelligence, machine learning techniques and high-performance data processing. It will also enable others to securely use the data and increase the availability of Statistics Canada products across Canada. External partners will be able to collaborate through new leading-edge tools and easy access to more data.
Interoperability is the ability to access and process data from multiple sources without losing meaning, and then integrate those data for mapping, visualization, and other forms of representation and analysis. Interoperability enables people to find, explore and understand the structure and content of datasets. In essence, it is the ability to "join up" data from different sources to help create more holistic and contextual information for simpler, and sometimes automated, analysis; better decision making; and accountability purposes.Footnote 3
Adopting standards and adhering to them fosters interoperability, integration and rapid response. Statistics Canada's standards ecosystem includes data standards, classifications, foundational models, and vocabularies or ontologies.
Statistics Canada has experience and networks, nationally and internationally, to facilitate the definition of standards. National and international standards development organizations are modernizing methods for governing data. Canada is participating to address this still relatively new challenge and maximize our impact through a collaborative approach.
Collaborating on Standards
The Chief Statistician is co-chair of the Canadian Data Governance Standardization Collaborative (DGSC), which is working toward delivering a comprehensive roadmap of standards that will benefit Canadian organizations and citizens.
The objectives of the collaborative are to:
Statistics Canada actively develops and maintains statistical standards, promotes and monitors their implementation, and provides guidance on their interpretation. Statistical standards include populations, statistical units, variables and classifications (based on international standards to ensure interoperability).
Statistics Canada also develops, maintains and disseminates statistical metadata for statistical programs under the terms of the Policy on Informing Users of Data Quality and Methodology. The metadata include information on the variables, classifications, data sources, methodology, data quality, questionnaires, survey questions and response choices.
Future research will be directed toward the use and adoption of open data standards and information exchange protocols. This work will ensure interoperability across the government and with key stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations, think tanks, academia and private sector organizations.
Common Statistical Data Architecture
Statistics Canada is an active member of the High-Level Group for the Modernization of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS), a group of committed Chief Statisticians who are actively steering the modernization of statistical organisations with a mission to work together to identify trends, threats, and opportunities in modernising statistical organisations. Statistics Canada has led efforts on the creation of a common statistical data architecture (CSDA). The CSDA provides a common architectural model and way forward to support statistical organisations in the design, integration, production and dissemination of official statistics based on both traditional and new types of data sources.
Data management is the practice of organizing and maintaining data processes to meet ongoing information lifecycle needs. Key components of data lifecycle management include a searchable data inventory, reference and master data management, and a quality assessment framework.
As a knowledge-based agency and a highly regarded National Statistical Office (NSO), Statistics Canada takes pride in the information it produces. Effective and efficient management of the data and information collected, compiled, analyzed and published is integral to meeting Statistics Canada's mandate. However, changes in technology have introduced new challenges in data and information management worldwide. Information is being produced at an ever-increasing rate because of the ease with which it can be created, transmitted and duplicated. New electronic formats continue to emerge, while others become obsolete. Organizations are finding themselves burdened with large amounts of unorganized legacy information to sort through while new information is being created at an unprecedented rate.
Increasing demands for flexibility in the work environment, the need to be agile when responding to evolving client and employee needs, and the radical technological shift to cloud are changing the information management landscape. There has never been a stronger need for an integrated, user-based approach—focusing on what information users need and in what form they need it—coupled with the provision of a trusted and authoritative data source. Statistics Canada must fully integrate information management into business processes and IT solution development to excel in and fulfill its mandate to provide insights to Canadians while meeting privacy preservation, confidentiality and security requirements.
Statistics Canada is developing a renewed, lasting and comprehensive enterprise-wide information management vision. This is a critical first step for Statistics Canada to respond to these new information challenges and to ensure the continued delivery of its products and services in an efficient and effective manner.
When fully deployed, the Statistics Canada Picasso platform will give all employees the ability to search and discover data assets and statistical metadata. Data assets include data from all sources, including surveys, administrative data, record linkage projects, big data and web scraping. The Picasso platform will be a key enabler of data stewardship of key strategic assets, as it delivers machine-readable metadata to drive processes, interpretability, coherence, confidentiality, replicability and reversibility. It will be a single toolkit for managing data and statistical metadata, and will lead to minimum storage of archived files. Picasso will replace several legacy systems and ensure a holistic approach to metadata standardization, access and use.
Sharing expertise
Statistics Canada will release a proof of concept application programming interface (API) that will make available a selection of data holdings and related statistical metadata from the 2019 Picasso database to all Government of Canada (GC) departments. An inventory of administrative data providers from the public sector will be made available in machine-ingestible format. Future work will include developing the capability to ingest metadata stores from other GC organizations and an external user interface to view information from Picasso.
Statistics Canada is currently working with other GC organizations to share lessons learned from the development and deployment of Picasso. Statistics Canada also co-chairs the Data Catalogue Working Group under the Enterprise Data Community of Practice, and the goal of the working group is to develop business requirements for a GC data catalogue.
Reference and master data management are key components of enterprise data management. Statistics Canada has reviewed Scandinavian models for modernizing and creating statistical registers and has launched projects to research, develop, initialize, maintain, update and integrate an interoperable and flexible statistical register infrastructure that will serve as the foundation of statistical activities at Statistics Canada. This includes statistical registers or databases on:
Leading on Reference and Master Data Management and Sharing
Government of Canada organizations must develop sharing standards to facilitate information exchange toward interoperability. Statistics Canada is in a position to provide GC organizations access to standardized reference and master data which will facilitate data sharing and enable interoperability. Statistics Canada is currently working with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) on a pilot project that will demonstrate how standardized reference data (in the form of addresses and address variants) can facilitate interoperability and the use of data sharing platforms. This initiative would also be a first step toward creating an accurate, standardized national address register. This information would be available to GC organizations via a service on the Canadian Digital Exchange as part of the "tell us once" initiative, and would be released as "open data" in response to Canada's National Action Plan on Open Government. This would be a proof of concept prototype whereby reference/master data stewarded by Statistics Canada would be accessed by other GC organizations and potentially other levels of government.
Data quality management and quality control are core business activities at Statistics Canada. A key commitment of the Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service is creating a comprehensive GC data quality framework. Statistics Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), under policy direction and with input from other selected organizations, will develop, implement and support data quality management strategies, policies and practices to support the framework. The proposed framework will establish common enterprise-wide standards to ensure interoperability and will be adaptable to the various realities and data ecosystems of GC organizations.
Statistics Canada currently has several strategies and tools in place to facilitate and ensure effective quality management in all its statistical programs and initiatives, including the Quality Secretariat, the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) and Quality Guidelines. These tools can be adapted for an enterprise-wide approach to the quality and maintenance of GC data assets.
Statistics Canada currently has a robust recruitment program in place for analysts, IT professionals and methodologists. Recent recruitment campaigns have targeted data scientists, data engineers, business-intelligence experts and cyber-security professionals. Statistics Canada is also continuing to create strong development programs for all new recruits and for current employees seeking to update their skills or learn new ones. Statistics Canada strives to be a "learning organization" and is constantly building statistical capacity and increasing data literacy.
In a time of rapid change and increasing competition for talent, collaboration with partners outside Statistics Canada is essential in progressing the agency's modernization agenda and its ability to remain responsive to the needs of Canadians and decision makers. Partnerships with postsecondary institutions provide mutually beneficial opportunities with positive short-term and long-term outcomes, including:
The Statistics Canada postsecondary institution partnership approach outlines a framework and assigns roles and responsibilities to the Strategic Management Committee, Modernization Management Committee, Talent Acquisition Committee, assistant chief statistician-level champions, director and assistant director partnership project leads, partnership project teams, and the Human Resources Branch.
Currently, the agency is actively recruiting individuals from the data science community, given the growing requirement for these types of skills within the agency and across all industries. Statistics Canada has developed a data scientist development strategy and partnership framework that outlines key success factors and expected outcomes.
In light of Statistics Canada's growing need for data scientists, an inter-field working group at the senior management level has been created to establish a corporate recruitment strategy for data scientists. To ensure the right talent and capacity are in place now and for the future, the working group will address human resources practices, including traditional and innovative hiring.
The agency recently created the Data Science Division, which will promote a hub and spoke model to increase awareness, provide expert advice to further data science projects, and expand the use of data science tools and techniques across the agency. Statistics Canada also recently launched a data science fellowship program. Data science fellows will be employed by Statistics Canada and will work within GC departments to leverage its wealth of data for insight and decision making.
Support to the Digital Academy
The Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service recognized the need to improve data literacy and digital literacy of public servants to fully leverage the value of data and to improve services and programs for Canadians. The Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) created the Digital Academy in response to this requirement.
Statistics Canada is playing a key role in mapping the future direction of data literacy within the federal public service and has provided significant support to the CSPS on the Digital Academy. This support has included course auditing and feedback, training in data analytics and digital (including artificial intelligence and machine learning), and tutoring and course creation. Statistics Canada has also presented workshops on digital and data innovation, and created synthetic data and a data linkage environment for use by Digital Academy attendees.
Statistics Canada will remain a key partner with CSPS in developing course materials and curriculum for future iterations of the Digital Academy to ensure that learners emerge with a sound foundation of both digital and data literacy. Future direction will also include creating course materials and training on data governance and data stewardship.
Statistics Canada also has a growing number of grassroots communities of practice (CoPs), which self-manage and share a wealth of information and learning resources for data science and general data literacy skills. Current CoPs include the machine learning CoP, the data analytics CoP, and the geomatics CoP, as well as the R/Python Users Group, the Power BI Users Group and the Machine Learning Club.
The agency has also organized several innovation hackathon events, which are collaborative problem-solving events that bring together multidisciplinary teams (GC and academics) to build capacity to mobilize data; increase data literacy; and socialize leading-edge methods and tools, data stewardship best practices and user-centric approaches. These hackathons also provide an opportunity for the agency to attract new talent and encourage more collaborations.
Statistics Canada is also ensuring that, as resource requirements change, the agency provides employees with opportunities to grow and to learn new skills and capabilities to meet these changing requirements. As the agency moves toward more partnerships, more data sharing, and more ingestion of data assets from external sources, the requirements will grow for employees with partnering, negotiation, and engagement skills, and for technical writers, strategists and storytellers.
New Skills Development
Statistics Canada is making significant headway on modernization in the context of a global data revolution. As part of this, the agency is focused on building and nurturing partnerships with clients, businesses and government. The agency recently rolled out a two-day workshop to help employees learn the process, strategies and techniques for successful negotiation. The workshop will ensure employees understand the negotiation process and the agency commitment to mutually beneficial agreements, and how to develop plans, strategies and tactics for effective negotiations.
The SCDS mission statement is "delivering insight through data for a better Canada." This is expressed in Statistics Canada's core values, which are to be trustworthy, purposeful, caring and inclusive, and curious and always learning.
Statistics Canada has spent more than a century collecting data for statistical purposes and is evolving as information needs grow and new data sources offer new possibilities for information. Currently, the agency is working with experts from businesses and academia from around the world, as well as with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, to develop new statistical methods based on necessity and proportionality. Necessity determines what data Statistics Canada is mandated to produce to ensure society, the economy and the environment are measured. Proportionality ensures that the volume of data and data sources required by program areas is balanced with response burden, while maintaining protection of privacy. This work complements the work of the agency to ensure social acceptance by maintaining social licence, which is a key driver of the data trust framework.
Statistics Canada currently has, in addition to robust physical and IT security measures, a strong confidentiality awareness program and corporate tools for data access control and confidentiality classification; the application of the new proportionality framework further enhances the privacy preserving principles of the agency.
Future direction is aimed at increased communication and transparency of current practices, and research on new and emerging methods for role and policy based data access control, automated active auditing, and the development of protocols on appropriate use of synthetic, de-identified and anonymized datasets for training, testing and research as well as the development of improved privacy and confidentiality preserving methods.
A Century of trust, safety, facts
Statistics Canada's Trust Centre, which launched on the agency's website in spring 2019, includes features and information on why collected data and information are required and how they are kept safe and private, details on Canadian privacy laws, and information on the agency's commitment to transparency and accountability.
As a result of the strategic data capabilities outlined throughout this document, Statistics Canada is well positioned to take a leadership role in ensuring the strategic use of data across the federal government. Through partnerships and collaboration with all levels of government, the agency is working to optimize data access and use, provide guidance on data management, and support data-driven innovation in order to bring value to Canadians. The agency is in a position to inform on standards to ensure consistency across the federal government and to lead in areas such as the ethical and secure use of data, data quality, data catalogues and inventories, data integration, capacity building, and information generation through statistical science. Statistics Canada is also providing guidance and support to other departments on the development and operationalization of their departmental data strategies.
Statistics Canada co-led, in partnership with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) and the Privy Council Office (PCO), the drafting of the Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service (DSFPS). Statistics Canada is currently chairing or co-chairing several federal government working groups under the Enterprise Data Community of Practice, including the Data Governance Working Group, the Data Catalogue Working Group, the Data Reference Working Group and the Data Quality Working Group. The goal of the working groups is to build capacity throughout departments by sharing expertise and best practices. Statistics Canada's role is to share the agency's unique expertise in making relevant and high-quality data accessible to users while minimizing the risk of disclosing information on a specific individual, business or institution.
While Statistics Canada is leading, co-leading and supporting on a number of initiatives from the DSFPS, the agency is currently developing implementation plans for three key initiatives which have been identified as a priority for the agency: data literacy and training, data stewardship engagement strategy, and a data science community of practice.
The data literacy initiative is being launched in response to the need, as outlined in the DSFPS, for data literacy training to increase competency and skills among public servants. This need has also been identified by Statistics Canada's data users and stakeholders. The goal of the initiative is to provide user-centric training that targets a range of skill levels such that learners will have the necessary skills to use and understand Statistics Canada data to make evidence-based decisions.
The data stewardship engagement initiative will begin by focusing on the sharing of reference and master data. A pilot project, in collaboration with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), will demonstrate how standardized reference data can facilitate interoperability and the use of data sharing platforms. The outcome of the pilot is the creation of a proof of concept prototype whereby reference data stewarded by Statistics Canada is accessed by other GC organizations thus releasing them from the burden of creating and stewarding the data themselves. The longer-term objectives of the data stewardship engagement strategy are to leverage partnerships and key governance tables to optimize the use of data as a strategic asset across the federal government by making high-quality data discoverable and accessible in a consistent manner, leveraging expertise across the enterprise, facilitating data sharing and integration, reducing duplication, increasing transparency, and ensuring that Canadians have greater trust in the quality, confidentiality, and value of public sector data and information.
The goal of the data science community of practice (CoP) initiative is to create an inter-governmental CoP for data science specialists. This CoP will establish the foundations of a government-wide data science ecosystem which will allow expertise to be shared across the government for establishment of best practices. The outcome of the CoP will be the creation of a forum for knowledge sharing and collaboration, GC capacity building in data science, and the creation of collaborative networks with academics and industry to further drive government outputs.
As a world-class National Statistical Office, Statistics Canada also occupies a leadership role on the international stage including within UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), UNSD (United Nations Statistics Division) and the HLG-MOS (High-Level Group for the Modernization of Official Statistics), to name a few. National Statistical Offices around the world are showing leadership in governance, ethics, privacy protection, quality, data sharing, data interoperability, analytics, data stewardship, data literacy, and more. Statistics Canada represents the nation on international committees, associations and working groups on subjects such as data architecture, international standards and standards boards, data sharing and strategic partnership frameworks, data interoperability, and statistical methods and research. The agency achieved this by fostering collaboration through international partnerships. While Statistics Canada shares expertise in many of these forums, the agency also gains insight and information that is beneficial to the agency and National Statistical System. This is information that can be shared across the GC to further drive enterprise data management and stewardship.
Leading on development of measurement frameworks
In a fast-moving Federal Public Service, organizations are looking at data to inform how to internally invest resources effectively and efficiently and to better understand the impact these investments have on employees. Statistics Canada is leading work with interdepartmental partners to develop high-quality strategies that measure key priorities of the Government of Canada and directly affect the daily lives of Federal Public Servants. Through the development of measurement frameworks for Beyond 2020: Public Service Renewal, the Federal Public Service Workplace Mental Health Strategy, and the Accessibility Strategy for the Federal Public Service, Statistics Canada is bringing direction and clarity to complex issues in support of a modern and data-driven Federal Public Service.
Shortly after submission of the SCDS on September 30, 2019, a governance committee (new or existing) will be assigned responsibility for creation of an implementation plan for the SCDS. The governance committee will ensure that accountabilities for the SCDS, in the form of performance measures, are assigned to program areas. These program areas will work with the Strategic Data Management Branch and the Corporate Strategy and Management Field to ensure alignment to modernization and to the requirements of the 2019 Management Accountability Framework.
Statistics Canada is committed to sharing best practices, building capacity, collaborating with our partners, and meeting our users' needs as the data landscape evolves. The SCDS is a living, evergreen document that will be updated as required in response to this evolution.
A data ecosystem is defined as the collection of stakeholders, capacities, processes, policies and infrastructure used to capture and analyze data.
The national statistical system (NSS) is the ensemble of statistical organizations and units within a country that jointly collect, process and disseminate official statistics on behalf of national government. OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms, February 4, 2004.
This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.
The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:
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.
Authorization to collect this information
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.
Confidentiality
By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.
Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
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Ottawa, Ontario
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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.
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.
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.
3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.
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
5. You indicated that is not the current main activity. Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?
6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.
Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)
7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:
Main activity
Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?
8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
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1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?
For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
Fiscal year start date
Fiscal year-end date
2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?
Select all that apply.
1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.
For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:
CAN$ '000
I will report in the format above
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Revenue
a. Sales of goods and services ( e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include:
Exclude:
b. Rental and leasing Include rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
c. Commissions Include commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax).
d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
f. Dividends
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
g. Interest
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
h. All other revenue (Include intracompany transfers)
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.
Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Sales of goods and services | |
| b. Rental and leasing | |
| c. Commissions | |
| d. Subsidies | |
| e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| f. Dividends | |
| g. Interest | |
| h. Other | |
| Total revenue |
The following questions are about e-commerce activities.
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment. Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
Sales from automated kiosks located within the business's establishments are excluded from E-commerce sales.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's total revenue?
Include:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total revenue in CAN$ '000
2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business have any e-commerce revenue?
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
3. Of the [amount] reported in total revenue, what was the total e-commerce revenue?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total e-commerce revenue in CAN$ '000
4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?
Select all that apply.
5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?
6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?
Select all that apply.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Expenses
a. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include:
Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
b. Employment costs and expenses
b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:
c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include:
d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
e. Professional and business fees
Include:
Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas and heating.
Include:
Exclude:
g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:
Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:
i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:
j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:
Exclude Crown royalties
k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include:
l. Rental and leasing
Include:
m. Repair and maintenance
Include:
n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:
o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include:
p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:
q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:
r. Financial services
Include:
Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include:
t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:
u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Cost of goods sold | |
| Opening inventories | |
| Purchases | |
| Closing inventories | |
| Cost of goods sold | |
| b. Employment costs and expenses | |
| Salaries, wages and commissions | |
| Employee benefits | |
| c. Subcontracts | |
| d. Research and development fees | |
| e. Professional and business fees | |
| f. Utilities | |
| g. Office and computer related expenses | |
| h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication | |
| i. Business taxes, licenses and permits | |
| j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| k. Crown charges | |
| l. Rental and leasing | |
| m. Repair and maintenance | |
| n. Amortization and depreciation | |
| o. Insurance | |
| p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment | |
| q. Travel, meetings and conventions | |
| r. Financial services | |
| s. Interest expense | |
| t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses | |
| u. All other costs and expenses | |
| Total expenses |
1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
a. Architectural services
a1. Single-family residential projects
Architectural services provided for single-family residential building projects.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a2. Multi-family residential projects
Architectural services provided for multi-family residential building projects.
Include the design of apartment blocks.
Exclude:
a3. Office building projects
Architectural services for all types of office buildings, including those for public and institutional clients.
Include office parks.
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a4. Retail and restaurant projects
Architectural services for stores, restaurants and similar buildings.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a5. Hotel and convention centre projects
Architectural services for buildings providing temporary overnight accommodations.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a6. Health care projects ( e.g., hospitals, nursing homes and similar projects)
Architectural services for buildings which provide health care.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a7. Entertainment, recreational, and cultural building projects
Architectural services for entertainment, recreational and cultural building projects.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a8. Educational building projects ( e.g., schools, colleges, universities)
Architectural services for educational buildings.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a9. Industrial building projects
Architectural services for industrial buildings.
Include:
Exclude:
a10. Transportation and distribution facility projects
Architectural services for transportation and distribution facility projects, ( e.g., buildings involved in the movement of goods and people and the storage of goods).
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a11. Other non-residential building projects ( e.g., churches, prisons)
Other specialized non-residential public building projects.
Include:
Exclude historical restoration projects.
a12. Historical restoration projects
Architectural services that incorporate legal requirements to preserve or restore the historic character of a building.
a13. Architectural advisory services
The provision of advice, studies and reports on architectural matters, except when the advice relates to a specific project. Advice, studies and reports provided in conjunction with a project are classified based on the project type.
b. Landscape architectural services
Landscape architectural services are concerned with the design of built landscape.
Include:
Exclude:
c. Urban planning services
Urban planning services develop plans for the use of land to achieve a community's objectives for a built and natural environment that is aesthetically pleasing, efficient and functional. Urban plans express public policies related to land use and development as outlined by municipalities or other levels of governments. They provide a framework within which the plans for actual projects can be developed.
Exclude the design of site master plans for actual construction projects.
d. Project site master planning services
Services that provide plans for a construction site with the proposed location of buildings, roads, parking lots and other features.
Exclude urban planning services.
e. Interior design services
Business activities related to the planning, designing and administering of projects in interior spaces to meet the physical and aesthetic needs of people, taking into consideration building codes, health and safety regulations, traffic patterns and floor planning, mechanical and electrical needs, and interior fittings and furniture.
Exclude retail or wholesale locations that also provide interior design or decorating as a service.
f. Engineering services
The application of physical laws and principles in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and systems.
Include:
g. Other sales of goods and services - specify
All other architectural and landscape architectural services not defined above.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Architectural services | |
| Single-family residential projects | |
| Multi-family residential projects | |
| Office building projects | |
| Retail and restaurant projects | |
| Hotel and convention centre projects | |
| Health care projects | |
| Entertainment, recreational and cultural building projects | |
| Educational building projects | |
| Industrial building projects | |
| Transportation and distribution facility projects | |
| Other non-residential building projects | |
| Historical restoration projects | |
| Architectural advisory services | |
| Landscape architectural services | |
| Urban planning services | |
| Project site master planning services | |
| Interior design services | |
| Engineering services | |
| Other | |
| Total sales of goods and services |
2. What were this business's sales by the following types of revenue?
a. Fee income
Revenues collected by the company for professional service fees rendered.
Exclude:
b. Subcontracts
Please report the value of the subcontracts awarded by you to other firms/consultants.
c. Reimbursables
Include the cost of all contract-related materials used in a project that are billed to the client.
Exclude subcontract fees.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Fee income | |
| Subcontracts | |
| Architectural consulting | |
| Other consulting | |
| Reimbursables | |
| Other | |
| Total sales |
3. During this reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, how many non-salaried partners and proprietors did this business have?
For unincorporated businesses, please report the number of partners and proprietors for whom earnings will be the net income of the partnership or proprietorship.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Number of partners and proprietors, non-salaried, during this reporting period |
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, this business reported expenses for the following items.
Please provide the requested details related to these expenses.
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Professional and business fees | |
| Legal services | |
| Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services | |
| Management, scientific and technical consulting services | |
| Office administrative services | |
| Freight transportation arrangements and customs brokering services | |
| Brokerage and other insurance related services | |
| Security brokerage and securities dealing services | |
| Other purchased professional services | |
| Total expenses for professional and business fees | |
| Office and computer related expenses | |
| Data processing, hosting, and related services | |
| Business support services | |
| Other office and computer related purchased services | |
| Total expenses for office and computer related expenses | |
| Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rights to non-financial intangible assets | |
| Membership fees or services | |
| Other royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Total expenses for royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rental and leasing | |
| Non-residential real estate rental | |
| Motor vehicle rental and leasing | |
| Computer equipment rental and leasing | |
| Office machinery and equipment rental and leasing services | |
| Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment renting and leasing services, without operator | |
| Other rental services | |
| Total expenses for rental and leasing | |
| Repair and maintenance | |
| Security services and investigation | |
| Waste management and remediation services | |
| Motor vehicle repair and maintenance services | |
| Other repair and maintenance services | |
| Total expenses for repair and maintenance |
1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?
Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
a. to c. Clients in Canada
a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include sales to Crown corporations.
c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions ( e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
d. Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Clients in Canada — individuals and households | |
| Clients in Canada — businesses | |
| Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions | |
| Clients outside Canada | |
| Total percentage |
1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?
Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.
If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Prince Edward Island | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Quebec | |
| Ontario | |
| Manitoba | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Alberta | |
| British Columbia | |
| Yukon | |
| Northwest Territories | |
| Nunavut | |
| United States | |
| All other countries | |
| Total percentage |
1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
Revenue received ( CAN$ '000 )
3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Goods | |
| Services | |
| Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| Total percentage |
4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Mexico | |
| Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only | |
| Other country 1 | |
| Other country 2 | |
| Other country 3 | |
| Other country 4 | |
| Total percentage |
5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
Payments made ( CAN$ '000 )
7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Goods | |
| Services | |
| Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| Total percentage |
8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Mexico | |
| Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 suppliers only | |
| Other country 1 | |
| Other country 2 | |
| Other country 3 | |
| Other country 4 | |
| Total percentage |
1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.
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2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?
The Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs (TLAC) survey collects data for full-time students in degree programs at Canadian public postsecondary institutions. The survey was developed to provide an overview of tuition and additional compulsory fees, and living accommodation costs that students can expect to pay for an academic year.
TLAC survey data:
2020/2021 academic year
The target population is all publicly funded degree-granting institutions (universities and colleges) in Canada.
The survey target population includes institutions that have degree-granting status for the academic year 2020/2021. Institutions that do not have degree-granting status are excluded even if they provide portions of programs that lead to a degree granted by another institution. The survey is limited to institutions whose operations are primarily funded by provincial governments. Institutions that do not receive grants from Education ministries or departments, and institutions that receive grants only from Health ministries and departments are excluded.
The field of study classification for both undergraduate and graduate programs are adapted from the 2016 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), Statistics Canada's standard for field of study classification. The CIP's structure comprises several groupings developed jointly by Statistics Canada and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the USA. It is based on work undertaken as part of the creation of the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) by Canada, the United States and Mexico.
TLAC CIP groupings for Undergraduate programs:
TLAC CIP groupings for Graduate programs:
Includes all of the undergraduate program groupings with the exception of Medicine and the addition of:
Refer to Appendix A: CIP
Note: Dental, Medical and Veterinary Residency Programs offered in teaching hospitals and similar locations that may lead to advanced professional certification are excluded.
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Tuition should be reported based on the academic year (8 months) or semester (4 months) regardless of the number of credits. If it is not possible to provide tuition data for a semester or academic year, tuition should be reported per credit.
Final fees should be reported. If they have not yet been determined, report an estimate and check the box on the questionnaire to state that these are estimated fees for 2020/2021.
How to Report Tuition Fees:
How to Report Additional Compulsory Fees:
In part B of the questionnaire, report additional compulsory fees for full-time Canadian students in the first row of the table where these fees do not vary according to their field of study for all full-time undergraduate students (page 4) and graduate students (page 5).
Important note: Health Plan and Dental Plan fees that students can opt out of with proof of comparable coverage should not be included. However, this information should be noted in the comments section of the questionnaire.
Accommodation costs should be reported wherever possible for full-time students living in residence. If it is not possible to separate the room and the meal plan costs for single students only a total should be reported.
Tuition Fees
Tuition that is charged to a full-time student with a full course load, regardless of the number of credits.
Additional Compulsory fees
Additional compulsory fees collected by the TLAC survey are those that all students must pay regardless of the field of study (TLAC grouping).
These fees cover services that vary from institution to institution, year to year, faculty to faculty, or school to school within the same institution.
Additional compulsory fees may include: general fees (admission, registration, examination, internship, etc.), technology fees, student services fees, student association fees, contributions to student activities, copyright fees, premiums for compulsory insurance plans, fees for athletics and recreational facilities/activities, and other fees such as transcript, degree, laboratory, uniform, u-pass, etc.
Athletics fees
Mandatory fees that support intercollegiate athletics, they cover athletics facilities and campus recreational activities (intramurals, fitness and recreation courses, etc.)
Health Services fees
Mandatory fees support the on-campus clinic facilities providing services of doctors and nurses. Health and dental plan fees: if students can opt out of these plans with proof of comparable coverage, these fees should be excluded from the survey.
Student Association fee
Mandatory fees support the general operating expenses of the association.
Other fees
If compulsory fees are reported in "Other please specify" you must provide further details on the types of fees reported. For example, u-pass, transcript, laboratory, technology fee, etc.
Statistics Canada would welcome any suggestions for changes in the survey which you may wish to propose.
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Note: Whenever possible, final fees and living accommodation costs should be reported. If they have not yet been determined your best estimate should be reported. If it applies, please check the box showing that these are estimated fees for 2020/2021.
Select 1 option to report tuition fees.
Please report 2020/2021 tuition fees charged to full time students in undergraduate programs offered by your institution. If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section,"2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| Undergraduate programs | 2020/2021 Actual Tuition Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian students | International students | Canadian students | International students | |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Visual and Performing Arts, and Communications Technologies | ||||||||
| Humanities | ||||||||
| Social and Behavioural Sciences, and Legal Studies | ||||||||
| Law | ||||||||
| Business, Management and Public Administration | ||||||||
| Physical and Life Sciences and Technologies | ||||||||
| Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences | ||||||||
| Engineering | ||||||||
| Architecture | ||||||||
| Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation | ||||||||
| Dentistry | ||||||||
| Medicine | ||||||||
| Nursing | ||||||||
| Pharmacy | ||||||||
| Veterinary medicine | ||||||||
| Optometry | ||||||||
| Other Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness | ||||||||
| Personal, Protective and Transportation Services | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
Comments:
Select 1 option to report tuition fees.
Please report 2020/2021 tuition fees charged to full time students in graduate programs offered by your institution. If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section, "2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| Graduate programs | 2020/2021 Actual Tuition Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian students | International students | Canadian students | International students | |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Visual and Performing Arts, and Communications Technologies | ||||||||
| Humanities | ||||||||
| Social and Behavioural Sciences, and Legal Studies | ||||||||
| Law | ||||||||
| Executive MBA | ||||||||
| Regular MBA | ||||||||
| Business, Management and Public Administration | ||||||||
| Physical and Life Sciences and Technologies | ||||||||
| Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences | ||||||||
| Engineering | ||||||||
| Architecture | ||||||||
| Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation | ||||||||
| Dentistry | ||||||||
| Nursing | ||||||||
| Pharmacy | ||||||||
| Veterinary medicine | ||||||||
| Optometry | ||||||||
| Other Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness | ||||||||
| Personal, Protective and Transportation Services | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
Comments:
Do not include foreign student fees; make note in "Comments" section instead
Select 1 option to report additional compulsory fees.
Please report 2020/2021 additional compulsory fees charged to full time Canadian students in undergraduate programs offered by your institution. If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section, "2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| Undergraduate programs | 2020/2021 Actual Additional Compulsory Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Additional Compulsory Fees | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory Fees | Compulsory Fees | |||||||||
| Athletics | Health Services | Student Association | Other please specifyTable 3 note 1 | Total | Athletics | Health Services | Student Association | Other please specifyTable 3 note 1 | Total | |
| Please report compulsory fees for all full-time Undergraduate students where these fees do not vary according to their field of study | ||||||||||
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Please enter additional clarifications where necessary. Please also refer to Survey respondent guide.
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Comments:
Do not include foreign student fees; make note in "Comments" section instead
Select 1 option to report additional compulsory fees.
Please report 2020/2021 additional compulsory fees charged to full-time Canadian students in graduate programs offered by your institution. If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section, "2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| Graduate programs | 2020/2021 Actual Additional Compulsory Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Additional Compulsory Fees | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory Fees | Compulsory Fees | |||||||||
| Athletics | Health Services | Student Association | Other please specifyTable 4 note 1 | Total | Athletics | Health Services | Student Association | Other please specifyTable 4 note 1 | Total | |
| Please report compulsory fees for all full-time Graduate students where these fees do not vary according to their field of study | ||||||||||
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Please enter additional clarifications where necessary. Please also refer to Survey respondent guide.
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Comments
Select 1 option to report residence/housing costs for single students.
Please report 2020/2021 fees charged to single students.
If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section, "2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| 2020/2021 Actual Accommodation Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Accommodation Fees | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |
| Room only | ||||
| Meal plan only | ||||
| Room and meal plan package | ||||
Select 1 option to report residence/housing costs for married students.
Please report 2020/2021 fees charged to married students.
If necessary, make revisions to last year's data included in the section, "2019/2020 Actual Tuition Fees".
| 2020/2021 Actual Accommodation Fees (or Estimated) | 2019/2020 Actual Accommodation Fees | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |
| Room | ||||
Comments: (Please refer to General Instructions)
The LFS application consists of several questionnaire components (Household, Demographics, Labour Force Information, Occupancy, Rent, and Exit), each of which is summarized below, followed by the lists of codesets. Each of the questionnaire components is comprised of a number of question blocks and each question is identified by their block ID and electronic questionnaire question number. In some instances, question numbers are repeated within components (e.g. there are three separate questions in the household, demographics and the LFI component labelled as EQ 1).
Question wording within the collection application is controlled dynamically based on responses provided throughout the survey. For simplicity, as a result of the complexity of the logic within the application, not all variations of these questions are presented.
Selected dwellings in the provinces are in the survey for six consecutive months. Selcted dwellings in the Northern territories are in the survey every three months over a two-year period. A birth interview corresponds to the first interview for a new household, and is usually conducted in person.
Subsequent interviews are conducted in the following months, and are usually done by telephone. Starting in 2015, LFS respondents who met certain criteria were also offered the option of completing the survey on-line for subsequent interviews.
Respondents are given the option to leave their sex undisclosed. In case where a sex is not specified, the masculine will be used throughout the questionnaire by default, with no intent to discriminate.
LAC_Q01A/ EQ 1 – Is this your correct address?
LAC_R01A / EQ 2 – Please correct your address.
LAC_Q01 / EQ 3 – Is this your correct address?
LAC_Q02A / EQ 4 – Is this also your mailing address?
LAC_R03 / EQ 5 – Please (provide/confirm) your mailing address.
HHI_R02 / EQ 6 – What are the names, sexes, and ages of all persons living at this address?
AP_Q01 / EQ 7 – Is anyone else staying at [Listing address] temporarily?
AP_Q02 / EQ 8 – Are there any other persons who usually live at [Listing address] but are now away at school, in hospital, or somewhere else?
AP_Q03 / EQ 9 – Does anyone else now live or stay at [Listing address]?
SS_R01 / EQ 10 – People usually living or staying at [Listing address].
PPI_Q01 / EQ 11 – Who is providing the information for this portion of the survey?
The following demographic information is collected for each household member.
DEMD_R01 / EQ 12 – The following section asks demographic questions for each member.
DEM_Q01 / EQ 1 – Who is providing the information for this portion of the survey?
DEM_R02 / EQ 2 – What is your date of birth?
DEM_Q03 / EQ 3 – What is your marital status?
DEM_Q04 / EQ 4 – What is your relationship to [name of reference person]?
DEM_Q05A / EQ 5 – In what country were you born?
DEM_Q05B / EQ 6 – You indicated that you were born in another country. Please specify the country.
DEM_Q06 / EQ 7 – Are you now, or have you ever been, a landed immigrant in Canada?
DEM_R07 / EQ 8 – When did you first become a landed immigrant?
DEM_Q08 / EQ 9 – Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?
DEM_Q09 / EQ 10 – Are you First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?
DEM_Q10 / EQ 11 – What is the highest grade of elementary or high school you ever completed?
DEM_Q11 / EQ 12 – Did you graduate from high school (secondary school)?
DEM_Q12 / EQ 13 – Have you received any other education that could be counted towards a certificate, diploma or degree from an educational institution?
DEM_Q13 / EQ 14 – What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree you have obtained?
DEM_Q14A / EQ 15 – In what country did you complete your highest certificate, diploma or degree?
DEM_Q14B / EQ 16 – You indicated that you completed your highest certificate, diploma or degree in another country. Please specify the country.
DEM_Q15 / EQ 17 – Are you a full-time member of the regular Canadian Armed Forces?
RUR_R01D – Identify family identifier for unrelated persons
RUR_R01E – Identify relationship for unrelated persons
LCL_R01B / EQ 13 – The following section asks the required labour force questions for each person.
In this component, a path is assigned according to the answers provided. This path is used to control the flow through the component. For paths 1, 2, 6, the path determines the labour force status, but for paths 3, 4 and 5 other conditions (for example, availability for work) must be considered to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are not in the labour force.
PATHS
1 Employed, at work
2 Employed, absent from work
3 Temporary layoff
4 Job seeker
5 Future start
6 Not in labour force
Note: Text for dates of certain reference periods within the questionnaire are driven dynamically, and change depending on the monthly collection period.
ATT_Q000 / EQ 1 – Who is providing the information for this portion of the survey?
ATT_Q100 / EQ 2 – Last week, did you work at a job or business?
ATT_Q101 / EQ 3 – Last week, did you have a job or business from which you were absent?
ATT_Q102 / EQ 4 – Did you have more than one job or business last week?
ATT_Q103 / EQ 5 – Was this because you changed employers?
ATT_Q104 / EQ 6 – How many jobs or businesses did you have last week?
PAT_Q104 / EQ 7 – Have you ever worked at a job or business?
PAT_R105 / EQ 8 – When did you last work?
DES_Q110 / EQ 9 – Were you an employee or self-employed?
DES_Q111 / EQ 10 – Did you have an incorporated business?
DES_Q112 / EQ 11 – Did you have any employees?
DES_Q113 / EQ 12 – What was the full name of your business?
DES_Q114 / EQ 13 – For whom did you work?
DES_Q115 / EQ 14 – What kind of business, industry or service was this?
DES_Q116 / EQ 15 – What kind of work were you doing?
DES_Q117 / EQ 16 – What were your most important activities or duties?
DES_R118 / EQ 17 – When did you start working at [name of employer/name of business]?
ASP_Q130 / EQ 18 – What was the main reason you were absent from work last week?
ASP_Q131A / EQ 19 – Why did you stop working at that job?
ASP_Q131B / EQ 20 – What was the main reason you left that job?
ASP_Q132 / EQ 21 – What is the main reason you no longer have that job?
ASP_Q133 / EQ 22 – Do you expect to return to that job?
ASP_Q134 / EQ 23 – Has your employer given you a date to return?
ASP_Q135 / EQ 24 – Have you been given any indication that you will be recalled within the next 6 months?
ASP_Q136 / EQ 25 – How many weeks had you been on layoff, up to and including [refer to collection period]?
ASP_Q137 / EQ 26 – How many hours did you usually work per week?
WHM_Q150 / EQ 27 – Does the number of hours you work vary from week to week?
WHM_Q151 / EQ 28 – How many hours do you work per week?
WHM_Q152 / EQ 29 – On average, how many hours do you usually work per week?
WHM_Q153 / EQ 30 – Last week, how many hours were you absent from this job because of vacation, illness, or any other reason?
WHM_Q154 / EQ 31 – What was the main reason for that absence?
WHM_Q155 / EQ 32 – Last week, how many hours of paid overtime did you work at this job?
WHM_Q156 / EQ 33 – Last week, how many extra hours without pay did you work at this job?
WHM_Q157A / EQ 34 – Last week, did you work [calculated total number of hours worked during the reference week] hours, in total, at your job?
WHM_Q157B / EQ 35 – Last week, how many hours, in total did you work at your job?
WHM_Q158 / EQ 36 – Did you want to work 30 or more hours per week?
WHM_Q159 / EQ 37 – What is the main reason you did not want to work 30 or more hours per week?
WHM_Q160 / EQ 38 – What is the main reason you usually work less than 30 hours per week?
WHM_Q161 / EQ 39 – Did you look for full-time work at any time during the 4 weeks from [refer to collection period]?
ABS_Q162 / EQ 40 – How many weeks had you been continuously absent from work, up to and including [refer to collection period]?
ABS_Q163 / EQ 41 – Are you getting paid by your employer for any time off last week?
FUS_Q170 / EQ 42 – Did you do anything to find work during the 4 weeks from [refer to collection period]?
FUS_Q171 / EQ 43 – What did you do to find work during those 4 weeks?
FUS_Q172 / EQ 44 – How many weeks had you been looking for work, up to and including [refer to collection period]?
FUS_Q173 / EQ 45 – What was your main activity before you started looking for work?
FUS_Q174 / EQ 46 – Last week, did you have a job to start at a definite date in the future?
FUS_Q175 / EQ 47 – Will you start that job before or after Sunday, [refer to collection period]?
FUS_Q176 / EQ 48 – Did you want to work at a job last week?
FUS_Q177 / EQ 49 – How many hours did you want to work per week?
FUS_Q178 / EQ 50 – What was the main reason you did not look for work last week?
AVA_Q190 / EQ 51 – Last week, could you have worked if suitable job had been offered?
AVA_Q191 / EQ 52 – What was the main reason you were not available to work last week?
EAR_Q200 / EQ 53 – Are you paid by the hour?
EAR_Q201 / EQ 54 – Do you usually receive tips or commissions?
EAR_Q202 / EQ 55 – What is your hourly rate of pay?
EAR_Q204 / EQ 56 – What is the easiest way to report your wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q205 / EQ 57 – What is your weekly wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q206 / EQ 58 – What is your bi-weekly wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q207 / EQ 59 – What is your semi-monthly wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q208 / EQ 60 – What is your monthly wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q209 / EQ 61 – What is your yearly wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?
EAR_Q210 / EQ 62 – What is the easiest way to report your total earnings after deducting all business expenses, but before deductions such as income taxes and social assistance contributions?
EAR _Q211 / EQ 63 – What were your total earnings last week from your business after deducting all business expenses, but before deductions such as income taxes and social assistance contributions?
EAR_Q212 / EQ 64 – What were your total earnings last month from your business after deducting all business expenses, but before deductions such as income taxes and social assistance contributions?
EAR_Q213 /EQ 65 – What were your total earnings last year from your business after deducting all business expenses, but before deductions such as income taxes and social assistance contributions?
UNI_Q220 / EQ 66 – Are you a union member at your job?
UNI_Q221 / EQ 67 – Are you covered by a union contract or collective agreement?
EBEN_Q230 / EQ 68 – Which of the following employment benefits do you have access to as part of your job?
JPR_Q240 / EQ 69 – Is your job permanent?
JPR_Q241 / EQ 70 – In what way is your job not permanent?
FSZ_Q260 / EQ 71 – About how many persons are employed at the location where you work for [name of employer]?
FSZ_Q261 / EQ 72 – Does [name of employer] operate at more than one location?
FSZ_Q262 / EQ 73 – In total, about how many persons are employed at all locations?
CWO_Q300 / EQ 74 – Were you an employee or self-employed?
CWO_Q301 / EQ 75 – Did you have an incorporated business?
CWO_Q302 / EQ 76 – Did you have any employees?
CWO_Q320 / EQ 77 – How many hours do you usually work per week at this job?
CWO_Q321 / EQ 78 – Last week, how many hours, in total, did you work at this job?
TLS_Q400 / EQ 79 – Did you look for a job with a different employer during the 4 weeks from [refer to collection period]?
SCA_Q500 / EQ 80 – Last week, were you attending a school, college or university?
SCA_Q501 / EQ 81 – Were you enrolled as a full-time or part-time student?
SCA_Q502 / EQ 82 – In which type of educational institution were you enrolled?
RST_Q520 / EQ 83 – Were you a full-time student in March of this year?
RST_Q521 / EQ 84 – Do you expect to be a full-time student this fall?
MACT_Q600 / EQ 85 – Last week, what was your main activity?
OCW_Q700 / EQ 86 – Some people retire, while others continue working, either by choice or by necessity. What was your main reason for working last week?
DWL_Q01 / EQ 14 – What type of dwelling do you live in?
TN_Q01 / EQ 15 – Is this dwelling owned by a member of this household?
The Rent Component is generated only for cases where the answer to DWL_Q01 ("What type of dwelling do you live in?") in the Occupancy Component is not "Institution", "Hotel; rooming or lodging house; camp" or "Mobile home", where the answer to TN_Q01 ("Is this dwelling owned by a member of this household?") is "No", and province/territory is not Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
RM_R01 – The following questions are about your rent. The information collected is used to calculate the rent portion of the Consumer Price Index.
RM_Q01 / EQ 16 – On which floor do you live?
RM_Q02 / EQ 17 – To the best of your knowledge, how old is your building?
RM_Q03 / EQ 18 – How many bedrooms are there in your dwelling (rental unit)?
RM_Q04 / EQ 19 – This month, is the rent for your dwelling subsidized by government, an employer, or a relative?
RM_Q04A / EQ 20 – In what manner is the rent for your dwelling subsidized?
RM_Q05 / EQ 21 – This month, is anyone operating a business from your dwelling?
RM_Q05A / EQ 22 – Does the business have an impact on the amount of rent paid?
RM_Q06 / EQ 23 – How much is the total monthly rent for your dwelling?
RM_Q07 / EQ 24 – Please specify the reason why the rent is $0.
RM_Q08 / EQ 25 – Since last month, have there been any changes in the amount of rent paid?
RM_Q08A / EQ 26 – What is the reason for the change in rent since last month?
RM_Q09 / EQ 27 – Does this month's rent include parking facilities?
RM_Q09S / EQ 28 – Since last month, have there been any changes in your parking facilities?
RM_Q10 / EQ 29 – What types of parking facilities are included in your rent?
RM_Q11 / EQ 30 – How many closed garage, indoor or carport parking spaces are included in your rent?
RM_Q12 / EQ 31 – How many outside parking spaces with plug-in are included in your rent?
RM_Q13 / EQ 32 – How many outside parking spaces without plug-in are included in your rent?
RM_Q14 / EQ 33 – Since last month, have there been any changes in the utilities, services, household appliances, or furnishings included in the rent?
RM_Q15 / EQ 34 – Which of the following utilities or services are included as part of the monthly rent?
RM_Q16 / EQ 35 – Which of the following household appliances or furnishings in your dwelling are included as part of the monthly rent?
The following information is collected at the end of the LFS interview each month to gather information for future contacts and to thank respondents for their participation. In many cases, this information will be pre-filled for confirmation in subsequent interviews.
EXT_R01 – Next month, the Labour Force Survey will be conducted during the week of [date of first day of next month survey week]. Your household will be part of the survey for [calculated number of remaining interviews].
EXT_Q01 / EQ 36 – Is [household contact] still the best person to contact?
EXT_Q02 / EQ 37 – Who would be the best person to contact?
EXT_R03 – [Next month], Statistics Canada may send you an email on Sunday [date of first day of next month survey week] with instructions for accessing the questionnaire on the Internet. You will have five days to complete the questionnaire. Otherwise, an interviewer will contact you.
Parts of the Internet questionnaire will be pre-filled with some information that you have provided during this interview such as the ages of members of your household and descriptions of their jobs.
EXT_Q04 / EQ 38 – Please provide [household contact]'s email address.
EXT_Q05 / EQ 39 – Please provide [household contact]'s phone number.
EXT_D06 – Thank you for completing the Labour Force Survey this month.
If you are ready to submit your questionnaire, select the Submit button.
No data is collected at this component.
LAC_Q01A / EQ 1
1 Yes
2 No
LAC_Q01 / EQ 3
1 Yes
2 No
LAC_Q02A / EQ 4
1 Yes
2 No
AP_Q01 / EQ 7
1 Yes
2 No
AP_Q02 / EQ 8
1 Yes
2 No
AP_Q03 / EQ 9
1 Yes
2 No
PPI_Q01 / EQ 11
1 [Household member]
41 Non-household member
DEM_Q01 / EQ 1
1 [Household member] is providing the information for herself/himself
2 Someone is providing the information for [household member]
DEM_Q03 / EQ 3
1 Married
2 Living common-law
3 Widowed
4 Separated
5 Divorced
6 Never legally married
DEM_Q04 / EQ 4
02 Spouse of [name of reference person]
03 Son, daughter, child of [name of reference person]
04 Grandson, granddaughter, grandchild of [name of reference person]
05 Son-in-law, daughter-in-law, child-in-law of [name of reference person]
06 Foster child of [name of reference person]
07 Father, mother, parent of [name of reference person]
08 Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Parent-in-law of [name of reference person]
09 Brother, sister, sibling of [name of reference person]
10 Other relative of [name of reference person]
11 Unrelated to [name of reference person]
DEM_Q05A / EQ 5
1 Canada
2 United States (USA)
3 Other country
DEM_Q06 / EQ 7
1 Yes
2 No
DEM_Q08 / EQ 9
1 Yes
2 No
DEM_Q09 / EQ 10
1 First Nations (North American Indian)
2 Métis
3 Inuk (Inuit)
DEM_Q10 / EQ 11
1 Grade 8 or lower
2 Grade 9 or 10
3 Grade 11, 12 or 13
DEM_Q11 / EQ 12
1 Yes
2 No
DEM_Q12 / EQ 13
1 Yes
2 No
DEM_Q13 / EQ 14
1 Has not obtained a post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree
2 Trade certificate or diploma from a vocational school or apprenticeship training
3 Certificate or diploma from a community college, CEGEP, school of nursing, etc.
4 University certificate below a bachelor's degree
5 Bachelor's degree
6 University certificate, diploma or degree above a bachelor's degree
DEM_Q14A / EQ 15
1 Canada
2 United States (USA)
3 Other country
DEM_Q15 / EQ 17
1 Yes
2 No
RUR_R01E
1 Reference person
2 Spouse
3 Son, daughter, child
4 Grandson, granddaughter, grandchild
5 Son-in-law, daughter-in-law, child-in-law
6 Foster child
7 Father, mother, parent
8 Father-in-law, mother-in-law, parent-in-law
9 Brother, sister, sibling
10 Other relative
ATT_ Q000 / EQ 1
1 [Household member] is providing the information for herself/himself
2 Somebody else is providing the information for [household member]
ATT_Q100 / EQ 2
1 Yes
2 No
ATT_Q101 / EQ 3
1 Yes
2 No
ATT_Q102 / EQ 4
1 Yes
2 No
ATT_Q103 / EQ 5
1 Yes
2 No
ATT_Q104 / EQ 6
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5 or more
PAT_Q104 / EQ 7
1 Yes
2 No
DES_Q110 / EQ 9
1 Employee
2 Self-employed
3 Working in a family business without pay
DES _Q111 / EQ 10
1 Yes
2 No
DES_Q112 / EQ 11
1 Yes
2 No
ASP_Q130 / EQ 18
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Maternity or parental leave
05 Other personal or family responsibilities
06 Vacation
07 Labour dispute (strike or lockout)
08 Temporary layoff due to business conditions
09 Seasonal layoff
10 Casual job, no work available (only works as needed)
11 Work schedule
12 No work available
13 Business off-season
14 Other
ASP_Q131A / EQ 19
1 Left job
2 Lost job, laid-off or job ended
ASP_Q131B / EQ20
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Pregnancy
05 Other personal or family responsibilities
06 Going to school
08 Business sold or closed down
09 Changed residence (moved)
10 Dissatisfied with job
11 Retired
12 Other
ASP_Q132 / EQ 21
01 End of seasonal job
02 End of temporary, term or contract job (non-seasonal)
03 Casual job
04 Company moved
05 Company went out of business
06 Business conditions
07 Dismissal by employer (fired)
08 Other
ASP_Q133 / EQ 22
1 Yes
2 No
3 Not sure
ASP_Q134 / EQ 23
1 Yes
2 No
ASP_Q135 / EQ 24
1 Yes
2 No
ASP_Q137 / EQ 26
1 30 or more
2 Less than 30
WHM_Q150 / EQ 27
1 Yes
2 No
WHM_Q154 / EQ 31
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Maternity or parental leave
05 Other personal or family responsibilities
06 Vacation
07 Labour dispute (strike or lockout)
08 Temporary layoff due to business conditions
09 Holiday (legal or religious)
10 Weather conditions
11 Job started or ended during the week
12 Working short-time
13 Other
WHM_Q157A / EQ 34
1 Yes
2 No
WHM_Q158 / EQ 36
1 Yes
2 No
WHM_Q159 / EQ 37
1 Own illness or disability
2 Caring for own children
3 Caring for an elder relative
4 Other personal or family responsibilities
5 Currently going to school
6 Personal preference
7 Other
WHM_Q160 / EQ 38
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Other personal or family responsibilities
05 Currently going to school
06 Business conditions
07 Could not find work with 30 or more hours per week
08 Other
WHM_Q161 / EQ 39
1 Yes
2 No
ABS_Q163 / EQ 41
1 Yes
2 No
FUS_Q170 / EQ 42
1 Yes
2 No
FUS_Q171 / EQ 43
01 Contacted a government employment agency
02 Contacted a private employment agency
03 Contacted a union
04 Contacted employers directly
05 Contacted friends or relatives
06 Placed or answered job ads
07 Looked at job ads
08 Other
FUS_Q173 / EQ 45
1 Working
2 Personal or family responsibilities
3 Going to school
4 Other
FUS_Q174 / EQ 46
1 Yes
2 No
FUS_Q175 / EQ 47
1 Before Sunday, [refer to collection period]
2 On or after Sunday, [refer to collection period]
FUS_Q176 / EQ 48
1 Yes
2 No
FUS_Q177 / EQ 49
1 30 or more
2 Less than 30
FUS_Q178 / EQ 50
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Other personal or family responsibilities
05 Going to school
06 Waiting for recall to former job
07 Waiting for replies from employers
08 Believed no work was available (in area, or suited to skills)
10 Other
AVA_Q190 / EQ 51
1 Yes
2 No
AVA_Q191 / EQ 52
01 Own illness or disability
02 Caring for own children
03 Caring for an elder relative
04 Other personal or family responsibilities
05 Going to school
06 Vacation
07 Already had a job
08 Other
EAR_Q200 / EQ 53
1 Yes
2 No
EAR_Q201 / EQ 54
1 Yes
2 No
EAR_Q204 / EQ 56
1 Yearly
2 Monthly
3 Twice a month
4 Every two weeks
5 Weekly
6 Other
EAR_Q210 / EQ 61
1 Yearly
2 Monthly
3 Weekly
4 Other
UNI_Q220 / EQ 66
1 Yes
2 No
UNI_Q221 / EQ 67
1 Yes
2 No
EBEN_Q230 / EQ 68
01 Workplace pension plan
02 Paid sick leave
03 Paid vacation leave
04 Disability insurance
05 Supplemental medical or dental care
06 Worker's compensation
07 Maternity or parental benefits
08 Other
09 None of the above
JPR_Q240 / EQ 69
1 Permanent
2 Not permanent
JPR_Q241 / EQ 70
1 Seasonal job
2 Temporary, term or contract job (non-seasonal)
3 Casual job
5 Other
FSZ_Q260 / EQ 71
1 Less than 20
2 20 to 99
3 100 to 500
4 More than 500
FSZ_Q261 / EQ 72
1 Yes
2 No
FSZ_Q262 / EQ 73
1 Less than 20
2 20 to 99
3 100 to 500
4 More than 500
CWO_Q300 / EQ 74
1 Employee
2 Self-employed
3 Working in a family business without pay
CWO_Q301 / EQ 75
1 Yes
2 No
CWO_Q302 / EQ 76
1 Yes
2 No
TLS_Q400 / EQ 79
1 Yes
2 No
SCA_Q500 / EQ 80
1 Yes
2 No
SCA_Q501 / EQ 81
1 Full-time
2 Part-time
SCA_Q502 / EQ 82
1 Elementary school, junior high school, high school or equivalent
2 Community college, CÉGEP or equivalent
3 University
4 Other
RST_Q520 / EQ 83
1 Yes
2 No
RST_Q521 / EQ 84
1 Yes
2 No
3 Undecided
MACT_Q600 / EQ 85
01 Caring for children
02 Household work
03 Going to school
04 Travelling
05 Volunteering
06 Unpaid internship
07 Care-giving other than for children
08 Illness or disability
09 Retired
10 Other
OCW_Q700 / EQ 86
1 By choice
2 By necessity
DWL_Q01 / EQ 14
01 Single detached
02 Double
03 Row or terrace
04 Duplex
05 Low-rise apartment of fewer than 5 stories or a flat
06 High-rise apartment of 5 stories or more
07 Institution
08 Hotel; rooming or lodging housel; camp
09 Mobile home
10 Other
TN_Q01 / EQ 15
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q02 / EQ 17
1 No more than 5 years old
2 More than 5 but no more than 10 years old
3 More than 10 but no more than 20 years old
4 More than 20 but no more than 40 years old
5 More than 40 years old
RM_Q04 / EQ 19
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q04A / EQ 20
1 Government agencies/Income-related
2 Employer
3 Relative or friend
4 Other
RM_Q05 / EQ 21
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q05A / EQ 22
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q08 / EQ25
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q08A / EQ 26
1 Change in utilities, services, appliances, or furnishings
2 Change in parking facilities
3 New lease (rent increase or decrease)
4 Other
RM_Q09 / EQ 27
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q09S / EQ 28
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q10 / EQ 29
1 Closed garage, indoor parking or carport
2 Outside parking with plug-in
3 Outside parking without plug-in
RM_Q14 / EQ 33
1 Yes
2 No
RM_Q15 / EQ 34
01 Heating – Electric
02 Heating – Natural Gas
03 Other
04 Electricity
05 Cablevision
12 None of the above
RM_Q16 / EQ 35
06 Refrigerator
07 Stove (Range)
08 Washer
09 Dryer
10 Other
11 Furniture
12 None of the above
EXT_Q01 / EQ 36
1 Yes
2 No
EXT_Q02 / EQ 37
1 [Household member]
41 Non-household member
This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.
The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:
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.
Authorization to collect this information
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.
Confidentiality
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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.
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.
3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.
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
5. You indicated that is not the current main activity. Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?
6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.
Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)
7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:
Main activity
Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?
8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
| Percentage of revenue | |
|---|---|
| Main activity | |
| Secondary activity | |
| All other activities | |
| Total percentage |
1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?
For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?
Select all that apply.
1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.
For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:
CAN$ '000
I will report in the format above
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Revenue
a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include:
Exclude:
b. Rental and leasing
Include rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
c. Commissions
Include commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax).
d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
f. Dividends
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
g. Interest
Include:
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
h. All other revenue (Include intracompany transfers)
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.
Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Sales of goods and services | |
| b. Rental and leasing | |
| c. Commissions | |
| d. Subsidies | |
| e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| f. Dividends | |
| g. Interest | |
| h. Other | |
| Total revenue |
The following questions are about e-commerce activities.
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
Sales from automated kiosks located within the business's establishments are excluded from E-commerce sales.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's total revenue?
Include:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total revenue in CAN$ '000
2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business have any e-commerce revenue?
E-commerce revenue: Sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or email.
3. Of the [amount] reported in total revenue, what was the total e-commerce revenue?
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Total e-commerce revenue in CAN$ '000
4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?
Select all that apply.
Mobile app
Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps, including Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).
Company website Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.
Third-party website Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia or Etsy).
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.
5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?
6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?
Select all that apply.
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?
Notes:
Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Expenses
a. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
Include:
Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
b. Employment costs and expenses
b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:
c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
Include:
d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
e. Professional and business fees
Include:
Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas and heating.
Include:
Exclude:
g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:
Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:
i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:
j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:
Exclude Crown royalties
k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
Include:
l. Rental and leasing
Include:
m. Repair and maintenance
Include:
n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:
o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
Include:
p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:
q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:
r. Financial services
Include:
Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
Include:
t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:
u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:
Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| a. Cost of goods sold | |
| Opening inventories | |
| Purchases | |
| Closing inventories | |
| Cost of goods sold | |
| b. Employment costs and expenses | |
| Salaries, wages and commissions | |
| Employee benefits | |
| c. Subcontracts | |
| d. Research and development fees | |
| e. Professional and business fees | |
| f. Utilities | |
| g. Office and computer related expenses | |
| h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication | |
| i. Business taxes, licenses and permits | |
| j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| k. Crown charges | |
| l. Rental and leasing | |
| m. Repair and maintenance | |
| n. Amortization and depreciation | |
| o. Insurance | |
| p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment | |
| q. Travel, meetings and conventions | |
| r. Financial services | |
| s. Interest expense | |
| t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses | |
| u. All other costs and expenses | |
| Total expenses |
1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?
Exclude subsidies, royalties, dividend and interest revenue.
Report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Please provide a breakdown of your sales and services revenue, where applicable. Amounts should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
Include sales from Canadian locations.
Exclude:
a. Admissions to live performances and events presented by this business
Include:
Exclude:
b. Facility rental revenue
Report your share of box office receipts for events or performances that were owned, produced or presented by others using or renting your facilities.
d. Contract production
Fees earned by individuals, companies or teams for the production of live performances, sports or racing events under contract to promoters, venue owners or others. The contracts will specify the type of payment received by the performers, artists, companies, athletes or teams, for example a flat rate or a percentage of admission revenues. Contracts may also specify the disposition of any intellectual property rights arising from the performance.
Exclude:
e. Professional fees and commission for career management and representation services for artists, athletes, entertainers and others
Acting on behalf of artists, athletes, entertainers and other public figures in a wide range of activities that enhance the client's career.
Include negotiating contracts and bookings performances and public appearances.
f. Event management services
Planning, organizing, marketing and managing a live sports or performing arts event on behalf of others including venue owners, performers, etc.
g. Technical artistic services
Providing artistic technical support services, such as backstage services and post-production services.
Include:
i. Advertising revenue
Revenue obtained by providing services that attract attention to a product, business, cause, etc.
Include:
j. Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages
Include:
l. Sales of merchandise
Revenue obtained from parts and materials charged in repair work as well as from the sales of all items other than food or beverages.
Include:
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Admissions to live performances and events presented by this business | |
| For live performing arts performances, festivals and fairs | |
| For live sports and racing events | |
| For other events | |
| Total | |
| Facility rental revenue | |
| For live performing arts performances, festivals and fairs | |
| For live sports and racing events | |
| For other events | |
| Total | |
| Rental revenue from traveller accommodations | |
| Contract production | |
| Professional fees and commissions for career management and representation services for artists, athletes, entertainers and others | |
| Event management services | |
| Technical artistic services | |
| Receipts from gambling | |
| Advertising revenue | |
| Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages | |
| Sales of alcoholic beverages | |
| Sales of merchandise | |
| All other goods and services | |
| Total sales of goods and services |
2. What was this business's revenue from the following royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees?
Revenues from royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
a. Licensing of rights to use copyrighted works and trademarks
Licensing the rights to use copyrighted intellectual property and trademarks, such as logos.
Licenses authorize the licensee to exploit the copyrighted work, for example: to reproduce or perform a literary or musical piece of work by making a sound or video recording of the piece, to rent a computer program to make a recording of a particular performance. A license may authorize some or all of these rights.
Include licenses to use:
b. Broadcast and other media rights
Granting the right of access (on a fee, royalty, or other basis) to a sporting event, facility or activity for the purpose of commercially exploiting sounds, images and other information of the event, facility or activity. The contracts define the type of exploitation permitted and may specify the ownership of intellectual property rights relating to the sounds, images and other information.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Licensing of rights to use copyrighted works and trademarks | |
| Broadcast and other media rights | |
| All other royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| Total royalties, rights, licenses and franchise fees |
3. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was the attendance for the following performances and events?
If a particular category does not apply to this business, leave the field blank. If records are not kept, please provide your best estimate.
Attendance
Live sports and racing events and Live performing arts performances, festivals and fairs
a. and c. Presented by this business
Please report attendance numbers for presentations that are produced/owned by your establishment.
b. and d. Presented by others using this business's facilities (such as rentals)
Please report attendance numbers for presentations that are produced/owned by another establishment.
| Number of spectators | |
|---|---|
| Live sports and racing events | |
| Presented by this business | |
| Presented by others using this business's facilities | |
| Live performing arts performances, festivals and fairs | |
| Presented by this business | |
| Presented by others using this business's facilities |
1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, this business reported expenses for the following items.
Please provide the requested details related to these expenses.
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
| CAN$ '000 | |
|---|---|
| Professional and business fees | |
| Legal services | |
| Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services | |
| Management, scientific and technical consulting services | |
| Office administrative services | |
| Freight transportation arrangements and customs brokering services | |
| Brokerage and other insurance related services | |
| Security brokerage and securities dealing services | |
| Other purchased professional services | |
| Total expenses for professional and business fees | |
| Office and computer related expenses | |
| Data processing, hosting, and related services | |
| Business support services | |
| Other office and computer related purchased services | |
| Total expenses for office and computer related expenses | |
| Royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rights to non-financial intangible assets | |
| Membership fees or services | |
| Other royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Total expenses for royalties, franchise fees and memberships | |
| Rental and leasing | |
| Non-residential real estate rental | |
| Motor vehicle rental and leasing | |
| Computer equipment rental and leasing | |
| Office machinery and equipment rental and leasing services | |
| Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment renting and leasing services, without operator | |
| Other rental services | |
| Total expenses for rental and leasing | |
| Repair and maintenance | |
| Security services and investigation | |
| Waste management and remediation services | |
| Motor vehicle repair and maintenance services | |
| Other repair and maintenance services | |
| Total expenses for repair and maintenance |
1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?
Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
a. to c. Clients in Canada
a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include sales to Crown corporations.
c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
d. Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Clients in Canada — individuals and households | |
| Clients in Canada — businesses | |
| Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions | |
| Clients outside Canada | |
| Total percentage |
1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
Revenue received (CAN$ '000)
3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Goods | |
| Services | |
| Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| Total percentage |
4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Mexico | |
| Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only | |
| Other country 1 | |
| Other country 2 | |
| Other country 3 | |
| Other country 4 | |
| Total percentage |
5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
Payments made (CAN$ '000)
7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Goods | |
| Services | |
| Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees | |
| Total percentage |
8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?
International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licensing fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Mexico | |
| Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 suppliers only | |
| Other country 1 | |
| Other country 2 | |
| Other country 3 | |
| Other country 4 | |
| Total percentage |
1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.
1. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.
Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?
Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?
1. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?
Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.
2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?
