Introduction

This initiative is a collaborative effort led by Public Safety Canada and supported by Statistics Canada to create a national digital resource to inform people living in Canada of their flood risk and provide information to help them better prepare for and mitigate against the impacts of flooding. This resource may be expanded in the future to include multi-hazard awareness for other natural disasters.

Flooding is Canada's costliest natural disaster. The average annual residential flooding costs in Canada are estimated at $2.9 billion (Canada's Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation, 2022). In addition, research has shown that a significant number of people living in Canada who are located in high-risk flood areas are not aware of their home or property being at risk, and therefore exposed to possible flooding events with potentially devastating consequences.

To address these issues, a national digital resource will be created that will:

• Inform people living in Canada of their residential flood risk by enabling users to search for tailored flood risk information specific to their property and community using their location details.
• Inform people living in Canada about flood risk reduction measures and encourage actions to improve overall flood preparedness and resiliency at the property and community levels.

Consultative engagement objectives

Statistics Canada will conduct research on behalf of Public Safety Canada to inform the creation and design of the new national digital resource.

Public Safety Canada is committed to creating resources that meet the needs of people living in Canada. Input from participants across the country will help ensure that new resources, such as the one related to this study, are informative, user-friendly, and helpful for all!

If you have personally experienced a recent flooding event in the past 5 years or live in an area at a higher risk of flooding for which you have had to prepare a home or property, we invite you to share facts about your experience. Your participation in this study is important to ensure the new national digital resource will be relevant.

If you have not personally experienced a flooding event or flood risk in your home or community in the past 5 years, but you know someone that has, please share this initiative with them.

How to get involved

If you wish to participate or obtain more information on this study, please contact us at statcan.ux-eu.statcan@statcan.gc.ca.

Statistics Canada is committed to respecting the privacy of participants. All personal information created, held or collected by the agency is protected by the Privacy Act. For more information on Statistics Canada's privacy policies, please consult the Privacy notice.

Reference

Canada's Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation (2022). Adapting to rising flood risk: An analysis of insurance solutions for Canada Public Safety Canada.

Securely combining data from multiple sources while preserving privacy

By: Betty Ann Bryanton, Canada Revenue Agency

Introduction

The increasing prevalence of technologies, such as cloud, mobile computing, machine learning (ML), and the Internet of Things (IoT), create opportunities for innovation and information sharing, but also create challenges for data security and privacy. These challenges have been amplified during the global pandemic, working from home has driven faster adoption of hybrid and cloud services. This situation has strained existing security capabilities and exposed gaps in data security (Lowans, 2020). Meanwhile, global data protection legislation is maturing, and every organization that processes personal data faces higher levels of privacy and non-compliance risks than ever before (Wonham, Fritsch, Xu, de Boer, & Krikken, 2020).

As a result, privacy-enhanced computation techniques, such as Secure Multiparty Computation, which protect data while it is being used^Footnote1, have been gaining popularity.

What is Secure Multiparty Computation?

Secure Multiparty Computation (SMPC) is a technique for combining information from different privacy zones to obtain insights on the combined data without having to reveal the raw data to the involved parties. It has evolved from a theoretical curiosity introduced by Andrew Yao's Millionaires problem^Footnote2 in the 1980s to an important tool for building large-scale privacy-preserving applications.^Footnote3

To illustrate the concept, Bob and Alice want to know if they are being paid the same but do not want to ask this awkward question. They buy four lockable suggestion boxes, each labelled with a dollar amount per hour: 10, 20, 30, 40. Bob earns $20/hr, so he only has a key to unlock the box labelled 20. Alice earns $30/hr; she only has a key to unlock the box labelled 30. Both Bob and Alice, unseen to the other, puts a slip of paper in each box indicating 'yes' or 'no.' For example, Alice puts 'no' into 10, 20, 40 and 'yes' into 30 for the $30/hr she makes. Bob unlocks the 20 box and learns that Alice is not paid $20/hr, but still does not know if her hourly rate is $10, $30 or $40. Alice unlocks the 30 box and learns that Bob does not make $30 an hour but does not know if his hourly rate is $10, $20 or $40. -- This is called 'oblivious transfer.' The ability to do oblivious transfers is the basis for performing SMPC.^Footnote4

SMPC is a method of distributed computing and cryptography^Footnote5 that combines data transformation (encryption) with specialized software. It enables multiple parties who do not trust each other, or any common third party, to jointly work with data that depends on all of their private inputs while keeping that data encrypted. Participants know only the results of the collaboration, and not the specific data others contributed. This enables collaboration between trusted partners or even between competitors.

SMPC is often assumed to require the participation of multiple organizations; however, the specific requirement is for multiple privacy zones, i.e., two or more domains with different sets of privacy restrictions. Multiple privacy zones exist across multiple organizations with independent data owners, but they may also exist within a single organization across teams, departments, and/or jurisdictions.

Parties are trusted to adhere to the protocol. If a party is not trusted, additional measures, outside the scope of this paper, are required to prevent malicious or covert breach attempts.

Strengths

• Simultaneously achieves privacy, obliviousness, and authenticity
  • Eliminates the need to trust a third-party data broker to access and process the data
  • Allows inference on encrypted data: the model owner never sees the client's private data and therefore cannot leak or misuse it
• Eliminates trade-off between data usability and data privacy, i.e., since the raw data is encrypted, there is no need to mask or drop any features in order to share and process it
• Opens new opportunities for enterprise collaborations that were not previously possible due to regulation or risk
• Confidentiality levels similar to Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) but less computationally expensive and complex

Challenges

• SMPC techniques are extremely complex, requiring comprehensive, often complicated, cryptography; thus, it is difficult for non-experts to understand or implement.
• Inability to see the input data may foster suspicion
• If functions are not carefully crafted and tested, security can be broken
• Significant computational overhead due to the complexity and distributed nature. Cost varies greatly depending on the collaboration required (e.g., number of parties, usage of different cloud providers) and the need for protection against malicious parties
• Sensitive to latency between nodes (Krikken, 2019)
• Requires additional infrastructure, which will add to the project planning and total cost of ownership calculation (Byun, 2019)

Why is it important?

According to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, U.S. cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors is at continual risk and should expect increasing attacks. Organizations rich with data and intellectual property (IP) are prime targets. Attackers often target this 'Crown Jewel'^Footnote6 data because of its value and the potential for disruption (Enveil).

Organizations are increasingly concerned about data security in several scenarios, including:

• collecting and retaining sensitive personal information.
• processing personal information in external environments, such as the cloud; and
• information sharing, such as sharing and working on sensitive data in distributed settings, from healthcare to finance (Krikken, 2019).

SMPC can address and alleviate these concerns, by allowing organizations to compliantly, securely, and privately share insights on distributed data without ever exposing or moving it.

This is important because the increasingly distributed nature of customer data means many organizations do not generate the necessary levels of data on their own to derive the unbiased insights required to provide new experiences, open new revenue streams and apply new business models. SMPC enables secure collaboration to provide mutual benefit to all parties, while preserving privacy and confidentiality.

Real World Applications

Though it is still emerging and there are challenges, SMPC is poised to significantly disrupt the enterprise data exchange space and to allow successful data sharing solutions amongst distrusting data owners. Listed below are notable successful deployments.^Footnote7

• Danish Sugar Beets Auction, the first successful example of SMPC deployment, in 2008, where the privacy of farmer bids for contracts was assured
• Boston Women's Workforce Council^Footnote8 Gender / Wage Gap Studies, first conducted in 2016, analyzing payroll data from multiple employers, to serve as a roadmap for change for the city and its employers
• Estonian government study in 2015, analyzing tax and education records to determine if working part-time while studying increased failure rates^Footnote9

Use Cases

SMPC is very popular for use cases where organizations need to share data with, and/or analyze data from, multiple parties without disclosing their data and/or their analytics model to each other.

This list illustrates the range and scale of SMPC applications.

• Collaboration with disparate parties, e.g., sharing citizen data amongst government departments and/or financial institutions; sharing electronic medical records amongst hospitals, pharmacies, insurance manufacturers
• Distributed data mining: collecting private data from independent data sources to learn something that is not possible from a single source, e.g., finding fraudulent taxpayers via private business data or other taxpayer data
• Key management: safeguarding authentication keys as they are being used
• Cloud computing: data exchange, data analytics, and ML across multiple, unknown cloud providers
• Multi-network security monitoring across entities to aggregate private data
• Spam filtering on encrypted email
• Medical discovery, e.g., disease or virus contact tracing apps, combining data of many hospitals for genomics research
• Satellite collision avoidance without disclosing its location

Conclusion

The awareness that personal data can be compromised in a data breach or can be abused by companies whose interests do not align with those of their users, is increasing. New regulations make holding personal data a liability risk for companies. SMPC has emerged as a powerful and versatile technique to gain insights from sharing data without ever exposing it directly.

Although there is no single product or technique that can satisfy every data security requirement, SMPC can be used as one defense alongside other data protection measures, such as data masking, and other privacy-preserving techniques, such as differential privacy and homomorphic encryption.

What's Next?

Gartner expects SMPC to be transformational in the next 5-10 years (Lowans, 2020). In order to be prepared, considering the amount of private data that many organizations hold, and the pressure for that data to be safeguarded, an interested organization should steadily continue to research SMPC and other privacy-preserving data protection techniques.

Related Topics: data anonymization, differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, trusted execution environments / confidential computing, federated learning

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Inventories (cubic metres)

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Products

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Description and examples

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Production of raw coal from mining operations

1. What was the net production of raw coal in metric tonnes for this business in [month] from the following mining operations?

Underground run-of-mine production
Please report the total amount of coal mined in underground facilities, in metric tonnes.

Surface run-of-mine production
Please report the total amount of coal mined in surface facilities, in metric tonnes.

Sent to discard heap
Please report the total amount of coal discarded as unusable from the total amount mined (underground and surface production), in metric tonnes.

Reclaimed from discard heap, tailing pond etc.
Please report the total amount of coal reclaimed as usable from discard heap or tailing ponds, in metric tonnes.

What was the net production of raw coal in metric tonnes for this business in [month] from the following mining operations?

Mining operation	Metric tonnes
a. Gross underground 'run-of-mine' production
b. Gross surface 'run-of-mine' production
c. Sent to the 'discard heap'
d. Coal reclaimed from 'discard heap' e.g., tailing pond
Total net production of raw coal from mining operations (Total quantity = a + b − c + d)

Coal imported from foreign countries

2. Did this business import raw coal from foreign countries?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which foreign countries did this business import raw coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Colombia
• United Kingdom
• Netherlands
• Venezuela
• Norway
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

3. What was the quantity of raw coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Please provide the quantity, in metric tonnes, of raw coal imported internationally - coal that is to be processed at the preparation plant specified.

What was the quantity of raw coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Country	Metric tonnes
a. United States
b. Colombia
c. United Kingdom
d. Netherlands
e. Venezuela
f. Norway
g. [Other 1]
h. [Other 2]
i. [Other 3]
j. [Other 4]
k. [Other 5]
Total quantity of raw coal imported from foreign countries

4. Did this business import metallurgical coal from foreign countries?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which foreign countries did this business import metallurgical coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Colombia
• United Kingdom
• Netherlands
• Venezuela
• Norway
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

5. What was the quantity of metallurgical coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Please provide the quantity, in metric tonnes, of metallurgical coal imported internationally - coal that is to be processed at the preparation plant specified.

What was the quantity of metallurgical coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Country	Metric tonnes
a. United States
b. Colombia
c. United Kingdom
d. Netherlands
e. Venezuela
f. Norway
g. [Other 1]
h. [Other 2]
i. [Other 3]
j. [Other 4]
k. [Other 5]
Total quantity of metallurgical coal imported from foreign countries

6. Did this business import thermal coal from foreign countries?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which foreign countries did this business import thermal coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Colombia
• United Kingdom
• Netherlands
• Venezuela
• Norway
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

7. What was the quantity of thermal coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Please provide the quantity, in metric tonnes, of thermal coal imported internationally - coal that is to be processed at the preparation plant specified.

What was the quantity of thermal coal imported from the following foreign countries?

Country	Metric tonnes
a. United States
b. Colombia
c. United Kingdom
d. Netherlands
e. Venezuela
f. Norway
g. [Other 1]
h. [Other 2]
i. [Other 3]
j. [Other 4]
k. [Other 5]
Total quantity of thermal coal imported from foreign countries

Coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies

8. Did this business purchase or receive raw coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which provinces or territories did this business purchase or receive raw coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

9. What was the quantity of raw coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Domestic raw coal
Please report the amount of raw coal that was purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies; by province and territory, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity of raw coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity of raw coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies

10. Did this business purchase or receive metallurgical coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which provinces or territories did this business purchase or receive metallurgical coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

11. What was the quantity of metallurgical coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Domestic metallurgical coal
Please report the amount of metallurgical coal that was purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies; by province and territory, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity of metallurgical coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity of metallurgical coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies

12. Did this business purchase or receive thermal coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Include receipts of coal at ports.

• Yes
• No

From which provinces or territories did this business purchase or receive thermal coal from domestic Canadian companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

13. What was the quantity of thermal coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Domestic thermal coal
Please report the amount of thermal coal that was purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies; by province and territory, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity of thermal coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies in the following provinces or territories?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity of thermal coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies

Production of coal

14. What was the output of coal from this business's mining operations?

Raw coal
Please report the amount of raw coal processed at the preparation plants, in metric tonnes.

Metallurgical coal
Please report the amount of metallurgical coal output processed at the preparation plants, in metric tonnes.

Thermal coal
Please report the medium quality coal obtained in preparation plants after removing the moisture and debris from bituminous coal, in metric tonnes. Thermal coal is mostly used for electric power generation.

Plant losses
Please report the amount of raw coal lost during the production process at the plant (moisture, debris, etc.) in metric tonnes.

What was the output of coal from this business's mining operations?

Mining operation	Metric tonnes
a. Raw coal processed at preparation plants
b. Preparation plant output of metallurgical coal
c. Preparation plant output of thermal coal
Preparation plant losses of raw coal during the production process (Total quantity = a - b - c)

Total opening and closing inventories of coal located at the mine

15. What were this business's total opening and closing inventories of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal located at the mine?

Opening inventory is last month's closing inventory as provided by this business. Correct, if needed.

When opening inventory is blank, provide the opening inventory.

Inventories located at the mine

Opening inventory - Raw coal
Please report the inventories of raw/processed coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Opening inventory - Metallurgical coal
Please report the inventories of metallurgical coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Opening inventory - Thermal coal
Please report the inventories of thermal coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Raw coal
Please report the inventories of raw/processed coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Metallurgical coal
Please report the inventories of metallurgical coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Thermal coal
Please report the inventories of thermal coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

What were this business's total opening and closing inventories of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal located at the mine?

Inventory	Metric tonnes
Total opening inventories located at the mine
a. Raw coal located at the mine
b. Metallurgical coal located at the mine
c. Thermal coal located at the mine
Total closing inventories located at the mine
d. Raw coal located at the mine
e. Metallurgical coal located at the mine
f. Thermal coal located at the mine

Summary of the total supply of coal

16. This is a summary of the marketable production of all coal types.

Adjustments
If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use '-' in front of the value. Enter '0' if no adjustment.

This is a summary of the marketable production of all coal types.

Coal type	Metric tonnes
Raw coal
a. Total net production of raw coal from mining operations  Previously reported on question 1.
b. Total quantity of raw coal imported from foreign countries Previously reported on question 3.
c. Total quantity of raw coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies Previously reported on question 9.
d. Raw coal processed at preparation plants Previously reported on question 14a.
e. Total opening inventory of raw coal located at the mine Previously reported on question 15a.
f. Total closing inventory of raw coal located at the mine Previously reported on question 15d.
g. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Marketable production of raw coal (Total quantity = a + b + c - d + e - f + g)
Metallurgical coal
h. Total quantity of metallurgical coal imported from foreign countries Previously reported in question 5.
i. Total quantity of metallurgical coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies Previously reported in question 11.
j. Preparation plant output of metallurgical coal Previously reported in question 14b.
k. Total opening inventory of metallurgical coal located at the mine Previously reported in question 15b.
l. Total closing inventory of metallurgical coal located at the mine Previously reported in question 15e.
m. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Marketable production of metallurgical coal (Total quantity = h + i + j + k - l + m)
Thermal coal
n. Total quantity of thermal coal imported from foreign countries Previously reported in question 7.
o. Total quantity of thermal coal purchased or received from domestic Canadian companies Previously reported in question 13.
p. Preparation plant output of thermal coal Previously reported in question 14c.
q. Total opening inventory of thermal coal located at the mine Previously reported in question 15c.
r. Total closing inventory of thermal coal located at the mine Previously reported in question 15f.
s. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Marketable production of thermal coal (Total quantity = n + o + p + q - r + s)

Average calorific value

17. What was the average calorific value for raw, metallurgical and thermal coal?

Report in megajoules per metric tonne.

Average Calorific Value
Please report the average calorific value of coal produced, by type of coal, in megajoules per metric tonne.

Calorific Value is the energy value of coal or the fuel content and is defined as the amount of potential energy in coal that can be converted into heating ability.

Raw coal, lignite
Non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific value less than 20,000 kJ/kg and greater than 31% volatile matter on a dry mineral matter free basis.

Raw coal, sub-bituminous
Non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific value equal to or greater than 20,000 kJ/kg and less than 24,000 kJ/kg containing more than 31% volatile matter on a dry mineral matter free basis.

Metallurgical / Coking coal
Bituminous coal with a quality that allows the production of a coke suitable to support a blast furnace charge. Its gross calorific value is equal to or greater than 24,000 kJ/kg on an ash-free but moist basis.

Thermal / Other bituminous coal
Coal mainly used for steam raising purposes and includes all bituminous coal that is not included under coking coal nor anthracite. It is characterized by higher volatile matter than anthracite (more than 10%) and lower carbon content (less than 90% fixed carbon). Its gross calorific value is equal to or greater than 24,000 kJ/kg on an ash-free but moist basis.

What was the average calorific value for raw, metallurgical and thermal coal?

Calorific value	Megajoules per metric tonne
a. Raw coal
b. Metallurgical coal
c. Thermal coal

Disposition of raw coal - business's own use

18. Did this business use raw coal for its own use?

Include boilers, power generation and cogeneration.

• Yes
• No

19. What was the quantity and value of raw coal consumed by this business for its own use?

Please report the quantity (in metric tonnes) and value of raw coal consumed for this business's own use.

Metric tonnes

CAN$ '000

Raw coal sales by types of customers

20. In [month], to which of the following types of customers did this business deliver and sell raw coal?

Exclude exports to other countries.

Select all that apply.

• Electric power generating plants
  Please report the amount of raw coal sold to electric power generating plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Industrial consumers: coal producers or domestic companies
  Please report the amount of raw coal sold to industrial consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Coke plants
  Please report the amount of raw coal sold to coke plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Residential consumers
  Please report the amount of raw coal sold to residential consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Other end users
  Please report the amount of raw coal sold to other clients (e.g., farmers) by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Electric power generation stations
• Industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies - e.g., wholesalers or distributors
• Coke plants
• Residential consumers
• Other end users - e.g., steel plants, agriculture and farming, cement manufacturing, pulp and paper plants
• This business did not deliver and sell raw coal during the reporting period

21. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell raw coal to electric power generation stations?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

22. What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to electric power generation stations

23. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell raw coal to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

24. What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to industrial consumers

25. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell raw coal to coke plants?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

26. What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to coke plants

27. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell raw coal to residential consumers?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

28. What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to residential consumers

29. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell raw coal to other end users?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

30. What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

What was the quantity and value of raw coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to other end users

Disposition of metallurgical coal - business's own use

31. Did this business use metallurgical coal for its own use?

Include boilers, power generation and cogeneration.

• Yes
• No

32. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal consumed by this business for its own use?

Please report the quantity (in metric tonnes) and value of metallurgical coal consumed for this business's own use.

Metric tonnes

CAN$ '000

Metallurgical coal sales by types of customers

33. In [month], to which of the following types of customers did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal?

Exclude exports to other countries.

Select all that apply.

• Electric power generating plants
  Please report the amount of metallurgical coal sold to electric power generating plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Industrial consumers: coal producers or domestic companies
  Please report the amount of metallurgical coal sold to industrial consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Coke plants
  Please report the amount of metallurgical coal sold to coke plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Residential consumers
  Please report the amount of metallurgical coal sold to residential consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Other end users
  Please report the amount of metallurgical coal sold to other clients (e.g., farmers) by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Electric power generation stations
• Industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies - e.g., wholesalers or distributors
• Coke plants
• Residential consumers
• Other end users - e.g., steel plants, agriculture and farming, cement manufacturing, pulp and paper plants
• This business did not deliver and sell metallurgical coal during the reporting period

34. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to electric power generation stations?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

35. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to electric power generation stations

36. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

37. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to industrial consumers

38. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to coke plants?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

39. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to coke plants

40. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to residential consumers?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

41. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to residential consumers

42. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to other end users?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

43. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to other end users

Disposition of thermal coal - business's own use

44. Did this business use thermal coal for its own use?

Include boilers, power generation and cogeneration.

• Yes
• No

45. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal consumed by this business for its own use?

Please report the quantity (in metric tonnes) and value of thermal coal consumed for this business's own use.

Metric tonnes

CAN$ '000

Thermal coal sales by types of customers

46. In [month], to which of the following types of customers did this business deliver and sell thermal coal?

Exclude exports to other countries.

Select all that apply.

• Electric power generating plants
  Please report the amount of thermal coal sold to electric power generating plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Industrial consumers: coal producers or domestic companies
  Please report the amount of thermal coal sold to industrial consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Coke plants
  Please report the amount of thermal coal sold to coke plants by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Residential consumers
  Please report the amount of thermal coal sold to residential consumers by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Other end users
  Please report the amount of thermal coal sold to other clients (e.g., farmers) by province or territory and their corresponding dollar values; in metric tonnes.
• Electric power generation stations
• Industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies
• Coke plants
• Residential consumers - e.g., steel plants, agriculture and farming, cement manufacturing, pulp and paper plants
• Other end users - e.g., wholesalers or distributors
• This business did not deliver or sell thermal coal during the reporting period

47. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to electric power generation stations?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

48. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to electric power generation stations?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to electric power generation stations

49. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

50. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to industrial consumers — coal producers or domestic companies?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to industrial consumers

51. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to coke plants?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

52. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to coke plants?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to coke plants

53. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to residential consumers?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

54. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to residential consumers?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to residential consumers

55. To which provinces or territories did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to other end users?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

56. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal that this business delivered and sold to other end users?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to other end users

Domestic shipments from ports

57. Did this business deliver and sell raw coal to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which provinces or territories was raw coal delivered and sold?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

58. What was the quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold during the reference month; by provinces or territories, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of raw coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports

59. Did this business deliver and sell metallurgical coal to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which provinces or territories was metallurgical coal delivered and sold?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

60. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold during the reference month; by provinces or territories, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports

61. Did this business deliver and sell thermal coal to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which provinces or territories was thermal coal delivered and sold?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

62. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold during the reference month; by provinces or territories, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports?

Province or territory	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of thermal coal delivered and sold to domestic Canadian companies from ports

Exports of raw coal to foreign countries

63. Did this business export raw coal to foreign countries from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which foreign countries did this business export raw coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Belgium and Luxembourg
• Brazil
• Chile
• Taiwan
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• South Korea
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• China
• India
• Denmark
• Finland
• Switzerland
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

64. What was the quantity and value of raw coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of raw coal exported during the reference month; by country, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of raw coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Country	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. United States
b. Belgium and Luxembourg
c. Brazil
d. Chile
e. Taiwan
f. France
g. Germany
h. Italy
i. Japan
j. South Korea
k. Mexico
l. Netherlands
m. Spain
n. Turkey
o. United Kingdom
p. China
q. India
r. Denmark
s. Finland
t. Switzerland
u. [Other 1]
v. [Other 2]
w. [Other 3]
x. [Other 4]
y. [Other 5]
Total quantity and value of raw coal exported to foreign countries from ports

Exports of metallurgical coal to foreign countries

65. Did this business export metallurgical coal to foreign countries from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which foreign countries did this business export metallurgical coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Belgium and Luxembourg
• Brazil
• Chile
• Taiwan
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• South Korea
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• China
• India
• Denmark
• Finland
• Switzerland
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

66. What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of metallurgical coal exported during the reference month; by country, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of metallurgical coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Country	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. United States
b. Belgium and Luxembourg
c. Brazil
d. Chile
e. Taiwan
f. France
g. Germany
h. Italy
i. Japan
j. South Korea
k. Mexico
l. Netherlands
m. Spain
n. Turkey
o. United Kingdom
p. China
q. India
r. Denmark
s. Finland
t. Switzerland
u. [Other 1]
v. [Other 2]
w. [Other 3]
x. [Other 4]
y. [Other 5]
Total quantity and value of metallurgical coal exported to foreign countries from ports

Exports of thermal coal to foreign countries

67. Did this business export thermal coal to foreign countries from ports?

• Yes
• No

From ports, to which foreign countries did this business export thermal coal?

Select all that apply.

• United States
• Belgium and Luxembourg
• Brazil
• Chile
• Taiwan
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• South Korea
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• China
• India
• Denmark
• Finland
• Switzerland
• Other 1 - Specify the other country
• Other 2 - Specify the other country
• Other 3 - Specify the other country
• Other 4 - Specify the other country
• Other 5 - Specify the other country

68. What was the quantity and value of thermal coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Please provide the quantity and value of thermal coal exported during the reference month; by country, in metric tonnes.

What was the quantity and value of thermal coal exported to the following foreign countries from ports?

Country	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. United States
b. Belgium and Luxembourg
c. Brazil
d. Chile
e. Taiwan
f. France
g. Germany
h. Italy
i. Japan
j. South Korea
k. Mexico
l. Netherlands
m. Spain
n. Turkey
o. United Kingdom
p. China
q. India
r. Denmark
s. Finland
t. Switzerland
u. [Other 1]
v. [Other 2]
w. [Other 3]
x. [Other 4]
y. [Other 5]
Total quantity and value of thermal coal exported to foreign countries from ports

Shipments of coal in transit

69. What were the quantities and values of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal shipped by road or rail to the United States?

Shipments in transit
Please provide the quantity and value of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal transported to the United States by road or rail.

What were the quantities and values of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal shipped by road or rail to the United States?

Shipment	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
a. Shipments of raw coal in transit
b. Shipments of metallurgical coal in transit
c. Shipments of thermal coal in transit

Total opening and closing inventories at ports

70. What were this business's total opening and closing inventories of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal located at ports?

Opening inventory is last month's closing inventory as provided by this business. Correct, if needed.

When opening inventory is blank, provide the opening inventory.

Inventories located at the ports

Sum of all ports includes that of Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes

Opening inventory - Raw coal
Please report the inventories of raw/processed coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Opening inventory - Metallurgical coal
Please report the inventories of metallurgical coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Opening inventory - Thermal coal
Please report the inventories of thermal coal reported at the end of the previous month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Raw coal
Please report the inventories of raw/processed coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Metallurgical coal
Please report the inventories of metallurgical coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

Closing inventory - Thermal coal
Please report the inventories of thermal coal at the end of this reference month, in metric tonnes.

What were this business's total opening and closing inventories of raw, metallurgical and thermal coal located at ports?

Inventory	Metric tonnes
Total opening inventories located at ports
a. Raw coal located at the ports
b. Metallurgical coal located at the ports
c. Thermal coal located at the ports
Total closing inventories located at ports
d. Raw coal located at the ports
e. Metallurgical coal located at the ports
f. Thermal coal located at the ports

Total disposition of coal

71. This is the summary of the total disposition of coal.

Adjustments
If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use '-' in front of the value. Enter '0' if no adjustment.

This is the summary of the total disposition of coal.

Disposition of coal	Metric tonnes	CAN$ '000
Raw coal
a. Marketable production of raw coal Previously calculated in question 16.
b. Business's own use Previously reported in question 19.
c. All end users Sum of questions 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30. Include electric power generation stations, industrial consumers, coke plants, residential consumers, other end users.
d. Domestic shipments from ports Previously reported in question 58.
e. Exports from ports Previously reported in question 64.
f. To United States by road or rail Previously reported in question 69a.
g. Opening inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70a.
h. Closing inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70d.
i. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Total disposition of raw coal (Total quantity = b + c + d + e + f − g + h + i) (Total value = b + c + d + e + f)
Metallurgical coal
j. Marketable production of metallurgical coal Previously calculated in question 16.
k. Business's own use Previously reported in question 32.
l. All end users Sum of questions 35, 37, 39, 41 and 43. Include electric power generation stations, industrial consumers, coke plants, residential consumers, other end users.
m. Domestic shipments from ports Previously reported in question 60.
n. Exports from ports Previously reported in question 66.
o. To United States by road or rail Previously reported in question 69b.
p. Opening inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70b.
q. Closing inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70e.
r. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Total disposition of metallurgical coal (Total quantity = k + l + m + n + o − p + q + r) (Total value = k + l + m + n + o)
Thermal coal
s. Marketable production of thermal coal Previously calculated in question 16.
t. Business's own use Previously reported in question 45.
u. All end users Sum of questions 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56. Include electric power generation stations, industrial consumers, coke plants, residential consumers, other end users.
v. Domestic shipments from ports Previously reported in question 62.
w. Exports from ports Previously reported in question 68.
w. Exports from ports Previously reported in question 68.
y. Opening inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70c.
y. Opening inventory from ports Previously reported in question 70c.
aa. Adjustments If you are reporting an adjusted decrease, use ‘-’ in front of the value. Enter ‘0’ if no adjustment.
Total disposition of thermal coal (Total quantity = t + u + v + w + x − y + z + aa) (Total value = t + u + v + w + x)

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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• Yes
• No

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