Changes to the survey for RY2014

The Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) survey was redesigned for reference year 2014.

The reference period was changed from the 12-month fiscal period ending in the calendar year, January 1st to December 31st of the reference year to the 12-month fiscal period ending between April 1st of the reference year and March 31st of the following year.

The survey became a weighted sample survey with a sample of approximately 8,250 rather than a census survey with 2,000 sampled units and the remainder composed of massively imputed SR&ED units. The sampling unit became the company.

The survey data will revised for one year period only.

New content additions for the survey:

• Social sciences and humanities R&D expenditures
• Additional R&D expenditures categories for current in-house R&D expenditures (services to support R&D, R&D materials and other)
• Additional R&D expenditures category for capital in-house R&D costs (software)
• Source of funds additional detail for provincial grants and contracts

The sources of funds question will no longer ask for funds from specific federal departments, but will ask for grants and contracts with provinces to be reported separately.

• On-site R&D contractors and consultants added to R&D personnel
• Total in-house R&D by type of activity (basic research, applied research, experimental development)
• Results of R&D spending added
• Additional detail to questions on payments and receipts for technology (software and databases)

Content deletions from the survey:

• R&D personnel by level of education
• R&D personnel by field of research and development
• R&D expenditures and R&D personnel by postal code location of R&D activities
• Details by federal department or program for source of funds

The Research and Development of Canadian Private Non-Profit Organizations (RDNP) survey underwent changes to its contents and processes for reference year 2014.

The reference period was changed from the 12-month fiscal period ending in the calendar year, January 1st to December 31st of the reference year to the 12-month fiscal period ending between April 1st of the reference year and March 31st of the following year.

New content additions for reference year:

• Spending category details of in-house current and capital R&D expenditures (e.g. wages and salaries, machinery and equipment, etc.)
• Geographic distribution of in-house current and capital R&D expenditures (provinces and territories)
• Sources of funds for total in-house R&D expenditures details on federal and provincial government grants and contracts, foreign companies and non-profit organizations.
• Fields of R&D for total in-house R&D expenditures detail within natural sciences and engineering for medical and health sciences, natural and formal sciences, engineering and technology, software and related sciences and technology, and agricultural sciences
• Distribution of total in-house R&D by basic research, applied research and experimental development
• Results of R&D activities for a three-year period ending in reference year
• Details on R&D personnel by occupation and geographic distribution of R&D personnel by major occupation
• Payments received and payments made for technology to affiliated organizations and other organizations within and outside Canada by type of technology (patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs, integrated circuit topography, original software, packaged or off-the-shelf software, databases (useful life exceeding one year) and other (technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how))

Content retired:

• Current in-house, capital and total in-house R&D expenditures distributed by natural sciences and engineering and social sciences and humanities for reference year plus one and reference year plus two
• Total in-house R&D expenditures distributed by socio-economic objectives
• Total payments to others to perform R&D (grants or contracts) distributed by natural sciences and engineering and social sciences and humanities

Survey processing operations were modified as follows:

• New sources of information from screening questions in other Statistics Canada surveys were used to help build the frame of private non-profit organizations with R&D activities (funding or performing R&D)
• An electronic questionnaire (E-Q) platform with integrated edits for respondents was implemented
• Respondents received e-invitations and letters intended to encourage E-Q response with paper questionnaire available upon demand only
• Automated edit and imputation routines were performed for variable and survey non-response

The net cash income estimates in the Net Farm Income, Agriculture Economic Statistics are the official Statistics Canada estimates. Other estimates of net cash income (farm cash receipts minus operating expenses) can be derived from the data from the Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada – namely those of the Agriculture Taxation Data Program (ATDP), the Farm Financial Survey (FFS) and the Census of Agriculture. It is important to understand coverage and conceptual differences when comparing data collected for different purposes. Adjustments are required to make these estimates comparable.

1. Conceptual Differences

Note that the text below is based on the differences that existed for the 2010 reference year.

a) Net Farm Income - Agriculture Economic Statistics

The Agriculture Economic Statistics (AES) estimates include all agricultural businesses. These data are not available by farm type, sales classes, and sub-provincial regions or at the micro level.

Receipts and expenses are estimated by calendar year. They are recorded on a cash basis when the money is paid to or disbursed by the farmer.

AES receipts and expenses exclude: income earned from non-agricultural use of the farm (e.g., income from tourism activities on farm); income that farm operators or their families receive from other sources (e.g., wages and salaries from non-agricultural activities, and investment income); revenue or expenses from the sale or purchase of farm capital (real estate, machinery and equipment), although the interest paid on these purchases is included as an expense; capital payments where funds do not relate to current production and transfer payments (such as training allowances) directed to individuals; unlike the ATDP, FFS and Census of Agriculture, AES estimates exclude farm-to-farm transactions, unless they occur across provincial or national borders. Within a province, sales from one farm are considered an expense to another, thus offsetting each other.

b) Agriculture Taxation Data Program

The Agriculture Taxation Data Program (ATDP) is an annual sample survey of tax-filer records designed to estimate a range of financial agricultural variables. The ATDP estimates represent all individual tax filers who reported total farm operating revenues of $10,000 or more on their income tax return and agricultural corporations reporting total farm operating revenues of $25,000 and over, and for which 50% or more of their sales come from agricultural activities.

Some non-farmers may be present on the ATDP database (e.g., someone reporting farm income from a crop share agreement but not involved in a farming operation).

The estimates are published on a calendar year basis but no attempt is made to adjust data from agricultural corporations reporting data on a fiscal year that may not coincide with a calendar year.

The TDP “Total Operating Revenues” includes revenues from “Custom Work and Machine Rental” and “Rental Income” which are not included in the AES farm cash receipts.

c) Farm Financial Survey

The Farm Financial Survey (FFS) is a sample survey which collects information on assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, capital investments and capital sales.

The 2010 sample includes both incorporated and unincorporated farms with annual sales from agricultural activities exceeding $10,000. Unlike the other sources, it excludes farms that are parts of multi-holding companies. As with the ATDP, no adjustment is made to agricultural corporations reporting data on a fiscal year that may not coincide with the calendar year period.

The FFS “Total Gross Farm Receipts” includes agricultural custom work receipts that are not directly accounted for in the AES farm cash receipts. The treatment of “custom work” is similar to the ATDP.

d) Census of Agriculture

The Census of Agriculture (CEAG) is a census of farm operations producing agricultural products with the intention of selling them. Data are generally provided on a calendar year basis, or for a complete fiscal year.

Unlike the AES, CEAG data on receipts include dividends received from co-operatives, Goods and Service Tax (GST) refunds, custom work receipts, and rebates received.

2. Comparison of estimates

Conceptual and methodological differences and data collection methods can result in misleading comparisons between AES receipts or expenses series and total income or expenses derived from ATDP, FFS or Census of Agriculture data. The exclusion of farm-to-farm transactions within a province in the AES and their inclusion in the ATDP, FFS and CEAG datasets is the main reason making the comparison difficult. However, net cash income estimates (farm cash receipts minus operating expenses) are more directly comparable since, within a province, sales from one farm is an expense to another farm, thus offsetting each other.

As is the case with farm-to-farm sales, some receipt items not included in the AES receipt series would tend to cancel each other out when deriving net cash income estimates from the various sources. For example, the exclusion of custom work receipts in AES receipts is compensated to a large extent in the net income estimates by the use of a net custom work estimate (custom work expenses minus custom work receipts) in the AES expense series. The subtraction of custom work receipts from custom work expenses is done in an attempt to minimize—in the aggregate—the presence in the AES of operating costs incurred by agricultural producers in providing custom work services. In a less precise manner, one could expect the ATDP estimates for the components of “miscellaneous revenue” and “miscellaneous farm expenses” not included in the AES series to offset each other to some degree.

The ATDP publishes average receipts and expenses only for farms reporting total farm operating revenues of $10,000 or more on their income tax return and agricultural corporations reporting total farm operating revenues of $25,000 and over, and for which 50% or more of their sales come from agricultural activities. For purposes of comparisons with the AES, estimations for the unincorporated farms reporting total operating revenues below $10,000 were used internally in spite of the lower quality of these estimates.

3. Results

4. Conclusion

Comparing data collected for different purposes is not an easy task. It is extremely difficult to identify precisely what causes the discrepancies at the aggregate level. There will be always discrepancies due to differences in coverage, accounting methods, fiscal years as well as the edit, imputation and estimation methods of the survey, census or administrative data. These differences are often compounded in an estimate, such as net cash income, that is measured residually.

2010 Share File – Approximate Sampling Variability Tables

June 2011

Tables of contents

Input data for sampling variability tables

Provinces, Territories, and Canada
Canada by age group
Health Regions

Approximate sampling variability tables

Canada
Canada by Age Group

Age group 12-19
Age group 20-29
Age group 30-44
Age group 45-64
Age group 65+

Provinces and Territories

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

Health Regions

Newfoundland: Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority (1011)
Newfoundland: Central Regional Integrated Health Authority (1012)
Newfoundland: Western Regional Integrated Health Authority (1013)
Newfoundland: Labrador-Grenfell Regional Integrated Health Authority (1014)
Prince Edward Island: Kings County (1101)
Prince Edward Island: Queens County (1102)
Prince Edward Island: Prince County (1103)
Nova Scotia: Zone 1 (1201)
Nova Scotia: Zone 2 (1202)
Nova Scotia: Zone 3 (1203)
Nova Scotia: Zone 4 (1204)
Nova Scotia: Zone 5 (1205)
Nova Scotia: Zone 6 (1206)
New Brunswick: Zone 1 (1301)
New Brunswick: Zone 2 (1302)
New Brunswick: Zone 3 (1303)
New Brunswick: Zone 4 (1304)
New Brunswick: Zone 5 (1305)
New Brunswick: Zone 6 (1306)
New Brunswick: Zone 7 (1307)
Quebec: Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent (2401)
Quebec: Région du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (2402)
Quebec: Région de la Capitale-Nationale (2403)
Quebec: Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec (2404)
Quebec: Région de l’Estrie (2405)
Quebec: Région de Montréal (2406)
Quebec: Région de l’Outaouais (2407)
Quebec: Région de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (2408)
Quebec: Région de la Côte-Nord (2409)
Quebec: Région du Nord-du-Québec (2410)
Quebec: Région de la Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (2411)
Quebec: Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches (2412)
Quebec: Région de Laval (2413)
Quebec: Région de Lanaudière (2414)
Quebec: Région des Laurentides (2415)
Quebec: Région de la Montérégie (2416)
Ontario: The District of Algoma Health Unit (3526)
Ontario: Brant County Health Unit (3527)
Ontario: Durham Regional Health Unit (3530)
Ontario: Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit (3531)
Ontario: Grey Bruce Health Unit (3533)
Ontario: Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (3534)
Ontario: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (3535)
Ontario: Halton Regional Health Unit (3536)
Ontario: City of Hamilton Health Unit (3537)
Ontario: Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit (3538)
Ontario: Huron County Health Unit (3539)
Ontario: Chatham-Kent Health Unit (3540)
Ontario: Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit (3541)
Ontario: Lambton Health Unit (3542)
Ontario: Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit (3543)
Ontario: Middlesex-London Health Unit (3544)
Ontario: Niagara Regional Area Health Unit (3546)
Ontario: North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (3547)
Ontario: Northwestern Health Unit (3549)
Ontario: City of Ottawa Health Unit (3551)
Ontario: Oxford County Health Unit (3552)
Ontario: Peel Regional Health Unit (3553)
Ontario: Perth District Health Unit (3554)
Ontario: Peterborough County-City Health Unit (3555)
Ontario: Porcupine Health Unit (3556)
Ontario: Renfrew County and District Health Unit (3557)
Ontario: The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (3558)
Ontario: Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (3560)
Ontario: Sudbury and District Health Unit (3561)
Ontario: Thunder Bay District Health Unit (3562)
Ontario: Timiskaming Health Unit (3563)
Ontario: Waterloo Health Unit (3565)
Ontario: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit (3566)
Ontario: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (3568)
Ontario: York Regional Health Unit (3570)
Ontario: City of Toronto Health Unit (3595)
Manitoba: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (4610)
Manitoba: Brandon Regional Health Authority (4615)
Manitoba: North Eastman Regional Health Authority (4620)
Manitoba: South Eastman Regional Health Authority (4625)
Manitoba: Interlake Regional Health Authority (4630)
Manitoba: Central Regional Health Authority (4640)
Manitoba: Assiniboine Regional Health Authority (4645)
Manitoba: Parkland Regional Health Authority (4660)
Manitoba: NOR–MAN Regional Health Authority (4670)
Manitoba: Burntwood/Churchill (4685)
Saskatchewan: Sun Country Regional Health Authority (4701)
Saskatchewan: Five Hills Regional Health Authority (4702)
Saskatchewan: Cypress Regional Health Authority (4703)
Saskatchewan: Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (4704)
Saskatchewan: Sunrise Regional Health Authority (4705)
Saskatchewan: Saskatoon Regional Health Authority (4706)
Saskatchewan: Heartland Regional Health Authority (4707)
Saskatchewan: Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority (4708)
Saskatchewan: Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority (4709)
Saskatchewan: Prairie North Regional Health Authority (4710)
Saskatchewan: Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca (4714)
Alberta: South Zone (4831)
Alberta: Calgary Zone (4832)
Alberta: Central Zone (4833)
Alberta: Edmonton Zone (4834)
Alberta: North Zone (4835)
British Columbia: East Kootenay (5911)
British Columbia: Kootenay-Boundary (5912)
British Columbia: Okanagan (5913)
British Columbia: Thompson/Cariboo (5914)
British Columbia: Fraser East (5921)
British Columbia: Fraser North (5922)
British Columbia: Fraser South (5923)
British Columbia: Richmond (5931)
British Columbia: Vancouver (5932)
British Columbia: North Shore/Coast Garibaldi (5933)
British Columbia: South Vancouver Island (5941)
British Columbia: Central Vancouver Island (5942)
British Columbia: North Vancouver Island (5943)
British Columbia: Northwest (5951)
British Columbia: Northern Interior (5952)
British Columbia: Northeast (5953)
Yukon Territory: Yukon Territory (6001)
Northwest Territories: Northwest Territories (6101)
Nunavut: Nunavut (6201)

For the complete document in PDF format, contact Client Services (613-951-1746;hd-ds@statcan.gc.ca), Health Statistics Division

Concepts used by the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS)

Designated trades
Each of the 13 provinces and territories determines which trades are apprenticeable and/or certifiable within their jurisdiction. These are referred to as designated trades. The jurisdictions also determine which of the designated trades require the successful passing of a skills assessment examination in order to work unsupervised in the trade. There is considerable variation between the jurisdictions as to which trades are apprenticeable and/or certifiable. Data from this survey includes only those trades that are designated in at least one province or territory.

Registered apprentices are persons who are in a supervised work training program in an apprenticeable trade within their provincial or territorial jurisdiction. The apprentice must be registered with the appropriate governing body (usually a Ministry of Education or Labour or a trade specific industry governing body) in order to complete the training.

Trade Qualifiers or Trade Challengers are persons who have worked in a specific trade for a number of years, without necessarily having ever been an apprentice, and have chosen to write the required skills assessment examination in their trade.

Registrations
"Total Registrations" in apprenticeship programs is the count of any registrations that occurred during the reporting period (from January 1 2014 to December 31 2014) within the 13 jurisdictions.

Total registrations = Already registered + New registrations + Reinstatements

• Already registered - the number of registrations carried forward from the previous year
• New registrations – new entrants to any apprenticeship program that occurred during the 12 month reporting period
• Reinstatements - registrations by people who had left an apprenticeship program in a specific trade in a previous year and had returned to the same apprenticeship program during the reporting period

Red Seal and non-Red Seal Programs
The Red Seal Program sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespersons across Canada in specific trades, referred to as the "Red Seal" trades. Tradespersons who meet the Red Seal standards, through examination, receive a Red Seal endorsement on their provincial/territorial trade certificates.

Non-Red Seal trades do not have interprovincial standards. Many non-Red Seal trades do not have an examination requirement in order to work in the trade.

Certification
In some jurisdictions certificates are issued to registered apprentices who have completed their hours of supervised on-the-job training and in all jurisdictions they are issued to apprentices and trade qualifiers who have passed a skills assessment examination in their trade.

Certification terminology
There are jurisdictional differences in the names of certificates awarded. They may include

Federal, provincial and territorial changes pertinent to the interpretation of RAIS data

1 Starting in 2003, a change occurred in the reporting of Newfoundland and Labrador's information concerning newly registered apprentices and cancellations/suspensions.

2 Changes in Prince Edward Island's information system, starting with the reporting of 2005, may affect historical comparisons. Prince Edward Island made some adjustments and revisions, at the end of 2006, to their database which accounts for the change in the carry-over of registered apprentices at the beginning of 2007. In 2007, an increase in new registrations is to some extent related to a demand for skilled workers outside of the province. In 2008, technical issues with the Prince Edward Island's information system and reporting of data since the redesign of the Registered Apprenticeship Information System survey caused a number of apprentices not to be reported.

3 Revisions have been made to the Quebec 1991 to 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals.

4 As of 2008, the portion of total Quebec trade information coming from Emploi-Quebec is no longer being provided in aggregated form. The data from the province of Quebec includes all trades with the exception of the Automotive sector.

5 In Ontario, differences may occur in the carry-over totals of active apprentices from 2006 to 2007. This is a result of the preparation and conversion of client data to Ontario's new relational database system in late 2006 and in the process a clean-up of inactive clients occurred and adjusted the active total of registered apprentices and their carry-over into 2007.

6 Minor trade code revisions, in 2006, to Manitoba.

7 For 2008, Alberta incorrectly included the industrial warehousing trade with the Partsperson and Partsperson (material) trades and also excluded the Construction craft worker trade. A distinct feature of the Rig technician trade is that individuals may be registered as apprentices in the trade, however their certificates are granted as trade qualifiers (challengers).

8 Revisions have been made to the British Columbia 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals for 2005.

9 Prior to 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.

10 In 2008, Alberta reported a large number of discontinued apprentices, which was a result of them implementing a series of cancellations and suspensions of inactive apprentices.

11 New Quebec legislation introduced in 2008 and 2009, relating to Emploi-Quebec sector trades, have resulted in some changes in the reporting of registered apprenticeship registrations.

12 An adjustment has been made to the Joiner trade in British Columbia, to include the trade in the Iinterior finishing major trade group, rather than in the previous Carpenters major trade group.

13 The Emploi-Québec 2010 data includes revised trade programs where some of the trades have been segmented into several levels. The segmenting of trade programs into levels creates a situation for possible multiple registrations and completions by a single individual apprentice, where previously only one registration and completion existed for this individual.

14 The Electronics technician (Consumer Products) trade was de-designated as a Red Seal trade in 2011.

15 The Gasfitter - Class A and Gasfitter - Class B trades were designated as Red Seal trades in 2012.

16 Changes in provincial regulations governing drinking water related trades currently reported by Emploi-Québec, have resulted in program changes, as well as the transferring of responsibility of some of these trades to the Conseil de la construction du Québec.

17 Since 2013, Ontario's data comes from two different sources. The registration data continues to be reported by the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities. The certification data is now being reported by the Ontario College of Trades which governs the certification of all apprentices and journeypersons. A cleanup of the database was performed in order to facilitate this transition which has resulted in some discrepancies in the carry-over from 2012. The impact of these changes are also felt in 2014.

18 In 2013, a regulatory change came into effect which affects both Ornamental ironworkers and Structural steel erectors under the jurisdiction of the Conseil de la construction du Québec. Workers in these two trades are now considered to be Ironworkers.

19 In 2013, changes were made to the Automotive Service Technician trades in British Columbia. Apprentices no longer have to complete mandatory work-based training hours at each program level before progressing to the next level of technical training. The impact of these changes are also felt in 2014.

20 Certificates in the Steamfitter/Pipefitter trade under the Conseil de la construction du Québec, also include Plumbers.

21 The Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer), Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator) and Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe) trades were designated as Red Seal trades in 2014.

22 Since 2013, Building/Construction Metalworker has been coded to Metal Workers (other) instead of being included in the Other category.

Concepts used by the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS)

Designated trades
Each of the 13 provinces and territories determines which trades are apprenticeable and/or certifiable within their jurisdiction. These are referred to as designated trades. The jurisdictions also determine which of the designated trades require the successful passing of a skills assessment examination in order to work unsupervised in the trade. There is considerable variation between the jurisdictions as to which trades are apprenticeable and/or certifiable. Data from this survey includes only those trades that are designated in at least one province or territory.

Registered apprentices are persons who are in a supervised work training program in an apprenticeable trade within their provincial or territorial jurisdiction. The apprentice must be registered with the appropriate governing body (usually a Ministry of Education or Labour or a trade specific industry governing body) in order to complete the training.

Trade Qualifiers or Trade Challengers are persons who have worked in a specific trade for a number of years, without necessarily having ever been an apprentice, and have chosen to write the required skills assessment examination in their trade.

Registrations
"Total Registrations" in apprenticeship programs is the count of any registrations that occurred during the reporting period (from January 1 2013 to December 31 2013) within the 13 jurisdictions.

Total registrations = Already registered + New registrations + Reinstatements

• Already registered - the number of registrations carried forward from the previous year
• New registrations – new entrants to any apprenticeship program that occurred during the 12 month reporting period
• Reinstatements - registrations by people who had left an apprenticeship program in a specific trade in a previous year and had returned to the same apprenticeship program during the reporting period

Red Seal and non-Red Seal Programs
The Red Seal Program sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespersons across Canada in specific trades, referred to as the "Red Seal" trades. Tradespersons who meet the Red Seal standards, through examination, receive a Red Seal endorsement on their provincial/territorial trade certificates.

Non-Red Seal trades do not have interprovincial standards. Many non-Red Seal trades do not have an examination requirement in order to work in the trade.

Certification
In some jurisdictions certificates are issued to registered apprentices who have completed their hours of supervised on-the-job training and in all jurisdictions they are issued to apprentices and trade qualifiers who have passed a skills assessment examination in their trade.

Certification terminology
There are jurisdictional differences in the names of certificates awarded. They may include

Federal, provincial and territorial changes pertinent to the interpretation of RAIS data

1 Starting in 2003, a change occurred in the reporting of Newfoundland and Labrador's information concerning newly registered apprentices and cancellations/suspensions.

2 Changes in Prince Edward Island's information system, starting with the reporting of 2005, may affect historical comparisons. Prince Edward Island made some adjustments and revisions, at the end of 2006, to their database which accounts for the change in the carry-over of registered apprentices at the beginning of 2007. In 2007, an increase in new registrations is to some extent related to a demand for skilled workers outside of the province. In 2008, technical issues with the Prince Edward Island's information system and reporting of data since the redesign of the Registered Apprenticeship Information System survey caused a number of apprentices not to be reported.

3 Revisions have been made to the Quebec 1991 to 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals.

4 As of 2008, the portion of total Quebec trade information coming from Emploi-Quebec is no longer being provided in aggregated form. The data from the province of Quebec includes all trades with the exception of the Automotive sector.

5 In Ontario, differences may occur in the carry-over totals of active apprentices from 2006 to 2007. This is a result of the preparation and conversion of client data to Ontario's new relational database system in late 2006 and in the process a clean-up of inactive clients occurred and adjusted the active total of registered apprentices and their carry-over into 2007.

6 Minor trade code revisions, in 2006, to Manitoba.

7 For 2008, Alberta incorrectly included the industrial warehousing trade with the Partsperson and Partsperson (material) trades and also excluded the Construction craft worker trade. A distinct feature of the Rig technician trade is that individuals may be registered as apprentices in the trade, however their certificates are granted as trade qualifiers (challengers).

8 Revisions have been made to the British Columbia 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals for 2005.

9 Prior to 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.

10 In 2008, Alberta reported a large number of discontinued apprentices, which was a result of them implementing a series of cancellations and suspensions of inactive apprentices.

11 New Quebec legislation introduced in 2008 and 2009, relating to Emploi-Quebec sector trades, have resulted in some changes in the reporting of registered apprenticeship registrations.

12 An adjustment has been made to the Joiner trade in British Columbia, to include the trade in the Iinterior finishing major trade group, rather than in the previous Carpenters major trade group.

13 The Emploi-Québec 2010 data includes revised trade programs where some of the trades have been segmented into several levels. The segmenting of trade programs into levels creates a situation for possible multiple registrations and completions by a single individual apprentice, where previously only one registration and completion existed for this individual.

14 The Electronics technician (Consumer Products) trade was de-designated as a Red Seal trade in 2011.

15 The Gasfitter - Class A and Gasfitter - Class B trades were designated as Red Seal trades in 2012.

16 Changes in provincial regulations governing drinking water related trades currently reported by Emploi-Québec, have resulted in program changes, as well as the transferring of responsibility of some of these trades to the Conseil de la construction du Québec.

17 Since 2013, Ontario's data comes from two different sources. The registration data continues to be reported by the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities. The certification data is now being reported by the Ontario College of Trades which governs the certification of all apprentices and journeypersons. A cleanup of the database was performed in order to facilitate this transition which has resulted in some discrepancies in the carry-over from 2012.

18 In 2013, a regulatory change came into effect which affects both Ornamental ironworkers and Structural steel erectors under the jurisdiction of the Conseil de la construction du Québec. Workers in these two trades are now considered to be Ironworkers.

19 In 2013, changes were made to the Automotive Service Technician trades in British Columbia. Apprentices no longer have to complete mandatory work-based training hours at each program level before progressing to the next level of technical training.

20 Certificates in the Steamfitter/Pipefitter trade under the Conseil de la construction du Québec, also include Plumbers.

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Definitions

Trusteed Pension Fund:

For purposes of this survey, trusteed pension funds include the assets of one or more registered pension plans;

• held under a trust agreement.
• held by a pension corporation or pension fund society.
• administered under legislation of the Government of Canada, or government of a province of Canada.
• held by an insurance company for investment management only.

Excluded from the survey are pension funds held in total under an annuity insurance contract.

Pension funds with a portion of the assets held by an insurance company for investment management only must complete the survey and report the insurance holdings in Section's A: and C: of the questionnaire.

More Than One Pension Fund in Operation:

If your organization operates more than one trusteed pension fund, please complete a separate report for each.

However, consolidated or master trust funds are treated as single funds for this survey. A master trust fund is a consolidated pension fund where the assets of two or more registered pension plans are managed as a single fund. The contributions of these plans are deposited into this fund and the assets for each plan are in the form of units of the master trust fund.

Terminated Plans - Residual Assets:

The residual assets remaining in a trusteed fund after a registered pension plan has been terminated and to which no further contributions
are payable, are to be reported in this survey until all assets have been liquidated, distributed and the fund has been completely closed out.
Respondents: Respondents completing all or part of the Census of Trusteed Pension funds questionnaire may include employers, pension plan sponsors, custodians or third party service providers, including incorporated companies, unions, financial institutions, pension fund administrators, actuaries, consultants and federal and provincial pension investment boards.

If it is necessary to obtain administrative data (Section A:) or financial data (Sections B: or C:) from another organization, please report what information you can and forward the questionnaire to the plan sponsor, pension service provider or agency to complete and return to Statistics Canada.

Section A: Administrative Data

Insurance company holdings (Question 4):

Insurance company holdings (Question 4): For the plan registration numbers reported in question 8, if any of the assets are invested with or
managed by an insurance company and included in amounts reported in Section C: answer yes and report the total insurance investments on this line.

Members covered (Question 5):

• (a) Number of employed plan members: Report the number of members (at December 31 or plan year end) for whom contributions are being made, or if the person is temporarily not working, for whom contributions will likely be made in the future.
• (b) Number of additional persons having equity in the fund: Do not include people for whom annuities have been purchased and who no longer have equity in the fund.

Book (Cost) Value of Previous Year's Assets:If Book (cost) value of previous year's assets is unavailable, please report the market value and enter ‘MV' following the amount reported.

Section B: Receipts and Disbursements

Receipts and Net Realized Gains

(Note: Do not include an unrealized gains)

Employee contributions (line 100): Include both required and voluntary contributions.

Employer contributions (line 101): Report the actual dollar amount contributed. Include amounts for special payments for unfunded liability, etc. Deduct any credits or surpluses used to reduce required contributions.

Investment income (line 102): Report total investment income on an accrued basis, if possible. Include interest income from bonds, mortgages, deposits, short-term notes, dividend income from equities, real estate income, income from securities lending and pooled investment income. If possible, report gross investment income on this line and report any investment expenses associated with investment income on line 203.

Net realized profit on sale of securities (line 103): Profit is calculated by deducting the sale price from the purchase price. Subtract losses from gains. If the amount is positive, report on line 103 and if negative, report as a net loss, on line 204. Include gains from settled derivatives transactions, on line 103 and losses from settled derivative transactions on line 204.

Transfers from other pension plans (line 104): These transfers would result from the merger of two or more plans, the transfer of assets of one or more members from another pension plan or change of funding instrument (e.g. from an insurance company contract to a trust arrangement). Specify the origin of these transfers.

For master trusts do not include transfers from one plan held by the master trust into another plan held by the same master trust.

Other receipts and gains (line 105): Currency exchange gains for investments that have not been sold but have been revalued in Canadian dollars should be reported here.

For master trusts do not include receipts that are received from an investment account held by the same master trust.

Disbursements and Net Realized Losses

(Note: Do not include unrealized losses)

Pension payments out of fund to retirees and beneficiaries (line 200): Include, if applicable, the lump sum settlements made in lieu of a pension at retirement. Do not include cash withdrawals for such things as death, termination, etc.; these amounts should be reported as cash withdrawals, line 202.

Cost of pensions purchased (line 201): This is the cost of purchasing annuities, most commonly from an insurance company.

Cash withdrawals (including transfers to other plans) (line 202): Include cash amounts withdrawn due to death, termination of employment, discontinuation of the plan or change of funding instrument (e.g. from a trust arrangement to an insurance company contract). Transfers result from the merger of two or more plans, the transfer of assets of one or more members to another pension plan, etc. The transfer of monies, on behalf of terminating plan members, to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan, a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan or another Registered Pension Plan should also be included here.

Administration costs(line 203): Include any investment expenses not netted from investment income and membership services (i.e., benefit administration and delivery) expenses charged to the fund.

Net realized loss on sale of securities (line 204): See Net realized profit on sale of securities, line 103.

Other disbursements and losses (line 206):Report loss resulting from change in currency exchange here (see Other receipts and gains, line 105).

For master trusts do not include disbursements from the master trust that are received into an investment account held by the same master trust.

Note: The difference between Total receipts and gains (line 110) and Total disbursements and losses (line 210)is referred to as net income. The net income, when added to the book (cost) value of previous year's assets should equal the net assets book (cost) value (Section C, line 400) for the current year.

Section C: Assets

Asset detail – report both book (cost) and market values

For the questionnaire items that request you to "specify" please state the items explicitly.

Foreign investments: Foreign property has the same meaning as defined in Canada's income tax act. Investments in foreign property are to be reported on lines 305, 321, 322, 334 or 362, depending on the asset class in which the money is invested. Foreign property investments can include; investments in units of a foreign pooled fund; investments in publicly traded foreign stocks or private equity investments in foreign corporations; investments in bonds or a debenture issued by a non-Canadian resident and deposits in a bank or similar institution outside Canada. Investments expressed in foreign currency but situated in Canada are not considered foreign.

Pooled, mutual and investment funds (lines 300 to 306): Include investments in funds which pool the monies of several investors and which are sold on a unit basis. This includes insurance industry segregated pooled funds. The category of foreign fund takes precedence over other pooled funds. If, for example, a fund is both foreign and money market it should be reported as a foreign fund. Canadian funds may be partially invested outside Canada. If any assets are listed on line 306, please provide a description of the assets being reported using the specify field.

Equities (lines 320 to 332): Include investments in publicly traded stocks and private equity investments in Canadian (line 320) or foreign (line 321 and 322) corporations.

Bonds / Debentures (lines 330 to 334): Include bonds maturing in less than 12 months. Federal bonds (line 330) include only direct issues by the Canadian federal government. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) mortgage bonds and NHA Mortgage-Backed Securities insured by the CMHC as well as bonds issued by other federal government businesses are to be recorded under other Canadian (corporate) (line 333). Provincial and Municipal bonds (lines 331 and 332) include both direct issues of those levels of government as well as bonds guaranteed by their government business enterprises. In other Canadian (corporate)(line 333) include bonds and debentures issued by Canadian corporations and non-guaranteed issues of government business enterprises. Convertible bonds should also be reported as other Canadian (corporate) and not with equities. In foreign (line 334) include bonds issued by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American, Caribbean and Asian Development Banks.

Mortgages (lines 340 and 341): These are conventional mortgage loans which are granted to borrowers to finance the purchase of properties with the underlying property secured as collateral for the loan. Report loans granted to borrowers to finance the purchase of residential properties on line 340. Report loans granted to businesses to finance the purchase of commercial properties as non-residential on line 341.

Real estate (line 350): Report investments in real estate, including petroleum and natural gas properties. Investments in real estate funds or REITs are to be reported in line 303.

Cash, deposits, GICs (line 360): Include cash on hand and deposits in chartered banks and trust and mortgage loan companies. Bank term deposits and GICs should also be included on line 360.

Other Canadian short-term paper (line 363): Includes provincial and municipal t-bills, banker's acceptances, discount notes, promissory notes, call loans, interest bearing notes, bearer demand notes and other financial and commercial paper issued by corporations and provincial and municipal governments.

Other assets (line 372): Include fair value of unsettled derivative contracts with a positive position on this line and any other assets not reported elsewhere. Please provide a description of the asset being reported using the specify field.

Debts and payables (line 390): Include the fair value of unsettled derivative contracts with a negative position on this line.