appropriation (crédit)

Any authority of Parliament to pay money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

budgetary expenditures (dépenses budgétaires)

Operating and capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations.

core responsibility (responsabilité essentielle)

An enduring function or role performed by a department. The intentions of the department with respect to a core responsibility are reflected in one or more related departmental results that the department seeks to contribute to or influence.

Departmental Plan (plan ministériel)

A document that sets out a department's priorities, programs, expected results and associated resource requirements, covering a three‑year period beginning with the year indicated in the title of the report. Departmental Plans are tabled in Parliament each spring.

departmental result (résultat ministériel)

A change that a department seeks to influence. A departmental result is often outside departments' immediate control, but it should be influenced by program-level outcomes.

departmental result indicator (indicateur de résultat ministériel)

A factor or variable that provides a valid and reliable means to measure or describe progress on a departmental result.

departmental results framework (cadre ministériel des résultats)

A framework that consists of the department's core responsibilities, departmental results and departmental result indicators.

Departmental Results Report (rapport sur les résultats ministériels)

A report on a department's actual performance in a fiscal year against its plans, priorities and expected results set out in its Departmental Plan for that year. Departmental Results Reports are usually tabled in Parliament each fall.

full‑time equivalent (équivalent temps plein)

A measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person-year charge against a departmental budget. Full‑time equivalents are calculated as a ratio of assigned hours of work to scheduled hours of work. Scheduled hours of work are set out in collective agreements.

gender-based analysis plus (GBA Plus) (analyse comparative entre les sexes plus [ACS Plus])

An analytical tool used to support the development of responsive and inclusive policies, programs and other initiatives. GBA Plus is a process for understanding who is impacted by the issue or opportunity being addressed by the initiative; identifying how the initiative could be tailored to meet diverse needs of the people most impacted; and anticipating and mitigating any barriers to accessing or benefitting from the initiative. GBA Plus is an intersectional analysis that goes beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences to consider other factors, such as age, disability, education, ethnicity, economic status, geography, language, race, religion, and sexual orientation.

government-wide priorities (priorités pangouvernementales)

For the purpose of the 2023–24 Departmental Plan, government-wide priorities are the high-level themes outlining the Government's agenda in the 2021 Speech from the Throne: building a healthier today and tomorrow; growing a more resilient economy; bolder climate action; fighter harder for safer communities; standing up for diversity and inclusion; moving faster on the path to reconciliation and fighting for a secure, just, and equitable world.

high impact innovation (innovation à impact élevé)

High impact innovation varies per organizational context. In some cases, it could mean trying something significantly new or different from the status quo. In other cases, it might mean making incremental improvements that relate to a high-spending area or addressing problems faced by a significant number of Canadians or public servants.

horizontal initiative (initiative horizontale)

An initiative in which two or more federal organizations are given funding to pursue a shared outcome, often linked to a government priority.

non‑budgetary expenditures (dépenses non budgétaires)

Net outlays and receipts related to loans, investments and advances, which change the composition of the financial assets of the Government of Canada.

performance (rendement)

What an organization did with its resources to achieve its results, how well those results compare to what the organization intended to achieve, and how well lessons learned have been identified.

plan (plan)

The articulation of strategic choices, which provides information on how an organization intends to achieve its priorities and associated results. Generally, a plan will explain the logic behind the strategies chosen and tend to focus on actions that lead up to the expected result.

planned spending (dépenses prévues)

For Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports, planned spending refers to those amounts presented in the Main Estimates.
A department is expected to be aware of the authorities that it has sought and received. The determination of planned spending is a departmental responsibility, and departments must be able to defend the expenditure and accrual numbers presented in their Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports.

program (programme)

Individual or groups of services, activities or combinations thereof that are managed together within a department and that focus on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.

program inventory (répertoire des programmes)

An inventory of a department's programs that describes how resources are organized to carry out the department's core responsibilities and achieve its planned results.

result (résultat)

An external consequence attributed, in part, to an organization, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single organization, policy, program or initiative; instead, they are within the area of the organization's influence.

statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives)

Expenditures that Parliament has approved through legislation other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose of the expenditures and the terms and conditions under which they may be made.

target (cible)

A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.

voted expenditures (dépenses votées)

Expenditures that Parliament approves annually through an Appropriation Act. The vote wording becomes the governing conditions under which these expenditures may be made.

For Information only. This is an electronic survey example for information purposes only. This is not a working questionnaire.

Getting started

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey is a census of plants that crush oilseeds into oil and meal. Data collected are part of supply-disposition statistics of major grains and allow the calculation of the domestic disappearance component. They are also required to verify grain production and farm stocks.

The data are used by the provincial governments, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and related industries for market analysis, particularly of supply-disposition of grain.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

Business or organization and contact information

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 1
Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 2
Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire, and correct information if needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
  • Example: A9A 9A9 or 12345-1234
• Country
• Email address
  • Example: user@example.gov.ca
• Telephone number (including area code)
  • Example: 123-123-1234
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)
  • Example: 123-123-1234

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3
Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

1. Operational - Go to question 4
2. Not currently operational
   e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership
   
   Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
   • Seasonal operations - Go to question 3a.
   • Ceased operations - Go to question 3b.
   • Sold operations - Go to question 3c.
   • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations - Go to question 3d.
   • Temporarily inactive but will re-open - Go to question 3e.
   • No longer operating because of other reasons - Go to question 3f.

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3a
Seasonal operations

• When did this business or organization close for the season?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD

Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3b
Ceased operations

• When did this business or organization cease operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  • Bankruptcy
  • Liquidation
  • Dissolution
  • Other - Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased

Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3c
Sold operations

• When was this business or organization sold?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• What is the legal name of the buyer?

Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3d
Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations

• When did this business or organization amalgamate?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
• What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?

Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3e
Temporarily inactive but will re-open

• When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?

Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 3f
No longer operating due to other reasons

• When did this business or organization cease operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• Why did this business or organization cease operations?

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 4
Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

1 - This is the current main activity. - Go to next section

2 - This is not the current main activity.
Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

• e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 5
Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as “Oil seed processing”?

• Yes
• No – Go to next section

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier: 6
When did the main activity change?

• Date - YYYY/MM/DD

Oilseeds — raw material crushed and month-end stocks

Oilseeds — raw material crushed and month-end stocks - Question identifier: 1
For the reference month, what were the quantities of raw material crushed on a cleaned basis (clean net) and the month-end stocks for the following oilseeds?

Include:

• raw materials crushed at this operation only
• stocks of oilseed and oilseed products held on Canadian soil only.

Oilseeds

• Canola
  Quantity of raw material (metric tonnes)
  Stocks of oilseeds (metric tonnes)
• Soybeans
  Quantity of raw material (metric tonnes)
  Stocks of oilseeds (metric tonnes)
• All other oilseeds — specify
  Quantity of raw material (metric tonnes)
  Stocks of oilseeds (metric tonnes)

Oilseed products and month-end stocks

Oilseed products and month-end stocks - Question identifier: 2
For the reference month, what were the quantities of oil and meal produced and the month-end stocks for the following oilseed products?

Include: stocks of oilseed and oilseed products held on Canadian soil only.

Oilseed products

• Canola oil - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)
• Canola meal - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)
• Soybean oil - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)
• Soybean meal - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)
• All other oilseeds reported at question 1c — oil - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)
• All other oilseeds reported at question 1c — meal - Quantity produced (metric tonnes)

• Canola oil - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)
• Canola meal - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)
• Soybean oil - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)
• Soybean meal - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)
• All other oilseeds reported at question 1c — oil - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)
• All other oilseeds reported at question 1c — meal - Stocks of oilseed products (metric tonnes)

Canola received from Canadian producers

Canola received from Canadian producers - Question identifier: 3
What were the quantities of canola received from Canadian producers for the reference month and for the crop year to date?

Include: canola received directly from Canadian producers from all collection points.

Exclude:

• canola imported from other countries
• grain received from Canadian Grain Commission licensed elevators.

Provincial producers

• Manitoba producers - Quantity received in reference month (metric tonnes)
• Saskatchewan producers - Quantity received in reference month (metric tonnes)
• Alberta producers - Quantity received in reference month (metric tonnes)
• British Columbia producers - Quantity received in reference month (metric tonnes)
• Total - Quantity received in reference month (metric tonnes)

• Manitoba producers - Quantity received Crop year to date (metric tonnes)
• Saskatchewan producers - Quantity received Crop year to date (metric tonnes)
• Alberta producers - Quantity received Crop year to date (metric tonnes)
• British Columbia producers - Quantity received Crop year to date (metric tonnes)
• Total - Quantity received Crop year to date (metric tonnes)

Changes or events

Changes or events - Question identifier: 5
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 changes or events — specify:

OR

• No changes or events

Contact person

Contact person - Question identifier: 6
Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

If the contact person is the same as on cover page, Go to the "Feedback" section

Otherwise, who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Email address
  • Example: user@example.gov.ca
• Telephone number (including area code)
  • Example: 123-123-1234
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)
  • Example: 123-123-1234

Feedback

Feedback - Question identifier: 7
How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include: the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:
Minutes:

Feedback - Question identifier: 8
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Mailing address

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Telephone

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Statistics Canada's Departmental Plan does not include information on tax expenditures.

Tax expenditures are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for government­‑wide tax expenditures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report provides detailed information on tax expenditures, including objectives, historical background and references to related federal spending programs, as well as evaluations, research papers and Gender-based Analysis Plus.

The following supplementary information tables are available on Statistics Canada's website:

• Gender-based Analysis Plus
• United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Gender-based Analysis Plus

General information

Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

Statistics Canada continues to champion the Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) initiative by disseminating disaggregated data, as well as gender-based and intersectional analyses; providing statistical leadership and analytical expertise for developing conceptual frameworks and indicators, progress metrics, and relevant statistical standards; building GBA Plus knowledge and capacity; and monitoring and addressing emerging data needs.

The agency has long recognized the value of including GBA Plus considerations in its operations, including—but not limited to—its engagement efforts and communication; data development; dissemination of enhanced data, analytical products and insights; and human resource processes.

Statistics Canada's Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics (the Centre), which was established in 2018, continues to drive GBA Plus implementation across the agency and to ensure that Canadians have the detailed statistical information and disaggregated data that they need.

The Centre also drives further implementation of the Disaggregated Data Action Plan (DDAP), which identifies and fills data and knowledge gaps across the agency's programs and leads to more representative data collection and enhanced statistics on diverse populations. Specifically, the DDAP prioritizes the collection and dissemination of data by sex or gender, as well as for Indigenous peoples, racialized groups and people with disabilities across age groups and levels of geography. In this way, the DDAP is a key enabler for GBA Plus and intersectional analysis. The Centre also implements the DDAP's efforts to establish standards or harmonized content for a number of concepts to measure population characteristics, such as sexual orientation, ethnocultural diversity, immigrant status, seniors, official languages, low income and veterans.

The Centre continues to generate analytical products and insights relevant to GBA Plus and enhance and maintain the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub—Statistics Canada's primary platform for all gender-, diversity- and inclusion-related data and information.

Further, the Centre continues to build GBA Plus capacity and awareness internally in many ways, by managing the internal GBA Plus Community of Practice; advising others on how to include GBA Plus considerations in their programs, projects and Cabinet documents; integrating GBA Plus in its training materials; participating in GBA Plus-relevant events and awareness initiatives; and partnering with the Canada School of Public Service and Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) to develop materials to further capacity across the Government of Canada.

In addition, alongside the agency's GBA Plus Champion, the Centre leads Statistics Canada's GBA Plus Responsibility Network, which works together to further GBA Plus implementation and communication across the agency. The GBA Plus Responsibility Network includes representation from all fields at Statistics Canada: Corporate Strategy and Management; Strategic Engagement; Economic Statistics; Census, Regional Services and Operations; Social, Health and Labour Statistics; Strategic Data Management, Methods and Analysis; and Digital Solutions. Together, this network will establish a set of best practices to better include GBA Plus considerations early in the planning stage of programs, projects and other initiatives.

In terms of human resources, Statistics Canada continues to foster a workplace that is diverse, inclusive and representative of the Canadian population. Since 2020–21, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Accountability Framework has led to increased accountability to employment equity committees and has better served employees by more clearly identifying roles and responsibilities.

Statistics Canada also continues to implement two action plans related to human resources: the 2021–25 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan: Moving Forward Together, and the Integrity and Respect Action Plan. Both of these aim to improve and promote diversity and inclusion within the workplace, eliminate systemic barriers in appointment processes, and increase representation at all levels across the agency.

Highlights of GBA Plus Results Reporting Capacity by Program

United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals

Statistics Canada

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)	Planned initiatives	Associated domestic targets or ambitions or global targets
All 17 SDGs Global Indicator Framework and Canadian Indicator Framework for all 17 SDGs	Statistics Canada has created an SDG data hub to report Canada's data and statistics on the Global Indicator Framework and will update data annually for the Global Indicator Framework and Canadian Indicator Framework (where possible)	Reporting indicators for specific global (where data are available) and Canadian targets and ambitions
All 17 SDGs Global Indicator Framework for all 17 SDGs	Statistics Canada will continue to co-chair the Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) until its term ends. Statistics Canada will also continue to lead the work of the metadata review subgroup to ensure that the metadata for the SDG global indicators are robust.	Continuing to support the implementation of the Global Indicator Framework for SDGs and also ensuring that Canada contributes to the betterment of the international statistical system
All 17 SDGs Global Indicator Framework and Canadian Indicator Framework	Statistics Canada is developing progress measures for indicators that will facilitate users' understanding of overall progress towards targets and ambitions.	Continuing to facilitate the understanding of how Canada is progressing on SDG goals, ambitions and targets
All 17 SDGs	Statistics Canada will assist in preparing Canada's Voluntary National Review by providing data and statistical interpretation support to be tabled at the United Nations High-level Political Forum in July.	Contributing to the global reporting to the United Nations on member states' implementation of and actions on the 2030 Agenda
SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Global SDG Target 8.9: By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products	Statistics Canada will chair the United Nations Task Team on Sustainable Tourism that is working with the global community to define sustainable tourism indicators that can be ready for consideration by the IAEG-SDGs for the 2025 Comprehensive Review.	Contributing to advancing the development of robust measures of sustainable tourism and responding to the United Nations Statistical Commission's 2022 decision directing the IAEG-SDGs to work on developing an indicator for the 2025 Comprehensive Review

Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to Statistics Canada's program inventory is available on GC InfoBase.

Organizational profile

Appropriate minister(s): The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P.

Institutional head: Anil Arora

Ministerial portfolio: Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Enabling instrument(s):

• Statistics Act
• Corporations Returns Act
• Corporations Returns Regulations

Year of incorporation / commencement: The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was established in 1918. In 1971, with the revision of the Statistics Act, the agency became Statistics Canada.

Other: Under the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is required to collect, compile, analyze, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people of Canada.

Statistics Canada has two primary objectives:

• to provide statistical information and analysis on the economic and social structure and functioning of Canadian society, as a basis for developing, operating and evaluating public policies and programs; for public and private decision making; and for the general benefit of all Canadians
• to promote the quality, coherence and international comparability of Canada's statistics through collaboration with other federal departments and agencies, with the provinces and territories, and in accordance with sound scientific standards and practices.

Statistics Canada's head office is located in Ottawa. There are regional offices across the country in Halifax, Sherbrooke, Montréal, Toronto, Sturgeon Falls, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. There are also 35 research data centres located throughout the country in academic institutions. In addition, there are five secure rooms available for access by employees of federal departments and selected provincial ministries. These centres provide researchers with access to microdata from population and household survey programs in a secure setting. Canadians can follow the agency on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, feeds and YouTube.

Raison d'être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do

Information on Statistics Canada's raison d'être, mandate and role is available on the agency's website.

Information on Statistics Canada's mandate letter commitments is available in the Minister's mandate letter.

Operating context

Information on the operating context is available on Statistics Canada's website..

Reporting framework

Statistics Canada's approved departmental results framework and program inventory for 2023–24 are as follows.

Changes to the approved reporting framework since 2022–23

Structure	2023-24	2022-23	Change	Reason for change
Core responsibility	Statistical Information	Statistical Information	No change	Not applicable
Program	Economic and Environmental Statistics	Economic and Environmental Statistics	No change	Not applicable
Program	Socio-economic Statistics	Socio-economic Statistics	No change	Not applicable
Program	Censuses	Censuses	No change	Not applicable
Program	Cost-Recovered Statistical Services	Cost-Recovered Statistical Services	No change	Not applicable
Program	Centres of Expertise	Centres of Expertise	No change	Not applicable

Four departmental results indicators methodologies were updated to improve the quality and transparency of the data provided:

• Number of post-release corrections due to accuracy for mission critical releases
  • The indicator will now include the number of post-release corrections made on the agency's 21 mission critical programs
• Percentage of website visitors that found what they were looking for
  • This indicator will be reported using the Government of Canada Task Success, previously it used the Website Evaluation Survey
• Number of interactions on social media
  • The indicator will now include two new social media platforms (Snapchat and TikTok) for a total of eight platforms
• Percentage of users satisfied with statistical information
  • This indicator will be reported using the Client Experience Index, previously it used the Statistics Canada Client Survey

This section provides an overview of the department's planned spending and human resources for the next three fiscal years and compares planned spending for 2023–24 with actual spending for the current year and the previous year.

Planned spending

Departmental spending 2020–21 to 2025–26

The following graph presents planned spending (voted and statutory expenditures) over time.

Departmental spending graph

Statistics Canada is funded by two sources: direct parliamentary appropriations and cost-recovery activities. It has the authority to generate $120 million annually in respendable revenue, related to two streams: statistical surveys and related services, and custom requests and workshops. If exceeded, a request can be made to increase the authority, as was the case in the last few years.

In recent years, respendable cost-recovery revenue has contributed between $120 million and $156 million annually to the agency's total resources. A large portion of this respendable revenue comes from federal departments to fund specific statistical projects.

Statistics Canada's voted spending does not include Budget 2023 announcements. More information will be provided in the 2023–24 Supplementary Estimates and Departmental Results Report, as applicable. Resources do not reflect anticipated funding for the 2026 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture, which is expected to be approved in 2023–24 and would be the first year of funding.

Statistics Canada's statutory spending, as indicated in the graph above, relates to the Employee Benefit Plan, which is a function of planned salary spending. Therefore, it fluctuates along with voted spending.

Budgetary planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)

The following table shows information on spending for each of Statistics Canada's core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2023–24 and other relevant fiscal years.

Budgetary planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)

Core responsibilities and internal services	2020–21 actual expenditures	2021–22 actual expenditures	2022–23 forecast spending	2023–24 budgetary spending (as indicated in Main Estimates)	2023–24 planned spending	2024–25 planned spending	2025–26 planned spending
Statistical information	666,463,788	920,977,524	710,036,336	579,311,471	579,311,471	571,978,435	571,251,486
Internal services	78,844,148	89,989,424	104,960,965	72,783,788	72,783,788	70,296,376	67,980,043
Total gross expenditures	745,307,936	1,010,966,948	814,997,301	652,095,259	652,095,259	642,274,811	639,231,529
Respendable revenue	-123,989,068	-127,583,773	-156,259,603	-120,000,000	-120,000,000	-120,000,000	-120,000,000
Total net expenditures	621,318,868	883,383,175	658,737,698	532,095,259	532,095,259	522,274,811	519,231,529

The graph and table above show that spending peaked in 2021–22 when the 2021 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture were conducted. This is followed by a significant decrease in subsequent years as these activities wind down. This pattern is typical for the agency because of the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Funding for the 2026 Census has not yet been approved, and this amplifies the decrease in the overall planned spending. Funding for the 2026 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture is expected to be approved in 2023–24, which would be the first year of funding.

In addition, funding received for several initiatives from Budget 2021 and Budget 2022 decreases from 2022–23 to 2025–26.

Internal services spending from 2020–21 to 2022–23 includes planned resources from temporary funding related to an initiative approved in 2018–19 to migrate the agency's infrastructure to the cloud. The decrease in funding for outer years is largely because of ongoing funding related to cloud expenditures not yet secured and how the agency strategically manages its investments. Investments are managed centrally, by priority, within the statistical information core responsibility. Investment funding from past years will end in future years, while new investment decisions will be finalized only later in the year.

2023–24 budgetary gross and net planned spending summary (dollars)

The following table reconciles gross planned spending with net planned spending for 2023–24.

2023–24 budgetary gross and net planned spending summary (dollars)

Core responsibilities and internal services	2023–24 gross planned spending	2023–24 planned revenues netted against spending	2023–24 planned net spending
Statistical information	579,311,471	-120,000,000	459,311,471
Internal services	72,783,788	0	72,783,788
Total	652,095,259	-120,000,000	532,095,259

Planned human resources

The following table shows information on human resources, in full-time equivalents (FTEs), for each of Statistics Canada’s core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2023–24 and the other relevant years.

Human resources planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services

Human resources planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services

Core responsibilities and internal services	2020–21 actual full-time equivalents	2021–22 actual full-time equivalents	2022–23 forecast full-time equivalents	2023–24 planned full-time equivalents	2024–25 planned full-time equivalents	2025–26 planned full-time equivalents
Statistical information	6,099	7,186	6,873	5,415	5,389	5,367
Internal services	684	713	787	610	584	564
Total gross FTEs	6,783	7,899	7,660	6,025	5,973	5,931
Respendable revenue	-1,340	-1,542	-1,640	-1,189	-1,189	-1,189
Total net FTEs	5,443	6,357	6,020	4,836	4,784	4,742

Similar to trends seen in planned spending, changes in full-time equivalents from year to year are largely explained by the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Activity peaked in 2021–22, when the 2021 Census of Population and Census of Agriculture were conducted, and decreases sharply thereafter as these activities wind down.

Estimates by vote

Information on Statistics Canada's organizational appropriations is available in the 2023–24 Main Estimates.

Future-oriented condensed statement of operations

The future‑oriented condensed statement of operations provides an overview of Statistics Canada's operations for 2022–23 to 2023–24.

The forecast and planned amounts in this statement of operations were prepared on an accrual basis. The forecast and planned amounts presented in other sections of the Departmental Plan were prepared on an expenditure basis. Amounts may therefore differ.

A more detailed future-oriented statement of operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations to the requested authorities, are available on Statistics Canada's website.

Future-oriented condensed statement of operations for the year ending March 31, 2024 (dollars)

Future-oriented condensed statement of operations for the year ending March 31, 2024 (dollars)

Financial information	2022–23 forecast results	2023–24 planned results	Difference (2023–24 planned results minus 2022–23 forecast results)
Total expenses	908,684,680	756,935,666	-151,749,014
Total revenues	156,259,603	120,000,000	-36,259,603
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	752,425,077	636,935,666	-115,489,411

The decrease in planned expenditures for 2023–24 is explained mainly by four factors: a decrease in funding received for the 2021 Census Program, which was going through its dissemination period in 2022–23; a decrease in revenue related to cost-recovered statistical services, which directly impacts the planned spending; new initiatives announced in Budget 2021 for which work continued throughout 2022–23; and the end of the cloud migration project in 2022–23.

The decrease in planned revenue for 2023–24 is mainly due to the reduction of cyclical cost-recovered statistical services.

Description

Internal services are the services that are provided within a department so that it can meet its corporate obligations and deliver its programs. There are 10 categories of internal services:

• management and oversight services
• communications services
• legal services
• human resources management services
• financial management services
• information management services
• information technology services
• real property management services
• materiel management services
• acquisition management services.

Planning highlights

Statistics Canada's internal services will continue to evolve to meet the changing context in which they operate by adapting their processes, controls and oversight practices. The agency's enabling corporate and internal services will provide support and solutions to meet employee and business needs, as the agency continues its efforts to strengthen partnerships, build trust, increase data integration and provide Canadians with the actionable insights they need in a post-pandemic world. Decision making will be informed by a data infrastructure that continues to be more integrated, providing timely insights to foster the agency's cultural values and accountability for outcomes. Internal services will continue providing more efficient and user-centric services.

Data-driven talent management strategy

The 2023–24 data-driven executive performance and talent management program will be anchored in quantitative data and evidence to drive decision making, guide managers in determining performance ratings and help support performance assessment conversations. It will introduce more rigour, with metrics and indicators in the performance review exercise to ensure consistency, reduce bias and improve transparency. Administrative and survey data will be used to validate narrative assessments of key leadership competencies and objectives.

The agency will also continue to focus on modernizing its recruitment practices by solidifying talent pipelines through partnerships with academia and attracting talent in new ways to ensure that people with core and emerging skills are recruited.

Inclusive leadership development program

The implementation of an internal leadership strategy serves to support all employees as true leaders. The strategy seeks to establish

• a culture of ongoing development to promote career growth, encouraging leadership with innovation and supporting curiosity and continuous learning
• a framework that aligns with the agency's values and principles
• a modern program that is cohesive and aligns with current and future initiatives
• leadership development early in an employee's career, with a focus on competency development, soft skills, mentorship, active listening, empowerment of people and communication
• a high standard of leadership and engagement throughout the agency
• renewed and refreshed programs and technologies that resonate with emerging leaders and that are developed with intentional alignment to the future of the agency
• a measurement system to track outcomes and impacts of the leadership program on participants.

This program will include formal training, coaching and mentoring, workshops, keynote speakers, podcasts, videos, fireside chats, and leadership conferences, along with the development of communications products and support for employees as they take ownership of their learning and development journey. It will also offer support to managers as they enable learning and development among their employees.

Well-being

Wellness activities at Statistics Canada will continue to place importance on equipping employees and managers with the appropriate guidance, training and workshops to deal with mental health issues in the workplace. This includes an emphasis on addressing the new challenges that come with working and managing a team within a hybrid environment in an inclusive and equitable way. Furthermore, the agency will continue its analysis of the Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada Employee Wellness Survey datasets and share new insights in peer-reviewed publications.

Information management

The agency will continue to make progress on the multi-year Enterprise Information and Data Management (EIDM) project, including the implementation of the EIDM roadmap and the information governance framework. Emphasis will be placed on the standards-based privacy protection platform, the onboarding and establishment of standards-based agency metadata and data infrastructure, the management of unstructured information planning, the advancement of an agency data and information framework, and the development and implementation of an effective communications strategy.

The EIDM project is establishing a metadata ecosystem to manage standards-based metadata that will adhere to the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability (FAIR) principles; provide the necessary metadata to preserve privacy; streamline the statistical business process through metadata-driven automated processes and reuse of metadata; and support the retention and disposition of data. The metadata ecosystem will provide a single point of access via a metadata hub, which will also serve as the integration layer across the ecosystem. The ecosystem will house metadata on datasets to support an enterprise-wide data catalogue, a questionnaire bank to support development of new surveys, and reference data that can be used both internally and throughout the Government of Canada.

The EIDM project will operationalize a FAIR assessment tool to provide real-time information to statistical programs on their adherence to the FAIR principles, as well as continually advance more robust data management principles.

Digital solutions

Statistics Canada has embarked on a critical evolution of its digital ecosystem, with several significant shifts taking place at the same time. The agency is aligning its vision and direction with a clear view of its hybrid future within the Digital Ambition framework. Continuing into 2023–24, the agency will focus on

• pivoting its digital mindset tools and solutions to help employees focus on results, enhance productivity, improve mobility and agility, and ensure that the agency can access the right talent
• enabling its programs to leverage the new Data Analytics as a Service platform to support the development of new data insights; collaboration both within and outside the agency; and the application of new data analytics methods, such as machine learning and data science
• adjusting its working practices to use the cloud and fully leverage the potential of the cloud
• establishing digitized, mobile-enabled and data-driven work practices that enable virtual collaboration
• committing to being an environmentally sustainable agency (e.g., paperless office)
• aligning current processes to hybrid-by-design methods and approaches
• reviewing and prioritizing policies and procedures to ensure that they are consistent and effective for working in a hybrid work environment.

This ongoing modernization will provide the ideal environment for employees to thrive in a hybrid-by-design model, with key objectives to ensure it is user-centric, intuitive, accessible and secure.

Because employees are working not only in this new way, but also in new locations, Statistics Canada's Cyber Security Division has increased its capabilities to support and defend the business of the agency. The division itself continues to grow and evolve to meet the challenging demands of protecting the integrity, confidentiality and availability of Canadians' data. Strengthening the agency's cloud security posture has been a major focus, as Statistics Canada continues to optimize services through comprehensive vulnerability and risk management capabilities, strategic evaluations and benchmarks, and the continuous realignment of people and technologies to meet the demands of the shifting cyber landscape.

The agency has enhanced processes that align with the Government of Canada's strategic direction for incident management to protect, detect and respond to cyber threats, and to safeguard critical systems and data. Another focus is the evolution of a security-conscious workforce as the first line of cyber defence and integration of security into all organizational aspects and functions to ensure resiliency. The agency is committed to ensuring that the cyber security capabilities for the first census in the cloud (in 2026) will meet the highest standard.

Internal audit and evaluation

In 2023–24, the Audit and Evaluation Branch will conduct audits, evaluations and advisory engagements to yield insight into the appropriateness of decision-making and governance structures and processes that enable the agency's employees to operate effectively within a strong management regime. Moreover, evaluations with a user-centric focus will assess the relevance of programs. This will provide insight into the degree to which user needs are being considered and met in program design and delivery.

Planning for contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses

Statistics Canada incorporates Indigenous businesses as part of its procurement strategy. This includes identifying voluntary Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business set-asides and raising awareness about the initiative within the agency. The agency's target was established based on consultations with key internal stakeholders, such as Security and Facilities Management, and knowledge of forthcoming information technology professional service contracts where a multi-contract procurement strategy allows for set-asides. The target also takes into consideration commodities that have been historically supplied by Indigenous businesses. Although the agency's procurement is primarily targeted to commodities with historically lower Indigenous representation, Statistics Canada is confident in meeting its 5.5% Indigenous procurement target for 2023–24. The agency will also continue to explore future opportunities to help achieve the mandatory minimum target by 2024–25.

Planning for contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses

5% reporting field description	2021–22 actual % achieved	2022–23 forecasted % target	2023–24 planned % target
Total percentage of contracts with Indigenous businesses	N/A	N/A	5.5%

Planned results for Statistical Information

The following table shows, for internal services, budgetary spending for 2023–24, as well as planned spending for that year and for each of the next two fiscal years.

Planned results for Statistical Information

2023–24 budgetary spending (as indicated in Main Estimates)	2023–24 planned spending	2024–25 planned spending	2025–26 planned spending
72,783,788	72,783,788	70,296,376	67,980,043

Planned human resources for internal services

The following table shows, in full-time equivalents, the human resources the department will need to carry out its internal services for 2023–24 and for each of the next two fiscal years.

Planned human resources for internal services

2023–24 planned full-time equivalents	2024–25 planned full-time equivalents	2025–26 planned full-time equivalents
610	584	564