Archived - Inventory Statement of Butter and Cheese

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GENERAL INFORMATION

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT.

Survey purpose
The objective of this survey is to produce monthly estimates of stocks. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality
Your answers are confidential.
The Statistics Act protects the confidentiality of information collected by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which 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.

Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it 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 New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Fax or e-mail transmission disclosure
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1. Holders of the commodities listed on this form, whether owned by themselves, or by others, are required to report the products on hand in their establishments or stored elsewhere in specially rented rooms to which only they have access, except in emergency. Products held in public storage, common or cold, will be reported by operators of those establishments.

2. The inventory should be taken at the opening of business, on the first business day of the month and the report should be mailed promptly, so that it will reach Ottawa no later than the morning of the tenth of the month. The figures reported are used to produce statistics on inventories of butter and cheese.

Include stocks held on government accounts.

Dairy Products (domestic and imported) (Kilograms)

Butter and Butter Oil (include unsalted butter)

  • Creamery butter
    • held under Plan A
    • held under Plan B
    • held privately
    • Total
  • Whey butter
  • Butter oil

Cheese

  • Cheddar (all sizes, curds included)
  • Other factory cheese (all varieties except cheddar and process)
  • Processed cheese

Dairy Processors Stocks
Of products listed above identify the quantities owned by dairy processors.

  1. no quantity
  2. Name of processor
  3. Product

Name of person responsible for this report
Telephone
Date

COMMENTS

Please return the completed questionnaire to Statistics Canada by the 10th day of the month by mail using the return envelope.

You can also fax it to us at 1-888-883-7999.

Lost the return envelope or need help? Call us at 1-800-565-1685 or mail to:

Statistics Canada Operations and Integration Division Distribution Center � SC-0505 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

For more information on this survey, please access Information for survey participants

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.

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