Agricultural Frame Update Survey - 2023

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Purpose

The information from this survey will serve the following purposes: maintain and update the Canadian Business Register, the principal frame for the economic statistics program of Statistics Canada and to improve the efficiency of the Agriculture Statistical Program by collecting information on the main products and activities of this business.

Purpose

Why we conduct this survey?

Statistics Canada is conducting the Agricultural Frame Update Survey (AFUS) to ensure the accuracy of the agriculture universe on the Business Register (BR).

The information from the Agricultural Frame Update Survey will serve the following purposes:

• Maintain and update the Canadian Business Register, the principal frame for the economic statistics program of Statistics Canada. The Business Register lists all active businesses in Canada.
• Improve the efficiency of the Agriculture Statistical Program by collecting information on the main products and activities of this business.

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

You are legally required to complete this questionnaire according to the Statistics Act.

Other important information

How are we authorized to collect this information?

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

Your answers are confidential

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 and to minimize the reporting burden, 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 and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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 mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Care of Director, Agriculture Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0T6

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.

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Business or organization and contact information

Business and organization contact information - Question identifier: 1

Please verify the business or organization name and correct where needed.

• Legal name:
• Operating name:

Business and organization contact information - Question identifier: 2

Please verify the business or organization contact person and address for this questionnaire and correct where needed. The contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

• First name:
• Last name:
• Title:
• Email address:
• Address (number and street):
• City:
• Province, territory or state:
• Postal code or ZIP code:
• Country:
  1. Canada
  2. United States
• Telephone number (including area code):
• Extension number (if applicable):
• Fax number (including area code):
• Preferred language of communication:
  1. English
  2. French

Business Number

Business Number - Question identifier: 3

Does this operation have a Business Number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)? A Business Number is a unique 9-digit number assigned to a business by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It is used to register a business for tax programs such as GST/HST, payroll deduction, corporation income tax, etc.

1. Yes
   • Enter the Business Number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
   • Include only the first 9 digits.
   • Business Number Example: 123456789
2. No

Business Number - Question identifier: 4

Do you operate or own other agricultural or non-agricultural businesses

1. Yes
   Enter the other legal or operating name of the businesses and their associated Business Number.
   • Legal or operating name 1
   • Associated Business Number 1 Example: 123456789 (if applicable)
   • Legal or operating name 2 (if applicable)
   • Associated Business Number 2 Example: 123456789 (if applicable)
   • Legal or operating name 3 (if applicable)
   • Associated Business Number 3 Example: 123456789 (if applicable)
   • If there are more than three other businesses, enter them in the edit field below
2. No

Business or organization status

Business and organization status - Question identifier: 1

Is this business or organization currently in operation?

1. Yes
2. No, seasonal operations
3. No, ceased all operations
4. No, sold all operations
5. No, amalgamated with (an)other business(es) or organization(s)
6. No, temporarily inactive but will re-open
7. No, no longer operating due to other reason(s)

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 2

When did this business or organization cease all operations?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 3

Why did this business or organization cease all operations?

1. Bankruptcy
2. Liquidation
3. Dissolution
4. Other reason - specify:

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 4

When was this business or organization sold?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 5

What is the legal name of the buyer?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 6

When did this business or organization amalgamate?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 7

What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 8

What is (are) the legal name(s) of the other amalgamated business(es) or organization(s)?

Business or organization status - Question identifier: 9

When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?

Business or organization status - Question identifier:10

When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?

Business or organization status - Question identifier:11

Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?

Business or organization status - Question identifier:12

When did this business or organization cease operations?

Business or organization status - Question identifier:13

Why did this business or organization cease operations?

Agricultural activity

Agricultural activity - Question identifier: 1

Will this operation produce agricultural products in 2023? Examples of agricultural products include: field crops, vegetables, fruit, livestock, horses, poultry, meat, milk, eggs, maple products, honey, wool, ornamental plants, sod, Christmas trees, greenhouse products, mushrooms, etc.

1. Yes
   • If yes, will this operation be reporting sales or expenses for these agricultural products to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)? Include sales and expenses from:
     • agricultural products grown or raised by this operation in 2023 (e.g., field crops, vegetables, fruit, livestock, horses, poultry, meat, milk, eggs, maple products, honey, wool, ornamental plants, sod, Christmas trees, greenhouse products, mushrooms)
     • other commodities produced using agricultural products grown or raised by this operation in 2023 (e.g., wine, meat products).
   • 1. Yes
   • 2. No
2. No, but other agricultural operations used the land and/or farm buildings to produce agricultural products.
3. No, this operation did not produce agricultural products.

Business activity

Business activity - Question identifier: 2

According to our records, this business or organization's main activity, which typically generates the most revenue, is classified as: [ ].

Is this correct?

1. Yes, this is the main activity.
2. No, this is a secondary activity.
3. No, this description is not applicable.

Business activity - Question identifier: 3

Was this business or organization's main activity, which typically generates the most revenue, ever classified as?

1. Yes
2. No

Business activity - Question identifier: 4

When did the main activity change?

Business activity - Question identifier: 5

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity. This is the main economic activity (typically generating the most revenue).
e.g., Breakfast cereal manufacturing or Shoe store or Software development.

Business activity - Question identifier: 6

This will search the database for the classification that matches the keywords you provided. If desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting the business or organization's activity sector.

Search keywords. Select this business or organization's sector (optional)

Please select an activity (industry description)

Please select an activity (industry code)

Business activity - Question identifier: 7

You have indicated that the main activity of this business or organization is: [ ]. Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

1. Yes, there are other activities.
2. No, that is the only significant activity.

Business activity - Question identifier: 8

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity.
e.g., Breakfast cereal manufacturing or Shoe store or Software development.

Business activity - Question identifier: 9

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following business activities? Estimates are acceptable.

Business activity - Question identifier:a)

Main business activity:

Business activity - Question identifier:b)

Percentage of revenue:

Business activity - Question identifier:c)

All other business activities:

Business activity - Question identifier:d)

Total percentage:

Main farm location of this operation

Main farm location of this operation – Question identifier: 1

Please provide the main farm location of this operation.

This is where the main agricultural activities take place. It can be the farm headquarters, main farm buildings or main gate of the farm operation.

1. Province of the main farm location
2. Civic address of the main farm location (if no civic address, skip to the land description field below in the page)
   • Number:
   • Road or street:
   • Name of village, town or city:
   • Postal code
3. Land description of the main farm location (for the Prairies and parts of British Columbia only)
   • Quarter:
   • Section:
   • Township:
   • Range:
   • Meridian:

Unit of measure

Unit of measure – Question identifier: 2

What unit of measure will be used to report land areas for this operation?

1. Acres
2. Hectares
3. Arpents (Quebec only)

Total farm area

Total farm area – Question identifier: 3

What is the total farm area of this operation?

Include all land area owned, leased, rented, crop-shared or used by this operation.

Unit of measure – Question identifier: 4

What is the total area of land used by others?

Include land rented, leased or crop-shared to others, land trading, rent-free, etc.

Agriculture production

Agriculture production – Question identifier: 5

Select the agricultural products currently being produced on this operation.

Select all that apply

• Field crops
• Hay
• Summerfallow
• Potatoes
• Fruit, berries and nuts
• Vegetables
• Sod
• Nursery products
• Greenhouse products
• Cattle and calves (include beef or dairy)
• Pigs
• Sheep and lambs
• Mink
• Fox
• Hens and chickens
• Turkeys
• Maples taps
• Honeybees
• Mushrooms
• Other agricultural products – specify:

Area in crops

Area in crops - Question identifier: 6.

Report the area for: (see list below), on this operation.

Exclude land used by others.

Report the areas only once, even if used for more than one crop type.

• Field crops
• Hay
• Summerfallow
• Potatoes
• Fruit, berries and nuts
• Vegetables
• Sod
• Nursery products
• Other crops - specify:

Greenhouse area – Unit of measure

Greenhouse area - Unit of measure - Question identifier: 7.

What unit of measure will be used to report greenhouse area for this operation?

• Square feet
• Square metres

Greenhouse area

Greenhouse area - Question identifier: 8.

What is the total area under glass, plastic or other protection used for growing plants?

Livestock (excluding birds)

Livestock (excluding birds) - Question identifier: 9.

Report the total number of animals for: (See the list below) on this operation.

Exclude animals owned but kept on a farm, ranch or feedlot operated by someone else.

• Cattle and calves
• Pigs
• Sheep and lambs
• Mink
• Fox
• Other livestock - specify:

Birds

Birds - Question identifier: 10.

Report the total number of birds for: (see list below), on this operation.

Exclude poultry owned but kept on an operation operated by someone else.

• Hens and chickens
• Turkeys
• Other poultry - specify:

Maple taps

Maple taps - Question identifier: 11.

Report the total number of taps made on maple trees this year.

Mushroom growing area – Unit of measure

Mushroom growing area - Unit of measure - Question identifier: 12.

What unit of measure will be used to report the mushroom growing area (standing footage) for this operation?

• Square feet
• Square metres

Mushrooms

Mushrooms - Question identifier: 13.

Report the total growing area (standing footage) for mushrooms.

Honeybees

Honeybees - Question identifier: 14.

How many live colonies of honeybees (used for production or pollination) are owned by this operation?

Gross farm receipts and operating expenses

Gross farm receipts and operating expenses - Question identifier: 15.

In 2023, what were the total gross farm receipts before deducting expenses, excluding resale of commodities purchased and any receipts from non-farming activities?

Include:

• receipts from all agricultural products sold
• program payments and insurance payments
• receipts from custom work.

Exclude:

• sales of forest products
• sales of capital assets (e.g., quota, land, machinery)
• the sale of any goods purchased for resale only.Report for the 2023 calendar year or for the last complete accounting (fiscal) year. Total gross farm receipts $ .00

Gross farm receipts and operating expenses - Question identifier: 16.

In 2023, what were the total farm operating expenses, excluding purchases of commodities resold and any expenses from non-farming activities?

Include only the farm business share of amounts paid.

Exclude:

• costs of any goods purchased only for resale
• amortization or capital cost allowance
• inventory adjustment.

Report for the 2023 calendar year or for the last complete accounting (fiscal) year. Total farm operating expenses $ .00

Business partnership information

Business partnership information - Question identifier: 17.

Are there any partners associated with the operation: who may also report farm receipts or operating expenses for it?

1. Yes
2. No

Business partnership information - Question identifier: 18.

For the associated partner(s), please provide the following information:

If there is more than one business or business partner associated with this operation, please provide the additional information in the section below.

• Business legal or corporation name
• Business number (GST/HST)
• Family name
• First name
• Mailing address
• Name of village, town or city
• Province/territory
• Postal code
• Telephone number

Please provide information for all other associated businesses or partners (Legal name, phone number, Business Number (if available))

Comments

Comments - Question identifier: 19.

How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

Comments - Question identifier: 20.

We invite your comments about this questionnaire.

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