Table 3: Summary of agriculture statistical program options evaluated

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Summary of Agriculture Statistical Program Options Evaluated
  Baseline Option—
Current Canadian
Option 1—
Modified British
Option 2—
Modified Australian/ American
Option 3—
Modified Scandinavian
Option 4—
Hybrid A
Option 5—
Hybrid B
CEAG Year "1" Comprehensive Comprehensive-excludes tax variables Comprehensive-excludes tax variables No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG Comprehensive-excludes tax & other administratively sourced variables Comprehensive-excludes tax & other administratively sourced variables
CEAG Year "6" Comprehensive None None No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG None Meets minimum requirements for policy, small area data, benchmarks & frame
Replacement for CEAG Year "6" Not applicable Larger sample for June Modular Survey in years "5" & "8" One new large survey in years "6" No traditional CEAG; potential for administratively sourced CEAG Increased sample & content for annual surveys in years "6" Not applicable
Risk mitigated if Year "6" CEAG cancelled? No Somewhat Somewhat "No" in the short to medium term, "Yes" in the long term Somewhat "No" in the short term; increasingly in the longer term
Target Population CEAG Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell Threshold based on production threshold Threshold based on estimated value of agricultural operation Threshold based on monetary sales Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell Production of agricultural products with the intent to sell
Survey Population Min. $10,000 (for majority of surveys) Equal to target population Equal to target population Equal to target population Less than target population (minimum to be determined) Less than target population (minimum to be determined)
Annual Survey Program Crop & livestock surveys conducted throughout year, as appropriate to crop growing cycle or livestock reproductive cycle Two modular annual surveys in June & Dec. Larger sample for June survey in years "5" & "8" Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys Farm structure survey every 3 years; small surveys as required Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys Current program with fewer occasions as technology & administrative data replace surveys
Frame Maintenance Admin sources and short survey Admin sources and short survey Admin sources and short survey Admin sources and short survey Rolling frame update Tax filer (& other admin sources) and short survey
Investment in New Technology No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Investment in Administrative Data No No Yes Major investment Yes Yes
Investment in New Surveys No Yes Yes Yes No No
Meets Small Area Data Needs Most Somewhat Somewhat Most (depending on coverage) Somewhat Most
Meets Current User Needs (content) Most Somewhat Somewhat Least Somewhat Most
Time to implement Not applicable Medium term
(5-10 years)
Medium term
(5-10 years)
Long term
(> 15 years)
Medium term
(5-10 years)
Medium term
(5-10 years)
Ranking for Response Burden Reduction 2 2 3 4 3 1
Ranking by Cost 1 2 4 5 4 3

Note:
The ranking of these categories is as follows: 1 is best (i.e. the least burden or the least cost), while 5 is worst (i.e. the most burdensome or the most costly). Both the response burden and cost evaluations take into consideration total burden and cost, including those on other organizations besides Statistics Canada.

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