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Data from the first phase of the 2008 Survey of Regulatory Compliance Costs are now available for the Atlantic region, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies and British Columbia.
This survey is being conducted in order to measure regulatory compliance costs for businesses in meeting key regulatory requirements that are the responsibility of various levels of government. Survey results are intended to help determine whether efficiency measures introduced by government are reducing the compliance burden facing businesses.
This release focuses on results of the main survey that collected detailed information on the time spent and salaries of the people involved in preparing and submitting information relating to individual regulations completed internally within a business, as well as a list of outsourced activities (including non-regulatory), and the total cost for the activities being supplied by an external service provider.
A second release from this survey will provide estimates of the external cost of regulatory compliance for small- and medium-sized businesses. Estimates of outsourced compliance costs, when combined with estimates from this release, will provide an accurate representation of total compliance costs. Outsourced and total cost estimates will be available in November 2009.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5093.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-877-679-2746; sbss-info@statcan.gc.ca), Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division.
For more information about the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative, contact Daniel Seens (613-954-3538; daniel.seens@ic.gc.ca), Industry Canada.
