Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
Reporting guide
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2018 Annual Fall Fruits and Vegetables Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
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 information from this survey for statistical purposes.
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Table of contents
Definitions
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 10
Question 12
Question 13
Question 15
Question 17
Definitions
Legal Name
The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.
Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.
Operating Name
The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.
Current main activity of the business or organization
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.
The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.
The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational unit(s) targeted by this questionnaire only, and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.
The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.
Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.
Question 5
Total cultivated area
Include producing and non-producing area.
Include cultivated area owned or rented from others. Rented land includes all land used but not owned by a farm operator regardless whether money changes hands or not.
Exclude land rented to others.
Non-producing area is cultivated area, in which trees, bushes or plants, during the specified growing season, did not or will not produce any fruits or vegetables. These trees, bushes or plants may be too old or too immature to produce fruits or vegetables, for example, apples, blueberries or asparagus.
Include the area of non-producing trees and bushes in the total cultivated area but not in the harvested area figures.
Total production: total production is the total harvested production.
Include production intended for sales for both the fresh and processing markets. Part of the total production could be kept in storage to be sold at a later date or could become spoiled before being sold.
Guidelines for reporting
The following guidelines are to be used when reporting small area. If your area is less than 1 acre, 1 hectare or 1 arpent, round your answer to the nearest 1/100th unit. If less than 1/100, then entre 0.01.
If you know the dimension of your field in number of rows, you could use the following calculation method:
Example: 25 rows of carrots
1 row = 100 feet x 2 feet
25 rows x 100 feet x 2 feet = 5,000 square feet.
Using the bullets below, convert the 5,000 square feet area in acres, hectares or arpents.
Area conversion for land measure:
- 1 acre is equivalent to 0.4 hectares, 1.18 arpents or 43,560 square feet
- 1 hectare is equivalent to 2.47 acres, 2.92 arpents or 107,593 square feet
- 1 arpent is equivalent to 0.85 acres, 0.34 hectares or 37,026 square feet.
Weight conversions:
- 1 ounce is equivalent to 28.35 grams
- 1 pound is equivalent to 0.45 kilogram
- 1 gram is equivalent to 0.035 ounce
- 1 kilogram is equivalent to 2.204 lbs
- 1 imperial ton is equivalent to 2,000 pounds or 907 kilograms
- 1 metric tonne is equivalent to 2,204 pounds or 1,000 kilograms
- 1 bushel of apples is equivalent to 42 or 40 pounds or 19 or 18 kilograms
- 1 bushel of other fruit from trees is equivalent to 50 pounds or 23 kilograms
- 1 pint of blueberries is equivalent to 0.875 pounds or 0.396 kilograms
- 1 quart of strawberries or raspberries is equivalent to 1.25 pounds or 0.567 kilograms
- 1 dozen of field cucumbers is equivalent to 13 pounds or 5.9 kilograms
- 1 dozen cobs of corn is equivalent to 6 pounds or 2.72 kilograms
- 1 bag or sack of sweet corn (6 dozen) is equivalent to 36 pounds or 16.33 kilograms
- 1 dozen heads of lettuce is equivalent to 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms
- 1 box of broccoli is equivalent to 25 pounds or 11.3 kilograms
- 1 box of cauliflower is equivalent to 30 pounds or 13.6 kilograms.
Double cropping
Double or triple cropping occurs when two or more crops are grown on the same area of land during a single growing season. For example, a farmer may have 20 acres of carrots and then grows 20 acres of broccoli. You would enter 20 acres of carrots and 20 acres of broccoli. This would be the approach for 2 different vegetables growing on the same area.
Question 6
Sales to the fresh market
Include sales to fresh market from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, retailers, packers, brokers, door-to-door and fruits baskets deliveries.
Exclude:
- sales to processors. Sales to processors will be asked about later in the questionnaire.
- production in storage. All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire.
- fruits for personal consumption.
For any fruits sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for fresh market.
End use of produce unknown
If you don't know if the fruits are intended (fresh or processing market), report the area as "for the fresh market". Enter the entire production and quantity sold under fresh market.
Inventory in storage
Questions 9 to 11 will ask you to report apples inventory in storage.
Wineries
Wineries are included in this survey.
To avoid the possibility of double counting, exclude all grapes imported or purchased from other producers.
All vinifera and French hybrid grapes are for the processing market. For vinifera grapes to be sold as "fresh", they must be sold to consumers directly. If these grapes are sold fresh to a winery, please report to question 7 on processing market. For wine produced, please estimate the value of harvested grapes and not value of wine bottles.
Total value received
For the question pertaining to revenues, we are interested in gross receipts or revenues and gross sales not net sales or net revenues. For the question on total value received, please report the value received after deductions such as marketing board fees. Include any bonuses or premiums that were paid.
Question 7
Sales to the processing market
Include sales for processing, canning, pickling, freezing and for juice. This includes products like frozen fruits, jams, fruit pies, apple cider, apple butter, etc. |
Cleaning, preparing for packing and bagging of fruits is not considered "processing".
End use of produce unknown
If you don't know if the fruits are intended (fresh or processing market), report the area as "for the fresh market". Enter the entire production and quantity sold under fresh market.
Inventory in storage
Questions 9 to 11 will ask you to report apples inventory in storage.
Wineries
Wineries are included in this survey.
To avoid the possibility of double counting, exclude all grapes imported or purchased from other producers.
All vinifera and French hybrid grapes are for the processing market. For vinifera grapes to be sold as "fresh", they must be sold to consumers directly. If these grapes are sold fresh to a winery, please report to question 7 on processing market. For wine produced, please estimate the value of harvested grapes and not value of wine bottles.
Total value received
For the question pertaining to revenues, we are interested in gross receipts or revenues and gross sales not net sales or net revenues. For the question on total value received, please report the value received after deductions such as marketing board fees. Include any bonuses or premiums that were paid.
Question 10
Inventory in storage
Since the amount of production sold to the fresh market and the processed market is less than the total apples production, then a new set of inventory questions is being asked for storable commodities.
Total value uncertain
At question 11, if you are unsure of the total value or haven't yet received payment for your crop, please estimate the price to be received and multiply this price by the total quantity in storage (fresh or process).
Question 12
Total cultivated area
Include producing and non-producing area.
Include cultivated area owned or rented from others. Rented land includes all land used but not owned by a farm operator regardless whether money changes hands or not.
Exclude land rented to others.
Non-producing area is cultivated area, in which trees, bushes or plants, during the specified growing season, did not or will not produce any fruits or vegetables. These trees, bushes or plants may be too old or too immature to produce fruits or vegetables, for example, apples, blueberries or asparagus.
Include the area of non-producing trees and bushes in the total cultivated area but not in the harvested area figures.
Total production: total production is the total harvested production.
Include production intended for sales for both the fresh and processing markets. Part of the total production could be kept in storage to be sold at a later date or could become spoiled before being sold.
Guidelines for reporting
The following guidelines are to be used when reporting small area. If your area is less than 1 acre, 1 hectare or 1 arpent, round your answer to the nearest 1/100th unit. If less than 1/100, then entre 0.01.
If you know the dimension of your field in number of rows, you could use the following calculation method:
Example: 25 rows of carrots
1 row = 100 feet x 2 feet
25 rows x 100 feet x 2 feet = 5,000 square feet.
Using the bullets below, convert the 5,000 square feet area in acres, hectares or arpents.
Area conversion for land measure:
- 1 acre is equivalent to 0.4 hectares, 1.18 arpents or 43,560 square feet
- 1 hectare is equivalent to 2.47 acres, 2.92 arpents or 107,593 square feet
- 1 arpent is equivalent to 0.85 acres, 0.34 hectares or 37,026 square feet.
Weight conversions:
- 1 ounce is equivalent to 28.35 grams
- 1 pound is equivalent to 0.45 kilogram
- 1 gram is equivalent to 0.035 ounce
- 1 kilogram is equivalent to 2.204 lbs
- 1 imperial ton is equivalent to 2,000 pounds or 907 kilograms
- 1 metric tonne is equivalent to 2,204 pounds or 1,000 kilograms
- 1 bushel of apples is equivalent to 42 or 40 pounds or 19 or 18 kilograms
- 1 bushel of other fruit from trees is equivalent to 50 pounds or 23 kilograms
- 1 pint of blueberries is equivalent to 0.875 pounds or 0.396 kilograms
- 1 quart of strawberries or raspberries is equivalent to 1.25 pounds or 0.567 kilograms
- 1 dozen of field cucumbers is equivalent to 13 pounds or 5.9 kilograms
- 1 dozen cobs of corn is equivalent to 6 pounds or 2.72 kilograms
- 1 bag or sack of sweet corn (6 dozen) is equivalent to 36 pounds or 16.33 kilograms
- 1 dozen heads of lettuce is equivalent to 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms
- 1 box of broccoli is equivalent to 25 pounds or 11.3 kilograms
- 1 box of cauliflower is equivalent to 30 pounds or 13.6 kilograms.
Double cropping
Double or triple cropping occurs when two or more crops are grown on the same area of land during a single growing season. For example, a farmer may have 20 acres of carrots and then grows 20 acres of broccoli. You would enter 20 acres of carrots and 20 acres of broccoli. This would be the approach for 2 different vegetables growing on the same area.
Question 13
Sales to the fresh market
Include sales to fresh market from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, retailers, packers, brokers, door-to-door and fruits baskets deliveries.
Exclude:
- sales to processors. Sales to processors will be asked about later in the questionnaire.
- production in storage. All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire.
- fruits for personal consumption.
For any fruits sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for fresh market.
End use of produce unknown
If you don't know if the vegetables are intended (fresh or processing market), report the area as "for the fresh market". Enter the entire production and quantity sold under fresh market.
Inventory in storage
Questions 16 to 18 will ask you to report vegetables inventory in storage.
Total value received
For the question pertaining to revenues, we are interested in gross receipts or revenues and gross sales not net sales or net revenues. For the question on total value received, please report the value received after deductions such as marketing board fees. Include any bonuses or premiums that were paid.
Question 15
Sales to the processing market
Include sales for processing, canning, pickling, freezing and for juice. This includes products like frozen vegetables, ketchup, vegetables juice and sauce, pickles etc. Cleaning, preparing for packing and bagging of vegetables is not considered "processing".
End use of produce unknown
If you don't know if the vegetables are intended (fresh or processing market), report the area as "for the fresh market". Enter the entire production and quantity sold under fresh market.
Inventory in storage
Questions 16 to 18 will ask you to report vegetables inventory in storage.
Total value received
For the question pertaining to revenues, we are interested in gross receipts or revenues and gross sales not net sales or net revenues. For the question on total value received, please report the value received after deductions such as marketing board fees. Include any bonuses or premiums that were paid.
Question 17
Inventory in storage
Since the amount of production sold to the fresh market and the processed market is less than the total production, a new set of inventory questions is being asked for certain storable commodities.
Total value uncertain
At question 18, if you are unsure of the total value or haven't yet received payment for your crop, please estimate the price to be received and multiply this price by the total quantity in storage (fresh or process).