Statistics Canada Service Standards 2025-2026 – Annual Results

  • Access Our Statistical Data
    Access Our Statistical Data
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Publish 242 business days per year at 8:30 AM Eastern.95%99.59%
  • Access to Information and Privacy
    Access to Information and Privacy
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Reply to clients within 30 calendar days or in accordance with legislated timelines under the ATIA.80%31.67%
  • Client Services – Custom Products
    Client Services – Custom Products
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Acknowledge receipt for request of product and/or service within 2 business days.95%98.89%
    Deliver products or services on a contractual basis within the mutually agreed-upon time.95%99.32%
  • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The Consumer Price Index is released monthly, within 31 days of the price observation period.95%100%
    Send acknowledgment receipt to all clients (except media) within 24 hours.95%100%
  • Contact Us – General Information to data users and technical support to survey respondents
    Contact Us – General Information to data users and technical support to survey respondents
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Acknowledge receipt or answer an e-mail within 2 business days.85%100%
    Communicate via email in the official language of the client’s choice.100%100%
    Provide telephone service during regular business hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in all Canadian time zones.85%85.53%
  • Information about Surveys and for Survey Participants
    Information about Surveys and for Survey Participants
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Post survey information within 24 HRS of start of collection.95%98.83%
  • Labour Force Survey
    Labour Force Survey
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Data is released on a monthly basis, ten days after the end of the collection period. On the day of release, several products become available, including a Daily article, a publication, a public use microdata file, and 65 tables in the Common Output Data Repository (CODR).95%100%
    Emails should be acknowledged or answered within two business days.95%100%
    Basic information requests and orders for readily available products should be fulfilled within two business days of receipt.95%100%
  • My StatCan
    My StatCan
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Reply to clients within 2 business days.90%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Balance of Payment
    Release of Statistical Data on Balance of Payment
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data for the Balance of Payments are published within 60 days after the quarter.95%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Census of Population
    Release of Statistical Data on Census of Population
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Data is published 18 months after Census Day.100%N/A
  • Release of Statistical Data on Employment, Payroll and Hours
    Release of Statistical Data on Employment, Payroll and Hours
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Data is released every month, 60 days after the collection period.95%100%
    Acknowledge receipt or answer an e-mail within 2 business days.95%100%
    Fill basic information requests and orders for readily available products within 2 business days of receipt.95%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Enterprise Finances
    Release of Statistical Data on Enterprise Finances
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data for the Quarterly Financial Survey are published 60 days after the reference period.90%100%
    The data for the Annual Financial and Taxation Survey are published 18 months after the reference period.90%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI)
    Release of Statistical Data on Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI)
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Respond to client enquiries within 2 business days.90%100%
    Data released within 1 month of reference period.100%100%
    Mean Annual Revision less than 0.5 percentage points.100%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on International Trade
    Release of Statistical Data on International Trade
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Monthly Merchandise Trade data are published within 35-40 days after the reference month.95%75%
  • Release of Statistical Data in Manufacturing Sector
    Release of Statistical Data in Manufacturing Sector
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data are published within 45 days after the reference month.100%100%
    Survey coefficients and response rates are respected, as are revisions to previous months' data.100%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on the Monthly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry
    Release of Statistical Data on the Monthly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data for the Monthly GDP are published 60 days after the reference month.100%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
    Release of Statistical Data on the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data for the Quarterly GDP are published within 60 days after the quarter.100%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Retail Trade
    Release of Statistical Data on Retail Trade
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data are published within 2 months after the reference month.95%100%
    Survey coefficients and response rates are respected, as are revisions to previous months' data.95%100%
  • Release of Statistical Data on Wholesale Trade
    Release of Statistical Data on Wholesale Trade
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    The data are published within 47 days after the reference month.100%100%
    Survey coefficients and response rates are respected, as are revisions to previous months' data.100%100%
  • Read our Analysis
    Read our Analysis
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Publish 242 business days per year at 8:30 AM Eastern.95%99.59%
  • Research Data Centres (RDC)
    Research Data Centres (RDC)
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Have project proposals reviewed and approved in 8 weeks from receipt of a complete file.80%86.67%
  • Statistical Capacity Building – Workshops, Training and Conferences
    Statistical Capacity Building – Workshops, Training and Conferences
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    National webinars will be offered in both official languages within 3 months.95%100%
  • View our Reference Resources
    View our Reference Resources
    Service StandardTarget (%)Results (April 2025 to March 2026)
    Publish 242 business days per year at 8:30 AM Eastern.95%99.59%