Concordance measures for estimates of household wealth: Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, Survey of Financial Security and Equifax Canada

Table 1
Concordance between the Survey of Financial Security (SFS) and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA), 2012, 2016 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Concordance between the Survey of Financial Security (SFS) and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) SFS, NBSA and Coverage (SFS/NBSA), calculated using millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  SFS NBSA Coverage(SFS/NBSA)
millions of dollars Percent
2019
Total assets 13,556,182 14,686,028 92.3
Financial assets 6,613,501 7,961,751 83.1
Life insurance and pensions 2,513,121 2,844,582 88.3
Other financial assets 4,100,380 5,117,169 80.1
Non-financial assets 6,942,681 6,724,277 103.2
Real estate 6,264,424 5,954,552 105.2
Other non-financial assets 678,257 769,725 88.1
Total liabilities 1,866,265 2,403,411 77.7
Mortgage liabilities 1,507,421 1,648,717 91.4
Other liabilities 358,844 754,694 47.5
Net worth (wealth) 11,689,917 12,282,617 95.2
2016
Total assets 11,980,597 12,697,639 94.4
Financial assets 5,838,388 6,764,083 86.3
Life insurance and pensions 2,317,797 2,454,571 94.4
Other financial assets 3,520,591 4,309,512 81.7
Non-financial assets 6,142,209 5,933,556 103.5
Real estate 5,537,216 5,237,839 105.7
Other non-financial assets 604,993 695,717 87.0
Total liabilities 1,755,045 2,119,898 82.8
Mortgage liabilities 1,416,565 1,427,752 99.2
Other liabilities 338,481 692,146 48.9
Net worth (wealth) 10,225,552 10,577,741 96.7
2012
Total assets 9,367,532 9,667,747 96.9
Financial assets 4,666,076 5,071,707 92.0
Life insurance and pensions 1,871,134 1,914,428 97.7
Other financial assets 2,794,942 3,157,279 88.5
Non-financial assets 4,701,456 4,596,040 102.3
Real estate 4,186,037 4,020,480 104.1
Other non-financial assets 515,418 575,560 89.6
Total liabilities 1,337,071 1,750,587 76.4
Mortgage liabilities 1,029,811 1,136,022 90.7
Other liabilities 307,261 614,565 50.0
Net worth (wealth) 8,030,461 7,917,160 101.4
Note: NBSA estimates include the territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, 2021.
Table 2
Concordance between Equifax and Distributions of Household Economic Accounts (DHEA) estimates for household mortgages and other liabilities, by distribution category, fourth quarter of 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Concordance between Equifax and Distributions of Household Economic Accounts (DHEA) estimates for household mortgages and other liabilities Total liabilities, Mortgage liabilities and Other liabilities, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total liabilities Mortgage liabilities Other liabilities
percent
All households 80.8 79.0 84.9
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador 80.1 81.0 78.8
Prince Edward Island 82.5 74.0 94.0
Nova Scotia 84.5 91.0 77.4
New Brunswick 80.3 79.0 81.6
Quebec 85.1 81.1 93.8
Ontario 82.0 78.8 89.4
Manitoba 70.5 66.7 78.5
Saskatchewan 73.6 75.2 71.1
Alberta 77.0 75.3 80.6
British Columbia 80.0 82.0 75.4
Age group of major income earner
Under 35 years 61.2 59.8 64.6
35 to 44 years 78.4 76.0 86.3
45 to 54 years 80.8 78.0 87.9
55 to 64 years 93.6 99.9 85.3
65 years and over 106.4 110.9 101.9
Generation of major income earner
Millennials 67.9 66.4 72.5
Generation X 80.9 78.2 88.1
Baby boom 94.4 99.4 88.2
Pre-1946 97.7 95.6 99.5
Household type
One-person household 146.2 138.1 162.8
Multiple-person household 71.8 71.0 73.6
Source: Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, 2021; Equifax.

Appendix: definitions

appropriation (crédit)
Any authority of Parliament to pay money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
budgetary expenditures (dépenses budgétaires)
Operating and capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations.
core responsibility (responsabilité essentielle)
An enduring function or role performed by a department. The intentions of the department with respect to a core responsibility are reflected in one or more related departmental results that the department seeks to contribute to or influence.
Departmental Plan (plan ministériel)
A document that sets out a department's priorities, programs, expected results and associated resource requirements, covering a three‑year period beginning with the year indicated in the title of the report. Departmental Plans are tabled in Parliament each spring.
departmental result (résultat ministériel)
A change that a department seeks to influence. A departmental result is often outside departments' immediate control, but it should be influenced by program-level outcomes.
departmental result indicator (indicateur de résultat ministériel)
A factor or variable that provides a valid and reliable means to measure or describe progress on a departmental result.
departmental results framework (cadre ministériel des résultats)
A framework that consists of the department's core responsibilities, departmental results and departmental result indicators.
Departmental Results Report (rapport sur les résultats ministériels)
A report on a department's actual performance in a fiscal year against its plans, priorities and expected results set out in its Departmental Plan for that year. Departmental Results Reports are usually tabled in Parliament each fall.
experimentation (expérimentation)
The conducting of activities that explore, test and compare the effects and impacts of policies and interventions in order to inform decision-making and improve outcomes for Canadians. Experimentation is related to, but distinct from, innovation. Innovation is the trying of something new; experimentation involves a rigorous comparison of results. For example, introducing a new mobile application to communicate with Canadians can be an innovation; systematically testing the new application and comparing it against an existing website or other tools to see which one reaches more people, is experimentation.
full-time equivalent (équivalent temps plein)
A measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person‑year charge against a departmental budget. Full‑time equivalents are calculated as a ratio of assigned hours of work to scheduled hours of work. Scheduled hours of work are set out in collective agreements.
gender-based analysis plus (GBA Plus) (analyse comparative entre les sexes plus [ACS Plus])
An analytical tool used to support the development of responsive and inclusive policies, programs and other initiatives; and understand how factors such as sex, race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic conditions, geography, culture and disability, impact experiences and outcomes, and can affect access to and experience of government programs.
gig workers (travailleurs à la demande)
Unincorporated self-employed workers (sole proprietors) who report business, professional or commission self-employment income, and whose future business activity is uncertain or expected to be minor or occasional.
government-wide priorities (priorités pangouvernementales)
For the purpose of the 2022-23 Departmental Plan, government-wide priorities are the high-level themes outlining the Government’s agenda in the 2021 Speech from the Throne: building a healthier today and tomorrow; growing a more resilient economy; bolder climate action; fighter harder for safer communities; standing up for diversity and inclusion; moving faster on the path to reconciliation and fighting for a secure, just, and equitable world.
horizontal initiative (initiative horizontale)
An initiative in which two or more federal organizations are given funding to pursue a shared outcome, often linked to a government priority.
non-budgetary expenditures (dépenses non budgétaires)
Net outlays and receipts related to loans, investments and advances, which change the composition of the financial assets of the Government of Canada.
performance (rendement)
What an organization did with its resources to achieve its results, how well those results compare to what the organization intended to achieve, and how well lessons learned have been identified.
plan (plan)
The articulation of strategic choices, which provides information on how an organization intends to achieve its priorities and associated results. Generally, a plan will explain the logic behind the strategies chosen and tend to focus on actions that lead up to the expected result.
planned spending (dépenses prévues)
For Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports, planned spending refers to those amounts presented in the Main Estimates.
A department is expected to be aware of the authorities that it has sought and received. The determination of planned spending is a departmental responsibility, and departments must be able to defend the expenditure and accrual numbers presented in their Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports.
program (programme)
Individual or groups of services, activities or combinations thereof that are managed together within a department and that focus on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.
program inventory (répertoire des programmes)
An inventory of a department's programs that describes how resources are organized to carry out the department's core responsibilities and achieve its planned results.
result (résultat)
An external consequence attributed, in part, to an organization, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single organization, policy, program or initiative; instead, they are within the area of the organization's influence.
statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives)
Expenditures that Parliament has approved through legislation other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose of the expenditures and the terms and conditions under which they may be made.
target (cible)
A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.
voted expenditures (dépenses votées)
Expenditures that Parliament approves annually through an appropriation act. The vote wording becomes the governing conditions under which these expenditures may be made.

Federal tax expenditures

Statistics Canada's Departmental Plan does not include information on tax expenditures.

Tax expenditures are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for governmentwide tax expenditures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report provides detailed information on tax expenditures, including objectives, historical background and references to related federal spending programs, as well as evaluations, research papers and gender-based analysis plus.

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.

The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

  • Obtaining information on the supply of and/or demand for energy in Canada
  • Enabling governmental agencies to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities in regards to public utilities
  • Enabling all levels of government to establish informed policies in the energy area
  • Assisting the business community in the corporate decision-making process

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

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that 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 only.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data 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, Québec, 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.

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, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the ministère des Finances du Québec, the ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques du Québec, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, Transition énergétique Québec, the Manitoba Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, the Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

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.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Title
  • Preferred language of communication
    • English
    • French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
  • Country
    • Canada
    • United States
  • Email address
  • Telephone number (including area code)
  • Extension number (if applicable)
    The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

  • Operational
  • Not currently operational (e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership)
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    • Seasonal operations
      • When did this business or organization close for the season?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
    • Ceased operations
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Bankruptcy
        • Liquidation
        • Dissolution
        • Other
      • Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased
    • Sold operations
      • When was this business or organization sold?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • When did this business or organization amalgamate?
        • Date
      • What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
      • What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
    • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
        • Date
      • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
        • Date
      • Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
    • No longer operating due to other reasons
      • When did this business or organization cease operations?
        • Date
      • Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 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, unions, charitable or non-profit organizations, and the employees of households.

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as outlined in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section 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.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

  • This is the current main activity
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

  • Yes
    • When did the main activity change?
      Date
  • No

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

  • Farming or logging operation
  • Construction company or general contractor
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Retailer
  • Provider of passenger or freight transportation
  • Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
  • Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
  • Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
  • Provider of health care or social services
  • Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
  • Other sector

Method of collection

1. Indicate whether you will be answering the remaining questions or attaching files with the required information.

  • Answering the remaining questions
  • Attaching files

Unit of measure

1. What unit of measure will this business use to report natural gas quantities?

Amounts: Report amounts (1000m3 or Gigajoules) of natural gas received and delivered during the month under review.

  • Thousands of cubic metres (103m3)
  • Gigajoules (GJ)

Supply of natural gas

2. What was the quantity of natural gas received directly from the following?

Natural gas supply

Transmission pipelines
Report quantities of natural gas received from transmission pipelines (NAICS 486210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Transmission pipelines are establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of natural gas from gas fields or processing plants to local distribution systems.

Storage facilities
Report quantities of natural gas received from storage facilities (NAICS 493190) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Storage facilities include natural gas storage caverns and liquefied natural gas storage, but exclude establishments primarily engaged in liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purposes of transport (NAICS 488990).

Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)
Report quantities of natural gas received from other gas distributors (NAICS 221210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Gas distributors are establishments primarily engaged in the distribution of natural or synthetic gas to the ultimate consumers through a system of mains.

Total supply of natural gas
Report total quantities of gas received.

What was the quantity of natural gas received directly from the following?
  Unit of measure
a. Transmission pipelines  
b. Storage facilities  
c. Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)  
Total supply of natural gas  

Heating value of natural gas supply

3. What was the average heating value in gigajoules (GJ) per thousand cubic meters of natural gas received?

Heat value of natural gas supply

Average heating value in gigajoules per thousand cubic metres: Report average heat content (i.e., calorific value) of your natural gas receipts for the reported reference month.

Heating value in GJ per thousand cubic metres

Disposition of natural gas

4. During the reference month, to which of the following did this business deliver natural gas?

Select all that apply.

Direct deliveries to consumers

  • System gas consumers
  • Consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy
  • Consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers

Other deliveries

  • Transmission pipelines
  • Storage facilities
  • Other gas distributors

Disposition of natural gas - system gas consumers

5. For the following types of system gas consumers, what were the quantity and value of the natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - system gas consumers

Deliveries to system gas consumers
Report deliveries of utility-purchased natural gas to consumers.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

  • Agriculture and forestry
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing

Exclude:

  • Electric power generation
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
  • Natural gas transmission pipelines
  • Natural gas storage facilities
  • Natural gas distributors

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of system gas consumers, what were the quantity and value of the natural gas delivered and the number of customers?
  Unit of measure CAN$ '000 Number of customers
a. Power generation plants      
b. Other industrial consumers      
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers      
c. Commercial and institutional consumers      
d. Residential consumers      
Total quantity and value of natural gas delivered to system gas consumers and the number of customers      

Disposition of natural gas - consumers enrolled with third party marketers

6. For the following types of consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy, what were the quantity and value of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - consumers enrolled with third party marketers

Deliveries to consumers enrolled with a third party marketer
Report deliveries to consumers who have purchased their natural gas through a gas marketer or broker.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power, by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

  • Agriculture and forestry
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing

Exclude:

  • Electric power generation
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
  • Natural gas transmission pipelines
  • Natural gas storage facilities
  • Natural gas distributors

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of consumers who are enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy, what were the quantity and value of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?
  Unit of measure CAN$ '000 Number of customers
a. Power generation plants      
b. Other industrial consumers      
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers      
c. Commercial and institutional consumers      
d. Residential consumers      
Total quantity and value of natural gas delivered to consumers enrolled with third party marketers such as Direct Energy and the number of customers      

Disposition of natural gas - purchased directly from suppliers

7. For the following types of consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers, what were the quantity of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?

Exclude natural gas delivered to other distributors.

Disposition of natural gas - purchased directly from suppliers

Deliveries to consumers who have purchased directly from suppliers
Report deliveries to consumers who have purchased their natural gas directly from suppliers.

Deliveries to power generation plants
Report gas delivered to electric power generation plants (NAICS 2211) connected directly to your company's distribution system (at metered interconnections).

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the generation of bulk electric power by natural gas.

Deliveries to other industrial consumers
Report gas delivered to industrial establishments other than power generation plants.

Include:

  • Agriculture and forestry
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing

Exclude:

  • Electric power generation
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Other commercial buildings (e.g., public institutions)
  • Natural gas transmission pipelines
  • Natural gas storage facilities
  • Natural gas distributors

Deliveries to commercial and institutional consumers
Report gas delivered to commercial and institutional establishments.

Include:

  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing - Other commercial buildings. (e.g., public institutions)

Deliveries to residential consumers
Report gas delivered for domestic use (including multi-dwelling apartments).

For the following types of consumers who have purchased their own natural gas directly from suppliers, what were the quantity of natural gas delivered and the number of customers?
  Unit of measure Number of customers
a. Power generation plants    
b. Other industrial consumers    
Subtotal - deliveries to industrial consumers    
c. Commercial and institutional consumers    
d. Residential consumers    
Total quantity of natural gas delivered to
consumers who have purchased their own natural gas and the number of customers		    

Disposition of natural gas - other deliveries

8. What was the quantity of natural gas delivered to the following recipients?

Disposition of natural gas - other deliveries

Deliveries to transmission pipelines
Report quantities of gas delivered to transmission pipelines (NAICS 486210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Transmission pipelines are establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of natural gas from gas fields or processing plants to local distribution systems.

Deliveries to storage facilities
Report quantities of gas delivered to storage facilities (NAICS 493190) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Storage facilities include natural gas storage caverns and liquefied natural gas storage, but exclude establishments primarily engaged in liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purposes of transport (NAICS 488990).

Deliveries to other gas distributors
Report quantities of gas deliveries to other gas distributors (NAICS 221210) connected directly to your company's distribution system.

Gas distributors are establishments primarily engaged in the distribution of natural or synthetic gas to the ultimate consumers through a system of mains.

What was the quantity of natural gas delivered to the following recipients?
  Unit of measure
a. Transmission pipelines  
b. Storage facilities  
c. Other gas distributors (utility distribution systems)  
Total other deliveries  

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

9. What was the quantity of natural gas consumed by this business for its own use?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Own use: Report quantities of gas consumed in operating your pipeline system.

10. What was the quantity of natural gas attributed to line-pack fluctuations?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Line pack fluctuation: Report the difference in the pipeline system from the beginning to the end of the reference month due to changes of temperature and/or pressure.

11. What was the quantity of natural gas attributed to metering differences, line losses, and other unaccounted-for and cyclical-billing adjustments?

Disposition of natural gas - other dispositions of natural gas

Metering differences, line loss, and other billing adjustments that are cyclical and not accounted for: Report the difference between the total supply and the total disposition. This difference includes leakage or other losses, discrepancies due to meter inaccuracies, and other variants, particularly billing lag.

Heating value of delivered natural gas

12. What was the average heating value in gigajoules (GJ) per thousand cubic metres of delivered natural gas?

Heat value of delivered natural gas

Average heating value in gigajoules per thousand cubic metres: Report average heat content (i.e., calorific value) of your total Disposition of natural gas for the reported reference month.

Heating value in GJ per thousand cubic metres

Changes or events

1. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

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Supplementary information tables

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Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy/Reporting on Green Procurement.

2020 to 2023 Short-form Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy

Name of department

Statistics Canada

Date

January 2022

Context

Although Statistics Canada is not bound by the Federal Sustainable Development Act and is not required to develop a full departmental sustainable development strategy, Statistics Canada adheres to the principles of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) by complying with the Policy on Green Procurement.

The Policy on Green Procurement supports the Government of Canada's effort to promote environmental stewardship. In keeping with the objectives of the policy, Statistics Canada supports sustainable development by integrating environmental performance considerations into the procurement decision-making process through the actions described in the 2019 to 2022 FSDS "Greening Government" goal.

Commitments

Please refer to the table below.

Integrating sustainable development

Statistics Canada will continue to ensure that its decision-making process includes consideration of FSDS goals and targets through its Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process. An SEA for policy, plan or program proposals includes an analysis of the impacts of the given proposal on the environment, including on FSDS goals and targets.

Public statements on the results of Statistics Canada's assessments will be made public and announced on its website when an initiative has undergone a detailed SEA. The purpose of the public statement is to demonstrate that the environmental effects, including the impacts on achieving the FSDS goals and targets, of the approved policy, plan or program have been considered during proposal development and decision making.

Greening Government:
The Government of Canada will transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient and green operations.
Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) target FSDS contributing actions Corresponding departmental actions Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target Starting points Performance indicators Targets Programs in which the departmental actions will occur
Actions supporting the Greening Government goal and the Policy on Green Procurement Departments will use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in government procurement decisions.
  • Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls.
  • Ensure paper purchased by Statistics Canada is made from recycled material.
 Motivate suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of their goods, services and supply chains.
  • To reduce waste generated and minimize the environmental impacts of assets throughout their lifecycle, Statistics Canada will continue to embed environmental considerations in public procurement in accordance with the Policy on Green Procurement.
  • Copy paper purchased by Statistics Canada contains a minimum of 30% recycled content and has a forest certification, ECOLOGO certification or equivalent certification.
  • Economic and Environmental Statistics
  • Socio-economic Statistics
  • Censuses
  • Centres of Expertise
  • Cost-Recovered Statistical Services
  • Internal Services
Support for green procurement will be strengthened, including guidance, tools and training for public service employees.
  • Ensure that decision makers and materiel management and procurement specialists have the necessary training and awareness to support green procurement
  • Ensure that key officials include support for and contributions to the Government of Canada's Policy on Green Procurement objectives.
 Motivate suppliers to green their goods, services and supply chain.
  • 100% of specialists in procurement and materiel management have completed training on green procurement.
  • Mandatory internal templates require that green procurement considerations be addressed and on each file. These templates are subject to peer review and sectional audit, with monitoring and oversight by the key official.
  

Gender-based Analysis Plus

Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

The Government of Canada has committed to Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) to ensure that gender, diversity and inclusion perspectives are considered in the development, implementation and evaluation of programs, policies and other initiatives in all federal departments and agencies.

Statistics Canada is a key supporter of the GBA Plus initiative, which is led by Women and Gender Equality Canada. The agency's role with respect to supporting other government departments with GBA Plus includes disseminating data disaggregated by sex, gender and other intersecting identity factors, as well as gender-based and intersectional analyses; providing statistical leadership and analytical expertise for developing progress metrics and relevant statistical standards; building GBA Plus knowledge and capacity; and monitoring and addressing emerging data needs.

In response to this commitment to GBA Plus and the increasing need for more detailed statistical information, Statistics Canada established the Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics in 2018.

This is Statistics Canada's knowledge centre on GBA Plus, as well as gender, diversity and inclusion in Canada. Its key activities have included developing and maintaining the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub; producing analytical products and insights relevant to gender, diversity and inclusion in Canada; and building GBA Plus capacity and awareness internally at Statistics Canada and externally for other government departments and stakeholders. In addition, the Centre reviews Statistics Canada's memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions and budget proposals from a GBA Plus perspective and in accordance with government directives and requirements, and provides advice.

Statistics Canada continues to identify and address data and knowledge gaps across its statistical programs by adding indicators to existing surveys, developing new survey questions, increasing the sample size of key population groups on certain surveys to allow for disaggregation and integrating data sources to enable reporting on key population groups.

Statistics Canada recently received the approval to implement the Disaggregated Data Action Plan (DDAP). The DDAP will fill data and knowledge gaps, support more representative data collection (i.e., at various levels of geography), enhance statistics on diverse populations across age groups, and support governmental and societal efforts to address inequities and promote fairness and inclusion in decision making.

Specifically, the DDAP will prioritize the collection of data by sex or gender, as well as for Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and members of groups designated as visible minorities. Additional disaggregation includes for LGBTQ2+ people, children and youth, seniors, immigrants, veterans, people living in minority official language communities, and those living in low-income situations.

Given that its main objective is to increase diversity data, the DDAP is a key enabler for GBA Plus and intersectional analysis. Such analyses will aid in understanding the health, social, economic and environmental experiences and outcomes of Canadians; better inform decision making to enable more equitable delivery of programs and services; and track progress toward a fairer and more inclusive society.

Statistics Canada recently established a GBA Plus responsibility network, which is led by the agency's GBA Plus Champion and supported by the Centre. This network is an important step toward further GBA Plus implementation throughout the agency, in its data, people and internal processes, and for the benefit of its users through the services it will provide and the insights it will produce.

Statistics Canada continues its efforts to build a talented, diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the Canadian population. For instance, the agency introduced the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Accountability Framework in 2020–21 to increase its accountability to employment equity committees and better serve its employees and community through clearly identified roles and responsibilities.

Furthermore, the agency continues to implement two human resource action plans—the 2021-to-2025 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan: Moving Forward Together, and the Integrity and Respect Action Plan. Both of these plans aim to improve and promote diversity and inclusion within the workplace, eliminate systemic barriers in appointment processes, and increase representation at all levels across the agency.

Highlights of GBA Plus Results Reporting Capacity by Program

Economic and Environmental Statistics

The Economic and Environmental Statistics program produces a wide range of economic and environmental statistics, including on national and international accounts, manufacturing, wholesale, retail, research and development, price indexes, finance, tourism, transportation, agriculture, and the environment.

The program monitors the inclusion of gender and diversity characteristics (GBA Plus) in the statistical products it releases. Specifically, it tracks the following:

  1. the number of statistical products (e.g., data tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) released by Economic and Environmental Statistics, disseminated through The Daily, and made available on Statistics Canada's website.

One or more of the following GBA Plus factors are included: sex, gender, Indigenous peoples, members of groups designated as visible minorities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ2+ people and immigrants.

The GBA Plus Responsibility Network will determine the feasibility of developing a suite of performance indicators by GBA Plus factor (i.e., each GBA Plus factor will have a corresponding performance indicator) for statistical products released by the Economic and Environmental Statistics program.

Socio-economic Statistics

The Socio-economic Statistics program provides integrated information and relevant analysis on the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals, families and households, as well as on the major factors that affect their well-being.

Given the nature of socioeconomic statistics, the vast majority, if not all, of the work undertaken by this program includes GBA Plus considerations. The program monitors its inclusion of gender and diversity characteristics (GBA Plus) by the following:

  1. the number of visits to the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub
  2. the number of GBA Plus outreach activities (e.g., consultations, training sessions, presentations) led by the Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics for internal (i.e., Statistics Canada) or external (e.g., other government departments, academia, non-governmental organizations) stakeholders
  3. the number of GBA Plus-related statistical products (e.g., data tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) released by Socio-economic Statistics, disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website
  4. the proportion of GBA Plus-related statistical products (e.g., data tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) released by Socio-economic Statistics, disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website
  5. the number of Gender Results Framework indicators released by sex or gender
  6. the proportion of Gender Results Framework indicators released by sex or gender
  7. the number of Gender Results Framework indicators released by sex or gender and other identity factors
  8. the proportion of Gender Results Framework indicators released by sex or gender and other identity factors.

One or more of the following GBA Plus factors are included: sex, gender, Indigenous peoples, members of groups designated as visible minorities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ2+ people and immigrants.

The GBA Plus Responsibility Network will determine the feasibility of developing a suite of performance indicators by GBA Plus factor (i.e., each GBA Plus factor will have a corresponding performance indicator) for statistical products released by the Socio-economic Statistics program.

Cost-Recovered Statistical Services

Through the Cost-Recovered Statistical Services program, Statistics Canada conducts special surveys to gather new data; produces high-quality statistics that are currently not part of the agency's data holdings; and conducts on-demand special analytical projects to meet specific needs of federal, provincial and territorial institutions and other clients.

Cost-recovered projects and statistical services are undertaken across programs, throughout the agency.

For example, a portion of work being done to address important data gaps in collaboration with the Department for Women and Gender Equity (WAGE), is a cost-recovery program

Censuses

The Census Program provides statistical information and analyses that measure changes in the Canadian population and its demographic characteristics, and in the agricultural sector. The program includes the Census of Population and the Census of Agriculture.

The program monitors the inclusion of gender and diversity characteristics (GBA Plus) in the statistical products it releases. Specifically, it tracks the following:

  1. the number of Census of Population statistical products (e.g., data tables, census profiles, highlight tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) relevant to GBA Plus disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website
  2. the proportion of Census of Population statistical products (e.g., data tables, census profiles, highlight tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) relevant to GBA Plus disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website
  3. the number of Census of Agriculture statistical products (e.g., data tables, census profiles, highlight tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) relevant to GBA Plus disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website.

One or more of the following GBA Plus factors are included: sex, gender, Indigenous identity, visible minority status and immigrant status.

The GBA Plus Responsibility Network will also determine the feasibility of developing a suite of performance indicators by GBA Plus factor (i.e., each GBA Plus factor will have a corresponding performance indicator) for statistical products released by the Census program.

Centres of Expertise

The Centres of Expertise undertake innovative research, analysis and data development activities and continually seek new data sources, leading-edge methods and systems, cost-effective operations, and new statistical products to address the current and future information needs of Canadians.

They monitor the inclusion of gender and diversity characteristics (GBA Plus) in the statistical products they release. Specifically, they track the following:

  1. the number of statistical products (e.g., data tables, research articles, studies, fact sheets) released by the Centres of Expertise, disseminated through The Daily and made available on Statistics Canada's website.

One or more of the following GBA Plus factors are included: sex, gender, Indigenous identity, visible minority status and immigrant status.

The GBA Plus Responsibility Network will also determine the feasibility of developing a suite of performance indicators by GBA Plus factor (i.e., each GBA Plus factor will have a corresponding performance indicator) for statistical products released by the Centres of Expertise.

United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Planned initiatives Associated domestic targets or ambitions or global targets
Global Indicator Framework for all 17 SDGs Statistics Canada has created an SDG data hub to report Canada's data and statistics on the Global Indicator Framework and will update data for indicators (where possible) annually Reporting indicators for global targets where data are available
Global Indicator Framework for all 17 SDGs Statistics Canada will continue to co-chair the Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators until its term ends (May 2023) Continuing to support the global implementation of the Global Indicator Framework for SDGs
Canadian Indicator Framework for all SDGs Statistics Canada developed the Canadian Indicator Framework, reports Canada's data and statistics for this framework, and will update data for indicators (where possible) annually Reporting on all domestic ambitions and targets

Corporate information

Organizational profile

Appropriate minister(s): The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P.

Institutional head: Anil Arora

Ministerial portfolio: Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Enabling instrument(s):

Year of incorporation / commencement: The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was established in 1918. In 1971, with the revision of the Statistics Act, the agency became Statistics Canada.

Other: Under the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is required to collect, compile, analyze, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people of Canada.

Statistics Canada has two primary objectives:

  • to provide statistical information and analysis on the economic and social structure and functioning of Canadian society, as a basis for developing, operating and evaluating public policies and programs; for public and private decision making; and for the general benefit of all Canadians
  • to promote the quality, coherence and international comparability of Canada's statistics through collaboration with other federal departments and agencies, with the provinces and territories, and in accordance with sound scientific standards and practices.

Statistics Canada's head office is located in Ottawa. There are regional offices across the country in Halifax, Sherbrooke, Montréal, Toronto, Sturgeon Falls, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. There are also 35 research data centres located throughout the country in academic institutions. In addition, there are five secure rooms available for access by employees of federal departments and selected provincial ministries. These centres provide researchers with access to microdata from population and household survey programs in a secure setting. Canadians can follow the agency on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, feeds and YouTube.

Raison d'être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do

Information on Statistics Canada's raison d'être, mandate and role is available on the agency's website.

Information on Statistics Canada's mandate letter commitments is available in the Minister's mandate letter.

Operating context

Information on the operating context is available on Statistics Canada's website..

Reporting framework

Statistics Canada's approved departmental results framework and program inventory for 2022–23 are as follows.

Departmental Results Framework

Core Responsibility: Statistical Information

Statistics Canada produces objective high-quality statistical information for the whole of Canada. The statistical information produced relates to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic, environmental and general activities and conditions of the people of Canada.

Result 1

High-quality statistical information is available to Canadians.

  • Indicator 1: Number of post-release corrections due to accuracy.
  • Indicator 2: Percentage of international standards with which Statistics Canada conforms.
  • Indicator 3: Number of statistical products available on the website.
  • Indicator 4: Number of Statistics Canada data tables available on the Open Data Portal.

Result 2

High-quality statistical information is accessed by Canadians.

  • Indicator 1: Number of visits to Statistics Canada website.
  • Indicator 2: Number of hits on Statistics Canada's Application Programming Interface (API).
  • Indicator 3: Percentage of website visitors that found what they were looking for.
  • Indicator 4: Number of interactions on social media.

Result 3

High quality statistical information is relevant to Canadians.

  • Indicator 1: Number of media citations on Statistics Canada data.
  • Indicator 2: Number of journal citations.
  • Indicator 3: Percentage of users satisfied with statistical information.

Internal Services

Program Inventory

  • Economic and Environmental Statistics
  • Socio-economic Statistics
  • Censuses
  • Cost-Recovered Statistical Services
  • Centres of Expertise

Planned spending and human resources

This section provides an overview of the department's planned spending and human resources for the next three fiscal years and compares planned spending for 2022–23 with actual spending for the current year and the previous year.

Planned spending

Departmental spending 2019–20 to 2024–25

The following graph presents planned (voted and statutory) spending over time.

Departmental spending graph

Departmental spending graph
Description - Departmental spending graph
Departmental spending graph
Fiscal year Total Voted Statutory Cost Recovery (Netted Revenue)
2019–20 546,950 473,759 73,190 120,038
2020–21 621,319 537,787 83,531 123,989
2021–22 891,447 799,484 91,963 128,541
2022–23 576,694 496,727 79,967 120,000
2023–24 516,394 443,463 72,931 120,000
2024–25 508,564 436,340 72,223 120,000
Budgetary planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)
The following table shows information on spending for each of Statistics Canada's core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2022–23 and other relevant fiscal years.
Core responsibilities and internal services 2019–20 actual expenditures 2020–21 actual expenditures 2021–22 forecast spending 2022–23 budgetary spending (as indicated in Main Estimates) 2022–23 planned spending 2023–24 planned spending 2024–25 planned spending
Statistical information 584,770,894 666,463,788 916,348,261 616,663,357 616,663,357 560,200,355 555,042,606
Internal services 82,217,225 78,844,148 103,639,261 80,030,892 80,030,892 76,193,902 73,521,068
Total gross expenditures 666,988,119 745,307,936 1,019,987,522 696,694,249 696,694,249 636,394,257 628,563,674
Respendable revenue -120,038,495 -123,989,068 -128,540,649 -120,000,000 -120,000,000 -120,000,000 -120,000,000
Total net expenditures 546,949,624 621,318,868 891,446,873 576,694,249 576,694,249 516,394,257 508,563,674

Statistics Canada is funded by two sources: direct parliamentary appropriations and cost-recovery activities. It has the authority to generate $120 million annually in respendable revenue, related to two streams: statistical surveys and related services, and custom requests and workshops. If exceeded, a request can be made to increase the authority, as was the case in the last few years.

In recent years, respendable cost-recovery revenue has contributed between $120 million and $128 million annually to the agency's total resources. A large portion of this respendable revenue comes from federal departments to fund specific statistical projects.

Spending fluctuations between the years shown in the graph and table above were mainly caused by the Census Program. Voted spending peaked in 2021–22, when the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture were conducted, and decreases sharply thereafter as these activities wind down. This pattern is typical for the agency because of the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Funding for the 2026 Census of Population and the 2026 Census of Agriculture has not yet been approved, amplifying the decrease in the overall Census Program funding.

In addition, funding received for several new initiatives from Budget 2021 decreases from 2022–23 to 2023–24 and remains relatively the same in 2024–25.

Internal services spending from 2018–19 to 2021–22 includes planned resources from temporary funding related to a new initiative approved in 2018–19 to migrate the agency's infrastructure to the cloud. The decrease in funding for outer years is largely attributable to how the agency strategically manages its investments. They are managed centrally, by priority, within the statistical information core responsibility. Investment funding from past years will come to an end in future years, while new investment decisions will be finalized only later in the year.

2022–23 budgetary gross and net planned spending summary (dollars)
The following table reconciles gross planned spending with net planned spending for 2022–23.
Core responsibilities and internal services 2022–23 gross planned spending 2022–23 planned revenues netted against spending 2022–23 planned net spending
Statistical information 616,663,357 -120,000,000 496,663,357
Internal services 80,030,892 0 80,030,892
Total 696,694,249 -120,000,000 576,694,249

Statistics Canada has the authority to generate $120 million annually in respendable revenue, which is reflected in the 2022–23 planned revenues netted against expenditures.

Planned human resources

The following table shows information on human resources, in full-time equivalents (FTEs), for each of Statistics Canada's core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2022–23 and the other relevant years.

Human resources planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services
Core responsibilities and internal services 2019–20 actual full-time equivalents 2020–21 actual full-time equivalents 2021–22 forecast full-time equivalents 2022–23 planned full-time equivalents 2023–24 planned full-time equivalents 2024–25 planned full-time equivalents
Statistical information 5,595 6,099 7,398 5,889 5,387 5,367
Internal services 626 684 684 659 642 615
Total gross full-time equivalents 6,221 6,783 8,082 6,548 6,029 5,982
Respendable revenue -1,366 -1,340 -1,554 -1,181 -1,181 -1,181
Total net full-time equivalents 4,856 5,443 6,528 5,367 4,848 4,801

Similar to trends seen in planned spending, changes in full-time equivalents from year to year are largely explained by the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Activity peaked in 2021–22, when the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture were conducted, and decreases sharply thereafter as these activities wind down.

Estimates by vote

Information on Statistics Canada's organizational appropriations is available in the 2022–23 Main Estimates.

Future-oriented condensed statement of operations

The future oriented condensed statement of operations provides an overview of Statistics Canada's operations for 2021–22 to 2022–23.

The forecast and planned amounts in this statement of operations were prepared on an accrual basis. The forecast and planned amounts presented in other sections of the Departmental Plan were prepared on an expenditure basis. Amounts may therefore differ.

A more future oriented statement of operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations with the requested authorities, are available on Statistics Canada's website.

Future oriented condensed statement of operations for the year ending March 31, 2023 (dollars)
Financial information 2021–22 forecast results 2022–23 planned results Difference (2022–23 planned results minus 2021–22 forecast results)
Total expenses 1,145,859,783 830,619,454 -315,240,329
Total revenues 128,540,649 120,000,000 -8,540,649
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers 1,017,319,134 710,619,454 -306,699,680

The decrease in planned expenditures for 2022–23 is primarily due to the planned reduction in spending on the Census Program, which is cyclical in nature and for which collection activities were completed in 2021–22.

Statistics Canada expects to maintain its capacity in future years for the delivery of cost-recovered statistical services, with no significant shifts in resources.

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