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Privacy impact assessment - Enterprise Service Management Solution (ESMS)

As StatCan seeks to improve the quality of delivery of its IT services and reduce overall management and support costs, and as part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Agency is now aligning services with the current and future needs of the business and has implemented a new Enterprise Service Management Solution (ESMS) for the organization called Helix Software as a Service (SaaS) system from the service provider BMC.

Objective

A privacy impact assessment for the Enterprise Service Management Solution (ESMS) was conducted to determine if there were any privacy, confidentiality, or security issues with this initiative and, if so, to make recommendations for their resolution or mitigation.

Description

The new solution integrates all the functions of service delivery formerly available through the outgoing systems: HEAT, Service Request Management (SRM), Self-service Hub request forms, Informatics Account Portal (IAP) and other portals and forms that integrate with the HEAT system. BMC Helix is a cloud-based SaaS, rather than the on-site hosted solutions of SRM-HEAT.

This system serves two functions: to serve as a service request system for IT as well as a service request management system for internal service delivery areas including: HR, Procurement, Finance, Facilities and Security. All services will now be provided via a unique front-end portal (DWP). The IT Service Management (ITSM) suite (incident management, work order management, change management, asset and configuration management) will be used to deliver IT services. Business Workflows will be used for delivering other internal service delivery areas requiring confidentiality within StatCan.

Risk Area Identification and Categorization

The PIA identifies the level of potential risk (level 1 is the lowest level of potential risk and level 4 is the highest) associated with the following risk areas:

Risk Area Identification and Categorization
Description	Risk scale
a) Type of program or activity
Administration of program or activity and services	2
b) Type of personal information involved and context
Social Insurance Number, medical, financial or other sensitive personal information or the context surrounding the personal information is sensitive; personal information of minors or of legally incompetent individuals or involving a representative acting on behalf of the individual.	3
c) Program or activity partners and private sector involvement
Private sector organizations, international organizations or foreign governments	4
d) Duration of the program or activity
Long-term program or activity.	3
e) Program population
The program's use of personal information for internal administrative purposes affects all employees.	2
f) Personal information transmission
The personal information is transmitted using wireless technologies.	4
g) Technology and privacy
The ESMS software solution will be implemented to support StatCan IT and internal service delivery areas in a Software as a service (SaaS) cloud environment hosted by BMC in their Government of Canada approved Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. This solution will service IT as well as various internal service delivery areas. BMC will also be responsible for providing support in certain capacities. The platform includes self-service features and functionalities available to employee users for the purpose of, for example, reporting issues, submitting service requests, and performing other general user functions.
h) Potential risk that in the event of a privacy breach, there will be an impact on the individual or employee.
There is a low risk of a breach of some of the confidential personal information transiting through the Helix cloud. Should such a breach extend beyond StatCan, there could be an impact to the individual of varying significance depending on the sensitivity of the information breached. See Appendix 2, Personal Information Elements Table, for a list of the personal information.
i) Potential risk that in the event of a privacy breach, there will be an impact on the institution.
There is a low risk of a breach of some of the confidential personal information transiting through the Helix cloud. Should such a breach extend beyond StatCan, there could be a negative impact on StatCan’s reputation as a perceived inability to safeguard employee personal information.

Conclusion

This assessment of the Enterprise Service Management Solution (ESMS) did not identify any privacy risks that cannot be managed using existing safeguards.

Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places: CVs for Total Sales by Geography - April 2024

CVs for Total sales by geography
Geography	Month
	202304	202305	202306	202307	202308	202309	202310	202311	202312	202401	202402	202403	202404
	percentage
Canada	0.11	0.10	0.09	0.17	0.11	0.11	0.14	0.19	0.13	0.26	0.20	0.16	0.21
Newfoundland and Labrador	0.56	0.34	0.33	0.54	0.35	0.41	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.52	0.75	0.67	0.76
Prince Edward Island	8.10	0.65	0.60	0.66	0.60	0.81	1.18	0.88	3.93	9.57	4.92	4.29	6.12
Nova Scotia	0.28	0.30	0.32	0.36	0.29	0.34	0.39	0.37	0.38	0.83	0.42	0.42	0.49
New Brunswick	0.49	0.35	0.34	0.56	0.27	0.41	0.49	0.49	0.51	0.49	0.61	0.61	0.66
Quebec	0.20	0.27	0.24	0.40	0.28	0.33	0.46	0.59	0.33	0.30	0.51	0.29	0.46
Ontario	0.21	0.14	0.15	0.34	0.20	0.18	0.20	0.32	0.21	0.51	0.36	0.30	0.42
Manitoba	0.38	0.33	0.28	0.42	0.31	0.30	0.64	0.45	0.70	0.49	0.51	0.57	0.89
Saskatchewan	0.33	0.28	0.30	0.38	0.40	0.38	0.70	1.06	0.50	0.48	0.56	0.87	1.16
Alberta	0.24	0.20	0.16	0.22	0.25	0.29	0.32	0.30	0.29	0.70	0.31	0.36	0.50
British Columbia	0.16	0.23	0.18	0.20	0.24	0.22	0.26	0.26	0.30	0.73	0.39	0.25	0.32
Yukon Territory	1.33	15.96	1.19	11.83	1.33	12.06	11.15	1.42	1.42	1.92	3.87	2.55	3.14
Northwest Territories	1.80	21.99	1.82	18.97	8.00	23.59	16.14	1.75	1.78	2.21	2.17	2.18	2.93
Nunavut	1.57	72.13	2.20	61.61	6.64	5.24	1.33	1.80	2.34	4.25	7.48	5.40	6.08

Registration information

2024 International Methodology Symposium registration
Statistics Canada
October 29 to November 1, 2024
statcan.symposium2024-symposium2024.statcan@statcan.gc.ca
Privacy notice

Registration procedures

External participants:

Participants who are not Statistics Canada employees can now register using the online registration form that can be accessed by selecting the “Register” button at the bottom of this page.

Statistics Canada employees:

Instructions will be sent to Statistics Canada employees closer to the Symposium.

The registration fee covers the following:

Conference attendance
Break refreshments
Registration program, abstracts, and list of participants

Symposium 2024 Registration Fees (in Canadian dollars)

Symposium 2024 Registration Fees (in Canadian dollars)
Category	Registration fees
Category	Before tax	Tax included ^{Footnote 1}
Workshop – in person	$80	$90.40
Symposium – in person	$300	$339.00
Symposium – online	$150	$169.50
Student^{Footnote 2} – Symposium – in person or online	$150	$169.50

Registration deadline

The registration deadline for in-person conference attendance and workshops is September 30, 2024. Registration for online attendance will remain open until October 14, 2024. Participants are therefore invited to make sure to register before these dates.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations received in writing until September 30, 2024, will receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be made, but substitutions will be permitted. Please advise the registrar in advance of substitutions. However, if you do not cancel and do not attend, you will be charged the full registration fee. Travel and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of conference participants.

Workshops 2024

Workshops will be held in person only on October 29, from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

Workshop 1

Smoothing based models using reproducible workflows in R – English session

Dr. Dave Campbell
Professor, Carleton University
https://people.math.carleton.ca/~davecampbell

Abstract:

In this workshop, we will introduce the use of Generalized Additive Models in R with emphasis on modern reproducible workflows that facilitate sharing and recycling efforts for use in new or updated datasets. Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) are a flexible regression tool that acts as an intermediary between linear regression and completely unconstrained function estimation from tools such as neural networks. GAMs are part of the inferential data science toolkit that allows a balance between ‘letting the data decide’ and exploiting expert insight into model curation.

Participants to this workshop will be introduced to reproducible workflows in R providing them with the ability to share results and automatically generate reports. In particular, a mathematical introduction to GAMs building on familiar tools from linear regression will be given. An overview of where these tools fit into the analytic toolbox and how they are combined into powerful predictive machines will also be discussed.

This workshop assumes only minimal experience with using R or a related data science coding language.

The workshop will be offered in English. The material will be available to participants in both official languages.

Biography:

Dr. Dave Campbell is a full Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. Academically, he runs a collaborative team researching inferential algorithms at the intersections of statistics with machine learning, computing, and applied mathematics to solve problems inspired by industry and government collaborations. He has co-authored discussion papers in Bayesian Analysis and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (series B) and been awarded over $3.5 million in research grants.

Dave’s career path maintains a theme of Industrial collaborations. He spent 2021-2023 period leading the inferential Data Science team at the Bank of Canada overseeing projects relating to cybersecurity, forecasting banknote demand, understanding drivers of inflation, and ensuring data privacy. Before moving to Ottawa in 2019, Dave was a Professor at Simon Fraser University, where he led the creation of their BSc in Data Science. He was the inaugural President of the Data Science and Analytics Section of the Statistical Society of Canada and was a co-organizer of the popular Vancouver Learn Data Science Meetup linking industry and academia.

It is an honor for us that Dr. Dave Campbell accepted our invitation to share his knowledge at a Symposium workshop! You can actually find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavecampbell/

Workshop 2

Protecting the confidentiality of statistical data – French session

Dr. Anne-Sophie Charest
Professor, Laval University
https://www.fsg.ulaval.ca/corps-professoral/anne-sophie-charest

Abstract:

In this workshop, we will explore how to collect, analyze and share confidential data without disclosing personal information. We will look at the various risks associated with the use of personal data, as well as different ways of measuring these risks. In particular, we will consider differential privacy, an approach that has been the subject of much research and is now used in practice by some statistical agencies and private companies. We will explain the origin of this formal measure of confidentiality, look in detail at its mathematical definition and interpretation, and discuss the advantages and limitations of the approach. We will also discuss the use of synthetic datasets for privacy protection purposes: how to generate such datasets and assess their quality in terms of risk and utility. The content will be illustrated with R code, and part of the time will be set aside for participants to test the methods presented.

The workshop will be offered in French. The material will be available to participants in both official languages.

Biography:

Anne-Sophie Charest is an Associate Professor at Université Laval. She holds a PhD in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests focus on the protection of the confidentiality of statistical data, including in the context of surveys or population census. She is particularly interested in the generation and analysis of synthetic datasets as well as the measurement of disclosure risk, particularly through the differential privacy framework.

It is an honor for us that Anne-Sophie Charest accepted our invitation to share her knowledge at a Symposium workshop! You can actually find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-sophie-charest-900a585b/

Canadian Survey on Interprovincial Trade, 2023

Interprovincial trade activities

1. Over the last 12 months, did this business conduct any of the following activities within Canada?

Include transactions executed between a business in a given province or territory and a consumer or business outside that province or territory.
Select all that apply.

Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory
- Did this business purchase food products from suppliers in another province or territory?
  Food product refers to processed or unprocessed food or beverages for human consumption.
  - Yes
  - No
  - Don’t know
Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory
- Did this business sell food products to customers in another province or territory?
  Food product refers to processed or unprocessed food or beverages for human consumption.
  - Yes
  - No
  - Don’t know
Transported goods from one province or territory to another
i.e. this business has its own fleet of trucks, trains, ships or planes to transport goods from one province or territory to another
Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.

Don’t know

None of the above

Food production activities

2. Over the last 12 months, did this business do any food production activities?

e.g., manufacturing, processing or packaging food products
Exclude food production activities outsourced to a third-party company.

Yes
- Over the last 12 months, which of the following food production activities did this business do?
  Select all that apply.
  - Manufactured food products
    Manufacturing refers to the making or fabricating of a food from raw ingredients or already pre-manufactured ingredients, manually or with the use of machinery.
  - Processed food products
    Processing refers to a series of steps taken in order to prepare food.
  - Treated food products
    Treating refers to applying a process or a substance to a food to protect it or to give it particular properties.
  - Preserved food products
    Preserving refers to applying a process or treatment to a food to prevent its decomposition.
    Exclude storing the preserved food in a temperature-controlled facility for the exclusive purpose of maintaining the preserved condition and quality of the food.
  - Graded food products
    Grading refers to examining a food against a set of requirements prescribed in the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) and determining the grade for that food.
  - Packaged food products
    Packaging refers to placing a food in an inner or outer receptacle or covering, including a wrapper or confining band.
  - Labelled food products
    Labelling refers to applying or attaching a label, including a legend, a word or a mark, to a food or a package of food.
    OR
  - Don’t know
No
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Yes” is selected in Q2, go to Q3. Otherwise go to Q5.

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

3. Over the last 12 months, did this business hold a licence under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)?

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations are consolidated sets of regulations that came into force in 2019 and that implement targeted improvements to the food system in order to overcome the risks and challenges posed by the speed, volume and complexity of present-day food production.

Yes
- In what year did this business first obtain a licence under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)?
  Provide your best estimate.
  Year business first obtained this licence:
- Over the last 12 months, did this business also hold a provincial or territorial food safety licence?
  - Yes
  - No
    - Did this business relinquish its provincial or territorial licence upon obtaining a licence under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)?
      - Yes
      - No
      - Don’t know
  - Don’t know
No
- For which of the following reasons does this business not hold a licence under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)?
  - This business is actively taking steps to obtain licence but has not yet completed the process
  - This business was unable to complete the process
  - This business is interested in obtaining a Safe Food for Canadians licence but finds the process too complicated
  - This business did not need to obtain a Safe Food for Canadians licence
    e.g. tasks requiring licence are completed outside of this business
  - Not interested in obtaining a Safe Food for Canadians licence
  - Other reason
    Specify other reason:
  - Don’t know
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Yes” is selected and “Year business first obtained this licence” is greater than 2022, go to Q4. Otherwise, go to Q5.

4. Over the last 12 months, how much did this business invest to be able to meet federal requirements to obtain a licence under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)?

Provide your best estimate.

Less than $100,000
From $100,000 to less than $500,000
From $500,000 to less than $1,000,000
From $1,000,000 to less than $5,000,000
From $5,000,000 to less than $10,000,000
More than $10,000,000
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Don’t know” is selected in Q1, go to Q27. If “Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory” is selected in Q1, go to Q5. Otherwise, go to Q9.

Purchasing goods and services across provincial or territorial borders

5. Over the last 12 months, what was the percentage of total purchases of goods or services that were purchased from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada?

Include purchases between a business in a given province or territory and a consumer or a business outside that province or territory.
For goods purchased from suppliers, include all purchases.
For goods purchased from another business within the same company located in another province or territory, only include purchases of value-added or altered goods.
Exclude purchases within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Provide your best estimate.
Percentage of total purchases of goods and services:

Don’t know

6. Over the last 12 months, in which provinces or territories did this business purchase goods or services from suppliers?

For goods purchased from suppliers, include all purchases.
For goods purchased from another business within the same company located in another province or territory, only include purchases of value-added or altered goods.
Exclude purchases within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Select all that apply.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

Don’t know

Display condition: If “Yes” to purchasing food products from suppliers in another province or territory is selected in Q1, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by”.

7. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when purchasing goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada?

Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If any obstacle from “Transportation cost” to “Other obstacle” is selected in Q7, go to Q8. Otherwise, go to Q11.
Display condition: Display in Q8 the obstacles selected in Q7.

8. Over the last 12 months, what impact did each of the obstacles experienced have on this business’s ability to purchase goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada?

Transportation cost
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Too much paperwork to fill out
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial tax laws
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial language laws
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of profitability
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of inventory available
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Delay between placing and receiving orders
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Other obstacle
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all

Flow condition: If ONLY “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is selected in Q1, go to Q11. If “Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory” is not selected or if “None of the above” is selected in Q1, go to Q9. Otherwise, go to Q11.

9. Over the last 12 months, why did this business not purchase goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada?

Select all that apply.

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other reason
Specify other reason:

No need or interest in purchasing from suppliers operating within another province or territory

Don’t know

Flow condition: If any reason from “Transportation cost” to “Other reason” is selected in Q9, go to Q10. Otherwise, go to Q11.
Display condition: Display in Q10 the reasons selected in Q9.

10. To what extent would a reduction or elimination of each of the following obstacles affect this business’ willingness to purchase goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada?

Transportation cost
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Too much paperwork to fill out
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial tax laws
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial language laws
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Lack of profitability
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Lack of inventory available
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Delay between placing and receiving orders
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all
Other reason
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Slight extent
- No extent at all

Flow condition: If “Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory” is selected in Q1, go to Q11. Otherwise, go to Q15.

Selling goods and services across provincial or territorial borders

11. Over the last 12 months, what was the percentage of total sales of goods or services that were sold to customers located within another province or territory in Canada?

Include sales between a business in a given province or territory and a consumer or a business outside that province or territory.
For goods sold to customers, include all sales.
For goods sold to another business within the same company located in another province or territory, only include sales of value-added or altered goods.
Exclude sales within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Provide your best estimate.
Percentage of total sales of goods and services:

Don’t know

12. Over the last 12 months, in which provinces or territories did this business sell goods or services to customers?

For goods sold to customers, include all sales.
For goods sold to another business within the same company located in another province or territory, only include sales of value-added or altered goods.
Exclude sales within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Select all that apply.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

Don’t know

Display condition: If “Yes” to selling food products to customers in another province or territory is selected in Q1, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by”.

13. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when selling goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada?

Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If any obstacle from “Transportation cost” to “Other obstacle” is selected in Q13, go to Q14. Otherwise, go to Q17.
Display condition: Display in Q14 the obstacles selected in Q13.

14. Over the last 12 months, what impact did each of the obstacles experienced have on this business’s ability to sell goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada?

Transportation cost
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Too much paperwork to fill out
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial tax laws
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial language laws
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of profitability
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of inventory available
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Delay between placing and receiving orders
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Other obstacle
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all

Flow condition: If ONLY “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is selected in Q1, go to Q17. If “Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory” is not selected or if “None of the above” is selected in Q1, go to Q15. Otherwise, go to Q17.

15. Over the last 12 months, why did this business not sell goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada?

Select all that apply.

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other reason
Specify other reason:

No need or interest in selling to customers located within another province or territory

Don’t know

Flow condition: If any reason from “Transportation cost” to “Other reason” is selected in Q15, go to Q16. Otherwise, go to Q17.
Display condition: Display in Q16 the reasons selected in Q15.

16. To what extent would a reduction or elimination of each of the following obstacles affect this business’ willingness to sell goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada?

Transportation cost
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Too much paperwork to fill out
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial tax laws
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial language laws
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Lack of profitability
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Lack of inventory available
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Delay between placing and receiving orders
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all
Other reason
- Great extent
- Moderate extent
- Minor extent
- No extent at all

Flow condition: If “Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by” is selected in Q7, Q9, Q13 or Q15, go to Q17. Otherwise, go to Q18.

Food safety regulations

This business previously selected “food safety regulations were difficult to abide by” as:

an obstacle when purchasing goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada,
a reason why it did not purchase goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada,
an obstacle when selling goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada, or
a reason why it did not sell goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada.

17. Over the last 12 months, why did this business find food safety regulations difficult to abide by?

Select all that apply.

Regulations are overly prescriptive
Regulations are unclear
Regulations are not aligned between jurisdictions
Other reason
Please specify the other reason:

None of the above

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is selected in Q1, go to Q18. Otherwise, go to Q23.

Transporting goods across provincial or territorial borders

18. Over the last 12 months, what was the percentage of total goods transported that were transported from one province or territory to another in Canada?

Include transportation between a business in a given province or territory and a consumer or a business outside that province or territory.
Exclude transportation within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Provide your best estimate.
Percentage of total goods transported:

Don’t know

19. Over the last 12 months, which provinces or territories did this business transport goods to?

Exclude transportation within the same province or territory where the business is operating.
Select all that apply.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

Don’t know

20. Over the last 12 months, what was this business’s primary mode of transportation used when transporting goods from one province or territory to another?

Air transportation
Rail transportation
Water transportation
Truck transportation
Other mode of transportation
Please specify the other mode of transportation:
None of the above
Don’t know

21. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when transporting goods from one province or territory to another in Canada?

Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.
Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances
e.g., lack of sleeper compartments in trucks, small fuel tanks
Shortage of shipment containers
Difficult transport networks to operate in
e.g., circuitous low-capacity routes increase distance
Lack of suitable backhauls
Limited profit due to low freight rates
Stiff competition in other provinces or territories
Poor telecommunication networks to track loads properly
Language barriers
Recurrent traffic congestion encountered in intervening cities
Different vehicle equipment registration and requirements between provinces and territories
Different legal vehicle weights and dimensions between provinces and territories
Seasonal load restrictions
Different labour rules for transportation employees between provinces and territories
e.g., mandatory training, alcohol and drug testing
Difficult to obtain occupational licensing
Different permit processes for oversized or overweight loads across provinces and territories
Different fuel and sales tax rates across provinces and territories
Inconsistent enforcement and policing across provinces and territories
Too much paperwork to fill out to deliver goods to another province or territory
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If any obstacle from “Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances” to “Other obstacle” is selected in Q21, go to Q22. Otherwise, go to Q25.
Display condition: Display in Q22 the obstacles selected in Q21.

22. Over the last 12 months, what impact did each of the obstacles experienced have on this business’s ability to transport goods from one province or territory to another in Canada?

Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances
e.g., lack of sleeper compartments in trucks, small fuel tanks
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Shortage of shipment containers
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficult transport networks to operate in
e.g., circuitous low-capacity routes increase distance
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Lack of suitable backhauls
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Limited profit due to low freight rates
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Stiff competition in other provinces or territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Poor telecommunication networks to track loads properly
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Language barriers
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Recurrent traffic congestion encountered in intervening cities
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Different vehicle equipment registration and requirements between provinces and territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Different legal vehicle weights and dimensions between provinces and territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Seasonal load restrictions
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Different labour rules for transportation employees between provinces and territories
e.g., mandatory training, alcohol and drug testing
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Difficult to obtain occupational licensing
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Different permit processes for oversized or overweight loads across provinces and territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Different fuel and sales tax rates across provinces and territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Inconsistent enforcement and policing across provinces and territories
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Too much paperwork to fill out to deliver goods to another province or territory
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all
Other obstacle
- Major impact
- Moderate impact
- Minor impact
- No impact at all

Flow condition: If “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is not selected or if “None of the above” is selected in Q1, go to Q23. Otherwise, go to Q25.

23. Over the last 12 months, did this business offer transportation services?

i.e. this business has its own fleet of trucks, trains, ships or planes to transport goods
Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.

Yes
No
Don’t know

24. Over the last 12 months, why did this business not transport goods from one province or territory to another in Canada?

Select all that apply.

Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances
e.g., lack of sleeper compartments in trucks, small fuel tanks
Shortage of shipment containers
Difficult transport networks to operate in
e.g., circuitous low-capacity routes increase distance
Lack of suitable backhauls
Limited profit due to low freight rates
Stiff competition in other provinces or territories
Poor telecommunication networks to track loads properly
Language barriers
Recurrent traffic congestion encountered in intervening cities
Different vehicle equipment registration and requirements between provinces and territories
Different legal vehicle weights and dimensions between provinces and territories
Seasonal load restrictions
Different labour rules for transportation employees between provinces and territories
e.g., mandatory training, alcohol and drug testing
Difficult to obtain occupational licensing
Different permit processes for oversized or overweight loads across provinces and territories
Different fuel and sales tax rates across provinces and territories
Inconsistent enforcement and policing across provinces and territories
Too much paperwork to fill out to deliver goods to another province or territory
Other reason
Specify other reason:

No need or interest in transporting from one province or territory to another

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory” or “Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory” or “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is selected in Q1, go to Q25. Otherwise, go to Q27.

Canadian Free Trade Agreement

25. Is this business aware of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement?

Canadian Free Trade Agreement: An intergovernmental trade agreement with the objective to reduce and eliminate, to the extent possible, barriers to the free movement of persons, goods, services, and investments within Canada and to establish an open, efficient, and stable domestic market.

Familiar with the details of the agreement
Aware of the existence but not familiar with the details of the agreement
Not aware of the existence of the agreement
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Familiar with the details of the agreement” or “Aware of the existence but not familiar with the details of the agreement” is selected in Q25, go to Q26. Otherwise, go to Q27.

26. Did this business find the Canadian Free Trade Agreement beneficial when conducting any interprovincial trade activity in Canada?

Very beneficial
Somewhat beneficial
Not beneficial at all
Don’t know

Future interprovincial trade activities

27. Over the next 12 months, does this business plan on conducting any of the following activities within Canada?

Include transactions executed between a business in a given province or territory and a consumer or business outside that province or territory.
Select all that apply.

Purchase goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory
Sell goods or services to customers in another province or territory
Transport goods from one province or territory to another
i.e. this business has its own fleet of trucks, trains, ships or planes to transport goods from one province or territory to another
Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.

Don’t know

None of the above

Flow condition: If “Don’t know” is selected in Q27, go to Q31. If “Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory” is selected in Q1 and either “Purchase goods or services from suppliers in another province or territory” is not selected or “None of the above” is selected in Q27, go to Q28. Otherwise, go to Q29.
Display condition: If “Yes” to purchasing food products from suppliers in another province or territory is selected in Q1, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations are difficult to abide by”.

Future purchases of goods or services across provincial or territorial borders

28. Why does this business not plan on purchasing goods or services from suppliers operating within another province or territory in Canada over the next 12 months?

Select all that apply.

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations are difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product is limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses are difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry are difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations are difficult to abide by
Other reason
Specify other reason:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory” is selected in Q1 and either “Sell goods or services to customers in another province or territory” is not selected or “None of the above” is selected in Q27, go to Q29. Otherwise, go to Q30.
Display condition: If “Yes” to selling food products to customers in another province or territory is selected in Q1, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations are difficult to abide by”.

Future sales of goods or services across provincial or territorial borders

29. Why does this business not plan on selling goods or services to customers located within another province or territory in Canada over the next 12 months?

Select all that apply.

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations are difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product is limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses are difficult to obtain
Provincial or territorial tax laws
Provincial or territorial language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry are difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another province or territory
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Provincial or territorial laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another province or territory
Limited consumer choices due to provincial or territorial regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations are difficult to abide by
Other reason
Specify other reason:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Transported goods from one province or territory to another” is selected in Q1 and either “Transport goods from one province or territory to another” is not selected or “None of the above” is selected in Q27, go to Q30. Otherwise, go to Q31.
Display condition: If “Sold goods or services to customers in another province or territory” and “Transported goods from one province or territory to another”, display “Contracted out transportation activities”.

Future transportation of goods across provincial or territorial borders

30. Why does this business not plan on transporting goods from one province or territory to another over the next 12 months?

Select all that apply.

Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances
e.g., lack of sleeper compartments in trucks, small fuel tanks
Shortage of shipment containers
Difficult transport networks to operate in
e.g., circuitous low-capacity routes increase distance
Lack of suitable backhauls
Limited profit due to low freight rates
Stiff competition in other provinces or territories
Poor telecommunication networks to track loads properly
Language barriers
Recurrent traffic congestion encountered in intervening cities
Different vehicle equipment registration and requirements between provinces and territories
Different legal vehicle weights and dimensions between provinces and territories
Seasonal load restrictions
Different labour rules for transportation employees between provinces and territories
e.g., mandatory training, alcohol and drug testing
Difficult to obtain occupational licensing
Different permit processes for oversized or overweight loads across provinces and territories
Different fuel and sales tax rates across provinces and territories
Inconsistent enforcement and policing across provinces and territories
Too much paperwork to fill out to deliver goods to another province or territory
Contracted out transportation activities
Other reason
Specify other reason:

Don’t know

International trade activities

31. Over the last 12 months, did this business conduct any of the following activities outside of Canada?

Include transactions executed between a business in Canada and a consumer or business outside Canada.
Select all that apply.

Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another country
- Did this business purchase food products from suppliers in another country?
  Food product refers to processed or unprocessed food or beverages for human consumption.
  - Yes
  - No
  - Don’t know
Sold goods or services to customers in another country
- Did this business sell food products to customers in another country?
  Food product refers to processed or unprocessed food or beverages for human consumption.
  - Yes
  - No
  - Don’t know
Transported goods from Canada to another country
i.e. this business has its own fleet of trucks, trains, ships or planes to transport goods from Canada to another country
Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.

Don’t know

None of the above

Flow condition: If “Don’t know” is selected in Q31, go to Q39. If “Purchased goods or services from suppliers in another country” in Q31, go to Q32. Otherwise, go to Q34.

International purchases of goods or services

32. Over the last 12 months, from which areas outside of Canada did this business purchase goods or services from suppliers?

Select all that apply.

United States of America
Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America
United Kingdom
Europe other than United Kingdom
Include Eastern and Western Europe.
Australia
New Zealand
Asia & Oceania
Exclude Australia and New Zealand.
Middle East and Africa

Don’t know

Display condition: If “Yes” to purchasing food products from suppliers in another country selected is selected in Q31, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by”.

33. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when purchasing goods or services from suppliers outside of Canada?

Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Foreign tax laws
Taxes or duties are too high
Currency exchanges
Foreign language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another country
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Foreign laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another country
Limited consumer choices due to foreign regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Sold goods or services to customers in another country” is selected in Q31, go to Q34. Otherwise, go to Q36.

International sales of goods or services

34. Over the last 12 months, to which areas outside of Canada did this business sell goods or services to customers?

Select all that apply.

United States of America
Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America
United Kingdom
Europe other than United Kingdom
Include Eastern and Western Europe.
Australia
New Zealand
Asia & Oceania
Exclude Australia and New Zealand.
Middle East and Africa

Don’t know

Display condition: If “Yes” to selling food products to customers in another country selected is selected in Q31, display “Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products”, “Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products” and “Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by”.

35. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when selling goods or services to customers located outside of Canada?

Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Distance between point of origin and destination
Transportation cost
Transportation availability
e.g., lack of shipping containers
Transportation regulations were difficult to abide by
Permitted quantity of a given product was limited
Too much paperwork to fill out
Permits and licenses were difficult to obtain
Foreign tax laws
Taxes or duties are too high
Currency exchanges
Foreign language laws
Regulations for this business’ industry were difficult to abide by
Difficulty identifying or securing agreements across supply chains to enable contracts with another country
Lack of knowledge or information on the market
Lack of profitability
Lack of demand for goods or services offered
Lack of inventory available
Delay between placing and receiving orders
Foreign laws and regulations regarding investment coming from another country
Limited consumer choices due to foreign regulations on service use
Difficulty shipping food products over long distances due to perishability of products
Costs associated with inspection and testing of food products
Food safety regulations were difficult to abide by
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Transported goods from Canada to another country” is selected in Q31, go to Q36. Otherwise, go to Q39.

International transportation of goods

36. Over the last 12 months, to which areas outside of Canada did this business transport goods to?

Exclude transportation contracted to a third-party company.
Select all that apply.

United States of America
Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America
United Kingdom
Europe other than United Kingdom
Include Eastern and Western Europe.
Australia
New Zealand
Asia & Oceania
Exclude Australia and New Zealand.
Middle East and Africa

Don’t know

37. Over the last 12 months, what was this business’s primary mode of transportation used when transporting goods to another country?

Include transportation between a business in Canada and a consumer or a business outside Canada.
Exclude transportation within Canada.

Air transportation
Rail transportation
Water transportation
Truck transportation
Other mode of transportation
Please specify the other mode of transportation:
None of the above
Don’t know

38. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when transporting goods to another country?

Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Lack of equipment to operate efficiently over long distances
e.g., lack of sleeper compartments in trucks, small fuel tanks
Shortage of shipment containers
Difficult transport networks to operate in
e.g., circuitous low-capacity routes increase distance
Lack of suitable backhauls
Limited profit due to low freight rates
Stiff competition in other countries
Poor telecommunication networks to track loads properly
Language barriers
Recurrent traffic congestion encountered in intervening cities or border crossings
Different vehicle equipment registration and requirements between countries
Different legal vehicle weights and dimensions between countries
Seasonal load restrictions
Different labour rules for transportation employees between countries
e.g., mandatory training, alcohol and drug testing
Difficult to obtain occupational licensing
Different permit processes for oversized or overweight loads across countries
Different fuel and sales tax rates across countries
Inconsistent enforcement and policing across countries
Too much paperwork to fill out to deliver goods to another country
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Labour mobility in regulated occupations

39. Over the last 12 months, did this business hire individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Include regulated occupations, professions, and skilled trades overseen by a provincial or territorial regulatory body.
e.g., doctors, engineers, welders, estheticians, industrial mechanics, electricians
Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.

Yes
- Over the last 12 months, how many individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province did this business hire?
  Provide your best estimate.
  Number of individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory hired:
  OR
  - Don’t know
No
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Yes” is selected in Q39, go to Q41. Otherwise, go to Q40.

40. Over the last 12 months, did this business consider hiring individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory but did not hire any?

Yes
- Over the last 12 months, how many individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory did this business consider hiring?
  Provide your best estimate.
  Number of individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory considered:
  OR
  - Don’t know
No
Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Yes” is selected in Q39 or Q40, go to Q41. Otherwise, go to the end of the survey.

41. Over the last 12 months, in which of the following occupational categories did this business experience challenges when hiring or considering hiring individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.
Select all that apply.

Nurses
e.g., registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners
Medical doctors or specialist physicians
Mental health professionals
e.g., psychotherapists
Veterinarians
Other health professionals
e.g., dentists, medical laboratory technologists
Carpenters
Heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning technicians
Electricians
Welders
Other construction trade occupations
e.g., plumbers, pipefitters
Other trade occupations
e.g., hair stylists, estheticians, motorcycle mechanics, cooks
Engineers
Architects
Occupations in financial services
e.g., mortgage brokers, accountants, securities agents, financial planners
Occupations in law and legal services
Occupations in education services
e.g., teachers, early childhood educators
Occupations in social services
e.g., social workers, interpreters, translators
Occupations in scientific and technical services
e.g., geologists, chemists, agronomists
Other occupational category
Specify other occupational category:

Don’t know

Hiring process for individuals from another province or territory

42. Over the last 12 months, for which of the following reasons did this business hire or consider hiring individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.

Select all that apply.

Need for temporary labour during busy season
Strongest candidates located outside of the hiring province or territory
Difficulty finding appropriately skilled workers in the hiring province or territory’s labour market
Desire to increase workforce diversity
i.e., hire women, First Nation, Métis and Inuit, individuals from visible minority groups or individuals proficient in required language
Other reason
Specify other reason:

Don’t know

43. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when hiring or considering hiring individuals with a professional certification or licence from outside of the hiring province or territory?

Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.
Select all that apply.

No obstacles experienced

Level of effort required to verify individuals’ certification or licence with the appropriate regulatory body
Time waiting for individuals to become certified or licenced in the hiring province or territory
Concerns over scope of knowledge or skills due to their certification or licence coming from outside of the hiring province or territory
Amount of paperwork or forms to fill out
Cost associated with hiring individuals with a certificate or licence from outside of the hiring province or territory
e.g., moving expenses, training costs
Concerns over these individuals’ language proficiency
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

44. Over the last 12 months, which of the following resources did this business consult to obtain information or external assistance in navigating the hiring process for individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.
Select all that apply.

Legal counsel
Private consultants
Recruitment agencies
Regulatory bodies for relevant regulated occupations
Unions
Official federal or provincial government websites
Worker’s Mobility website
Federal or provincial labour mobility coordinators
Other resource
Specify other resource:

None of the above

Don’t know

Flow condition: If “Yes” is selected in Q40, go to Q45. Otherwise, go to Q46.

45. Over the last 12 months, which of the following scenarios did this business experience?

Select all that apply.

Individuals turned down job offer because of the challenges associated with the professional certification or licencing process in the hiring province or territory
Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.
This business decided not to hire individuals because of the challenges associated with the professional certification or licencing process in the hiring province or territory
Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.

None of the above

Don’t know

Quality and accessibility of information on certification and licensing requirements

46. How does this business rate the quality and accessibility of information from the following sources on certification and licensing requirements for individuals with a professional certification or licence from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Exclude individuals who only hold a professional certification or licence from outside of Canada.

Regulatory organizations’ website
i.e., the organizations responsible for establishing occupational standards and ensuring consistent compliance with them
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
- Very poor
- Don’t know
The Worker’s Mobility website
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
- Very poor
- Don’t know
Information directly provided by Labour Mobility Coordinators within provincial or territorial governments who support employers, employees, and regulatory organizations on the labour mobility provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
- Very poor
- Don’t know
The hiring provinces or territory’s official government website
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
- Very poor
- Don’t know

Flow condition: If any of “Carpenters”, “Heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning technicians”, “Electricians”, “Welders”, “Other construction trade occupations”, “Other trade occupations”, “Other occupational category” is selected in Q41, go to Q47. Otherwise, go to the end of the survey.

Persons working in trades

47. Over the last 12 months, did this business hire or consider hiring certified journeypersons from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Certified journeypersons are qualified and skilled persons in a trade occupation and are entitled to the wages and benefits associated with that trade occupation. They are also allowed to train and act as a mentor to registered apprentices.

Exclude certified journeypersons who only hold a certification from outside of Canada.

Yes, this business hired certified journeypersons from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory
Yes, this business considered hiring certified journeypersons from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory but did not hire any
No, this business neither hired nor considered hiring certified journeypersons from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory
Don’t know

48. Over the last 12 months, did this business hire or consider hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

Registered apprentices are individuals in a supervised work training program in a designated trade within their provincial or territorial jurisdiction. The apprentice must be registered with the appropriate governing body (usually a ministry of education or labour, or a trade-specific industry governing body) to complete the training.
Exclude registered apprentices who have only apprenticed outside of Canada.

Yes, this business hired registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory
Yes, this business considered hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory but did not hire a registered apprentice
No, this business neither hired nor considered hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory
Don’t know

Flow condition: If the business reported hiring or considering hiring certified journeypersons from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory in Q47 or if the business reported hiring or considering hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory in Q48, go to Q49. Otherwise, go to the end of the survey.

49. Over the last 12 months, did this business hire or consider hiring these certified journeypersons or registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory to work in a compulsory trade occupation?

Provinces and territories designate each trade occupation as compulsory or voluntary. Work in compulsory trade occupations can only be performed by certified journeypersons or registered apprentices.
Exclude certified journeypersons or registered apprentices who only apprenticed outside of Canada.

Yes
No
Don’t know

Flow condition: If or “Yes” to hiring or considering hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory is selected in Q48, go to Q50. Otherwise, go to the end of the survey.

Registered apprentices

50. Over the last 12 months, which of the following obstacles did this business experience when hiring or considering hiring registered apprentices from another province or territory outside of the hiring province or territory?

No obstacles experienced

Difficulty assessing apprentice’s previous in-school training and equivalent program level
Difficulty obtaining assessment of apprentice’s previous work experience and applying credit for the appropriate hours towards the program requirements
Difficulty obtaining the required records and paperwork from the apprenticeship authority in the province or territory where the apprentice was certified
Difficulty placing apprentice in the appropriate apprenticeship level in the hiring province or territory
Difficulty ensuring that the apprentice has the necessary health and safety training to meet the requirements in the hiring province or territory
Other obstacle
Specify other obstacle:

Don’t know

Red Seal trades

51. To what extent is this business familiar with the Red Seal trades?

Red Seal trades are programs that have common standards to assess the skills of persons working in trades across Canada in specific trades. Persons working in trades who pass examinations to meet the Red Seal standards receive a Red Seal endorsement on their provincial or territorial trade certificates.

Great extent
Moderate extent
Slight extent
No extent at all
Don’t know

Supplement to Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment related to the Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit

Date: May 2024

Program manager: Director, Centre for Social Data Integration and Development
Director General, Social Data Insights, Integration, and Innovation

Reference to Personal Information Bank (PIB):

Personal information collected through the Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit is described in Statistics Canada's "Special Surveys" Class of Personal Information. The Personal Information Bank refers to information collected through Statistics Canada's ad hoc surveys, which are not part of the regular survey taking activities of the Agency. They cover a variety of socio-economic topics including health, housing, labour market, education and literacy, as well as demographic data.

"Special Surveys" Class of Personal Information (Bank number: StatCan PPU 016) is published on the Statistics Canada website under the latest Information about Programs and Information Holdings chapter.

Description of statistical activity:

Under the authority of the Statistics Act^Footnote1 , Statistics Canada will be conducting the new voluntary Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit (SSFNPMI) as of 2024.

The SSFNPMI is a new panel series^Footnote2 consisting of three to five surveys, that aims to fill data gaps identified by Indigenous and federal government partners. There are full and partial data gaps for Indigenous peoples on various indicators that fall under social topics such as health care access and experiences, discrimination in a health care setting, impacts of rising prices on food and housing, well-being, emergency preparedness and access to drinking water. Some questions included in the survey may be deemed sensitive, including questions on racism and discrimination in a health care setting, mental health, life satisfaction, food security questions and income. For example, one of the indicators in which there is a data gap is unmet mental health care needs, a quality of life indicator.

The survey series was also developed based on an analysis of indicators that align with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action IR4-8-2015-eng.pdf, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice Final Report | MMIWG, as well as the Canadian Indicator Framework for Sustainable Development Goals The Canadian Indicator Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and the Quality of Life Framework Quality of Life Hub.

The sample units for the survey series are respondents who participated in the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS)^Footnote3 . Respondents were asked at the end of the IPS questionnaire to provide their email address or phone number if they agreed to be contacted for participation in future surveys such as panel surveys.

To reduce respondent burden and enhance the analytical value of the data, microdata linkage is performed on the data from the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS) with information collected in IPS being linked to microdata for each wave in the survey series. Planned variables to be linked are demographic variables such as sex, gender, sexual orientation, education, and age. These variables will be linked to the Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit as it is important to understand barriers to health care access and discrimination for these demographic groups. Statistics Canada's microdata linkage and related statistical activities are assessed in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment^Footnote4. All data linkage activities are subject to established governance^Footnote5 and are assessed against Statistics Canada's principles of necessity and proportionality^Footnote6. All approved linkages are published on Statistics Canada's website^Footnote7.

There is no planned sharing of the microdata for the SSFNPMI. Only non-confidential aggregate statistics and analyses conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Availability and access to the program data will focus on using existing Statistics Canada access mechanisms such as the Federal Research Data Centre (FDRC), research data centre network (RDC)^Footnote8, Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) and Virtual Data Lab (VDL). The data will also be available in aggregated formats via Statistics Canada's website. All data are vetted using standard StatCan data disclosure and confidentiality rules prior to release.

Reason for supplement:

While the Generic Privacy Impact Assessment^Footnote9 (PIA addresses most of the privacy and security risks related to statistical activities conducted by Statistics Canada, this supplement was developed to address the collection and use of sensitive information, combined with sociodemographic and other information collected from the Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS). The sensitive data includes topics such as health care discrimination and access to health care services, trust in institutions, impacts of rising prices, and income. As is the case with all PIAs, Statistics Canada's privacy framework ensures that elements of privacy protection and privacy controls are documented and applied.

Necessity and Proportionality

The collection and use of personal information for the Survey Series on First Nations Peoples, Métis and Inuit can be justified against Statistics Canada's Necessity and Proportionality Framework:

In addition, the SSFNPMI is designed to allow for distinctions-based analysis of Indigenous Peoples at the national level, which means that the data can be disseminated by First Nations people, Métis, and Inuit distinctly. While other surveys at Statistics Canada may include Indigenous populations in their sample, the results do not always allow distinctions-based analysis at the national level by Indigenous Identity. It is advised, in general, and where possible, to release statistics by First Nations people, Métis and Inuit separately instead of by pan-Indigenous. First Nations, Métis and Inuit are distinct populations with distinct socio-economic and demographic characteristics that are very different from each other. For this reason, using a rapid instrument such as web-panels that target all three groups to that aim to fill specific data gaps is an important tool for helping improve the well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Necessity: Indigenous peoples are under-represented in a number of national key surveys. The data will serve to provide insights and fill data gaps in the areas of health care access, discrimination in a health care setting, well-being, the impact of rising prices, emergency preparedness and access to drinking water for First Nations Peoples living off reserve, Métis and Inuit. The data gaps were identified by a review of existing Indigenous data, a literature review of Indigenous data gaps in the past 15 years, and based on feedback and discussion with Indigenous and federal partners.

Ongoing engagement with Indigenous communities, governments, and organizations with Statistics Canada is crucial to ensuring the relevance and necessity of the agency's data collection activities. The SSFNPMI will collect information on sensitive, but important issues for Indigenous peoples in Canada. Some of the data collected will help fill partial or full data gaps on important high level indicators that are used by government for planning and budgeting for all Canadians. It is important that First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are represented in the data. This information will help shed light on inequities and promote fairness and inclusion that will help inform policy and program decisions pertaining to First Nations people, Métis and Inuit.
Effectiveness - Working assumptions: The SSFNPMI will meet the identified objective and need to increase the visibility of Indigenous peoples in Canada's national Statistics. The panel surveys are the most efficient method of identifying this difficult to reach population that builds on data from the IPS and Census. Since the sample for the panel series is respondents from the IPS who agreed to participate in future surveys, the length of each questionnaire is shorter than a traditional survey. Each survey in the panel series is limited to 20 questions since the same set of respondents is surveyed every few months over a course of approximately a year on diverse topics. Furthermore, results for the entire panel series are available within approximately a year, as compared to two to three years for a typical survey, which allows for timely access to results for First Nations, Métis and the Inuit population.

Each of the surveys in the series have been built to allow for dissemination nationally by Indigenous identity, that is by First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit.

The variables that will be collected have been identified as data gaps for First Nations people, Métis and Inuit through an analysis of existing data, a literature review on Indigenous data gaps in the past 15 years, and through extensive engagement with Indigenous and federal partners.
Proportionality: The population for this survey consists of 6200 respondents to the Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS) who provided their consent to be contacted to participate in future surveys. This sample is assessed as being suitable to meet the survey objective of producing new indicators for which there is little data available for Indigenous people.

The Centre for Indigenous Statistics and Partnerships (CISP) within Statistics Canada has established an engagement strategy to ensure that the survey content covers important themes that were discussed with federal and Indigenous partners while being culturally sensitive and relevant. National Indigenous partners continue to be engaged in the content development of the surveys in the series (SSFNPMI), and content that raised concerns was revised accordingly.

As is the practice for all new survey content, the SSFNPMI was tested with First Nations, Métis and Inuit to ensure the questions are relevant, clear, sensitive and appropriate. While it is recognized that some of the questions are sensitive, participants expressed that they were important in bringing awareness to important emerging issues.

Similar to other panel surveys, many of the sociodemographic personal information elements required for analysis such as age, gender, sexual orientation and education do not need to be collected in the SSFNPMI, as they are available through the planned microdata linkages to the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS). Respondents will therefore not need to transmit the same personal information multiple times to Statistics Canada, thus limiting the scope of information collected to only new required information. The personal information such as age, gender, sexual orientation and education will be added to the SSFNPMI microdata file because it is important to understand barriers to health care access and discrimination for these demographic groups.
Alternatives: Alternative sources for the topics to be collected in the SSFNPMI are not available in other Statistics Canada surveys or administrative data holdings that are specific to First Nations people, Métis and Inuit. Alternative designs to a panel survey such as a traditional survey were considered, but panel surveys offer the best method for new data collection activities for the following reasons:
1. The sample for this survey series are respondents of the 2022 IPS who have agreed to be contacted again for future surveys, therefore response burden is minimal.
2. The time it takes from collection to dissemination for all surveys in this series is approximately one year, whereas traditional surveys could take up to 3 years from collection to release, providing almost real-time results.
3. An analysis of data gaps and a review of existing Statistics Canada data holdings was completed specifically to ensure that data being collected by the SSFNPMI will meet targeted, important data gaps for First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit.
In addition, the SSFNPMI is designed to allow for distinctions-based analysis of Indigenous Peoples at the national level, which means that the data can be disseminated by First Nations people, Métis, and Inuit distinctly. While other surveys at Statistics Canada may include Indigenous populations in their sample, the results do not always allow distinctions-based analysis at the national level by Indigenous Identity. It is advised, in general, and where possible, to release statistics by First Nations people, Métis and Inuit separately instead of by pan-Indigenous. First Nations, Métis and Inuit are distinct populations with distinct socio-economic and demographic characteristics that are very different from each other. For this reason, using a rapid instrument such as web-panels that target all three groups to that aim to fill specific data gaps is an important tool for helping improve the well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Mitigation factors:

Some questions contained in the SSFNPMI are considered sensitive as they relate to racism and discrimination in a health care setting and the workplace, mental health, life satisfaction, impacts of rising housing and food costs, and income.

The overall risk of harm to the survey respondents has been deemed manageable with existing Statistics Canada safeguards that are described in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment, as well as with some additional measures. These include the following that are of particular importance in the context of this survey:

To mitigate the risk of potential sensitivities, respondents will be provided access to a list of mental health resources within the electronic questionnaire as well as on the Information for Survey participants web page. .
Respondents will be given the option to skip a question if they do not feel comfortable providing a response.
Interviewers will be trained on and have access to information on mental health supports to provide to respondents who show signs of distress triggered by sensitive questions and to provide the option to skip sensitive questions.
As for all surveys, respondents will be informed in the invitation email, within the questionnaire and on Statistics Canada's website of the nature of the survey and that participation is voluntary. Respondents will also be reminded in the invitation email that they participated in the IPS and agreed to participate in future surveys. The survey will be made available in the four official languages of Nunavut (Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French), as required by the Nunavut Agreement.
Variables that directly identify respondents will be separated from the data files in the first stage of data processing and placed in a secure location with controlled access. Variables that might indirectly identify respondents are examined and modified as necessary in order to protect the privacy and confidentiality of respondents. Individual responses will be grouped with those of others when reporting results. Individual responses and results for very small groups will never be published or shared with any outside government department or other organization. Careful analysis of the data and appropriate additional disclosure controls will be performed prior to the publication and sharing of data (in RDCs, etc.) to ensure that marginalized and vulnerable communities are not disproportionally impacted.

Conclusion:

This assessment concludes that, with the existing Statistics Canada safeguards including those listed above, any remaining risks are such that Statistics Canada is prepared to accept and manage the risk.

Formal approval:

This Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment has been reviewed and recommended for approval by Statistics Canada's Chief Privacy Officer, Director General for Modern Statistical Methods and Data Science, and Assistant Chief Statistician for Social, Health and Labour Statistics.

The Chief Statistician of Canada has the authority for section 10 of the Privacy Act for Statistics Canada, and is responsible for the Agency's operations, including the program area mentioned in this Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment.

This Privacy Impact Assessment has been approved by the Chief Statistician of Canada.

Footnotes

Footnot 1

Paragraph 3(a) of the Statistics Act mandates Statistics Canada to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people. Paragraph 7(1) gives the Chief Statistician the authority to prescribe the rules, instructions and requests for information for conducting the work and business of Statistics Canada, and Paragraph 8(1) provides the Chief Statistician the authority to determine whether a request for information is mandatory or voluntary.

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Footnote 2

Panel series are sequences of short surveys administered to a sample of respondents who have agreed to participate.

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Footnote 3

Formerly the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) see: Surveys and statistical programs - Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS)

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Footnote 4

See:

Section 1: Overview - 1.6.1 GSBPM 5.0 - Phase 5. Process Phase - Phase 5.1. Integrate data
Section 3: Analysis of the Personal Information Elements for the Program – Identifiers - A – Direct personal identifiers
Section 5: Privacy Compliance Analysis - Principle 2: Purpose - Principle 3: Consent - Principle 4: Limiting Collection - Principle 5: Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention - Principle 8: Opennes

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Footnote 5

See: Directive on Microdata Linkage

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Footnote 6

See: Principles of Necessity and Proportionality

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Footnote 7

See: Approved microdata linkages

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Footnote 8

RDCs are covered under Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment (5.5.9 Confidentiality measures at Statistics Canada, 5.5.12 Access to confidential information by researchers as deemed employees of Statistics Canada; and TRA Grid U: Statistics Canada Research Data Centres).

Information on RDCs and RDC projects are published on Statistics Canada's website at the following links: Research Data Centres, List of RDC active projects.

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Footnote 9

The Generic privacy impact assessment assesses the privacy, confidentiality and security risks associated with the collection, use, disclosure, retention and disposal of personal information by Statistics Canada in the application of its mandate under the Statistics Act. The scope of the Generic PIA (see section 1.6) includes the activities described in the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM version 5.0, December 2013), developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). In the Generic PIA, the GSBPM phases are used to identify privacy risks by statistical activity. Of particular import for the data hub are phases 4.4. Finalize collection; 5. Process Phase; 6. Analyze Phase; and 7. Disseminate Phase. TRA Grids were developed for each of these phases.

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