This Reporting Guide is to assist in the completion of the Annual Return of "Programming Undertaking" License (Form No. 5-5300-377.1)

Survey objective

This survey collects financial and operating data for the statistical measurement and analysis of the Radio and Television Broadcasting industry. These data will be aggregated to produce national and regional estimates of the performance of your industry. Those estimates are used by the regulator and policy departments, the private sector, international organizations, academics, analysts and the general public to better understand this sector's contribution to the Canadian economy. Selected results will be published in Statistics Canada Catalogue numbers 56-207-X and 56-208-X.

Confidentiality statement

This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, Chapter S19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this Act. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing or releasing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey relating to any identifiable business without the previous written consent of that business. The data on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. Please note that Statistics Canada does not share any individual responses with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Agreements and regulations

In order to avoid duplication and ease the burden on respondents, Statistics Canada has entered into the following data sharing agreements concerning this Radio and Television Survey:

A. Under section 11 of the Statistics Act with the "Institut de la statistique du Québec" for the sharing of information from this survey for broadcasting undertakings in Quebec. The Quebec Statistics Act includes the authority for the collection of this information and the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of information as the Federal Statistics Act;

B. Under section 12 of the Statistics Act with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada. This information is required by the Commission under the authority of the Broadcasting Act and the regulations and conditions of licence thereunder. Statistics Canada is collecting the information on behalf of the Commission. The Commission will retain a copy of the questionnaire thus satisfying the requirements of the Television Broadcasting Regulations 1987 and Radio Regulations 1986 or conditions of licence for all broadcasters in Canada to provide this type of information to the Commission on or before November 30 of each year for the year ending on the previous August 31; and

C. Under section 12 of the Statistics Act with the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada, the "Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine" for broadcasting undertakings in Quebec, and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for broadcasting undertakings in Ontario. The agreements we have with these agencies require that they keep the information confidential and only use it for statistical and research purposes. In the case of the agreements with these three agencies, respondents may object to the sharing of their information by giving notice in writing to the Chief Statistician and returning the letter of objection in a separate envelope addressed to: Chief, Telecommunication and Broadcasting Section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Main Building, 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Room 1506, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0T6, Telephone: (613) 951-1891, Facsimile: (613) 951-0009, E-Mail: heidi.ertl@statcan.gc.ca

Change of ownership

When a change of ownership has been approved by the CRTC, within 90 days thereof, the former licensee will file with StatisticsCanada a copy of an annual return covering the period of operations from September 1 to the day of transfer. The new licensee will file an annual return from the day of transfer to August 31. In some cases, the new licensee elects to file an annual return for the full broadcast year. In either case, the licensee should indicate on the return, which period they are filing.

Completion of the return

This annual return is to be completed by those persons licensed (i.e.: the "licensee") by the CRTC to operate a non-profit radio or a non-profit television programming undertaking(s) which earned less than $2.0 million in total revenues. These undertakings, hereafter referred to as "television stations", include conventional television stations, licensed rebroadcasting stations and television networks and "radio stations" which include radio stations and networks as set out in the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 and Radio Regulations, 1986.

The reporting period to be covered by this annual return is the broadcasting year which is the 12-month period from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009.

Page 2 of this return requests information specific to the licensee and only needs to be completed once regardless of the number of undertakings reporting in the return.

Page 3 of this return requests information specific to the operating results of the licensed undertakings reporting in the return and a separate page 3 must be completed for each undertaking.

CRTC "Alcohol Advertising" form: All licensees must complete this form.

Important: If you are missing any part of this 3 page reporting guide or the 2 page annual return, or if the cover page's listing of undertakings is not consistent with your organizational structure, please contact Statistics Canada immediately at the address listed on page 2 of this guide.

The return is to be typed or legibly written. A postage paid addressed envelope is enclosed for your convenience. If you have any queries regarding this questionnaire, please contact the:
Unit Head
Broadcasting Section,
Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada,
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0T6
Telephone: (613) 951-0390 Facsimile: (613) 951-9920.
E-mail: dany.gravel@statcan.gc.ca

Financial statements

Subject to (i) and (ii) below, for those completing a paper copy of the questionnaire, please submit three copies of the licensee's audited Financial Statements for the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009 along with the three copies of the annual return:

(i) subject to (ii) below, all licensees of radio and/or television programming undertakings, including networks, must file audited financial statements at the licensee level for the 12 month period ending August 31, 2009 (see the Appendix on page 3 of this guide).

(ii) other than licensees who are public companies, all licensees of radio and/or television programming and network undertakings who do not have a condition of licence related to financial performance and who do not have total advertising revenues of more than $10 million for all of their licensed undertakings combined may, in lieu of audited financial statements, file non-audited financial statements at the licensee level for the 12 month period ending August 31, 2009, (see the Appendix on page 3 of this guide).

CRTC File Number, Call Sign and CRTC Undertaking Number

The CRTC file number, the call sign and CRTC Undertaking number should be entered at the bottom of pages 2 and 3. This information has been pre-printed on the cover of the questionnaire. The CRTC file number is the seven digit number while the CRTC undertaking number is nine digits in length.

Page 3: Financial summary

1. Revenue

Line 1.1 "Local time sales" should include revenue from the sale of air time by local sales representatives, net of advertising agency commissions and trade discounts. The fair market value of bartered contra, sponsorship or any other non-monetary transactions should also be included on this line.

Line 1.2 "National time sales" should include revenue for national advertising, net of any advertising agency commissions and trade discounts. National sales are usually commissionable to the station's national representative.

Line 1.3 "Network payments to station" - For the network, it should include net payments made to the affiliates as a reduction of the revenue. For the affiliates it should include their share of the network net payments, or the reverse as the case may be.

Line 1.4 "Sales/Syndication of programs" should include revenue for syndication of programs and program rights to other broadcasting stations and revenue received from the sale of programs and production services. Do not include revenue from promotional services.

Line 1.5(a) "Corporate grants" should include revenues received from corporations, associations, foundations and/or individuals, either in support of the general broadcasting operation, or in underwriting specific initiatives. Contributors should not have received commercial spot time as a result of making a grant, although they may have been identified in a brief on-air credit recognizing their support. Grants received from sectors of government should not be included here, but reported under Government grants. Grants for which commercial announcements were made as a result of a contribution should not be reported here, but included in Local time sales or National time sales, as the case may be.

Line 1.5(b) "Government grants" should include revenues received from sectors of government (federal, provincial, local or foreign), either in support of the general broadcasting operation, or for specific initiatives. Contributors should not have received commercial spot time as a result of making a grant, although they may have been identified in a brief on-air credit recognizing their support. Grants for which commercial announcements were made as a result of a contribution should not be reported here, but included in Local time sales or National time sales, as the case may be.

Line 1.5(c) "Subsidiary communications" should include revenues received from the sale of broadcast activity such as SCA, SCMO and VBI.

SCA or SCMO is defined as the technique that involves the unused spectrum of the frequency assigned to FM radio stations to be utilized for a variety of services such as the transmittal of background music services to commercial establishments.

VBI (vertical blanking interval) is an integral part of every television signal but does not contain any part of the video picture. VBI can be used for the distribution of a variety of special services such as close captioning for the hearing impaired.

Line 1.5(d) "Other revenue" should include revenue received from the use of talent, services, technical facilities, management fees and other revenue not credited to accounts previously noted.

2. Expenses

Line 2.1 "Programming and production" expenses should include those expenses attributable to acquiring, producing and preparing the station's programs.

Line 2.2 "Technical" expenses should include those expenses attributable to providing and maintaining the technical facilities necessary for the presentation and production of the station's programs.

Line 2.3 "Sales and promotion" expenses should include those expenses attributable to selling, advertising or promotion, directed toward prospective advertisers and audiences on behalf of the station.

Line 2.4 "Administration and general" expenses should include the salaries and wages of the system management, including those engaged in the accounting function.

Line 2.6 "Operating income (loss) - before interest, depreciation and other expenses" is determined by subtracting total expenses, (line 2.5), from total revenue (line 1.6).

Line 2.8 "Interest expense" should include those expenses incurred on the station's obligations including notes, bonds and mortgages.

Line 2.9 "Other expenses" should include any other broadcasting expenses not already allocated.

Line 4 "Salaries and other staff benefits" should include payments for regular hours worked, overtime, vacation and holidays, and commissions paid to staff under the sales and promotion category, the taxable items shown on employees' T4 slip, the cost to the employer of providing retirement pensions to employees, whether or not under the Canada Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan or other government pension plans and the cost of providing benefits such as group medical, group life, employment insurance, workers' compensation and other employee benefits. Do not include costs of room and board or any other payments of this type.

Line 5 "Average number of employees" should be the typical weekly average of full and equivalent part-time employees. Where there are part-time employees include them as equivalent full time employees by calculating their work time in proportion to a typical full week's work. Non-Staff commissioned sales representatives should not be included as employees.

Appendix

1. Audited Financial Statements: (to be completed by licensee filing an audited financial statement)

a) Licenses of radio undertakings having total advertising revenues of more than $10 million for all of their licensed radio undertakings combined for the August 31 broadcast year being filed, must file audited financial statements along with the annual return.

b) Licensees of television programming and network undertakings having a condition of licence related to financial performance and having total advertising revenue of more than $10 million for all of their licensed television undertakings combined for the August 31 broadcast year being filed, must file audited financial statements along with their annual return.

2. Non-audited Financial Statements: (to be completed by licensee filing non-audited financial statements)
Although not subject to an audit by the licensee's external auditors, they must nevertheless be prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (G.A.A.P.)* and be signed and dated by the licensee as follows:

I, (Name) (Title) am authorized to certify on behalf of (Licensee) that these financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (G.A.A.P.) and are true and complete in all respects to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Signature) (Date)

* Where the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with G.A.A.P., please indicate the areas involved and how you treated them.

3. Licensees otherwise required to file audited financial statements and whose fiscal year end does not coincide with August 31 may, as an alternative to filing audited statements as at August 31, file non-audited financial statements at the licensee level for the 12 month period ending August 31 on which the licensee's auditor has performed a "Review Engagement" in accordance with section 8200 of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountant's handbook (the "C.I.C.A. handbook"). Licensees who elect to provide Review Engagement financial statements must also file, with their annual return, their audited financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year ending immediately prior to the 31 August of the annual return being filed.

4. Licensees otherwise required to file audited financial statements and whose statements are included in the audited consolidated statements of a Parent company may, where audited statements at the licensee level are not prepared, file financial statements as follows:

a) where the year-end of the Parent is August 31, file non-audited statements at the licensee level and the audited consolidated statements of the Parent both for the 12 month period ending August 31,

b) where the year-end of the Parent is other than August 31, file non-audited financial statements at the licensee level for the 12 month period ending August 31 on which the licensee's auditor has performed a Review Engagement and the audited consolidated financial statements for the Parent company's most recently completed fiscal year ending immediately prior to the August 31 of the annual return being filed.

Form 6

Confidential when completed

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

La version française de ce questionnaire est disponible.

The purpose of this annual survey is to collect information on the production and value of greenhouse products, nursery stock, sod produced and Christmas trees in Canada. Your figures are kept strictly confidential and are grouped with others for statistical purposes. The results are publicly released in May and are used by producer associations and governments to assess the economic health of the greenhouse, sod and nursery production industries.

Instructions to greenhouse/nursery/sod operator

1. This questionnaire is to assist you in answering a telephone survey. Complete this form and keep it by your telephone. An interviewer from Statistics Canada will telephone you between January 11, 2010 and January 31, 2010 for this information. Do not mail this questionnaire. It is for your records.
2. Please answer all questions that apply to your operation.
3. Use your records if possible. Otherwise, enter your best estimate.
4. Thank you for your cooperation.

For your records only, do not mail

Review the information on the label. If any information is incorrect or missing, please make the necessary corrections in the boxes below.

• Farm Name (if applicable)

• Corporation Name (if applicable)

• Surname or Family Name
• Usual First Name and Initial
• Area Code
• Telephone
• Rural Route
• Box Number
• Number and Street Name
• Postal Code
• Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
• Email Address (if applicable)

• Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Area Code
• Telephone

• Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Area Code
• Telephone

Part I - Type of production

1. Did you grow greenhouse, nursery, sod products or Christmas trees in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to comments)

2. Which of the following products did you grow in 2009? (check all that apply)
a. Greenhouse products (vegetables, fruits, flowers and plants) (Go to Part II)
b. Nursery products and Christmas trees (trees and plants) (Go to Part III)
c. Sod (Go to Part IV)

Part II - Greenhouse operations (See explanatory notes)

C. Area and number of months of operation

3. Will you be reporting your greenhouse area in:

• Square feet
• Square metres

4. What was your total greenhouse area under glass in 2009? See explanatory notes
5. What was your total greenhouse area under rigid plastic or fibreglass in 2009?
6. What was your total greenhouse area under poly-film in 2009?
7. What was your total greenhouse area in 2009?
8. How many months was your greenhouse in operation in 2009?

Greenhouse vegetables and fruits

• Did you grow and sell vegetables or fruits in 2009? (exclude vegetable bedding plants)
• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 12)

D. Area, production and value of greenhouse vegetables and fruits - 2009

10. Report area and sales of greenhouse vegetables and fruits in 2009 below

Area
Value of sales

f. Total area and gross sales of vegetables and fruits

Greenhouse flowers and plants

12. Did you grow and sell flowers or plants in 2009? (include bedding plants)

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Section K)

F. Indoor and outdoor potted plants, finished products

13. Did you produce and sell potted plants in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 15)

14. y. Total potted plants (indoor and outdoor) produced and sold
z. Total gross sales of finished potted plants

G. Cuttings and tree seedlings

15. Did you produce and sell cuttings or tree seedlings in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 17)

Total number of plants

16. f. Total cuttings produced and sold
g. Tree seedlings produced and sold
h. Total gross sales of cuttings and tree seedlings

H. Vegetable and ornamental bedding plants

17. Did you produce and sell bedding plants in 2009?  Include plants ready for transplant by the purchaser into gardens, fields, containers and baskets.

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 18)

a. Total number of ornamental bedding plants
a1. Total gross sales of ornamental bedding plants

b. Total number of vegetable bedding plants
b1. Total gross sales of vegetable bedding plants

I. Cut flowers

18. Did you produce and sell cut flowers in 2009?  (exclude dried cut flowers)

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 20)

m. Total stems produced and sold
n. Total gross sales of cut flowers

J. Sales for greenhouse flowers and plants only (before sales tax)

20. Please report your total sales of flowers and plants.
a. Sales of flowers and plants produced in your greenhouse (Sum of [codes 276, 179, 274, 275 and 154])
b. Resales of flowers and plants (exclude sales reported in question 20a. Include sales of flowers and plants that your operation imported or purchased from other greenhouses for resale.)
c. Total sales of flowers and plants (20a plus 20b).

K. Plant material purchases (before sales tax)

If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery and are unable to provide a breakdown of expenditures of plant material or labour separate from your greenhouse and nursery, you will be able to report your values together during the interview.

21. a. What were your total expenses in 2009 on flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds or bulbs for growing on?

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported in the previous question were purchases from other greenhouses or nurseries within your province?

22. Did you buy flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds or bulbs in 2009 for immediate resale?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 25)

23. What were your expenses in 2009 on flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds and bulbs for immediate resale?

24. Total expenditures on plant material in 2009 (sum of codes 123 and 124)

L. Labour

Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions

25. How many seasonal workers did your greenhouse employ (less than 8 months) in 2009?

26. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your greenhouse employ (8 months and more) in 2009?

27. What was your total payroll (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

M. Other greenhouse expenses

28. d. What were your total fuel expenses (natural gas, heating oil, other fuel) in 2009?
29. Electricity (lighting, airflow fans and heating)
30. Other crop expenses (include fertilizer, pesticides, growing mediums; exclude plant material purchases)
31. Other operating expenses (interest, land taxes, insurance, packaging, repairs to farm buildings, machinery, agricultural equipment and vehicles and contract work)
32. Total operating expenses in 2009 (sum of codes 125, 122, 121, 2024, 114 and 112)

Part III - Nursery operations (See explanatory notes)

33. Did you cut and sell Christmas trees that were grown on this operation in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 36)

34. Will you report Christmas tree area in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

Total area
Cut trees
Dollar value

35. Report your area, production and sales of Christmas trees cut on your operation. (Include naturally established or planted areas, regardless of stage of growth, that are pruned or managed with the use of fertilizer or pesticides.)
Christmas trees producers that did not grow nursery products, go to question 48.

N. Nursery operations

36. Did you produce or sell nursery products in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 51)

37. Will you report your nursery area in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

38. Please include land owned or rented in the following questions.
a. Field area used for growing nursery stock in 2009
b. Container area used for growing nursery stock in 2009
c. What was your total area used for growing nursery stock in 2009? (sum of codes 603 and 2029)

39. Did your nursery operation use a cold frame or non heated covering tunnels for production?

• Yes
• No

O. Production and sales of field and container grown nursery stock

40. Report your nursery field and container sales in 2009 (exclude stock sold for resale, unsold inventory, Christmas trees and landscaping activites)

If any plants produced in the nursery operation were not sold in 2009, go to Question 41b.

l. Total gross sales of field and container grown nursery stock

P. Sales of nursery stock (before sales tax)

41. a. What were your total nursery sales for stock started by your firm or purchased for growing on in 2009? (sum of codes 541 and 456)
b. What were your total nursery sales of stock purchased for immediate resale in 2009? (exclude sales from landscaping activities)
c. Total dollar sales of nursery stock in 2009 (sum of codes 217 and 218)

Q. Nursery purchases of plant material (before sales tax)

43. In 2009 did your nursery operation purchase any ornamental or fruit trees, nursery stock, bedding plants, seedlings, cuttings or bulbs?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 48)

44. a. What were your expenses in 2009 on plant material for growing on?

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported in the previous question were purchases from other greenhouses or nurseries within your province?

45. Did you buy nursery stock for immediate resale in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 48)

46. What were your expenses in 2009 on nursery stock for immediate resale?

47. Total expenses on plant material in 2009 (sum of codes 230 and 231)

R. Labour and total operating expenses for nursery operation only

48. Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions.
a. How many seasonal workers did your nursery operation employ (less than 8 months) in 2009?

b. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your nursery operation employ (8 months and more) in 2009?

c. What was your total payroll? (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

49. What were your other nursery operating expenses in 2009? (Include fertilizer, pesticides, land taxes, interest, insurance, repairs, fuel and electricity. Exclude plant material purchases and labour costs.)

50. What were your total operating expenses in 2009? (sum of codes 232, 216 and 2057)

Part IV - Sod operations (See explanatory notes)

S. Area and sales of sod

51. Did you grow sod in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Comments)

52. Will you report your area of sod grown in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

53. a. What was your total sod area grown in 2009?

b. How much of your total sod area was grown for sale in 2009?

54. What was your gross revenue from sod grown for sale on your operation in 2009?

55. Did you buy sod for immediate resale in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 58)

56. a. What were your expenses on sod for immediate resale in 2009? (before sales tax)

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported in the previous question were purchases from other sod farms within your province?

57. What was your gross revenue from sod purchased for immediate resale in 2009? (before sales tax)

T. Labour and total operating expenses for sod operations only

58. Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions
a. How many seasonal workers did your sod operation employ (less than 8 months) in 2009?

b. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your sod operation employ (8 months and more) in 2009?

c. What was your total payroll (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

59. What were your other operating expenses for your sod operation in 2009? (Include fertilizer, pesticides, land taxes, interest, insurance, repairs, fuel and electricity. Exclude sod purchases and labour costs.)

60. What were your total operating expenses for your sod operation in 2009? (sum of codes 633, 2060 and 2061)

Agreement to share information

Note to residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia:

To avoid duplication of enquiry this survey is conducted under a co-operative agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Forest Resources and Agri-Food, the New Brunswick Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries pursuant to Section 12 of the Statistics Act (SC 1985, Chap. S19). Address any comments or questions to the Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6.

The information collected and shared will be kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Any information shared with a provincial ministry of agriculture is released in aggregate form only. The provincial ministry of agriculture must guarantee the confidentiality of all shared data.

Statistics Canada does not provide the respondent's name or address to any provincial ministry of agriculture.

Do you agree to share this information?

• Yes
• No

To residents of Quebec:

To avoid duplication of enquiry, this survey is conducted under a co-operative agreement to share information in accordance with Section 11 of the Statistics Act, with Statistics Canada and l'Institut de la statistique du Québec.

Comments:

2009 Annual Greenhouse, Sod and Nursery Survey- Explanatory Notes

The purpose of the enclosed questionnaire is to gather information about the greenhouse, sod, nursery and Christmas trees industries in Canada. These explanatory notes are provided to answer any questions you may have while completing this survey. If your operation is involved in “service” related activities such as landscape contracting or laying sod, please exclude the figures related to the non-agricultural portion of your operation from the attached survey.

Part II: Greenhouse operations

Section C- Area and months in operation

Note: The area and plants (including vegetable plugs) covered by cold frames or covering tunnels should not be included in the greenhouse section of the survey. This is not considered to be part of the greenhouse area. A cold frame is not a greenhouse.

Question C4: Report only the area under glass.
Exclude: area surrounding the greenhouse(s), i.e., nursery, retail garden centre, wheat field, etc.
Question C5: Include all other types of enclosed protection used for growing plants, i.e., rigid insulation, mine shafts, barns, shelters. Report poly-film plastic area in C6.
Question C6: Report total area under poly-film or polyethylene. Poly film is a thick, flexible, translucent material that is used to build the greenhouse walls and roof.
Question C8: Exclude months when operator was not actively growing plants i.e., fumigation period.

Section D- Area, Production and Value of Greenhouse Vegetables and Fruit- 2009

Question D10: Report edible product ready to consume.
Exclude: bedding plants, tobacco, ginseng, asparagus or mushrooms.

Multiple crop plantings:
If you produced multiple crop plantings of the same greenhouse vegetable/fruit in the same greenhouse space, report area only once, but report all values (i.e., if 1000 ft2 were used for the 1st tomato crop that was worth $1,000 and the same area was used for the 2nd tomato crop planting that was worth $1,500 - report 1000 ft2 and $2,500.).

If you produced multiple crop plantings of two or more greenhouse vegetables in the same greenhouse space, use the following format (i.e., if you use 2000 ft2 to grow tomatoes for your 1st crop and switch to cucumbers half way through the summer [using the same space, 2000 ft2], you should report your total area as 4000 ft2 [2000 ft2 for tomatoes and 2000 ft2 for cucumbers]).

Section F- Indoor and Outdoor Potted Plants, Finished Products

Question F14: Please report the number of potted plants you grew and sold from your greenhouse. Please report Canadian production of ornamental finished potted plants only.
Include: hanging pots which refers to any type of hanging basket (plastic, peat moss, wicker, ceramic, etc.)
Exclude: resale merchandise (plants that were bought and resold immediately without much care or maintenance), nursery stock (potted fall mums grown and sold from a nursery or potted shrubs such as Azaleas or Heather), lilies grown in a field and Christmas trees sold in pots

Section G- Cuttings and Tree Seedlings

Question G16: Report your propagating material i.e., greenhouse grown cuttings (rooted or vegetative), tree seedlings (exclude nursery product grown in cold frame or non heated tunnel) and any other cuttings you grew and sold (exclude resale).
Exclude: ornamental and vegetable bedding plants (this material should be reported in section H)

Section H- Ornamental and Vegetable Bedding Plants

Questions H17a, a1, H17b, b1: Report total number of bedding plants sold in cell packs, trays or flats ready for transplant into gardens, fields, containers, baskets, pots or larger cell packs by the purchaser (exclude resale).

Section I-Cut Flowers

Exclude: resale, dried cut flowers and cut flowers grown and cut from the field

Section J- Sales of Greenhouse Flowers and Plants

Question J20C: Report all sales of flowers and plants that were either, produced and sold by your operation, or imported or bought within Canada and resold immediately and revenue from “renting out” plants in sales to other channels
Exclude: non-plant material such as garden centre products (i.e., fertilizer, peat moss, vermiculite, soil, seeds, etc.)

Section K- Plant Material Purchases

* If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery and are unable to provide a breakdown of expenditures of plant material or labour separate from your greenhouse and nursery, you will be able to report your values together during the interview.

Question K21a: Report purchases for growing on (starting a plant/seedling in your greenhouse by caring and maintaining for it by seeding, transplanting, fertilizing, etc. until it becomes a sellable product).
Exclude: flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds, and bulbs purchased for resale (refer to question K23 for definition)
Question K21b: Only the percentage of expenditures on plant material used for growing on purchased from other greenhouses, nurseries, wholesalers or other channels from within your province should be reported in this question.

Question K23: Report purchases for resale (buying and selling a plant within a short time period with minimal maintenance).

Section L- Labour

Questions L25 and L26: Only employees involved in the growing, maintaining and harvesting of greenhouse vegetables, fruits and plants should be reported here.
Include: the labour of the owner and family help
Exclude: all labour used for retailing, clerical help and contract work (i.e., truck driver, landscaper)
Question L27: If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery, please provide the labour, wages and benefits for the greenhouse portion only in this section.
Include: paid benefits such as medical insurance, workers compensation, employment insurance, and pension plans
Exclude: wages and benefits paid to employees involved in retail, clerical help and contract work (i.e., truck driver, landscaper)

Section M- Other Greenhouse Expenses

Question M30: What were your crop expenses on fertilizer, pesticides and growing mediums such as soil, peat moss, vermiculite, perlite, sand, styrofoam and sawdust?
Question M32: Report total operating expenses here (sum of codes 125, 122, 121, 2024, 114 and 112).

Part III: Nursery operations

Please exclude from this portion of the questionnaire figures relating to the greenhouse portion (if applicable) of your operation (see Part II: Greenhouse notes).

Question 35: For Christmas Trees, report naturally established or planted areas, regardless of stage of growth, that are pruned or managed with the use of fertilizer or pesticides.

Section N- Nursery Area

Question N38: Only land used for growing or maintaining nursery stock during 2009 should be included. Report nursery container area (any plant sold in a container from your nursery) in code 2029 and field area in code 603.

Question N39: The area and plants (including vegetable plugs) covered by cold frames or covering tunnels should be reported in the nursery section of the survey. This is not considered to be part of the greenhouse area.

Section O- Production and Sales of Field and Container grown Nursery Stock

Nursery Stock Field Value-2009
Question O40: Please report any field-grown trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, small fruit trees and any other field-grown nursery stock produced and sold.
Include: all balled and burlapped, bare root and field potted stock
Exclude: resale, container-grown nursery stock, Christmas trees (without the root system intact), greenhouse production, unsold inventory, value received for landscaping services

Container
Include: all container sizes (less than 1 gallon, 1 gallon, 2 gallon and/or greater than 2 gallon)

Section P- 2009 Dollar Sales of Nursery Stock (before sales tax)

Question P41a: Growing on- starting a plant/seedling on your nursery operation by caring and maintaining through seeding, transplanting, fertilizing, etc. until it becomes a sellable product
Question P41b: Resale- the process of buying a tree, shrub, plant, seed, seedling, cutting, etc. and selling it within a short time period with minimal care or maintenance
Question P41c: Report total sales of nursery stock in 2009 here (codes 217 plus 218 equals 219)

Section Q- Nursery Plant Purchases

Question Q44: Enter the dollar value of stock purchased specifically for growing on.

Question Q46: Enter the dollar value of stock purchased specifically for immediate resale and not for cultivation purposes.

Section R and T Labour (Nursery and Sod Operations)

Questions R48a, R48b, T58a and T58b: Permanent and Seasonal workers

Include: the number of workers in your operation involved in growing, maintaining and harvesting nursery stock and/or sod.
Exclude: labour for retail services (sales clerks in garden centres, labour for contract work, laying sod, landscaping or installing shrubs at client’s homes).

Question R48c and T58c: Total Payroll

Include: benefits such as medical insurance, worker’s compensation, employment insurance, pension plans as well as owners, management and family members’ salaries.
Exclude: wages for retail or contract work not related to the nursery and/or sod operation

Part IV: Sod Operations

Section S- Sod

Question S54: Report all revenue from all sod grown for sale
Question S56a: Report all sod purchased specifically for immediate resale and not cultivated by your firm.

Form 6

Confidential when completed

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

La version française de ce questionnaire est disponible.

The purpose of this annual survey is to collect information on the production and value of greenhouse products, nursery stock, sod produced and Christmas trees in Canada. Your figures are kept strictly confidential and are grouped with others for statistical purposes. The results are publicly released in May and are used by producer associations and governments to assess the economic health of the greenhouse, sod and nursery production industries.

Instructions to greenhouse/nursery/sod operator

1. This questionnaire is to assist you in answering a telephone survey. Complete this form and keep it by your telephone. An interviewer from Statistics Canada will telephone you between January 11, 2010 and January 31, 2010 for this information. Do not mail this questionnaire. It is for your records.
2. Please answer all questions that apply to your operation.
3. Use your records if possible. Otherwise, enter your best estimate.
4. Thank you for your cooperation.
For your records only, do not mail

Review the information on the label. If any information is incorrect or missing, please make the necessary corrections in the boxes below.

• Farm Name (if applicable)

• Corporation Name (if applicable)

• Surname or Family Name
• Usual First Name and Initial
• Area Code
• Telephone
• Rural Route
• Box Number
• Number and Street Name
• Postal Code
• Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
• Email Address (if applicable)

• Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Area Code
• Telephone

• Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Area Code
• Telephone

Part I - Type of production

1. Did you grow greenhouse, nursery, sod products or Christmas trees in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to comments)

2. Which of the following products did you grow in 2009? (check all that apply)
a. Greenhouse products (vegetables, fruits, flowers and plants) (Go to Part II)
b. Nursery products and Christmas trees (trees and plants) (Go to Part III)
c. Sod (Go to Part IV)

Part II - Greenhouse operations (See explanatory notes)

C. Area and number of months of operation

3. Will you be reporting your greenhouse area in:

• Square feet
• Square metres

4. What was your total greenhouse area under glass in 2009?
5. What was your total greenhouse area under rigid plastic or fibreglass in 2009?
6. What was your total greenhouse area under poly-film in 2009?
7. What was your total greenhouse area in 2009?
8. How many months was your greenhouse in operation in 2009?

Greenhouse vegetables and fruits

9. Did you grow and sell vegetables or fruits in 2009? (exclude vegetable bedding plants)

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 12)

D. Area, production and value of greenhouse vegetables and fruits - 2009

10. Report area, production and sales of greenhouse vegetables and fruits in 2009 in the table below

Will you be reporting production in:

• kilograms
• pounds
• dozen
• heads

	Area	Production	Value of sales
a. Greenhouse tomatoes
b. Greenhouse cucumbers
c. Greenhouse peppers
d. Greenhouse lettuce
e. Other greenhouse vegetables or fruits (please specify)
f. Total area and gross sales of vegetables and fruits

E. Sales of greenhouse vegetables and fruits (before sales tax)

11. Report your total sales (Code 190) according to the manner in which they were sold.
Will you be reporting sales in:

• dollar value
• percentage

a. Sales to domestic wholesalers
b. Sales to mass market chain stores
c. Sales to other greenhouses
d. Exported sales made directly by your firm
e. Sales to the public from your greenhouse, roadside stand or other outlets
f. Sales to other channels
g. Total vegetable and fruit sales (code 1016 = 190)

Greenhouse flowers and plants

12. Did you grow and sell flowers or plants in 2009? (include bedding plants)

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Section K)

F. Indoor and outdoor potted plants, finished products

13. Did you produce and sell potted plants in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 15)

Total number of pots and total gross sales of finished potted plants dollar value

14. Indoor potted plants
a. Azaleas
b. Lilies
c. Poinsettias
d. African Violets
e. Tropical Foliage and green plants (include ferns, exclude hanging pots)
f. Gerberas
g. Miniature Roses
h. Orchids
i. Kalanchoe
j. Chrysanthemums (potted mums)
k. Primula
l. Cyclamen
n. Indoor Hanging Pots
o. Other indoor plants

Outdoor potted plants
p. Begonias
q. Chrysanthemums (garden)
r. Geraniums (in pots only)
s. Impatiens
t. Petunias
u. Herbaceous Perennials
v. Argyranthemum
w. Outdoor Hanging Pots
x. Other outdoor plants in pots
y. Total potted plants (indoor and outdoor) produced and sold
z. Total gross sales of finished potted plants

G. Cuttings and tree seedlings

15. Did you produce and sell cuttings or tree seedlings in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 17)

Total number of plants dollar value

16. a. Chrysanthemums
b. Poinsettias
c. Geraniums
d. Impatiens (only double and New Guinea)
e. Other cuttings
f. Total cuttings produced and sold
g. Tree seedlings produced and sold
h. Total number of plants and total gross sales of cuttings and tree seedlings dollar value

H. Vegetable and ornamental bedding plants

17. Did you produce and sell bedding plants in 2009?  Include plants ready for transplant by the purchaser into gardens, fields, containers and baskets.

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 18)

Total number of plants dollar value

a. Total number of ornamental bedding plants
a1. Total gross sales of ornamental bedding plants

b. Total number of vegetable bedding plants
b1. Total gross sales of vegetable bedding plants

I. Cut flowers

18. Did you produce and sell cut flowers in 2009? (exclude dried cut flowers)

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 20)

Total number of stems and total gross sales of cut flowers dollar value

19. a. Alstroemeria
b. Chrysanthemums (Standard and sprays)
c. Daffodils
d. Freesia
e. Gerbera
f. Iris
g. Lilies
h. Roses
i. Snapdragons
j. Tulips
k. Lisianthus
l. Other cut flowers
m. Total stems produced and sold
n. Total gross sales of cut flowers

J. Distribution of sales for greenhouse flowers and plants only (before sales tax)

Sales dollar value

20. Please report your total sales of flowers and plants.
a. Sales of flowers and plants produced in your greenhouse (Sum of [codes 276, 179, 274, 275 and 154])
b. Resales of flowers and plants (exclude sales reported in question 20a. Include sales of flowers and plants that your operation imported or purchased from other greenhouses for resale.)
c. Total sales of flowers and plants (20a + 20b).

Report your total sales (code 137), according to the manner in which they were sold dollar value or percentage of sales

Will you be reporting sales in:

• dollar value
• percentage

Sales to retail florists (e.g., flower shops, garden centres)
Sales to domestic wholesalers (including Dutch Auction Clock System)
Sales to mass market chain stores
Sales to other greenhouses
Exported sales made directly by your firm
Sales made directly to the public from your greenhouse or road side stands
Sales to government and other public institutions (e.g., municipalities, school boards or provinces)
Sales to other channels

K. Plant material purchases (before sales tax)

If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery and are unable to provide a breakdown of expenditures of plant material or labour separate from your greenhouse and nursery, you will be able to report your values together during the interview.

21. a. What were your total expenses in 2009 on flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds or bulbs for growing on?

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported in the previous question were purchases from other greenhouses or nurseries within your province?

22. Did you buy flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds or bulbs in 2009 for immediate resale?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 25)

23. What were your expenses in 2008 on flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds and bulbs for immediate resale?

24. Total expenditures on plant material in 2009 (sum of codes 123 and 124)

L. Labour

Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions

25. How many seasonal workers did your greenhouse employ ( less than 8 months) in 2009?

26. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your greenhouse employ (8 months and more) in 2009?

27. What was your total payroll (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

M. Other greenhouse expenses

28. Fuel expenses
a. Natural Gas
b. Heating oil
c. Other types of heating fuel (i.e. coal, wood chips) (specify)
d. Total fuel expenses in 2009 (sum of codes 115, 116 and 117)
29. Electricity (lighting, airflow fans and heating)
30. Other crop expenses (include fertilizer, pesticides, growing mediums; exclude plant material purchases)
31. Other operating expenses (interest, land taxes, insurance, packaging, repairs to farm buildings, machinery, agricultural equipment and vehicles and contract work)
32. Total operating expenses in 2009 (sum of codes 125,  122, 121, 2024, 114 and 112)

Part III - Nursery operations (See explanatory notes)

33. Did you cut and sell Christmas trees that were grown on this operation in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 36)

34. Will you report Christmas tree area in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

35. Report your area, production and sales of Christmas trees cut on your operation. (Include naturally established or planted areas, regardless of stage of growth, that are pruned or managed with the use of fertilizer or pesticides.)
Christmas trees producers that did not grow nursery products, go to question 48.

Total area
Number of cut trees
Dollar value

N. Nursery operations

36. Did you grow or sell nursery products in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 51)

37. Will you report your nursery area in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

38. Please include land owned or rented in the following questions.
a. Field area used for growing nursery stock in 2009
b. Container area used for growing nursery stock in 2009
c. What was your total area used for growing nursery stock in 2009? (sum of codes 603 and 2029)

39. Did your nursery operation use a cold frame or non heated covering tunnels for production?

• Yes
• No

O. Production and sales of field and container grown nursery stock

40. Report your nursery field and container production and sales in 2009 (exclude stock sold for resale, unsold inventory, Christmas trees and landscaping activites)

Field Grown Number of plants
Container Grown Number of plants

If any plants produced in the nursery operation were not  2009, go to Question 41b.
a. Trees - Conifer
b. Trees - Fruit
c. Trees - Shade/Ornamental
d. Shrubs - Evergreen, Conifer
e. Shrubs - Evergreen, Broadleaf
f. Shrubs - Deciduous (include Roses)
g. Vines
h. Perennials, Annuals
i. Small fruit bushes (e.g.,raspberry bush)
j. Tree Seedlings
k. Other
l. Total gross sales of field and container grown nursery stock

P. Sales of nursery stock (before sales tax)

Sales

41. a. What were your total nursery sales for stock started by your firm or purchased for growing on in 2009? (sum of codes 541 and 456)

b. What were your total nursery sales of stock purchased for immediate resale in 2009? (exclude sales from landscaping activities)

c. Total dollar sales of nursery stock in 2009 (sum of codes 217 and 218)

42. Report your total sales (code 219) according to the manner in which they were sold.

Will you be reporting sales in:

• dollar value
• percentage

a. Direct sales to the public
b. Fruit stock sold to fruit growers
c. Nursery stock sold to landscape contractors
d. Nursery stock sold to garden centres
e. Nursery stock sold to mass merchandisers (chain stores)
f. Nursery stock sold to other growers
g. Exported sales made directly by your firm
h. Sales to public agencies (municipalities, school boards, provinces)
i. Sales to other channels (e.g. forestry firms)

Q. Nursery purchases of plant material (before sales tax)

43. in 2009 did your nursery operation purchase any ornamental or fruit trees, nursery stock, bedding plants, seedlings, cuttings or bulbs?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 48)

44. a. What were your expenses in 2009 on plant material for growing on?

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported 3 in the previous question were purchases from other greenhouses or nurseries within your province?

45. Did you buy nursery stock for immediate resale in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 48)

46. What were your expenses in 2009 on nursery stock for immediate resale?

47. Total expenses on plant material in 2009 (sum of codes 230 and 231)

R. Labour and total operating expenses for nursery operation only

48. Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions.
a. How many seasonal workers did your nursery operation employ (less than 8 months) in 2009?

b. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your nursery operation employ (8 months or more) in 2009?

c. What was your total payroll? (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

49. What were your other nursery operating expenses in 2009?(Include fertilizer, pesticides, land taxes, interest, insurance, repairs, fuel and electricity. Exclude plant material purchases and labour costs.)

50. What were your total operating expenses in 2009? (sum of codes 232, 216 and 2057)

Part IV - sod operations (See explanatory notes)

S. Area and sales of sod

51. Did you grow sod in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Comments)

52. Will you report your area of sod grown in:

• acres
• hectares
• arpents

53. a. What was your total sod area

b. How much of your total sod area was grown for sale in 2009?

54. What was your gross revenue from sod grown for sale on your operation in 2009?

55. Did you buy sod for immediate resale in 2009?

• Yes
• No (If no, go to Question 58)

56. a. What were your expenses on sod for immediate resale in 2009? (before sales tax)

b. What percentage of your expenditures reported in the previous question were purchases from other sod farms within your province?

57. What was your gross revenue from sod purchased for immediate resale in 2009? (before sales tax)

T. Labour and total operating expenses for sod operations only

58. Please include owners and family workers in the following labour questions

a. How many seasonal workers did your sod operation employ (less than 8 months) in 2009?

b. How many permanent workers (full-time and part-time) did your sod operation employ (8 months and more) in 2009?

c. What was your total payroll (including owners' salaries) in 2009?

59. What were your other operating expenses for your sod operation in 2009? (Include fertilizer, pesticides, land taxes, interest, insurance, repairs, fuel and electricity. Exclude sod purchases and labour costs.)

60. What were your total operating expenses for your sod operation in 2009? (sum of codes 633, 2060 and 2061)

Agreement to share information

Note to residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia:

To avoid duplication of enquiry this survey is conducted under a co-operative agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Forest Resources and Agri-Food, the New Brunswick Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries pursuant to Section 12 of the Statistics Act (SC 1985, Chap. S19). Address any comments or questions to the Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6.

The information collected and shared will be kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Any information shared with a provincial ministry of agriculture is released in aggregate form only. The provincial ministry of agriculture must guarantee the confidentiality of all shared data.

Statistics Canada does not provide the respondent's name or address to any provincial ministry of agriculture.

Do you agree to share this information?

• Yes
• No

To residents of Quebec:
To avoid duplication of enquiry, this survey is conducted under a co-operative agreement to share information in accordance with Section 11 of the Statistics Act, with Statistics Canada and l'Institut de la statistique du Québec.

Comments:

2009 Annual Greenhouse, Sod And Nursery Survey - Explanatory Notes

The purpose of the enclosed questionnaire is to gather information about the greenhouse, sod, nursery and Christmas trees industries in Canada. These explanatory notes are provided to answer any questions you may have while completing this survey. If your operation is involved in "service" related activities such as landscape contracting or laying sod, please exclude the figures related to the non-agricultural portion of your operation from the attached survey.

Part II: Greenhouse operations

Section C- Area and months in operation

Note The area and plants (including vegetable plugs) covered by cold frames or covering tunnels should not be included in the greenhouse section of the survey. This is not considered to be part of the greenhouse area. A cold frame is not a greenhouse.

Question C4: Report only the area under glass.
Exclude: area surrounding the greenhouse(s), i.e. nursery, retail garden centre, wheat field, etc.
Question C5: Include all other types of enclosed protection used for growing plants, i.e. rigid insulation, mine shafts, barns, shelters. Report poly-film plastic area in C6.
Question C6: Report total area under poly-film or polyethylene. Poly film is a thick, flexible, translucent material that is used to build the greenhouse walls and roof.
Question C8: Exclude months when operator was not actively growing plants i.e. fumigation period.

Section D- Area, Production and Value of Greenhouse Vegetables and Fruit - 2009
Question D10: Report edible product ready to consume.
Exclude: bedding plants, tobacco, ginseng, asparagus or mushrooms.

Multiple crop plantings:
If you produced multiple crop plantings of the same greenhouse vegetable/fruit in the same greenhouse space, report area only once, but report all production and value (i.e. if 1000 ft² were used for the 1st tomato crop planting producing 2000 lbs and the same area was used for the 2nd tomato crop planting producing 1500 lbs-report 1000 ft² and 3500 lbs.).

If you produced multiple crop plantings of two or more greenhouse vegetables in the same greenhouse space, use the following format (i.e. if you use 2000 ft² to grow tomatoes for your 1st crop and switch to cucumbers ½ way through the summer [using the same space, 2000 ft²], you should report your total area as 4000 ft² [2000 ft² for tomatoes and 2000 ft² for cucumbers]).

Please report other greenhouse vegetables and fruit (not listed in questions 10a-d) in 10e.

Section E- Sales of Greenhouse Vegetables and Fruit
Question E11: Please report which avenues you sold your vegetables and fruit through, be it wholesalers, mass market chain stores, through the export market, to the public, etc.

Section F- Indoor and Outdoor Potted Plants, Finished Products
Question F14: Please report the number of potted plants you grew and sold from your greenhouse. Please report Canadian production of ornamental finished potted plants only.
For the purpose of this survey, the term "hanging pots" refers to any type of hanging basket (plastic, peat moss, wicker, ceramic, etc.)
Exclude: resale merchandise (plants that were bought and resold immediately without much care or maintenance), nursery stock (potted fall mums grown and sold from a nursery or potted shrubs such as Azaleas or Heather), lilies grown in a field and Christmas trees sold in pots

Section G- Cuttings and Tree Seedlings
Question G16: Report your propagating material i.e. greenhouse grown cuttings (rooted or vegetative), tree seedlings (exclude nursery product grown in cold frame or non heated tunnel) and any other cuttings you grew and sold (exclude resale).
Exclude: ornamental and vegetable bedding plants (this material should be reported in section H)

Section H- Ornamental and Vegetable Bedding Plants
Questions H17a, a1, H17b, b1: Report total number of bedding plants sold in cell packs, trays or flats ready for transplant into gardens, fields, containers, baskets, pots or larger cell packs by the purchaser (exclude resale).

Section I-Cut Flowers
Exclude: resale, dried cut flowers and cut flowers grown and cut from the field

Section J- Sales of Greenhouse Flowers and Plants
Question J20C: Report all sales of flowers and plants that were either, produced and sold by your operation, or imported or bought within Canada and resold immediately and revenue from "renting out" plants in sales to other channels
Exclude: non-plant material such as garden centre products (i.e. fertilizer, peat moss, vermiculite, soil, seeds, etc.)

Section K- Plant Material Purchases

*If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery and are unable to provide a breakdown of expenditures of plant material or labour separate from your greenhouse and nursery, you will be able to report your values together during the interview.

Question K21a: Report purchases for growing on (starting a plant/seedling in your greenhouse by caring and maintaining for it by seeding, transplanting, fertilizing, etc. until it becomes a sellable product).
Exclude: flowers, plants, cuttings, seedlings, seeds, and bulbs purchased for resale (refer to question K23 for definition)
Question K21b: Only the percentage of expenditures on plant material used for growing on purchased from other greenhouses, nurseries, wholesalers or other channels from within your province should be reported in this question.

Question K23: Report purchases for resale (buying and selling a plant within a short time period with minimal maintenance).

Section L- Labour
Questions L25 and L26: Only employees involved in the growing, maintaining and harvesting of greenhouse vegetables, fruits and plants should be reported here.
Include: the labour of the owner and family help
Exclude: all labour used for retailing, clerical help and contract work (i.e. truck driver, landscaper)
Question L27: If you operate both a greenhouse and a nursery, please provide the labour, wages and benefits for the greenhouse portion only in this section.
Include: paid benefits such as medical insurance, workers compensation, employment insurance, and pension plans
Exclude: wages and benefits paid to employees involved in retail, clerical help and contract work (i.e. truck driver, landscaper)

Section M- Other Greenhouse Expenses
Question M28: Please specify whether you used natural gas, heating oil or another type of fuel, such as wood or coal. Please write in the name of the other fuel you used. Please report your total fuel expense under code 121*
Question M30: What were your crop expenses on fertilizer, pesticides and growing mediums such as soil, peat moss, vermiculite, perlite, sand, styrofoam and sawdust?
Question M32: Report total operating expenses here (sum of codes 125, 122, 121, 2024, 114 and 112).

*Note- The total of 115, 116 and 117 should equal code 121

Part III: Nursery operations

Please exclude from this portion of the questionnaire figures relating to the greenhouse portion (if applicable) of your operation (see Part II: Greenhouse notes).

Question 35:For Christmas Trees, report naturally established or planted areas, regardless of stage of growth, that are pruned or managed with the use of fertilizer or pesticides.

Section N- Nursery Area
Question N38: Only land used for growing or maintaining nursery stock during 2009 should be included. Report nursery container area (any plant sold in a container from your nursery) in code 2029 and field area in code 603.
Question N39: The area and plants (including vegetable plugs) covered by cold frames or covering tunnels should be reported in the nursery section of the survey. This is not considered to be part of the greenhouse area.

Section O- Production and Sales of Field and Container grown Nursery Stock

Nursery Stock Field Value-2009
Question O40: Please report any field-grown trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, small fruit trees and any other field-grown nursery stock produced and sold.
Include: all balled and burlapped, bare root and field potted stock
Exclude: resale, container-grown nursery stock, Christmas trees (without the root system intact), greenhouse production, unsold inventory, value received for landscaping services

Container
Include: all container sizes (less than 1 gallon, 1 gallon, 2 gallon and/or greater than 2 gallon)

Section P- 2009 Dollar Sales of Nursery Stock (before sales tax)
Question P41a: Growing on- starting a plant/seedling on your nursery operation by caring and maintaining through seeding, transplanting, fertilizing, etc. until it becomes a sellable product (codes  541 + 456 = 217)
Question P41b: Resale- the process of buying a tree, shrub, plant, seed, seedling, cutting, etc. and selling it within a short time period with minimal care or maintenance
Question P41c: Report total sales of nursery stock in 2009 here (codes  217 + 218 = 219*)
Question P42i: Include revenue from rentals, sales to brokers and forestry firms

Section Q- Nursery Plant Purchases
Question Q44: Enter the dollar value of stock purchased specifically for growing on.
Question Q46: Enter the dollar value of stock purchased specifically for immediate resale and not for cultivation purposes.

Section R and T Labour (Nursery and Sod Operations)
Questions R48a, R48b, T58a and T58b: Permanent and Seasonal workers
Include: the number of workers in your operation involved in growing, maintaining and harvesting nursery stock and/or sod.
Exclude: labour for retail services (sales clerks in garden centres, labour for contract work, laying sod, landscaping or installing shrubs at client’s homes).

Question R48c and T58c: Total Payroll
Include: benefits such as medical insurance, worker's compensation, employment insurance, pension plans as well as owners, management and family members' salaries.
Exclude: wages for retail or contract work not related to the nursery and/or sod operation

Part IV: Sod Operations

Section S- Sod
Question S54: Report all revenue from all sod grown for sale
Question S56a: Report all sod purchased specifically for immediate resale and not cultivated by your firm.

For the fiscal period ended August 31, 2009

Confidential when completed

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

Keep one copy of this return for your files and mail 3 completed copies (including financial statements) by November 30, 2009 to:

Chief, Industry Statistics and Analysis, Broadcast Analysis, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Ottawa, K1A 0N2.

Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.

See page 1, Reporting Guide for notice of agreements made by Statistics Canada under Sections 11 and 12 of the Statistics Act with other federal and provincial government bodies concerning information contained in the Annual Return.

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SECTION 1

LICENSEE (COMPANY) INFORMATION

Enquiries concerning this return may be referred to Dany Gravel, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Telephone: (613) 951-0390; Fax: (613) 951-9920; E-mail: dany.gravel@statcan.gc.ca

1. Complete name of licensee:

2. Mailing address of the licensee:
   Street and Number
   City and Province
   Postal Code
   Telephone
   Fax
   E-mail

3. Person to be contacted in connection with this return:
   Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms.
   Name
   Title
   Address (if different from licensee address)
   Street and Number
   City and Province
   Postal Code
   Telephone
   Fax
   E-mail

4. If, during the period covered by this return, the licensee conducted business under a name or address other than that listed in 1 or 2, please indicate:
   Name
   Street and Number
   City and Province
   Postal Code

5. If the information in this return is for a period other than 12 months ending August 31, 2009, please indicate:
   From To
   Reasons:

6. If any undertaking(s) reported in this return was acquired or sold during the reference year ending August 31, 2009, please indicate the undertaking(s) and the name(s) of the previous owner(s)/purchaser(s):
   Date(s) of transaction(s):

7. Type of business organization:
   Incorporated company, shares publicly traded
   Sole proprietorship/partnership
   Co-operative
   Incorporated company, shares NOT publicly traded
   Non-profit organization
   Military Unit
   Other (specify)

8. MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION
   I, (Name) (Title), am authorized to certify on behalf of (Licensee) that the information shown on this return and all the attachments thereto are true and complete in all respects to the best of my knowledge and belief.
   (Signature) (Date) (Telephone and Area Code)
   Date received
   (Official use only)
   CRTC File Number
   STC File Number

INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS AND RECEIPTS

Please complete one form per licensee (company) 

(See Guide) 

Record 40 

Non-merchandise charges related to broadcasting operations
Receipts from non-residents
Business services
($'000 Canadian)

• Program rights and royalties
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Advertising
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Other
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Interest and dividends
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

Record 41

Payments to non-residents
Business services
($'000 Canadian)

• Program rights and royalties
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Advertising
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Other
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL

• Interest and dividends
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
  5. Japan
  6. OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
  7. All other countries
  TOTAL
  
  CRTC File Number
  STC File Number

Summary of revenues and expenses

For year ended August 31, 2009

Please report the results for all systems (exempted and non-exempted) within the Province.
(See Guide for details)

Province:

Record 90

$(omit cents)

Basic and Non-Basic Programming Services

1. Revenue
   1. Subscription
   2. Connection (install. and reconnect)
   3. Community channel and facilities rental
   4. Digital Addressable Digital Video Compression (DVC) Decoders - Rental
   5. Digital Addressable DVC Decoders - Net Sales
   6. Other (specify)
   7. Total Revenue
2. Expenses
   1. Programming (community)
   2. Affiliation Payments
   3. Technical
   4. Sales and Promotion
   5. Administration and General
   6. Total Expenses
3. 1. Operating Income (loss)

Exempt Programming Services

1. Revenue
   1. Subscription
   2. Connection (install. & reconnect)
   3. Community channel and facilities rental
   4. Digital Addressable Digital Video Compression (DVC) Decoders - Rental
   5. Digital Addressable DVC Decoders - Net Sales
   6. Other (specify)
   7. Total Revenue
2. Expenses
   1. Programming (community)
   2. Affiliation Payments
   3. Technical
   4. Sales and Promotion
   5. Administration and General
   6. Total Expenses
3. 1. Operating Income (loss)

Non-Programming Services

1. Revenue
   1. Subscription
   2. Connection (install. & reconnect)
   3. Community channel and facilities rental
   4. Digital Addressable Digital Video Compression (DVC) Decoders - Rental
   5. Digital Addressable DVC Decoders - Net Sales
   6. Other (specify)
   7. Total Revenue
2. Expenses
   2. Affiliation Payments
   3. Technical
   4. Sales and Promotion
   5. Administration and General
   6. Total Expenses
3. 1. Operating Income (loss)

Total All Services

1. 1. Subscription
   2. Connection (install. & reconnect)
   3. Community channel and facilities rental
   4. Digital Addressable Digital Video Compression (DVC) Decoders - Rental
   5. Digital Addressable DVC Decoders - Net Sales
   6. Other (specify)
   7. Total Revenue
2. Expenses
   1. Programming (community)
   2. Affiliation Payments
   3. Technical
   4. Sales and Promotion
   5. Administration and General
   6. Total Expenses
3. 1. Operating Income (loss)
   2. Less: Depreciation
   3. Less: Interest
   4. Other adjustments - Income (expense)
   5. Net income (loss) before income taxes
   6. Provision for income taxes
   7. Net income (loss) after income taxes

GROSS REVENUE FROM EXEMPT PROGRAMMING & NON-PROGRAMMING SERVICES

Record 71 

EXEMPT PROGRAMMING

Licensee Revenue

• Classified advertising
• Teleshopping/general services
• Infomercials
• Games services
• Other exempt
• Total (should equal sum of cells 27 on line 1.7 above)

Affiliate Entity Revenue

• Classified advertising
• Teleshopping/general services
• Infomercials
• Games services
• Other exempt
• Total (should equal sum of cells 27 on line 1.7 above)

Total Revenue

• Classified advertising
• Teleshopping/general services
• Infomercials
• Games services
• Other exempt
• Total (should equal sum of cells 27 on line 1.7 above)

NON-PROGRAMMING SERVICES
Licensee Revenue

• Channel lease
• Internet access services
• Telephony
• Other telecommunications services (incl. security)
• Other (specify)
• Total (should equal sum of cells 47 on line 1.7 above)

Affiliate Entity Revenue

• Channel lease
• Internet access services
• Telephony
• Other telecommunications services (incl. security)
• Other (specify)
• Total (should equal sum of cells 47 on line 1.7 above)

Total Revenue

• Channel lease
• Internet access services
• Telephony
• Other telecommunications services (incl. security)
• Other (specify)
• Total (should equal sum of cells 47 on line 1.7 above)

CRTC File Number
STC File Number

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

For year ended August 31, 2009

Record 92 

Please report the results for all systems (exempted and non-exempted) within the Province.
Province:
Total Remuneration
($ omit cents)

1. Salaries and Wages (include sales commissions and talent fees paid to employees), fringe benefits and directors fees

• Programming and production
• Technical
• Sales and promotion
• Administration and general
• Total

2. Average number of employees (the typical weekly average of full & equivalent part time employees)

• Programming and production
• Technical
• Sales and promotion
• Administration and general
• Total

3. Fringe Benefits (included in line 1 column 5 above)

• Total

SUMMARY OF FIXED ASSETS

Please report assets for each Province in which you operate.

Record 93

Province of operation

Classification of Fixed Assets
$(omit cents)

Historical cost of assets in use at August 31, 2009

1. Land
2. Buildings (Include land improvements)
3. Head-end and components-earth receiving station & associated plant
4. Distribution system plant/transmitters/transponders
5. Cost of subscriber drops and devices including descramblers
6. Test equipment and tools
7. Furniture and fixtures
8. Other property, plant and equipment
9. Cable casting equipment/local program production equipment
10. Leasehold improvements (except cable system plant)
11. Automobiles and trucks
12. Computers
13. Total

Accumulated depreciation at August 31, 2009

1. Land
2. Buildings (Include land improvements)
3. Head-end and components-earth receiving station & associated plant
4. Distribution system plant/transmitters/transponders
5. Cost of subscriber drops and devices including descramblers
6. Test equipment and tools
7. Furniture and fixtures
8. Other property, plant and equipment
9. Cable casting equipment/local program production equipment
10. Leasehold improvements (except cable system plant)
11. Automobiles and trucks
12. Computers
13. Total

Additions to fixed assets 2009

1. Land
2. Buildings (Include land improvements)
3. Head-end and components-earth receiving station & associated plant
4. Distribution system plant/transmitters/transponders
5. Cost of subscriber drops and devices including descramblers
6. Test equipment and tools
7. Furniture and fixtures
8. Other property, plant and equipment
9. Cable casting equipment/local program production equipment
10. Leasehold improvements (except cable system plant)
11. Automobiles and trucks
12. Computers
13. Total

CRTC File Number
STC File Number

AFFILIATION PAYMENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS

Please report the results for all systems (exempted and non-exempted) within the Province

Province:

Record 72 

1. Affiliation payments summary

1. Pay Services
   Number of subscribers
   1. Canadian Pay Services
   2. Non-Canadian Pay Services

• Affiliation payments
  $ (omit cents)
  1. Canadian Pay Services
  2. Non-Canadian Pay Services
  3. Total - Pay Services

Record 73

2. Specialty Services
   Number of subscribers
   4. Canadian Specialty Services
   5. Non-Canadian Speciality Services

• Affiliation payments
  $ (omit cents)

4. Canadian Specialty Services
5. Non-Canadian Speciality Services
6. Total - Speciality Services
7. Total - Affiliation Payments (should be equal to Cell 9 Page 4)

CABLE 

Record 91 

2. Cable

1. Number of Direct subscribers to basic cable services
2. Number of Indirect subscribers to basic cable services
3. Total number of direct and indirect subscribers to basic cable services
4. Number of households with access to cable services (homes passed)
5. Number of households in licensed area

INTERNET

Cable modem, satellite or Multipoint Distribution System (MDS)

Record 77 

3. Internet

• This Company

1. Number of subscribers to high speed internet access services
2. Revenues from high speed internet access services
3. Number of households with access to high speed internet services

• Affiliate

1. Number of subscribers to high speed internet access services
2. Revenues from high speed internet access services
3. Number of households with access to high speed internet services

DIGITAL TELEVISION 

REC 76

4. Digital Television

1. Number of subscribers to digital cable services
2. Revenues from digital services
3. Number of households with access to digital television

VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

REC 78

5. Video on demand

1. Number of households with access to Video-on-demand

TELEPHONE

REC 79

6. Telephone

1. Number of subscribers to telephone services by cable
2. Revenues from telephone services by cable
3. Number of households with access to telephone services by cable

CRTC File Number
STC File Number

REPORTING SUMMARY FOR COMBINED UNDERTAKINGS

For each province, please complete the detailed revenue by system (including exempted systems), for all class 1, 2 and 3..

IMPORTANT: Do not combine the systems that operate in different provinces.
Province:
Number of exempted systems

CRTC Undertaking Number

• Exempted Y/N
• Number of subscribers basic service
• Total basic and non-basic revenue
• Exempt programming revenue
• Non-programming revenue
• Total all services revenue

Total of all systems

• Total number of subscribers basic services. Should be equal to line 2.3, p. 6
• Total basic and non-basic revenue. Should be equal to line 1.7, col (1), p. 4
• Total exempt programming revenue. Should be equal to line 1.7, col (2), p. 4
• Total non-programming revenue. Should be equal to line 1.7, col (3), p. 4
• Total all services revenue. Should be equal to line 1.7, col (4), p. 4

CRTC File Number

Confidential when completed

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter S19.

Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.

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For the fiscal period ended August 31, 2009

Objective

This survey is necessary to measure the contribution of the Broadcasting Distribution industry to the Canadian economy and inform the policy process. The information collected will allow a measurement of the impact of competition in the industry and of the availability and use of new technologies in smaller communities.

Authority

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter S19. Sharing agreements between Statistics Canada with other federal and provincial government bodies exist under Sections 11 and 12 of the Statistics Act. See “Important Notice” at the back of the questionnaire.

Confidentiality Statement

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable business/institution/individual. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation.

Postage paid return envelope Please submit one copy of this questionnaire in the enclosed envelope before November 30, 2009 and keep one copy for your records.

Questions?

If you have any questions or need help to complete this questionnaire or require the electronic version, please contact Dany Gravel, Unit Head, Broadcasting Section. Telephone: (613) 951-0390, fax (613) 951-9920 or e-mail: Dany.Gravel@statcan.gc.ca

Upon receipt of this annual return, please review the systems listed below. If the list is different from your organizational structure. please contact Dany Gravel, Unit Head, Broadcasting Section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Telephone: (613) 951-0390; Fax: (613) 951-9920.

STC C1S

ATTN:

Systems
System Number
System Class
Location
Prov.
ID

SURVEY OF BROADCASTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
(Short Form)

LICENSEE (COMPANY) INFORMATION

Enquiries concerning this return may be referred to Dany Gravel, Unit Head, Broadcasting section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Telephone: (613) 951-0390; Fax: (613) 951-9920

1. Complete name of licensee:

2. Mailing address of the licensee:

• Street and Number
• City and Province
• Postal Code
• Telephone
• Fax
• E-mail

3. Person to be contacted in connection with this return:

• Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms.
• (Name)
• (Title)
• Address (if different from licensee address)
• Street and Number
• City and Province
• Postal Code
• Telephone
• Fax
• E-mail

4. If, during the period covered by this return, the licensee conducted business under a name or address other than that listed in 1 or 2, please indicate:

• Name
• Street and Number
• City and Province
• Postal Code

5. If the information in this return is for a period other than 12 months ending August 31, 2009, please indicate:

• From:
• To:
• Reasons:

6. If any undertaking(s) reported in this return was acquired or sold during the reference year ending August 31, 2009, please indicate the undertaking(s) and the name(s) of the previous owner(s)/purchaser(s):

Date(s) of transaction(s):

7. Type of business organization:

• Incorporated company, shares publicly traded
• Sole proprietorship/partnership
• Co-operative
• Incorporated company, shares NOT publicly traded
• Non-profit organization
• Military Unit
• Other (specify)

8. MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION

I,  (Name)  (Title), am authorized to certify on behalf of (Licensee) that the information shown on this return and all the attachments thereto are true and complete in all respects to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signature) 
(Date) 
(Telephone and Area Code)
Date received
(Official use only)
CRTC File Number 
STC File Number

SURVEY OF BROADCASTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
(Short Form)

For year ended August 31, 2009

Company name:
Operating province:

STC File number
Record 88

If you operate systems in more than one Province, please complete one form for each Province.

IMPORTANT:  Do not combine undertakings that operate in different provinces

1. Revenue
$ (omit cents)

Basic and Non-Basic

1. Subscribers (Programming, Internet and Telephone)
2. Connection (installation and re-connect)
3. Community channel sponsorship and facilities rental
4. Converter rental/sales revenue
5. Other revenue (specify)
6. Total Revenue

Total

1. Subscribers (Programming, Internet and Telephone)
2. Connection (installation and re-connect)
3. Community channel sponsorship and facilities rental
4. Converter rental/sales revenue
5. Other revenue (specify)
6. Total Revenue

2. Expenses

1. Community programming
2. Affiliation payments
   • Affiliation payments for Canadian pay and specialty services (included in Affiliation payments)
   • Total
3. Technical
4. Sales and promotion
5. Administration and general
6. Total expenses

3. 1. Operating Income (loss)

2. Less: Depreciation (recorded in accounts)
3. Less: Interest expense
4. Investment, interest and incidental income
5. Less: Amortization of goodwill, start-up, and other costs
6. Gain (loss) from disposal of fixed assets, investments, etc.
7. Net income (loss) before income taxes
8. Provision for income taxes
9. Net income (loss) after income taxes

4. Other financial data

1. Historical cost of fixed assets
   • Additions during the year
   • Total
2. Accumulated depreciation (recorded in accounts)
3. Net book value

Total Remuneration
($ omit cents)

1. Salaries and Wages (include sales commissions and talent fees paid to employees), fringe benefits and directors fees

• Programming and production
• Technical
• Sales and promotion
• Administration and general
• Total

2. Average number of employees (the typical weekly average of full and equivalent part time employees)

• Programming and production
• Technical
• Sales and promotion
• Administration and general
• Total

3. Fringe Benefits (included in line 1 column 5 above)

• Total

Cable access and subscribers

Number of households in licenced area
Number of households with access to cable
Number of subscribers

High speed Internet access

This Company

Number of households with access to high speed Internet service
Number of subscribers to high speed Internet service
Revenues from the provision of high speed Internet service

Affiliates or Third Parties

Number of households with access to high speed Internet service
Number of subscribers to high speed Internet service
Revenues from the provision of high speed Internet service

Digital cable services

Number of households with access to digital cable service
Number of subscribers to digital cable service (Note 1)
Revenues from the provision of digital cable service

Video-on-demand

Number of households with access to Video-on-demand

Telephone services by cable

Number of households with access to telephone cable service
Number of subscribers to telephone cable service (Note 1)
Revenues from the provision of telephone cable service

Note 1. Please count subscribers that have a digital terminal, whether or not these subscribers have chosen digital specialty expressions

SURVEY OF BROADCASTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

(Short Form)

This information is collected under section 12 of the Statistics Act, with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada. This information is required by the Commission under the authority of the Broadcasting Act, the Telecommunications Act and the regulations and conditions of licence thereunder. Statistics Canada is collecting the information on behalf of the Commission. The Commission will retain a copy of the questionnaire thus satisfying the requirements of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations or conditions of licence for broadcasters in Canada to provide this type of information to the Commission on or before November 30 of each year for the year ending on the previous August 31.

Under section 11 of the Statistics Act, an agreement was reached to share the information from this survey with the Quebec Bureau of Statistics for systems operating in the province of Quebec. The Quebec Statistics Act includes the authority for the collection of this information and the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of information as the Federal Statistics Act.

Under section 12 of the Statistics Act a similar agreement was reached with the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada, the Quebec Department of Communications for broadcasting undertakings in Quebec, and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for broadcasting undertakings in Ontario. The agreements we have with these agencies require that they keep the information confidential and only use it for statistical and research purposes. In the case of the agreements with these three agencies, respondents may object to the sharing of their information by giving notice in writing to the Chief Statistician and returning the letter of objection in a separate envelope addressed to: Chief, Telecommunication and Broadcasting Section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Main building, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Room 1506, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0T6. Telephone: (613) 951-1891; Facsimile: (613) 951-0009, E-mail: heidi.ertl@statcan.gc.ca.

Thank you for your co-operation