Quarterly Civil Aviation Survey - Reporting Guide - 2024

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Quarterly Civil Aviation Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-877-949-9492

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.

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Business or organization and contact information

This section verifies or requests basic identifying information of the business or organization such as legal name, operating name (if applicable), contact information of the designated contact person, current operational status, and main activity(ies).

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Designated contact person

Verify or provide the requested contact information of the designated business or organization contact person. The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire. If different than the designated contact person, the contact information of the person completing the questionnaire can be indicated later in the questionnaire.

Current operational status

Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name in question 1. If indicating the operational status of the business or organization is 'Not currently operational' then indicate an applicable reason and provide the requested information.

Main activity

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.

The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.

The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classes; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.

Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.

If the current NAICS associated with this business or organizations is not correct, please provide a brief description of the main activity and provide any additional information as requested.

Statement of Revenues and Expenses, Quarterly - Statement 21 (I, II)

1. Revenue, Expenses and Income

Operating revenue

Scheduled services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by an aircraft provided by an air carrier that operates the air service and that, directly or indirectly, sells some or all of its seats or part or all of its cargo space to the public on a price per seat, price per unit of mass or price per volume of cargo basis.

Charter services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.

Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.

Exclude firefighting and heli-logging activities and the movement of people and goods to a firefighting site. (The former Transport Canada TP 8880 document "Starting a Commercial Air Service" outlining a list of activities which are specialty has been replaced with a new document TP 4711 "Air Operator Certification Manual" as of December 2020. A PDF version of volumes of this manual can be requested at: Air Operator Certification Manual – TP 4711)

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on scheduled and charter services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on scheduled and charter services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST).

All other operating revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from all other sources. Include air transport activities not included in passenger revenue or goods revenue, revenue from other flying services (such as flying training, recreational flying and other specialty flying), subsidies and net incidental air transport related revenue, that is revenue less expenses from non-flying services incidental to air transport including aircraft fuel and oil sales; maintenance and aircraft ramp handling service and so on for other carriers; commissions (or sales revenue minus payments to the carrier that does the flying) received for the sale of transportation which takes place on other carriers; and revenue received for the provision of aircraft to other carriers from operations under their control.

Total operating revenue

The sum of passenger revenue, goods revenue and all other operating revenue.

Operating expenses

Turbo fuel expenses

Include fuel used in both turboprop and jet aircraft.

Include the expenses for turbo fuel consumed for all scheduled and/or charter operations, regardless of where purchased. Include throughput charges, non-refundable duties and taxes. If the fuel was supplied by a customer, an approximate value may be provided based on prevailing market rates. Expenses should be reported in Canadian dollars, regardless of where purchased.

Employee wages, salaries and benefits

Include the wages, salaries and benefits (employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on and layover expenses such as hotels and meals, for flight and cabin crews) for all employees.

All other operating expenses

Include all operating expenses not reported in the two expense categories above.

Total operating expenses

The sum of the previous three expense items.

Income

Net operating income (a loss should be a negative number)

Total operating revenue less total operating expenses from above.

Net non-operating income (enter a negative number for a loss)

Include provision for income taxes.

Include:

  • interest and discount income from all sources, including cash discounts on the purchase of materials and supplies;
  • interest on unpaid taxes and all classes of debt, including premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term obligations, as well as amortization of premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term and long-term obligations;
  • capital gains (or losses) from retiring operating property and equipment, aircraft equipment, expendable parts, miscellaneous materials and supplies and other assets, when they are sold or otherwise retired from service as part of a general program and not as incidental sales performed as a service to others;
  • gains or losses made on investments in securities;
  • net miscellaneous non-operating income or loss, which refers to revenue and expenses attributable to financing or other activities that are not an integral part of the air transportation activities undertaken by the carrier, or its incidental services. These could include dividend income, the balance of all income or losses from affiliated companies reimbursed to the carrier, foreign exchange adjustments and special items, such as restructuring expenses, which do not occur on a regular basis;
  • provisions for taxes payable on net income for the accounting period and adjustments of income taxes relating to previous years, including the provisions for deferred income taxes resulting from differences between accounting income and taxable income that arise when the time of including items of revenue and expense in the computation of accounting income and taxable income do not coincide.

Exclude staff reduction expenses which should be included under all other operating expenses.

Net income (a loss should be a negative number)

Net operating income plus net non-operating income from above.

2. Average number of employees

Refers to the average number of people employed during the quarter. Include all employees (all categories), temporary or permanent, on the payroll of the air carrier during the quarter being reported. Part-time employees should be included in the total, prorated to the amount of time worked when compared with the time worked by full-time employees (for example two part-time employees working half-time are equivalent to one full-time employee).

Scheduled Services, Revenue Operating Statistics, Quarterly - Statement 10 (I, II)

1. Scheduled services - operating statistics

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Sector of operation

Refers to the regions where carriers provide transportation services. There are three breakdowns – domestic, transborder (Canada-US) and other international.

Domestic includes operations between points in Canada.

Transborder (Canada-US) includes operations between points in Canada and points in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico).

Other international includes all other operations, (including between points outside of Canada).

Data reported must include both fixed wing and helicopter services, where:

Fixed wing

Means a power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed. An aircraft having wings fixed to the airplane fuselage and outspread in flight – that is non-rotating wings.

Helicopter

Means a rotary wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes. A helicopter does not have conventional fixed wings, nor is it provided with a conventional propeller for forward thrust.

Scheduled services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by an aircraft provided by an air carrier that operates the air service and that, directly or indirectly, sells some or all of its seats or part or all of its cargo space to the public on a price per seat, price per unit of mass or price per volume of cargo basis.

Enplaned passengers

Refers to revenue passengersFootnote 1 who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

Passenger-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one revenue passenger on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Passenger-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown by all passengers.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Number of passengers = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Passenger-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Number of passengers = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Passenger-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of passenger-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Available seat-kilometres

Represents the aircraft kilometres flown on each flight stage multiplied by the number of seats available for use on that stage. This represents the total passenger carrying capacity offered. Seats not actually available for the carriage of passengers should be excluded.

Hours flown

Represents the block hours, in other words, the number of hours which elapsed between the time the aircraft started to move to commence a flight and the time the aircraft came to its final stop after the conclusion of a flight. Report the total number of block hours flown to the nearest hour.

Enplaned goods

Refers to all types of non-passenger traffic. It includes priority freight, freight, mail and excess baggage for which revenue is obtained. Enplaned goods should be reported to the nearest kilogram.

Conversion factor

To convert pounds (lbs.) into kilograms (kg), multiply by 0.453592.

Goods tonne-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one tonne of goods on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Goods tonne-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown with all tonnes of goods.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Tonnes of goods = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Goods tonne-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Tonnes of goods = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Goods tonne-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of goods tonne-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Available tonne-kilometres

Represents the aircraft kilometres flown on each flight stage multiplied by the usable weight capacity of the aircraft. This represents the load carrying capacity offered for passengers and/or goods.

2. Scheduled services - revenue

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on scheduled services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities. Total passenger revenue should equal the passenger revenue from scheduled services from the first screen.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on scheduled services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Total goods revenue should equal the goods revenue from scheduled services from the first screen.

Charter Services, Revenue Operating Statistics, Quarterly - Statement 12 (I, II)

1. Charter services - operating statistics

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Sector of operation

Refers to the regions where carriers provide transportation services. There are three breakdowns – domestic, transborder (Canada-US) and other international.

Domestic includes operations between points in Canada.

Transborder (Canada-US) includes operations between points in Canada and points in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico).

Other international includes all other operations (including between points outside of Canada).

Data reported must include both fixed wing and helicopter services, where:

Fixed wing

Means a power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed. An aircraft having wings fixed to the airplane fuselage and outspread in flight – that is non-rotating wings.

Helicopter

Means a rotary wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes. A helicopter does not have conventional fixed wings, nor is it provided with a conventional propeller for forward thrust.

Charter services

Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.

Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.

Exclude firefighting and heli-logging activities and the movement of people and goods to a firefighting site. (The former Transport Canada TP 8880 document "Starting a Commercial Air Service" outlining a list of activities which are specialty has been replaced with a new document TP 4711 "Air Operator Certification Manual" as of December 2020. A PDF version of volumes of this manual can be requested at: Air Operator Certification Manual – TP 4711)

Enplaned passengers

Refers to revenue passengersFootnote 1 who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

Passenger-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one revenue passenger on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Passenger-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown by all passengers.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Number of passengers = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Passenger-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Number of passengers = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Passenger-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of passenger-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

Hours flown

Represents the block hours, in other words, the number of hours which elapsed between the time the aircraft started to move to commence a flight and the time the aircraft came to its final stop after the conclusion of a flight. Report the total number of block hours flown to the nearest hour.

Enplaned goods

Refers to all types of non-passenger traffic. It includes priority freight, freight, mail and excess baggage for which revenue is obtained. Enplaned goods should be reported to the nearest kilogram.

Conversion factor

To convert pounds (lbs.) into kilograms (kg), multiply by 0.453592.

Goods tonne-kilometres

Represents the carriage of one tonne of goods on each flight stage multiplied by the number of kilometres flown on that stage. Goods tonne-kilometres are obtained by totalling the number of kilometres flown with all tonnes of goods.

Let's take an example with two flight stages, where:

Flight stage A to B
Tonnes of goods = 5
Distance between points (km) = 161
Goods tonne-kilometres = 805

Flight stage B to C
Tonnes of goods = 4
Distance between points (km) = 322
Goods tonne-kilometres = 1,288

The total number of goods tonne-kilometres for the flights covering A to B and B to C is 2,093.

Conversion factor

To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.

To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

2. Charter services - revenue

Include fixed wing and helicopter services.

Passenger revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on charter services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities. Total passenger revenue should equal the passenger revenue from charter services from the first screen.

Goods revenue

Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on charter services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Total goods revenue should equal the goods revenue from charter services from the first screen.

Annual Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey: Actual for 2023 (long version - by function)

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Annual Capital and Repairs Expenditures Survey: Expenditures for 2023 (Long form by function).

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.

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Reporting period information

For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the final day occurs on or between April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023
  • June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023
  • July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
  • August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023
  • September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023
  • October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023
  • November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023
  • December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023
  • January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
  • February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024
  • March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2024
  • April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2022 to September 15, 2023 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Reporting dollar amounts

  • all reported amounts must be rounded to the nearest thousand Canadian dollars (e.g., $ 6,555,444.00 rounded to $ 6,555);
  • exclude sales tax;
  • the best estimate is acceptable if you do not have specific numbers;
  • If you have no capital expenditures, please write "0".

Definitions

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Fixed assets are also known as capital assets or property, plant and equipment. They are items with a useful life of more than one year and are not purchased for resale but rather for use in the entity's production of goods and services.

Examples are buildings, vehicles, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, machinery, and computer software.

Include:

  • Cost of all buildings, engineering structures, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
  • Modifications and major renovations
  • Capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
  • Subsidies used to fund capital expenditures
  • Capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
  • Work done by own labour force
  • Additions to capital work in progress

Exclude:

  • business acquisitions
  • transfers and write offs

How to Treat Leases

Include:

  • Fixed assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease;
  • Fixed assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.

Exclude:

  • assets acquired for lease to others, either as a capital or financial lease.

Operating lease: The lessor bears the risk of ownership and retains a significant "residual" economic interest in the leased property. The lessee has the right to temporary use of the property, for a term shorter than the economic life of the property, in exchange for regular payments. At the end of the lease, the lessee has the option of purchasing the property at fair market value.

Capital or financial lease: These leases are similar in that the lessor in effect finances the "purchase" of the leased property by the lessee and retains a security interest in the leased property. The lessee retains the leased property for substantially all of its economic life. Usually, at the end of the rental period, he has the option to buy the property at a reduced price.

Land: Capital expenditures for land must include all costs associated with the purchase of land that is not amortized. Improvements to land are to be reported under "Non-residential construction".

Work in Progress: Work in progress represents the costs accumulated since the start of capital projects and which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

If a major project has been launched or an existing project has been expanded, please indicate the nature, location and, if applicable, the name (s) of the project in the comment section of the questionnaire.

Type of activity (function): The type of activity refers to the function (the economic or social goal or purpose) of capital and repair expenditures incurred during the year. It is the service for others that it serves to support and not its internal

Examples:

A capital expense for the acquisition of office furniture for a hospital.

The function of this acquisition is hospital services.

A capital expense for the construction of a waste disposal facility at a school for its own use.

The function of this expense is teaching.

Residential Construction:

A building or residential building refers to a building used or intended for residential purposes on a permanent or non-permanent basis. Residential buildings normally provide self-contained bathroom and kitchen units to the occupants of each dwelling.

A building for which the majority of housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified as non-residential.

Include capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for residential construction (contract or by your own employees).

Include the residential portion of multipurpose complexes and townsites.

Exclude buildings that have dwellings without bathrooms or self-contained or exclusive-use kitchens (e.g, some student or senior residences, short-term shelters), or service-related expenses.

Affordable Housing: Include government-subsidized rental housing. Exclude short-term shelters and housing without self contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities and associated expenditures on services (these should be reported in non-residential construction).

Non-Residential Construction:

This group includes non-residential buildings (buildings). A non-residential building or building refers to a construction that is used or intended for non-residential purposes, namely for industrial, commercial or institutional purposes, including the provision of services. Include capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for non-residential buildings and engineering works (on a contract basis and / or by your own employees) whether for your own use or lease.

A building for which housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified under this group. Building structures should be classified as an asset according to their main use, unless it is a multipurpose structure in which we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery or equipment that is an integral or integrated part of the structure (elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental control systems, intercom systems, etc.) must be declared as part of the structure this structure and the landscaping and associated parking lots.

Include:

  • Manufacturing plants, warehouses, office buildings, shopping centres, etc.;
  • Roads, bridges, sewers, electric power lines, underground cables, etc.;
  • The cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and site preparation;
  • Leasehold and land improvements.
  • Additions to work in progress;
  • Town site facilities such as streets, sewers, stores and schools;
  • Buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizen residences) and associated expenditures on services;
  • All preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for machinery and equipment, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure.

Include:

  • Automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances;
  • Computers (hardware only), broadcasting, telecommunications and other information and communication technologies equipment;
  • Motors, generators, transformers;
  • Any capitalized tooling expenses;
  • Acquisitions to work in progress;
  • Progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made;
  • Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

New Capital Assets: Enter new capital expenditures, including the portion of work in progress for the current year. Include imports of used capital assets as they represent newly acquired assets for the Canadian economy.

Canadian Used Capital Assets: Our survey is designed to measure separately the acquisitions of new and used capital assets across the Canadian economy. The acquisition of used capital does not increase the total capital stock, but simply transfers it to the Canadian economy. Indicate the acquisition of used assets separately in this column.

Renovation, Refurbishment, Refurbishment or Refurbishment, Restoration: Indicate capital expenditures for improvements, renovations, repairs, refurbishments, overhauls, or restoration. Exclude routine repair or maintenance expenses.

Non-Capitalized Repair and Maintenance expenses

This refers to the repair and maintenance of property as opposed to the acquisition or renovation of capital assets.

Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures are that portion of current or operating expenditures charged against revenue in the year incurred and made for the purpose of keeping the stock of fixed assets in good working condition during the life originally intended.

Repair and maintenance allow such fixed assets to operate at output producing capacity during the asset life without undue amounts of down time (preventive function). A second purpose is the returning of any portion of the stock of fixed assets into a state of good working condition after any malfunctioning or reduced efficiency for whatever reason (curative function) short of replacement of such fixed assets or adding significantly to their life or productive efficiency.

Maintenance expenditures on buildings and other structures may include the routine care of assets such as janitorial services, snow removal and/or salting and sanding by the firm's own employees or persons outside the firm's employ.

Maintenance expenditures on machinery and equipment may include oil change and lubrication of vehicles and machinery.

Include:

  • the gross value of non-capitalized repairs and maintenance expenditures on non-residential buildings, other construction or machinery and equipment;
  • the value of repairs made by your own workforce, as well as payments to outside repairers;
  • building maintenance services: janitorial services, snow removal, abrasive application, etc. ;
  • maintenance of equipment: oil changes and lubrication of vehicles or other machinery, etc.

Source of funding breakdown - Internal costs

Sources of funding for capital expenditures include grants, donations, credit and venture capital from external sources, as well as internal funding.

Value of the work performed by the business on its own account: These expenses include the value of all materials and equipment provided without charge to contractors, all architectural, engineering and consulting fees and those paid for other similar services.

Internal costs of construction or development (such as equipment and labor): which are capitalized in the cost of assets (such as installation by own employees or assembly of fixed assets, personnel systems and software development). Include all materials and supplies provided free of charge to contractors and all fees for architects, engineers and consultants and services.

Include all materials and supplies provided free to contractors and all architects, engineering and consultants fees and similar services.

Salaries and wages: Indicate the total value of salaries and wages paid to your employees. Wages and salaries are gross earnings before deductions, such as income taxes; they include incentive and vacation pay, but exclude benefits.

Materials and Supplies: Report the total cost of materials and supplies used by your employees and those provided free of charge to contractors for reported expenses.

Other Expenses: Other expenses include, for example, insurance premiums, electricity and telephone costs, and applicable architects, lawyers and engineers fees, if applicable the declared expenditure.

Disposal and sale of fixed assets

Selling price: Indicate the total value of the sale of the fixed assets that you sold or sold, even if you gave them in exchange for a credit for the acquisition or purchase of new fixed assets. When land and buildings are sold together, report separately the sale price of the land, along with other land sales.

Gross book value: This value must represent the total capital expenditures for a property at the time of construction or initial purchase or since that time, including all subsequent capital expenditures for retrofit, expansion, etc. Subsidies should not be subtracted.

Age: Indicate the age of the assets at the time of their disposition.

If you have sold or sold similar fixed assets with different working ages, report these separately or combine the data and provide a weighted average age of these assets.

Environmental protection and resource management expenditures

These questions cover the capital and repair expenditures made by this organization in order to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment while performing your production activity, i.e., within your organization. Expenditures made to restore the environment from a degraded state are included. It can also be expenditures made for resource management activities which result in the more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion or the use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard. This includes expenditures that this specific operation incurred for pollution prevention and abatement and control. Exclude expenditures made to improve employee health, workplace safety, and site beautification. Please report all environmental protection or resource management expenditures whether or not they are in response to current or anticipated Canadian or international regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements.

Enter capital expenditures for each of the following environment protection or resources management activities.

a. Solid waste management: Capital expenditures related to non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste collection, transport, treatment, storage, disposal, recycling, and composting, and activities related to measurement, control, and laboratories. Exclude capital expenditures on sewage or wastewater management, and treatment of high-level radioactive waste.

b. Wastewater management: Capital expenditures related to prevention of wastewater through in-process modifications, wastewater treatment (including pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) processes), management of substances released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems, soil, or underground. Include capital expenditures related to treatment of cooling water for disposal, installation of sewage infrastructure, expenditures related to the use, collection, treatment and disposal of sewage (including septic tanks), and activities related to measurement, control, and laboratories. Exclude expenditures on the protection of groundwater from pollutant infiltration and the cleaning up of soil and water bodies after pollution.

c. Air pollution management: Capital expenditures related to air pollution prevention (i.e., the elimination of pollution at the source) and air pollution abatement and control (i.e., end-of-pipe processes), including monitoring. For example, scrubbers, air and off-gas treatments, low emitting burners, leak detection technologies. Exclude heat or energy savings and management, the purchase or lease of fuel efficient vehicles and equipment, the production of renewable or clean energy, the purchase of biofuels, biochemicals or biomaterials, and the purchase of carbon offset credits and carbon taxes.

d. Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water: Capital expenditures for the prevention of pollution infiltration, cleaning up of soil and water bodies, protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation, monitoring, and site reclamation and decommissioning. Include decommissioning expenditures incurred in the 2023 fiscal year even if the site closed before this period. Exclude capital expenditures on wastewater management.

e. Protection of biodiversity and habitat: Capital expenditures related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity, including monitoring.

f. Noise and vibration abatement: Capital expenditures related to the control, reduction and abatement of industrial and transport noise and vibration related to the activities of this organization. Exclude the abatement of noise and vibration for the purpose of workplace protection.

g. Protection against radiation: Capital expenditures for the reduction or elimination of the negative consequences of high-level radiation, including the handling, transportation and treatment of high-level radioactive waste – that is, waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation because of its high radionuclide content. Exclude the management of low-level radioactive waste, and the protection against radiation for the purpose of workplace protection.

h. Other environmental protection activities: Capital expenditures related to other initiatives not listed above. Report imputed interest on funds held in trust against future environmental liabilities. Exclude capital expenditures related to research and development, to heat or energy savings and management, the purchase or lease of fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods, the production of renewable or clean energy, and the purchase of biofuels, biochemicals or biomaterials.

i. Heat or energy savings and management: Capital expenditures related to minimizing the intake of energy through in-process modifications as well as the minimisation of heat and energy losses. This includes in-process modifications, insulation activities, energy recovery, monitoring related to energy saving, and lighting upgrades.

j. Fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods or technologies: Capital expenditures related to the purchase or the lease of electric and hybrid vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuels, alternative fuel retrofits on existing vehicles, and low-rolling resistance tires.

k. Production of nuclear energy: Capital expenditures related to the production of nuclear power.

l. Production of energy from renewable sources: Capital expenditures related to the production of electricity or heat from renewable sources. For example, wind, geothermal, hydro, solar, and waste to energy.

Drivers and obstacles: Drivers or obstacles to the adoption of new or significantly improved clean technologies, systems or equipment for the establishment.

Required Information

This questionnaire is broken up into 6 sections. Below you will find information on the data required to complete each section of the electronic questionnaire. This guide is meant as a resource so that you may gather the necessary information prior to completing the electronic questionnaire.

1) For the fiscal year, you will need to provide the organizations total capital and repair expenditures in (CAN$ '000) for the following:

  • Gross capital expenditures, excluding land
  • Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures
  • Land

As well as provide the total cost of capitalized work in progress (building, other construction, equipment and tools, software) at the end of the reporting period. Note: These capital costs must also be reported as capital expenditures in the year in which they occurred (addition to work in progress for the reporting period).

2) The identification of the functions (the economic or social purpose or purpose) of capital and reparations expenditures incurred during the year and the identification of the assets that were acquired during the year for each function. For each asset shown, expenses are collected as follows:

  1. New Acquisitions and additions (including used capital assets imported)
  2. Acquisitions of used assets (excluding imports)
  3. Refurbishment and renovations
  4. Expected useful life (years).

Note : The list of functions and the associated assets is available below under Functions and associated assets.

3) Source of funding for the total capital expenditures by function. The sources of funding requested are the subsidies, grants and contributions received from each level of government, as well as all other sources combined.

  1. Grants, subsidies and contributions from municipal, local or regional governments
  2. Grants, subsidies and contributions from provincial or territorial governments
  3. Grants, subsidies and contributions from the federal government
  4. Private, internal and other sources of funding - Include internal funds and funds from sales of goods and services (including user fees), private donations, and developers' contributions

4) Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures by function. Report the part of operating costs that are incurred to maintain the intended use of non-residential tangible assets (buildings, machinery, computers, etc.). Capital expenditures are excluded.

5) Identification of internal costs capitalized (work performed by the organization's own labour force). Breakdown of expenditures on own account work (internal work) by salaries and wages, material and supplies and other charges for:

  1. New non-residential construction including renovation and retrofit
  2. Non-capitalized construction repair and maintenance expenses
  3. New machinery and equipment including renovation and retrofit
  4. Software development capital expenditures

For the categories above, report internal costs for each:

  • Salaries and Wages
  • Materials and Supplies
  • Other charges

6) Identification of assets that were disposed of or sold during the year. For each asset, include the selling price if applicable, gross book value (total accumulated cost) and age.

Note: the list of assets for the reporting of disposals and sales is available under List of assets for disposals and sales. 

Functions and associated assets

Road transport

The administration of affairs and services concerning operation, use, construction and maintenance of road transport systems and facilities (roads, bridges, tunnels, parking facilities, etc.).

Includes:

  • highways, urban roads, streets, bicycle paths and footpaths
  • vehicle and driver licensing
  • vehicle safety inspection, size and load specifications for passenger and freight road transport
  • regulation of hours of work of bus, coach and lorry drivers, etc.

Excludes:

  • road traffic control (see Defense, public order and safety)
  • support for road vehicle manufacturers (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
  • construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways with noise reducing surfaces (see Other community amenities and environmental protection)
  • street lighting (see Other health and social protection).

Assets for Road transport

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedastrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Bridges

- Include overpasses

Tunnels

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Flood protection infrastructure

- e.g., storm sewers, drains, pipes, dams, reservoirs

Other transportation infrastructure

- e.g., motor vehicle inspection stations, weigh stations

Other infrastructure, specify:

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

- Include road vehicles designed primarily for transportation of good with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 5 tonnes.

Materials handling trucks and tractors

- Include transfer cars for material handling, wheelbarrows, forklifts.

- Exclude bulldozers, front-end loaders, earth moving machinery (see Construction machinery and equipment).

Public transit

The administration of affairs and services concerning operating, use, construction and maintenance of local and suburban mass passenger transit systems. Such systems may involve the use of one or more modes of transport including ferry services, light rail, subways and streetcars, as well as buses and bus terminals. These establishments operate over fixed routes and schedules, and allow passengers to pay on a per-trip basis.

Excludes:

  • passenger transportation associated with scenic or sightseeing activities (see Tourism)
  • transportation services without fixed routes and schedules.

Assets for Public transit

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Passenger terminal buildings and airports

- e.g., heliports

Service stations

- e.g., gas stations, automotive repair shops

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Transit shelters

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Bridges

- Include overpasses

Tunnels

Railway lines and tracks, including light-rail

- Include signs, lighting, security and traffic control infrastructure

Other transportation infrastructure

- e.g., motor vehicle inspection stations, weigh stations

Waste disposal facilities

Other infrastructure, specify:

Buses

- e.g., vans of a seating capacity of 10 persons or more, electric trackless trolley coaches

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., trucks fitted with elevator platforms, tow trucks

Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment

Ferries and boats

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

- e.g., road vehicles designed primarily for transportation of good with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 5 tonnes

Materials handling trucks and tractors

- e.g., lifting machinery, forklift trucks

Other materials handling equipment

- e.g., winches, aerial work platforms, hoists, conveyors

Other transportation equipment

- e.g., all-terrain vehicles

Navigational and guidance instruments

- e.g., ultrasonic detecting equipment, radio navigational aid, radio direction finders

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

- e.g., traffic control equipment, surveillance cameras

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

- e.g., counting devices

Powered hand tools

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Other transport not elsewhere classified (n.e.c)

The administration of affairs and services concerning operation, use, construction and maintenance of inland, coastal and ocean water, railway, air and other transport systems and facilities.

Includes:

  • harbours, docks, canals, bridges, tunnels, channels, breakwaters, piers, wharves, etc.
  • water, rail or air transport navigation aids and equipment (radio, satellite, etc.)
  • emergency rescue and towing services
  • registration, licensing and inspection of vessels and crews
  • regulations concerning passenger safety and freight security.

Excludes:

  • shipbuilders and rolling stock manufacturers (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
  • construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways with noise reducing surfaces (see Other community amenities and environmental protection)
  • ferry service with fixed routes and schedules that charge a per-trip fee (see Public transit).

Assets for Other transport n.e.c

Passenger terminal buildings and airports

- e.g., heliports, railway stations, boat passenger terminals

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Railway lines

Runways

- e.g., airfields, heliport terminal, tarmac, runway lighting

Bridges

- Include overpasses

Tunnels

Marinas

Seaports and harbours

Canals and waterways

Other marine infrastructure

Other transportation infrastructure

- e.g., motor vehicle inspection stations, weigh stations

Other infrastructure, specify:

Aircraft

Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment

Non-militrary ships, barges and platforms

- e.g., ferry boats, tug boats

Other boats and personal watercraft

Buses

- e.g., vans of a seating capacity of 10 persons or more, electric trackless trolley coaches

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., street flushers, tow trucks, vehicle mounted snow plows

Materials handling trucks and tractors

Other materials handling equipment

- e.g., winches, aerial work platforms, hoists, conveyors

Navigational and guidance instruments

- e.g., ultrasonic detecting equipment, radio navigational aid, radio direction finders

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

- e.g., traffic control equipment, surveillance cameras

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

- e.g., counting devices, parking meters

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Water supply

The administration of water supply affairs.

Includes:

  • assessment of future needs and determination of availability
  • supervision and regulation of all facets of potable water supply including water purity, price and quantity controls
  • construction or operation of water supply systems
  • production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on water supply affairs and services
  • activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of water supply systems.

Excludes:

  • irrigation systems (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
  • collection and treatment of waste water (see Waste water management).

Assets for Water supply

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Water filtration and treatment plants

Water supply infrastructure

- e.g., aqua ducts mains, trunk and distribution mains, water reservoirs, water wells, fill stations

Other infrastructure, specify:

Water treatment equipment

Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems

Pumps and compressors

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Community amenities not elsewhere classified (n.e.c)

The administration of housing development affairs and services, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of housing development activities whether or not the activities are under the auspices of public authorities. Also included are activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets relating to housing and community amenities, preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards relating to housing and community amenities, production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics relating to housing and community amenities.

Includes:

  • slum clearance related to provision of housing
  • acquisition of land needed for construction of dwellings
  • administration of zoning laws and land-use and building regulations
  • construction or purchase and remodelling of dwelling units for the general public or for people with special needs
  • planning of new communities or of rehabilitated communities
  • planning the improvement and development of facilities such as housing, industry, public utilities, health, education, culture, recreation, etc. for communities
  • preparation of schemes for financing planned developments
  • production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on community development affairs and services
  • development and regulation of housing standards
  • production and dissemination of public information, technical documentation and statistics on housing development affairs and services
  • activities to support the expansion, improvement or maintenance of the housing stock.

Excludes:

  • administration, development and regulation of construction standards (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
  • activities to help households meet the cost of housing, such as the provision of affordable housing (see Social protection).
  • plan implementation, that is, the actual construction of housing, industrial buildings, streets, public utilities, cultural facilities, etc. (classified according to function).

Assets for Community amenities n.e.c

Other residential buildings

- e.g., buildings that provide accommodation units with self-contained and exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities to the occupants of each unit

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., fire trucks, tow trucks, vehicle mounted snow plows

Powered hand tools

Pumps and compressors

Other transportation equipment

- e.g., all-terrain vehicles

Medical, dental and personal safety supplies

Playground, gymnasium, exercise, and other athletic equipment

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Storm water management

The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of rain or storm water management systems, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.

Includes:

  • system of collectors, pipelines, conduits and pumps to evacuate any rainwater from the points of generation to either a sewage system or to a point where rain water is discharged to surface water

Assets for Storm water management

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Flood protection infrastructure

- e.g., storm sewers, drains, pipes, dams, reservoirs

Pollution abatement and control

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems

Water treatment equipment

Pumps and compressors

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., trucks for refuse collection

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Waste water management

The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of sewage systems and waste water treatment, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.

Includes:

  • system of collectors, pipelines, conduits and pumps to evacuate any waste water (domestic and other available waste water) from the points of generation to either a sewage treatment plant or to a point where waste water is discharged to surface water
  • mechanical, biological or advanced process to render waste water fit to meet applicable environment standards or other quality norms.

Excludes:

  • rain water or storm water systems (see Storm water management).

Assets for Waste water management

Industrial service buildings and depot

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Sewage and wastewater treatment plants

Sewage collection and disposal infrastructure

Flood protection infrastructure

- e.g., storm sewers, drains, pipes, dams, reservoirs

Pollution abatement and control

Other infrastructure, specify:

Water treatment equipment

Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Pumps and compressors

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., trucks for refuse collection

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Waste management

The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of waste collection, treatment and disposal systems, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.

Includes:

  • collection, treatment and disposal of nuclear waste
  • collection of all types of waste, whether selective by type of product or undifferentiated covering all waste
  • transport to place of treatment or discharge
  • treatment by any method or process designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any waste so as to neutralize it, to render it non-hazardous, to make it safer for transport, to make it amenable for recovery or storage or to reduce it in volume
  • disposal to final placement of waste for which no further use is foreseen by landfill, containment, underground disposal, dumping at sea or any other relevant disposal method.

Assets for Waste management

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Waste disposal facilities

Sewage and wastewater treatment plants

Other sewage infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Materials handling trucks and tractors

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., trucks for refuse collection

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Freight and utility trailers

Other materials handling equipment

Metalworking machinery

Other processing equipment

Heavy-gauge metal containers

- e.g., intermodal

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Other community amenities and environmental protection

The administration, management, regulation, supervision, operation and support of activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets for the promotion of environmental protection; the preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards for the provision of environmental protection services, and the production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on environmental protection.

This group covers activities relating to ambient air and climate protection, soil and groundwater protection, noise and vibration abatement, protection against radiation, protection of fauna and flora species and habitats, and the protection of landscapes for their aesthetic values.

Includes:

  • rehabilitation of abandoned mines and quarry sites
  • protection of habitats including the management of natural parks and reserves
  • protection of flora and fauna species
  • construction, maintenance and operation of monitoring systems and stations (other than weather stations)
  • construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways or railways with noise reducing surfaces
  • measures to clean pollution in water bodies
  • measures to control or prevent the emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants that adversely affect the quality of the air
  • construction, maintenance and operation of installations for the decontamination of polluted soils and for the storage of pollutant products
  • reshaping of damaged landscapes for the purpose of strengthening their aesthetic value
  • transportation of pollutant products.

Assets for Other community amenities and environmental protection

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Water filtration and treatment plants

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Waste disposal facilities

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Site remediation services

- e.g., land improvements

Pollution abatement and control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Special-purpose vehicles

Non-military ships, barges and platform

- e.g., ferry boats, tug boats

Boats and personal watercraft

Freight and utility trailers

Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Defense, public order and safety

The administration, operation and support of fire prevention and fire-fighting services; of law courts, prisons and other places for the detention or rehabilitation of criminals; military or civil defence affairs and services, and of foreign military aid (monitoring of policies as well as preparation and enforcement of legislation relating to defense). Activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets relating to public order and safety are included.

Includes:

  • workhouses, reformatories, borstals, asylums for the criminally insane, etc.
  • operation of parole and probation systems;
  • fire-prevention and fire-fighting training programmes;
  • mountain rescue, beach surveillance, evacuation of flooded areas, etc.
  • land, sea, air and space defence forces
  • border and coast guards
  • engineering, transport, communication, intelligence, personnel and other non-combat defence forces
  • applied research and experimental development related to defence, public order and safety
  • legal representation and advice on behalf of government or on behalf of others provided by government

Excludes:

  • forces especially trained and equipped for fighting or preventing forest fires (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
  • military schools and colleges where curricula resemble those of civilian institutions even though attendance may be limited to military personnel and their families (see Education)
  • administration of war veterans' affairs (see Other health and social protection)
  • equipment and facilities for emergency use in the case of peacetime disasters (see Other health and social protection)
  • pension schemes for military personnel (see Other health and social protection).

Assets for Defense, public order and safety

Public security facilities

- e.g., prisons, police stations, fire stations, detention centres, court houses

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage facilities, aircraft hangars, aircraft maintenance buildings

Shelters and other collective dwellings

Office and administrative buildings

Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Warehouses

- e.g., refrigerated storage, freight terminal buildings

Clinics and other medical buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Runways

- e.g., airfields, heliport terminal, tarmac, runway lighting

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Flood protection infrastructure

- e.g., pipes, dams, reservoirs

Other sewage infrastructure

Water supply infrastructure

Electric power infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., fire trucks, prison vans

Freight and utility trailers

Non-military Aircraft

Non-military ships, barges and platforms

Unmanned aerial vehicles

- e.g., drones

Boats and personal watercraft

Military aircraft

Military ships

Military armoured vehicles

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Medical, dental and personal safety supplies

Automatic weapons, machine guns, rocket launchers, howitzers, mortars, and other weapons

Include parts

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Hospital services

This group covers the services of general and specialist hospitals, the services of medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and convalescent homes which chiefly provide in-patient services, the services of military base hospitals, the services of institutions serving old people in which medical monitoring is an essential component and the services of rehabilitation centres providing in-patient health care and rehabilitative therapy where the objective is to treat the patient rather than to provide long-term support.

Includes:

  • Hospital day-care and home-based hospital treatment
  • hospices for terminally ill persons
  • specialized hospitals that provide treatment of a particular condition, disease or class of patient (i.e., tuberculosis, cancer etc.).

Excludes:

  • military field hospitals (see Defense, public order and safety)
  • surgeries, clinics and dispensaries devoted exclusively to outpatient care (see Health services)
  • institutions for disabled persons and rehabilitation centres providing primarily long-term support (see Other health and social protection)
  • retirement homes for elderly persons (see Other health and social protection)
  • activities related to payments to patients for loss of income due to hospitalization (see Other health and social protection).

Assets for Hospital services

Hospitals

Clinics and other medical buildings

Nursing home units without exclusive kitchen and bath

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Restaurants and bars

Stores and retail outlets

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Outdoor recreational facilities

Other infrastructure, specify:

Medical and laboratory equipment

- e.g., medical furnishings and laboratory apparatus

Other medical, dental and personal safety supplies

- e.g., wheelchairs

Other scientific and technical instruments

Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment (n.e.c.)

- e.g., commercial laundry machines

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., ambulances

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Heating and cooling equipment

- Exclude household appliances

Telephone and data communications

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Sporting and athletic goods

- e.g., exercise equipment, playground equipment

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Health except hospital services

This group covers medical, dental and paramedical services delivered to outpatients by practitioners and auxiliaries. The services may be delivered at home, in individual or group consulting facilities, dispensaries or the outpatient clinics of hospitals and the like. Outpatient services include the medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries.

The administration, inspection, operation or support of public health services such as blood bank operation (collecting, processing, storing, shipping), disease detection (cancer, tuberculosis, venereal disease), prevention (immunization, inoculation), monitoring (infant nutrition, child health), epidemiological data collection, family planning services, etc. are also included.

Includes:

  • licensing of medical establishments and medical and paramedical personnel
  • general and specialized medical clinics
  • offices of general and specialist medical practitioners
  • dental clinics and dentists
  • services of orthodontic specialists
  • acupuncturists, chiropodists, chiropractors, optometrists, practitioners of traditional medicine, etc.
  • medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres
  • preparation and dissemination of information on public health matters
  • outpatient thermal bath or sea-water treatments
  • ambulance services (other than ambulance services operated by hospitals)
  • formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall health policies, plans, programs and budgets
  • provision of vaccines, oral contraceptives, and other pharmaceutical products
  • provision of first-aid kits and other medical products
  • provision of corrective eyeglasses, hearing aids, orthopaedic footwear, wheelchairs, etc.
  • formulation and administration of government policy
  • setting and enforcement of standards for medical and paramedical personnel and for hospitals, clinics, surgeries, etc.
  • regulation and licensing of providers of health services
  • applied research and experimental development into medical and health-related matters
  • production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on health.

Exclusions:

  • medical, dental and paramedical services provided to in-patients by hospitals and the like (see Hospital services)
  • overhead expenses connected with administration or functioning of a group of hospitals (see Hospital services)
  • medical products and equipment supplied directly to in-patients by hospitals and the like (see Hospital services).

Assets for Health except hospital services

Nursing home units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Clinics and other medical buildings

Nursing home units without exclusive kitchen and bath

Shelters and other collective dwellings

Daycare centres

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Stores and retail outlets

Passenger terminal buildings and airports

- e.g., heliports

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

- Include associated electric car charging stations

Other infrastructure, specify:

Medical and laboratory equipment

- Exclude scientific instruments

Other medical, dental and personal safety supplies

Other scientific and technical instruments

Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., ambulances

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment (n.e.c.)

- e.g., commercial laundry machines

Telephone and data communications

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Housing

The provision of social protection in the form of benefits in kind to help households meet the cost of housing (recipients of these benefits are means-tested).

Includes:

  • the administration, operation or support of such social protection schemes
  • activities to help tenants with rent costs or to alleviate the current housing costs of owner occupiers (that is to help with paying mortgages or interest)
  • provision of low-cost or social housing.

Assets for Housing

Affordable housing

Senior housing

Other residential buildings, specify:

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Bridges

- Include overpasses

Tunnels

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., fire trucks, tow trucks, vehicle mounted snow plows

Powered hand tools

Pumps and compressors

Other transportation equipment

- e.g., all-terrain vehicles

Medical, dental and personal safety supplies

Telephone and data communications equipment-

e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphone

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Construction machinery and equipment

Playground, gymnasium, exercise, and other athletic equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Other health and social protection

The provision of social protection in the form of cash benefits or benefits in kind to persons who are unable to find suitable employment or who are unable to engage in economic activity or lead a normal life due to a physical or mental impairment (permanent or likely to persist beyond a minimum prescribed period); to protect against the risks linked to old age (loss of income, inadequate income, lack of independence in carrying out daily tasks, reduced participation in social and community life, etc.); to support persons who are survivors of a deceased person spouse or relative or who are victims of crime; and to support households with dependent children.

Includes:

  • the administration, operation or support of such social protection schemes
  • provision of benefits to replace in whole or in part loss of earnings during a temporary inability to work due to sickness or injury
  • unemployment benefits and early retirement benefits due to unemployment or job reduction caused by economic measures
  • support to targeted groups in the labour force who take part in training schemes intended to develop their potential for employment
  • disability pensions paid to persons below the standard retirement age who encounter a disability which impairs their ability to work
  • support to disabled persons undertaking work adapted to their condition or undergoing vocational training
  • old-age pensions
  • survivors' pensions, death grants, and other support to survivors
  • maternity allowances, birth grants, parental leave benefits, family or child allowances, and other support to households to help them meet the costs of specific needs (e.g., those of the lone parent families or families with handicapped children)
  • mobility and resettlement payments
  • vocational training provided to persons without a job or retraining provided to persons at risk of losing their job
  • accommodation, food or clothes provided to unemployed persons and their families
  • lodging and possibly board provided to elderly persons or to disabled persons in appropriate establishments
  • assistance provided to disabled persons to help them with daily tasks (home help, transport facilities etc.)
  • vocational and other training provided to further the occupational and social rehabilitation of disabled persons
  • support provided to elderly persons, to disabled persons, or to survivors to enable them to participate in leisure and cultural activities or to travel or to participate in community life
  • support to elderly persons or persons temporarily unable to work due to sickness or injury (home help, transport facilities, etc.).
  • pension schemes for military personnel and for government employees.

Excludes:

  • family planning services (see Health services)
  • general programmes or schemes directed towards increasing labour mobility, reducing the rate of unemployment or promoting the employment of disadvantaged or other groups characterized by high unemployment (see General economic, commercial, and labour affairs).

Assets for Other health and social protection

Other residential buildings

Office and administrative buildings

Daycare centres

Shelters and other collective dwellings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Education

The provision of education and the administration, inspection, operation or support of schools and other institutions providing educational services. The provision of subsidiary services to education and the administration, inspection, operation or support of transportation, food, lodging, medical and dental care and related subsidiary services chiefly for students regardless of level.

Includes:

  • military schools and colleges where curricula resemble those of civilian institutions
  • police colleges offering general education in addition to police training
  • provision of education by radio or television broadcasting
  • literacy programmes for students too old for elementary/primary school
  • out-of-school education for adults and young people
  • vocational training and cultural development
  • activities related to providing scholarships, grants, loans and allowances to support students.

Excludes:

  • school health monitoring and prevention services (see Health services).

Assets for Education

Student residence units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings

Student residence units without exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Libraries

Sports facilities with spectator capacity

Other indoor recreational facilities

Restaurants and bars

Daycare centres

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Office and administrative buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Outdoor recreational facilities

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Medical and medical laboratory equipment

- Exclude scientific instruments

Measuring, control and scientific equipment

Other scientific and technical instruments

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Buses

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Special-purpose vehicles

Boats and personal watercraft

Aircraft

Other transportation equipment

- e.g., all-terrain vehicles

Navigational and guidance instruments

- e.g., ultrasonic detecting equipment, radio navigational aid, radio direction finders

Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment

Construction machinery and equipment

Metalworking machinery

Powered hand tools

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery (n.e.c.)

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Telephone and data communications equipment

Playground, gymnasium, exercise, and other athletic equipment

Heating and cooling equipment

- Exclude household appliances

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Pumps and compressors

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Recreation, culture and religion

The provision of sporting, recreational, and cultural services and the operation or support of broadcasting and publishing services; administration of sporting, recreational, cultural, religious, broadcasting and publishing affairs; supervision and regulation of sporting, recreation and cultural facilities, and of broadcasting and publishing services; activities to support teams or individual competitors or players, individual artists, writers, designers, composers and others working in the arts, or to organizations engaged in promoting cultural activities.

Includes:

  • formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets for the promotion of sport, recreation, culture and religion
  • preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards for the provision of recreational and cultural services
  • provision of facilities for religious and other community services, including support for their operation, maintenance and repair
  • production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on recreation, cultural and religion
  • operation or support of facilities for recreational pursuits (parks, beaches, camping grounds and associated lodging places furnished on a non-commercial basis, swimming pools, public baths for washing, etc.)
  • facilities for active sporting pursuits or events (playing fields, tennis courts, squash courts, running tracks, golf courses, boxing rings, skating rinks, gymnasia, etc.)
  • operation or support of operation or support of facilities for passive sporting pursuits or events (chiefly specially equipped venues for playing cards, board games, etc.)
  • operation or support of facilities for cultural pursuits (libraries, museums, art galleries, theatres, exhibition halls, monuments, historic houses and sites, zoological and botanical gardens, aquaria, arboreta, etc.)
  • production, operation or support of cultural events (concerts, stage and film productions, art shows, etc.)
  • national, regional or local team representation in sporting events
  • construction or acquisition of facilities for television or radio broadcasting
  • construction or acquisition of plant, equipment or materials for newspaper, magazine or book publishing
  • the production of material for, and its presentation by, broadcasting
  • the gathering of news or other information
  • the distribution of published works
  • national, regional or local celebrations provided they are not intended chiefly to attract tourists.

Excludes:

  • sporting and recreational facilities associated with educational institutions (see Education)
  • cultural events intended for presentation beyond national boundaries (see General public services)
  • national, regional or local celebrations intended chiefly to attract tourists (see Tourism)
  • government printing offices and plants (see General public services)
  • provision of education by radio or television broadcasting (see Education).

Assets for Recreation, culture and religion

Sports facilities with spectator capacity

Other Indoor recreational facilities

Libraries

Religious centres and memorial sites

Museums

Theatres and halls

- e.g., concert halls, exhibition halls, movie theatres

Historical sites

Restaurants and bars

Marinas

Industrial service buildings and depots

Office and administrative buildings

Other institutional buildings

- e.g., park buildings

Other buildings, specify:

Outdoor recreational facilities

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Telephone and data communications equipment

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery (n.e.c.)

Playground, gymnasium, exercise, and other athletic equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Electricity

The administration, conservation, development, supervision and regulation of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. This class covers both traditional sources of electricity (such as thermal or hydro supplies) and newer sources (such as wind or solar heat).

Assets for Electricity

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Other buildings, specify:

Power transmission networks

Power distribution networks

Hydro-power plants

Wind and solar power plants

Fossil fuel/steam power plants

Nuclear power plants

Other electric power infrastructure

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Pollution abatement and control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Power and distribution transformers

Turbines, turbine generators, and turbine generator sets

Instruments for measuring electricity

Nuclear reactor steam supply system equipment

Switchgear, switchboards, relays, and industrial control apparatus

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Other scientific and technical instruments

Engines and mechanical power transmission equipment

Electric motors and generators

Telephone and data communications equipment

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Construction machinery and equipment

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Freight and utility trailers

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Fuel and energy

The administration of fuel and energy affairs and services, except electricity, including supervision, regulation, conservation, discovery, development and rationalized exploitation of the resources (extraction, processing, distribution and use).

Includes:

  • coal of all grades, lignite and peat irrespective of the method used in their extraction or beneficiation and the conversion of these fuels to other forms such as coke or gas
  • natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases and refinery gases, oil from wells or other sources (such as shale or tar sands), and the distribution of town gas regardless of its composition
  • nuclear and other fuels such as alcohol, wood and wood wastes
  • heat in the form of steam (such as hot water or hot air)
  • geothermal resources and non-electric energy produced by wind or solar heat.

Assets for Fuel and energy

Office and administrative buildings

Warehouses

- e.g., refrigerated storage, freight terminal buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Production facilities in oil and gas extraction

Natural gas processing plants

Pipelines

Other oil and gas infrastructure

- e.g., gas mains, bulk storage, pumping sites, oil or gas storage tanks, injection wells, seismograph stations

Development drilling

Waste disposal facilities

- e.g., underground caverns

Electric power infrastructure

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Other transportation infrastructure

- e.g., loading facilities, freight terminal structures

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

- e.g., laboratory equipment

Pumps and compressors

Electric motors and generators

Heating and cooling equipment

- Exclude household appliances

Oil and gas field production machinery and equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Tourism

The administration of tourism affairs and services.

Includes:

  • promotion and development of tourism
  • liaison with the transport, hotel and restaurant industries and other industries benefiting from the presence of tourists
  • operation of tourist offices
  • organization of advertising campaigns, including the production and dissemination of promotional literature and the like
  • compilation and publication of statistics on tourism.

Assets for Tourism

Office and administrative buildings

Historical sites

Museums

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Buses

- e.g., vans of a seating capacity of 10 persons or more, electric trackless trolley coaches

Other boats and personal watercraft

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

General economic, commercial, and labour affairs

The administration of general economic, commercial and labour affairs and services, including general foreign commercial affairs; formulation and implementation of general economic, commercial and labour policies; liaison among different branches of government and between government and overall industrial, business and labour organizations.

Includes:

  • regulation or support of export and import trade and of commodity and equity markets
  • supervision and regulation of labour conditions (hours of work, wages, safety, etc.)
  • trade promotion activities
  • programmes or schemes to facilitate labour mobility, to reduce discrimination, to reduce unemployment in distressed or underdeveloped regions, to promote the employment of disadvantaged or other groups, etc.
  • operation or support of arbitration and mediation services
  • regulation of monopolies and other restraints on trade and market entry
  • supervision of the banking industry
  • consumer education and protection
  • institutions dealing with patents, trademarks, copyrights and company registration
  • weather forecasting, hydrologic surveys, geodesic surveys, etc.
  • promotion of general economic and commercial policies and programmes.

Assets for General economic, commercial, and labour affairs

Office and administrative buildings

- e.g., bank buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other institutional buildings

- e.g., meteorological stations

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Aircraft

Other transportation equipment

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction

The administration, operation, supervision and regulation of agricultural, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction industry affairs and services.

Includes:

  • issuance of certificates permitting occupancy
  • development, expansion or improvement of manufacturing
  • construction, operation or support of flood control, irrigation and drainage systems
  • liaison with manufacturers' associations and other organizations interested in manufacturing affairs and services
  • forest crops in addition to timber
  • forest fire fighting and prevention
  • restricting or encouraging output of a particular crop or for allowing land to remain uncultivated
  • regulation of production rates
  • inspections of sites for conformity with safety regulations, protection of consumers against dangerous products, etc.
  • conservation, extension and rationalized exploitation of resources and reserves
  • protection, propagation and rationalized exploitation of fish and wildlife stocks
  • operation or support of reforestation work, pest and disease control
  • fish hatcheries, extension services, stocking or culling activities, etc.
  • issuance of licences and leases
  • issuance of fishing and hunting licences
  • veterinary services to farmers, pest control services, crop inspection services and crop grading services.

Excludes:

  • support for the construction of housing, industrial buildings, streets, public utilities (e.g., water, gas, electricity, heating), cultural facilities, etc. (classified according to function)
  • development and regulation of housing standards (see Housing)
  • control of offshore and ocean fishing (see Defense, public order and safety)
  • fishing and hunting affairs and services that take place in natural parks and reserves (see Recreation, culture, and religion)
  • affairs and services concerning the coal processing industry (see Fuel and energy)
  • petroleum refineries (see Fuel and energy).

Assets for Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction

Office and administrative buildings

Farm buildings

Manufacturing plants

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Warehouses

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Irrigation networks

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., fire trucks, prison vans

Aircraft

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment

Heating and cooling equipment

- Exclude household appliances

Industry-specific manufacturing equipment

Materials handling equipment

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

Other scientific and technical instruments

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Other economic affairs not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)

General economic and commercial affairs and services concerning the regulation, construction, extension, improvement, operation and maintenance of communication systems (postal, telephone, telegraph, wireless and satellite communication systems); construction, extension, improvement, operation and maintenance of hotels and restaurants; the distributive trade and the storage and warehousing industry; supervision and regulation of wholesale and retail trade (permits, sales practices, labeling of packaged food and other household goods, inspection of scales and other weighing devices, etc.), as well as warehouses and stores (permits, control of bonded warehouses, etc.); production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on communications affairs and services; on prices, on the availability of goods and on other aspects of the distributive trade; on the storage and warehousing industry; on hotel and restaurant affairs and services; activities to support the construction, operation, maintenance or upgrading of communication systems, of hotels and restaurant, or to support the distributive trade and the storage and warehousing industry; price control and rationing schemes operating through retailers or wholesalers regardless of the type of goods involved or intended consumer.

Includes:

  • granting of franchises;
  • assignment of communications frequencies, specification of markets to be served and tariffs to be charged, etc.
  • distributive trade licensing, sales practices, labelling of packaged food and other goods intended for household consumption, inspection of scales and other weighing machines, etc.
  • licensing and control of government-bonded warehouses
  • multi-purpose development projects.

Excludes:

  • radio and satellite navigation aids for water transport and air transport (see Other transport not elsewhere classified)
  • radio and television broadcasting systems (see Recreation, culture, and religion)
  • administration of price and other controls applied to the producer (classified according to function)
  • food and other such subsidies applicable to particular population groups or individuals (see Other health and social protection)
  • projects with one main function and other functions that are secondary (classified according to main function).

Assets for Other economic affairs not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Communication buildings

Hotels and convention centres

Stores and retail outlets

Restaurants and bars

Warehouses

Other commercial properties

- e.g., business parks, post offices, mail sortation facilities

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Telecommunications transmission support structures

Telecommunications transmission cables and lines

- Exclude optical fibre

Telecommunications transmission optical fibre cables

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., armoured trucks for money and securities transportation

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Freight and utility trailers

Buses

- e.g., vans of a seating capacity of 10 persons or more, electric trackless trolley coaches

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

Computers and peripherals

Office furniture

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment (n.e.c.)

- e.g., banking and vending machines, coin-operated amusement machines

Measuring, control, and scientific instruments

Space satellites

- e.g., meteorological satellites, telecommunication satellites, global positioning system (GPS) receivers

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software- e.g., on contract and in-house development

General public services

The administration, operation or support of executive and legislative organs, of financial and fiscal affairs and services, and of external affairs and services, and basic research undertaken without any particular application or use in view.

Includes:

  • office of the chief executive at all levels of government
  • legislative bodies at all levels of government (parliaments, chambers of deputies, senates, assemblies, town councils, etc.)
  • advisory, administrative and political staffs attached to chief executive offices and legislatures
  • elections and referendums
  • treasury or ministry of finance
  • budget office
  • customs authorities
  • accounting and auditing service
  • diplomatic and consular missions
  • libraries and other reference services serving mainly executive and legislative organs
  • operation or support of information and cultural services for distribution beyond national boundaries
  • government agencies engaged in basic research or in applied research and experimental development related to general public services
  • research undertaken by non-government bodies (e.g., research institutes and universities).

Assets for General public services

Office and administrative buildings

- e.g., parliament and senate buildings, town halls

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other institutional buildings

- e.g., customs houses

Other buildings, specify:

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Freight and utility trailers

Other transportation equipment

Materials handling trucks and tractors

Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Office furniture

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Other function – please specify

Assets for Other function

Office and administrative buildings

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas

Other buildings, specify:

Highway and road structures and networks

- Include signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedastrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Parking lots and parking garages

Other infrastructure, specify:

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Freight and utility trailers

Other transporation equipment

Materials handling trucks and tractors

Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Office furniture

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software - e.g., on contract and in-house development

List of assets for disposals and sales

Residential Construction

Affordable housing

Senior housing

Nursing home units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Student residence units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Other residential buildings, specify:

Non-Residential Construction

Industrial service buildings and depots

- e.g., maintenance garages, storage areas, aircraft hangars, aircraft maintenance buildings

Manufacturing plants

Farm buildings

Industrial laboratories, research and development centres

Office and administrative buildings

- e.g., parliament and senate buildings, town halls, bank buildings

Warehouses

- e.g., refrigerated storage, freight terminals

Hotels and convention centres

Stores and retail outlets

Service stations

- e.g., gas stations, automotive repair shops

Restaurants and bars

Passenger terminal buildings and airports

Sports facilities with spectator capacity

Other indoor recreational facilities

Theatres and halls

- e.g., concert halls, exhibition halls, movie theatres

Museums

Libraries

Religious centres and memorial sites

Historical sites

Daycare centres

Student residence units without exclusive kitchen and bathroom

Shelters and other collective dwellings

Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings

Hospitals

Clinics and other medical buildings

Nursing home units without exclusive kitchen and bath

Public security facilities

- e.g., prisons, police stations, fire stations, detention centres, court houses

Communication buildings

Other institutional buildings

- e.g., park buildings, customs houses, meteorological stations

Other commercial properties

- e.g., business parks, post offices, mail sortation facilities

Other buildings, specify:

Other infrastructure

Highway and road structures and networks

- e.g., signs, guardrails, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian lanes, traffic control infrastructure

Bridges

- e.g., overpasses

Tunnels

Parking lots and parking garages

Railway lines and tracks, including light-rail

- e.g., signs, lighting, security and traffic control infrastructure

Runways

- e.g., airfields, heliport terminal, tarmac, runway lighting

Other transportation infrastructure

- e.g., motor vehicle inspection stations, weigh stations

Flood protection infrastructure

- e.g., storm sewers, drains, pipes, dams, reservoirs

Water filtration and treatment plants

Water supply infrastructure

- e.g., aqua ducts mains, trunk and distribution mains, water reservoirs, water wells, fill stations

Sewage and wastewater treatment plants

Other sewage infrastructure

- e.g., collection and disposal infrastructure

Waste disposal facilities

Outdoor recreational facilities

Marinas

Seaports and harbours

Canals and waterways

Other marine infrastructure

Hydro-power plants

Fossil fuel/steam power plants

Wind and solar power plants

Nuclear power plants

Power transmission networks

Power distribution networks

Other electric power infrastructure

Irrigation networks

Pollution abatement and control infrastructure

Production facilities in oil and gas extraction

Natural gas processing plants

Pipelines

Other oil and gas infrastructure

- e.g., gas mains, bulk storage, pumping sites, oil or gas storage tanks, injection wells, seismograph stations

Telecommunications transmission support structures

Telecommunications transmission cables and lines

- Exclude optical fibre

Telecommunications transmission optical fibre cables

Machinery and equipment

Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs

Medium and heavy-duty trucks

Buses

- e.g., vans of a seating capacity of 10 persons or more, electric trackless trolley coaches

Freight and utility trailers

Special-purpose vehicles

- e.g., ambulances, fire trucks, prison vans, trucks fitted with elevator platforms, tow trucks, armoured trucks for money and securities transportation

Materials handling trucks and tractors

Other materials handling equipment

- e.g., winches, aerial work platforms, hoists, conveyors

Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment

Non-military Aircraft

Unmanned aerial vehicles

- e.g., drones

Non-military ships, barges and platforms

- e.g., ferry boats, tug boats

Boats and personal watercraft

Other transportation equipment

- e.g., all-terrain vehicles

Computers and peripherals

Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines

Office furniture

Furniture and fixtures

- Exclude office furniture

Playground, gymnasium, exercise, and other athletic equipment

Telephone and data communications equipment

- e.g., fax machines, telephone switching, local area routers, smartphones

Televisions and other audio and video equipment

Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment

- e.g., traffic control equipment, surveillance cameras

Navigational and guidance instruments

- e.g., ultrasonic detecting equipment, radio navigational aid, radio direction finders

Water treatment equipment

Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems

Pumps and compressors

Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment

Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment, (n.e.c.)

- e.g., banking and vending machines, coin-operated amusement machines, commercial laundry machines

Powered hand tools

Construction machinery and equipment

Nuclear reactor steam supply system equipment

Engines and mechanical power transmission equipment

Oil and gas field production machinery and equipment

Industry-specific manufacturing equipment

Heavy-gauge metal containers

- e.g., intermodal

Metalworking machinery

Other miscellaneous industrial machinery and non-motorized equipment, n.e.c.

Electric motors and generators

Switchgear, switchboards, relays, and industrial control apparatus

Turbines, turbine generators, and turbine generator sets

Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals

Heating and cooling equipment

- Exclude household appliances

Power and distribution transformers

Instruments for measuring electricity

Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment

Space satellites

- e.g., meteorological satellites, telecommunication satellites, global positioning system (GPS) receivers

Medical and laboratory equipment

- e.g., medical furnishings and laboratory apparatus

- Exclude scientific instruments

Medical, dental and personal safety supplies

Industrial and commercial fans, blowers and air purification equipment

Measuring, control and scientific instruments

- e.g., counting devices, parking meters, water metres, laboratory equipment

Other scientific and technical instruments

Military aircraft

Military ships

Military armoured vehicles

Automatic weapons, machine guns, rocket launchers, howitzers, mortars, and other weapons

- Include parts

Waste and scrap of iron and steel

Waste and scrap of aluminum and aluminum alloys

Waste and scrap of other non-ferrous metals

Other machinery and equipment, specify:

Software

Pre-packaged software

Custom-designed software

- e.g., on contract and in-house development

Reporting Guide – Annual Capital and Repairs Expenditures Survey: Actual for 2023

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Annual Capital and Repairs Expenditures Survey: Actual for 2023.

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

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Table of contents

Reporting period information

For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the final day occurs on or between April 1, 2023 — March 31, 2024.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023
  • June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023
  • July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
  • August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023
  • September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023
  • October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023
  • November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023
  • December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023
  • January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
  • February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024
  • March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2024
  • April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2022 to September 15, 2023 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Dollar amounts

  • All dollar amounts reported should be rounded to thousands of Canadian dollars (e.g., $6,555,444.00 should be rounded to $6,555);
  • Exclude sales tax
  • Your best estimates are acceptable when precise figures are not available;
  • If there are no capital expenditures, please enter '0'.

Definitions

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Fixed assets are also known as capital assets or property, plant and equipment. They are items with a useful life of more than one year and are not purchased for resale but rather for use in the entity's production of goods and services.

Examples are buildings, vehicles, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, machinery, and computer software.

Include:

  • Modifications, acquisitions and major renovations
  • Capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
  • Subsidies and grants received and used in additions to fixed assets and construction-in-progress during the period
  • Capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
  • Work done by own labour force
  • Additions to capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) accounts.

Exclude:

  • Transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
  • Assets associated with the acquisition of companies
  • Property developed for sale and machinery, or equipment acquired for sale (inventory).

How to Treat Leases

Include:

  • assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease;
  • assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.

Exclude:

  • operating leases acquired as a lessee and capitalized to right-of-use assets in accordance with IFRS 16 (International Financial Reporting Standards)
  • assets acquired for lease to others, either as a capital or financial lease.

Non-Capital Repair and Maintenance Expenditures

This question represents the repair and maintenance of assets in contrast to the acquisition of assets or the renovation of assets.

Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures are that portion of current or operating expenditures charged against revenue in the year incurred and made for the purpose of keeping the stock of fixed assets in good working condition during the life originally intended.

Repair and maintenance allow such fixed assets to operate at output producing capacity during the asset life without undue amounts of down time (preventive function). A second purpose is the returning of any portion of the stock of fixed assets into a state of good working condition after any malfunctioning or reduced efficiency for whatever reason (curative function) short of replacement of such fixed assets or adding significantly to their life or productive efficiency.

Maintenance expenditures on buildings and other structures may include the routine care of assets such as janitorial services, snow removal and/or salting and sanding by the firm's own employees or persons outside the firm's employ.

Maintenance expenditures on machinery and equipment may include oil change and lubrication of vehicles and machinery.

Include:

  • Gross non-capital repair and maintenance expenditures on non-residential buildings, other structures and on machinery and equipment;
  • Value of repair work done by your own employees as well as payments to persons outside your employ;
  • Building maintenance such as janitorial services, snow removal and sanding;
  • Equipment maintenance such as oil changes and lubrication of vehicles and other machinery.

Industry characteristics

New Assets: Report capital expenditures for acquisitions of new assets including the portion of work in progress for the current year. Include imports of used assets since they represent newly acquired assets for the Canadian economy.

Purchase of Used Canadian Assets: The object of our survey is to measure the acquisitions of new fixed assets separately from used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole. This is because the acquisition of used assets does not increase the total inventory of fixed assets, it only transfers them within the Canadian economy.

Renovation, Retrofit, Refurbishing, Overhauling and Restoration: Report capital expenditures for existing assets being upgraded, renovated, retrofitted, refurbished, overhauled or restored.

Expected Useful Life of Assets: Report the expected life of the asset in years. If you have purchased similar assets with varying expected useful lives, please combine the data and provide a weighted average for the number of years, or the expected useful life of the asset with the largest value.

Land: Capital expenditures for land should include all costs associated with the purchase of the land that are not amortized or depreciated. Improvements of land should be reported in Non-Residential Construction.

Residential Construction: Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for residential structures (on a contracted basis and/or by your own employees).

  • Include the housing portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites.
  • Exclude buildings that have accommodation units without self contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizens residences) and associated expenditures on services.

Non-Residential Construction: Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for non-residential building and engineering construction (on a contracted basis and/or by your own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others. Construction structures should be classified to an asset according to its principal use unless it is a multi-purpose structure where we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery and equipment which is an integral or built-in feature of the structure (i.e. elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental controls, intercom systems, etc.) should be reported as part of that structure as well as landscaping, associated parking lots, etc.

Include:

  • Manufacturing plants, warehouses, office buildings, shopping centres, etc.;
  • Roads, bridges, sewers, electric power lines, underground cables, etc.;
  • The cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and site preparation;
  • Leasehold and land improvements.
  • Additions to work in progress;
  • Townsite facilities such as streets, sewers, stores and schools;
  • Buildings that have accommodation units without self contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizen residences) and associated expenditures on services;
  • All preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for machinery and equipment, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure.

Include:

  • Automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances;
  • Computers (hardware only), broadcasting, telecommunications and other information and communication technologies equipment;
  • Motors, generators, transformers;
  • Any capitalized tooling expenses;
  • Acquisitions to work in progress;
  • Progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made;
  • Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

Oil and Gas and Mineral Exploration: These expenditures include mineral rights fees and retention costs, geological, geophysical and seismic expenses, exploration drilling, and other costs incurred during the reporting period in order to determine whether mineral, oil or gas reserves exist and can be exploited commercially. Report gross expenditures, before deducting any incentive grants. Exclude the cost of land and business acquisitions.

Work in Progress: Work in progress represents accumulated costs since the start of capital projects which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

Cost component of expenditures – internal costs

Internal construction or development costs: (such as material and labour) that are capitalized as part of the asset costs (such as own employee installation or erection of fixed assets, systems and software development staff).

Include all materials and supplies provided free to contractors and all architects, engineering and consultants fees and similar services.

Salaries and Wages: Show the total value of salaries and wages paid to your employees. Salaries and wages are gross earnings before deductions such as income tax and include incentive bonuses and vacation pay but exclude fringe benefits.

Materials and Supplies: Report total cost of materials and supplies used by your own employees and those provided free to contractors relating to the expenditures reported.

Other Charges: Examples of other charges are insurance, power, telephone and also architectural, legal, and engineering fees considered to be applicable to the expenditures reported.

Source of Funding Breakdown

Sources of funding of capital expenditures include grants, subsidies, donations, credit and venture capital from external sources, as well as internal funding.

Environmental protection and resource management expenditures

These questions cover the capital and repair expenditures made by this organization in order to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment while performing your production activity, i.e., within your organization. Expenditures made to restore the environment from a degraded state are included. It can also be expenditures made for resource management activities which result in the more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion or the use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard. This includes expenditures that this specific operation incurred for pollution prevention and abatement and control. Exclude expenditures made to improve employee health, workplace safety, and site beautification. Please report all environmental protection or resource management expenditures whether or not they are in response to current or anticipated Canadian or international regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements.

Specific activities are: Solid waste management; Wastewater management; Air pollution management; Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water; Protection of biodiversity and habitat; Noise and vibration abatement; Protection against radiation; Heat or energy savings and management; Fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods or technologies; Production of energy from renewable sources; Renewable energy; Production of nuclear energy; and any other environmental protection or resource management activities.

Drivers and obstacles: Drivers or obstacles to the adoption of new or significantly improved clean technologies, systems or equipment for the establishment. ng.

Disposal and sales of fixed assets

Selling price

The total value, or the sales of fixed assets which were disposed of or sold, even if traded in for credit in the acquisition or purchase of new fixed assets. When land and buildings are sold together, please report the selling price of the land separately, along with other land sales.

Gross book value

This value should represent total capital expenditures for an asset, at and since the time of original construction or purchase, including all subsequent capital expenditures for the purpose of modernization, expansion, etc. Any subsidies received should not be subtracted.

Age

Report the age of the fixed asset at the time of disposal.

If you have disposed of or sold similar assets of varying ages, report them separately or combine the data and provide a weighted average for the ages.

Annual Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey: Actual for 2023
Category Asset Code
Non-residential construction
Asset description and codes
The asset items and categories listed below are groupings of fixed assets generally having a similar function which can apply to various industries.
Construction structures should be classified to an asset according to its principal use unless it is a multi-purpose structure where we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery and equipment which is an integral or built-in feature of the structure (i.e. elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental controls, intercom systems, etc.) should be reported as part of that structure as well as landscaping, associated parking lots, etc.
Industrial Building
Manufacturing plants 6221121
Industrial depots and service buildings 6221130
Farm buildings and structures 6221111
Other industrial sites and structures - specify: 6221150
Commercial Building
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres 6222311
Warehouses 6221230
Service stations 6221292
Office buildings 6221210
Hotels and Motels 6221250
Restaurants 6221240
Shopping centres, plazas, malls and stores 6221220
Theatres and halls 6221270
Indoor recreational facilities 6221273
Other collective dwellings 6221280
Student residences 6222371
Airports and other passenger terminals 6221260
Communications buildings 6222391
Sports facilities with spectator capacity 6221272
Other commercial properties, not elsewhere classified - specify: 6221294
Institutional Building
Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings 6221310
Religious centres and memorial sites 6221370
Hospitals 6221350
Nursing homes and senior citizens homes 6221332
Other health care buildings, not elsewhere classified 6221339
Daycare centres 6221380
Libraries 6221344
Historical sites 6221390
Public safety facilities 6221360
Museums 6221349
Other institutional buildings, not elsewhere classified- specify 6221399
Marine Engineering
Seaports and harbours 6231311
Canals and waterways 6231331
Marinas 6231321
Other marine infrastructure - specify: 6231341
Transportation Engineering Infrastructure
Parking lots and garages 6231210
Highways, roads and streets 6231111
Runways (include lighting) 6231231
Railway Tracks 6231221
Bridges 6231121
Tunnels 6231131
Other land transportation infrastructure, not elsewhere classified - specify: 6231241
Waterworks Engineering Infrastructure
Water filtration and treatment plants 6235112
Water supply infrastructure 6235121
Sewage Engineering infrastructure  
Sewage and wastewater treatment plants 6235211
Sewage collection and disposal infrastructure 6235221
Electric power engineering infrastructure
Natural gas, coal and oil power plants 6233111
Nuclear power plants 6233112
Hydro-electric power plants 6233113
Other Power generating plants (wind, solar, biomass) 6233114
Power transmission networks 6233121
Power distribution networks 6233131
Communication Networks
Telecommunications transmission cables and lines (except optical fibre) 6234111
Telecommunications transmission optical fibre cables 6234112
Telecommunications transmission support structures - towers, poles, conduit 6234113
Other communications networks - specify: 6234114
Oil and Gas Engineering Construction
Oil refineries 6232121
Natural gas processing plants 6232122
Pipelines (except water supply conduits) 6232211
Development drilling for oil and gas 6711111
Production facilities in oil and gas extraction 6232111
Enhanced recovery techniques for oil and gas 6711113
Site development and maintenance services for oil and gas fields 6711112
Gas Distribution systems (main and services) and other oil and gas infrastructure 6232311
Mining Engineering Construction
Mine surface buildings (except for beneficiation) 6236112
Mine buildings for ore beneficiation 6236111
Mine structures (except buildings) 6236113
Tailing disposal systems and settling ponds 6236114
Site development for mining 6711211
Other Engineering Construction
Pollution abatement and control infrastructure 6236261
Outdoor recreational facilities 6236251
Waste disposal facilities 6236231
Irrigation networks 6236241
Reclaimed land 6236211
Flood protection infrastructure 6236221
Site remediation 7823131
Other engineering works, not elsewhere classified - specify: 6236262
Machinery and equipment
Asset description and codes
The asset items and categories listed below are groupings of fixed assets generally having a similar function that can apply to various industries.
Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure.
Medium and Heavy Trucks, Buses and Other Motor Vehicles
Medium and heavy-duty trucks 4121100
Buses 4121211
Freight and utility trailers 4121300
Special-purpose vehicles 4121221
Materials handling trucks and tractors 3454211
Other motor vehicles 4123100
Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs 4110000
Other Transportation Equipment
Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 4411200
Civilian aircraft 4211112
Non-military ships, barges and platforms 4411112
Boats and personal watercraft 4421100
Other transportation equipment - specify: 4421259
Processing Equipment
Water treatment equipment 3453311
Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems 3454342
Packing, packaging, and bottling machinery 3454331
Mineral crushing, screening, processing and beneficiation machinery and equipment 3321151
Metalworking machinery 3411100
Industrial moulds, special dies, and patterns 3455110
Other industry-specific manufacturing machinery, not elsewhere classified - specify: 3431100
Computers and Office Equipment
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines (except computers and peripherals) 3421110
Office furniture 3911400
Telecommunications, Cable and Broadcasting Equipment
Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment 3621200
Navigational and guidance instruments 3621300
Telephone and data communications equipment 3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment 3622100
Other communication equipment - specify: 3621419
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery and Equipment
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment 3421121
Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 3421130
Other Industrial Machinery and Equipment
Heavy-gauge metal containers (including intermodal) 3454100
Hand tools and power hand tools (except welding and soldering equipment) 3454320
Logging machinery and equipment 3321111
Rock drilling machinery and equipment 3321141
Other mining and quarrying machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 3321142
Oil and gas field production machinery and equipment 3321160
Construction machinery and equipment 3321170
Nuclear reactor steam supply systems 3453113
Welding and soldering equipment 3454311
Industrial furnaces and ovens, and electric industrial heating equipment 3454341
Other materials handling equipment, conveyors, and elevators 3454249
Medical, Scientific and Technical Instruments and equipment
Medical and laboratory equipment (except scientific instruments) 3631300
Scientific and technical instruments (except electromedical and irradiation equipment) 3631260
Other measuring, control, and scientific instruments (except electromedical and irradiation equipment) 3631269
Medical, dental and personal safety supplies 4751100
Other Machinery and Equipment
Institutional and other furniture, not elsewhere classified (including furniture frames) 3911600
Engines (except gasoline and diesel engines for motor vehicles, and aircraft engines) and mechanical power transmission equipment 3451000
Pumps and compressors 3453200
Heating and cooling equipment (except household refrigerators and freezers) 3441100
Power and distribution transformers 3812211
Other transformers 3812220
Military aircraft 4211111
Military ships 4411111
Military armoured vehicles 4421231
Billboards 4751211
Non-residential mobile buildings 4711321
Waste and scrap of iron and steel (Disposal of fixed assets only) 1561111
Waste and scrap of aluminum and aluminum alloy (Disposal of fixed assets only) 1561211
Waste and scrap of other non-ferrous metals (Disposal of fixed assets only) 1561220
Electric motors and generators 3631100
Switchgear, switchboards, relays, and industrial control apparatus 3812300
Turbines, turbine generators, and turbine generator sets 3452111
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals 3453159
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 3311100
Instruments for measuring electricity 3631230
Industrial and commercial fans, blowers and air purification equipment 3441200
Appliances 3820000
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) 4211113
Partitions, shelving, lockers and other fixtures 3911500
Batteries 4752300
Sporting and athletic goods 4753100
Other machinery and equipment - specify: 9999999

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Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - January 2024

Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - January 2024
Geography Month
202301 202302 202303 202304 202305 202306 202307 202308 202309 202310 202311 202312 202401
percentage
Canada 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 4.5 2.0 3.4 2.2 4.4 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.3 5.7 2.7
New Brunswick 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
Quebec 1.6 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.4
Ontario 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.1
Manitoba 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.6
Saskatchewan 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.1
Alberta 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5
British Columbia 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0
Yukon Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Supplement to Statistics Canada’s Generic Privacy Impact Assessment related to the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody Supervision (IRCS) Project

Date: January 2024

Program manager: Director, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics
Director General, Health, Justice, Diversity, and Population

Reference to Personal Information Bank (PIB):

In accordance with the Privacy Act, Statistics Canada is submitting a new institutional personal information bank (PIB) to describe any personal information obtained from Intensive Rehabilitative Custody Supervision (IRCS) programs, for the purposes of the Statistics Act. The following PIB is proposed for review and registration.

Intensive Rehabilitative Custody Supervision (IRCS)

Description: This bank describes information that is obtained from provincial/territorial correctional services programs in Canada on youth who participate in Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision (IRCS) programs. Personal information may include name, date of birth, sex, Municipality/Postal code, Social Insurance Number, Driving License Number, Fingerprint section ID number/CPIC and IRCS program number.

Class of Individuals: Youth under provincial/territorial IRCS programs in: New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Purpose: The personal information is used to produce statistical data and analyses at a disaggregated level on the provincial/territorial youth populations participating in IRCS programs to understand the impact of the IRCS programs and develop programming to reduce recidivism and support the rehabilitation and reintegration of at-risk youth. Personal information is collected pursuant to the Statistics Act (Sections 3, 7, 13, 22 (d)).

Consistent Uses: The information may be used in record linkage projects with other justice datasets carried out by Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS), as well as with other data holdings. Linkage projects may be developed between CCJCSS and other Statistics Canada databases to post release outcomes of IRCS clients, including the Census of Population, Vital Statistics databases, the Discharge Abstract Database and the TI Family File.

Retention and Disposal Standards: Information is retained until it is no longer required for statistical purposes and then it is destroyed.

RDA Number: 2018/007

Related Record Number: StatCan CCJ 135

TBS Registration: To be assigned by TBS

Bank Number: StatCan PPU 022

Description of statistical activity:

Under the authority of the Statistics ActFootnote1, Statistics Canada will acquire information from provincial/territorial correctional services programs in Canada on youth who participate in Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision (IRCS) programs, and will perform record linkages using Statistics Canada's Social Data Linkage Environment (SDLE)Footnote2 in order to identify criminal justice system recontacts and perform outcome studies for the IRCS population.

The federal Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision (IRCS) Program is a contribution program with all provinces and territories for the delivery of specialized therapeutic programs and services for youth with mental health needs who are convicted of a serious violent offence. The IRCS program is funded by the Department of Justice Canada and has been available since 2003. Only youth justice service programs operated by provincial and territorial governments receive funding. The main objectives of IRCS programs are to reduce recidivism and support the rehabilitation and reintegration of these high-risk youth back into society.

Justice Canada does not have the legislative authority to collect identifying data of IRCS participants due to the privacy requirements set out in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), Part 6Footnote3, and are therefore unable to collect participant names and other identifiers that are required to perform record linkages and conduct analyses. The information collected by Statistics Canada from the provincial IRCSs will not be shared with Justice Canada in any way. Only non-confidential outputs will be made available.

The information collected from the provincial/territorial correctional services programs will include IRCS program number, Person Identification Number for the correctional program, sex, date of birth, first name, middle name, last name, municipality or postal code, Social Insurance Number (SIN), Driving License Number and Fingerprint section ID number which is contained in the Canadian Police Identification Centre (CPIC), where applicable for IRCS participants. This information will allow linkage opportunities using Statistics Canada's Social Data Linkage Environment (SDLE) to identify criminal justice system recontacts and perform outcome studies for the IRCS population. For example, recidivism and re-offending patterns including types of offences, frequency, and time to re-offend following the completion of youth sentences and intensive programming may be examined. With record linkage and integration with other social and justice data, statistics on socio-demographics and other information, such as mental health history and family history, can be produced for the IRCS population.

Understanding the impact of the IRCS programs is crucial for developing and altering programs to reduce recidivism and support youth rehabilitation. Analyzing program results and participant socio-demographic characteristics can evaluate program effectiveness, enabling the development of specialized therapeutic services to address mental health needs and improve recidivism rates and re-integration of high-risk youth back into society. Statistics Canada is working with federal partners, including the Department of Justice Canada and Public Safety Canada, to develop and publish articles on reconviction of offenders post correctional involvement and indicators of desistance from crime, and the analysis of recidivism and desistence of IRCS program participants fits in well with this initiative.

For studies using IRCS data,only the aggregate statistics and analyses will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Given the small number of IRCS participantsFootnote4, Statistics Canada's methodologists will review outputs to ensure there is no possibility of identifying or re-identifying individuals. In addition, all analysis will be completed at a national level, there will be no jurisdictional-level analysis which will also protect the privacy of participants.

For this project, Statistics Canada will collect a special extraction of IRCS program data from seven participating provincial correctional services programs, namely New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Information on all youth participants since inception of each provincial IRCS program will be requested. In addition, the information currently held by Justice Canada such as diagnosis of mental health conditions, disaggregated data on Indigenous identity and racialized group on IRCS participants will also be collected.

The only variables that will be linked within Statistics Canada's secure SDLE are those required to identify recontacts with the justice system, along with desistence indicators measuring re-integration post justice system involvement, such as educational attainment, employment history and adverse health outcomes (e.g., overdoses or premature death). Data holdings that could potentially be linked to IRCS include Census, Family, or Tax files. A comparative analysis may be done using a subset of non-IRCS participants in youth corrections drawn from the Canadian Correctional Services Survey (CCSS)Footnote5. Statistics Canada will perform all analysis and produce a report on the results. For record linkage purposes, at no point during or after the record linkage process are personal identifiers brought together with analytical data in one dataset. Access to the personal information data will be limited to only a small number of Statistics Canada employees with a need-to-know.

This is expected to be a one-time extraction from the participating provincial correctional services programs to collect historical data on IRCS participants. For future analysis, Statistics Canada anticipates integrating the collection of IRCS program participant identification numbers into the Canadian Correctional Services Survey. Thus, moving forward, the need for this special extraction will no longer be required for any future studies as the information would be integrated into the ongoing survey program at the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics.

Justice partners and stakeholders such as the Department of Justice Canada, Public Safety Canada and provincial/territorial correctional services programs, as well as the Canadian public will benefit from the results compiled as the information contributes to the creation of evidence-based policy and program development, and thereby contributes to the public interest. These data will help fill the need to inform evidence-driven approaches to crime prevention and programs aimed at reducing recidivism, as well as programs designed for rehabilitation, community integration, and public safety. Only non-confidential aggregate statistics and analyses conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada.

Reason for supplement:

While the Generic Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) addresses most of the privacy and security risks related to statistical activities conducted by Statistics Canada, this supplement was developed due to the overall sensitivity of the personal information being requested with relation to the affected individuals who represent a small population of at-risk youth. 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 use of personal information for the IRCS project can be justified against Statistics Canada's Necessity and Proportionality Framework:

  • Necessity:

Statistics Canada requires the information to produce accurate information on the correctional population in Canada and specifically to produce valuable demographic information at a disaggregated level on the federal, provincial, and territorial populations supervised under correctional services, including the youth population. The IRCS program is an important component of correction supervision of youth in Canada, as it has been developed for high-risk youth with mental health concerns who have committed serious criminal offences.  The program was initiated in 2003 with the enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the program continues to operate 20 years later.  Understanding the outcomes of IRCS participants post youth correctional supervision, and where appropriate contrasting with outcomes for non-participants, has been a critical data gap for a number of years.  For example, to fully understand the benefits and limitations of the IRCS program, policy analysts and researchers need to know the rate of IRCS participants that return to the justice system after participating in the program, as well as the demand for health services and employment/un-employment rates of the population, amongst other indicators.  Working with participating youth corrections programs and Justice Canada, Statistics Canada aims to address this gap in its statistical program on youth corrections by collecting additional information from youth correctional service programs.  This new data collection will allow the agency to address this research priority for criminal justice policy makers and the public. 

The personal information on the IRCS participants for this project will allow the record linkage needed to identify recontact with the criminal justice system, as well as determine outcomes of the youth involved in IRCS programs at a disaggregated level. This information is critical to understanding the impact of the IRCS programs and developing programming to reduce recidivism and support the rehabilitation and reintegration process of this vulnerable youth population. Analysis of the results of the IRCS program will support rehabilitation and reintegration. With information on the outcomes of these youth, specialized therapeutic programs and services can continue to be developed to address mental health needs, reduce the level of violence, improve recidivism rates and the rehabilitation of youth who are convicted of a serious violent offence. These data will help fill the need to inform evidence-driven approaches to crime prevention and programs aimed at reducing recidivism, as well as programs designed for rehabilitation, community integration, and public safety. This research has the potential to lead to positive changes in the lives of individual youth who experience these programs, as well as benefitting society at a broader level.

  • Effectiveness - Working assumptions:

Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics currently conducts two surveys that collect personal identifiers of youth: the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey (ICCS) and the Canadian Correctional Services Survey (CCSS). The scope of the CCSS includes IRCS programs, however, IRCS participants are not currently identifiable in the dataset because the IRCS program number is not provided to the CCSS. Thus, Statistics Canada has validated the effectiveness of collecting this information directly from institutions to generate statistics on the youth correctional services population.

Given the small size of the IRCS population, the current project is considered a one-time data collection project to acquire the IRCS information from the participating provincial correctional services programs. For future analysis, Statistics Canada anticipates updating the Canadian Correctional Services Survey to include the IRCS program number assigned to participants. Thus, moving forward, the need for this special extraction will no longer be required for any future studies as the information would be integrated into the ongoing survey program at the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics.

As the annual production of the CCSS includes linkage to the Social Data Linkage Environment (SDLE), this project would not need to be replicated in the future, as all necessary identifying information on IRCS participants required for data linkage would be obtained from the CCSS.

New insights derived from the analysis of the IRCS population will improve measures to identify re-contact with the criminal justice system and other indicators of re-integration, to meet the needs of justice stakeholders.

  • Proportionality:

The direct identifiers collected for the IRCS population, such as name and date of birth, are critical to the proposed record linkage studies. These direct identifiers will be sent to the linkage team to establish linkages with other Statistics Canada datasets.

Only the variables required to achieve the statistical goals of the linkage will be requested in order to mitigate potential impacts to the privacy of the affected individuals under correctional supervision. All data collected for the IRCS project are considered the minimum data required to address the data needs identified specifically by Justice Canada to evaluate IRCS programs, as well as broader needs identified by the Department of Justice and Public Safety and other partners and stakeholders such as law enforcement officials and provincial/territorial correctional services programs, to inform recontact analysis.

The public benefits of the research findings are expected to inform policies and lead to positive changes within correctional services and programs in Canada.

The IRCS data will help fill the need to inform evidence-driven approaches to crime prevention and programs aimed at reducing recidivism, as well as programs designed for rehabilitation, community integration, and public safety. These measures and analyses, as well as the capacity for data disaggregation, are only possible with the use of the personal information collected on the IRCS participants. The potential benefits and positive changes to social and justice-related programs and services for at-risk youth are believed to be proportional to the overall risks to privacy.

  • Alternatives:

Administrative data from the provincial and territorial correctional services IRCS programs in Canada represent the only practical and accurate source of information to collect and meet the requirements of this project. New survey collection from individuals of this information would be extremely burdensome and likely of much lower quality than what currently exists in the correctional services management systems designed to accurately capture information on individuals under correctional supervision.

Justice Canada has collected operational data on youth participating in IRCS programs, however, outcome information and the personal identifiers that would allow IRCS data to be integrated and linked with other data sources (for example, police, courts and corrections data) are not collected. Administrative data collection and subsequent microdata linkage is the only method to identify criminal justice system recontacts and other outcomes of individuals, in terms of understanding social, economic, health, and demographic trends related to the IRCS population.

Mitigation factors:

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, with particular emphasis on the following measures:

  • All information collected under the Statistics Act is kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada ensures the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all its data holdings.
  • Statistics Canada applies strict confidentiality practices and rigorous data quality processes, including the use of a separate personal information processing system, during all production and dissemination activities.
  • Access to personal information is limited to a small number of Statistics Canada employees on a need-to-know basis (at any given point in time fewer than 10 persons can view these data).
  • Analytical data files will contain only anonymized identification numbers and will not include any information that would directly identify an individual.
  • For record linkage purposes, at no point during or after the record linkage process are personal identifiers brought together with analytical data in one dataset.
  • Personal identifiers will be stored separately from other statistical information in keeping with Statistics Canada's practices, as outlined in the agency's Generic PIAFootnote6.
  • Any potential outputs or products are vetted by Statistics Canada subject matter analysts and methodologists to ensure the identity of persons under correctional supervision is never disclosed directly or indirectly.

Conclusion:

This assessment concludes that, with the existing Statistics Canada safeguards, 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.

Complete online: www.census.gc.ca

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The information that you provide may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes or may be combined with other survey or administrative data sources.

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Complete your census questionnaire:

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Confidential when completed

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-19.

Step A

1. What is your telephone number?

2. What is the address of this dwelling?

  • Number (and suffix, if applicable)
    (e.g., 302, 151 B, 16 1/2)
  • Street name, street type (e.g., DR = Drive), direction (e.g., N = North)
  • Apartment/unit
  • City, municipality, town, village, First Nations reserve
  • Province/territory
  • Postal code

3. What is the mailing address of this dwelling, if different from above?
(e.g., Rural Route, PO Box, General Delivery)

Step B

1. Including yourself, how many persons usually live at this address on May 14, 2024?

Include: all persons who have their main residence at this address, even if they are temporarily away.

See the instructions on page 3 (joint custody, students, landed immigrants, secondary residence, etc.).

  • Number of persons

2. Including yourself, list all persons who usually live here on May 14, 2024.

Important: Begin the list with an adult followed, if applicable, by that person's spouse or common-law partner and by their children. Continue with all other persons who usually live at this address.

  • Person 1: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 2: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 3: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 4: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 5: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 6: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 7: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 8: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 9: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 10: Family name(s), Given name(s)

Step C

Did you leave anyone out of Step B because you were not sure the person should be listed?

For example, a student, a child in joint custody, a person temporarily away, a person who lives here temporarily, a resident from another country with a work or study permit, a refugee claimant, etc.

  • No
  • Yes
    • Please refer to the instructions on page 3 to determine if this person should be listed. If they should be listed, please add them to step B.

Step D

Copy the names in Step B to question 1, at the top of page 4.

Keep the same order.

If more than five persons live here, you will need an extra questionnaire; call 1-833-739-2024.

  1. Whom to include in Step B
    • All persons who have their main residence at this address on May 14, 2024, including newborn babies, roommates and persons who are temporarily away
    • Canadian citizens, landed immigrants (permanent residents), persons who have claimed refugee status (asylum seekers), persons from another country with a work or study permit and family members living here with them
    • Persons staying at this address temporarily on May 14, 2024 who have no main residence elsewhere.
  2. Where to include persons with more than one residence
    • Children in joint custody should be included in the home of the parent where they live most of the time. Children who spend equal time with each parent should be included in the home of the parent with whom they are staying on May 14, 2024.
    • Students who return to live with their parents during the year should be included at their parents' address, even if they live elsewhere while attending school or working at a summer job.
    • Spouses or common-law partners temporarily away who stay elsewhere while working or studying should be listed at the main residence of their family, if they return periodically.
    • Persons in an institution for less than six months (for example, in a home for the aged, a hospital or a prison) should be listed at their usual residence.

If this address is:

  • a secondary residence (for example, a cottage) for all persons who stayed here on May 14, 2024 (all these persons have their main residence elsewhere in Canada), mark this circle. Print your name and your telephone number. Do not answer other questions.
  • a dwelling occupied only by residents of another country visiting Canada (for example, on vacation or on a business trip), mark this circle. Print your name and your telephone number. Do not answer other questions.
  • the home of a government representative of another country (for example, an embassy or a high commission) and family members, mark this circle. Print your name and your telephone number. Do not answer other questions.
  • Name
  • Telephone number

Mail this questionnaire in the enclosed envelope today.

1. Name

In the spaces provided, copy the names in the same order as in Step B. Then answer the following questions for each person.

Person 1

  • Family name
  • Given name

The following questions refer to each person's situation on May 14, 2024, unless otherwise specified.

2. What was this person's sex at birth?

Sex refers to sex assigned at birth.

  • Male
  • Female

3. What is this person's gender?

Refers to current gender which may be different from sex assigned at birth and may be different from what is indicated on legal documents.

  • Male
  • Female
  • Or please specify this person's gender:

4. What are this person's date of birth and age?

If exact date of birth is not known, enter best estimate. For children less than 1 year old, enter 0 for age.

  • Day
  • Month
  • Year
  • Age

5. What is this person's marital status?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Never legally married
  • Legally married (and not separated)
  • Separated, but still legally married
  • Divorced
  • Widowed

6. Is this person living with a common-law partner?

Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple but who are not married, regardless of the duration of the relationship.

  • Yes
  • No

7. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1?

If none of the responses in the list describes this person's relationship to Person 1, then specify a response under "Other relationship".

Person 1

  • Person 1

Person 2

  • Husband or wife of Person 1
  • Common-law partner of Person 1
  • Son or daughter of Person 1 only
  • Grandchild of Person 1
  • Son-in-law or daughter-in-law of Person 1
  • Father or mother of Person 1
  • Father-in-law or mother-in-law of Person 1
  • Brother or sister of Person 1
  • Foster child
  • Roommate, lodger or boarder
  • Other relationship — specify:

Persons 3-5

  • Son or daughter of both Persons 1 and 2
  • Son or daughter of Person 1 only
  • Son or daughter of Person 2 only
  • Grandchild of Person 1
  • Son-in-law or daughter-in-law of Person 1
  • Father or mother of Person 1
  • Father-in-law or mother-in-law of Person 1
  • Brother or sister of Person 1
  • Foster child
  • Roommate, lodger or boarder
  • Other relationship — specify:

8. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • English only
  • French only
  • Both English and French
  • Neither English nor French

9. a) What language(s) does this person speak on a regular basis at home?

  • English
  • French
  • Other language(s) — specify:

If this person indicates only one language in question 9. a), go to question 10.

9. b) Of these languages, which one does this person speak most often at home?

Indicate more than one language only if they are spoken equally at home.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

10. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?

If this person no longer understands the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

11. Has this person ever served in the Canadian military?

Canadian military service includes service with the Regular Force or Primary Reserve Force as an Officer or Non-Commissioned Member. It does not include service with the Cadets (COATS), the Supplementary Reserve or the Canadian Rangers.

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes, currently serving in the Regular Force or the Primary Reserve Force
  • Yes, but no longer serving in the Regular Force or the Primary Reserve Force
  • No

The following questions collect information in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to support education programs in English and French in Canada.

12. Is this dwelling located in Quebec?

  • No
    • Continue with question 13.
  • Yes
    • Go to question 16.

13. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in French in Canada (including immersion)?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes (previously or currently attending)
  • No
    • Go to question 18.

14. In which type of program was this schooling in French done?

  • A regular French program in a French-language school
  • A French immersion program in an English-language school
    • Go to question 18.
  • Both types of programs
  • Other program — specify:

15. For how many years did this person attend a regular French program in a French-language school?

  • Number of years in primary schooling (including kindergarten and middle school)
    • Number of years
      • Go to question 18.
  • Number of years in secondary schooling
    • Number of years
      • Go to question 18.

16. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes (previously or currently attending)
  • No
    • Go to question 18.

17. For how many years did this person do their schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?

  • Number of years in primary schooling (including kindergarten)
    • Number of years
  • Number of years in secondary schooling
    • Number of years

Activities of daily living

The following question is about difficulties a person may have doing certain activities. Only difficulties or long-term conditions that have lasted or are expected to last for six months or more should be considered.

18. a) Does this person have any difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or contact lenses)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

18. b) Does this person have any difficulty hearing (even when using a hearing aid)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

18. c) Does this person have any difficulty walking, using stairs, using their hands or fingers or doing other physical activities?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

18. d) Does this person have any difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

18. e) Does this person have any emotional, psychological or mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, anorexia, etc.)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

18. f) Does this person have any other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more?

Exclude: any health problems previously reported in questions 18. a) to 18. e) above.

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

Sociocultural information

19. Where was this person born?

Specify one response only, according to present boundaries.

  • Born in Canada
    • N.L.
    • P.E.I.
    • N.S.
    • N.B.
    • Quebec
    • Ontario
    • Manitoba
    • Sask.
    • Alberta
    • B.C.
    • Yukon
    • N.W.T.
    • Nunavut
  • Born outside Canada — specify country:

20. Where were this person's parents born?

Specify the country or countries according to present boundaries.

  • All parents born in Canada
  • All parents born outside Canada
    • Specify the country of birth of each parent:
  • One parent born in Canada AND one parent born outside Canada
    • Specify the country of birth outside Canada:

21. a) Is this person a Canadian citizen?

"Canadian citizen by naturalization" refers to an immigrant who was granted citizenship of Canada under the Citizenship Act.

  • Yes, a Canadian citizen by birth
  • Yes, a Canadian citizen by naturalization
  • No, not a Canadian citizen

21. b) Is this person a citizen of a country other than Canada?

Indicate more than one country of citizenship, if applicable.

  • No
  • Yes
    • Specify the country or countries of citizenship:

22. What language(s), other than English or French, can this person speak well enough to conduct a conversation?

  • None
  • or
    • Other language(s) — specify:

23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?

Ancestors may have Indigenous origins, or origins that refer to different countries, or other origins that may not refer to different countries.

For examples of ethnic or cultural origins, visit www12.statcan.gc.ca/ancestry

  • Specify as many origins as applicable using capital letters.

24. Is this person First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

Note: First Nations (North American Indian) includes Status and Non-Status Indians.

If "Yes", mark "x" the circle(s) that best describe(s) this person now.

  • No, not First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
    • Continue with the next question
  • or
    • Yes, First Nations (North American Indian)
      • Go to question 26.
    • Yes, Métis
      • Go to question 26.
    • Yes, Inuk (Inuit)
      • Go to question 26.

This question collects information in accordance with the Employment Equity Act and its Regulations and Guidelines to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural, and economic life of Canada.

25. Is this person:

Mark "x" more than one circle or specify, if applicable.

  • White
  • South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
  • Chinese
  • Black
  • Filipino
  • Arab
  • Latin American
  • Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai)
  • West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan)
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Other group — specify:

26. Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada)?

  • No
  • Yes, Status Indian (Registered or Treaty)

27. Is this person a member of a First Nation or Indian band?

If "Yes", which First Nation or Indian band?

For example, Soowahlie Indian Band, Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Atikamekw of Manawan.

  • No
  • Yes, member of a First Nation or Indian band
    • Specify name of First Nation or Indian band:

28. Is this person a registered member of a Métis organization or Settlement?

If "Yes", which Métis organization or Settlement?

Note: Mark "x" one of the listed signatories of the Canada-Métis Nation Accord or specify a Métis organization or Metis Settlement (for example, Kikino Metis Settlement).

  • No
  • Yes, registered member of a Métis organization or Settlement
    Name of Métis organization or Settlement
    • Métis Nation of Ontario
    • Manitoba Metis Federation
    • Métis Nation — Saskatchewan
    • Métis Nation of Alberta
    • Métis Nation British Columbia
    • or
      • Specify organization or Settlement:

29. Is this person enrolled under, or a beneficiary of, an Inuit land claims agreement?

  • No
  • Yes
    Which Inuit land claims agreement?
    • Inuvialuit Final Agreement
    • Nunavut Agreement (Nunavut Land Claims Agreement)
    • James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (Nunavik)
    • Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (Nunatsiavut)
    • or
      • Specify agreement:

30. What is this person's religion?

Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group.

For example, Roman Catholic, Muslim, United Church, Anglican, Hindu, Sikh, Baptist, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, etc.

For additional examples of denominations and religions, visit www12.statcan.gc.ca/religion-e

  • Specify one denomination or religion only.
  • or
    • No religion

Mobility

31. Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 14, 2023?

Mark "x" one circle only.

Note:

For those who mark the fourth circle: Please give the name of the city or town rather than the metropolitan area of which it is a part.

For example:

  • Saanich rather than Victoria (metropolitan area)
  • St. Albert rather than Edmonton (metropolitan area)
  • Laval rather than Montréal (metropolitan area).
  • Born after May 14, 2023
  • Lived at the same address as now
  • Lived at a different address in the same city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve
  • Lived in a different city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve in Canada
    • Specify the name of the city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve of residence 1 year ago.
      • Province/territory
      • Postal code
  • Lived outside Canada
    • Specify the country of residence 1 year ago.

32. Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 14, 2019?

Mark "x" one circle only.

Note:

For those who mark the fourth circle: Please give the name of the city or town rather than the metropolitan area of which it is a part.

For example:

  • Saanich rather than Victoria (metropolitan area)
  • St. Albert rather than Edmonton (metropolitan area)
  • Laval rather than Montréal (metropolitan area).
  • Born after May 14, 2019
  • Lived at the same address as now
  • Lived at a different address in the same city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve
  • Lived in a different city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve in Canada
    • Specify the name of the city, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve of residence 5 years ago.
      • Province/territory
      • Postal code
  • Lived outside Canada
    • Specify the country of residence 5 years ago.

Continue only for each person aged 15 years and over (born before May 14, 2009).

Education

33. Has this person completed a high school (secondary school) diploma or equivalent?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Examples of high school equivalency certificates are General Educational Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE).

High school diploma or certificate

  • Yes, high school diploma
  • Yes, high school equivalency certificate
  • No

34. a) Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Mark all that apply.

For example, hairstyling, cooking, electrician, carpentry.

Registered Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma

  • Yes, Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification (Journeyperson's designation)
  • Yes, other trades certificate or diploma
  • No

34. b) Has this person completed a college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Exclude any certificates or diplomas reported in question 34. a) above.

Mark all that apply.

For example, accounting technology, industrial engineering technology, legal assistant.

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma

  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of less than 3 months
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of more than 2 years
  • No

34. c) Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Mark all that apply.

University certificate, diploma or degree

  • Yes, university certificate or diploma below bachelor level
  • Yes, bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.A.(Hons.), B.Sc., B.Ed., LL.B.)
  • Yes, university certificate or diploma above bachelor level
  • Yes, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry (M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.V.M., O.D.)
  • Yes, master's degree (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., M.B.A.)
  • Yes, earned doctorate (e.g., Ph.D.)
  • No

35. What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed?

Please be specific.

For example, automobile mechanics, health care attendant, medical laboratory technology, civil engineering, agricultural economics.

Print in capital letters as follows: COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

  • Major field of study of highest certificate, diploma or degree
  • or
    • No certificate, diploma or degree higher than high school
      • Go to question 37. a)

36. In what province, territory or country did this person complete their highest certificate, diploma or degree?

  • In Canada – specify province or territory:
  • or
    • Outside Canada – specify country:

37. a) At any time since September 2023, was this person attending school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university?

Report only attendance for courses that can be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree. Distance learning for credit is included.

Attendance at any time since September 2023

  • Yes
    • Continue with the next question
  • No, was not attending school at any time since September 2023
    • Go to question 38.

37. b) What type of school was this person attending?

Mark all that apply.

At any time since September 2023

  • Was attending elementary, junior high school or high school
  • Was attending college, CEGEP, business school, technical institute, trade school or other non-university institution
  • Was attending university

Note: Many of the following questions refer to the week from Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Labour market activities

38. During the week of Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment?

Please enter the total number of hours worked for pay or in self-employment at all jobs held during the week of May 5 to May 11.

Exclude number of hours:

  • away due to illness, on vacation or any other reasons.

Include number of hours:

  • working for wages, salary, tips or commission
  • working overtime
  • working in their own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership
  • working directly towards the operation of a family farm or business without formal pay arrangements (e.g., assisting in seeding, doing accounts).
  • Number of hours (to the nearest hour)
    • Go to question 44.
  • or
    • None
      • Continue with the next question

39. During the week of May 5 to May 11, 2024, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from their job or business?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • No
  • Yes, on temporary lay-off from a job to which this person expects to return
  • Yes, on vacation, ill, on strike or locked out, or absent for other reasons

40. During the week of May 5 to May 11, 2024, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks?

  • No
  • Yes

41. Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 14 to May 11, 2024?

For example, did this person contact an employment centre, check with employers, place or answer Internet ads, etc.?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • No
    • Go to question 43.
  • Yes, looked for full-time work
  • Yes, looked for part-time work (less than 30 hours per week)

42. Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024 had one been available?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes, could have started a job
  • No, already had a job
  • No, because of temporary illness or disability
  • No, because of personal or family responsibilities
  • No, going to school
  • No, other reasons

43. When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • In 2024
    • Continue with the next question
  • In 2023
    • Continue with the next question
  • Before 2023
    • Go to question 57.
  • Never
    • Go to question 57.

Note: Questions 44 to 50. b) refer to this person's job or business during the week of May 5 to May 11, 2024. If this person held no job, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2023. If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

44. For whom did this person work?

For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name.

Print in capital letters as follows:
Name of firm, government department, etc.

ABC CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED

  • Name of firm, government department, etc.
  • Section, plant, department, etc. (if applicable)

45. What kind of business, industry or service was this?

Please be specific. For example:

  • primary school
  • municipal police
  • wheat farm
  • shoe store
  • road construction
  • web design
  • etc.
  • Kind of business, industry or service

46. What was this person's work or occupation?

Please be specific. For example:

  • automobile appraiser
  • web developer
  • civil engineer
  • secondary school teacher
  • etc.
    (If in the Armed Forces, give rank.)
  • Occupation

47. In this work, what were this person's main activities?

Please be specific. For example:

  • estimated collision damage cost
  • developed web applications for clients
  • designed and built bridges
  • taught mathematics
  • etc.
  • Main activities

48. In this job or business, was this person an employee, self-employed or an unpaid family worker?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Employee
    • Permanent position — no fixed end date
      • Go to question 50. a)
    • Fixed-term position (1 year or more)
      • Go to question 50. a)
    • Casual, seasonal or short-term position (less than 1 year)
      • Go to question 50. a)
  • Unpaid family worker (without pay or salary) for their spouse or another relative in a family business or farm
    • Go to question 50. a)
  • Self-employed without employee(s) (alone or in partnership)
  • Self-employed with employee(s) (alone or in partnership)

49. Was this person's farm or business incorporated?

  • No
  • Yes

50. a) In this job, what language(s) did this person use on a regular basis?

  • English
  • French
  • Other language(s) — specify:

If this person indicates only one language in question 50. a), go to question 51.

50. b) Of these languages, which one did this person use most often in this job?

Indicate more than one language only if they were used equally at work.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

These questions are only for persons aged 15 years and over with a job or absent from their job or business during the week of Sunday, May 5 to Saturday, May 11, 2024.

51. At what address did this person usually work most of the time?

Example: 365 Laurier Ave. West

  • Number
  • Name
  • Type
  • Direction

If the street address is unknown or if the address is a post office box, specify the building or nearest street intersection. Do not give a post office box number.

If the address of work is different than the address of the employer, please provide the address where this person actually works (e.g., school teachers should provide the address of their school, not the address of the school board).

If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

  • Worked at home (including farms)
    • Go to question 54. a)
  • Worked outside Canada
    • Go to question 54. a)
  • No fixed workplace address
    • Continue with the next question
  • Worked at the address specified below:
    • Street address (see example)
    • City, town, village, township, municipality or First Nations reserve
    • Province/territory
      • N.L.
      • P.E.I.
      • N.S.
      • N.B.
      • Quebec
      • Ontario
      • Manitoba
      • Sask.
      • Alberta
      • B.C.
      • Yukon
      • N.W.T.
      • Nunavut
    • Postal code

52. a) What modes of commuting did this person usually use to get to work?

Mark "x" as many circles as applicable.

Mark "Subway or elevated rail" for:

  • Vancouver SkyTrain
  • Toronto Subway/RT
  • Montréal Metro.

Mark "Light rail, streetcar or commuter train" for:

  • Vancouver West Coast Express
  • Calgary CTrain
  • Edmonton LRT
  • Toronto streetcars
  • Toronto GO Train
  • Ottawa O-Train
  • Montréal commuter trains
  • Kitchener-Waterloo ION LRT.
  • Car, truck or van — as a driver
  • Car, truck or van — as a passenger
  • Bus
  • Subway or elevated rail
  • Light rail, streetcar or commuter train
  • Passenger ferry
  • Walked to work
  • Bicycle
  • Motorcycle, scooter or moped
  • Other method

52. b) What main mode of commuting did this person usually use to get to work?

Mark "x" one circle only.

If this person used more than one mode of commuting to work, mark the one used for most of the travel distance.

  • Car, truck or van — as a driver
    • Go to question 52. c)
  • Car, truck or van — as a passenger
    • Go to question 52. c)
  • Bus
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Subway or elevated rail
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Light rail, streetcar or commuter train
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Passenger ferry
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Walked to work
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Bicycle
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Motorcycle, scooter or moped
    • Go to question 53. a)
  • Other method
    • Go to question 53. a)

52. c) How many workers, including this person, usually ride in this car, truck or van to work?

  • 1 worker
  • 2 workers
  • 3 or more workers

53. a) What time did this person's trip to work usually begin?

  • hour
  • min
  • a.m.
  • p.m.

53. b) How many minutes did this person's trip to work usually last?

  • Number of minutes

Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 years and over.

54. a) How many weeks did this person work in 2023, including paid vacation?

A year has 52 weeks.

Include:

  • paid vacation and sick leave paid by the employer
  • weeks worked part time, even for a few hours.

Exclude:

  • weeks absent and not paid by the employer, such as maternity, parental or disability leave, etc.
  • None
    • Continue with question 54. b)
  • or
    • Number of weeks
      Including paid vacation and sick leave paid for by the employer and excluding absences unpaid by the employer, such as maternity, parental or disability leave, etc.
      • Continue with question 54. b) if you answered less than 49 weeks for this person
      • Go to question 55. a) if you answered 49 to 52 weeks for this person.

54. b) What was the main reason this person did not work for the whole year in 2023, meaning from 49 to 52 weeks?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Illness or disability of this person
  • Pregnancy, or maternity or parental leave
  • Student at school, college or university, or attending training
  • Cared for own child(ren) or relative(s)
  • Unable to find work that lasted the whole year
  • Retirement
  • Personal choice
  • Seasonal work
  • Other reason — specify:

55. a) During most of these weeks, did this person work full time or part time?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Did not work in 2023
    • Go to question 57.
  • Full time (30 hours or more per week)
    • Go to question 56.
  • Part time (less than 30 hours per week)

55. b) What was the main reason this person worked mostly part time instead of full time in 2023?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Personal preference
  • Student at school, college or university, or attending training
  • Business conditions
  • Cared for own child(ren) or relative(s)
  • Illness or incapacity of this person
  • Could not find full-time work
  • Other reason — specify:

56. In 2023, did this person pay for child care, such as day care or babysitting, so that this person could work at their paid job(s)?

When child care or day camps help several people work, enter the amount only once.

Answer "Yes" or "No". If "Yes", also enter the total amount for 2023.

  • Yes
    • $
  • No

57. In 2023, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a former spouse or partner?

Support payments are covered by an agreement to pay a fixed amount on a regular basis. Exclude all other gifts or transfers of money. Include only support payments actually paid.

Answer "Yes" or "No". If "Yes", also enter the total amount for 2023.

  • Yes
    • $
  • No

58. Does this person pay, partly or entirely, the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc. for this dwelling?

Mark "Yes" if this person pays the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc. for this dwelling, even if more than one person contributes to such payments.

A dwelling is a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance from the outside or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building. This entrance should not be through someone else's living quarters.

Do not consider payments for other dwellings such as the school residence of a child, the residence of a former spouse, or another dwelling that you may own or rent.

  • Yes
  • No

Note: Turn the page and answer the questions about this dwelling.

Step E

Answer Questions E1. to E9. about this dwelling.

The questions refer to May 14, 2024, unless otherwise specified.

A dwelling is a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance from the outside or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building. This entrance should not be through someone else's living quarters.

E1. Is this dwelling:

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • owned by you or a member of this household (even if it is still being paid for)?
  • rented (even if no cash rent is paid)?

E2. Is this dwelling part of a condominium development?

  • Yes
  • No

E3. a) How many rooms are there in this dwelling?

Count kitchen, bedrooms, finished rooms in attic or basement, etc.

Do not count bathrooms, halls, vestibules and rooms used solely for business purposes.

  • Number of rooms

E3. b) How many of these rooms are bedrooms?

Count all rooms designed as bedrooms, even if they are now used for something else. Also count basement bedrooms.

  • Number of bedrooms

E4. When was this dwelling originally built?

Mark the period in which the building was completed, not the time of any later remodelling, additions or conversions. If year is not known, give best estimate.

  • 1920 or before
  • 1921 to 1945
  • 1946 to 1960
  • 1961 to 1970
  • 1971 to 1980
  • 1981 to 1990
  • 1991 to 1995
  • 1996 to 2000
  • 2001 to 2005
  • 2006 to 2010
  • 2011 to 2015
  • 2016 to 2020
  • 2021 to 2023
  • 2024

E5. Is this dwelling in need of any repairs?

Do not include desirable remodelling or additions.

  • No, only regular maintenance is needed (painting, furnace cleaning, etc.)
  • Yes, minor repairs are needed (missing or loose floor tiles, bricks or shingles; defective steps, railing or siding, etc.)
  • Yes, major repairs are needed (defective plumbing or electrical wiring; structural repairs to walls, floors or ceilings, etc.)

E6. Is this dwelling located on an agricultural operation that is operated by a member of this household?

  • Yes
    • Go to Step F
  • No
    • Continue with question E7. on the next page

Answer questions E7. to E9. for this dwelling even if you own or rent more than one dwelling.

If the exact amount is not known, please give a best estimate.

E7. a) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for electricity?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • or
    • $ per year

E7. b) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for oil, gas, coal, wood or other fuels?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • or
    • $ per year

E7. c) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for water and other municipal services?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • or
    • $ per year

For renters only, answer parts E8. a) and E8. b):

E8. a) What is the monthly rent paid for this dwelling?

  • Rented without payment of cash rent
  • or
    • $ per month

E8. b) Is this dwelling subsidized?

Subsidized housing includes rent geared to income, social housing, public housing, government-assisted housing, non-profit housing, rent supplements and housing allowances.

  • Yes
  • No

For owners only, answer parts E9. a) through E9. e):

E9. a) What are the total regular monthly mortgage or loan payments for this dwelling?

  • None
    • Go to part c)
  • or
    • $ per month

E9. b) Are the property taxes (municipal and school) included in monthly mortgage or loan payments indicated in the previous question?

  • Yes
    • Go to part d)
  • No

E9. c) What are the estimated yearly property taxes (municipal and school) for this dwelling?

  • None
  • or
    • $ per year

E9. d) If you were to sell this dwelling now, for how much would you expect to sell it?

  • $

E9. e) What are the monthly condominium fees?

  • None
  • or
    • $ per month

Step F

If more than five persons live here, you will need an extra questionnaire; call 1-833-739-2024.

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2024 Census Test Long-Form Summary Guide

This guide provides you with an overview of the 2024 Census Test questionnaire. It explains how to complete the questionnaire, why your participation is important and why we ask the questions. Note that you can complete your questionnaire online at: www.census.gc.ca

Complete your 2024 Census Test questionnaire online at www.census.gc.ca or use the paper questionnaire today.

To complete the questionnaire online:

  • go to www.census.gc.ca and follow the link to the online questionnaire
  • enter your secure access code, and follow the step-by-step instructions.

To complete the questionnaire on paper:

  • print clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS
  • mark circles with an "X".

Need help?

Visit www.census.gc.ca or call the Census Help Line at 1-833-835-2024 if:

  • you need help completing your questionnaire or answering census questions
  • you want information about the census
  • someone in your household would prefer to complete a separate questionnaire
  • you need more than one questionnaire for your household
  • you want a new questionnaire or a questionnaire in French
  • you need a copy of the questions in a language other than English or French.

For TTY (a telecommunications device for people who are deaf) service, call 1-833-830-3109.

What is the 2024 Census Test?

Statistics Canada is conducting a census test to evaluate new and modified questions along with the collection procedures and tools in preparation for the 2026 Census of Population.

A sample of approximately 187,000 dwellings has been selected to participate in this census test. Since accuracy depends on complete information, each household selected to participate in this test must, by law, complete and return their questionnaire.

Why is the 2024 Census Test important?

Leading up to the 2024 Census Test, Statistics Canada held content consultations on the census questionnaire. Responses were provided by various data users, including federal, provincial, territorial and local government departments; First Nations people, Métis and Inuit; the general public; academia; special interest groups; and the private sector.

Factors considered in developing census content include legislative requirements, program and policy needs, burden on respondents when answering questions, privacy concerns, input from consultation and testing, data quality, cost and operational considerations, historical comparability, and availability of alternative data sources.

Based on the content consultation results, the 2024 Census Test will assess whether proposed content changes are feasible and whether the content will provide relevant and high-quality data.

What happens to the information you provide?

The information you provide will be kept confidential, in accordance with the Statistics Act. Your information may be used by Statistics Canada in support of our other surveys or for analysis. No one outside of Statistics Canada can have access to information that identifies individuals.

Your role

Information from the census will be used by governments, businesses, associations, community organizations and many others to make important decisions for your community, your province or territory, and the entire country. The information you provide will help ensure that the 2026 Census accurately reflects Canada's changing society.

Your participation is important. Please complete your questionnaire today.

Please note that multiple versions of the 2024 Census Test questionnaire are being tested and that not all dwellings will be asked all questions.

Why we ask the questions

Step A – We need your telephone number to contact you in case there is information missing on your questionnaire. We need your address, as well as your mailing address, to ensure that all dwellings are counted.

Steps B and C – These steps help you decide who should be included and who should not be included on your questionnaire. They help us ensure that we have counted everyone we need to count and that no one is counted twice.

Step D – The spaces at question 1 at the top of page 4 allow you to copy the names from Step B.

Basic demographic information – These questions provide information about the demographic characteristics of people in Canada. This information is used by all levels of government to make important decisions, such as planning community services and social programs, including Old Age Security and the Canada Child Benefit. It is also used by municipalities to plan a variety of services, such as child care, schools, hospitals and emergency services.

Languages – These questions are used to provide a profile of the linguistic diversity of Canada's population. This information is used to estimate the need for services in English and French, and to better understand the current state and the evolution of Canada's various language groups, including official languages, Indigenous languages and other non-official languages. The questionnaire also collects information on languages used at work.

Language of instruction – These questions are used to collect information in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to support education programs in English and French in Canada.

Activities of daily living – This question provides information on the number of people in Canada who may have difficulties doing certain activities, including those who may have a long-term physical, mental or other health condition. This information is used to identify people who are likely to have a disability. Statistics Canada will then follow up with a more detailed survey.

General health – This question seeks information on the health status of people in Canada to help plan policies, programs and services for the health care system. General health is an indicator of overall health status. General health refers to the perception of a person's health in general, either by the person, or by the person in the household who is completing the census questionnaire.

Place of birth – These questions tell us about where people and their parents were born. They provide information on the diversity of Canada's population, and on the movement of people within Canada and from other countries to Canada. This information is also used to assess the social and economic conditions of second-generation Canadians, and helps us understand Canada's immigration history.

Citizenship – This question provides information on the citizenship status of Canada's population. This information is used to estimate the number of potential voters and to plan citizenship classes and programs. It also provides information about the population with multiple citizenships.

The information you provide throughout the questionnaire should reflect each person's situation on May 14, 2024, unless the questions specify otherwise. This reference date ensures that the information collected in the questionnaire provides an accurate snapshot of Canada's society at this point in time in our history.

Ethnic or cultural origins – This question provides information about ethnic and cultural diversity in Canada. This information is used by associations, agencies and researchers for activities such as health promotion, communications and social support programs.

Indigenous peoples – These questions provide information used by governments, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments and organizations, to develop programs and services for First Nations people, Métis and Inuit.

Canadian military experience – This question provides information on the number of people with Canadian military experience. Governments will use this information to develop programs and services to meet the changing needs of the Veteran population.

Population groups (Visible minorities) – This question helps collect data that are used by governments, businesses, community groups, health care providers, researchers and a variety of organizations throughout the country to support programs that provide equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural and economic life of Canada.

Religion – This question provides information about religious affiliation and diversity. This information is used to help understand changes in Canadian society, as well as to plan facilities and services within diverse communities.

Mobility – These questions tell us where residents of Canada are moving to and where they are moving from. This information is used to look at the characteristics of people who move and to identify needs for housing, education, health, transportation and social services.

Second address – The main objective of these questions is to collect statistical information on populations who live part of the year in another location than their main residence for reasons related to vacation, work, study, health or family. This information will be used by organizations that deliver services to these populations.

Homelessness – These questions provide information on people's experiences with homelessness and other housing challenges over the past 12 months. This information is used by organizations and governments to support communities in addressing homelessness.

Education – These questions provide information on the education, training and recent school attendance of residents of Canada. Governments use this information to develop training and other programs to meet the changing needs of the workforce and of specific groups, such as immigrants, First Nations people, Métis, Inuit, and youth.

Labour market activities – These questions provide information on Canada's workforce, including the industries and occupations in which people work. Employment information is used to assess the economic conditions of communities and specific populations, such as First Nations people, Métis, Inuit and immigrants. Industry and occupation information is used to forecast job opportunities.

Commuting to work – These questions tell us where people work and how they get to work. This information is used to assess commuting patterns, public transit needs and energy use. Commuting information also helps urban planners identify locations for new hospitals, schools, and daycare and recreational facilities, as well as the need for roads and other travel networks.

Expenditures – These questions provide information on expenses related to child care and support payments. Along with the income information obtained from personal income tax and benefit records, these questions are used to derive disposable income to measure poverty in Canada. This information is also used to better understand the use of child care and the role of support payments in Canadian society.

Housing – These questions provide information used to develop housing communities and projects. Information on the number of rooms and bedrooms in homes, and on housing costs, is used to assess levels of crowding within dwellings and housing affordability. Such indicators are used by numerous organizations to help develop housing programs supporting the housing needs of Canadians.

Information on the age of dwellings and the need for repairs is used by municipalities to develop neighbourhood improvement programs.

Your participation is important. Please complete your questionnaire today.