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Notice of release of a new Variant of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0 with Aggregates for Analysis of Labour force

Release date: October 25, 2023

This is an information notice.

This regrouping variant was approved as a recommended standard on October 10^th, 2023.

The Variant of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0 with Aggregates for Analysis of Labour force is designed to provide a context-specific alternative to the standard classification structure. The variant regroups occupations by similar characteristics such as wages, tenure, hours worked, union status, management responsibilities.

The first level of the variant replaces the broad occupational categories by regrouping for labour force categories and a new level has been added above major groupings to aggregate selected major groups.

Contact information

For more information, please contact NOC team.

Canada's Core Public Infrastructure Survey 2022

Why are we conducting this survey?

Statistics Canada is undertaking this survey to provide useful statistical information on the stock, condition, performance and asset management strategies of Canada's core public infrastructure assets owned or leased by the various levels of government and Indigenous entities.

The information compiled by this survey will be used by analysts and policy-makers to better understand the current condition of Canada's core infrastructure. This will enable all levels of government to develop policies to support the efforts in improving Canada's core public infrastructure and help monitor and report progress on achievement of desired outcomes.

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information.

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

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Approved Disclosure

Section 17 of the federal Statistics Act allows for the disclosure of certain information relating to an individual, business or organization. Statistics Canada will only disclose information where there is a demonstrated statistical need and for the public good, and when it will not harm individuals, organizations or businesses if data were disclosed. For Canada's Core Public Infrastructure Survey, the Chief Statistician has authorized the release of data relating to individual government entities and public utilities. These include data on assets at the aggregate and individual level. Additionally, the names of provincial, regional and municipal government organizations will be released, as well as the variables used in sampling and estimation.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention Director of, Centre for Production, Distribution and Investment Statistics
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with Infrastructure Canada.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Reporting period

For the purposes of this survey, report information for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022. If your 12-month fiscal period has not yet ended, provide your best estimate for the entire year.

Reporting instructions

Report dollar amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.
Report distances or lengths in kilometers.
Report counts in whole numbers.
Percentages should be rounded to whole numbers.
When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.
Enter '0' if there is no value to report.

Who should complete this questionnaire?

This questionnaire should be completed by the asset manager.

Deadline for completing this questionnaire.

Please complete this questionnaire and submit it within 30 days of receipt.

Canada's Core Infrastructure Survey, 2022

Ownership

Non-Linear Assets: assets that can't be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and have one specific address or location. Examples include: wastewater treatment plants, pump stations and water drainage pump stations.

Linear Assets: assets that can be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and do not have one specific address. Examples include: open ditches, local water pipes and sewer pipes.

1. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any potable water assets?

Non-linear potable water system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any non-linear potable water services in 2022.

Specify alternate linear potable water system provider 1
Specify alternate linear potable water system provider 2
Specify alternate linear potable water system provider 3

Linear potable water system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any linear potable water services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear potable water system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear potable water system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear potable water system provider 3

2. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any wastewater assets?

Non-linear wastewater system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any non-linear wastewater services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 3

Linear wastewater system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any linear wastewater services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear wastewater system provider 3

3. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any stormwater assets?

Non-linear stormwater system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any non-linear stormwater services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear stormwater system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear stormwater system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear stormwater system provider 3

Linear stormwater system assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any linear stormwater services in 2022.

Specify alternate linear stormwater system provider 1
Specify alternate linear stormwater system provider 2
Specify alternate linear stormwater system provider 3

4. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any road assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any road services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear road system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear road system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear road system provider 3

5. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any bridge and tunnel assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any bridge and tunnel services in 2022.

Specify alternate non-linear bridge and tunnel system provider 1
Specify alternate non-linear bridge and tunnel system provider 2
Specify alternate non-linear bridge and tunnel system provider 3

6. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any solid waste assets?

Solid waste collection assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any solid waste collection services in 2022.

Specify alternate solid waste collection provider 1
Specify alternate solid waste collection provider 2
Specify alternate solid waste collection provider 3

Solid waste transfer station assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any solid waste transfer station services in 2022.

Specify alternate solid waste transfer station provider 1
Specify alternate solid waste transfer station provider 2
Specify alternate solid waste transfer station provider 3

Solid waste diversion assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any solid waste diversion services in 2022.

Specify alternate solid waste diversion provider 1
Specify alternate solid waste diversion provider 2
Specify alternate solid waste diversion provider 3

Solid waste disposal assets

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any solid waste disposal services in 2022.

Specify alternate solid waste disposal provider 1
Specify alternate solid waste disposal provider 2
Specify alternate solid waste disposal provider 3

7. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any culture, recreation and sport facilities?

List any other municipalities or organizations that had a formal arrangement to provide your organization with any culture, recreation and sports facilities in 2022.

Specify alternate culture, recreation and sport facilities provider 1
Specify alternate culture, recreation and sport facilities provider 2
Specify alternate culture, recreation and sport facilities provider 3

8. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any public transit assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any public transit services in 2022.

Specify alternate public transit provider 1
Specify alternate public transit provider 2
Specify alternate public transit provider 3

9. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any active transportation assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any active transportation services in 2022.

Specify alternate active transportation provider 1
Specify alternate active transportation provider 2
Specify alternate active transportation provider 3

10. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any natural infrastructure assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations (e.g., Indigenous groups or partners) that had a formal arrangement to provide your organization with any natural infrastructure services in 2022.

Specify alternate natural infrastructure provider 1
Specify alternate natural infrastructure provider 2
Specify alternate natural infrastructure provider 3

11. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any shelter and homeless service assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any shelters and homeless services in 2022.

Specify alternate shelter and homeless service provider 1
Specify alternate shelter and homeless service provider 2
Specify alternate shelter and homeless service provider 3

12. In 2022, did your organization own or lease any public social and affordable housing assets?

List any other municipalities or organizations that provided your organization with any public social and affordable housing services in 2022.

Specify alternate public social and affordable housing provider 1
Specify alternate public social and affordable housing provider 2
Specify alternate public social and affordable housing provider 3

Potable Water

Linear Assets: assets that can be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and do not have one specific address. Examples include: open ditches, local water pipes and sewer pipes.

13. What was your organization's final inventory count of potable water assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-linear potable water assets

a. Water treatment facilities

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

b. Water storage assets

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres

c. Water pump stations

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

Linear potable water assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

d. Local water pipes (diameter less than 416 mm)

Count

e. Transmission pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 416 mm)

Count

f. Pipes of unknown diameter

Count

14. Of the reported count for reported water storage assets in question 13b, how many were before the intake of a treatment plant?

Count

15. Provide the distribution of your organization's potable water assets inventory based on the year of completed construction below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.

Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-linear potable water assets

a. Water treatment facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Water storage assets

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Water pump stations

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Linear potable water assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

d. Local water pipes (diameter less than 416 mm)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Transmission pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 416 mm)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Pipes of unknown diameter

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

16. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's potable water assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Non-linear potable water assets

a. Water treatment facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Water storage assets

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Water pump stations

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Linear potable water assets

d. Local water pipes (diameter less than 416 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Transmission pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 416 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Pipes of unknown diameter

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

17. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of potable water assets owned by your organization?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.

Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

If a breakdown is not available, please provide the total.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Non-linear potable water assets

a. Water treatment facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Water storage assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Water pump stations

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all non-linear potable water assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Linear potable water assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

d. Local water pipes (diameter less than 416 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Transmission pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 416 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Pipes of unknown diameter

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all linear potable water assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

18. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new potable water assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Non-linear potable water assets

a. Water treatment facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Water storage assets

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Water pump stations

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Linear potable water assets

d. Local water pipes (diameter less than 416 mm)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Transmission pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 416 mm)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Pipes of unknown diameter

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

19. How many sustained boil water advisories were in place on December 31, 2022?

Note: Sustained boil water advisory: A boil water advisory exceeding 15 days in duration.

Number of sustained water advisories
Do not know

20. Of the number of sustained boil water advisories, how many were in place for:

a. Over five years

Number

b. Over one year

Number

c. Over six months

Number

21. In 2022, what were the volumetric flow rates of your organizations linear potable water assets?

Indicate the percentage distribution of your assets.

a. Less than 99 litres per second

Percentage of linear potable water assets

b. Between 100 litres per second and 399 litres per second

Percentage of linear potable water assets

c. Greater than 400 litres per second

Percentage of linear potable water assets

22. In 2022, how many major leaks or bursts were repaired?

a. Watermains

Count

b. Service lines

Count

23. Of the major leaks or bursts reported on question 22, what is the average number of days between detection and repair?

a. Watermains

Number of days

b. Service lines

Number of days

24. What was the length in kilometres of asbestos cement water pipes as of December 31, 2022?

Total length in kilometres

25. Does your organization have an inventory of the number of lead water service connections or lead water pipes?

If "yes" please answer the sub questions below.
If "no" go to question 26.

What was the total amount of lead water service connections or lead water service pipes as of December 31, 2022?

Count

What percentage of your organization's service connections or pipes contained lead in 2022?

Percentage

Does your organization's inventory of lead service connections or lead water pipes identify partial lead service connections (homeowner or municipal)?

What percentage of your organization's inventory of lead service connections or lead water pipes was identified as full service connections (i.e., municipal and homeowner portions) in 2022?

Percentage

26. Did your organization have a lead service line replacement program in place in 2022?

If "yes" please answer the sub questions below.

Did the program address both the municipal and homeowner portions of the replacement?

Did the program include incentives or loans to the homeowner to replace their portion of the lead service connection?

When was this program implemented?

Date (example: YYYY-MM-DD)

What was the budget for this program?

Budget CAN$ '000

If "no" What were the identified barriers for implementing such a program?

Specify the barriers

27. What percentage of the inventory of lead service connections or lead pipes was replaced in 2022?

Percentage

28. Of the lead service connections or lead water pipes replaced in 2022, what percentage was full replacement (i.e., municipal and homeowner portions)?

Percentage

29. What was the cost of the lead service connections or lead water pipes was replaced in 2022?

Cost CAN$ '000

30. Did your organization have a corrosion control program in place in 2022?

31. Does your organization have the resources or capacity to track information regarding lead service connections or the lead concentrations in tap water?

32. Did your organization conduct sampling to measure lead concentrations in tap water in 2022?

If "yes" please answer the sub questions below.

If "no" go to question 33.

What percentage of the most recent lead concentration results was sampled in residences supplied by a lead water service connection?

Percentage

What was the average lead concentration for samples taken in residences supplied by a lead service connection?

Concentration (micrograms per litre or µg/L)

33. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for potable water?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for potable water updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for potable water?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

34. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Type of system

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

35. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

36. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for potable water.

Wastewater

Linear Assets: assets that can be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and do not have one specific address. Examples include: open ditches, local water pipes and sewer pipes.

37. What was your organization's final inventory count of wastewater assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-Linear wastewater assets

a. Wastewater treatment plants (include sludge handling plants)

Count
Design capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

b. Lagoon systems

Count
Design capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

c. Wastewater pump stations

Count
Design capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

d. Wastewater lift stations

Count
Design capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

e. Wastewater storage tanks

Count
Design capacity (volume) cubic metres

Linear wastewater assets (indicate length in kilometres)

f. Sewer pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Count

g. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Count

h. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 1500 mm)

Count

i. Sewer pipes (of unknown diameter)

Count

j. Sanitary forcemains

Count

38. Provide the distribution of your organization's wastewater asset inventory based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-Linear wastewater assets

a. Wastewater treatment plants

Include sludge handling plants

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Lagoon systems

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Wastewater pump stations

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Wastewater lift stations

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Wastewater storage tanks

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Linear wastewater assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

f. Sewer pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

h. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 1500 mm)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Sewer pipes (of unknown diameter)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

j. Sanitary forcemains

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

39. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's wastewater assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale.
This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Non-Linear wastewater assets

a. Wastewater treatment plants (include sludge handling plants)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Lagoon systems

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Wastewater pump stations

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Wastewater lift stations

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Wastewater storage tanks

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Linear wastewater assets

f. Sewer pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

h. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 1500 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Sewer pipes (of unknown diameter)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

j. Sanitary forcemains

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

40. In 2022, what were the volumetric flow rates of your organizations linear wastewater assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets.

a. Less than 400 litres per second

Percentage of wastewater assets

b. Between 400 litres per second and 1049 litres per second

Percentage of wastewater assets

c. Greater than 1050 litres per second

Percentage of wastewater assets

41. In 2022, how many major leaks or bursts were repaired?

a. Sanitary sewer mains

Count

b. Lateral sewer lines

Count

42. Of the major leaks or bursts reported on question 41, what is the average number of days between detection and repair?

a. Sanitary sewer mains

Number of days

b. Lateral sewer lines

Number of days

43. In 2022, what was the volume of untreated wastewater released as a result of a disruption or planned maintenance to your organization's wastewater system (collection or treatment)?

Do not include wastewater released due to precipitation (including snowmelt) from combined sewers, unless this release was also as a result of a disruption.

Volume of untreated wastewater in cubic metres
OR
Did not calculate
OR
Do not know

44. What were the causes of the service disruptions in 2022?

Select all that apply.

Pump station or lift station failure not due to power outage
Power outage
Flooding
Planned maintenance
Other- Specify the other cause of service disruption

45. Does your organization's wastewater system need to be upgraded to meet the effluent quality standards of the Federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations?

46. In 2022, how many total hours and days was untreated wastewater released from combined sewers?

Days
Hours
OR
Do not know

47. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of wastewater assets owned by your organization?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.
If a breakdown is not available, please provide the total.
Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Non-Linear wastewater assets

a. Wastewater treatment plants (include sludge handling plants)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Lagoon systems

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Wastewater pump stations

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Wastewater lift stations

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Wastewater storage tanks

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all non-linear wastewater assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Linear wastewater assets

f. Sewer pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

h. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 1500 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

i. Sewer pipes (of unknown diameter)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

j. Sanitary forcemains

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all linear wastewater assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

48. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new wastewater assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Non-Linear wastewater assets

a. Wastewater treatment plants (Include sludge handling plants)

Expected useful life (in years)

b. Lagoon systems

Expected useful life (in years)

c. Wastewater pump stations

Expected useful life (in years)

d. Wastewater lift stations

Expected useful life (in years)

e. Wastewater storage tanks

Expected useful life (in years)

Linear wastewater assets

f. Sewer pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Expected useful life (in years)

g. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Expected useful life (in years)

h. Sewer pipes (diameter greater than or equal to 1500 mm)

Expected useful life (in years)

i. Sewer pipes (of unknown diameter)

Expected useful life (in years)

j. Sanitary forcemains

Expected useful life (in years)

49. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for wastewater?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for wastewater updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for wastewater?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

50. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for wastewater?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

51. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for wastewater?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

52. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for wastewater.

Storm Water

Non-Linear Assets: assets that can't be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and have one specific address or location. Examples include: wastewater treatment plants, pump stations and water drainage pump stations.

Linear Assets: assets that can be measured in linear units (feet, metres) and do not have one specific address. Examples include: open ditches, local water pipes and sewer pipes."

53. What was your organization's final inventory count of stormwater assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-linear stormwater assets

a. Stormwater drainage pump stations

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

b. Stormwater management ponds and stormwater wetlands

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

c. Storm water management facilities - all other permitted end-of-pipe facilities

Count
Capacity (volume) cubic metres per day

Linear stormwater assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

d. Culverts (diameter less than 3 m)

Count

e. Open ditches

Count

f. Stormwater pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Count

g. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Count

h. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 1500 mm)

Count

i. Stormwater pipes (of unknown diameter)

Count

54. Provide the distribution of your organization's stormwater assets inventory based on the year of completed construction below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Non-linear stormwater assets

a. Stormwater drainage pump stations

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Stormwater management ponds and stormwater wetlands

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Stormwater management facilities - all other permitted end-of-pipe facilities

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Linear stormwater assets (Indicate length in kilometres)

d. Culverts (diameter less than 3 m)

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Open ditches

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Stormwater pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

h. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 1500 mm)

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Stormwater pipes (of unknown diameter)

2020- 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

55. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's stormwater assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Non-linear stormwater assets

a. Stormwater drainage pump stations

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Stormwater management ponds and stormwater wetlands

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Stormwater management facilities - all other permitted end-of-pipe facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Linear stormwater assets

d. Culverts (diameter less than 3 m)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Open ditches

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Stormwater pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

h. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 1500 mm)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Stormwater pipes (of unknown diameter)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

56. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of stormwater assets owned by your organization?

Non-linear stormwater assets

a. Stormwater drainage pump stations

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Stormwater management ponds and stormwater wetlands

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Stormwater management facilities - all other permitted end-of-pipe facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all non-linear stormwater assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Linear stormwater assets

d. Culverts (diameter less than 3 m)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Open ditches

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Stormwater pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

h. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 1500 mm)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

i. Stormwater pipes (of unknown diameter)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all linear stormwater assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

57. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new stormwater assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Non-linear stormwater assets

a. Stormwater drainage pump stations

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Stormwater management ponds and stormwater wetlands

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Stormwater management facilities - all other permitted end-of-pipe facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Linear stormwater assets

d. Culverts (diameter less than 3 m)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Open ditches

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Stormwater pipes (diameter less than 450 mm)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

g. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 450 mm and less than 1500 mm)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

h. Stormwater pipes (diameter greater or equal to 1500 mm)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

i. Stormwater pipes (of unknown diameter)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

58. In 2022, what were the volumetric flow rates of your organizations linear stormwater assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets.

a. Less than 500 litres per second

Percentage of stormwater assets

b. Between 500 litres per second and 1499 litres per second

Percentage of stormwater assets

c. Greater than 1500 litres per second

Percentage of stormwater assets

59. In 2022, how many major leaks or bursts were repaired?

a. Storm sewer mains

Count

b. Storm cross-connections

Count

60. Of the major leaks or bursts reported on question 59, what is the average number of days between detection and repair?

a. Storm sewer mains

Number of days

b. Storm cross-connections

Number of days

61. As of December 31, 2022, does your organization make use of real-time controls for stormwater management?

This refers to control systems used to manage stormwater volumes in real time during storm events - essentially a system wherein valves on various stormwater structures and parts of a network can be opened and closed to optimize storage and minimize the risk of sewer overflows.  They are either automatic or programmed according to models or operated manually during storms.

62. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for stormwater?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for stormwater updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for stormwater?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

63. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for stormwater?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

64. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

65. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for potable water?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for storm water.

Roads

66. In 2022, what was the total length in kilometres of your organization's road network?

Report the length of road assets in terms of two-lane equivalent kilometres, where one kilometre of a four-lane highway is counted as two kilometres. Two-lane equivalent kilometres can be calculated by dividing the total lane kilometres by two, where a single lane one-way road would count for 0.5 kilometres for each lane kilometre in length.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.
Indicate the length in kilometres.

Road assets

a. Highways

Total length in kilometres

b. Rural highways

Total length in kilometres

c. Arterial roads

Total length in kilometres

d. Collector roads

Total length in kilometres

e. Local roads

Total length in kilometres

f. Lanes and alleys

Total length in kilometres

67. Provide the distribution of your organization's road network in kilometres based on the year of completed construction below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.
Report the length of the road assets in two-lane equivalent kilometres.

Road assets

a. Highways

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Rural highways

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Arterial roads

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Collector roads

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Local roads

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Lanes and alleys

2020 - 2022
2010 -2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

68. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's road assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Road assets

a. Highways

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Rural highways

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Arterial roads

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Collector roads

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Local roads

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Lanes and alleys

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

69. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of road assets owned by your organization?

Road assets

a. Highways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Rural highways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Arterial roads

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Collector roads

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Local roads

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Lanes and alleys

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all roads

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

70. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new road assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Road assets

a. Highways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Rural highways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Arterial roads

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Collector roads

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Local roads

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Lanes and alleys

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

71. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for roads?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for roads updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for roads?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

72. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for roads?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

73. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for roads?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

74. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision making process for roads?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

75. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for roads?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for roads.

Bridges and Tunnels

76. What was your organization's final inventory count of bridge and tunnel assets as of December 31, 2022?

Report the length of bridge and tunnel assets in terms of two-lane equivalent kilometres, where one kilometre of a four-lane highway is counted as two kilometres. Two-lane equivalent kilometres can be calculated by dividing the total lane kilometres by two, where a single lane one-way road would count for 0.5 kilometres for each lane kilometre in length.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Bridges

a. Highways

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

b. Rural highways

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

c. Arterials

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

d. Collector

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

e. Local

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

Other

f. Culverts (diameter greater than or equal to 3 metres)

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

g. Tunnels

Count
Length (two-lane equivalent kilometres)

77. Provide the distribution of your organization's bridge and tunnel asset inventory count based on the year of completed construction below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Bridges

a. Highways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Rural highways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Arterials

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Collector

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Local

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Other

f. Culverts (diameter greater than or equal to 3 metres)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Tunnels

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

78. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's bridge and tunnel assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Bridges

a. Highways

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Rural highways

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Arterials

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Collector

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Local

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Other

f. Culverts (diameter greater than or equal to 3 metres)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Tunnels

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

79. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of bridges and tunnels assets owned by your organization?

Bridges

a. Highways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Rural highways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Arterials

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Collector

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Local

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Other

f. Culverts (diameter greater than or equal to 3 metres)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Tunnels

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all bridges, culverts and tunnels

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

80. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new bridge and tunnel assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Bridges

a. Highways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Rural highways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Arterials

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Collector

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Local

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Other

f. Culverts (diameter greater than or equal to 3 metres)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

g. Tunnels

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

81. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for bridge and tunnel assets?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for bridges and tunnels updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for bridges and tunnels?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

82. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for bridges and tunnels?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

83. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for bridges and tunnels?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

84. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for bridges and tunnels?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

85. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for bridges and tunnels?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for bridges and tunnels.

Solid Waste

86. What was your organization's final inventory count of solid waste assets on December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Solid Waste Assets

a. Transfer station assets

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

Waste Diversion Assets

b. Composting facilities

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

c. Materials recovery facilities

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

d. Anaerobic digestion facilities

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

Waste Disposal Assets

e. Active engineered landfills

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

f. Active dump sites

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

g. Closed sites (inactive engineered landfills and dumps)

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

h. Incinerators

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

i. Energy from waste facilities

Count
Capacity (tonnes)

87. Provide the distribution of your organization's solid waste asset inventory count based on the year of completed construction below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when no assets completed construction during the period.

Solid Waste Assets

a. Transfer station assets

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Waste Diversion Assets

b. Composting facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Materials recovery facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Anaerobic digestion facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Waste Disposal Assets

e. Active engineered landfills

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Active dump sites

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Closed sites (inactive engineered landfills and dumps)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

h. Incinerators

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Energy from waste facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

88. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's solid waste assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Solid Waste Assets

a. Transfer station assets

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Waste Diversion Assets

b. Composting facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Materials recovery facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Anaerobic digestion facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Waste Disposal Assets

e. Active engineered landfills

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Active dump sites

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Closed sites (inactive engineered landfills and dumps)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

h. Incinerators

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Energy from waste facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

89. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of solid waste assets owned by your organization?

Solid Waste Assets

a. Transfer station assets

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Waste Diversion Assets

b. Composting facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Materials recovery facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Anaerobic digestion facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Waste Disposal Assets

e. Active engineered landfills

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Active dump sites

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Closed sites (inactive engineered landfills and dumps)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

h. Incinerators

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

i. Energy from waste facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total for all solid waste facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

90. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new solid waste assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Solid Waste Assets

a. Transfer station assets

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Waste Diversion Assets

b. Composting facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Materials recovery facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Anaerobic digestion facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Waste Disposal Assets

e. Active engineered landfills

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Active dump sites

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

g. Closed sites (inactive engineered landfills and dumps)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

h. Incinerators

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

i. Energy from waste facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

91. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for solid waste?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for solid waste updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for solid waste?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

92. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for solid waste?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

93. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for solid waste?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

94. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for solid waste?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

95. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for solid waste?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for solid waste.

Culture, Recreation and Sports Facilities

96. What was your organization's final inventory count of culture, recreation and sport facilities as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Buildings

a. Indoor ice arenas (excluding performance or spectator 1,000 plus seats)

Count
Area (square metres)

b. Indoor ice arenas ((performance/spectator (1,000 plus seats))

Count
Area (square metres)

c. Curling rinks

Count
Area (square metres)

d. Indoor pools

Count
Area (square metres)

e. Multi-purpose sports centre

Count
Area (square metres)

f. Art galleries

Count
Area (square metres)

g. Libraries

Count
Area (square metres)

h. Museums and archives

Count
Area (square metres)

i. Performing arts theatres

Count
Area (square metres)

j. Indigenous culture facilities

Count
Area (square metres)

k. Community Centres (senior and youth centres)

Count
Area (square metres)

l. Multi-purpose facilities, not elsewhere classified

Count
Area (square metres)

m. Parks (e.g., sports fields, children's parks, nature parks)

Count
Hectares

n. Other outdoor sports facilities

Count
Hectares

o. Outdoor speciality areas (e.g., off-leash dog parks, skateparks etc.)

Count
Hectares

97. What was your organization's final inventory count of culture, recreation and sport amenities included in the facilities reported in question 96 as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Ice amenities

a. Indoor ice pads and rinks

Count

b. Outdoor skating areas and rinks

Count

Aquatics amenities

c. Indoors pools, 50 metres or longer

Count

d. Indoor pools, less than 50 metres

Count

e. Outdoor pools, 50 metres or longer

Count

f. Outdoor pool, less than 50 metres

Count

g. Outdoor spray parks, splash pads and wading pools

Count

Other amenities

h. Indoor gymnasiums

Count

i. Indoor racquet courts

Count

j. Indoor walking and jogging tracks

Count

k. Indoor fitness areas (e.g., weight and cardio equipment spaces)

Count

l. Indoor fields (e.g., multipurpose turf area)

Count

m. Outdoor playgrounds

Count

n. Outdoor racquet courts

Count

o. Ball diamonds

Count

p. Rectangular sports fields (natural turf)

Count

q. Artificial turf sports fields

Count

98. Provide the distribution of your organization's culture, recreation and sport facility inventory count based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Buildings

a. Indoor ice arenas (excluding performance or spectator 1,000 plus seats)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Indoor ice arenas ((performance or spectator (1,000 plus seats))

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Curling building

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Indoor pools

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Multi-purpose sports centre

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Art Galleries

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Libraries

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

h. Museums and archives

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Performing arts theatres

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

j. Indigenous culture facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

k. Community centres (senior and youth centres)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

l. Multi-purpose facilities, not elsewhere classified

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

m. Parks (e.g., sports fields, children's parks, nature parks)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

n. Other outdoor sports facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

o. Outdoor speciality areas (e.g., off-leash dog parks, skateparks etc.)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

99. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's culture, recreation and sport facility assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Buildings

a. Indoor ice arenas (excluding performance or spectator 1,000 plus seats)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Indoor ice arenas ((performance or spectator (1,000 plus seats))

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Curling building

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Indoor pools

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Multi-purpose sports centre

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Art Galleries

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Libraries

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

h. Museums and archives

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Performing arts theatres

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

j. Indigenous culture facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

k. Community centres (senior and youth centres)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

l. Multi-purpose facilities, not elsewhere classified

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

m. Parks (e.g., sports fields, children's parks, nature parks)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

n. Other outdoor sports facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

o. Outdoor speciality areas (e.g., off-leash dog parks, skateparks etc.)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

100. As of December 31, 2022, what was your inventory count of culture, recreation and sports facilities that were accessible?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

a. Ice facilities

Count

b. Aquatics facilities

Count

c. Arts and culture facilities

Count

d. Multi-purpose facilities

Count

e. Other facilities

Count

101. In 2022, what is the maximum distance residents in your municipality have to travel in order to access the following facilities?

a. Ice facilities

Kilometres

b. Aquatics facilities

Kilometres

c. Arts and culture facilities

Kilometres

d. Multi-purpose facilities

Kilometres

e. Other facilities

Kilometres

102. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of culture, recreation and sports facilities owned by your organization?

Ice facilities

a. Indoor ice arenas (excluding performance or spectator 1,000 plus seats)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Indoor ice arenas ((performance/spectator (1,000 plus seats))

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Curling building

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Indoor pools

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Multi-purpose sports centre

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Art galleries

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Libraries

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

h. Museums and archives

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

i. Performing arts theatres

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

j. Indigenous culture facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

k. Community Centres (senior and youth centres)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

l. Multi-purpose facilities, not elsewhere classified

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total culture, recreation and sport buildings

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Outdoor facilities

m. Parks (e.g., sports fields, children's parks, nature parks)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

n. Other outdoor sports facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

o. Outdoor speciality areas (e.g., off-leash dog parks, skateparks etc.)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total culture, recreation and sport outdoor facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

103. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new culture, recreation and sport facilities for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Buildings

a. Indoor ice arenas (excluding performance or spectator 1,000 plus seats)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Indoor ice arenas: Performance/spectator (1,000 plus seats)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Curling buildings

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Indoor pools

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Multi-purpose sports centres

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Art galleries

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

g. Libraries

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

h. Museums and archives

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

i. Preforming arts theatres

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

j. Indigenous culture facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

k. Community centres (include senior and youth centres)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

l. Multi-purpose facilities, not elsewhere classified

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Outdoor facilities

m. Parks (e.g., sports fields, children's parks, nature parks)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

n. Other outdoor sports facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

o. Outdoor speciality areas (e.g., off-leash dog parks, skateboard parks etc.)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

104. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for culture, recreation and sports facilities?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for culture, recreation and sports facilities updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for culture, recreation and sports facilities?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

105. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for culture, recreation and sports facilities?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

106. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for culture, recreation and sports facilities?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

107. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for culture, recreation and sports facilities??

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

108. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for culture, recreation and sports facilities?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for culture, recreation and sport facilities.

Public Transit

109. What was your organization's final inventory count of public transit assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Buses

a. Diesel

Count

b. Bio-diesel

Count

c. Electric (including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and trolley)

Count

d. Natural gas

Count

e. Hybrid (includes diesel, biodiesel and natural gas)

Count

f. Gasoline

Count

g. Other buses

Count

Other rolling stock assets

h. Streetcars

Count

i. Ferries

Count

j. Heavy railcars (Include subway cars)

Count

k. Commuter railcars (Include locomotives and passenger)

Count

l. Light railcars

Count

m. Specialized transit (Include para or handi transpo and dial a ride vehicles)

Count

Other permanent public transit assets

n. Passenger stations and terminals

Count

o. Transit shelters

Count

p. Exclusive rights-of ways

Count

Other integrated assets of public transit

q. Parking lots

Count

r. Bicycle racks and shelters

Count

s. Passenger drop off facilities

Count

Maintenance and storage facilities

t. Maintenance and storage facilities

Count

Transit exclusive bridges and tunnels

u. Bridges (Transit exclusive only)

Count

v. Tunnels (Transit exclusive only)

Count

Track and road network (Transit exclusive)

w. Tracks (indicate length in kilometres)

Count

x. Roads (indicate length in kilometres)

Count

110. As of December 31, 2022, hat was your organization's final inventory count of public transit assets that allow for the accessibility features below?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Standard buses

a1. Standard buses low floor buses

Count

a2. Standard buses with a lift or retractable ramp to support use by wheelchairs

Count

a3. Standard buses with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

a4. Standard buses with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

a5. Standard buses that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

a6. Standard buses which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Para-transit buses

b1. Para-transit buses low floor buses

Count

b2. Para-transit buses with a lift or retractable ramp to support use by wheelchairs

Count

b3. Para-transit buses with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

b4. Para-transit buses with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

b5. Para-transit buses that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

b6. Para-transit buses which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Streetcars

c1. Streetcars wheelchair accessible trains

Count

c2. Streetcars with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

c3. Streetcars with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

c4. Streetcars that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

c5. Streetcars which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Heavy railcars

d1. Heavy railcars wheelchair accessible trains

Count

d2. Heavy railcars with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

d3. Heavy railcars with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

d4. Heavy railcars that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

d5. Heavy railcars which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Commuter railcars

e1. Commuter railcars wheelchair accessible trains

Count

e2. Commuter railcars with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

e3. Commuter railcars with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

e4. Commuter railcars that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

e5. Commuter railcars which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Light railcars

f1. Light railcars wheelchair accessible trains

Count

f2. Light railcars with priority or dedicated seating for people with disabilities

Count

f3. Light railcars with electronic signage which displays stop information

Count

f4. Light railcars that broadcast audio alerts with stop information

Count

f5. Light railcars which offer cashless fare payment

Count

Passenger stations and terminals

g1. Passenger stations and terminals fully wheelchair accessible

Count

g2. Passenger stations and terminals with audio announcements with arrival or departure information

Count

g3. Passenger stations and terminals with video signage with arrival or departure information

Count

Transit shelters

h1. Transit shelters fully wheelchair accessible

Count

h2. Transit shelters with audio announcements with arrival or departure information

Count

h3. Transit shelters with video signage with arrival or departure information

Count

111. Provide the distribution of your organization's public transit infrastructure asset inventory based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Buses

a. Diesel

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Bio-diesel

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Electric (including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and trolley)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Natural gas

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Hybrid (Including diesel, biodiesel and natural gas)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Gasoline

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

g. Other buses 2020 - 2022

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Other rolling stock assets

h. Streetcars

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Ferries

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

j. Heavy railcars (Include subway cars)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

k. Commuter railcars (Include locomotives)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

l. Light railcars

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

m. Specialized transit (Include para or handi transpo and dial a ride vehicles)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Other permanent public transit assets

n. Passenger stations and terminals

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

o. Transit shelters

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

p. Exclusive rights-of ways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Other integrated assets of public transit

q. Parking lots

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

r. Bicycle racks and shelters

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

s. Passenger drop off facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Maintenance and storage facilities

t. Maintenance and storage facilities

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Transit exclusive bridges and tunnels

u. Bridges

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

v. Tunnels

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

Track and road network assets (Transit exclusive)

w. Tracks (indicate length in kilometres)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

x. Roads (indicate length in kilometres)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

112. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's public transit assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Buses

a. Diesel

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Bio-diesel

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Electric (including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and trolley)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Natural gas

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Hybrid (includes diesel, biodiesel and natural gas)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Gasoline

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

g. Other buses

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Other rolling stock assets

h. Streetcars

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Ferries

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

j. Heavy railcars (Include subway cars)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

k. Commuter railcars (Include locomotives)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

l. Light railcars

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

m. Specialized transit (Include para or handi transpo and dial a ride vehicles)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Other permanent public transit assets

n. Passenger stations and terminals

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

o. Transit shelters

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

p. Exclusive rights-of ways

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Other integrated assets of public transit

q. Parking lots

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

r. Bicycle racks and shelters

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

s. Passenger drop off facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Maintenance and storage facilities

t. Maintenance and storage facilities

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Transit exclusive bridges and tunnels

u. Bridges (Transit exclusive only)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

v. Tunnels (Transit exclusive only)

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Track and road network (Transit exclusive)

w. Tracks

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

x. Roads

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

113. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of public transit assets owned by your organization?

Buses

a. Diesel

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Bio-diesel

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Electric (including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and trolley)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Natural gas

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Hybrid (including diesel, biodiesel and natural gas)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Gasoline

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

g. Other buses (includes battery, fuel cell, trolley and all other types of buses)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total buses

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Other rolling stock assets

h. Streetcars

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

i. Ferries

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

j. Heavy railcars (Include subway cars)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

k. Commuter railcars (Include locomotives)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

l. Light railcars

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

m. Specialized transit (Include para or handi transpo and dial a ride vehicles)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total rolling stock

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Other permanent public transit assets

n. Passenger stations and terminals

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

o. Transit shelters

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

p. Exclusive rights-of ways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Other integrated assets of public transit

q. Parking lots

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

r. Bicycle racks and shelters

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

s. Passenger drop off facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Maintenance and storage facilities

t. Maintenance and storage facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total other facilities

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Transit exclusive bridges and tunnels

u. Bridges (Transit exclusive only)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

v. Tunnels (Transit exclusive only)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total bridges and tunnels

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Track and road network assets

w. Tracks (indicate length in kilometres)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

x. Roads (indicate length in kilometres)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total tracks and roads

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

114. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new public transit assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Buses

a. Diesel

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Bio-diesel

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Electric (including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and trolley)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Natural gas

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Hybrid (includes diesel, biodiesel and natural gas)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Gasoline

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

g. Other buses

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Other rolling stock assets

h. Streetcars

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

i. Ferries

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

j. Heavy railcars (Include subway cars)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

k. Commuter railcars

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

l. Light railcars

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

m. Specialized transit (Include para or handi transpo and dial a ride vehicles)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Other permanent public transit assets

n. Passenger stations and terminals

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

o. Transit shelters

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

p. Exclusive rights-of ways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Other integrated assets of public transit

q. Parking lots

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

r. Bicycle racks and shelters

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

s. Passenger drop off facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Maintenance and storage facilities

t. Maintenance and storage facilities

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Transit exclusive bridges and tunnels

u. Bridges

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

v. Tunnels

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

Track and road network (Transit exclusive)

w. Tracks

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

x. Roads

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

115. What is the capacity of your bus depots (in 40-foot bus equivalents)?

Capacity

116. What is the bus charging capacity of your fixed assets in kilowatthours (kWh)?

Kilowatthours

117. Does your organization have geographical information available about public transit systems?

Yes - Please answer the following questions.
No – go to the next question.

Type of information – select all that apply.

Transit routes
Schedules
Stop locations
Other – specify other type of information.

Data format

General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
Real Time General Transit Feed Specification (RT-GTFS API)
Shapefile
KML or KMZ
Static map image (pdf or jpg)
Excel or csv
JSON
GEOJSON
Other – specify other data format.

Frequency of the data updates – select all that apply.

Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Annually
Other – specify other frequency.

Date of the last update

YYYY-MM-DD

Public data sharing platform or tool or service – select all that apply.

Web services (WMS, WFS)
Web application
Data portal
Other – specify other sharing tool

Please provide URL or Links (if available)

118. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for public transit?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for public transit updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for public transit?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

119. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for public transit?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

120. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for public transit?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

121. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for public transit?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

122. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for public transit?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for public transit.

Active Transportation

123. What was your organization's final inventory count or length of active transportation assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

Length in kilometres

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

Length in kilometres

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

Length in kilometres

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

Length in kilometres

c. Non-paved trails

Length in kilometres

d. Sidewalks

Length in kilometres

e. Footbridges

Length in kilometres

Count

f. Pedestrian tunnels

Length in kilometres

Count

124. Provide the distribution of your organization's active transportation assets inventory count based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Non-paved trails

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Sidewalks

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Footbridges

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Pedestrian tunnels

2020 - 2022
2010 - 2019
2000 – 2009
1970 – 1999
1940 - 1969
Prior to 1940

125. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's active transportation assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

c. Non-paved trails

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

d. Sidewalks

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

e. Footbridges

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

f. Pedestrian tunnels

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

126. As of December 31, 2022, what percentage of your active transportation assets are accessible (for example, sloped curbs at intersections)?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

Percentage

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

Percentage

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

Percentage

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

Percentage

c. Non-paved trails

Percentage

d. Sidewalks

Percentage

e. Footbridges

Percentage

f. Pedestrian tunnels

Percentage

127. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of active transportation assets owned by your organization?

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total bikeways and cycleways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

c. Non-paved trails

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

d. Sidewalks

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

e. Footbridges

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

f. Pedestrian tunnels

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

Total all other pathways

Estimated Replacement Value
Required Renewal Budget
Actual Renewal Budget

128. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new active transportation assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

a. Bikeways or Cycleways

a1. High-comfort bikeways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

a2. Medium-comfort bikeways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

a3. Low-comfort bikeways

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Paved pathways (excludes bikeways)

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Non-paved trails

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Sidewalks

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

e. Footbridges

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

f. Pedestrian tunnels

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

129. Does your organization have geographical information available about active transportation systems?

Yes – Please answer the following questions.
No – Go to the next question.

Type of information – select all that apply

Trails (non-paved)
Paved pathways
Sidewalks
Cycling paths
Other – specify other types of information

Data format – select all that apply

Shapefile
KML or KMZ
Static map image (pdf or jpg)
Excel or csv
JSON
GEOJSON
Other – specify other data format

Frequency of the data updates – select all that apply

Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Annually
Other – specify other frequency

Date of the last update

YYYY-MM-DD

Public data sharing platform or tool or service – select all that apply

Web services (WMS, WFS)
Web application
Data portal
Other – specify other sharing tool

Please provide URL or Links (if available)

130. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for active transportation?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for active transportation updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for active transportation?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

131. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for active transportation?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

132. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for active transportation?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

133. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for active transportation?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

134. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for active transportation?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for active transportation.

Natural Infrastructure

135. What was your organization's final inventory of natural infrastructure assets as of December 31, 2022?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Water-related, non-linear assets

a. Naturalized stormwater ponds

Count
Area (square metres)

b. Wetlands and restored flood plains

Count
Area (square metres)

c. Rain gardens

Count
Area (square metres)

d. Permeable land cover

Count
Area (square metres)

e. Infiltration basins

Count
Area (square metres)

f. Floating treatment wetlands or islands

Count
Area (square metres)

Water-related, linear assets

g. Bioswales

Count
Length (metres)

h. Living dykes

Count
Length (metres)

i. Vegetated filter strip

Count
Length (metres)

j. Riparian buffers

Count
Length (m)

k. Infiltration trenches

Count
Length (metres)

Non-water related, non-linear assets

l. Urban forests

Count
Area (square metres)

m. Green roofs

Count
Area (square metres)

n. Community gardens

Count
Area (square metres)

o. Grasslands

Count
Area (square metres)

p. Living walls or green walls

Count
Area (square metres)

q. Ecological corridors

Count
Area (square metres)

All other linear and non-linear features

r. Other linear – please describe other linear

Count
Length (metres)

s. Other non-linear – please describe other non-linear

Count
Area (square metres)

136. For the following, what percentage was used for the hybrid infrastructure approaches?

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Water-related, non-linear assets

a. Naturalized stormwater ponds

Hybrid percentage

b. Wetlands and restored flood plains

Hybrid percentage

c. Rain gardens

Hybrid percentage

d. Permeable land cover

Hybrid percentage

e. Infiltration basins

Hybrid percentage

f. Floating treatment wetlands or islands

Hybrid percentage

Water-related, linear assets

g. Bioswales

Hybrid percentage

h. Living dykes

Hybrid percentage

i. Vegetated filter strip

Hybrid percentage

j. Riparian buffers

Hybrid percentage

k. Infiltration trenches

Hybrid percentage

Non-water related, non-linear assets

l. Urban forests

Hybrid percentage

m. Green roofs

Hybrid percentage

n. Community gardens

Hybrid percentage

o. Grasslands

Hybrid percentage

p. Living walls or green walls

Hybrid percentage

q. Ecological corridors

Hybrid percentage

All other linear and non-linear features

r. Other linear – please describe other linear

Hybrid percentage

s. Other non-linear – please describe other non-linear

Hybrid percentage

137. Provide the distribution of your organization's natural infrastructure assets inventory count based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Water-related, non-linear assets

a. Naturalized stormwater ponds

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Wetlands and restored flood plains

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Rain gardens

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Permeable land cover

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

e. Infiltration basins

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

f. Floating treatment wetlands or islands

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

Water-related, linear assets

g. Bioswales

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

h. Living dykes

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

i. Vegetated filter strip

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

j. Riparian buffers

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

k. Infiltration trenches

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

Non-water related, non-linear assets

l. Urban forests

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

m. Green roofs

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

n. Community gardens

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

o. Grasslands

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

p. Living walls or green walls

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

q. Ecological corridors

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

All other linear and non-linear features

r. Other linear – please describe other linear

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

s. Other non-linear – please describe other non-linear

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

138. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's natural infrastructure assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

Water-related, non-linear assets

a. Naturalized stormwater ponds

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

b. Wetlands and restored flood plains

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

c. Rain gardens

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

d. Permeable land cover

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

e. Infiltration basins

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

f. Floating treatment wetlands or islands

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Water-related, linear assets

g. Bioswales

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

h. Living dykes

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

i. Vegetated filter strip

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

j. Riparian buffers

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

k. Infiltration trenches

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

Non-water related, non-linear assets

l. Urban forests

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

m. Green roofs

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

n. Community gardens

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

o. Grasslands

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

p. Living walls or green walls

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

q. Ecological corridors

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

All other linear and non-linear features

r. Other linear – please describe other linear

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

s. Other non-linear – please describe other non-linear

Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Do not know

139. As of December 31, 2022, which of the following community services does your organization use natural infrastructure to address?

Select all that apply.
Climate change resilience
Increased access to nature
Improved environmental quality
Enhanced biodiversity
Climate change mitigation
Other – specify the other community service

140. As of December 31, 2022, for which of the following climate hazards is your organization using natural infrastructure to address?

Select all that apply.

Flooding
Coastal erosion
Extreme rainfall or precipitation
Extreme heat
Wildfire
Other – specify the other climate hazards

141. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of natural infrastructure assets owned by your organization?

Water-related, non-linear assets

a. Naturalized stormwater ponds

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

b. Wetlands and restored flood plains

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

c. Rain gardens

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

d. Permeable land cover

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

e. Infiltration basins

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

f. Floating treatment wetlands or islands

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total water-related, non-linear assets

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Water-related, linear assets

g. Bioswales

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

h. Living dykes

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

i. Vegetated filter strip

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

j. Riparian buffers

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

k. Infiltration trenches

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total water-related, linear assets

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Non-water related, non-linear assets

l. Urban forests

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

m. Green roofs

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

n. Community gardens

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

o. Grasslands

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

p. Living walls or green walls

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

q. Ecological corridors

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total non-water related, non-linear assets

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

All other linear and non-linear features

r. Other linear – please describe other linear

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

s. Other non-linear – please describe other non-linear

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total other linear and non-linear features

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

142. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for natural infrastructure assets?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for natural infrastructure updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for natural infrastructure assets?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

143. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for natural infrastructure?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

144. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for natural infrastructure assets?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

145. Do climate change adaptation or mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for natural infrastructure?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

146. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for natural infrastructure?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for natural infrastructure.

Shelters and homeless services

147. What was your organization's final inventory count of shelters and homeless service assets as of December 31, 2022?

Include structures owned by your organization even if operated or managed by other organizations.
Exclude structures operated or managed by your organization but not owned by your organization.
Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.
Report according to the main purpose of the structure (where structures are used for multiple purposes).

Shelters and homeless services

a. Emergency shelters

Count of structures
Count of beds within structures

b. Transitional shelters

Count of structures
Count of beds within structures

c. Domestic violence shelters

Count of structures
Count of beds within structures

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

Count of structures
Count of beds within structures

148. How many private or public sector entities were funded by your organization to operate shelters and homeless service assets as of December 31, 2022?

Include structures owned, operated, or managed by your organization or other organizations (e.g., private-sector or non-governmental organizations) with the funding provided by your organization. Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" if your organization has not provided any funding to organizations (private or public) to operate shelters or homeless services.
Report according to the main purpose of the structure (where structures are used for multiple purposes).

Shelters and homeless service

a. Emergency shelters

Number of organizations received funding
Funding amount (CAN $ 000)

b. Transitional shelters

Number of organizations received funding
Funding amount (CAN $ 000)

c. Domestic violence shelters

Number of organizations received funding
Funding amount (CAN $ 000)

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

Number of organizations received funding
Funding amount (CAN $ 000)

149. Provide the distribution of your organization's shelters and homeless service assets inventory count based on the year of construction completion below.

Provide your best estimate when exact figures are not available.
Report "0" when the organization does not own or lease the asset.

Shelters and homeless service

a. Emergency shelters

1. 2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

b. Transitional shelters

1. 2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

c. Domestic violence shelters

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

2020 to 2022
2010 to 2019
2000 to 2009
1970 to 1999
1940 to 1969
Prior to 1940

150. In 2022, what was the overall physical condition of your organization's shelter and homeless service assets?

Indicate the percent distribution of your assets by using the condition rating scale. This includes items to be decommissioned. Each reporting asset must total to 100%.

a. Emergency shelters

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

b. Transitional shelters

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

c. Domestic violence shelters

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

Very poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Do not know

151. What is the 2022 estimated replacement value, required renewal budget, and actual renewal budget of shelters and homeless service assets owned by your organization?

Shelters and homeless service

a. Emergency shelters

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

b. Transitional shelters

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

c. Domestic violence shelters

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total shelters

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

Total homeless service

Estimated replacement value
Required renewal budget
Actual renewal budget

152. In 2022, did your organization acquire or bring into service any new shelters and homeless service assets for the following categories? For the new assets acquired, please provide the expected useful life.

Indicate the useful life (in years) for new assets acquired or brought into service during the year.

Shelters and homeless service

a. Emergency shelters

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

b. Transitional shelters

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

c. Domestic violence shelters

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

d. Other homeless service not elsewhere classified

Expected Useful Life (in Years)

153. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for shelters and homeless service?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for shelters and homeless services updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for shelters and homeless services?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

154. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for shelters and homeless services?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

155. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for shelters and homeless services?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

156. Do climate change adaptation and mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for shelters and homeless services?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

157. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for shelters and homeless services?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for shelters and homeless services.

Social and affordable housing

158. As of December 31, 2022, what was your organization's final inventory count of public social and affordable housing structures and units?

a. Single detached house

Count of structures
Count of units within structures

b. Semi detached house (Include duplex / triplex housing)

Count of structures
Count of units within structures

c. Row house (i.e., a set of row houses represents one structure)

Count of structures
Count of units within structures

d. Apartment building (fewer than five storeys)

Count of structures
Count of units within structures

e. Apartment building (five or more storeys)

Count of structures
Count of units within structures

159. As of December 31, #{__RefYear}, what percentage of your organization's inventory of public social and affordable housing structures have a barrier-free design?

Include buildings that have a barrier free entrance and path of travel.

a. Single detached house

Percentage of total count of structures

b. Semi-detached house (Include duplex / triplex housing)

Percentage of total count of structures

c. Row house (i.e., a set of row houses represents one structure)

Percentage of total count of structures

d. Apartment building (fewer than 5 storeys)

Percentage of total count of structures

e. Apartment building (five or more storeys)

Percentage of total count of structures

160. Does your organization have a documented asset management plan for public social and affordable housing?

Yes - At what frequency is the asset management plan for public social and affordable housing updated?
Indicate the frequency in years, if applicable.

Number of years

No - When does your organization plan to have a documented asset management plan in place for public social and affordable housing?
Indicate in how many years a plan will be implemented, if applicable.

Number of years

161. What type of asset management information system does your organization use for public social and affordable housing?

Select only one answer.

Type of system:

Custom software
Off-the-shelf software
Spreadsheet
Paper records
Do not know
Other

162. In 2022, what was the maturity level of your organization's asset management planning for public social and affordable housing?

Select only one answer.

Maturity level:

Aware
Developing
Competent
Optimizing
Excellent
Do not know

163. Do climate change adaptation and mitigation factor into your organization's decision-making process for public social and affordable housing?

Select only one answer.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation:

Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Both adaptation and mitigation
Not a factor
Do not know

164. Does accessibility and universal design factor into your organization's decision-making process for public social and affordable housing?

Select only one answer.

Accessibility and universal design:

Accessibility
Universal design
Both accessibility and universal design
Not a factor
Do not know

This completes questions for public, social and affordable housing.

Retail Trade Survey (Monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - August 2023

CVs for total sales by geography-August 2023
Geography	Month
	202308
	%
Canada	0.6
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.7
Prince Edward Island	1.3
Nova Scotia	1.3
New Brunswick	0.9
Quebec	1.2
Ontario	1.0
Manitoba	1.4
Saskatchewan	2.4
Alberta	1.8
British Columbia	1.6
Yukon Territory	8.2
Northwest Territories	2.4
Nunavut	2.3

Figure 1 Derivation of the First official language spoken

Completion of the pilot project on advance release

Following an unauthorized disclosure of the April 2020 Labour Force Survey (LFS) results on May 8, 2020, the advance release of information from that monthly survey and other key economic indicators was suspended until further notice. Following an internal investigation and a thorough review of its policy and procedures, the agency amended its Policy on Official Release and made changes to the procedures to further ensure the protection of sensitive data. For more information, please visit Investigation Report: Monthly Labour Force Survey - Release May 8, 2020.

Following the revisions to the Policy on Official Release introduced in 2021, a phased pilot project was undertaken to ensure the effective implementation of the amended procedures. The first phase of the pilot started in May 2021 for the publication of the April 2021 LFS results. This phase provided Finance Canada and the Privy Council Office advance access to the LFS results. The pilot was expanded in February 2022, with the Bank of Canada being given advance access to data from two economic programs: gross domestic product (GDP), income and expenditure; and GDP by industry. The agreement with the Bank of Canada supports the timely and thorough analysis of data for monetary policy purposes. It ensures that the content of interest rate announcements and other public communications by the Bank of Canada consider the latest GDP figures.

The pilot project, which allowed the agency to assess the implementation of the amended policy, is now completed, and the Policy on Official Release is fully in effect. The provision of advance release information remains subject to strict controls to safeguard this information, as outlined in the Policy on Official Release. New requests for advance access to sensitive datasets will continue to require authorization by the Chief Statistician on the advice of the Clerk of the Privy Council. The security of sensitive data remains of the utmost importance to Statistics Canada.

Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - August 2023

Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - August 2023
Geography	Month
	202208	202209	202210	202211	202212	202301	202302	202303	202304	202305	202306	202307	202308
	percentage
Canada	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3
Newfoundland and Labrador	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4
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	2.5	1.9	2.9	1.8	4.9	4.5	2.0	3.4	2.2	4.4	2.3	2.0	1.8
New Brunswick	3.0	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.4	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.9	0.9
Quebec	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.5	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.7	1.2	1.1
Ontario	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7
Manitoba	1.0	1.5	2.1	1.4	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.8
Saskatchewan	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.1
Alberta	1.4	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3
British Columbia	1.6	1.8	2.6	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.3	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.1
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

Federal Science Expenditures and Personnel (FSEP) 2024/2025 – Activities in the social sciences, humanities and the arts

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This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

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FSEP - Introduction

This introduction is intended to provide an overview of the process of collecting science expenditure data; definitions of and explanatory notes on natural sciences and engineering, social sciences, humanities and the arts, scientific and technological activities, performance sectors, and other terms used are given in subsequent sections.

The collection of science expenditure data is organized by the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Enterprise Statistics (CITES) of Statistics Canada. This exercise was formerly conducted under the aegis of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat but is now solely a Statistics Canada survey.

Collection is undertaken to gather essential data describing the recent, current and proposed state of the federal resources allocated to science. Federal science expenditures data are provided to Industry Canada who in turn use the data in the development of advice to the Assistant Deputy Ministers' Steering Committee on the Management of S&T, their Minister and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, as well as in policy development and in monitoring the implementation of science policies. Statistics Canada maintains historical expenditure series in natural sciences and engineering dating back to 1963 and to 1971 in the social sciences, humanities and the arts. These data are available through the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Enterprise Statistics (CITES) or through special requests.

The basic reporting unit is the budgetary program of a department or agency. Each budgetary program forms the subject of separate scientific expenditure reports for the natural and for the social science activities within it. Both the program and the program activities within it may be scientific in whole or in part only. Only expenditures on the scientific components of a program or its activity are reported. In some programs it will be difficult to distinguish between the natural and social sciences. However, some allocation must be made and in determining this allocation, the dominant orientation of the projects and the area of expertise of the personnel involved must be considered. Detailed definitions are given on the following pages.

On the questionnaires, the identified expenditures are looked at from several different viewpoints and in various subdivisions. Expenditures on research and development (R&D) and related scientific activities (RSA) are subdivided to provide an indication of the "what" of a department's scientific effort. Expenditures in each category of scientific activity are further subdivided into "current" and "capital" segments. Current expenditures are additionally subdivided by sector, to indicate the "where" and "by whom" the activity is performed (e.g., in business enterprise, in higher education).

The human resources allocated to scientific activities are summarized in terms of the involved categories of personnel (scientific and professional, technical, etc.) and the principal focus of their efforts (R&D, RSA and, administration of extramural programs).

When completed, checked for consistency with previous reports, entered into the database and totaled along the various dimensions, these data provide snapshots of the federal resources allocated to science, supporting not only the work of central agencies but also the submissions of departments and agencies requesting resources.

Purpose

This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

Question 1: Expenditures by activity and performer

General

The social sciences, humanities and the arts consist of disciplines involving the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans. Included are such disciplines as arts, economics and business, education, history and archaeology, law, language and linguistics, media and communications, philosophy, ethics and religion, psychology and cognitive sciences, social and economic geography, and sociology.

Expenditures by activity and performer

Scientific and technological (S&T) activities can be defined as all systematic activities which are closely concerned with the generation, advancement, dissemination and application of scientific and technology knowledge in all fields of science and technology, that is the natural sciences and engineering, and the social sciences, humanities and the arts.

The central activity is scientific research and experimental development (R&D). In addition there are a number of activities closely related to R&D, and are termed related scientific activities (RSA). Those identified as being appropriate for the federal government in the social sciences, humanities and the arts are: general purpose data collection, information services, special services and studies and education support.

The performer is equivalent to the sector in which the scientific activity is conducted. The basic distinction is between intramural and extramural performance. Extramural payments are classified on the basis of the performance sectors to which they are made. The appropriate extramural performers are business enterprise, higher education, Canadian non-profit institutions, foreign performers, provincial and municipal governments, and other performers.

I. Performers

lntramural activities include all current expenditures incurred for scientific activities carried out by in-house personnel of units assigned to the program; the related gross fixed capital expenditures (acquisition of land, buildings, machinery and equipment for scientific activities); the administration of scientific activities by program employees; and, the purchase of goods and services to support in-house scientific activities (include royalties or licences for the use of patents and other intellectual property rights, the lease of capital goods (machinery and equipment, etc.) and the rental of buildings to support scientific activities performed by the statistical unit in the reference year).

The intramural expenditures reported for scientific activities are those direct costs, including salaries, associated with scientific programs. The costs should include that portion of a program's contribution to employee benefit plans (e.g., superannuation and compensation) which is applicable to the scientific personnel within the program. The summation of intramural R&D activity is synonymous with the performance of R&D for the entire economy (GERD).

Extramural performers are groups being funded by the federal government sector for S&T activities. In this survey the extramural performers include:

Business enterprise – business and government enterprises including public utilities and government-owned firms. Both financial and non-financial corporations are included. Incorporated consultants or unincorporated individuals providing scientific and engineering services are also included. Industrial research institutes located at Canadian universities are considered to be in the higher education sector.
Higher education – comprises all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status. It also includes teaching hospitals (non-teaching hospitals are in the Canadian non-profit sector) all research institutes, centers, experimental stations and clinics that have their scientific activities under the direct control of, or administered by, or associated with, the higher education establishments.
Canadian non-profit institutions – charitable foundations, voluntary health organizations, scientific and professional societies, non-teaching hospitals (teaching hospitals are in the higher education sector) and other organizations not established to earn profits. Non-profit institutions primarily serving or controlled by another sector should be included in the controlling sector.
Provincial and municipal governments – departments and agencies of these governments as well as provincial research organizations. Government enterprises, such as provincial utilities are included in the business enterprise sector, and non-teaching hospitals in the Canadian non-profit institutions sector.
Foreign performers – all foreign government agencies, foreign companies (including foreign subsidiaries of Canadian firms), international organizations, non-resident foreign nationals and Canadians studying or teaching abroad.

II. Research and experimental development (R&D)

Research and experimental development - comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

R&D activities may be aimed at achieving either specific or general objectives. R&D is always aimed at new findings, based on original concepts (and their interpretation) or hypotheses. It is largely uncertain about its final outcome (or at least about the quantity of time and resources needed to achieve it), it is planned for and budgeted (even when carried out by individuals), and it is aimed at producing results that could be either freely transferred or traded in a marketplace.

For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

To be aimed at new findings (novel);
To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
To lead to results that could be possibly reproduced (transferable/or reproducible).

Examples of R&D:

A review of theories on the factors determining regional disparities in economic growth.
Understanding the fundamental dynamics of spatial interactions.
Comparative evaluations of national education programs aimed at reducing the learning gap experienced by disadvantaged communities.
Research studies analyzing the spatial-temporal patterns in the transmission and diffusion of an infectious disease outbreak.

Both "research" and "development" are often used with different meanings in the government. For example, it is increasingly common to hear that a person is "researching" something (i.e. the person is looking for information about something). Similarly, there are many units with either "research" or "development" or both terms in their titles which are concerned primarily with information gathering, speech writing, and preparation of position papers. These should be excluded from the scientific activity of R&D. On the other hand, a case study on unemployment in a specific region, if applying original techniques in interviewing survey respondents could include such data collection in its R&D effort. From a broad perspective, to the extent that the social sciences are using empirical data, the same guidelines have to be applied as for the natural sciences (although excluding the testing of their results on an experimental basis).

Many social scientists perform work in which they bring the established methodologies and facts of the social sciences to bear upon a particular problem, but which cannot be classified as research. The following are examples of work which might be included in this category and are not R&D: interpretative commentary on the probable economic effects of a change in the tax structure using existing economic data; forecasting future changes in the pattern of the demand for social services within a given area arising from an altered demographic structure; operations research as a contribution to decision-making, e.g. planning the optimal distribution system for a factory; the use of standard techniques in applied psychology to select and classify industrial and military personnel, students, etc., and to test children with reading or other disabilities.

1. In-house R&D – R&D performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include R&D carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.

2. R&D contracts – R&D contracts to an outside institution or individual to fund R&D performed by the institution or individual. The criterion is: would the performer report the R&D contract as in-house (intramural) R&D that is government-funded? If the answer is yes the activity would be an R&D contract. If no, and the funding is to provide goods and services necessary to support the in-house R&D of the federal government it should be reported as In-house R&D.

3. R&D grants and contributions – awards to organizations or individuals for the conduct of R&D and intended to benefit the recipients rather than provide the program with goods, services or information. These funds are normally identical to that portion of the budgetary "grants and contributions" line object of expenditure which is devoted to R&D activities.

4. Research fellowships – awards to individuals for advanced research training and experience. Awards intended primarily to support the education of the recipients should be reported as "education support".

5. Administration of extramural programs – the costs of identifiable units engaged in the administration of contracts and grants and contributions for scientific activities that are to be performed outside the federal government. These expenditures should be broken down by the type of scientific activity supported, i.e. R&D or RSA.

6. Capital expenditures – the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly or continuously in the performance of scientific activities for more than one year. They should be reported in full for the period when they took place, whether acquired or developed in house, and should not be registered as an element of depreciation.

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

Land and buildings
Machinery and equipment
Capitalized computer software
Other intellectual property products

III. Related scientific activities (RSA)

Related scientific activities (RSA) are all systematic activities which are closely concerned with the generation, advancement, dissemination and application of scientific and technological knowledge. The types of related scientific activities for the social sciences, humanities and the arts are described below.

7. In-house RSA – RSA performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include RSA carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.

In-house RSA activities include all current expenditures incurred for scientific activities carried out by in-house personnel of units assigned to the program; the purchase of goods and services to support in-house scientific activities (include royalties or licences for the use of patents and other intellectual property rights, and the rental of buildings to support scientific activities performed by the statistical unit in the reference year). Also include expenses of persons who provide ancillary services such as security, cleaning and maintenance work, finance and administration that are proportional to the RSA being conducted. However, the personnel providing these services are not to be included in the in-house personnel counts (see Section 2. Personnel).

The intramural expenditures reported to RSA are those direct costs, including salaries, associated with scientific programs. The cost should include that portion of a program's contribution to employee benefit plans (e.g., superannuation and compensation) which is applicable to the scientific personnel within the program. Also include the costs of self-employed individuals, consultants and researchers who are working on-site on the departments' RSA projects.

8. RSA contracts – contracts to an outside institution or individual to fund RSA performed by the institution or individual. The criterion is: would the performer report the RSA contract as in-house (intramural) RSA that is government-funded? If the answer is yes the activity would be an RSA contract. If no, and the funding is for the purchase goods and services to support the in-house RSA of the federal government department, it should be reported as In-house RSA (Item 7).

Contracts to other federal government departments should be reported as a transfer of funds in question 3A (i) and 3A (ii) of the questionnaire.

9. RSA grants and contributions – awards to organizations or individuals for the conduct of RSA and intended to benefit the recipients rather than provide the program with goods, services or information. These funds are normally identical to that portion of the budgetary "grants and contributions" line object of expenditure which is devoted to RSA.

In-house RSA, RSA Contracts and RSA grants and contributions can include the following items:

General purpose data collection – the routine gathering, processing, collating and analyzing and publication of information on human phenomena using survey, regular and special investigations and compilations of existing records. It excludes data collected primarily for internal administrative purpose (e.g. departmental personnel statistics) as well as the collection of data as part of an R&D project.
Data collected as part of an existing or proposed research project are charged to research. Similarly, the costs of analyzing existing data as part of a research project are R&D costs, even when the data were originally collected for some other purpose. The institution involved are generally the statistical bureaus of Canadian governments and the statistical sections of departments and agencies. If there are units whose principal activity is R&D, their costs and personnel should be assigned to R&D; specialized libraries with separate budgets should be assigned to information services.
Information services – all work directed to collecting, coding, analyzing, evaluating, recording, classifying, translating and disseminating scientific and technological information as well as museum services. Included are the operations of scientific and technical libraries, S&T consulting and advisory services, the Patent Office, the publication of scientific journals and monographs, and the organizing of scientific conferences. Grants for the publication of scholarly works are also included.
General purpose information services or information services directed primarily towards the general public are excluded, as are general departmental and public libraries. When individual budgets exist, the costs of libraries which belong to institutions otherwise entirely classified to another activity, such as R&D, should be assigned to information services. The costs of printing and distributing reports from another activity, such as R&D, are normally attributed to that activity.
Sub category under Information services:
- Museum services – the collecting, cataloguing and displaying of specimens and representations relating to human history, social organization and creations. The activity involves a systematic attempt to preserve and display the works of human beings and to provide information on their works, history, and nature. The scientific activities of historical museums, archeological displays, and art galleries are included. In all cases the costs of providing entertainment and recreation to visitors should be excluded (e.g. restaurants, children's gardens and museums).
  When a museum also covers aspects of natural history, the museum's operations should be divided between the social and natural sciences. However, museums of science and technology, war, etc., which display synthetic or artificial objects and may also illustrate the operations of certain technologies, should be considered as engaged in museum services in social sciences.
- Special services and studies - systematic investigations carried out in order to provide information needed for planning or policy formulation. Demonstration projects are also included.
  The work is usually carried out by specialized units in some government departments, by consultants, by royal commissions, and by task forces. The activity is similar to R&D since it may require innovative analyses and a high degree of scientific ability. However, such studies are not intended to acquire new knowledge but to provide specific answers to specific problems (generally immediate, localized and perhaps temporary). The day-to-day operations of units concerned with departmental planning, organization or management are not normally included (i.e. administrative records kept by departments of education) but special projects may be relevant.
Sub categories under Special services and studies include:
- Economic and feasibility studies – the investigation of the socio-economic characteristics and implications of specific situations (e.g. a study of the variability of a petrochemical complex in a certain region). Note that feasibility studies on research projects are part of R&D.
- Operations and policy-related studies – covers a range of activities, such as the analysis and assessment of the existing programs, policies and operations of government departments and other institutions; the work of units concerned with the continuing analysis and monitoring of external phenomena (e.g. defence and security analysis); and the work of legislative commissions of inquiry concerned with general government or departmental policy or operations.
  Any activity aimed at providing close support to policy actions, as well as to legislative activity, should be included as a related scientific activity (RSA). This includes policy advice and relations with the media, legal advice, public relations or even technical support for the administrative activity (e.g. accounting).
  Research activities aimed at providing the decision makers with a thorough knowledge of social, economic or natural phenomena have to be included in R&D. These R&D activities are usually performed by skilled personnel - researchers - in small teams of experts and consultants and meet the standard academic criteria for scientific work (in addition to the R&D criteria).
- Education support – grants to individuals or institutions on behalf of individuals which are intended to support the post-secondary education of students in technology and the social sciences. General purpose grants to educational institutions are excluded. The activity includes the support of foreign students in their studies of the social sciences at Canadian or foreign institutions. Grants intended primarily to support the research of individuals at universities are either R&D grants or research fellowships.

10. Administration of extramural programs – the costs of identifiable units engaged in the administration of contracts and grants and contributions for scientific activities that are to be performed outside the federal government. These expenditures should be broken down by the type of scientific activity supported, i.e. R&D or RSA.

11. Capital expenditures – the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly or continuously in the performance of scientific activities for more than one year. They should be reported in full for the period when they took place, whether acquired or developed in house, and should not be registered as an element of depreciation.

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

Land and buildings
Machinery and equipment
Capitalized computer software
Other intellectual property product

Question 2: Personnel

Full-time equivalent (FTE) – the ratio of working hours actually spent on scientific activities during a specific reference period divided by the total number of hours conventionally worked in the same period by an individual or a group. For example, an employee who is engaged in scientific activities for half a year has a full-time equivalence of 0.5. Personnel data reported should be consistent with expenditures data.

Scientific and professional – researchers and professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They require at least one academic degree or a nationally recognized professional qualification, as well as those with equivalent experience.

Technical – technicians and equivalent staff are persons whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in one or more fields of engineering, the physical and life sciences, or the social sciences, humanities and the arts. They perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers.

Other – other supporting staff includes skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in science and technology projects or directly associated with such projects.

Question 2: Personnel by gender

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. Categories include: man, woman, and non-binary person.

Man – this category includes persons whose reported gender is male. It includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) men.

Woman – this category includes persons whose reported gender is female. It includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) women.

Non-binary person – this category includes persons whose reported gender is not exclusively male or female.

Question 3: Sources of funds

Question 3A (i). Transfers for social sciences, humanities and the arts activities

Include payments and recipients for contracts, transfers and joint programs from/to other federal government departments. Please identify the amount and names of the origination and recipient programs.

Question 3A (ii). Sources of funds for total scientific and technological activities

This question identifies the sources of funds for expenditures on scientific activities reported for all three years. It will help to ensure that work funded from outside the department is not overlooked.

Departmental S&T budget – that portion of the total departmental budget which was spent on social sciences, humanities and the arts activities.
Revenues to / from other federal departments – money transferred from this program to another federal department or money transferred into this program from another federal department for activities in the social sciences, humanities and the arts.
Provincial government departments – all funds from the provincial government used for social sciences, humanities and the arts activities. The funds are referred to as payments, contributions, transfers, etc. Also include provincial portions of federal-provincial cost sharing programs performed by the department program.
Business enterprises – all funds from business enterprises used for social sciences, humanities and the arts activities performed by the department.
Other – all funds for social sciences, humanities and the arts activities from sources not specified above.

Question 4: Socio-economic objectives

Intramural and extramural scientific and technological expenditures by socio-economic objective for the reporting year by activity (research and experimental development, related scientific activities, and total).

1. Exploration and exploitation of the Earth
2. Environment
3. Exploration and exploitation of space
4. Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures
5. Energy
6. Industrial production and technology
7. Health
8. Agriculture (include forestry and fisheries)
- 8.1: Agriculture
- 8.2: Fishing
- 8.3: Forestry
9. Education
10. Culture, recreation, religion and mass media
11. Political and social systems, structures and processes
12. Defence

1. Exploration and exploitation of the Earth – scientific activities with objectives related to the exploration of the Earth's crust and mantle, seas, oceans and atmosphere, as well as on their exploitation. It also includes climatic and meteorological research, polar exploration (under various headings, as appropriate) and hydrology. It does not include scientific activities related to soil improvement (objective 4), land use or fishing (objective 8), or pollution (objective 2).

Examples:

General scientific activities
Mineral, oil and natural gas prospecting
Exploration and exploitation of the sea-bed
Earth's crust and mantle excluding sea-bed and studies of soil for agriculture (objective 8)
Hydrology - excludes scientific activities on: water supplied and disposal (objective 4) and water pollution (objective 2)
Sea and oceans
Atmosphere
Other scientific activities on the exploration and exploitation of the earth

Excludes: scientific activities on pollution (objective 2), soil improvement (objective 4), land-use and fishing (objective 8).

2. Environment - covers scientific activities aimed at improving the control of pollution, including the identification and analysis of the sources of pollution and their causes, and all pollutants, including their dispersal in the environment and the effects on humans, species (fauna, flora, micro-organisms) and the biosphere.

The development of monitoring facilities for the measurement of all kinds of pollution is included, as is scientific activities for the elimination and prevention of all forms of pollution in all types of environment.

3. Exploration and exploitation of space – covers all civil space scientific activities relating to the scientific exploration of space, space laboratories, space travel and launch systems. Although civil space scientific activities is not in general concerned with particular objectives, it frequently has a specific goal, such as the advancement of knowledge (e.g. astronomy) or relates to particular applications (e.g. telecommunications satellites or earth observation). This chapter does not include corresponding scientific activities for defence purposes.

4. Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures – Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures - covers scientific activities aimed at infrastructure and land development, including the construction of buildings. More generally, this objective covers all scientific activities relating to the general planning of land use. This includes scientific activities into protection against harmful effects in town and country planning but not research into other types of pollution (objective 2). This objective also includes scientific activities related to transport systems; telecommunication systems; general planning of land use; the construction and planning of buildings; civil engineering; and water supply.

5. Energy – covers scientific activities aimed at improving the production, storage, transportation, distribution and rational use of all forms of energy. It also includes scientific activities on processes designed to increase the efficiency of energy production and distribution, and the study of energy conservation. It does not include scientific activities related to prospecting (objective 1) or scientific activities into vehicle and engine propulsion (objective 6).

Examples:

Fossil fuels and their derivatives
Nuclear fission
Radioactive waste management including decommissioning with regard to fuel/energy
Nuclear fusion
Renewable energy sources
Rational utilization of energy

6. Industrial production and technology – covers scientific activities on the improvement of industrial production and technology. It includes scientific activities on industrial products and their manufacturing processes except where they form an integral part of the pursuit of other objectives (e.g. defence, space, energy, agriculture).

Examples:

Increasing economic efficiency and competitiveness
Manufacturing and processing techniques
Petrochemical and coal by-products
Pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of motor vehicles and other means of transport
Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing
Electronic and related industries
Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus
Manufacture of non-electronic and non-electronical machinery
Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances
Manufacture of food products and beverages
Manufacture of clothing and textiles and leather goods
Recycling

7. Health - covers scientific activities aimed at protecting, promoting and restoring human health broadly interpreted to include health aspects of nutrition and food hygiene. It ranges from preventive medicine, including all aspects of medical and surgical treatment, both for individuals and groups, and the provision of hospital and home care, to social medicine and paediatric and geriatric research.

Examples:

General scientific activities
Medical scientific activities, hospital treatment, surgery
Preventive medicine
Biomedical engineering and medicines
Occupational medicine
Nutrition and food hygiene
Drug abuse and addition
Social medicine
Hospital structure and organization of medical care
Other medical scientific activities

8. Agriculture (include forestry and fisheries) – covers all scientific activities on the promotion of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and foodstuff production, or further knowledge on chemical fertilizers, biocides, biological pest control and the mechanization of agriculture, as well as concerning the impact of agricultural and forestry activities on the environment. Also covers scientific activities on improving food productivity and technology.

8.1 Agriculture – covers scientific activities on animal products, veterinary medicine, crops, food technology and other scientific activities on agricultural production and technology.

8.2 Fishing – covers scientific activities on fishing, salting, drying, and initial freezing of products (but not on preparation and canning (objective 6)), scientific activities on fish-farming, exploration of new fishing grounds, exploration and development of new and unconventional sources of seafood.

8.3 Forestry – covers scientific activities into the ecological and economic aspects of forestry and timber production.

9. Education – covers scientific activities aimed at supporting general or special education, including training, pedagogy, didactics, and targeted methods for specially gifted persons or those with learning disabilities. Applied to all levels of education as well as to subsidiary services to education.

10. Culture, recreation, religion and mass media – covers scientific activities aimed at improving the understanding of social phenomena related to culture activities, religion and leisure activities so as to define their impact on life in society, as well as to racial and cultural integration and on socio-cultural changes in these areas. The concept of "culture" covers sociology of science, religion, art, sport and leisure, and also comprises inter alia R&D on the media, the mastery of language and social integration, libraries, archives and external cultural policy.

11. Political and social system, structures and processes – covers scientific activities aimed at improving the understanding and supporting the political structure of society, public administration issues and economic policy, regional studies and multi-level governance, social change, social processes and social conflicts, the development of social security and social assistance systems, and the social aspects of the organization of work.

12. Defence – covers scientific activities for military purposes. It also includes basic research and nuclear and space research financed by the Department of National defence. Civil scientific activities financed by ministries of defence, for example, in the fields of meteorology, telecommunications and health, should be classified in the relevant objectives.

Question 5: Expenditures and personnel by region

Scientific and technological expenditures and personnel of federal organizations for the reference year, including current and capital expenditures for intramural R&D and RSA and by scientific and professional and total personnel for R&D and RSA.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec (excluding NRC - Quebec)
National Capital Region (NCR) - Quebec
Ontario (excluding NRC - Ontario)
National Capital Region (NCR) - Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Canada Total

Federal Science Expenditures and Personnel (FSEP) 2024/2025 – Activities in the natural sciences and engineering

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This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

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

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

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For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Industry Canada.

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FSEP - Introduction

Purpose

This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

Question 1: Expenditures by activity and performer

General

The natural sciences and engineering consist of disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring, developing or utilizing the natural world. Included are the engineering and technology, mathematical, computer and information sciences, physical sciences, medical and health sciences, and agricultural sciences, veterinary sciences and forestry.

Expenditures by activity and performer

The central activity is scientific research and experimental development (R&D). In addition there are a number of activities closely related to R&D, and are termed related scientific activities (RSA). Those identified as being appropriate for the federal government in the natural sciences are: scientific data collection, information services, special services and studies and education support.

The performer is equivalent to the sector in which the scientific activity is conducted. The basic distinction is between intramural and extramural performance. Extramural payments are classified on the basis of the performance sectors to which they are made. The appropriate extramural performers are business enterprise, higher education, Canadian non-profit institutions, provincial and municipal government, and foreign performers.

I. Performers

Extramural performers are groups being funded by the federal government sector for S&T activities. In this survey the extramural performers include:

Business enterprise – business and government enterprises including public utilities and government-owned firms. Both financial and non-financial corporations are included. Incorporated consultants or unincorporated individuals providing scientific and engineering services are also included. Industrial research institutes located at Canadian universities are considered to be in the higher education sector.
Higher education – comprises all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status. It also includes teaching hospitals (non-teaching hospitals are in the Canadian non-profit sector) all research institutes, centers, experimental stations and clinics that have their scientific activities under the direct control of, or administered by, or associated with, the higher education establishments.
Canadian non-profit institutions – charitable foundations, voluntary health organizations, scientific and professional societies, non-teaching hospitals (teaching hospitals are in the higher education sector) and other organizations not established to earn profits. Non-profit institutions primarily serving or controlled by another sector should be included in the controlling sector.
Provincial and municipal governments – departments and agencies of these governments as well as provincial research organizations. Government enterprises, such as provincial utilities are included in the business enterprise sector, and non-teaching hospitals in the Canadian non-profit institutions sector.
Foreign performers – all foreign government agencies, foreign companies (including foreign subsidiaries of Canadian firms), international organizations, non-resident foreign nationals and Canadians studying or teaching abroad.

II. Research and experimental development (R&D)

For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

To be aimed at new findings (novel);
To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
To lead to results that could be possibly reproduced (transferable/or reproducible).

Examples of R&D:

A special investigation of a particular mortality in order to establish the side effects of certain cancer treatment is R&D.
The investigation of new methods of measuring temperature is R&D, as is the study and development of new models for weather prediction.
Investigation on the genetics of the species of plants in a forest in an attempt to understand natural controls for disease or pest resistance.
The development of new application software and substantial improvements to operating systems and application programs.

R&D is generally carried out by specialized R&D units. However, an R&D project may also involve the use of non R&D facilities (e.g., testing grounds), the purchase or construction of specialized equipment and materials, and the assistance of other units. Costs of such items, attributable to the project, are to be considered R&D costs.

R&D may also be carried out by units normally engaged in other functions (e.g. a marine survey ship used for hydrological research, a geological survey team may be directed to work in a certain area in order to provide data for a geophysical research project). Such effort is part of an R&D project and, again, so far as is practical, the costs should be assigned to R&D expenditures.

On the other hand, R&D units may also be engaged in non R&D activities such as technical advisory services, testing, and construction of special equipment for other units. So far as is practical, the effort devoted to such operations should be included in the related scientific activities (RSA).

1. In-house R&D – R&D performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include R&D carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

Land and buildings
Machinery and equipment
Capitalized computer software
Other intellectual property products

III. Related scientific activities (RSA)

Related scientific activities (RSA) are all systematic activities which are closely concerned with the generation, advancement, dissemination and application of scientific and technological knowledge. The types of related scientific activities for the natural sciences and engineering are described below.

7. In-house RSA – RSA performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include RSA carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.

Contracts to other federal government departments should be reported as a transfer of funds in question 3A (i) and 3A (ii) of the questionnaire.

In-house RSA, RSA Contracts and RSA grants and contributions can include the following items:

Scientific data collection – the gathering, processing, collating and analyzing of data on natural phenomena. These data are normally the results of surveys, routine laboratory analyses or compilations of operating records.
Data collected as part of an existing or proposed research project are charged to research. Similarly, the costs of analyzing existing data as part of a research project are R&D costs, even when the data were originally collected for some other purpose. The development of new techniques for data collection is also to be considered a research activity. Examples of RSA scientific data collection are: routine geological, hydrographic, oceanographic and topographic surveys; routine astronomical observations; maintenance of meteorological records; and wildlife and fisheries surveys.
Information services – all work directed to collecting, coding, analyzing, evaluating, recording, classifying, translating and disseminating scientific and technological information as well as museum services. Included are the operations of scientific and technical libraries, S&T consulting and advisory services, the Patent Office, the publication of scientific journals and monographs, and the organizing of scientific conferences. Grants for the publication of scholarly works are also included.
General purpose information services or information services directed primarily towards the general public are excluded, as are general departmental and public libraries. When individual budgets exist, the costs of libraries which belong to institutions otherwise entirely classified to another activity, such as R&D, should be assigned to information services. The costs of printing and distributing reports from another activity, such as R&D, are normally attributed to that activity.
Sub category under Information services:
- Museum services – the collecting, cataloguing and displaying of specimens of the natural world or of representations of natural phenomena. The activity involves a systematic attempt to preserve and display items from the natural world; in some ways it could be considered an extension of information services. The scientific activities of natural history museums, zoological and botanical gardens, aquaria, planetaria and nature reserves are included. Parks which are not primarily restricted reserves for certain fauna or flora are excluded. In all cases the costs of providing entertainment and recreation to visitors should be excluded (e.g. restaurants, children's gardens and museums).
  When a museum also covers not only natural history but also aspects of human cultural activities, the museum's resources should be appropriated between the natural and social sciences. However, museums of science and technology, war, etc., which display synthetic or artificial objects and may also illustrate the operations of certain technologies, should be considered as engaged in museum services in social sciences.
- Special services and studies – work directed towards the establishment of national and provincial standards for materials, devices, products and processes; the calibration of secondary standards; non-routine quality testing; feasibility studies and demonstration projects.
Sub categories under Special services and studies include:
- Testing and standardization – concerns the maintenance of national standards, the calibration of secondary standards and the non-routine testing and analysis of materials, components, products, processes, soils, atmosphere, etc. These activities are related scientific activities (RSA). The development of new measures for standards, or of new methods of measuring or testing, is R&D. Exclude routine testing such as monitoring radioactivity levels or soil tests before construction.
- Feasibility studies – technical investigations of proposed engineering projects to provide additional information required to reach decisions on implementation. Besides feasibility studies, the related activity of demonstration projects are to be included. Demonstration projects involve the operation of scaled-up versions of a facility or process, or data on factors such as costs, operational characteristics, market demand and public acceptance. Projects called "demonstration projects" but which conform to the definition of R&D should be considered R&D. Once a facility or process is operated primarily to provide a service or to gain revenue, rather than as a demonstration, it should no longer be included with feasibility studies. In all demonstration projects, only the net costs should be considered.
- Education support – grants to individuals or institutions on behalf of individuals which are intended to support the post-secondary education of students in technology and the natural sciences. General operating or capital grants are excluded. The activity includes the support of foreign students in their studies of the natural sciences at Canadian or foreign institutions. Grants intended primarily to support the research of individuals at universities are either R&D grants or research fellowships.
  Awards intended primarily to support the education of the recipients should be reported as "education support".

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

Land and buildings
Machinery and equipment
Capitalized computer software
Other intellectual property products

Question 2: Personnel

Question 2: Personnel by gender

Man – this category includes persons whose reported gender is male. It includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) men.

Woman – this category includes persons whose reported gender is female. It includes cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) women.

Non-binary person – this category includes persons whose reported gender is not exclusively male or female.

Question 3: Sources of funds

Question 3A (i). Transfers for natural sciences and engineering activities

Question 3A (ii). Sources of funds for total scientific and technological activities

Departmental S&T budget – that portion of the total departmental budget which was spent on natural science and engineering activities.
Revenues to / from other federal departments – money transferred from this program to another federal department or money transferred into this program from another federal department for activities in the natural sciences and engineering.
Provincial government departments – all funds from the provincial government used for natural science and engineering activities. The funds are referred to as payments, contributions, transfers, etc. Also include provincial portions of federal-provincial cost sharing programs performed by the department program.
Business enterprises – all funds from business enterprises used for natural science and engineering activities performed by the department.
Other – all funds for natural sciences and engineering activities from other sources not specified above.

Question 4: Socio-economic objectives

1. Exploration and exploitation of the Earth
2. Environment
3. Exploration and exploitation of space
4. Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures
5. Energy
6. Industrial production and technology
7. Health
8. Agriculture (include forestry and fisheries)
- 8.1: Agriculture
- 8.2: Fishing
- 8.3: Forestry
9. Education
10. Culture, recreation, religion and mass media
11. Political and social systems, structures and processes
12. Defence

Examples:

General scientific activities
Mineral, oil and natural gas prospecting
Exploration and exploitation of the sea-bed
Earth's crust and mantle excluding sea-bed and studies of soil for agriculture (objective 8)
Hydrology - excludes scientific activities on: water supplied and disposal (objective 4) and water pollution (objective 2)
Sea and oceans
Atmosphere
Other scientific activities on the exploration and exploitation of the earth

Excludes: scientific activities on pollution (objective 2), soil improvement (objective 4), land-use and fishing (objective 8).

Examples:

Fossil fuels and their derivatives
Nuclear fission
Radioactive waste management including decommissioning with regard to fuel/energy
Nuclear fusion
Renewable energy sources
Rational utilization of energy

Examples:

Increasing economic efficiency and competitiveness
Manufacturing and processing techniques
Petrochemical and coal by-products
Pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of motor vehicles and other means of transport
Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing
Electronic and related industries
Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus
Manufacture of non-electronic and non-electronical machinery
Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances
Manufacture of food products and beverages
Manufacture of clothing and textiles and leather goods
Recycling

Examples:

General scientific activities
Medical scientific activities, hospital treatment, surgery
Preventive medicine
Biomedical engineering and medicines
Occupational medicine
Nutrition and food hygiene
Drug abuse and addition
Social medicine
Hospital structure and organization of medical care
Other medical scientific activities

8.1 Agriculture – covers scientific activities on animal products, veterinary medicine, crops, food technology and other scientific activities on agricultural production and technology.

8.3 Forestry – covers scientific activities into the ecological and economic aspects of forestry and timber production.

Question 5: Expenditures and personnel by region

Regions include:

Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec (excluding NRC - Quebec)
National Capital Region (NCR) - Quebec
Ontario (excluding NRC - Ontario)
National Capital Region (NCR) - Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Canada Total

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Canadian Statistics Advisory Council 2023 Annual Report - The Way Forward: Addressing Challenges Facing the National Statistical System

Release date: November 9, 2023

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Table of contents

Message from the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council
Executive Summary
Recommendations
1. Engagement and knowledge
2. Data flows
3. Final word
Endnotes

Message from the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council

The national statistical system^{Footnote 1} is essential for helping Canadians keep pace with a rapidly changing society. Modernizing statistical methods and technologies makes it possible to produce relevant statistical information, which is critical for enabling Canadians to make informed decisions, lead innovation and address the country's most pressing problems. Canadians need credible and trusted data, especially within the current context of misinformation and disinformation.

Governments must have access to high-quality data to design and deliver effective public services to meet Canada's most critical needs, such as affordable housing and access to health care, as well as respond to rising costs and the environmental and economic effects of climate change.

In difficult times, data become even more crucial for understanding and tackling important issues. The cost of programs and decisions based on poor or incomplete data can be enormous. The country's data ecosystem and statistical programs are essential, core infrastructure that should not be nickel-and-dimed or subject to budget cuts. Rather, there must be greater investment in developing a cohesive national data system that is critical to supporting economic recovery and ensuring Canada's prosperity and well-being.

Developing and using statistical data today require the latest technologies, such as cloud computing, generative artificial intelligence and sensors. A wide range of new data science and analytical skills are also necessary. At the same time, there must be an openness to dialogue on the importance and use of data and a commitment to shared data standards.

This year's report from the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council examines emerging data practices that are shaping the statistical system, as well as the opportunities and barriers associated with new data sources. This focus builds on the Council's previous reports, which looked at the importance of having timely, consistent, and disaggregated data; the need for new types of partnerships and data coordination; and principles for developing a national statistical system to address critical data needs.

Meeting data needs and expectations can be challenging. The Council has been advocating for public and private organizations to work with Statistics Canada in coordinating and standardizing measures and data flows. The private sector has an important role to play as part of Canada's national statistical system, because governments alone cannot meet the growing information needs of Canadians.

We are grateful to Statistics Canada, the Chief Statistician of Canada (who is an ex officio member of the Council) and his excellent team for responding to our requests for information with both written and oral presentations. We offer particular thanks to Sam Ndayishimye and Gaëlle Miollan of the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council Secretariat for their advice and assistance. We are also grateful for the work of Dr. Céline Le Bourdais and her insights as a member of the Council these past few years.

We would like to thank Anil Arora for his exceptional service as Chief Statistician. Over the course of his mandate, Anil has ushered in critical modernization and transformation that have helped ensure the agency's central role in the national statistical system and continue to be a world leader among statistical agencies. It is important that his successor carry on the work of modernization to ensure that Statistics Canada and the national statistical system keep adapting to changing data needs and technologies. This includes working with partners from all sectors, inside and outside of government, in developing critical statistical infrastructure and data flows. The new Chief Statistician will also need to foster meaningful dialogue with Canadians on why good data matter and to maintain the trust that their data will be protected.

Signed:
The Canadian Statistics Advisory Council

Dr. Howard Ramos, Chairperson
Annette Hester
Dr. Benoit Dostie
David Chaundy
Jan Kestle

Executive summary

Engagement and knowledge

Statistics Canada has a vital role to play in promoting and teaching data literacy and analytical skills. This includes raising awareness of why official statistics matter and how they are being collected, stored and used. It also includes helping Canadians and policy makers understand the implications of new technologies and how they shape statistical information.

The agency has made important investments in cloud technologies, data analytics and real-time remote access to its data holdings. Its methodologists and analysts are expanding their expertise to work with new types of data, such as satellite imagery, scanner data and environment samples. Modern methods and data sources must then be blended with time-tested methods and data in a statistically rigorous fashion. This requires a new way of thinking about how different forms of data relate to each other and how they contribute to a more complete understanding of societal issues.

Statistical organizations have an important role to play in helping Canadians appreciate the groundbreaking implications of artificial intelligence on data. Improper use of artificial intelligence can lead to misunderstandings of issues around data, their need, and their development and an erosion of trust and disengagement of citizens. Canadians benefit from Statistics Canada being a leader in the country and internationally, chairing groups that identify and address common challenges encountered when incorporating machine learning in production processes.

Data flows

Today's society needs new types of data, with greater frequency and granularity, to address issues of top concern. Almost every sector is asking for good, timely data.

Leading-edge methods and technology can transform and integrate digital forms of information into valuable data. New public and private data are already being drawn upon in areas such as prices, transportation, housing, labour, agriculture, the environment, tourism and economic development. When data are shared across jurisdictions, and across sectors, the ability to plan and evaluate the benefits of programs increases dramatically. This is not possible without ongoing investments by the federal government and other sectors to enable and maintain state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure and develop the skills of employees.

Statistics Canada has moved from primarily delivering data to also playing more of a stewardship role for data literacy, standards and methods, data sharing, and the coordination of data flows. The 2023–2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service lays out Statistics Canada's stewardship role in enabling data discovery, integration and reuse; developing an evergreen list of standards; transforming data into insights through data hubs; and promoting training in data literacy and analytical skills. This can only be truly successful if data requirements and funding are explicitly included upfront when planning federal government programs.

A key element of national data strategies is the different perspectives that come from bringing organizations together. This has been exemplified through successful partnerships with government departments and Indigenous communities.

Recommendations

Engagement and knowledge

Recommendation 1:
Engage Canadians and policy makers in a modern national statistical system

Data literacy, new technologies and analytical capacity should be valued and developed among the general data user community, as well as public and private organizations. Sound statistical data are needed for Canadians and businesses to make informed decisions.

The Chief Statistician of Canada should

invest further in data literacy to enable Canadians and policy makers to assess and use new types of statistical data
promote informed public dialogue about the role of data in a digital economy and their importance for effective decision making.

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry should

ensure that data literacy and analytic workshops and training that promote upskilling, such as that offered by Statistics Canada, are mandatory for public sector program managers and analysts.

Recommendation 2:
Invest in data science and analytical skills

Developing and using statistical data today require new data science skills, including data visualisation, data coordination, data interpretation and analysis. Definitions of data, metadata and data systems are in flux as new generations of Canadians view and use information differently.

The Chief Statistician of Canada should continue to

invest in training Statistics Canada staff to foster data science skills for developing and using new methods and data sources
engage with partners in the effective and appropriate use of artificial intelligence for collecting and interpreting data and for monitoring the impact of programs.

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry should

ensure that data science competencies and job descriptions within federal departments are developed in consultation with Statistics Canada.

Data flows

Recommendation 3:
Develop innovative data flows

There should be greater investment by the federal government and other sectors in implementing and maintaining state-of-the-art platforms, software and communications technologies to enable and coordinate the timely collection of important data across jurisdictions to build a truly national data infrastructure.

The Chief Statistician of Canada should continue to

develop state-of-the-art platforms, software and communications technologies to ensure that Statistics Canada remains a leader in modern statistical data development.

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry should

work with the Treasury Board Secretariat to develop new mechanisms and sources of funding to support modernization that keeps pace with new technologies to ensure that Statistics Canada and other arms of government are not left behind
ensure that new Government of Canada programs and federal agreements with partners have a data needs assessment for planning, delivering and evaluating programs that considers costs of data coordination, skills training and sustainable infrastructure
ensure that any new data privacy and protection legislation and policies allow for the adoption of emerging data practices, while continuing to recognize the authority of Statistics Canada to collect data and coordinate data flows.

Recommendation 4:
Recognize the role of data stewardship

Statistics Canada has an important role to play in establishing data standards and methodologies, sharing data, and coordinating data flows. Statistical standards and methods are the foundation for coherent, high-quality national statistics.

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry should

recognize and support Statistics Canada as a key data steward in establishing and leading partnerships for developing and coordinating statistical data flows at the federal level and in setting data and methodology standards nationwide
ensure that new leadership at Statistics Canada continues to have a deep appreciation of the national statistical system, fosters meaningful dialogue with Canadians on why good data matter, maintains the trust that their data will be protected, and develops with partners from all sectors the statistical infrastructure and data flows so critical to addressing Canada's most pressing issues.

1. Engagement and knowledge

1.1 Engage Canadians and policy makers in a modern national statistical system

Canadians are proud of their statistical system. Time and time again, they participate in and use data from Statistics Canada's programs. They fiercely advocated to maintain the census in 2011, and 98% responded to the 2021 Census.^{Footnote 2} People rely on the census to update the socioeconomic portrait of the country and to provide planners with local information needed to build schools, roads and hospitals. In addition, Canadians have embraced the agency's use of modern technology and methods, with 84% of households responding online to the most recent census. Statistics Canada is also giving many Canadians the option to complete the monthly Labour Force Survey online—two-thirds of respondents do so.

Canadians also contribute indirectly to the national statistical system with data they provide through administrative programs. Vital statistics and immigration and taxation data have long been used by Statistics Canada to produce population estimates and replace census and household survey questions.

At the same time, Statistics Canada is wrestling with lower response rates for its voluntary surveys. Its household surveys are becoming less viable as a sole method of collection, partly because of the difficulty of reaching Canadians at home and because of a saturation of requests for other surveys. The agency is not alone—statistical agencies around the world, as well as private research and analytics firms, are facing this challenge. As Statistics Canada looks to data from other sources, including administrative data, it is important that the agency communicate how these data are collected and used.

Business surveys are also experiencing problems, with companies overburdened by completing survey questionnaires. Statistics Canada's modernization efforts have included working with the business community to facilitate transfers of existing company records instead of filling out surveys and to develop alternate sources of data.

Promote informed public dialogue on the role of data

Through A Data Story^{Footnote 3} events held across the country, the Chief Statistician gives data presentations on key social and economic issues including housing, public safety and immigration. Helping people learn about how their government uses data to improve their lives is an important part of engaging Canadians. Statistics Canada has a responsibility to promote this dialogue through social media and its various web portals. Data providers and analytics firms also need to echo the message.

People are inundated daily with information. It can be a challenge to distinguish reliable data from all the figures and "facts" they see and hear. This can result in misinformation and misunderstandings about issues of importance to Canadians. Cases in point are the confusion around the cause and transmission of the COVID-19 virus during its early days and the extent of foreign home ownership.

Conflicting information from multiple sources can lead people to question the integrity of all information. Canadians need to be reassured that the data they provide to Statistics Canada benefit them and society, and that they will remain protected. The measures the agency takes to respect the privacy of Canadians and ensure the confidentiality of their information while implementing new technologies are world-leading.

Enhance data literacy

Data literacy and analytical skills should be valued within the public and private sectors, as well as within the general data user community.

Statistics Canada has a vital role to play in promoting and teaching these skills. The agency has developed a broad data literacy program to meet the diverse needs of data users. The data literacy training program is comprehensive and tailored to different levels of expertise. It also promotes public awareness of why official statistics matter and how they are being collected, stored and used.

The agency actively works with schools, communities and organizations to increase practical data literacy and numeracy skills that can be used in people's daily lives. Specialized workshops provide more technical courses for data scientists and analysts.

Statistics Canada reaches out to policy makers and businesses, to help them understand how technology and modernization are changing opportunities to collect, access and interpret data. The training leads to a better appreciation of the value of analysis when data from different perspectives are brought together. It also helps discern good data from questionable data.

However, many managers and analysts within the government lack knowledge and understanding of the role of data when planning programs, including the statistical infrastructure needed today to collect and house information. These public servants would benefit from data literacy and analytical skills training and workshops, such as those offered by Statistics Canada. The agency is presently expanding its program to meet specific needs of government departments, and many public servants have already participated in pilot courses and workshops. Given the important role of data in federal programs, the Council feels that this training should be mandatory for all federal program managers and analysts. As well, the training should be in person to promote dialogue on data sharing and data flows.

Program managers and analysts could also benefit from courses given in the private sector, such as Readying Infrastructure and Data for a Digital Public Sector, offered by INFONEX,^{Footnote 4} a firm providing conferences and training to professionals in the public and private sectors.

1.2 Explain the concepts of value proposition and risk management

The terms "value proposition" and "risk management" are used to describe the rigorous process to responsibly collect and use statistical information. These are not concepts that come to mind easily for most Canadians, though they may intuitively appreciate their underlying principles.

The value of statistical information generally increases with the level of in-depth and cross-cutting detail captured. Risk management weighs the value of obtaining this level of detail against the privacy incursion and considers the participant, the data collector and the data user.

Value proposition and risk management are the basis of Statistics Canada's programs and are also part of recent regulations in the European Union.^{Footnote 5} While the need to collect personal information for the public good has always existed, the scope has intensified, driven by the societal need to better understand complex issues. For example, assessing quality of life requires considering cross-cutting social, economic and environmental dimensions; each taken in isolation leads to an incomplete picture.

Communicating value proposition and risk management

Statistics Canada's expertise in protecting the privacy of personal information is well recognized and sought internationally. However, if this is not effectively communicated to Canadians, there is a lost opportunity to establish and strengthen bonds of trust between them and Statistics Canada.

The Council (in its 2020 CSAC report) and others have encouraged Statistics Canada to be more transparent on matters of privacy and confidentiality. This is essential to maintaining public trust. The agency must thus communicate the concepts of value proposition and risk management in more user-friendly language, including its methods and practices for collecting, using and storing data.

Statistics Canada's Trust Centre presents much of this information. However, the portal is not accessed much by citizens, who provide the agency with much of its data. The portal needs to be part of a multi-faceted communications program that includes promoting data literacy and engaging the public in dialogue through social media and other venues. The agency's podcast episodes that go behind the data and its Reddit "Ask Me Anything" sessions for the Consumer Price Index are good examples of how this can be achieved, but more needs to be done.

Proposed changes to Canada's data protection laws

In last year's CSAC report, the Council examined the government's proposed changes to Canada's data protection laws. The Council welcomes these proposed revisions which enable responsible data innovation in a digital and global economy. The Council again emphasizes that the legislation must endorse the role of data in securing the country's future. The legislation must also promote the need for the government to consider upfront the value proposition of data collection and use. It cannot erode Statistics Canada's ability to fulfill its mandate and meet the needs of Canadians.

The Council remains concerned about the lack of clarity in the proposed revisions to data protection laws around de-identified and anonymized data. Statistics Canada's contribution to regulations on de-identification is very important.

1.3 Invest in data science and analytical skills

Developing and using new forms of data require different skills and practices. Data scientists are using advanced analytics technologies, including machine learning and predictive modelling, to support the identification of trends, scrape data from unstructured web sources and solve problems. These technologies are employed by consulting firms, information companies, universities, banks, and information technology departments in the public and private sectors.

For statistical institutions like Statistics Canada, this requires a new way of thinking about how different forms of data relate to each other and how they contribute to a more complete understanding of societal issues. Methodologists and analysts need to continue to upskill and be trained to work with new types of data, such as satellite imagery, scanner data and environment samples. These modern methods and data sources must then be blended with time-tested methods and data in a statistically rigorous fashion.

As part of the federal data strategy, data science competencies and job descriptions within federal departments should be developed in consultation with Statistics Canada. This would lead to more coherence as programs develop their data needs assessment.

Statistics Canada has made important investments in cloud technologies, data analytics as a service and real-time remote access to its data holdings by government researchers. Virtual data labs and new approaches, such as crowdsourcing, web panels and flash estimates, are paying dividends in addressing many data gaps. They are also connecting challenging public policy questions with data expertise and analytics.

Opportunities are lost when these skills are not engaged or are underused. For example, Statistics Canada has experts in data visualisation with a focus primarily on communication. Yet data visualisation is a powerful tool for all aspects of data development, including exploration, collection, integration and analysis.

Exchanges between organizations can be a good way to share knowledge and experiences. For example, Statistics Canada initiated the Data Science Fellowship Program to build a strong data science capacity in the federal government by placing qualified data science experts in various government departments. Cross-sectoral and interdepartmental partnerships are also being created by sharing leading-edge best practices in data analytics platforms, business intelligence, data management and big data. Statistics Canada has also established a partnership on machine learning with Mila, a Montréal-based academic research centre, with a community of over 1,000 researchers

Artificial intelligence

Statistical organizations need to consider the groundbreaking implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on the data they produce and on their operations. Improper use of AI can lead to an erosion of trust and disengagement of citizens.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has recognized that machine learning holds great potential for statistical organizations.^{Footnote 6} Its High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS) has explored how statistics can be produced more efficiently by automating certain processes or helping staff to carry them out. AI also allows statistical organizations to use new types of data, such as data from social media and imagery.

On the international front, Statistics Canada does not take a back seat. It plays leadership roles in the HLG-MOS and the big data and data science expert groups that are identifying and addressing common challenges encountered when incorporating machine learning into the production processes of organizations. The UNECE framework on the responsible use of AI for statistical purposes draws upon the experience of Statistics Canada.

Within Canada, the agency leads the AI and Data Governance Standardization Collaborative, an initiative created by the Standards Council of Canada that brings together industry, government, Indigenous organizations, civil society, academic and research bodies, pan-Canadian organizations, and standards development organizations.

Machine learning and AI have been used at Statistics Canada for classifying products based on scanned descriptions, interpreting satellite images used in predicting crop yields, and identifying and estimating the size of greenhouses. This has reduced response burden for farmers and eliminated some agriculture surveys.

AI has also allowed Statistics Canada to improve the Consumer Price Index, a key measure of inflation, by incorporating retail scanner data and real-time website information. Point-of-sale data, or transaction data, are the highest-quality price data available, as they track actual prices paid by Canadians at the checkout counter.

The agency should consider other untapped applications of AI. For example, AI could offer more timely and consistent data vetting practices in Research Data Centres, allowing staff in the centres to focus on reviewing the more complex results.

2. Data flows

2.1 Innovate to address data gaps

Today's society needs new types of data with greater frequency and granularity to address issues of top concern. For example, there is a lack of timely data to assess the devastating impacts of climate change on small and rural communities and to support sustainable adaptation options. This requires linking satellite data, temperature sensor data, trends in weather and sociodemographic data. Accessing privately held data, such as sensor data, can be particularly challenging.

Almost every sector is asking for high-quality, timely data. Canadians are concerned with increases in the cost of food, housing and energy. Governments and businesses need information to deal with changes in consumer and work habits. Of particular concern are important data gaps within the environment, cross-border trade, competitiveness, intellectual property and banking sectors. This includes data from financial institutions and data from commercial entities that are held by governments. The utility of these data diminishes significantly if they cannot be accessed.
There is a demand by public and non-government researchers for access to more detailed industry and commercial data. As Statistics Canada continues to modernize, it should look to methods and practices that would permit greater granularity of these data.

There is also a strong demand for data to support the development of healthy ecosystems; preserve natural capital; and support policies and legislation in key economic sectors, including industry and agriculture. In response, Statistics Canada recently developed the Census of Environment. The Council feels that this new program, with its complex data system, is ambitious and would benefit from further examination of how the agency can best contribute to the national environment data ecosystem. This includes building relationships with new types of partners that will provide different perspectives on what is needed. This also entails building on existing foundational datasets to address important data gaps that would benefit from consistent funding.

The research community, echoed by the Council in its CSAC 2020 report, has long advocated for remote access to Statistics Canada microdata. The successful pilot project providing remote access to government researchers is a step in the right direction. Progress on developing a virtual Research Data Centre accessible to all Canadian researchers is much slower. Creating a sustainable, secure non-government network requires new partnerships, funding and cloud computing approaches and should be pursued in a timely manner.

2.2 Develop new data flows across jurisdictions

Data stewardship

A vast amount of data within the national statistical system are developed and maintained by various governments and Indigenous, local and private organizations.

The federal government should further recognize and support Statistics Canada as a key national data steward in establishing and leading partnerships for developing and coordinating statistical data flows at the federal level and in setting data and methodology standards nationwide.

Statistics Canada has moved from primarily delivering data to also providing more services on data literacy, standards and methods, data sharing, and the coordination of data flows. Statistics Canada is well placed to do so, as it has in-depth knowledge of social, economic and environmental issues and can advise on data development in support of community and policy decisions.

New public and private data are being analysed in areas such as prices, transportation, housing, labour, agriculture, the environment, tourism and economic development. This includes the creation of data hubs that facilitate data access and sharing of data and ideas, and that foster communities of engagement. While these initiatives show great promise, many are in preliminary stages. It is important that these partnerships continue to be supported, as much more work remains to be done.

The Council feels that as the agency experiences a leadership transition, it is paramount that the new Chief Statistician have the skills and commitment to keep pace with innovation and change in the data ecosystem and promote the dialogue and relationships that are essential to fostering collaboration.

Federal data flows

In its Budget 2022, the federal government recognized the benefits of departments collaborating on data methods and skills training. It followed up with the 2023–2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service, which lays out the stewardship role of Statistics Canada. This includes enabling data discovery, integration and reuse; developing an evergreen list of standards; transforming data into insights through data hubs; and promoting training in data literacy and analytical skills.

This is most welcome, as many groups within departments have traditionally worked in silos, resulting in inefficiencies, higher costs and lost opportunities. Their projects with Statistics Canada are often too narrow in scope and rely on funding that is subject to departmental budget cuts. In these circumstances, it becomes very difficult to plan and implement holistic national statistical programs. For example, inconsistent and siloed federal funding has affected the agency's ability to create time series for detailed energy production and consumption by province that match national statistics published by the International Energy Agency.

Through implementation of their Disaggregated Data Action Plan, Statistics Canada continues to make progress in addressing certain information gaps. More detailed data are now available on the lived experiences of diverse populations which support decision-making to address racism, inequalities, and other systemic barriers.

In a fiscally constrained environment, there is a need to prioritize data needs. The Council has previously advocated (see CSAC 2022 report) that holistic statistical data requirements and funding be explicitly included in the planning for all federal government programs. While departments are responsible for developing the data they need, they should do so in concert with other departments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

There should be greater investment by the federal government and other sectors in providing data science skills training and in implementing and maintaining state-of-the-art platforms, software and communications technologies. Done appropriately, this will lead to program efficiencies and reduced costs. At the same time, this modernization comes with ongoing costs of unstructured data processing, data storage and systems maintenance that must be planned and resourced.

Promising practices

The Housing Statistics Portal, for example, is key to addressing the country's housing and affordability crises. Developed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in partnership with Statistics Canada, this data hub relies exclusively on administrative data collected from private and public data sources. In particular, it is filling in data gaps related to residential property ownership in Canada.

The new BERDI tool by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is transforming access to information collected for environmental and socioeconomic assessments of pipelines and powerlines Much of the information had not been easily accessible to the public, journalists and researchers. BERDI makes data for 20 years of assessments easy to find, understand and study. In a separate project on Indigenous data sovereignty, the CER digitized and identified 50 years of oral participation from First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations and communities, including testimonies from Elders and Knowledge Keepers. This was done with each of the groups to increase access, control and ownership of transcripts and audio files.

Other good initiatives include Statistics Canada's Linkable Open Data Environment, a set of open databases providing metadata on buildings, health care facilities, educational facilities, recreational and sport facilities, cultural and art facilities, and greenhouses; the Quality of Life Hub, where the agency brings together information for key indicators on the well-being of people in Canada; data on temporary foreign workers employed in the agriculture and food processing sectors, based on tax data and other alternative data sources, addressing a long-standing data gap;^{Footnote 7} and the agency's AgZero initiative, using alternative data and advanced technologies to reduce response burden on farmers.

Provincial and territorial data flows

Canadians increasingly live and work across jurisdictions, calling for a truly national system that allows for comparisons from coast to coast to coast. In its previous CSAC reports, the Council highlighted barriers to collecting data across jurisdictions, such as a lack of timely, nationally consistent and disaggregated data.

With significant demands for new types of data on biodiversity, clean technology, sustainable agriculture and reduction in plastic waste, there needs to be more sharing and integration of energy and environmental data from provincial and territorial governments, environmental NGOs, academic researchers, and the private sector.

When data are shared across jurisdictions, the ability to plan and evaluate the benefits of programs increases dramatically. Integrating data at the provincial and territorial level has added complexity when jurisdictions become siloed, and legislation and policies create barriers to data sharing. As detailed in previous reports, it has been next to impossible to develop national comparative data for some critical areas.

Promising practices

The Council was encouraged by the 2023 Canada Health Transfer agreements, which included support for improving data flows and developing national indicators on health care and health care workers. Canadians demand a health care system that addresses issues such as availability of health practitioners and wait times. This can only be assessed through coordinated data across jurisdictions. Provinces and territories are also developing online applications to help health practitioners and patients more easily navigate the health care system and access medical information. The Council sees this as a promising set of initiatives with huge potential if this information can be coordinated across jurisdictions.

The geospatial Community Fire Risk Reduction Dashboard is a pilot project between Statistics Canada and the Office of the Fire Commissioner for the province of British Columbia. It visually shows the level of neighbourhood fire risk using data from the census and the National Fire Information Database. Many users have recognized the value of this dashboard. Statistics Canada is now working with the Office of the Fire Marshal in Ontario to create a similar dashboard.

Municipal and private sector data flows

Statistics Canada is a world leader in partnering with municipalities and the private sector to expand and enrich the quality of their combined information.

The Council has observed more collaboration among government and the data and analytics industry. Private sector firms are mining data from a wide variety of passive sources, such as data from device sensors connected with systems over the Internet. This work can add rich insight to data gaps identified by the government.

Mining phone movement data is an area of significant investment by private sector data firms all over the world. Statistics Canada's innovation teams are partnering with reliable researchers in the private sector to ensure that this innovative work involves methods that ensure privacy, accuracy, governance and transparency.

Despite some irresponsible companies that give data producers in the private sector a bad name, many companies not only comply with data governance rules but also make high-quality statistical information available.

Promising practices

Statistics Canada works with consumer credit reporting agencies—for example, Equifax and TransUnion—that offer services such as credit monitoring and fraud prevention based on data they obtain from financial institutions. When the data are integrated with demographic data and other sources of payment history they become important for the public good. These companies offer data that could help small businesses access capital and provide credit records for groups with limited financial tracking, such as immigrants, Indigenous people and youth.

As part of an ongoing partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Statistics Canada has created the Centre for Municipal and Local Data. This portal integrates municipal census data with statistics on housing, health and crime, and an experimental dashboard containing municipal financial and socioeconomic data.

Canada's business landscape is at a critical juncture, with the economy adjusting to higher interest rates and an economic slowdown or possible recession. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce's collaborative initiative to harness existing data and build the Business Data Lab represents a good practice. Working with Statistics Canada and benefiting from federal funding, it brings together data from a variety of sources to track evolving market conditions. This provides governments, business associations and entrepreneurs with critical information to help them make better decisions, improve their performance and capitalize on business growth opportunities.

Statistics Canada has benefited from sharing innovative research and development with private sector analytics firms such as Environics Analytics. Regular exchanges between these two organizations have identified data gaps from the business community and paths for collaboration between Statistics Canada and businesses. Their work together includes assessing the feasibility of using phone movement data and other administrative data to produce more timely estimates of tourism patterns. Exploring these movement data has also led to a better understanding of back-to-work patterns related to the COVID-19 pandemic and of retail or main street recovery in different markets.

Indigenous data flows

A key element of national data strategies is the different perspectives that come from bringing together data users and potential data providers. This has been exemplified through successful partnerships with government departments and Indigenous communities.

These programs are successful with in-person meetings and an engagement based on a culture of awareness and respect that embraces the traditional wisdom of Indigenous councils and community members. They are models of mutual and ongoing respect that should be considered and adopted by other sectors.

The challenges encountered reflect those of other such initiatives: the government's ownership of the intellectual property co-developed with Indigenous peoples and the lack of resources to conduct these studies on location. There is also a lack of ongoing resources from many partners to build and maintain dynamic data portals.

Promising practices

A notable collaborative project was recently undertaken in the Northwest Territories to better understand climate change and its effects on communities. Co-led by the Geological Survey of Canada (Natural Resources Canada) and Carleton University, the project brought together First Nations, Métis and Inuit organizations; industry; national and international universities; the Government of Northwest Territories; and federal departments. The work entailed developing new geoscience tools for assessing environmental impacts in the Slave Geological Province, with a focus on areas around Yellowknife and Courageous Lake. Over the course of the project, there was a meeting of traditional and Western knowledges. The components based on traditional knowledge were led by Indigenous partners.

Canada is at risk from major earthquakes, particularly in British Columbia, but also in Ontario and Quebec. Natural Resources Canada's Earthquake Early Warning program is another model project to be officially launched next year. In British Columbia, many of the people at risk are on Indigenous territory. From the start of the project, there has been mutual engagement between Natural Resources Canada, the British Columbia government, Coastal First Nations (CFN) and the Council of the Haida Nation on the project's purpose, scope and benefit to communities. This includes funding through a grants and contributions program and installation of "extended network" stations in CFN communities, along with the development of technical capacity in those communities.

2.3 Ensure that statistical standards form the basis of data sharing and analysis

Statistical standards and methods are the foundation for coherent, high-quality national statistics, which need to continually adapt to the changing technical landscape. The role of national standards needs to be resonated widely and loudly, particularly in an era of misinformation and disinformation.

Statistics Canada has been working with the federal government to ensure that standards reflect a modern statistical environment. The agency is working closely with the Standards Council of Canada on the AI and Data Governance Standardization Collaborative. Statistics Canada is also co-leading, with the Treasury Board Secretariat, the renewed federal public service data strategy.

The standards Statistics Canada uses to produce information on major facets of Canadian society and the economy are also available to users to organize and classify their own data holdings. This facilitates the access, sharing and linking of data. A lack of statistical standards has data quality implications, including for the ability to adequately measure emerging trends and to compare data nationally and across regions.

Dealing with variations in concepts and definitions has long challenged survey data analysts. For example, studies of newcomers to Canada can be based on the concepts of landed immigrant status, foreign-born, non-permanent residency, visitor status, temporary visa holder status, place of birth, population group (visible minority), and ethnic or ancestral origin. Each can lead to different interpretations of ethnocultural diversity, affecting analysis and comparisons of results from different sources.

As the racialized population in Canada grows and as the country welcomes an unprecedented number of newcomers, the term "visible minority" used in Employment Equity legislation needs to be modernized to reflect how Canadians understand race.

3. Final word

Canada's national statistical system is built on mutual relations and the sharing of information and expertise. It must be a key component of public and private sector data strategies to support economic recovery and to ensure Canada's prosperity and well-being. Modernization efforts over the last few years need to continue and even expand to tackle new data needs. To achieve this, future leaders of Statistics Canada must continue to have strong data science and analytical skills, as well as stewardship, to build relations and promote data flows. The cost of programs based on poor or incomplete data can be enormous. Even in fiscally difficult times, priority has to be given to developing critical statistical infrastructure and data flows with partners from all sectors.

Endnotes

Footnote 1

The Canadian national statistical system is the group of public and private organizations within the country that collect, process and disseminate statistics for the benefit of its citizens. Providers of official statistics include Statistics Canada, the central bank, provincial and territorial statistical offices, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Stakeholders include researchers and training institutes; data producers; and data users from the public, Indigenous, non-governmental and private sectors. Presently, organizations in both the public and private sectors are driving the use of digital information, as well as generating new data at unprecedented rates.

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2021 Census of Population collection response rates, Statistics Canada

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Statistics Canada, A Data Story

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INFONEX Professional Development

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European Union Data Governance Act and Data Act.

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UNECE

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Number of employees in the agriculture sector, 2021

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