Service characteristics

1. As of February 17, 2026, please select whether there was regular ongoing child care services provided at this location for each of the following age groups: 

Regular ongoing child care services include full-time, part-time, before and after school, overnight, and weekend services provided on a fixed or flexible schedule and drop-in child care.
If this organization is providing child care services at more than one address, please respond for this location only. 
If this organization is a school, please report for the activities taking place at the child care service only.
Select all that apply.

• Children aged 5 or younger
• Children aged 6 to 12 years old
  Or
• None of the above

Flow Condition: If "None of the above" is selected in Q1, exit survey. Otherwise go to Q2.

2. As of February 17, 2026, what type of child care services did this location provide? 

• Home-based
  e.g. , family child care, child care services provided in a private residence
• Centre-based
  e.g. ,child care services provided in a facility that is not a private residence
  • On February 17, 2026, was this centre part of a multi-site child care program?
    i.e., this child care organization provides child care services at more than one address
    • Yes 
    • No

3. In what year was your home child care service or this centre first established?

Year your home child care service or this centre was first established:
OR 
Don’t know

Flow Condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q3. Otherwise go to Q5.

4. Is this centre licensed to provide child care services by either the provincial or territorial or local government?

• Yes
  • In what year was it first licensed?
    Year:
• No
• Don't know

Flow Condition: If "Home-based" was selected in Q2, go to Q5. Otherwise go to Q6.

5. To which of the following categories does this home child care service belong?

• Licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly
  e.g., licensed by the province or territory, city or municipality
  • In what year was it licensed?
    Year:
• Approved or registered by a child care agency, association or coordinating office
  • In what year was it approved or registered?
    Year:
• Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office
  • Has this home child care service previously been licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government or approved or registered by a child care agency?
    • Yes
    • No

Flow Condition: If "Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office" was selected in Q5, go to Q6. Otherwise go to Q7.

6. For which of the following reasons is this home child care service unlicensed?

Select all that apply.

• This home is in the process of becoming licensed
• To maintain control this business
• There is no benefit to me becoming licensed
• This home does not meet all the requirements 
• There are too many requirements
• Do not plan on providing care for long enough to make it worthwhile
• Did not know about the licensing system
• The costs associated with meeting the licensing requirements are too high
• It is not necessary to obtain licensing for this business
• Other reasons
  • Specify other reasons:

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" was selected in Q2, go to Q7. Otherwise go to Q10.

7. On February 17, 2026, was this centre operated directly by a government agency?

e.g., school board or district, municipality, regional district or public health authority

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

8. On February 17, 2026, was this centre operated by a First Nations, Métis or Inuit organization or association?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Flow condition: If “No” was selected in Q7 and Q8, go to Q9. Otherwise go to Q10.

9. On February 17, 2026, what was the status of this centre?

• Non-profit
  i.e., organized and operated exclusively for a purpose other than profit
  Include charities.
  • Has this centre ever operated as a for-profit organization?    
    • Yes 
    • No
    • Don’t know
• For-profit
  i.e., privately owned and operated
  • Has this centre ever operated as a non-profit organization?
    • Yes 
    • No
    • Don’t know
• Other status
  • Specify the other status:

10. On February 17, 2026, what types of care options did your home child care service or this centre offer?

Select all that apply.

• Full-time
  Child care offered for 6 hours or more per day and at least 5 days per week.
• Part-time
  Child care offered for either 6 hours or more per day and less than 5 days per week or for less than 6 hours per day, for any number of days per week.
• Before school
• After school
• Weekends
• Evenings
  Child care offered after 6 PM.
• Overnight
• Drop-in
• Flexible
  Additional or alternative days of child care offered upon request for non regular full-time children.

11. On February 17, 2026, what languages were regularly spoken while providing child care with children or parents in your home child care service or this centre?

Include only languages that services are provided in.
Select all that apply.

• English
• French
• Chinese
• Punjabi
• Indigenous languages
• Other languages
  • Specify the other languages spoken:

Operating days

12. In January 2026, what were the usual days of operation of your home child care service or this centre? 

Usual days of operation are the days during which your home child care service or this centre is open to provide care for children.

Select all that apply.

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

Operating hours

Display condition: Only days of the week that were selected in Q12 are shown in Q13.

13. In January 2026, what were the operating hours of your home child care service or this centre during its usual days of operation?

Operating hours are the hours during which your home child care service or this centre is open to provide care for children.

• Monday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Tuesday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Wednesday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Thursday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Friday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Saturday
  • Start time
  • End time
• Sunday
  • Start time
  • End time

Maximum capacity

14. On February 17, 2026, what was the overall maximum capacity of your home child care service or this centre?

Maximum capacity refers to the maximum number of children to which child care services can be provided to at one time during your home child care service's or this centre's operating hours.

Report the maximum capacity or maximum number of children allowed at this child care location, considering the number of caregivers and the ages of the children enrolled. This would typically be indicated on the child care licence or permit for this child care location. 

Maximum capacity in number of children:

15. On February 17, 2026, was your home child care service or this centre operating at its maximum capacity?

Refers to capacity occupied by children who were scheduled to attend on this day, even if they were absent.

• Yes
• No
  • On February 17, 2026, how many more children would your home child care service or this centre have been allowed to provide care to?
    • Number of children:

16. Compared to February 18, 2025, has there been a change in the maximum capacity of your home child care service or this centre?

Maximum capacity refers to the maximum number of children to which child care services can be provided to at one time during your home child care service's or this centre's operating hours.

• Yes, there has been an increase in maximum capacity
• Yes, there has been a decrease in maximum capacity
• No change

Enrollment

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q17. Otherwise, go to Q19.

17. On February 17, 2026, how many children were enrolled at this centre?

Include children 12 years and younger, including those enrolled full-time, part-time, before school only, after school only or both before and after school.

Full-time refers to children enrolled to attend this centre for 6 hours or more per day, at least 5 days per week. Part-time refers to children enrolled to attend this centre for either 6 hours or more per day and less than 5 days per week or for less than 6 hours per day, for any number of days per week.

Total number of children enrolled:

Total number of children enrolled may exceed the maximum capacity of this centre.

Display condition: Based on the province or territory the home or centre was located in, the age groups for that province or territory were displayed.

18. On February 17, 2026, how many children were enrolled at this centre on a full-time and part-time basis by age group?

Provide the number of children enrolled full-time and part-time separately by age group. Age groups provided are defined by provincial or territorial licensing age ranges or by child care agencies, associations or coordinating offices.

Count each child once according to the age group to which the child was assigned to meet provincial or territorial maximum group size regulations.

Full-time refers to children enrolled to attend this centre for 6 hours or more per day, at least 5 days per week. Part-time refers to children enrolled to attend this centre for either 6 hours or more per day and less than 5 days per week or for less than 6 hours per day, for any number of days per week.

Enter "0" if there is no value to report.

Newfoundland and Labrador:

• a. Infants – aged less than 24 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 3 years
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Pre-school age children – children aged 2 years, 9 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who do not attend pre-kindergarten nor school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Pre-kindergarten age children – children aged 3 years, 8 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who attend pre-kindergarten
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. School age children – children aged 4 years, 8 months to 13 years who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Prince Edward Island:

• a. Children aged less than 22 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Children aged 22 months to 3 years
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Children aged 3 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. School age children – children aged 3 years or more who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Nova Scotia:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 36 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschoolers – children aged 3 years or older who do not attend school nor a pre-primary program
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Pre-primary children – children who attend a pre-primary program
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. School-age children – children 12 and under who attend school above pre-primary level
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

New Brunswick:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 2 years
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Preschool children, aged 2 years old
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years old – Children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Preschool children, aged 4 years or older – Children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Quebec:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 4 years who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Children aged 4 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Ontario:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool age children – children aged 30 months to less than 6 years who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Kindergarten age children – children aged 44 months to less than 7 years who attend kindergarten
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. Primary / Junior grade school age children – children aged 68 months to 12 years who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Manitoba:

• a. Infants, aged 12 weeks to less than 12 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 24 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool age children, aged 2 years old
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Preschool age children, aged 3 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. Preschool age children, aged 4 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• f. Preschool age children, aged 5 years and older – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• g. School age children - children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Saskatchewan:

• a. Infants – children aged 6 weeks to less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool children – children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Alberta:

• a. Infants, aged less than 12 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 19 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Children aged 19 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Pre-school children, aged 3 years to less than 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. Pre-school children, aged 4 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• f. Kindergarten children and school-aged children – children aged 4 years or more who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

British Columbia:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool children - Children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. School age children – Children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Yukon:

• a. Infants - children less than 18 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Preschool children, aged 18 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Northwest Territories:

• a. Infants, aged less than 13 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Infants, aged 13 months to less than 25 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Preschool child, aged 25 months to less than 36 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Preschool children, aged 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. Preschool children, aged 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• f. Preschool children, aged 5 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Nunavut:

• a. Children aged 0 to 12 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• b. Children aged 13 to 24 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• c. Children aged 25 to 35 months
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• d. Children aged 3 years
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• e. Children aged 4 years who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• f. Children aged 5 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time
• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of children enrolled full-time
  • Number of children enrolled part-time

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q19. Otherwise, go to Q20.

19. On February 17, 2026, how many children were enrolled at this home child care service by age group?

If applicable, include your own children or children living in your household who count toward the maximum number of children allowed at this child care service.

Children attending school includes children regardless of age, in full or part-day schooling external to the child care service, enrolled to attend this home service either 6 hours or more per day and less than 5 days per week or for less than 6 hours per day, for any number of days per week.

Enter "0" if there is no value to report. Total number of children enrolled may exceed the maximum capacity of this home child care service.

• a. Children aged 5 and younger not attending school
  • Number of children enrolled
• b. Children attending school
  Include children regardless of age in full day or part day schooling.
  • Number of children enrolled

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, and did not report any infant enrollment in Q18, go to Q20. Otherwise, go to Q21.

20. Does this centre accept infants for enrollment?

• Yes
• No

21. On February 17, 2026, did your home child care service or this centre have a list of children waiting to be enrolled?

• Yes
• No

Flow condition: If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q22. Otherwise, go to Q23.
Display condition: Based on the province or territory the centre was located in, the age groups for which the centre reported enrollment were displayed.

22. On February 17, 2026, how many rooms and employees were allocated to children enrolled at this centre by age group?

Rooms with mixed age groups should be assigned to the age group that contains most of the children in that room. For example, if a room contains 4 toddlers and 6 pre-school aged children, allocate the room to the pre-school aged group. For rooms that contain an equal number of children in more than one age group, assign the rooms to the youngest age group. For example, if a room contain 4 toddlers and 4 pre-school aged children, allocate the room to the toddler age group. 

Newfoundland and Labrador:

• a. Infants – aged less than 24 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 3 years
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Pre-school age children – children aged 2 years, 9 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who do not attend pre-kindergarten nor school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Pre-kindergarten age children – children aged 3 years, 8 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who attend pre-kindergarten
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. School age children – children aged 4 years, 8 months to 13 years who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Prince Edward Island:

• a. Children aged less than 22 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Children aged 22 months to 3 years
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Children aged 3 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. School age children – children aged 3 years or more who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Nova Scotia:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 36 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschoolers – children aged 3 years or older who do not attend school nor a pre-primary program
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Pre-primary children – children who attend a pre-primary program
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. School-age children – children 12 and under who attend school above pre-primary level
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

New Brunswick:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 2 years
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Preschool children, aged 2 years old
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years old – Children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Preschool children, aged 4 years or older – Children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Quebec:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 4 years who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Children aged 4 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Ontario:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool age children – children aged 30 months to less than 6 years who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Kindergarten age children – children aged 44 months to less than 7 years who attend kindergarten
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. Primary / Junior grade school age children – children aged 68 months to 12 years who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Manitoba:

• a. Infants, aged 12 weeks to less than 12 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 24 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool age children, aged 2 years old
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Preschool age children, aged 3 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. Preschool age children, aged 4 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• f. Preschool age children, aged 5 years and older – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• g. School age children - children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Saskatchewan:

• a. Infants – children aged 6 weeks to less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool children – children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Alberta:

• a. Infants, aged less than 12 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 19 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Children aged 19 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Pre-school children, aged 3 years to less than 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. Pre-school children, aged 4 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• f. Kindergarten children and school-aged children – children aged 4 years or more who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

British Columbia:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool children - Children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. School age children – Children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Yukon:

• a. Infants - children less than 18 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Preschool children, aged 18 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Northwest Territories:

• a. Infants, aged less than 13 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Infants, aged 13 months to less than 25 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Preschool child, aged 25 months to less than 36 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Preschool children, aged 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. Preschool children, aged 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• f. Preschool children, aged 5 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Nunavut:

• a. Children aged 0 to 12 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• b. Children aged 13 to 24 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• c. Children aged 25 to 35 months
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• d. Children aged 3 years
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• e. Children aged 4 years who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• f. Children aged 5 years or more who do not attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care
• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Number of rooms allocated
  • Number of employees providing direct care

Fees

Flow condition: If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to next condition. Otherwise, go to Q24. 
If infant age groups were not reported in Q18 and school age groups were reported in Q18, go to Q24.
Display condition: Based on the province or territory the centre was located in, the age groups for which the centre reported enrollment were displayed.

23. On February 17, 2026, what were the full-time fees collected from parents per child by age group?

Age groups provided are those defined in provincial or territorial child care regulations.

Full-time refers to children enrolled to attend this centre for 6 hours or more per day, at least 5 days per week.

Newfoundland and Labrador:

• a. Infants – aged less than 24 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 3 years
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Pre-school age children – children aged 2 years, 9 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who do not attend pre-kindergarten nor school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Prince Edward Island:

• a. Children aged less than 22 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Children aged 22 months to 3 years
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Children aged 3 years or more who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Nova Scotia:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 36 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschoolers – children aged 3 years or older who do not attend school nor a pre-primary program
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

New Brunswick:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 2 years
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Preschool children, aged 2 years old
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years old – Children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• d. Preschool children, aged 4 years or older – Children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Quebec:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 4 years who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Children aged 4 years or more who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Ontario:

• a. Infants – children aged less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool age children – children aged 30 months to less than 6 years who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Manitoba:

• a. Infants, aged 12 weeks to less than 12 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 24 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool age children, aged 2 years old
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• d. Preschool age children, aged 3 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• e. Preschool age children, aged 4 years old – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• f. Preschool age children, aged 5 years and older – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Saskatchewan:

• a. Infants – children aged 6 weeks to less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Toddlers – children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool children – children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Alberta:

• a. Infants, aged less than 12 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Infants, aged 12 months to less than 19 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Children aged 19 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• d. Pre-school children, aged 3 years to less than 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• e. Pre-school children, aged 4 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

British Columbia:

• a. Children aged less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Children aged 18 months to less than 30 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool children - Children aged 30 months or more who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Yukon:

• a. Infants - children less than 18 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Preschool children, aged 18 months to less than 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool children, aged 3 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Northwest Territories:

• a. Infants, aged less than 13 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Infants, aged 13 months to less than 25 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Preschool child, aged 25 months to less than 36 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• d. Preschool children, aged 3 years – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• e. Preschool children, aged 4 years – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• f. Preschool children, aged 5 years or more – children who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Nunavut:

• a. Children aged 0 to 12 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• b. Children aged 13 to 24 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• c. Children aged 25 to 35 months
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• d. Children aged 3 years
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• e. Children aged 4 years who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 
• f. Children aged 5 years or more who do not attend school
  • Full-time fee per child
  • Frequency 

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2 and "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" is reported in Q19, or "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" and "Children attending school" are 0 in Q19, or "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" and "Children attending school" are nonresponse in Q19, or "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" is nonresponse and "Children attending school" is 0 in Q19, go to Q24. Otherwise, go to Q25.

24. On February 17, 2026, what was the full-time fee collected from parents for children aged 5 and younger that were not attending school?

Full-time refers to children enrolled to attend this home child care for 6 hours or more per day, at least 5 days per week.

If there are multiple fees, indicate the most frequently charged.

• a. Children aged 5 and younger not attending school
  • Full-time fee per child 
  • Frequency 

Flow condition: If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to next condition. Otherwise, go to Q26. If infant age groups were not reported in Q18 and school age groups were reported in Q18, go to Q26. 
Display condition: Based on the province or territory the centre was located in, the age groups for which the centre reported enrollment were displayed

25. On February 17, 2026, what were the fees collected from parents per child by age group? 

Age groups are those defined by provincial or territorial child care regulations.

Newfoundland and Labrador:

• d. Pre-kindergarten age children – children aged 3 years, 8 months to less than 5 years, 9 months who attend pre-kindergarten
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency
• e. School age children – children aged 4 years, 8 months to 13 years who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Prince Edward Island:

• d. School age children – children aged 3 years or more who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Nova Scotia:

• d. Pre-primary children – children who attend a pre-primary program
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency
• e. School-age children – children 12 and under who attend school above pre-primary level
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

New Brunswick:

• e. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Quebec:

• d. Children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Ontario:

• d. Kindergarten age children – children aged 44 months to less than 7 years who attend kindergarten
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency
• e. Primary / Junior grade school age children – children aged 68 months to 12 years who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Manitoba:

• g. School age children - children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Saskatchewan:

• d. School-age children – children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Alberta:

• f. Kindergarten children and school-aged children – children aged 4 years or more who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

British Columbia:

• d. School age children – Children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Yukon:

• d. School age children – children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Northwest Territories:

• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Nunavut:

• g. School age children – children who attend school
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2 and "Children attending school" is reported in Q19, or "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" and "Children attending school" are 0 in Q19, or "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" and "Children attending school" are nonresponse in Q19 or, "Children aged 5 and younger not attending school" is 0 and "Children attending school" is nonresponse in Q19, go to Q26. Otherwise, go to Q27.

26. On February 17, 2026, what was the fee collected from parents for school-aged children at your home child care service? 

If there are multiple fees, indicate the most frequently charged.

• a. Children attending school
  Include children regardless of age in full day or part day schooling.
  • Fee collected per child 
  • Frequency

27. On February 17, 2026, did your home child care service or this centre charge parents for other goods or services in addition to those covered by the set daily fee?    

Include transportation, late pick up, supplies, food, diapers, activity fee and field trips.

• Yes
  • Which of the following goods or services did your home child care service or this centre charge parents for?
    Select all that apply.
    • Transportation
    • Late pick up
    • Supplies
    • Food
    • Diapers
    • Activity fee
      Include field trips.
    • Registration, administration, or cancellation fee
    • Other
      • Specify other: 
• No
• Don't know

Flow condition: If province is Quebec, go to Q29. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Home-based” is selected in Q2 and “Approved or registered by a child care agency, association or coordinating office” or “Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office” is select in Q5, go to Q28. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Centre-based” is select in Q2, go to Q28. Otherwise go to Q29.

Subsidies

28. Did any of the children enrolled at you home child care service or this centre on February 17, 2026 receive a subsidy to cover all or part of the usual parent fee?

Include costs that parents received full or partial direct coverage for.
Exclude the Canada Child Benefit, the Child Care Expense Deduction, and other child care tax credits.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

Workforce characteristics

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q29. Otherwise go to Q30.

29. On the last pay period of January 2026 how many paid employees did this centre have in the following categories?

Include paid employees at this location who work on-site, as well as casual workers, supply staff, on call employees, paid students and employees that work full-time or part-time. Exclude volunteers and any unpaid employees or students.

Supervisory staff includes directors, managers, or supervisors regardless of whether they provided direct care to children or not.

Full-time employees include employees that work 30 hours or more per week.

Part-time employees include employees that work less than 30 hours per week.

• a. Supervisory staff
  Include directors, managers, or supervisors.
  • Full-time employees
  • Part-time employees
  • Casual, on call, or supply staff
• b. Non-supervisory staff providing direct care to children
  • Full-time employees
  • Part-time employees
  • Casual, on call, or supply staff
• Total
  • Full-time employees
  • Part-time employees
  • Casual, on call, or supply staff

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q30. Otherwise go to Q31.

30. On February 17, 2026, did this home child care service have any paid employees providing direct care to children other than the owner or operator?

Include full-time, part-time, casual, on-call and supply staff providing direct care to children.
Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any paid employees that did not directly provide care to children such as cooks, cleaners or accountants.

• Yes
  • On February 17, 2026, how many paid employees providing direct care to children did this home child care service have?
    • Full-time employees providing direct care to children:
      Include employees that work 30 hours or more per week.
    • Part-time employees providing direct care to children:
      Include employees that work less than 30 hours per week.
    • Casual, on-call, or supply staff:
• No

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q31. Otherwise go to Q32.

31. Provide the number of employees this centre had based on their highest level of formal Early Childhood Education (ECE)-related training as of February 17, 2026.

Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any support staff e.g., cooks, cleaners, accountants. 

Supervisory staff includes directors, managers, or supervisors regardless of whether they provided direct care to children or not. Include both full-time and part-time supervisory staff under supervisory staff only.

• a. No ECE-related training
  • Supervisory staff
  • Full-time staff providing direct care to children
  • Part-time staff providing direct care to children
• b. ECE course or workshop less than 1 year
  • Supervisory staff
  • Full-time staff providing direct care to children
  • Part-time staff providing direct care to children
• c. ECE 1, 2 or 3 year certificate or diploma from a post-secondary institution
  • Supervisory staff
  • Full-time staff providing direct care to children
  • Part-time staff providing direct care to children
• d. ECE 4 year degree or graduate training
  • Supervisory staff
  • Full-time staff providing direct care to children
  • Part-time staff providing direct care to children
• Total
  • Supervisory staff
  • Full-time staff providing direct care to children
  • Part-time staff providing direct care to children

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q32. Otherwise go to Q33.

32. As of February 17, 2026, what was the highest level of formal Early Childhood Education (ECE)-related training of the owner or operator of this home child care service?

Include highest level of formal ECE-related training as of February 17, 2026.

• Family child care-specific workshop
• ECE courses or workshops lasting less than 1 year or its equivalent 
• ECE 1 year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 2 year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 3 year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 3 year university degree or its equivalent
• ECE 4 year university degree or its equivalent
• ECE 4 graduate studies or its equivalent
• Other ECE training or programs
  Specify other ECE training or programs:
• No ECE-related training

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2 and "Yes" or "nonresponse" in Q30, go to Q33. Otherwise go to Q34.

33. Provide the number of paid employees this home child care service had with formal Early Childhood Education (ECE)-related training as of February 17, 2026.

Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any paid employees that did not directly provide care to children such as cooks, cleaners or accountants.

Number of paid employees with formal ECE-related training: 

Flow condition: If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q34. Otherwise go to Q36.

34. On February 17, 2026, did this centre have permission from licensing authorities to operate, for a specified period, with fewer Early Childhood Education (ECE)-qualified staff than required?
Include ECE-qualified staff and staff with equivalent training.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

35. Over the last year, did any paid employees providing direct care to children increase their Early Childhood Education (ECE) levels while employed at this centre?

An increase in ECE levels refers to a new certificate or diploma.
Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any support staff such as cooks, cleaners and accountants.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

36. Over the last year, did any employees at this centre or did you or your employees or did you participate in any of the following child care-related professional development training, conferences, workshops or courses?

Include both in-house and external non-mandatory staff development training, conferences, workshops and courses. 

Select all that apply.

• Child health and personal care
• Incorporating Indigenous or culturally relevant ways of knowing and learning
• Communicating effectively with parents
• Child development
  e.g. , socio-emotional, motor, cognitive
• Working with children with disabilities
• Working with children with diverse backgrounds
• Facilitating play
• Facilitating learning in literacy and numeracy
• Facilitating learning in arts
• Curriculum implementation
• Pedagogical approaches or learning theories
• Trauma informed practices
• Autism spectrum disorder support training
• 2SLGBTQI+ support training
• Emergency preparedness training
• First aid training
• Other
  • Specify other:
• OR
• None of the above

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q37. Otherwise go to Q38.

37. On the last pay period of January 2026, what was the minimum, maximum and most frequently paid hourly rate of employees at this centre?

Include all top-ups or wage enhancements on top of the hourly rate.

Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any support staff e.g. , cooks, cleaners, accountants.

• a. Supervisory staff
  Include directors, managers, or supervisors.
  • Minimum hourly rate
  • Maximum hourly rate
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate
• b. Employees with ECE course or workshop less than 1 year
  Exclude directors, managers, or supervisors.
  • Minimum hourly rate
  • Maximum hourly rate
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate
• c. ECE 1, 2 or 3 year certificate, diploma, degree or its equivalent
  Exclude directors, managers, or supervisors.
  • Minimum hourly rate
  • Maximum hourly rate
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate
• d. Employees with ECE 4 year certificate, diploma, degree or its equivalent
  Exclude directors, managers, or supervisors.
  • Minimum hourly rate
  • Maximum hourly rate
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate
• e. Employees with no ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude any support staff e.g. , cooks, cleaners, accountants.
  • Minimum hourly rate
  • Maximum hourly rate
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate

Flow condition; If "Yes" is selected in Q30, go to Q38. Otherwise go to Q39.

38. On the last pay period of January 2026, what was the most frequently paid hourly rate of employees at this home child care service?

Exclude volunteers, unpaid students, workers on leave and any support staff such as cooks, cleaners and accountants.

• a. Staff providing direct care to children
  • Most frequently paid hourly rate

Flow condition: If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q39. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Home-based” is selected in Q2 and “yes” is selected in Q30, go to Q39. Otherwise go to Q41.

39. On the last pay period of January 2026, which of the following health or pay-related benefits were available to employees of your home child care service or this centre?

Select all that apply.

• Dental care plan
• Supplementary health or drug plan
• Life insurance or disability insurance
• Top up payments above what EI pays for maternity, parental leave
• Pension plan contribution
• Group RRSP
• Paid sick leave
• Other benefits
  Specify other benefits:
  OR
• None of the above

40. On the last pay period of January 2026, which of the following benefits were available to employees of your home child care service or this centre?

Select all that apply.

• Paid breaks other than those required by law
• Program planning or lesson planning and preparation time
• Paid documentation time
• Paid overtime
• Time off in lieu of overtime
• Reduced child care fees for own children
• Financial assistance with First Aid certification
• Financial assistance (or a Professional Development Fund) to attend ECE-related workshops or conferences
• Financial assistance (or a Professional Development Fund) to take courses or post-basic training
• Paid time for training, workshops, conferences or peer learning
• Paid staff meetings
• Other benefits
  Specify other benefits:
  OR
• None of the above

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q41. Otherwise go to Q46.

41. On the last pay period of January 2026, were employees of this centre that provide direct care to children unionized?  

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

Hires, departures and vacancies

42. Report the number of employees hired by this centre from January 1 to December 31 2025.

A hire is any addition or returning child care employee to this centre’s payroll from January 1 to December 31 2025.
Include transfers from other locations.

Exclude:

• promotions within this location; 
• independent contractors or consultants; and    
• employees of temporary help agencies.

• a. Supervisory staff
  Include directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of employees hired from January 1 to December 31 2025
• b. Employees providing direct care to children with sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  Sufficient refers to the legal requirements as set out by the province or territory.
  • Number of employees hired from January 1 to December 31 2025
• c. Employees providing direct care to children without sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of employees hired from January 1 to December 31 2025
• Total
  • Number of employees hired from January 1 to December 31 2025

43. Report the number of employee departures this centre had from January 1 to December 31 2025.

Exclude transfers within this location, employees on strike, employees of temporary help agencies, volunteers or co-op students and employees that departed and were rehired within the reference period.

Include voluntary departures under employees that quit.

Other departures include dismissals, permanent layoffs, temporary layoffs and transfers to other locations.

• a. Supervisory staff
  Include directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of employees that quit
  • Number of employees that retired
  • Number of other employee departures
• b. Employees providing direct care to children with sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  Sufficient refers to the legal requirements as set out by the province or territory.
  • Number of employees that quit
  • Number of employees that retired
  • Number of other employee departures
• c. Employees providing direct care to children without sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of employees that quit
  • Number of employees that retired
  • Number of other employee departures
• Total
  • Number of employees that quit
  • Number of employees that retired
  • Number of other employee departures

44. Report the total number of vacancies this centre had on February 17, 2026.

Include full-time, part-time, temporary, permanent and seasonal vacant positions.

A job is vacant if it meets all three conditions:

• a specific position exists;
• work could start within 30 days; and
• you are actively seeking workers from outside this location to fill the position.

Exclude:

• positions to be filled by promotion or demotion, internal transfers or recall from layoffs;
• positions with start dates more than 30 days in the future; and
• positions for which employees have been hired, but they have not yet reported for work.

• a. Supervisory staff
  Include directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of vacant positions
• b. Employees providing direct care to children with sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  Sufficient refers to the legal requirements as set out by the province or territory.
  • Number of vacant positions
• c. Employees providing direct care to children without sufficient ECE qualifications or training
  Exclude directors, managers, and supervisors.
  • Number of vacant positions
• Total
  • Number of vacant positions

Difficulties faced filling vacant positions

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q45. Otherwise go to Q46.

45. Which of the following difficulties has this centre faced when trying to fill vacant positions?

Select all that apply.

• Lack of time to recruit
• Lack of money or funding for recruiting
• Applicants lack of skills required for the job
• Applicants lack of related work experience
• Few or no applicants to choose from
• Applicant was not satisfied with salary offer
• Applicant was not satisfied with employee benefits
• Competition from other centres or organization
• Competition from the school system
• Lack of employment security
• Work schedule did not meet applicants needs
• Reduced the number of child care spaces because it has been unable to fill vacant positions with sufficiently qualified ECE staff
• Child care centre is in a rural or remote location
• Other difficulties
  Specify other difficulties:
  OR
• No difficulties

Service characteristics

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q46. Otherwise go to Q48.

46. Recognizing that there may be many reasons, what is the primary reason you have chosen to be a home child care provider?

• To be with my own children, grandchildren, or relatives
• Financial reasons
• Flexibility
• Safety concerns for own children
• Could not get another job
• Interest in child care profession
• Other reason
  Specify the primary reason:

47. Do you intend to continue providing child care services in this home three years from now?

• Yes
• No
  • What are the reasons you would no longer provide child care services in this home?
    Select all that apply.
    • Ready for a career change
    • Plan to go back to school
    • My own children, grandchildren or relatives will no longer require me to be at home
    • I feel I will need a break
    • Financial instability
    • I do not like to work alone
    • Plan to retire
    • Plan to work in centre-based child care
    • Plan on moving
    • Requirements to be licensed due to legislation
    • Other reasons
      Specify other reasons:

48. On February 17, 2026, did this child care service have accommodations or supports in place to serve the needs of children with a long-term condition or disability?

An accommodation refers to any characteristic of the child care environment, curriculum, or equipment that was purposely designed, built, or altered to remove potential barriers and encourage or promote the full participation of children with a disability in daily activities, e.g., focus and sensory aids, learning aids, wheelchair ramps.

Support may refer to assisting children in compensating for intellectual, physical or behavioral challenges.

Include accommodations or supports in place regardless of whether or not children with a long-term condition or disability were enrolled at this child care service.

• Yes
• No

Child care location

Flow condition: If "Centre-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q49. Otherwise go to Q51.

49. Which of the following best describes the type of building in which this centre is currently located?

• In an independent commercial building
• In a house including a town house
• In an apartment or condominium building
• In or attached to a private school
• In or attached to a publicly funded school
• On a university or college campus
• In a community centre, library, hospital, or other public building
• In a place of worship
• In an office building
• In a shopping mall or strip mall
• In a social housing complex
• Other type of building
  Specify other type of building:

50. Over the last year, has this centre expanded by increasing its physical space?

• Yes
  • Did this centre receive any capital funding from the provincial or territorial government for this expansion?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don't know
• No

Flow condition: If “Home-based” is selected in Q2 and “Approved or registered by a child care agency, association or coordinating office” or “Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office” is selected in Q5, go to Q51. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q51. Otherwise go to Q53.

Operating budget

51. In January 2026, what percentage of your home child care service’s or this centre’s revenue came from each of the following sources?

Exclude capital funding and start-up funding.

Percent of revenue received from government in other forms includes grants, operating funding and wage enhancement funding.
Please provide best estimates.

• a. Parents
  • Percentage of revenue:
• b. Government
  • Percentage of revenue:
• c. Other sources
  Include child care agencies.
  e.g., revenue from an employer or organization
  • Percentage of revenue:
• d. Total
  • Percentage of revenue:

52. In January 2026, what percentage of your home child care service’s or this centre’s operating budget was spent in the following categories?

Please provide best estimates.

• a. Rent or mortgage
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• b. Employee wages
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• c. Building maintenance and utilities
  Include both indoor and outdoor maintenance.
  e.g. , repairs, cleaning, landscaping
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• d. Food
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• e. Supplies
  e.g. , toys, furniture, craft materials
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• f. Other
  e.g., insurance, administrative costs
  • Percentage of operating budget:
• g. Total
  • Percentage of operating budget:

Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC)

Flow condition: If province is Quebec, go to Q54. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Home-based” is selected in Q2 and “Approved or registered by a child care agency, association or coordinating office” or “Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office” is selected in Q5, go to Q53. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q53. Otherwise go to Q54.

53. 

Newfoundland and Labrador:
Is this centre or licensed home part of the Operating Grant Program to reduce fees for parents?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Prince Edward Island:
Is this centre or licensed home an Early Years Centre (EYC), a probationary EYC or a Family Home Centre (FHC) that provides child care for $10-a-day? 

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Nova Scotia: 
Does this centre or licensed home have an active funding agreement with the Government of Nova Scotia to receive funding for fee reductions for parents?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

New Brunswick: 
Is this centre or licensed home a designated Early Learning and Child Care centre or home?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Ontario: 
Is this centre or licensed home part of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system (CWELCC system)?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Manitoba: 
Does this centre or licensed home receive an operating grant to reduce parent fees to $10-a-day?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Saskatchewan: 
Has this centre or licensed home significantly reduced parent fees in recent years, particularly following the implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement in 2021?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Alberta: 
Does this centre or licensed home have an affordability grant agreement with the Government of Alberta?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

British Columbia:
Is this centre or licensed home a $10-a-day centre, an Aboriginal Head Start centre, or a child care service that received funding from the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative (CCFRI)?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Yukon:
Is this centre or licensed home part of the Government of Yukon’s universal child care model that ensures families can access affordable child care options?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Northwest Territories:
Does this centre or licensed home receive any government funding to reduce parental fees? 
For centre-based programs, this would be through the Dedicated or Flexible funding. For family day homes, this would be through the Child Care Fee Reduction Subsidy.

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Nunavut:
Has this centre or licensed home significantly reduced parent fees in recent years, particularly following the implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement in 2021, for example with a Parent Fee Subsidy?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Flow condition: If province is Quebec and if “Home-based” is selected in Q2 and “Approved or registered by a child care agency, association or coordinating office” or “Not licensed by the provincial or territorial or local government directly and not approved or registered by a child care agency, association, or coordinating office” is selected in Q5, go to Q54. Otherwise go to next condition. 
If province is Quebec and if “Centre-based” is selected in Q2, go to Q54. Otherwise go to Q55.

Québec Reduced Contribution Program

54. On February 17, 2026, did your home child care service or this centre offer child care services subsidized by the Québec Reduced Contribution Program?    

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

Flow condition: If "Home-based" is selected in Q2, go to Q55. Otherwise go to end of survey.

Home childcare provider characteristics

The groups identified within the following questions are included in order to gain a better understanding of child care businesses owned by members of various communities across Canada.

55. What is the gender of the owner or operator of this home child care service?

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

• Male
• Female
• Please specify
  Specify the gender of the owner or operator:
• Prefer not to answer
• Don't know

56. Is the owner or operator of this home child care service First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)?

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

• Yes, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)
  • Which of the following best describes the owner or operator of this home child care service?
    Select all that apply.
    • Yes, First Nations (North American Indian)
    • Yes, Métis
    • Yes, Inuk (Inuit)
• No, not First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)
• Prefer not to answer
• Don't know

57. Is the owner or operator of this home child care service a landed immigrant to Canada in the last 10 years?

A landed immigrant (permanent resident) is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.

• Yes
• No
• Prefer not to answer
• Don't know

58. Is the owner or operator of this home child care service a person with a disability?

Include visible and non-visible disabilities.

• Yes
• No
• Prefer not to answer
• Don't know

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects the main financial and operational data from the Canadian Level I air carriers needed to measure the growth and the performance of the airline industry. The information is also used by Statistics Canada as input to the Canadian System of National Accounts.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce the response 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 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with Transport Canada and the Canadian Transportation Agency.

Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with the Canadian Transportation Agency by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, and mailing it to the following address:

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

You may also contact us by email at infostats or by fax at 1-514-496-4879.

Note that there is no right of refusal with respect to sharing of data with Transport Canada. Transport Canada has the legislative authority to collect this information on a mandatory basis pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) and the Transportation Information Regulations. Transport Canada will use the information obtained in accordance with the provisions of its Act and Regulations.

Business or organization and contact information

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

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

Legal name

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

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

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

Operating name

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization, and correct information if needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) code:
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

• This is the current main activity
• This is not the current main activity

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.
e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

5. You indicated that _ is not the current main activity. Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as _ ?

• Yes

When did the main activity change?

• Date
• No

Major air carriers key financial and operating statistics monthly survey

1. Please provide the details of this business's scheduled services by sector of operation during this reporting period.

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

Domestic
Includes operations between points in Canada.

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

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

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

Enplaned passengers
Refers to revenue passengers ^{Footnote 1} who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

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

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

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

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

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

Conversion factor
To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.
To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conversion factor
To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.
To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

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

Please provide the details of this business's scheduled services by sector of operation during this reporting period.

	Domestic	Transborder (Canada- US )	Other international	Total
Scheduled services
a. Number of enplaned passengers
b. Number of passenger-kilometres
c. Number of available seat-kilometres
d. Enplaned goods (kilograms)
e. Goods tonne-kilometres (tonne-kilometres)
f. Available tonne-kilometres (tonne-kilometres)

2. Please provide the details of this business's charter services during this reporting period.

Charter services
Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.
Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.

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

Enplaned passengers
Refers to revenue passengers ^{Footnote 1} who board aircraft and surrender one or more flight coupons or other documents good for transportation over the itinerary specified in these coupons or documents.

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

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

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

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

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

Conversion factor
To convert nautical miles (6 080 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.852.
To convert statute miles (5 280 feet) into kilometres (km), multiply by 1.609344.

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

Please provide the details of this business's charter services during this reporting period.

	Total
Charter services
a. Number of enplaned passengers
b. Number of passenger-kilometres
c. Number of available seat-kilometres

3. What were the hours flown and the fuel consumed by this business during this reporting period?

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

Turbo fuel consumed
Include fuel used in both turboprop and jet aircraft.

Provide the quantity of turbo fuel consumed. Turbo fuel includes the turbine fuel uplifted for all aircraft in the carrier's fleet. Fuel uplift can be determined based on delivery notes or invoices, aircraft onboard measurement systems or, if the fuel was supplied by a customer, estimated based on hours flown. Include fuel consumed for all scheduled and/or charter operations, regardless of where purchased. Report the quantity of turbo fuel consumed in litres.

Conversion factor
To convert gallons (imperial) into litres (l), multiply by 4.546092.

What were the hours flown and the fuel consumed by this business during this reporting period?

	Total
All services - scheduled and charter services
a. Number of hours flown
b. Quantity of turbo fuel consumed (litres) Include fuel used in both turboprop and jet aircraft.

4. What was the total operating revenue earned by this business during this reporting period?

Include revenue from air transportation services and all other sources.

Report this amount in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total operating revenue
Include revenue from air transportation services (for example, transportation of passengers, transportation of goods and other flight-related revenue) and all other sources.

Total operating revenue

Attach files

5. Any revisions to previous submissions can be added to this questionnaire. Please attach the files that provide the information required for this survey.

To attach files

• Press the Attach files button.
• Choose the file to attach. Multiple files can be attached.

Note:

• Each file must not exceed 5 MB.
• All attachments combined must not exceed 50 MB.
• The name and size of each file attached will be displayed on the page.

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

Contact person

7. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information. Is the Provided Given Name, Provided Family Name the best person to contact?

• Yes
• No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

Feedback

8. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours
• Minutes

9. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Enter your comments

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.

Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

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

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esdhelpdesk-dsebureaudedepannage.statcan@statcan.gc.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as with the provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, the Ministère des Finances du Québec, the Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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

Business or organization and contact information

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

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

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information.

Legal Name

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

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

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

Operating Name

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2.Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization and correct information if needed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including a detailed description of this activity with example activities and any applicable exclusions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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• if desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting the business or organization's activity sector
• enter keywords or a brief description that best describe the business or organization's main activity
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• select an industry activity classification from the list.

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

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

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

• Yes, there are other activities
  • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
  • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
• No, that is the only significant activity

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

When precise figures are not available, provide your best estimates.

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Method of collection

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• Answering the remaining questions
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Industrial generator

1. Does this business produce electricity, for own use and/or for sale?

• Yes
• No

Fuel consumption for industrial generation

2. Are the reported fuels consumed for the purpose of electricity generation only?

The purpose of this question is to ascertain whether the respondent is reporting fuels whose sole use was the generation of electricity or whether the fuels reported were used for other purposes (producing thermal energy for building heating, producing thermal energy for industrial drying purposes, etc.) in addition to the generation of electricity.

• Yes
• No

Generation and efficiency

3. What is the percentage of the actual electrical generator efficiency?

Percentage

4. What percentage of the portion of steam is used to produce electricity?

Portion of steam used to produce electricity: In the process of generating electricity, utilities may use steam completely towards the production of electricity, however an industry may use the steam for other purposes in their manufacturing and generate electricity as a side product.

Enter '0' if steam was not used to produce electricity.

Do not report negative values.

Percentage

5. What is the percentage of the actual turbine efficiency?

Percentage

Cogeneration

6. Does this business generate both heat and electricity simultaneously from the same energy source at this location?

Cogeneration: a highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration can also make use of the excess thermal heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.)

Heat energy is defined as a primary product generated for the purpose of this business' own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

• Yes
• No

7. What is the primary purpose of the cogeneration?

Primary purpose Electricity own use: Electricity which is used only for own use purposes.

Electricity external: Electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Heat energy for own use: Heat energy used towards own use purposes that do not contribute towards the generation of electricity (i.e., steam for drying paper or space heating).

Heat energy external: Heat Energy which is sold / supplied to another company.

• To generate electricity for own use
• To generate electricity for sale
• To generate heat energy for own use (e.g., steam)
• To generate heat energy for sale (e.g., steam)

8. How much heat was generated from the cogeneration process?

Heat energy (primary product) is defined as a product generated for the purpose of this business's own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

Quantity in Gigajoules (GJ)

9. How much of the generated heat was used for the business's own use?

Quantity in Gigajoules (GJ)

10. What is the primary purpose for generating electricity?

Primary purpose

Electricity own use: Electricity which is used only for own use purposes.

Electricity external: Electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Primary purpose

• To generate electricity for own use
• To generate electricity for sale

Sub-type for electricity generation

11. What sub-type method was used to generate electricity?

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. The compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Combustion engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Combustion turbine: involves a gas or liquid fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

Select all that apply.

• Combined cycle
• Steam turbine
• Combustion engine
• Combustion turbine

Sub-type for electricity generation

12. Which of the following sub-type methods were used for the cogeneration process?

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. The compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Combustion engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Combustion turbine: involves a gas or liquid fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

Select all that apply.

• Combined cycle
• Steam turbine
• Combustion engine
• Combustion turbine

Fuel used by generation method — Combined cycle

13. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combined cycle

14. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

15. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

16. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

17. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Steam turbine

18. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Steam turbine

19. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

20. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

21. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

22. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Combustion engine

23. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combustion engine

24. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.
 

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

25. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

26. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

27. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity
Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Combustion turbine

28. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combustion turbine

29. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

30. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

31. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

32. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity
Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

33. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:
What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?
Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

34. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m³
Other fuels: report in kJ/kg

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Methane (land fill)
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

35. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

36. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogaz
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

37. For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combined cycle

Questions for selected fuel types — Steam turbine

38. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

39. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:,

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/k

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

40. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

41. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?.

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

42. For Steam turbine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Steam turbine

Questions for selected fuel types — Combustion engine

43. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

44. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/kg

 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

45. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

46. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption

Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period.
 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

47. For Combustion engine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combustion engine

Questions for selected fuel types — Combustion turbine

48. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.
 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

49. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/kg
   

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

50. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

51. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

52. For Combustion turbine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.
 

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combustion turbine

Useful thermal energy — Combined cycle

53. This business indicated that it uses Combined cycle cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Steam turbine

54. This business indicated that it uses Steam turbine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Combustion engine

55. This business indicated that it uses Combustion engine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Combustion turbine

56. This business indicated that it uses Combustion turbine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Uranium

57. What was the average heat content in gigajoules per metric tonne (Gj/MT) of Uranium?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Gigajoules per metric tonne (Gj/MT)

58. What quantity of Uranium was used and the total cost?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Unit of measure

• 100 cubic feet (Ccf)
• 33-pound cylinder
• Barrel
• Cubic Foot
• Cubic Metre
• Gallon: Imperial Gallon
• Gallon: U.S. Gallon
• Gigajoule
• Kilogram
• Kilolitre
• kWh
• Litre
• Long ton
• MWh
• Metric Tonne
• Mmbtu
• Pound
• Short ton
• ('000) Cubic Metres

Quantity

Total cost

59. What was the total gross quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

MWh

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

• Strike or lock-out
• Exchange rate impact
• Price changes in goods or services sold
• Contracting out
• Organizational change
• Price changes in labour or raw materials
• Natural disaster
• Recession
• Change in product line
• Sold business or business units
• Expansion
• New or lost contract
• Plant closures
• Acquisition of business or business units
• Other

Specify the other changes or events:

• No changes or events

Contact person

61. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

• Yes
• No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

• First name:
• Last name:
• Title:
• Email address:
• Telephone number (including area code):
• Extension number (if applicable):
• The maximum number of characters is 5.
• Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

62. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

63. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Centre for Energy and Transportation Statistics
Energy Section

Confidentiality

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

Table of contents

• A – Reporting instructions
• B – Cogeneration
• C – Solid fuels used to generate electricity
• D – Liquid fuels used to generate electricity
• E – Gaseous fuels used to generate electricity
• F – Other fuels used to generate electricity
• G – Useful thermal energy
• H – Units of measure
• I – Reporting categories

A – Reporting instructions

This schedule is to be completed for the station or stations indicated on the affixed label to the questionnaire. Please report for the requested period: January to December 2025.

Report only the amount of fuel used for the generation of electricity.

Reported value ($) should be the total cost at the station gate.

If there are any stations on standby, please report them in the notes section.

If the information requested is unknown, please provide your best estimate.

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2025 Annual Survey of Electric Power Thermal Generating Station Fuel Consumption. If you need more information, please call 1-877-604-7828.

B – Cogeneration

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Type: Primary purpose

Electricity own-use (internal): electricity which is used only for internal purposes.

Electricity for sale (external): electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. For a diesel engine, the compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Diesel engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of diesel fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Natural gas combustion turbine: involves a natural gas fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

C – Solid fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pumice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

D – Liquid fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no. 1, fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2), fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) - it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy(sd) a content andis used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as black liquor.

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

E – Gaseous fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

F – Other fuel types used to generate electricity

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

G – Useful thermal energy

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g. the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.)

H – Units of Measure

Unit of measures and abbreviations

Unit of measure	Abbreviation
Kilojoules per grams	(kj/g)
Kilojoules per kilograms	(kj/kg)
Kilojoules per litres	(kj/L)
Kilojoules per cubic meter	(kj/m3)
Metric tonnes	(t)
Kilolitres	(kl)
Thousands of cubic metres	(103 m3)
Kilograms	(kg)
Thousands of Canadian dollars	($'000)
Megawatt-hours	(MW.h)

I – Reporting Categories

Cogeneration Heat energy

Reported in Gigajoules, is defined as heat generated for the purpose of this business’s own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

Average heat content

The energy content one can expect to obtain from burning various raw materials.

Quantity/Volume

Please indicate the amount or volume of fuel used to generate electricity.

Total cost

Please indicate the fuel cost in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total gross net electricity generation

Indicate the total (combined) amount of electricity generated, by all fuel types used, in MW.h

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

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

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, the Ministère des Finances du Québec, the Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

For a complete list of the provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, you can visit the following link: Information for survey participants.

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

Business or organization and contact information

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

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

Legal Name

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

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

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

Operating Name

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization and correct information if needed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

• This is the current main activity
• This is not the current main activity

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity. Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

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

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

How to search:

• if desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting the business or organization’s activity sector
• enter keywords or a brief description that best describe the business or organization’s main activity
• press the Search button to search the database for an industry activity classification that best matches the keywords or description you provided
• select an industry activity classification from the list.

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

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

Method of collection

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

• Answering the remaining questions
• Attaching files

Sub-type for all electricity generation

1. Does this business generate electricity?

Electricity may be generated for internal use and/or for sale.

• Yes
• No

2. What methods were employed by this business to generate electricity?

Exclude purchased electricity.

Select all that apply.

Nuclear: Electricity generated at an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by steam generated in a reactor by heat from the fission of nuclear fuel.

Hydro: Electric power generated from a plant in which the turbine generators are driven by flowing water.

Tidal: Electric power generated from a plant in which turbine generators are driven from tidal movements.

Wind: A power plant in which the prime mover is a wind turbine. Electric power is generated by the conversion of wind power into mechanical energy.

Solar: Electricity created using Photovoltaic (PV) technology which converts sunlight into electricity OR electricity created using solar thermal technology where sunlight heats a liquid or gas to drive a turbine or engine.

Wave: Electricity generated from mechanical energy derived from wave motion.

Geothermal: Electricity generated from heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam.

• Thermal generation – combustible fuels
  • Include coal, natural gas, petroleum, wood, spent pulping liquor, methane, municipal and other waste, other combustible fuels.
• Nuclear
• Hydro
• Tidal
• Wind
• Solar
• Wave
• Geothermal
• Other
• Specify other non-combustible methods

Electrical production by all selected methods and fuel types

3. Which types of combustible fuel were used for this business's thermal generation of electricity?

Select all that apply.

Coal: A readily combustible, black or brownish-black rock-like substance, whose composition, including inherent moisture, consists of more than 50% by weight and 70% by volume of carbonaceous material. It is formed from plant remains that have been compacted, hardened, chemically altered and metamorphosed by heat and pressure over geologic time without access to air.

Natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Spent pulping liquor (black liquor): A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products.

Landfill gas: A biogas composed principally of methane and carbon dioxide produced by anaerobic digestion of landfill waste.

Municipal and other waste: Wastes (liquids or solids) produced by households, industry, hospitals and others (examples: paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen waste and sewage sludge).

Other biomass (food processing): Can include residues produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomace and coffee grounds.

Other biomass (type unknown): Any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Petroleum: This covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil and used as a fuel source ( i.e. crude oil, synthetic crude oil, natural gas liquids, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil; excludes Petroleum coke, bitumen and other oil products not specified).

For 'Other' combustible fuels - Thermal: This includes fuels such as propane, orimulsion, petroleum coke, coke oven gas, ethanol and any other type of thermal combustible fuel source not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

• Non-renewable combustible fuels
  • Coal
  • Natural gas
  • Petroleum
  • Other
    Specify other combustible sources
• Biomass
  • Wood
  • Spent pulping liquor
  • Methane (landfill gas)
  • Municipal and other waste
  • Other
    Specify other types of biomass

4. What was the gross quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated by this business from the following?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption from self-generated electricity.

Exclude purchased electricity.

Quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated

	Quantity in MWh
Non-renewable combustible fuels
Coal
Natural gas
Petroleum (Please report the generation from the use of diesel under Petroleum.)
Total megawatt-hours generated from non-renewable electricity production
Biomass
Wood
Spent pulping liquor
Biogas
Municipal and other waste
Total megawatt-hours generated from biomass
Total electricity production from combustible fuels
Nuclear
Hydro
Tidal
Wind
Solar
Wave
Geothermal
Total production of electricity

Import of electricity from the United States

5. Did this business import electricity from the United States?

• Yes
• No

6. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of imported electricity from the United States?

If applicable, please report the total amount of electricity ( MWh ) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business imported/purchased from the United States.

Quantity in MWh

CAN$ '000

Withdrawals or purchases of electricity from other Canadian producers and distributors

7. Did this business receive or purchase electricity from other sources in Canada?

Include:

• electricity received from other producers or distributors
• withdrawals from the grid for own use
• affiliated direct purchase and wholesale consumers

• Yes
• No

Withdrawals or purchases of electricity from other Canadian producers and distributors

8. From which province or territory was electricity received, purchased or withdrawn by this business?

Select all that apply.

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

9. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and the value of electricity received or purchased by this business?

Include:

• electricity received from other producers or distributors including affiliated direct purchase and wholesale consumers
• withdrawals from the grid for own use

Exclude sales tax.

If applicable, please report the total quantities of electricity ( MWh ) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) purchased or received from within and/or other provinces ( e.g., other utilities/producers, transmitters, distributors).

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and the value of electricity received or purchased by this business?

	Quantity in MWh	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of electricity, purchased or withdrawn from other domestic companies

Total supply of electricity

10. This is a summary of your total supply of electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous page to make any modifications.

This is the sum of Total Generation, Total Receipts from United States, Total Receipts from Other Provinces and Total Receipts from Within Province. The Total Supply number must equal the Total Disposal number.

This is a summary of your total supply of electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

	Quantity in MWh
Total generation of electricity
Total quantity of electricity imported from the United States
Total quantity purchased or withdrawn from other companies in Canada
Total supply of electricity

11. This is a summary of your total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous page to make any modifications.

This is a summary of your total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

	CAN$ '000
Total cost of electricity imported from the United States
Total cost of electricity purchased or withdrawn from other companies in Canada
Total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers

Company's own use - generated electricity

12. Did this business consume self-generated electricity for its own use?

Own use consumption (also known as Producer consumption or Station service) refers to consumption of self-generated electricity (excludes imported or purchased electricity) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

Own use consumption= Gross electricity - Net electricity generation
(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period. Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period).

• Yes
• No

13. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of self-generated electricity consumed by this business for its own use?

Own use consumption (also known as Producer consumption or Station service) refers to consumption of self-generated electricity (excludes imported or purchased electricity) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

Own use consumption = Gross electricity - Net electricity generation
(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period. Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period).

Quantity in MWh

Export of electricity to the United States

14. For 2025, you have indicated that this business imported, received or purchased electricity. Was any of this electricity imported, received or purchased for the business’s own consumption?

Include withdrawals from the grid which is electricity that is billed by another company.

• Yes
• No

15. For 2025, you have indicated that this business imported, received or purchased electricity. How much electricity in MWh was imported, received or purchased for the business’s own consumption?

Include withdrawals from the grid which is electricity that is billed by another company.

Quantity in MWh

16. Did this business export electricity to the United States?

• Yes
• No

17. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of exported electricity to the United States?

Exclude sales tax.

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business sold/exported to the United States.

Quantity in MWh

CAN$ '000

Delivery of electricity to other domestic utilities or distributors

18. Did this business deliver electricity to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

• Yes
• No

19. Which province or territory was electricity delivered to?

Select all that apply.

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

20. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of electricity delivered to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity ( MWh ) and total dollar value your company sold to other domestic companies, by province or territory.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of electricity delivered to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

	Quantity in MWh	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of delivered electricity to other domestic businesses

Delivery of electricity for consumers enrolled with retailers

21. Did this business deliver electricity to consumers enrolled with retailers such as Direct Energy?

A retailer does not own any distribution lines, it operates as a middleman and relies on utility companies to deliver to their clients the electricity it has purchased on the markets.

Retailers only operate in Alberta and Ontario where the electricity markets have been deregulated, and where, by law, the generation, transmission and distribution activities must be performed by different companies.

• Yes
• No

22. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

	Quantity in MWh
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - single meter
b. Residential - bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
f. Iron ore mining
g. Oil and gas extraction and support activities
h. Other mining and support activities
i. Food manufacturing
j. Paper manufacturing
k. Iron and steel manufacturing
l. Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
m. Cement manufacturing
n. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
o. Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
p. Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing consumers enrolled with retailers
Other consumers
q. Urban transit systems
r. Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
s. Public administration
t. Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
u. Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

23. What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

	Number of customers
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

24. This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh) and number of customers for electricity delivered for consumers enrolled with retailers.

This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh) and number of customers for electricity delivered for consumers enrolled with retailers.

	Quantity in MWh	Number of customers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

Delivery of electricity to ultimate consumer

25. Does this business deliver electricity to 'end use' consumers?

• Yes
• No

26. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	Quantity in MWh
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - single meter
b. Residential - bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
f. Iron ore mining
g. Oil and gas extraction and support activities
h. Other mining and support activities
i. Food manufacturing
j. Paper manufacturing
k. Iron and steel manufacturing
i. Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
m. Cement manufacturing
n. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
o. Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
p. Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing consumers enrolled with retailers
Other consumers
q. Urban transit systems
r. Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
s. Public administration
t. Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
u. Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

27. What was the value of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

What was the value of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	CAN$ '000
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

28. What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	Number of customers
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

29. This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh), total value and number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers.

This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh), total value and number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers.

	Quantity in MWh	Number of customers	CAN$ '000
Total quantity of electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers
Total value of electricity delivered to 'end-use' consumers

Balancing electricity supply and disposition

The total supply of electricity must be equal to the sum of the total disposition of electricity and the total unallocated and/or losses. Unallocated and/or losses was automatically calculated as the difference between your reported total supply of electricity and total disposition of electricity. If the calculated unallocated and/or losses is not correct, use the Previous button to adjust either the supply or disposition of electricity. If it is correct, select the Next button.

30. This is a summary of your balancing electricity supply and disposition.

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.

Transmission, distribution and other losses

Include:

• transmission losses
• adjustments
• "unaccounted for" amounts which are subject to variation because of cyclical billing.

Exclude generating station use output as measured at the generating station gate.

This is a summary of your balancing electricity supply and disposition.

	Quantity in MWh
Supply
a. Gross production of electricity
b. Imported electricity from the United States
c. Withdrawal or purchased electricity from the grid
Total supply of electricity
Disposition
d. Consumed, generated or purchased electricity
e. Exported electricity to United States
f. Delivered electricity to other domestic businesses
g. Delivered electricity to consumers enrolled with retailers
h. Delivered electricity to 'end use' consumers
Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses
i. Total supply of electricity
j. Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

Contact person

32. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information. Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

• Yes
• No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

• First name:
• Last name:
• Title:
• Email address:
• Telephone number (including area code):
• Extension number (if applicable):
  The maximum number of characters is 5.
• Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

33. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

34. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Confidentiality

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

Table of contents

• A – Reporting Instructions
• B – Electricity Generation Method
• C – Combustible Fuels
• D – Receipts of Electricity from the U.S.A.
• E – Receipts of Electricity from Within Canada
• F – Total Supply
• G – Deliveries of Electricity to the U.S.A.
• H – Deliveries of Electricity Within Province
• I – Transmission, Distribution and Other Losses

A – Reporting Instructions

Please report information for the period of January to December, 2025.

Please complete all sections as applicable.

If the information requested is unknown, please provide your best estimate.

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2025 Annual Electricity Supply and Disposition Survey. If you need more information, please call 1-877-604-7828.

B – Electricity Generation Method

Nuclear: Electricity generated at an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by steam generated in a reactor by heat from the fission of nuclear fuel.

Hydro: Electric power generated from a plant in which the turbine generators are driven by flowing water.

Tidal: Electric power generated from a plant in which turbine generators are driven from tidal movements.

Wind: A power plant in which the prime mover is a wind turbine. Electric power is generated by the conversion of wind power into mechanical energy.

Solar: Electricity created using Photovoltaic (PV) technology which converts sunlight into electricity OR electricity created using solar thermal technology where sunlight heats a liquid or gas to drive a turbine or engine.

Wave: Electricity generated from mechanical energy derived from wave motion.

Geothermal: Electricity generated from heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam.

Other non-combustible sources: This includes fuels such as waste heat, steam, and steam purchased from another company. Specify in the space provided.

C – Combustible fuels

Coal: A readily combustible, black or brownish-black rock-like substance, whose composition, including inherent moisture, consists of more than 50% by weight and 70% by volume of carbonaceous material. It is formed from plant remains that have been compacted, hardened, chemically altered and metamorphosed by heat and pressure over geologic time without access to air.

Natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Petroleum: This covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil and used as a fuel source (i.e., crude oil, synthetic crude oil, natural gas liquids, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil; excludes Petroleum coke, bitumen and other oil products not specified).

Other combustible sources - Thermal: This includes fuels such as propane, orimulsion, petroleum coke, coke oven gas, ethanol and any other type of thermal combustible fuel source not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the space provided.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products.

Methane (Landfill gas): A biogas composed principally of methane and carbon dioxide produced by anaerobic digestion of landfill waste.

Municipal and other waste: Wastes (liquids or solids) produced by households, industry, hospitals and others (examples: paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen waste and sewage sludge).

Other combustible sources – Biomass: This includes fuels such as food waste, used diapers, and biogases – example, gas produced from animal water digesters. Specify in the space provided.

D – Receipts of electricity from the U.S.A.

If applicable, please report the total amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business imported/purchased from the United States.

E – Receipts of electricity from within Canada

If applicable, please report the total quantities of electricity (MWh) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) purchased or received from within and/or other provinces (e.g., other utilities/producers, transmitters, distributors).

F – Total Supply

This is the sum of Total Generation, Total Receipts from United States, Total Receipts from Other Provinces and Total Receipts from Within Province. The Total Supply number must equal the Total Disposal number.

G – Deliveries of electricity to the U.S.A.

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business sold/exported to the United States.

H – Deliveries of electricity within Canada

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) your company sold to other domestic companies, by province or territory.

I – Transmission, distribution and other losses

Include

• transmission losses
• adjustments
• "unaccounted for" amounts which are subject to variation because of cyclical billing

Exclude

• generating station use output as measured at the generating station gate.

Thank you for your participation.

Resources

• Toronto-based Kinross Gold Corporation announced it is proceeding with the construction of three organic growth projects: the Round Mountain Phase X and Bald Mountain Redbird 2 projects in Nevada, and the Kettle River-Curlew project in Washington State. Kinross said the initial capital costs of the three projects are expected to be approximately USD $1.38 billion to be spent over three to four years.
• Toronto-based Allied Gold Corporation announced it had entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Zijin Gold International Company Limited of Hong Kong had agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Allied Gold for an equity value of approximately $5.5 billion. Allied Gold said the closing was expected by late April 2026, subject to shareholder and court approvals, approval under the Investment Canada Act (Canada), and other standard conditions for the closing for transactions of this nature.
• Calgary-based Keyera Corp. announced an extended unplanned outage at its Alberta Envirofuels facility (AEF). The company said that in early January 2026, it had initiated an unplanned outage at AEF to investigate an observed reduction in plant performance and that it anticipates that AEF will return to service in May 2026.
• Calgary-based Imperial Oil Limited announced its hydrocarbon production at Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories would end in the third quarter of 2026 as the facility comes to the end of its lifespan. Imperial said final reclamation work is not expected to start until after 2030, once a final closure plan and environmental assessment are completed and permits are approved by regulators.

Other news

• The Government of Canada announced it was proposing the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, starting in the spring of 2026 and subject to Royal Assent. The Government said the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit would provide $11.7 billion in additional support over six years by (i) providing a one-time top-up payment to be paid as early as possible this spring and no later than June 2026, and (ii) increasing the value of the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit by 25% for five years starting in July 2026.
• The Government of British Columbia announced that the Environmental Assessment Office had approved an amendment to the Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine environmental assessment certificate, authorizing the mine near Fort St. James to increase production and continue operations until 2035.
• The Bank of Canada left the target for the overnight rate unchanged at 2.25%. The last change in the target for the overnight rate was a 25 basis points cut in October 2025.
• The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced it had received an authorization from Fisheries and Oceans Canada prior to the expansion of port facilities in Contrecœur and the continuation of the construction of the new container terminal. The MPA said the authorization follows the environmental assessment process conducted by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, which resulted in a favourable decision statement in 2021.
• Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. announced a new 126,000-square-foot manufacturing centre in Dorval. Bombardier said the centre represents an investment of approximately $100 million and is set to open before the end of 2027.
• Ottawa-based Minto Group and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Limited Partnership of Toronto announced they will form a new programmatic joint venture partnership and that they had simultaneously entered into an arrangement agreement whereby Crestpoint will acquire all of the outstanding trust units of Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust for approximately $2.3 billion, including the assumption of net debt.
• Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper announced it would file notices with the Ontario Ministry of Labour to cease newsprint operations in Thunder Bay in the first quarter of 2026. The company said that up to 150 people would be directly impacted by the closure and that it will continue to operate as a single-line Softwood Kraft mill and generate renewable energy for sale to the grid.
• Oshawa-based General Motors Canada announced that Oshawa Assembly would return to two shifts of production beginning February 2nd, at which time approximately 500 employees would be placed on layoff.

United States and other international news

• The U.S. White House announced on January 5th the capture and extradition to the U.S. of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
• The White House announced on January 20th that President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order ensuring large institutional investors do not buy single-family homes that could otherwise be purchased by families. The White House said the Order directs key agencies to issue guidance preventing relevant Federal programs from approving, insuring, guaranteeing, securitizing, or facilitating sales of single-family homes to institutional investors.
• The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.50% to 3.75%. The last change in the target range was a 25 basis points cut in December 2025.
• The Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee of Norway's Norges Bank left the policy rate unchanged at 4.00%. The last change in the policy rate was a 25 basis points decrease in September 2025.
• The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced it will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.75%. The last change in the uncollateralized overnight call rate was a 25 basis points increase in December 2025.
• The Executive Board of Sweden's Riksbank left the repo rate unchanged at 1.75%. The last change in the repo rate was a 25 basis points reduction in September 2025.
• The eight OPEC+ countries Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman announced they had reaffirmed their November 2, 2025 decision to pause production increments in February and March 2026.
• Massachusetts-based Boston Scientific Corporation and Penumbra, Inc. of California announced they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Boston Scientific will acquire Penumbra in a cash and stock transaction for approximately USD $14.5 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to be completed in 2026, subject to receipt of Penumbra's stockholder approval and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
• New York-based Saks Global Holdings LLC announced it had commenced a voluntary chapter 11 process with support from key financial stakeholders. Saks said the stores and ecommerce experiences across Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks OFF 5TH, Last Call, and Horchow were open and serving customers.
• Washington State-based Amazon.com, Inc. announced additional organizational changes that would impact 16,000 roles across the company.
• Michigan-based Dow Chemical Company announced a plan to simplify how it operates and that it anticipates about USD $600 million to $800 million in severance for approximately 4,500 Dow roles.

Financial market news

• West Texas Intermediate crude oil closed at USD $65.21 per barrel on January 30th, up from a closing value of USD $57.95 at the end of December. Western Canadian Select crude oil traded in the USD $43.00 to $53.00 per barrel range throughout January. The Canadian dollar closed at 73.74 cents U.S. on January 30th, up from 72.96 cents U.S. at the end of December. The S&P/TSX composite index closed at 31,923.52 on January 30th, up from 31,712.76 at the end of December.