| Data source | ||
|---|---|---|
| Response or edited | Imputed | |
| % | ||
| Sales of goods manufactured | 90.5 | 9.5 |
| Raw materials and components | 76.5 | 23.5 |
| Goods / work in process | 78.1 | 21.9 |
| Finished goods manufactured | 77.8 | 22.2 |
| Unfilled Orders | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| Capacity utilization rates | 67.7 | 32.3 |
Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
Reporting Guide
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2020 Annual Civil Aviation Survey - Level I. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
Help Line: 1-877-949-9492
Your answers are confidential.
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.
Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.
Table of contents
This section verifies or requests basic identifying information of the business or organization such as legal name, operating name (if applicable), contact information of the designated contact person, current operational status, and main activity(ies).
1. Legal name and Operating name
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.
2. Designated contact person
Verify or provide the requested contact information of the designated business or organization contact person. The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire. If different than the designated contact person, the contact information of the person completing the questionnaire can be indicated later in the questionnaire.
3. Current operational status
Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name in question 1. If indicating the operational status of the business or organization is 'Not currently operational' then indicate an applicable reason and provide the requested information.
4. Main activity
This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.
The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.
The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.
The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.
Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.
If the current NAICS associated with this business or organizations is not correct, please provide a brief description of the main activity and provide any additional information as requested.
Financial assets
Current assets
Include:
All other financial assets – (Include investments and special funds.)
Include investments in associated companies, other investments such as investments in stocks, bonds, and so on, and special funds such as equipment purchase funds, funds set aside for such special purposes as contractual deposits, pension funds, self-insurance funds, and so on.
Property and equipment
Operating - flight equipment – (Include capital leases.)
Include:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization - flight equipment
Include:
Operating - ground property and equipment – (Include capital leases.)
Include:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization - ground property and equipment
Include:
Non-operating property and equipment – (Include capital leases.)
Include the cost of all non-operating property and equipment, in other words, all property and equipment not included in the "operating" categories above.
Accumulated depreciation and amortization - non-operating property and equipment
Include accumulated depreciation and amortization of the non-operating property and equipment.
All other assets
Include long-term prepayments, developmental and pre-operating costs such as the cost of extraordinary training, unamortized discounts and expenses on the issue of long-term debt securities, property acquisition adjustments, other intangibles such as payments made for patents, copyrights, and so on, and other deferred charges.
Total assets
The sum of the assets above less the accumulated depreciation and amortization.
Liabilities and capital
Current liabilities
Include:
Advances from associated companies and/or shareholders
Include the net amount from associated companies and/or shareholders for notes, loans or advances which are not currently settled.
Long-term debt and other non-current liabilities –(Include capital leases.)
Include:
Deferred income taxes
Include taxes that will be owed on income, but that have not yet been assessed.
All other liabilities
Include:
Shareholders' equity
Capital stock
Include the equity capital invested in a business through the purchase of various classes of common and preferred shares.
Retained earnings
Include the portion of after-tax profits left over, after dividends have been paid to shareholders, for reinvestment into the company. If this account is negative, then the amount indicated for this item should be shown with a negative (-) sign.
All other items
Include other paid-in capital and reserves. Other paid-in capital or contributed surplus includes the premiums or discounts that have resulted from selling stock, and stock received from donations. Reserves include any reserve fund such as reserve for self-insurance, reserve for pension, reserves against potential future losses, and so on. Also, include proprietorship or partnership accounts (balance year-end).
Total liabilities and capital
The sum of liabilities and capital plus the sum of shareholders' equity which should equal total assets.
Scheduled services
Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by an aircraft provided by an air carrier that operates the air service and that, directly or indirectly, sells some or all of its seats or part or all of its cargo space to the public on a price per seat, price per unit of mass or price per volume of cargo basis.
Charter services
Transportation of passengers or goods, or both, by aircraft pursuant to a contract under which a person, other than the air carrier that operates the air service, or its agent, reserves a block of seats or part of the cargo space of an aircraft for the person's use or for resale to the public.
Include air ambulance service and the movement of people and goods to logging or heli-logging sites.
Exclude firefighting and heli-logging activities and the movement of people and goods to a firefighting site. (A complete list of activities which are specialty and therefore not subject to filing requirements as charter can be found in the Transport Canada document entitled "Starting a Commercial Air Service".)
Passenger revenue
Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers on scheduled and charter services. Include revenue from all surcharges (baggage, fuel, seat selection, changing or cancelling flights, and so on) that are retained by the air carrier. Exclude amounts such as taxes, navigation fees, security fees, and so on that are collected but passed on to other entities.
Goods revenue
Refers to the revenue earned from the transportation of goods on scheduled and charter services. Exclude taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax (PST).
All other flight-related revenue
Refers to the revenue earned from air transport activities not included in passenger revenue or goods revenue. Include revenue from other flying services such as flying training, recreational flying and other specialty flying.
All other revenue
Include subsidies and revenue earned from all other sources (including contra revenue, revenue of a corporate nature (leasing revenue, third party ground-handling, and so on), ancillary passenger revenue not easily allocated by operating flight (customs brokerage, and so on), revenue from in-flight sales (beverages, food, entertainment and wireless Internet access, and so on)).
Total operating revenue
The sum of passenger revenue, goods revenue, other flight-related revenue and revenue from all other sources.
Operating expenses - Ground property and equipment maintenance
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Direct labour costs (wages and salaries) expended on the maintenance of ground property and equipment.
Include benefits such as employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on.
All other maintenance - ground property and equipment expenses
Expenses, both direct and indirect, incurred in the repair and upkeep of ground property and equipment.
Include materials and supplies, purchased repair services and all other related expenses.
Total maintenance - ground property and equipment expenses
The sum of the previous two expense items.
Operating expenses - Aircraft operations
Flight crew wages, salaries and benefits
Include the wages, salaries and benefits for flight crews (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, and so on).
Include benefits such as employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on and layover expenses such as hotels and meals.
Aircraft fuel and oil
Expenses for turbo fuel, gasoline and all other fuel and oil consumed such as turbine oil and piston oil.
Include throughput charges, non-refundable duties and taxes.
Landing fees
Include airport landing fees paid both in Canada and outside of Canada.
Navigation fees
Charges remitted to NAV CANADA or other international suppliers for the provision of air navigation services. Air navigation services include aeronautical communication services, aeronautical information services, aeronautical radio navigation services, air traffic control services, aviation weather services, emergency assistance services and flight information services.
Aircraft insurance
Expenses for insurance against accidental damage to flight equipment while in flight or on the ground and for insurance against liability occurring from the operation of aircraft or, in the case of non-insurance, the resulting expenses for which the carrier is liable.
Aircraft rental
Expenses incurred for the rental of aircraft (and crew) from other carriers, such as in chartering, interchange and operating or lease agreements.
All other aircraft operation expenses
Expenses incurred directly for the in-flight operation and related standby time of aircraft which are not elsewhere classified.
Total aircraft operations expenses
The sum of the previous seven expense items.
Operating expenses - Flight equipment maintenance
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Direct labour costs (wages and salaries) expended on the maintenance of flight equipment.
Include benefits such as employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on.
Materials and supplies
Expenses on materials and supplies for the maintenance of flight equipment.
Purchased repair services
Expenses for repair services for the maintenance of flight equipment purchased from outside suppliers.
All other maintenance - flight equipment expenses
Expenses, both direct and indirect, incurred in the repair and upkeep of flight equipment.
Total maintenance - flight equipment expenses
The sum of the previous four expense items.
Operating expenses - In-flight services
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Include:
Passenger food and supplies
Include expenses for in-flight meals, complimentary drinks, and so on, and the cost of supplies and personal services furnished to passengers.
Passenger liability insurance
Include the premiums for passenger liability and accident insurance paid by the carrier.
All other in-flight service expenses
Include passenger-related expenses incurred due to interrupted flights, including hotels, meals, taxi fares and other expense items, the cost of other services provided to passengers, such as pay, allowances and the cost of passenger service personnel, and all other services provided for the comfort of passengers in transit.
Total in-flight service expenses
The sum of the previous four expense items.
Operating expenses - Aircraft and traffic servicing
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Include:
Purchased services
Expenses for aircraft and traffic servicing purchased from outside suppliers.
All other aircraft and traffic servicing expenses
Include expenses incurred on the ground for scheduling or preparing aircraft for arrival and takeoff, expenses incurred in enplaning and deplaning passenger and cargo traffic, and expenses involved in servicing and handling individual aircraft and traffic on the ground, in preparing aircraft crews for flight assignment, in controlling the in-flight movements of aircraft and the in-flight expenses of handling all traffic including baggage.
Total aircraft and traffic servicing expenses
The sum of the previous three expense items.
Operating expenses - Promotion and sales
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Include:
All other promotion and sales expenses
Include:
Total promotion and sales expenses
The sum of the previous two expense items.
Operating expenses - Depreciation
Depreciation - flight equipment
Include:
All other depreciation
Include:
Total depreciation
The sum of the previous two expense items.
Operating expenses - All other expenses
Include general administration.
Employee wages, salaries and benefits
Include:
Exclude all amounts reported in the previous six wages, salaries and benefits categories.
All other expenses
Include:
Total other expenses
The sum of the previous two expense items.
Total operating expenses
The sum of the eight expenses sub-totals, in other words, Total maintenance - ground property and equipment expenses, Total aircraft operations expenses, and so on.
Operating income
Net operating income (a loss should be a negative number)
Total operating revenue less total operating expenses – calculated from the previous questions.
Non-operating income/expenses
Interest and discount income
Include interest income from all sources and cash discounts on the purchase of materials and supplies.
Interest expenses
Include interest on unpaid taxes and all classes of debt including premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term obligations, amortization of premiums, discounts and expenses on short-term and long-term obligations.
All other net non-operating income (enter a negative number for a loss)
Include:
Exclude staff reduction expenses which should be included under all other expenses.
Net non-operating income (a loss should be a negative number)
The sum of the previous three income or expense items.
Provision for income taxes
Include the provision for taxes payable on net income for the accounting period and adjustments of income taxes relating to previous years, including provisions for deferred income taxes resulting from differences between accounting income and taxable income that arise when the time of including items of revenue and expense in the computation of accounting income and taxable income do not coincide. If the net amount is negative, then the amount indicated for this item should be shown with a negative (-) sign.
Net income (a loss should be a negative number)
Net operating income plus net non-operating income less the provision for income taxes.
Fuel and oil consumed
Turbo fuel consumed
Include fuel used in both turboprop and jet aircraft.
Provide the quantity and expenses for 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. Report the quantity of turbo fuel consumed in litres.
Include turbo fuel consumed for all scheduled and/or charter operations, regardless of where purchased. The expenses for turbo fuel consumed should be reported in Canadian dollars, regardless of where purchased. Include throughput charges, non-refundable duties and taxes. If the fuel was supplied by a customer, an approximate value may be provided based on prevailing market rates.
Conversion factor
To convert gallons (imperial) into litres (l), multiply by 4.546092.
All other fuel and oil consumed
Provide the quantity and expenses for all non-turbo fuel and oil consumed. Report the quantity of all other fuel and oil consumed in litres.
The quantity should include gasoline, turbine oil, piston oil and all other types of fuel and oil consumed for all scheduled and/or charter operations, regardless of where purchased. The expenses for all other fuel and oil consumed should be reported in Canadian dollars, regardless of where purchased. Include throughput charges, non-refundable duties and taxes.
Conversion factor
To convert gallons (imperial) into litres (l), multiply by 4.546092.
Total fuel and oil consumed
The sum of the quantities and expenses reported in the previous two items.
Employment
Average number of employees
Refer to the average number of people employed for each of the six categories of personnel.
Include all employees, temporary or permanent, on the payroll of the air carrier during the reporting period. Include part-time employees, prorated to the amount of time worked when compared to full-time employees (for example, two part-time employees working half-time are equivalent to one full-time employee).
Wages and salaries expenses
Include a breakdown of the wages and salaries paid for each of the six categories of personnel.
Exclude all benefits, in other words, employer contributions to pensions, medical benefits, insurance, and so on or layover expenses, such as hotels and meals, for flight and cabin crews.
Employment category
Include:
Total employees
The sum of the number and the wages and salaries expenses for the six categories of personnel.
Revenue or expenses by area of operation
Passenger revenue
Include a breakdown of the revenue earned from the transportation of passengers for each province, territory and outside of Canada based on where the transportation service was provided. Total passenger revenue should equal the sum of passenger revenue from scheduled services and charter services previously reported.
Goods revenue
Include a breakdown of the revenue earned from the transportation of goods for each province, territory and outside of Canada based on where the transportation service was provided. Total goods revenue should equal the sum of goods revenue from scheduled services and charter services previously reported.
Employee wages and salaries
Include a breakdown of employee wages and salaries for each province, territory and outside of Canada based on where the employees are located. Total employee wages and salaries should equal the total wages and salaries expenses reported in the "Employment" section above.
The protection of sensitive data is of the utmost importance to Statistics Canada; it is a fundamental value ingrained in the agency’s culture and is at the centre of all its policies and procedures.
There are occasions when providing limited access to information before its release is necessary to brief a very limited number of pre-authorized senior officials and ministers who require the data on a need-to-know basis in a timely way on information that affects Canada’s economy. Under the Policy on Official Release, Statistics Canada may also authorize the sharing of information in advance of release for data validation or research purposes.
In keeping with the principles outlined in Canada’s Digital Charter, security protocols have been developed to make Statistics Canada’s Policy on Official Release relevant in a digital world where information moves quickly and is more easily shared.
The protocols provide strict controls and ensure transparency; designated officials with advance access must comply with clear rules and, as a result, will be openly accountable to Canadians. This ensures that the advance release of sensitive information is handled in a secure manner and with the utmost integrity so that the data are always kept safe.
The Policy on Official Release respects the following:
For more information on the pilot project, please visit Completion of the pilot project on advance release.
| Province/Territory of Entry | United States | Overseas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Spending ($ 000,000) |
Spending C.V. (%) |
Total Spending ($ 000,000) |
Spending C.V. (%) |
|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.4 | 43.7 | 7.8 | 13.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.0 | 17.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 2.4 | 19.9 | 4.0 | 34.1 |
| New Brunswick | 6.5 | 40.1 | 2.5 | 24.6 |
| Quebec | 214.6 | 6.4 | 191.4 | 6.4 |
| Ontario | 455.4 | 4.5 | 423.1 | 5.1 |
| Manitoba | 12.2 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 65.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 5.0 | 33.6 | 1.9 | 38.6 |
| Alberta | 90.2 | 8.4 | 55.9 | 11.2 |
| British Columbia | 341.8 | 7.5 | 443.6 | 5.0 |
| Yukon | 5.8 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 97.2 |
| Canada | 1134.4 | 3.3 | 1135.4 | 3.0 |
Statistics Canada launched the Virtual Data Lab (VDL) pilot that—in its end state—will provide remote access to detailed, anonymized social and business microdata for research and analysis through a secure cloud-based interface. The pilot was built on the foundation of the research data centres (RDC) and the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research (CDER).
The evaluation was conducted in accordance with the Treasury Board's Policy on Results (2016) and Statistics Canada's Integrated Risk-based Audit and Evaluation Plan (2019–20 to 2023–24). The main objective of the evaluation was to provide a neutral, evidence-based assessment of the VDL pilot. Three areas were examined:
It should be noted that the conducting phase of the evaluation, during which all data for the report were collected, was completed before the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the findings and recommendations do not consider the activities or decisions that took place after March 2020.
The evaluation found that the assessments are comprehensive in their coverage of existing users and in identifying user needs and feedback trends - particularly among federal government and academic users. In addition, collectively the existing assessments are comprehensive in their coverage of all project dimensions and in alignment with the desired outcomes set out in project planning and framework documents. Finally, the assessments have been leveraged to inform strategies and planning.
In terms of performance measurement and risk assessment frameworks, the evaluation found that performance indicators have been articulated and a risk management framework exists.
The evaluation proposed two recommendations:
Update: Since the end of the reference period for the evaluation (March 2020), the VDL Project team has launched and completed a variety of initiatives to meet urgent emerging needs and at the same time accelerate project development. These initiatives included: launching an interim access solution to facilitate COVID-19 research; piloting a cloud environment for a project on opioids with federal partners; working closely with governing bodies to approve frameworks and approaches; and creating and revising key documents such as contracts and agreements to ensure they reflected the VDL framework and governance. The team also updated the project plan to account for progress in several areas including the development and implementation of a corporate client relationship management system and initiated working groups to address issues such as onboarding roles and responsibilities.
| NAPCS-CANADA | Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202011 | 202012 | 202101 | 202102 | |
| Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services | 0.58 | 1.17 | 0.58 | 0.72 |
| Retail Services (except commissions) [561] | 0.58 | 1.15 | 0.59 | 0.71 |
| Food at retail [56111] | 0.68 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112] | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.60 |
| Cannabis products, at retail [56113] | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Clothing at retail [56121] | 1.73 | 1.52 | 1.09 | 1.29 |
| Footwear at retail [56122] | 1.86 | 1.94 | 1.13 | 3.00 |
| Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123] | 2.11 | 2.94 | 5.03 | 4.87 |
| Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131] | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.96 |
| Sporting and leisure products (except publications, audio and video recordings, and game software), at retail [56141] | 1.72 | 1.67 | 2.55 | 2.82 |
| Publications at retail [56142] | 5.91 | 7.64 | 8.05 | 5.79 |
| Audio and video recordings, and game software, at retail [56143] | 5.72 | 6.88 | 4.35 | 5.81 |
| Motor vehicles at retail [56151] | 2.04 | 5.14 | 1.79 | 2.68 |
| Recreational vehicles at retail [56152] | 5.75 | 6.21 | 3.85 | 3.94 |
| Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153] | 1.37 | 2.99 | 1.49 | 1.83 |
| Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161] | 2.27 | 2.26 | 2.41 | 2.11 |
| Home health products at retail [56171] | 3.70 | 3.44 | 2.92 | 2.44 |
| Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172] | 3.00 | 3.14 | 2.70 | 2.02 |
| Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181] | 1.51 | 1.69 | 2.61 | 2.09 |
| Miscellaneous products at retail [56191] | 2.36 | 2.12 | 2.38 | 2.22 |
| Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous servicesFootnote 1 | 1.47 | 2.43 | 1.42 | 1.65 |
Footnotes
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May 3, 2021, Ottawa, Ontario
Statistics Canada is pleased to announce that collection for the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture begins today!
Canadians will be receiving their census letter in the mail with instructions on how to conveniently complete their questionnaire online, on paper or over the phone. Completing an online questionnaire is easy. Once you receive your letter or a paper questionnaire with your 16-digit secure access code, please visit the 2021 Census website and select the Start questionnaire button.
"Now more than ever, it's crucial that all of us complete the census. The 2021 Census will help us to better understand the impacts of the pandemic for different population groups and communities across the country and ensure we have good data for planning for a post-pandemic recovery and beyond.
We have taken all necessary measures to conduct a safe census that will enable Canadians to tell their story, and provide vital information that contributes to the strength of our country and our communities. It is important that everyone is included in the changing portrait of our nation."
Census questionnaires are assigned by household, and the Census of Population enumerates the entire Canadian population. This includes Canadian citizens (by birth or naturalization), landed immigrants, refugee claimants (e.g., asylum seekers), Canadian Foreign Service officers, Canadian Armed Forces members stationed abroad, and people who hold a work or study permit.
Canadians have relied on census data to tell us about how our country is changing and what matters to us. We all depend on key socioeconomic trends and analysis from the census to make important decisions that affect our families, our neighbourhoods and our businesses.
Data from the 2016 Census have played a key role in understanding the impacts of COVID-19 and responding to them. Federal and provincial governments use local-level population, age, income and housing data to determine who is most vulnerable to the current health and economic crisis. Furthermore, vaccine allocations have been conducted on a per capita basis based on census data.
Statistics Canada has adapted the collection process to ensure that all Canadians and our employees remain safe while participating in this vital national exercise. Data collected in the 2021 Census will inform many of the economic and health-related policy decisions that must be made by all levels of government in the coming months and years, as the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the lives of Canadians.
Statistics Canada will do everything it can to get Canadians to respond to the census without an in-person visit from a census employee. Completing the census questionnaire online is the best and easiest way to fulfill the census obligation. We anticipate that the great majority of Canadians will complete the questionnaire through our efficient, secure and user-friendly online application. Respondents without reliable access to the Internet can also call the Census Help Line at 1-855-340-2021, to complete their census questionnaire over the phone or request a paper questionnaire.
"Digital technology is continually changing the way we live and work. The Government is progressing in providing Canadians with secure digital platforms to interact with and obtain services from the Government of Canada. Giving all Canadians access to the online questionnaire for the 2021 Census demonstrates our focus on modernizing digital platforms and ensuring the protection of Canadians' data and information. Completing the 2021 Census is more crucial than ever, as this data will help all levels of government to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and better plan for the future."
Canadian farm operators will be asked to complete the 2021 Census of Agriculture questionnaire to help update Canada's agricultural profile. Farm operators will receive their letter with easy-to-follow instructions on how to complete the Census of Agriculture questionnaire online. Completing the questionnaire online is the best way to stay safe and tell your story as part of Canada's farming community. All follow-up contact will be performed by mail, email or phone. The Census Help Line (1-855-859-6273) will be available to farm operators from May until end of July to answer any questions and help with completing the questionnaire.
In the current context of COVID-19, Census of Agriculture data is vital to understanding the impacts of the crisis on the agricultural community, including supply chain and trade disruptions, and food security.
Census of Agriculture data provides Canadians with critical and accurate statistical information to manage federal and provincial government expenditures in support of the agriculture sector, including natural disaster and disease outbreak programming and compensation, establishing program payment caps, performance reporting and food safety issues.
Individuals are being hired to be part of this large-scale national project in communities both big and small to collect crucial data that will be used to plan for the future. Supervisory and non-supervisory opportunities are still available in a number of communities.
For more information on the census and to apply for census jobs, visit the 2021 Census website.
Statistics Canada acquires and uses Canadians’ phone numbers and email addresses under the authority of the Statistics Act to ensure that all Canadian households, including those that use cellphones or other communication services exclusively in lieu of landlines, are contacted and represented so that our surveys produce an accurate picture that reflects all the people of Canada.
Information collected by Statistics Canada supports a number of statistical programs that benefit all Canadians as well as our country's businesses. These important programs include the Labour Force Survey, which produces the monthly unemployment rate. The data from other statistical programs, such as the Census of Population as well as health and social surveys, provide information that affects the funding of essential services that all Canadians depend on, such as public transit, hospitals and schools.
The Statistics Act provides the authority for Statistics Canada to collect dwelling and contact information. Phone numbers, including those for cellphones, and email addresses are provided to Statistics Canada by survey respondents, other government departments and communication service providers on the condition that they are only used for statistical or research purposes.
The prevalence of cellphones and corresponding decline in landline use has increased the likelihood that an interviewer will contact Canadians on their cellphones. Email addresses are considered another modern way of contacting respondents in a digital age, similar to cellphones and landlines, each being added as technology evolved.
Statistics Canada needs to represent all dwellings in its samples in order to produce high-quality data from its surveys. An increasing number of households have replaced landline telephone service with a wireless service exclusively. The Survey of Household Spending, 2019, determined that nearly half of Canadian households (45.1%) had only a cellphone and no landline.
Statistics Canada strives for a contact-free approach to its surveys, including the Census of the Population, to protect the health and safety of respondents and staff. For the census, Statistics Canada uses phone numbers and email addresses to reduce the need for personal contact, which protects the health and safety of Canadians. Statistics Canada is striving for a contact-free approach to conducting the census and all other household surveys – including the monthly Labour Force Survey. This is best accomplished through increased use of phone and email follow-ups with Canadians, before census employees are sent door to door. Updated lists of household addresses and associated phone numbers and email addresses are essential for comprehensive census collection.
The success of our surveys will depend on partnerships with communication service providers as well as the ongoing cooperation of Canadians.
Unlisted phone numbers can be made available to Statistics Canada by survey respondents, other government departments and communication service providers on the condition that they are only used for statistical or research purposes.
Statistics Canada selects survey participants from a list of individuals or organizations compiled from various sources. When we need up-to-date contact information, we look for additional information through various publicly-accessible and internal-to-government sources. This extra research is limited to contact information only, and replaces the outdated methods of searching through telephone books and printed business directories that we have historically used. For example, extra research might be required in the case of telephone surveys when some of the telephone numbers of the people or organizations selected to be survey participants are found to be out-of-date.
The objective of verifying contact information is to:
The most commonly used tools for verifying contact information include:
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All personal information collected, used, disclosed or retained by Statistics Canada is protected by the Privacy Act and by the Statistics Act whether it was provided by a respondent or received from a third party. This means that you will be advised of the authority for such collection.
If you have any concerns about your privacy, please contact:
Pierre Desrochers
Chief Privacy Officer
Office of Privacy Management and Information Coordination
Statistics Canada
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Statistics Canada fully understands that some Canadians may be concerned if they are contacted by parties unknown to them personally.
Statistics Canada treats as confidential all phone numbers and email addresses it acquires under the authority of the Statistics Act.
Information collected under the Act is used only to support mandated statistical programs of Statistics Canada. The information is not used for any other purpose, nor distributed to other parties, even within the Government of Canada.
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The address, phone and email information of Canadians acquired by Statistics Canada is never provided to any other agency or person, even those within the Government of Canada.
Under the authority of the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is hereby requesting the following information which will be used solely for statistical and research purposes and will be protected in accordance with the provisions of the Statistics Act and any other applicable law. This is a mandatory request for data.
Statistics Canada is requesting data on specialty eggs quantity and value (prices) in British Columbia
This request does not contain any personal information.
Monthly data beginning with January 2017 (ongoing)
British Columbia Egg Marketing Board
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on Canada's agriculture industry as well as its farm operators and families. These statistics will provide our users with a better statistical portrait of the agriculture industry and will also help policy makers, researchers, industry stakeholders in their decision making. This information will also be used to accurately calculate British Columbia's egg production and prices.
In turn, this will ensure that the farm cash receipts calculated are accurate, and so the constituent role that they play in the agriculture sector's contribution to the gross domestic product even better represented.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
The British Columbia Egg Marketing Board is a non-profit organization that oversees and manages the British Columbia egg farming industry.
They work with approximately 144 family-owned and operated egg farms in B.C as they oversee and manage the production, grading, packing, marketing and transportation of all regulated eggs in B.C.
October 2022 and onward (monthly)
October 29, 2022
Statistics Canada is requesting data on the quantity and price (or value) of Canadian farmed mink and fox pelts sold at auction. This data acquisition includes key variables for the supply and disposition of farmed mink and fox, such as the number of animals that were born, were purchased or boarded, were sold or removed, died or escaped, and were pelted, as well as inventories. Provincial data for farmed mink and fox on male to female ratios and the number of farms by province are also being requested.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Data will be collected from auction houses in April, July and September annually, beginning in September 2021 for the 2019 reference period.
Data will be collected from provincial fur associations annually, from July to September, beginning in September 2021 for the 2019 reference period.
The information is being requested from auction houses selling Canadian mink and fox pelts, both within and outside Canada, as well as provincial fur associations.
Statistics Canada requires these administrative data to produce estimates of the quantity and value of mink and fox pelt sales, as well as on-farm supply and disposition of mink and fox. These data provide governments and the industry with critical data to inform policy and program decisions related to industry competitiveness, growth and efficiency.
Data collected from these sources may replace, in whole or in part, Statistics Canada's Annual Fur Farm Survey. Data collected from the survey are required to estimate farm cash receipts, which help measure the agriculture sector's contribution to gross domestic product. By leveraging these administrative data, Statistics Canada will continue to provide its data users with complete, timely and reliable information. The continued and increased use of administrative data will result in more efficient and consistent survey methods, less direct survey contact, and reduced response burden on farmers.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Statistics Canada's Annual Fur Farm Survey (the source of on-farm production and inventory data) was cancelled for the reference year 2019 to reduce response burden on farmers at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada had previously collected administrative data on the sale of fur and mink pelts from other auction houses; however, these locations have since ceased their operations. As a result, provincial fur associations and the remaining auction houses are the only known sources of administrative data on the sale of Canadian farmed fur, as well as on-farm supply and disposition data.
January 2022 and onward.
Fur association data will be requested once annually at the end of the fur production year, between July and September, on an ongoing basis.
Auction data will be requested three times per year, coinciding with the main international auction dates.
January 13, 2022
Statistics Canada is requesting data on price, weight and quantity of heavy lambs (>79lbs) sold in Québec on a monthly basis.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Monthly data beginning with January 2017 (ongoing)
Les Éleveurs d'ovins du Québec
Accurate prices are a critical component of all agricultural statistics programs because of their importance in the calculation of farm cash receipts (FCR) which values the agricultural sectors contribution to the Canadian economy.
Various federal and provincial departments, agencies, academic institutions as well as individuals use these data to conduct economic research and confident decision making.
Les Éleveurs d'ovins du Québec collects and maintains up to date data on sheep production and is currently the most accessible source for this information.
October 2022 and onward (monthly)
November 2, 2022
Statistics Canada is requesting agriculture production data for livestock (cattle, swine, sheep and lamb, speciality livestock animals and other, poultry, aquaculture) such as farm type, animal classification, production, shipment, animal movement, inventory, slaughter, sales, marketing by weight, price, value, levy, interprovincial sales, feed and organic status.
Statistics Canada holds administrative records on agricultural livestock production from 1986.
Updated information will be requested for the 2022 year and onward.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Data from 2022 and ongoing.
The information is being requested from:
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on national and provincial estimates of agriculture production for livestock.
These statistics will help provide accurate information on:
These data will be used by policy makers, researchers, industry stakeholders to develop informed policy and address diversity and inclusion priorities for the farming community as well as modernization, investments, and long-term sustainability.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations collect and maintain up-to-date data on livestock producers in Canada who report on animal production, sales, marketing, and interprovincial movement.
January 2023 and onward (quarterly, biannually, annually)
February 16, 2023
Monthly forecast estimates for the following crops: total grains and oilseeds, durum wheat, wheat excluding durum, all wheat, barley, corn, oats, rye, mixed grains, total coarse grains, canola, flaxseed, soybeans, total oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, dry beans, and chickpeas.
The variables include area seeded (thousand hectares), area harvested (thousand hectares), yield (tonne per hectare), production (thousand tonnes), imports (thousand tonnes), total supply (thousand tonnes), exports (thousand tonnes), total domestic use (thousand tonnes), and carry-out stocks (thousand tonnes). Some prices are included.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Monthly data as of August 2024 (and ongoing)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on gross domestic product. These statistics will help Canadians, businesses and governments, and will be used by policy makers, researchers and industry stakeholders to make decisions related to the health of the country’s economy and the measures needed to support and promote it. Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada produces the data requested. No other organization holds or produces comparable data.
August 2024
National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts
Gross Domestic Product by Industry - National (Monthly) (GDP)
Location, size, building material, vegetation being grown and time of year in production for each greenhouse surveyed, in addition to price, yield, number of farms, sales and production information.
This request does not contain any personal identifiers.
Open-ended, annual data starting in January 2016.
Greenhouse business associations in Canada.
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on Greenhouse locations and area. These statistics will help provide accurate information on greenhouse vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers and other specialty crops growing in Canada and will be used by policy makers, researchers, industry stakeholders to monitor future growth of greenhouses in Canada through machine learning models.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations collect and maintain detailed and up-to-date data on greenhouse operators and growers in Canada who report production, yield, number of farms, sales and price of multiple greenhouse products.
December 2021 and ongoing.
December 20, 2021
Statistics Canada is requesting agriculture production data for crops (hay, field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables and seed) such as crop type, year, area, production, yield, sales, marketing volume, price, value, stocks and organic status.
Statistics Canada holds administrative records on agricultural crop production from 2012.
Updated information will be requested for the 2018 crop year and onward.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Data from 2018 and ongoing.
The information is being requested from:
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on national and provincial estimates of agriculture production for crops (hay, field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables and seed).
These statistics will help provide accurate information on:
These data will be used by policy makers, researchers, industry stakeholders to develop informed policy and address diversity and inclusion priorities for the farming community as well as modernization, investments, and long-term sustainability.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations collect and maintain up-to-date data on crop producers in Canada who report on crop type, year, area, production, yield, sales, marketing volume, price, value, stocks and organic status.
January 2023 and onward (quarterly, biannually, annually)
February 16, 2023
Statistics Canada is requesting data on:
Agricultural producers insured crops, acres, crop type, crop year, total production and inventory, revenue, expenses, and if the area is equipped with an irrigation system.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Statistics Canada holds administrative records on crop insurance from 1998. Updated information will be requested on a biannual basis for the 2022 crop year and onward.
The information is being requested from Federal and Provincial governments and Crown corporations.
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on Crop Yield data. The Crop Yield are essential to the agriculture statistics program, farmers, industry associations, and governments, as these data inform markets by providing an indicator of food availability–informing decisions on competitiveness, industry growth and efficiency and food security.
Detailed reported data from business risk management programs would also be used to replace less-detailed data from our current data sources to improve estimates in addition to data validation and confrontation purposes.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations administer business risk management programs that provide agricultural producers with protection against production losses and uncertain market conditions. As such, they collect information on crop area, yield, revenue, expenses, production and inventory data as part of their mandate.
2022 and onward
July 20, 2023
Statistics Canada is requesting contact information for businesses in the Yukon Territory that engage in agricultural activity.
Personal information including: first and last name of farm operator(s), mailing address, physical address of the farm operation, phone number, and email are included in this request. Personal identifiers are only being collected for the purpose of record linkage to the Census of Agriculture population to ensure good coverage of farms in the Yukon.
Data from 2020 are being requested.
The information is being requested from the Government of Yukon, Agriculture Branch.
Statistics Canada is requesting farm producer contact information in order to ensure accurate coverage of farm operations in the Yukon. Using primarily operator characteristics, the list will be matched to those already in the Census of Agriculture frame. This information will assist the 2021 Census of Agriculture to publish accurate agriculture statistics on Yukon farm and farm operators. The Census of Agriculture is the only time Statistics Canada collects data about Yukon farm operations and operators, providing historical benchmark data for the industry.
Policy advisors can use these data to develop programs related to safety nets and agricultural workers for the agriculture sector. Farm operators can use these data to make production, marketing and investment decisions and to inform Canadians and the Government of Canada on how they are doing. Census of Agriculture data can also be used to evaluate the impact of natural disasters on agriculture (such as floods, drought, storm and fires) and react quickly.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
The Government of Yukon, Agriculture Branch is the only source for recent contact information for all Yukon farm operators.
This information is being requested in May 2021.
April 30, 2021
Statistics Canada is requesting data on grazing and hay harvesting activities including forage fee rates, authorized land use and spatial boundary data.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Annual data as of 2020 (ongoing)
The information is being requested from federal, provincial, and municipal governments, as well as private sector organizations (Business Associations, Councils, Institutes, Corporations, Marketing Boards, Marketing Commissions, Non-Government Organizations, Cooperatives).
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on national and provincial estimates of agricultural land use.
These statistics will help provide accurate information on:
These data can be used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders to develop informed policy and address diversity and inclusion priorities for the farming community as well as modernization, investments, and long-term sustainability.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations collect and maintain up-to-date data on land used for grazing and hay harvesting activities.
July 2023
May 16, 2023
Statistics Canada is requesting data on Fertilizer land use activities on agricultural land in Canada. Data provided will include type of fertilizer use and types of farms using fertilizer.
This request does not contain any personal information.
Annual data as of 2020 (ongoing)
Fertilizer Canada
Statistics Canada requires this information to create and publish statistics on national and provincial estimates of agricultural land use.
These statistics will help provide accurate information on:
These data can be used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders to develop informed policy and address diversity and inclusion priorities for the farming community as well as modernization, investments, and long-term sustainability.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
These organizations collect and maintain up-to-date data on fertilizer land use for agricultural activities.
November 2024
January 13, 2025
The real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by industry series estimates by province and territory are based on the chain Fisher formulaNote 1, which is not additive. Non-additivity of the real series comes both from chaining and from the Fisher formula itself. Chaining destroys the additive consistency of accounting equations and the Fisher formula does not have the additivity property. The fact that the real aggregates are not additive makes it more difficult to measure the contribution of an individual aggregate, sector or industry to the total economy, as the sum of the underlying components does not add to the total. This problem of additivity increases the further the distance from the reference year and the more relative prices change.
There are a variety of ways to overcome this additivity issue. For an analysis of industry or provincial and territorial shares, current values (or current prices) may be a sufficient or even more desirable alternative, because they reflect the economic structure at the prices of the period under study. For growth analysis, however, current values are not always appropriate as they combine both changes in prices and in volumes. For example, if an industry in a given jurisdiction gains (or loses) nominal value it might be the result of various combinations of price and volume changes (Figure 1) within its economy, and in turn will also impact how this industry contributes to the nominal national variations.
The title of Figure 1 is "Number of cases that can explain Nominal variations"
The Figure 1 shows the number of possible price and volume movements that can occur in the economy from one period to the next period for various goods and services for nominal variations.
As seen from Figure 1, with different price and volume combinations, it becomes difficult to differentiate whether a nominal variation is due to a change in price or volume or some combination of the two. Fisher based GDP estimates are adjusted for price fluctuations such that "real" volume movements can be analyzed. As discussed above since Fisher based estimates are non-additive, it can be challenging to analyze how industries in the provinces or territories contribute to their own total economy and in turn how provinces and territories contribute to the real growth of the Canadian economy.
Useful complementary measure are provided by the Contributions to Percentage Change (CPC) and provincial and territorial Contributions to National Percentage Change (CNPC) formulas, which present a strictly additive decomposition of the variations in the aggregates. The formulas re-weight the contributions of the detailed series in such a way that they become strictly additive to the total variation of the aggregate.
The CPC formula is a function of GDP at current values, the Paasche and Laspeyres volumes of GDP and the Fisher volume index.
CPC
Where:
CGDPi: GDP at current values for industry i at time t and t-1
LGDPi: Laspeyres GDP volume for industry i at time t
PGDPi: Paasche GDP volume for industry i at time t-1
FV: Fisher volume index at time t
This formula is the basis of the CPC series published by the Provincial and Territorial GDP by Industry program. It allows measuring the contribution of an individual industry or aggregate to the percentage change in total GDP in "real" terms.
Table 1 provides an example of contributions to percentage change in the context of a Fisher index. As noted above, the sum of the detailed industries does not add up to the total index for columns t and t-1, making it difficult to relate the individual industry growth rates to the aggregate growth rate. The CPC, however, provides a completely additive measure of the contribution of each industry to the aggregate growth rate.
| Industry | t-1 | t | Growth rate | CPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 108 | 144 | 33.33% | 1.98 |
| B | 224 | 238 | 6.25% | 1.66 |
| C | 525 | 540 | 2.86% | 1.49 |
| D | 150 | 162 | 8.00% | 1.22 |
| Total (Fisher) | 1,003.7 | 1,067.4 | 6.35% | 6.35 |
The CPC measure discussed above, although useful in analyzing how industries or an aggregate contributes to the jurisdiction's own economy, does not show how an industry or an aggregate within a given province or territory contributes to the real national economic growth. The CNPC formula allows measurement of the contribution of an individual industry or aggregate in provinces or territories to the percentage change in total national GDP in "real" terms.
CNPC
Where:
CGDPi,j: GDP at current values for industry i and jurisdiction j at time t and t-1
LGDPi,j: Laspeyres GDP volume for industry i and jurisdiction j at time t
PGDPi,j: Paasche GDP volume for industry i and jurisdiction j at time t-1
FVN: National Fisher volume index at time t
Table 2 provides an example of provincial and territorial contributions to percentage change in Canada in the context of a Fisher index. As with Table 1, the sum of the provinces and territories by industry does not add up to the total index for columns t and t-1, making it difficult to relate the provincial and territorial growth rates by industry to the national growth rate. The CNPC, however, provides a completely additive measure of the contribution of each industry in the province and territory to the total national growth rate.
| Geography | Industry | t-1 | t | Growth rate | CNPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geo 1 | A | 102,767 | 109,633 | 6.68% | 0.35 |
| B | 1,099,806 | 1,123,901 | 2.19% | 1.25 | |
| Geo 2 | A | 711,388 | 731,888 | 2.88% | 1.07 |
| B | 10,335 | 11,842 | 14.58% | 0.08 | |
| Total National | Total (Fisher) | 1,926,783 | 1,979,750 | 2.75% | 2.75 |
Although comparing statistics from different periods is an acceptable application of the CPC and CNPC measure, it should not be used to conduct a period over period growth rate analysis. Furthermore, the contributions to percentage change should not be interpreted as proportions.
