What We Heard Report, NAICS Canada 2022 Consultation

Release date: April 20, 2021 (Previous notice)

Introduction

The consultation in question was related to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada revision for 2022. The revised classification will be NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0.

NAICS Canada is Statistics Canada's primary classifications for industries and is widely used throughout business programs at Statistics Canada, in academia, and in business.

Statistics Canada updates NAICS Canada on a 5-year revision cycle. The next revisions to this classification is scheduled to be released in January, 2022.

The purpose of the consultation was to solicit input from users of NAICS Canada on revisions for the classification. These revisions may include any element of the classification including the structure of the classification, wording of definitions, and examples and exclusions attached to classes. The input of business, government, academia and private citizens in updating NAICS Canada is valued so that it meets the needs of users.

This report summarizes the feedback received from the consultation. The consultation process and period is described below.

Consultation overview

The purpose of the consultation was to solicit comments from data producers and users, representatives of business associations, government bodies at the federal, provincial and local levels, academics and researchers and all other interested parties to submit proposals for the revision to NAICS Canada. The revised version will be called NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0. User input is highly valued by Statistics Canada in updating NAICS Canada so that it continues to meet user needs.

The consultation was conducted electronically through public announcements that described the upcoming NAICS Canada revision, listed the types of inputs sought, provided a timeline for the consultation and gave contact information for users to make submissions and contact Statistics Canada with questions and comments. The announcements were disseminated through the Statistics Canada's website (Consulting Canadians and DDSM), and Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Reddit, as well as GCConnex.

The type of feedback requested included any proposed changes to NAICS Canada and how they classify industries. These might be changes to the structure of the classification (i.e. addition of classes or deletion of classes), changes to the wording of definitions, and changes to examples, inclusion and exclusions.

Interested parties were invited to submit written proposals to Statistics Canada. The official public consultation period started in November 2019 and closed at the end of June 2020.

Statistics Canada received responses by e-mail. These responses consisted of written descriptions of the desired changed to NAICS Canada for 2022, including structures, definitions, examples, inclusions, and exclusions.

Summary of Feedback

Staff from the Centre for Statistical and Data Standards (formerly Office of Privacy Management and Information Coordination) at Statistics Canada managed the responses to the public consultation announcement. These responses were all received by e-mail.

For NAICS Canada 2022, we received proposals from 6 different parties. This included 1 provincial government statistical agency, two federal government departments, 1 federal government agency, 1 provincial agency, and 1 non-profit association. The issues identified in the external proposals included a large number of requests for changes to examples covering a broad range of NAICS classes (none requiring structural changes to NAICS), requests for changes to an array of occupations within NAICS, structural changes to agricultural classes to provide more detailed classes, and changes to the treatment of non-profit organizations. In addition to these external requests there were about 140 internal requests for changes to NAICS that included structural changes to the NAICS governing Internet retail and Internet broadcasting, as well as numerous non-structural changes affecting definitions, examples, inclusions, and exclusions in a large number of NAICS classes.

Next steps

Statistics Canada is still in the process of reviewing proposals for NAICS Canada 2022. It is expected that this work will be completed by the beginning of April 2021. A public notice containing the final approved proposal for changes will be available by June 2021. NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 will be released in January 2022.

What We Heard Report, NAPCS Canada 2022 Consultation

Release date: April 20, 2021 (Previous notice)

Introduction

The consultation in question was related to the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada revisions for 2022. The revised classification will be NAPCS Canada 2022 Version 1.0.

NAPCS Canada is Statistics Canada's primary classification for products and is widely used throughout business programs at Statistics Canada, in academia, and in business.

Statistics Canada updates NAPCS Canada on a 5-year revision cycle. The next revisions to this classifications are scheduled to be released in February, 2022.

The purpose of the consultation was to solicit input from users of NAPCS Canada on revisions for the classifications. These revisions may include any element of the classifications including the structure of the classification, wording of definitions, and examples and exclusions attached to classes. The input of business, government, academia and private citizens in updating NAPCS Canada users is valued so that they meet the needs of users.

This report summarizes the feedback received from the consultation. The consultation process and period is described below.

Consultation overview

The purpose of the consultation was to solicit comments from data producers and users, representatives of business associations, government bodies at the federal, provincial and local levels, academics and researchers and all other interested parties to submit proposals for the revision to NAPCS Canada. The revised version will be called NAPCS Canada 2022 Version 1.0. User input is highly valued by Statistics Canada in updating NAPCS Canada so that it continues to meet user needs.

The consultation was conducted electronically through public announcements that described the upcoming NAPCS Canada revisions, listed the types of inputs sought, provided a timeline for the consultation and gave contact information for users to make submissions and contact Statistics Canada with questions and comments. The announcements were disseminated through the Statistics Canada's website (Consulting Canadians and DDSM), and Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Reddit, as well as GCConnex.

The type of feedback requested included any proposed changes to NAPCS Canada and how they classify products. These might be changes to the structure of the classification (i.e. addition of classes or deletion of classes), changes to the wording of definitions, and changes to examples, inclusion and exclusions.

Interested parties were invited to submit written proposals to Statistics Canada. The official public consultation period started in November 2019 and closed at the end of June 2020.

Statistics Canada received responses by e-mail. These responses consisted of written descriptions of the desired changed to NAPCS Canada for 2022, including structures, definitions, examples, inclusions, and exclusions.

Summary of Feedback

Staff from the Centre for Statistical and Data Standards (formerly Office of Privacy Management and Information Coordination) at Statistics Canada managed the responses to the public consultation announcement. These responses were all received by e-mail.

Among all the proposals received for NAPCS Canada 2022, all requests for changes were submitted by various statistical programs within Statistics Canada, none was received from external parties. This was not unexpected since NAPCS Canada is growing yet still not widely used outside of Statistics Canada.

Of the changes received internally for NAPCS Canada, there were about 170 issues identified. Most of them are small changes, such as changes to examples. The larger issues included updating cannabis products to reflect regulations, cloud computing services, building and infrastructure products, electric vehicles, recycled and biodegradable plastics, electronic cigarettes and research and development services.

Next steps

Statistics Canada is still in the process of reviewing proposals for NAPCS Canada 2022. It is expected that this work will be completed by June 2021. A public notice containing the final approved proposal for changes will be available by August 2021. NAPCS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 will be released in February 2022.

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2020 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry – Industrial Non-Profit Organizations. 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.

NOTE:

  1. If this organization performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
  2. If this organization performs in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-6, 9-22.
  3. If this organization outsources (R&D) and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-4, 6-8, 13, 17-22.
  4. If this organization does not perform in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-4, 6, 13, 17, 18 & 20-22.

For this survey

'In-house R&D' refers to

Expenditures within Canada for R&D performed within this organization by:

  • employees (permanent, temporary or casual)
  • self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this organization's R&D projects.

'Outsourced R&D' refers to

Payments made within or outside Canada to other organizations, businesses or individuals to fund R&D performance:

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

Reporting period information

Here are some examples of common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
  • July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
  • October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
  • January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
  • February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
  • April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

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

  • September 18, 2019 to September 15, 2020 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (e.g., a newly opened organization)

Definitions and Concepts

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

R&D is performed in the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. There are three types of R&D activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development.

Activities included and excluded from R&D

Inclusions

Prototypes

Include design, construction and operation of prototypes, provided that the primary objective is to make further improvements or to undertake technical testing. Exclude if the prototype is for commercial purposes.

Pilot plants

Include construction and operation of pilot plants, provided that the primary objective is to make further improvements or to undertake technical testing. Exclude if the pilot plant is intended to be operated for commercial purposes.

New computer software or significant improvements/modifications to existing computer software

Includes technological or scientific advances in theoretical computer sciences; operating systems e.g., improvement in interface management, developing new operating system or converting an existing operating system to a significantly different hardware environment; programming languages; and applications if a significant technological change occurs.

Contracts

Include all contracts which require R&D. For contracts which include other work, report only the R&D costs.

Research work in the social sciences

Include if projects are employing new or significantly different modelling techniques or developing new formulae, analyzing data not previously available or applying new research techniques, development of community strategies for disease prevention, or health education.

Exclude:

  • routine analytical projects using standard techniques and existing data
  • routine market research
  • routine statistical analysis intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

Exclusions

Routine analysis in the social sciences including policy-related studies, management studies and efficiency studies

Exclude analytical projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies, principles and models of the related social sciences to bear on a particular problem (e.g., commentary on the probable economic effects of a change in the tax structure, using existing economic data; use of standard techniques in applied psychology to select and classify industrial and military personnel, students, etc., and to test children with reading or other disabilities).

Consumer surveys, advertising, market research

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for commercialization of the results of R&D.

Routine quality control and testing

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies not intended to create new knowledge, even if carried out by personnel normally engaged in R&D.

Pre-production activities such as demonstration of commercial viability, tooling up, trial production, and trouble shooting

Although R&D may be required as a result of these steps, these activities are excluded.

Prospecting, exploratory drilling, development of mines, oil or gas wells

Include only if for R&D projects concerned with new equipment or techniques in these activities, such as in-situ and tertiary recovery research.

Engineering

Exclude engineering unless it is in direct support of R&D.

Design and drawing

Exclude design and drawing unless it is in direct support of R&D.

Patent and license work

Exclude all administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses.

Cosmetic modifications or style changes to existing products

Exclude if no significant technical improvement or modification to the existing products has occurred.

General purpose or routine data collection

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

Routine computer programming, systems maintenance or software application

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support on-going operations.

Routine mathematical or statistical analysis or operations analysis

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

Activities associated with standards compliance

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support standards compliance.

Specialized routine medical care such as routine pathology services

Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q5 – Q8)

In-house R&D expenditures are composed of current in-house R&D expenditures and capital in-house R&D expenditures.

Current in-house R&D expenditures

Include:

  • wages, salaries, benefits and fringe benefits, materials and supplies
  • services to support R&D, including on-site R&D consultants and contactors
  • necessary background literature
  • minor scientific equipment
  • associated administrative overhead costs.

a. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees

Include benefits and fringe benefits of employees engaged in R&D activities. Benefits and fringe benefits include bonus payments, holiday or vacation pay, pension fund contributions, other social security payments, payroll taxes, etc.

b. Services to support R&D

Include:

  • payments to on-site R&D consultants and contractors working under the direct control of your organization
  • other services including indirect services purchased to support in-house R&D such as security, storage, repair, maintenance and use of buildings and equipment
  • computer services, software licensing fees and dissemination of R&D findings.

c. R&D materials

Include:

  • water, fuel, gas and electricity
  • materials for creation of prototypes
  • reference materials (books, journals, etc.)
  • subscriptions to libraries and data bases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
  • cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
  • materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.)
  • all other R&D-related materials.

d. All other current R&D costs including overhead

Include administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, post and telecommunications, internet, insurance), prorated if necessary to allow for non-R&D activities within the organization.

Exclude:

  • interest charges
  • value-added taxes (goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST)).

Capital in-house R&D expenditures

Capital in-house R&D expenditures are the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly, or continuously in the performance of R&D for more than one year. Report capital in-house R&D expenditures in full for the period when they occurred.

Include costs for software, land, buildings and structures, equipment, machinery and other capital costs.

Exclude capital depreciation.

e. Software

Include applications and systems software (original, customized and off-the-shelf software), supporting documentation and other software-related acquisitions.

f. Land acquired for R&D including testing grounds, sites for laboratories and pilot plants.

g. Buildings and structures that are constructed or purchased for R&D activities or that have undergone major improvements, modifications, renovations and repairs for R&D activities.

h. Equipment, machinery and all other capital

Include major equipment, machinery and instruments, including embedded software, acquired for R&D activities.

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q9 – Q12)

Include payments made through contracts, grants donations and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.

Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

  1. Companies include all incorporated for-profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.
  2. Private non-profit organizations include voluntary health organizations, private philanthropic foundations, associations and societies and research institutes. They are not-for-profit organizations that serve the public interest by supporting activities related to public welfare (such as health, education, the environment).
  3. Industrial research institutes or associations include all non-profit organizations that serve the business sector, with industrial associations frequently consisting of their membership.
  4. Federal government includes all federal government departments and agencies. It excludes federal government business enterprises providing products in the market.
  5. Provincial or territorial governments include all provincial or territorial government ministries, departments and agencies. It excludes provincial or territorial government business enterprises providing products in the market.
  6. Provincial or territorial research organizations are organizations created under provincial or territorial law which conduct or facilitate research on behalf of the province or territory.
  7. Other organizations – individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments including ministries, departments and agencies of foreign governments.

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2020 (Q17)

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude:

  • payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 10
  • capital depreciation.
  1. Funds from this organization

    Amount contributed by this organization to R&D performed within Canada (include interest payments and other income, land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).

  2. Funds from member companies or affiliates

    Amount received from member organizations and affiliated organizations used to perform R&D within Canada (include annual fees and sustaining grants, land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).

  3. Federal government grants or funding

    Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  4. Federal government contracts

    Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  5. R&D contract work for companies

    Funds received from companies to perform R&D on their behalf.

  6. Provincial or territorial government grants or funding

    Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  7. Provincial or territorial government contracts

    Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  8. R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations

    Funds received from non-profit organizations to perform R&D on their behalf.

  9. Other sources

    Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

Fields of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2020 (Q19)

Exclude:

  • payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 10
  • capital depreciation.

Natural and formal sciences

Mathematics, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth and related environmental sciences, biological sciences, other natural sciences.

Exclude computer sciences, information sciences and bioinformatics (to be reported at lines s. and t).

  1. Mathematics: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.
  2. Physical sciences: atomic, molecular and chemical physics, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, condensed matter physics, solid state physics and superconductivity, particles and fields physics, nuclear physics, fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics), optics (including laser optics and quantum optics), acoustics, astronomy (including astrophysics, space science).
  3. Chemical sciences: organic chemistry, inorganic and nuclear chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science and plastics, electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, metal corrosion, electrolysis), colloid chemistry, analytical chemistry.
  4. Earth and related environmental sciences: geosciences, geophysics, mineralogy and palaeontology, geochemistry and geophysics, physical geography, geology and volcanology, environmental sciences, meteorology, atmospheric sciences and climatic research, oceanography, hydrology and water resources.
  5. Biological sciences: cell biology, microbiology and virology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biochemical research, mycology, biophysics, genetics and heredity (medical genetics under medical biotechnology), reproductive biology (medical aspects under medical biotechnology), developmental biology, plant sciences and botany, zoology, ornithology, entomology and behavioural sciences biology, marine biology, freshwater biology and limnology, ecology and biodiversity conservation, biology (theoretical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), evolutionary biology.
  6. Other natural sciences: other natural sciences.

Engineering and Technology

Civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, medical engineering, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, nanotechnology, other engineering and technologies.

Exclude software engineering and technology (to be reported at line r).

  1. Civil engineering: civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.
  2. Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology: electrical and electronic engineering, robotics and automatic control, micro-electronics, semiconductors, automation and control systems, communication engineering and systems, telecommunications, computer hardware and architecture.
  3. Mechanical engineering: mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, thermodynamics, aerospace engineering, nuclear-related engineering (nuclear physics under Physical sciences), acoustical engineering, reliability analysis and non-destructive testing, automotive and transportation engineering and manufacturing, tooling, machinery and equipment engineering and manufacturing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineering and manufacturing.
  4. Chemical engineering: chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.
  5. Materials engineering: materials engineering and metallurgy, ceramics, coating and films (including packaging and printing), plastics, rubber and composites (including laminates and reinforced plastics), paper and wood and textiles, construction materials (organic and inorganic).
  6. Medical engineering: medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials, which should be reported under Industrial biotechnology).
  7. Environmental engineering: environmental and geological engineering, petroleum engineering (fuel, oils), energy and fuels, remote sensing, mining and mineral processing, marine engineering, sea vessels and ocean engineering.
  8. Environmental biotechnology: environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).
  9. Industrial biotechnology: industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bioderived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).
  10. Nanotechnology: nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).
  11. Other engineering and technologies: food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technology

Software engineering and technology, computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics.

  1. Software engineering and technology: computer software engineering, computer software technology, and other related computer software engineering and technologies.
  2. Computer sciences: computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and other related computer sciences.
  3. Information technology and bioinformatics: information technology, informatics, bioinformatics, biomathematics, and other related information technologies.

Medical and health sciences

Basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, medical biotechnology, other medical sciences.

  1. Basic medicine: anatomy and morphology (plant science under Biological science), human genetics, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, toxicology, physiology and cytology, pathology.
  2. Clinical medicine: andrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiac and cardiovascular systems, haematology, anaesthesiology, orthopaedics, radiology and nuclear medicine, dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, dermatology, venereal diseases and allergy, rheumatology, endocrinology and metabolism and gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, and oncology.
  3. Health sciences: health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.
  4. Medical biotechnology: health-related biotechnology, technologies involving the manipulation of cells, tissues, organs or the whole organism, technologies involving identifying the functioning of DNA, proteins and enzymes, pharmacogenomics, gene-based therapeutics, biomaterials (related to medical implants, devices, sensors).
  5. Other medical sciences: forensic science, other medical sciences.

Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences, animal and dairy sciences, veterinary sciences, agricultural biotechnology, other agricultural sciences.

  1. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.
  2. Animal and dairy sciences: animal and dairy science, animal husbandry.
  3. Veterinary sciences: veterinary science (all).
  4. Agricultural biotechnology: agricultural biotechnology and food biotechnology, genetically modified (GM) organism technology and livestock cloning, diagnostics (DNA chips and biosensing devices), biomass feedstock production technologies and biopharming.
  5. Other agricultural sciences: other agricultural sciences.

Social sciences and humanities

Psychology, educational sciences, economics and business, other social sciences, humanities.

  1. Psychology: cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, psychometrics and quantitative psychology, and other fields of psychology.
  2. Educational sciences: education, training and other related educational sciences.
  3. Economics and business: micro-economics, macro-economics, econometrics, labour economics, financial economics, business economics, entrepreneurial and business administration, management and operations, management sciences, finance and all other related fields of economics and business
  4. Other social sciences: anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography, geography (human, economic and social), planning (town, city and country), management, organization and methods (excluding market research unless new methods/techniques are developed), law, linguistics, political sciences, sociology, miscellaneous social sciences and interdisciplinary, and methodological and historical science and technology activities relating to subjects in this group.
  5. Humanities: history (history, prehistory and history, together with auxiliary historical disciplines such as archaeology, numismatics, palaeography, genealogy, etc.), languages and literature (ancient and modern), other humanities (philosophy (including the history of science and technology)), arts (history of art, art criticism, painting, sculpture, musicology, dramatic art excluding artistic "research" of any kind), religion, theology, other fields and subjects pertaining to the humanities, and methodological, historical and other science and technology activities relating to the subjects in this group.

In-house R&D personnel in 2020 (Q71 - Q73)

R&D personnel

Include:

  • permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
  • independent on-site R&D consultants and contractors working in your organization's offices, laboratories, or other facilities
  • employees engaged in R&D-related support activities.

Researchers and research managers are composed of:

  1. Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
  2. Senior research managers plan or manage R&D projects and programs. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.

R&D technical, administrative and support staff are composed of:

  1. Technicians and technologists and research assistants are persons whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in one or more fields of engineering, the physical and life sciences, or the social sciences, humanities and the arts. They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts, operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
  2. Other R&D technical, administrative support staff include skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in R&D projects or directly associated with such projects.

On-site R&D consultants and contractors are individuals hired 1) to perform project-based work or to provide goods at a fixed or ascertained price or within a certain time or 2) to provide advice or services in a specialized field for a fee and, in both cases, work at the location specified and controlled by the contracting company or organization.

Full-time equivalent (FTE)

R&D may be carried out by persons who work solely on R&D projects or by persons who devote only part of their time to R&D, and the balance to other activities such as testing, quality control and production engineering. To arrive at the total effort devoted to R&D in terms of personnel, it is necessary to estimate the full-time equivalent of these persons working only part-time in R&D.

FTE (full-time equivalent): Number of persons who work solely on R&D projects + the time of persons working only part of their time on R&D.

Example calculation: If out of four scientists engaged in R&D work, one works solely on R&D projects and the remaining three devote only one quarter of their working time to R&D, then: FTE = 1 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1.75 scientists.

Technology and technical assistant payments in 2020 (Q74 - Q76)

Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  1. Patent

    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.

  2. Copyright

    Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.

  3. Trademark

    A word, symbol or design, or combination of these, used to distinguish goods or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.

  4. Industrial design

    Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.

  5. Integrated circuit topography

    Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.

  6. Original software

    Computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.

  7. Packaged or off-the-shelf software

    Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.

  8. Databases

    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data.

  9. Other

    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.

Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q23 - Q70)

Fossil Fuels

Crude oils and natural gas exploration, crude oils and natural gas production, oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management, refining, processing and upgrading, coal production, separation and processing, transportation of fossil fuels.

  1. Crude oils and natural gas exploration

    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.

  2. Crude oil and natural gas production and storage, include enhanced recovery natural gas production

    Include on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.

  3. Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management

    Include surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD), tailings management.

  4. Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels

    Include processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.

  5. Coal production, separation and processing

    Include coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.

  6. Transportation of fossil fuels

    Include transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation, safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.

Renewable energy resources

Solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications, solar heating and cooling, wind energy, bio-energy – biomass production, bio-energy – biomass conversion to fuels, bio-energy – biomass conversion to heat and electricity, other bio-energy, small hydro (less than 10 MW), large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW), other renewable energy.

  1. Solar photovoltaics (PV)

    Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.

  2. Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications

    Include solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.

  3. Solar heating and cooling

    Include daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.

  4. Wind energy

    Include technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.

  5. Bio-energy – Biomass production and transport

    Include improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, biogas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.

  6. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to transportation fuel

    Include conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.

  7. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to heat and electricity

    Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP), exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.

  8. Other bio-energy

    Include recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.

  9. Small hydro – (less than 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.

  10. Large hydro – (greater than or equal to 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.

  11. Other renewable energy

    Include hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.

Nuclear fission and fusion

Materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.

  1. Nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management

    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.

  2. Nuclear reactors

    Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.

  3. Other fission

    Include nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.

  4. Fusion

    Include all types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).

Electric Power

Generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.

  1. Electric power generation in utility sector

    Include conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.

  2. Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings

    Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.

  3. Electricity transmission, distribution and storage

    Include solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.

Hydrogen and fuel cells

Hydrogen production for process applications, hydrogen production for transportation applications, hydrogen transport and storage, other hydrogen, fuel cells, both stationary and mobile.

  1. Hydrogen production for process applications
  2. Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  3. Hydrogen transport and storage
  4. Other hydrogen

    Include end uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).

  5. Stationary fuel cells

    Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.

  6. Mobile fuel cells

    Include portable applications.

Energy efficiency

Industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.

  1. Energy efficiency applications for industry

    Include reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.

  2. Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors

    Include space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.

  3. Energy efficiency for transportation

    Includes analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, air emission reduction, other.

  4. Other energy efficiency

    Include waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.

Other energy-related technologies

Carbon capture, transportation and storage for fossil fuel production and processing, electric power generation, industry in end-use sector, energy systems analysis, all other energy-related technologies.

  1. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  2. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  3. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector

    Include industry in the end-use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc. (exclude fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production).

  4. Energy system analysis

    Include system analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.

  5. All other energy technologies

    Include energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.

Environmental and clean technology products in 2020

Air pollution management

Activities aimed at reducing the emissions of pollutants (including greenhouse gases) to the atmosphere. Include pollution abatement and control (e.g., end-of-pipe processes) and pollution prevention (e.g., integrated processes), as well as related measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Solid waste management

Activities related to the collection, treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling of all domestic, industrial, non-hazardous and hazardous waste (including low-level radioactive waste). Include monitoring activities. Exclude radioactive waste and mine tailings handling and treatment (to be reported under Protection against radiation and Wastewater management, respectively).

Wastewater management

Activities aimed at pollution reduction or prevention through the abatement of pollutants or the reduction of the release of wastewater. Include measures aimed at reducing pollutants before discharge, reducing the release of wastewater, septic tanks, treatment of cooling water, handling and treatment of mine tailings, etc.

Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water

Activities aimed at the prevention of pollution infiltration: remediation or cleaning up of soils and water bodies; protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation; monitoring, control, laboratories and the like. Exclude management of wastewater released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems or soil, or injected underground (to be reported under Wastewater management) and protection of biodiversity and habitat (to be reported under Protection of biodiversity and habitat).

Protection of biodiversity and habitat

Activities related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity, and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity. Include related environmental measurements, monitoring, control, laboratories and the like.

Noise and vibration abatement

Activities aimed at controlling or reducing industrial and transport noise and vibration for the sole purpose of protecting the environment. Include preventive in-process modifications at the source, construction of anti-noise/vibration facilities, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Protection against radiation

Activities aimed at preventing, reducing, or eliminating the negative consequences of radiation on the environment. This includes all handling, transportation, and treatment of radioactive waste (i.e. waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation due to high radionuclide content), the protection of ambient media, measurement, control, laboratories and the like, as well as any other activities related to the containment of radioactive waste. Exclude activities and measures related to low-level radioactive waste (to be reported under Solid waste management), the prevention of technological hazards (e.g., external safety of nuclear power plants), and measures taken to protect workers.

Heat or energy savings and management

Activities aimed at reducing the intake of energy through in-process modifications (such as adjustment of production processes or heat and electricity co-generation), as well as reducing heat and energy losses. This includes insulation activities, energy recovery, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Renewable energy

Energy obtained from resources that naturally replenish or renew within a human lifespan (i.e. the resource is a sustainable source of energy). This includes wind, solar, aero-thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases.

Section 3 – Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) Analytic File Access

Section 3 – Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) Analytic File Access (PDF, 226.11 KB)

DAD Licence

Licence Agreement for the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) Research Analytic Files from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Description of Product

1. The Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) Research Analytic Files referred to in this Agreement relate to research analytic files ('clinical and geographic') that are de-identified samples from CIHI's Discharge Abstract Database (sampled from fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 contained in the DLI Collection (the"CIHI Files"). The Database (DAD) will now include samples from CIHI's Discharge Abstract Database sampled from fiscal year 2013-2014 and any future fiscal years that could be applicable.

Contact and Custodian

2.1 The Licensee hereby nominates the DLI contact as the contact person to whom all further communication shall be addressed by Statistics Canada or CIHI on any matter concerning this Agreement.

2.2 The Licensee hereby nominates the DLI contact as the designated custodian of the CIHI Files with responsibility for ensuring their proper use and custody pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Delivery of Product

3. Upon signature of this Agreement, Statistics Canada shall provide to the Licensee access to the CIHI Files and one copy of the related documentation.

Ownership

4. The CIHI Files and related documentation shall at all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of CIHI, it being mutually agreed that this Agreement involves a limited licence for the use of the CIHI Files and related documentation and that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to convey any title or ownership interest in the CIHI Files or the related documentation to the Licensee.

Use of CIHI Files

4.1 Statistics Canada hereby grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable limited licence to use the CIHI Files and related documentation for statistical and research purposes. The CIHI Files and related documentation shall not be used for any other purposes without the prior written consent of CIHI.

4.2 Use of the CIHI Files and related documentation is limited to the Licensee. The CIHI Files and related documentation cannot be reproduced or transmitted to any person or organization outside of the Licensee's organization.

4.3 The Licensee shall not merge or link the records on the CIHI Files with any other databases for the purpose of attempting to identify an individual person, business or organization.

4.4 The Licensee shall not present information from the CIHI Files in such a manner that gives the appearance that the Licensee may have received, or had access to, information held by CIHI about any identifiable person, business or organization.

4.5 The Licensee shall not disassemble, decompile or in any way attempt to reverse engineer any software provided as part of the CIHI Files.

No Warranty and No Liability

5. The CIHI Files are licenced 'as-is,' and CIHI makes no representation or warranties whatsoever with respect to the CIHI Files, whether express or implied, in relation to the CIHI Files and expressly disclaims any implied warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the CIHI Files.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information or any of its officials employees, agents, successors and Assigns shall not be liable for any errors or omissions in the CIHI Files and shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss injury, damage, however caused, that you may suffer at any time by reason of your possession, access to or use of the CIHI Files arising out of the exercise of your rights or the fulfilment of your obligations under this agreement.

Publication by the Licensee

6. In any publication of any information based on the CIHI Files, the Licensee shall use the following form of accreditation:

"Parts of this material are based on the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database Research Analytic Files (sampled from fiscal years 2009–2010 and 2010–2011). However the analysis, conclusions, opinions and statements expressed herein are those of the author(s) and not those of the Canadian Institute for Health Information."

Condition of Use

7. Statistics Canada may modify this agreement at any time with respect to the Licensee's right to use the CIHI Files and related documentation and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified agreement on the Statistics Canada Website.

Term

8. This Agreement comes into force when signed by both Parties and shall continue in force until terminated in accordance herewith.

Termination

9.1 Statistics Canada may, by providing ten days written notice to the Licensee, terminate this Agreement if the Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement and to remedy such breach within the notice period.

9.2 In the event of termination, the Licensee must immediately return the CIHI Files and related documentation to Statistics Canada, or destroy them and certify this destruction in writing to Statistics Canada.

10. Any notice to be given to Statistics Canada or the Licensee shall be in writing and sent by registered mail or electronic mail.

11. Sections 4, 6 and 8 hereof survive the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.

Amendment

12. No amendment to this Agreement shall be valid unless it is reduced to writing and signed by the Parties hereto.

Entire Agreement

13. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Statistics Canada and the Licensee with respect to the Licensee's right to use the CIHI Files and related documentation.

Appropriate Law

14. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The parties hereby attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Canada.

Affirmation

I acknowledge that I have read and understand the terms and conditions under which the data product(s) can be used and that the organization will abide by them.

  • Licence Administrator (please print)
  • Academic Institution
  • Date

Section 2 – Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) Access

Section 2 – Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) Access (PDF, 211.74 KB)

SPSD/M Licence

Licence Agreement for the Social Policy Simulation Database and Model

This Agreement ("Agreement") is made

Between: His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, having been designated as the Minister for the purposes of the Statistics Act (referred to herein as "Statistics Canada"),

And: (Name of the Other Party), (Referred to herein as the "Licensee").

In consideration of the mutual obligations, hereinafter set forth, and for good and valuable consideration, Statistics Canada and the Licensee agree as follows:

1. Definitions

1.1 "Software Product" means the computer program(s), and any related documentation, as described in Part 1 of Appendix A attached hereto.

1.2 "Use" means the execution of the Package on a computer, and includes the reading of the related documentation by automated and/or human means.

1.3 "Database" means the non-identifiable microdata and related documentation as described in Part 2 of Appendix A. Data in the Database is synthetic and contains information that has been created using data from a variety of sources

1.4 "Package" means the Software Product and the Database, collectively.

2. Grant of Licence

2.1 Statistics Canada grants to the Licensee, a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to Use the Package for statistical and research purposes, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.

2.2 Statistics Canada grants to Licensee, the licence to make copies of the Package provided that the use of these copies conforms to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

3. Restrictions on Use

3.1 The Licensee shall not Use the Package or any part thereof to develop or derive any other software product for distribution or commercial sale. No part of the Package nor any right granted under this Agreement shall be sold, rented, leased, lent, sub-licence or transferred to any other person or organization without a separate licence.

3.2 The Licensee shall not merge or link the records in the Database with any other databases for the purpose of attempting to identify an individual person, business or organization.

3.3 The Licensee shall not present information from the Package in such a manner that gives the appearance that the Licensee may have received, or had access to, information held by Statistics Canada about any identifiable person, business or organization.

4. Publication

4.1 The Licensee may publish written reports analyzing the results of any use by the Licensee of the Package pursuant to this Agreement, provided that each such report contains the following notice: "This analysis is based on Statistics Canada's Social Policy Simulation Database and Model. The assumptions and calculations underlying the simulation results were prepared by [_?_] and the responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s)."

4.2. The Licensee may make oral statements, to the media or otherwise, analyzing the results of any use by the Licensee of the Package pursuant to this Agreement provided that the Licensee ensures that each statement includes the notice set out in Paragraph 4.1.

5. Delivery of Products and Services

5.1 Upon execution of this Agreement by the Licensee, Statistics Canada shall deliver to the Licensee:

5.1.1 One (1) copy of the Package described in Appendix A attached.

5.2 Statistics Canada may from time to time deliver to the Licensee enhancements to the Software Product developed by Statistics Canada, and all such enhancements so delivered shall be deemed to form part of the Package for purposes of this Agreement.

6. Installation

6.1 Installation of the Package on the computer system of the Licensee shall be the responsibility of the Licensee in accordance with the conditions set out in Paragraph 2.1.

7. Term and Effective Date

7.1 This Agreement is effective from the date of execution by the parties and shall continue until terminated in accordance with this Agreement.

8. Termination

8.1 Either Party may terminate this Agreement, without cause, upon thirty (30) days written notice. The termination shall become effective at the date mutually agreed upon by both Parties.

8.2 Statistics Canada may terminate this Agreement by written notice to the Licensee if the Licensee breaches any condition of this Agreement. Such termination by Statistics Canada shall be in addition to and without prejudice to such rights and remedies as may be available to Statistics Canada including injunction and other equitable remedies.

8.3 Upon termination by either Statistics Canada or the Licensee under 8.1 or 8.2 above, the Licensee shall immediately:

8.3.1 Cease using the Package, and;

8.3.2 Return to Statistics Canada all copies of the Package or destroy all copies thereof in the Licensee's possession, as Statistics Canada may request, and;

8.4 Within ten (10) days thereafter, Licensee must provide to Statistics Canada, with written notice, a sworn statement confirming that the Licensee has complied with the foregoing.

9. Notice

9.1 Any written notice provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be effectively given if hand-delivered or sent by pre-paid registered mail, addressed as follows:

For Statistics Canada:

Data Access Division
Data Liberation Initiative
Statistics Canada
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
10th Floor, Section L
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6

Any notice hand delivered shall be deemed delivered, in the case of the Licensee, on the day it is left with the official set out above at the address above and in the case of Statistics Canada on the day it is left with the official set out above at the address set out above. Any notice given by registered mail shall be deemed delivered on the day the postal receipt is acknowledged by the other Party.

10. Ownership

10.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the Package and all intellectual property rights relating to the Package are owned by Statistics Canada subject to the rights of third parties therein. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to convey to the Licensee any title or ownership in the Package.

10.2 The Licensee agrees that any additional Package components including but not limited to training and procedural materials, shall remain the exclusive property of Statistics Canada.

11. Assignment

11.1 This Agreement shall not be assigned in whole or in part by the Licensee without the prior written consent of Statistics Canada, and any assignment made without such consent shall be void and of no effect.

12. Warranties and Disclaimers

12.1 The Package is provided "as is". Statistics Canada makes no other warranties, guarantees or representations, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for intended use, and fitness for any particular purpose, with respect to the Package.

13. Waiver

13.1 The waiver or failure of Statistics Canada to exercise in any respect any rights provided for in this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such right, nor shall it preclude the subsequent exercise of such right or the exercise of any other right.

14. Liability

14.1 Statistics Canada shall not be liable to the Licensee for any design, performance, other fault or inadequacy or unauthorized use of the Package pursuant hereto or for damages of any kind arising out of or in any way related to or connected with such fault, inadequacy or unauthorized use of the Package.

15. Indemnification

15.1 The Licensee shall at all times indemnify and save harmless Statistics Canada from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs, expenses, actions and other proceedings made, sustained, brought, prosecuted, in any manner based upon, occasioned by or attributable to the Use of the Package provided to the Licensee pursuant to this Agreement.

16. Survival of Rights

16.1 The sections of this agreement regarding warranties and disclaimers, liability indemnification, and any other provisions which by their nature survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement and shall bind the Parties hereto.

17. Invalidity

17.1 The invalidity of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect any other provision thereof, and the Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid provision were omitted.

18. Amendment

18.1 No amendment of this Agreement nor waiver of any of the terms and conditions contained therein shall be valid unless it is written and signed by each Party.

19. Conflict of Interest

19.1 It is a term of this Agreement that no former public office holder in Canada, who is not in compliance with the post-employment provisions of the Conflict of Interest and Post Employment Code for Public Office Holders, shall derive a direct benefit from this Agreement.

20. Entire Agreement and Appropriate Law

20.1 This Agreement, including all Appendices, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous negotiations, communications and other Agreements between them.

20.2 The headings preceding the paragraphs of this agreement are for convenience only, are not a part of this Agreement, and do not in any way limit or amplify the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

20.3 This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws in force in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

21. Use of Licensee's Name

21.1 The Licensee authorizes Statistics Canada to use, for the duration of this licence, its name in any promotional material which may be developed for the Package, provided that Statistics Canada has furnished the Licensee a copy of the material thirty (30) days prior to such use and has secured the licensee's written approval.

Appendix A

Part 1: Software Product

Product Name: Social Policy Simulation Model

Product Description: The Social Policy Simulation Model (SPSM) is a tool designed to assist those interested in analysing the financial interactions of governments and individuals in Canada. It can help one to assess the cost implications or income redistributive effects of changes in the personal taxation and cash transfer system. The model reads the Social Policy Simulation Database (SPSD). The SPSM is a static accounting model which processes each individual and family on the SPSD, calculates taxes and transfers using legislated or proposed programs and algorithms, and reports on the results.

Part 2: Database

Product Name: Social Policy Simulation Database

Product Description: The Social Policy Simulation Database (SPSD) is a non-confidential, statistically representative database of individuals in their family. It is used in conjunction with the Social Policy Simulation Model (SPSM).

Affirmation

I acknowledge that I have read and understand the terms and conditions under which the data products are supplied. I agree to abide by these conditions and to take all reasonable measures required to enforce and administer them within my Academic Institution.

  • Licence Administrator (please print)
  • Academic Institution
  • Signature
  • Date
  • DLI contact (please print)
  • Signature
  • Date

Section 1 – Postal codeOM Conversion File (PCCF) Access

Section 1 – Postal codeOM Conversion File (PCCF) Access (PDF, 234.17 KB)

CCF Licence

End-use Licence Agreement for Postal codeOM Conversion File, Postal Codes OM by Federal Ridings File and Postal codeOM Conversion File Plus ("data product")

The Government of Canada (Statistics Canada) is the owner or a licensee of all intellectual property rights in this data product. With your payment of the requisite fee, you (hereinafter referred to as 'the Licensee') are granted a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to use this data product subject to the terms below. This licence is not a sale of any or all of the rights of the owner(s). The data product includes information taken with permission from © Canada Post Corporation. All rights reserved. Information taken with permission from Canada Post Corporation does not form part of the Government of Canada open data portal.

Terms of use

  1. The Licensee shall not lend, rent, lease, sublicense, distribute, make public, transfer or sell any part of the data product nor any right granted under this agreement to any person outside the licensed organization or to any other organization.
  2. The Licensee shall not disassemble, decompile or in any way attempt to reverse engineer any part of the data product.
  3. The Licensee shall not use any part of the data product to develop or derive any other data product or data service for external distribution or commercial sale.
  4. The Licensee shall not use the data product other than for the purpose of matching Postal codeOM data to geography in accordance with Appendix 'A'.
  5. The Licensee shall not use the data product for the following mail preparation purposes:
    • addressing mail;
    • presorting addressed mail;
    • preparing unaddressed mail by householder count for delivery
  • The Licensee agrees not to merge or link the data product with any other databases in such a fashion that gives the appearance that the Licensee may have received, or had access to, information held by Statistics Canada about any identifiable individual, family, household, organization or business.
  • The Licensee is granted rights of use of the content of this data product for the purpose expressly described in Appendix 'A', attached, and for no other purpose. In such cases, the source of the data must be acknowledged in all documents and communications by providing the following source citation at the bottom of each table and graph:
    Source: (or Adapted from) Statistics Canada (Select either Postal codeOM Conversion File or Postal CodesOM by Federal Ridings File and Postal CodeOM Conversion File Plus (August 2018) which is based on data licensed from Canada Post Corporation.
  • The Licensee may publish an extract of up to 1% of the data product pursuant to Appendix 'A'. This permission includes the use of the extracted data in support of analyses and in reporting of results and conclusions. The Licensee shall obtain approval from Statistics Canada before publishing extract of the data product in excess of 1%.
  • The Licensee is authorized to provide the data product to contractors/consultants only for the purpose of "providing data manipulation and consulting services exclusively to Licensee. Upon completion of work, the contractor/consultant must i) return all data products to Licensee, and ii) delete the data product from their systems and premises." Contractors or consultants may not use the data product or derived products for their own purposes or to offer services to third parties.
  • The Licensee must display the following disclaimer on each search access point if the data product is used in a search engine application pursuant to Appendix 'A': "this tool does not validate Postal codesOM".
  • The Licensee agrees to permit Statistics Canada to provide to Canada Post upon request, a copy of this signed agreement for audit purposes only.

Term

This licence is effective as of the date of signature and shall automatically terminate if any of the terms and conditions are violated.

Termination

Any violation of this licence renders it void and of no effect. This agreement will terminate automatically without notice if the Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms of this agreement.

Statistics Canada or the Licensee may terminate this agreement without cause upon thirty (30) day written notice or at a time otherwise agreed upon by both parties. In the event of termination, the Licensee must immediately return the data product to Statistics Canada or destroy it and certify this destruction in writing to Statistics Canada.

Warranties and disclaimers

This data product is provided 'as-is,' and Statistics Canada and its licensors make no warranty, either express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Statistics Canada or its licensors be liable for any direct, special, indirect, consequential or other damages, however caused.

Indemnification

The Licensee shall at all times indemnify and save harmless Statistics Canada its officers, servants and agents from and against all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, actions, or other proceedings made, sustained, brought or prosecuted by any person, in any manner, based upon, occasioned by or attributed to any injury, infringement, or damage arising out of the use of the data product, or arising out of a breach, by the Licensee, of any of its obligations under this agreement.

Acceptance of terms

It is your responsibilityto ensure that your use of this data product complies with these terms. Any infringement of Statistics Canada's rights may result in legal action. Any use whatsoever of this data product shall constitute your acceptance of the terms of this agreement.

For further information please contact:

Statistics Canada
Statistical Registers and Geography Division
PCCF-CCP
170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Jean Talon Building, 3rd floor, Section D3
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0T6
Email: statcan.pccf-fccp.statcan@statcan.gc.ca

Appendix A/h2>

Approved Postal Code Data Matching Uses for DLI Accredited Canadian Post-Secondary Institution

Matching Postal codeOM data to geography for:

  • Teaching and learning purposes.
    E.g.: Students can download PCCF on their laptop to do their assignments. This includes projects, maps, analytical papers, etc. Faculty can download and use the PCCF in teaching exercises.
  • Research purposes
    E.g.: Can be used in analysis to write articles that are published in journals. The data is not shared but the results are published. his also includes thesis for Masters or Doctorate where results are required to be public.
  • Planning purposes – where the institution can use the information in planning student recruitment activities or find out where these students are coming from.

Affirmation

I acknowledge that I have read and understand the terms and conditions under which the data product(s) can be used and that the organization will abide by them.

  • Licence Administrator (please print)
  • Academic Institution
  • Signature
  • Date
  • DLI contact (please print)
  • Signature
  • Date

Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - February 2021

Wholesale Trade Survey (monthly): CVs for total sales by geography - February 2021
Geography Month
202002 202003 202004 202005 202006 202007 202008 202009 202010 202011 202012 202101 202102
percentage
Canada 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5
Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 2.0 2.8 3.3 4.0 2.3 1.5 1.8 1.7 2.4 3.4 7.5 1.5 1.1
New Brunswick 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.3 1.9 2.1 4.2 3.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.5
Quebec 2.1 1.6 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8
Ontario 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.1
Manitoba 0.8 1.0 2.9 2.8 1.2 1.2 1.8 2.3 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.4
Saskatchewan 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8
Alberta 0.9 1.2 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.8 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.1
British Columbia 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Yukon Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (fourth quarter 2020)

Retail Commodity Survey:  CVs for Total Sales (fourth quarter 2020)
NAPCS-CANADA Quarter
2019Q4 2020Q1 2020Q2 2020Q3 2020Q4
Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services 0.50 0.49 0.53 0.55 0.66
Retail Services (except commissions) [561]  0.50 0.49 0.53 0.54 0.65
Food at retail [56111]  0.67 0.52 0.63 0.59 0.72
Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112]  0.45 0.43 0.49 0.48 0.58
Cannabis products, at retail [56113] 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Clothing at retail [56121]  0.65 0.70 1.16 0.82 1.46
Footwear at retail [56122]  0.97 1.19 2.94 1.92 1.77
Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123]  1.69 5.93 14.50 9.52 1.89
Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131]  0.64 0.63 0.61 0.60 0.60
Sporting and leisure products (except publications, audio and video recordings, and game software), at retail [56141]  1.79 2.61 1.94 3.04 2.06
Publications at retail [56142] 6.47 7.22 9.41 7.54 6.81
Audio and video recordings, and game software, at retail [56143] 3.09 3.65 2.66 5.76 6.11
Motor vehicles at retail [56151]  1.80 1.65 1.98 1.88 2.71
Recreational vehicles at retail [56152]  3.48 2.83 4.43 2.78 5.45
Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153]  1.28 1.41 1.46 1.53 1.62
Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161]  2.07 1.96 3.49 2.20 2.21
Home health products at retail [56171]  2.72 2.53 2.59 2.49 3.37
Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172]  2.61 2.71 3.30 2.71 2.86
Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181]  1.89 1.38 1.93 1.23 1.43
Miscellaneous products at retail [56191]  2.17 2.04 2.69 2.31 2.23
Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services Footnotes 1 1.42 1.41 1.55 1.63 1.63

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Comprises the following North American Product Classification System (NAPCS): 51411, 51412, 53112, 56211, 57111, 58111, 58121, 58122, 58131, 58141, 72332, 833111, 841, 85131 and 851511.

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