Business Payrolls Survey: Special payments made during the month of December

Many special payments are paid to employees at the end of each year. This guide should help you in providing us with the necessary information concerning these special payments.

Report for special payments which are paid to employees for work performed or for other entitlements that are separate from regular wages and salaries; are paid at any time during the month of December and are not related exclusively to the last pay period of the month of December; and are usually recorded in the books using the cash basis method of accounting.

Following is a list of typical special payments made at the end of the year. This is not a comprehensive list. There may be other payments unique to your organization. If in doubt, please report the payment and explain what it covers.

Special payments can be for:

  • Overtime accumulated from previous months paid during the reference month
  • accumulated vacation pay
  • advance vacation pay
  • annual bonuses
  • Christmas bonuses
  • commissions and/or commission adjustments
  • cost of living adjustments
  • draws: annual, quarterly, monthly and/or periodic draws by owners of incorporated companies
  • other bonuses: ability, incentive, merit, piece work, production, sales, etc.
  • termination, severance and retirement payments

Report all moneys paid to your employees in the month of December.

We thank you for your continuous cooperation and we wish you the very best during the New Year.

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Analysis 101, part 1: Making an analytical plan
This video is intended for learners who want to acquire a basic understanding of analysis. No previous knowledge is required.
Analyze – Model Data analysis Beginner Video
Analysis 101, part 2: Implementing the analytical plan
Now that we've learned how to plan an analytical project, we'll discuss best practices for implementing your plan. Please watch "Analysis 101, part 1" before you start.
Analyze – Model Data analysis Beginner Video
Analysis 101, part 3: Sharing your findings
Now that we've learned how to plan an analytical project and perform the analysis, we'll discuss best practices for interpreting and sharing your findings.
Analyze – Model Data analysis Beginner Video
Analysis 101, part 4: Case study
In this video, we will review the steps of the analytical process and you will obtain a better understanding of how analysts apply each step of the analytical process by walking through an example. Please watch the previous Analysis 101 videos before you start.
Analyze – Model Data analysis Beginner Video
Analysis 101: How to read a table
By the end of this video, you will have a better understanding of why data tables are important, how data tables are structured and how to interpret data quality indicators within a table.
Analyze – Model Data analysis, Data interpretation Beginner Video
Census learning centre
These videos are a reference source for users who are new to census concepts or those who have some experience with these concepts, but may need a refresher or would like to expand their knowledge.
Foundation
  • Data analysis
  • Data exploration
  • Data interpretation
  • Data tools
Beginner Video
Challenging the Data: Job Aid
This job aid is designed to help you critically assess the data presented to you.
Foundation
  • Data tools
  • Evaluating data quality
Beginner Tool
Data Accuracy and Validation: Methods to ensure the quality of data
In this video we will present methods to describe accuracy in terms of validity and correctness.
Explore – Clean – Describe
  • Data cleaning
  • Data discovery
  • Data quality evaluation
Beginner Video
Data ethics part 2: Ethical reviews
What are ethical reviews? How do ethical reviews help Statistics Canada apply data ethics principles throughout the data journey? Using a case example, this video will show you how Statistics Canada uses ethical reviews to apply data ethics principles throughout the data journey.
Foundation
  • Data quality evaluation
  • Data security and governance
  • Data stewardship
Beginner Video
Data ethics: An introduction
An introduction to data ethics, why they are important, and the 6 guiding principles of data ethics implemented by Statistics Canada.
Foundation
  • Data security and governance
  • Data stewardship
Beginner Video
Data Journey: What you need to know for successful navigation
In this video you will learn about the steps and activities in the data journey, as well as the foundation supporting it.
Foundation
  • Data discovery
  • Data management and organization
Beginner Video
Data Quality as Fitness for Use
This course is intended for Government of Canada employees who would like to learn about evaluating the quality of data for a particular use.
Foundation Evaluating data quality Intermediate Course
Data quality in six dimensions
An introduction to the fundamentals of data quality, which can be summed up in six dimensions—or six different ways to think about quality. Learn how each dimension can be used to evaluate the quality of data.
Foundation Evaluating data quality Beginner Video
Data quality toolkit
This toolkit raises awareness about data quality assurance practices.
Foundation Evaluating data quality Intermediate Tool
Data Stewardship: An introduction
Data gathering involves first determining what data you need, then where to find it, how to get it and how to keep it safe. This video introduces you to things you should consider when gathering data.
Foundation Data gathering Beginner Video
Data Stewardship: An introduction to data standards and metadata
Whether you're gathering new data or using existing data, applying data standards will make your life easier. And documenting your data in metadata will ensure that others will be able to find it, understand it, and use it.
Foundation
  • Data analysis
  • Data interpretation
  • Data management and organization
  • Data stewardship
  • Metadata creation and use
Beginner Video
Data Visualization Best Practices
When used properly, charts (including figures and diagrams) can simplify the presentation of information and the communication of clear and precise messages. However, with the wide range of options available, creating effective charts can be complex. This reference tool is intended to provide a basic guide to creating effective charts that take advantage of the options available.
Tell the story
  • Data visualisation
  • Storytelling
Beginner Publication
Data Visualization: An Introduction
This video will provide an introductory overview of data visualization and how you might be able to use it to tell your story.
Tell the story
  • Data visualisation
  • Storytelling
Beginner Video
FAIR data principles: What is FAIR?
What does it means to be FAIR in terms of data and metadata, and how does each pillar of FAIR serve to guide data users and producers as they navigate their way through the data journey.
Foundation
  • Data stewardship
  • Metadata creation and Use
Beginner Video
Framework for Responsible Machine Learning Processes at Statistics Canada
This document is a handbook for practitioners developing and implementing Machine Learning (ML) processes. It provides guidance and practical advice on how to responsibly develop these automated processes.
Analyze – Model
  • Data exploration
  • Data gathering
  • Data interpretation
Intermediate Publication
Gathering Data: Things to Consider Before Gathering Data
Data gathering involves first determining what data you need, then where to find it, how to get it and how to keep it safe. This video introduces you to things you should consider when gathering data.
Define – Find – Gather Data gathering Beginner Video
Machine learning: An introduction
Welcome to machine learning: an introduction. Here, we will explain the basic concepts of machine learning, and include a framework for responsible machine learning processes.
Analyze – Model
  • Data exploration
  • Data gathering
  • Data interpretation
  • Data modeling
  • Evidence based decision-making
Intermediate Video
QGIS Training Videos
Follow along with these tutorials and learn the key concepts and procedures for performing common GIS tasks - such as creating maps, joining and overlaying datasets, and examining spatial variations.
Analyze – Model
  • Data exploration
  • Data modeling
  • Data visualisation
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
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Statistics 101: Confidence intervals
What are confidence intervals? Why do we use confidence intervals? What factors have an impact on a confidence interval?
Foundation
  • Data analysis
  • Data interpretation
Beginner Video
Statistics 101: Correlation and causality
This video is intended for viewers who wish to gain a basic understanding of correlation and causality. As a prerequisite, before beginning this video, we highly recommend having already completed our videos titled "what is data" and "types of data".
Analyze – Model
  • Data analysis
  • Data driven decision making
  • Data exploration
  • Data interpretation
  • Data modeling
  • Data visualisation
Beginner Video
Statistics 101: Exploring measures of central tendency
This video is intended for learners who want to acquire a basic understanding of the concept of central tendency, what it means and some key related methods used for the exploration of data.
Explore – Clean – Describe
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  • Data interpretation
Beginner Video
Statistics 101: Exploring measures of dispersion
By the end of this video, you should have a basic understanding of such measures of dispersion as range, interquartile range, standard deviation.
Explore – Clean – Describe
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  • Data interpretation
Beginner Video
Statistics 101: Proportions, ratios and rates
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Statistics 101: Statistical Bias
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Explore – Clean – Describe
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Statistics: Power from Data!
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  • Data awareness
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Telling the data story: How to create stories that matter
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Tell the story
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  • Data visualisation
  • Storytelling
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The Importance of Disaggregated Data: An Introduction (part 1)
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Types of Data: Understanding and Exploring Data
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Explore – Clean – Describe
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What is Data? An Introduction to Data Terminology and Concepts
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JVS Replacement Source of Data

Replacement Source of Data

The November 2019 release of data from the Job Vacancy Statistics (JVS) program for the 3 months ending August 2019 is the last release from this program. In 2009, the lack of job vacancy statistics in Canada was identified as one of the key data gaps for labour market information by the Advisory Panel on Labour Market Information. To address this gap in a timely and cost-effective manner, the monthly Business Payroll Survey (BPS) began collecting in 2011 for the Job Vacancy Survey (JVS). The first data was released in January 2012.

An increasing demand for more granular information with expanded variables led to the development of a dedicated job vacancy survey – the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS). The JVWS collects and disseminates data on the number of job vacancies by occupation and economic region as well as other characteristics of vacant positions. The JVWS has been producing quarterly data on the prevalence, location and attributes of job vacancies since 2015.

After consultations with key users on these two surveys, the JVS will be discontinued with the August 2019 reference period to be released on November 28, 2019. Collecting job vacancy data through one program (JVWS) has the benefit of reducing costs, duplication of work and response burden. JVWS remains the most comprehensive source of information on job vacancies from Statistics Canada.

To assist users in transitioning from the JVS program to the JVWS program, a table detailing the concordance between the 2 programs (Table 1) as well as a comparison of the key elements of each program (Table 2) are provided below. Having data from the two programs for several years (from 2015Q1 to 2019Q3), allows users to understand the behaviour and relationship of the two series under varying economic and labour market conditions.

For further information, please contact Client Services (toll-free: 1-866-873-8788, statcan.labour-travail.statcan@statcan.gc.ca), Centre for Labour Market Information, Statistics Canada

Table 1. Concordance between the JVWS and the JVS data tables.
Variable JVWS Table JVS TableFootnote 2
Number of job vacancies 14-10-0326-01 (285-0002) 14-10-0224-01 (284-0001), 14-10-0226-01 (284-0003)
Labour demand 14-10-0326-01 (285-0002) 14-10-0224-01 (284-0001)
Job vacancy rate 14-10-0326-01 (285-0002) 14-10-0224-01 (284-0001)
Number of unemployedFootnote 1 14-10-0022-01 (282-0007) 14-10-0226-01 (284-0003)
Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratioFootnote 1 14-10-0022-01 (282-0007), 14-10-0326-01 (285-0002) 14-10-0226-01 (284-0003)
Footnote 1

The Labour Force Survey is the source for the number of unemployed.

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Footnote 2

In addition to 14-10-0224-01 and 14-10-0226-01, JVS has 2 corresponding annual tables (14-10-0225-01 and 14-10-0227-01).

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Table 2. Comparison of the JVWS and the JVS
  JVWS JVS
Population All businesses with one employee or more, excluding:
  • private household services
  • religious organizations
  • provincial, territorial and federal public administration
  • international and other extraterritorial public administration.
All businesses, excluding:
  • private household services
  • religious organizations
  • provincial, territorial and federal public administration
  • international and other extraterritorial public administration
  • businesses primarily involved in agriculture, fishing and trapping.
Sample size Approximately 100,000 locations quarterly (about 33,000 per month). Approximately 15,000 establishments monthly, through the Business Payrolls Survey (BPS)..
Sampling unit Location level:
  • e.g., the individual business location (store or restaurant) is generally surveyed.
Establishment level (an establishment can represent a group of locations):
  • e.g., for a large retailer or restaurant chain, the head office is generally surveyed.
Respondents JVWS respondents are more likely to be directly responsible for human resources. BPS respondents are more likely to be responsible for the payroll of the company.
Job vacancy concept The number of vacant jobs on the first day of the month and those that will become vacant during the month. A job is vacant if it meets three conditions:
  • it is vacant on the reference date (first day of the month) or will become vacant during the month
  • there are tasks to be carried out during the month for the job in question
  • the employer is actively recruiting outside the organization to fill the job.
The number of vacant jobs on the last day of the month, since this is the reference period of the supplementary questions on vacant positions of the Business Payrolls Survey. A job is vacant if it meets three conditions:
  • a specific position exists
  • work could start within 30 days
  • the employer is actively seeking a worker from outside the organization to fill the position.
Sources: Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217) and Job Vacancy Statistics (5202).
Table 3. Comparison of the number of job vacancies and job vacancy rates from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey and Job Vacancy Statistics, by province and territory, quarters of 2015 - 2019
  Job Vacancy and Wage Survey Job Vacancy Statistics
Job vacancies Job vacancy rate Job vacancies Job vacancy rate
2015Q1 thousands % thousands %
Canada 408.1 2.7% 221.2 1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0 0.0% 1.7 0.8%
Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0% 1.0 1.7%
Nova Scotia 9.2 2.4% 5.1 1.3%
New Brunswick 4.9 1.7% 3.1 1.1%
Quebec 60.5 1.8% 50.9 1.5%
Ontario 153.4 2.6% 71.9 1.2%
Manitoba 14.2 2.5% 8.1 1.4%
Saskatchewan 14.2 3.0% 7.7 1.6%
Alberta 76.9 3.7% 35.7 1.7%
BC 68.0 3.4% 35.2 1.7%
Yukon 0.0 0.0% 0.2 1.1%
Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0% 0.5 1.9%
Nunavut 0.0 0.0% 0.1 0.7%
2015Q2 thousands % thousands %
Canada 451.9 2.9% 248.8 1.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador 5.3 2.6% 3.0 1.4%
Prince Edward Island 1.8 3.1% 1.2 1.9%
Nova Scotia 11.7 3.0% 5.4 1.4%
New Brunswick 10.1 3.5% 2.6 0.9%
Quebec 70.3 2.1% 54.5 1.6%
Ontario 178.4 3.0% 91.5 1.5%
Manitoba 14.5 2.5% 8.0 1.4%
Saskatchewan 15.5 3.2% 6.8 1.4%
Alberta 72.3 3.5% 35.1 1.7%
BC 69.8 3.4% 39.8 1.9%
Yukon 0.9 5.2% 0.3 1.7%
Northwest Territories 1.0 4.3% 0.5 1.8%
Nunavut 0.4 3.7% 0.2 1.2%
2015Q3 thousands % thousands %
Canada 407.9 2.6% 234.0 1.5%
Newfoundland and Labrador 5.4 2.4% 2.9 1.3%
Prince Edward Island 1.6 2.5% 1.4 2.1%
Nova Scotia 11.5 2.8% 5.2 1.3%
New Brunswick 7.7 2.5% 4.4 1.4%
Quebec 61.4 1.8% 48.7 1.4%
Ontario 155.8 2.6% 79.7 1.3%
Manitoba 13.2 2.3% 7.1 1.2%
Saskatchewan 11.9 2.5% 6.7 1.4%
Alberta 64.5 3.2% 31.4 1.5%
BC 73.0 3.5% 45.2 2.2%
Yukon 0.7 4.1% 0.5 2.3%
Northwest Territories 0.8 3.5% 0.6 2.1%
Nunavut 0.5 4.2% 0.1 0.8%
2015Q4 thousands % thousands %
Canada 358.8 2.3% 229.4 1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.4 2.1% 2.5 1.1%
Prince Edward Island 1.6 2.6% 0.7 1.1%
Nova Scotia 8.4 2.1% 4.4 1.1%
New Brunswick 6.6 2.2% 3.2 1.0%
Quebec 52.2 1.5% 48.7 1.4%
Ontario 151.6 2.5% 82.8 1.4%
Manitoba 11.0 1.9% 8.8 1.5%
Saskatchewan 10.7 2.2% 5.3 1.1%
Alberta 50.8 2.5% 35.2 1.7%
BC 60.0 2.9% 36.8 1.8%
Yukon 0.5 2.7% 0.2 1.1%
Northwest Territories 0.7 2.9% 0.6 2.3%
Nunavut 0.3 2.8% 0.1 0.9%
2016Q1 thousands % thousands %
Canada 330.2 2.2% 180.5 1.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.4 1.7% 2.0 1.0%
Prince Edward Island 0.8 1.4% 0.5 0.9%
Nova Scotia 7.9 2.1% 4.1 1.0%
New Brunswick 4.8 1.7% 2.7 0.9%
Quebec 52.9 1.6% 37.7 1.1%
Ontario 138.5 2.3% 57.3 0.9%
Manitoba 10.5 1.8% 8.1 1.4%
Saskatchewan 9.4 2.0% 5.1 1.1%
Alberta 39.2 2.0% 25.9 1.3%
BC 61.5 3.0% 36.2 1.7%
Yukon 0.5 3.2% 0.3 1.7%
Northwest Territories 0.7 3.0% 0.4 1.6%
Nunavut 0.3 2.9% 0.1 0.5%
2016Q2 thousands % thousands %
Canada 391.2 2.5% 217.5 1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.9 1.9% 1.7 0.8%
Prince Edward Island 1.7 2.9% 0.7 1.2%
Nova Scotia 8.7 2.3% 5.0 1.3%
New Brunswick 6.8 2.4% 4.1 1.4%
Quebec 67.0 2.0% 45.7 1.3%
Ontario 165.5 2.7% 74.9 1.2%
Manitoba 11.6 2.0% 8.2 1.4%
Saskatchewan 9.9 2.1% 6.7 1.4%
Alberta 42.4 2.2% 27.0 1.4%
BC 72.2 3.4% 42.6 2.0%
Yukon 0.7 4.1% 0.4 1.7%
Northwest Territories 0.6 2.6% 0.3 1.3%
Nunavut 0.3 3.0% 0.2 1.1%
2016Q3 thousands % thousands %
Canada 404.9 2.6% 219.6 1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.0 1.9% 1.8 0.8%
Prince Edward Island 1.3 2.0% 0.9 1.4%
Nova Scotia 9.2 2.3% 5.3 1.3%
New Brunswick 6.9 2.3% 3.6 1.1%
Quebec 66.8 1.9% 38.8 1.1%
Ontario 173.5 2.8% 86.0 1.4%
Manitoba 11.3 1.9% 8.3 1.4%
Saskatchewan 9.2 2.0% 6.0 1.3%
Alberta 44.1 2.3% 27.7 1.4%
BC 77.0 3.6% 40.3 1.9%
Yukon 0.5 2.9% 0.3 1.2%
Northwest Territories 0.6 2.5% 0.4 1.3%
Nunavut 0.4 3.3% 0.1 0.9%
2016Q4 thousands % thousands %
Canada 381.0 2.4% 224.7 1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.2 1.5% 1.7 0.8%
Prince Edward Island 1.0 1.6% 0.7 1.1%
Nova Scotia 8.5 2.1% 4.0 1.0%
New Brunswick 6.2 2.1% 3.5 1.1%
Quebec 63.4 1.8% 45.2 1.3%
Ontario 162.4 2.6% 93.5 1.5%
Manitoba 11.2 1.9% 7.3 1.2%
Saskatchewan 8.4 1.8% 5.7 1.2%
Alberta 42.4 2.2% 24.2 1.2%
BC 72.8 3.4% 38.2 1.8%
Yukon 0.6 3.2% 0.2 1.1%
Northwest Territories 0.5 2.4% 0.4 1.3%
Nunavut 0.2 2.0% 0.1 0.8%
2017Q1 thousands % thousands %
Canada 387.1 2.5% 211.2 1.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.0 1.5% 1.5 0.7%
Prince Edward Island 1.1 2.0% 0.9 1.5%
Nova Scotia 7.4 1.9% 3.5 0.9%
New Brunswick 5.7 2.0% 2.9 1.0%
Quebec 67.7 2.0% 43.6 1.2%
Ontario 171.1 2.8% 80.7 1.3%
Manitoba 10.6 1.8% 7.3 1.2%
Saskatchewan 8.5 1.8% 6.4 1.4%
Alberta 42.6 2.2% 26.1 1.3%
BC 68.2 3.2% 37.4 1.7%
Yukon 0.4 2.6% 0.2 1.0%
Northwest Territories 0.5 2.5% 0.5 1.8%
Nunavut 0.3 2.3% 0.1 0.6%
2017Q2 thousands % thousands %
Canada 459.7 2.9% 261.1 1.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.0 2.0% 2.4 1.1%
Prince Edward Island 2.3 3.7% 1.1 1.7%
Nova Scotia 10.4 2.7% 5.2 1.3%
New Brunswick 8.9 3.0% 3.2 1.1%
Quebec 83.8 2.4% 53.9 1.5%
Ontario 185.7 3.0% 109.4 1.8%
Manitoba 14.8 2.5% 7.4 1.2%
Saskatchewan 11.3 2.4% 6.7 1.4%
Alberta 50.9 2.6% 28.6 1.5%
BC 85.8 4.0% 42.4 2.0%
Yukon 0.8 4.8% 0.4 1.8%
Northwest Territories 0.7 3.0% 0.3 1.2%
Nunavut 0.3 3.0% 0.2 1.2%
2017Q3 thousands % thousands %
Canada 467.4 2.9% 277.2 1.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.5 1.6% 2.3 1.0%
Prince Edward Island 2.0 2.9% 1.1 1.6%
Nova Scotia 10.3 2.5% 5.8 1.4%
New Brunswick 7.6 2.4% 3.8 1.2%
Quebec 87.4 2.5% 63.5 1.8%
Ontario 184.6 3.0% 99.5 1.6%
Manitoba 13.9 2.3% 8.9 1.5%
Saskatchewan 10.1 2.2% 6.1 1.3%
Alberta 53.6 2.7% 39.1 2.0%
BC 92.6 4.2% 46.1 2.1%
Yukon 0.8 4.0% 0.3 1.2%
Northwest Territories 0.6 2.4% 0.4 1.6%
Nunavut 0.4 3.6% 0.2 1.0%
2017Q4 thousands % thousands %
Canada 469.4 2.9% 306.6 1.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.4 1.6% 2.4 1.1%
Prince Edward Island 1.3 2.0% 0.7 1.1%
Nova Scotia 10.1 2.5% 5.8 1.4%
New Brunswick 7.0 2.3% 4.9 1.5%
Quebec 92.5 2.6% 71.7 2.0%
Ontario 190.4 3.0% 116.0 1.8%
Manitoba 14.1 2.4% 7.9 1.3%
Saskatchewan 9.4 2.0% 6.7 1.4%
Alberta 51.3 2.6% 35.4 1.8%
BC 88.5 4.0% 54.1 2.4%
Yukon 0.6 3.0% 0.4 1.6%
Northwest Territories 0.5 2.3% 0.5 1.8%
Nunavut 0.4 2.8% 0.2 1.1%
2018Q1 thousands % thousands %
Canada 461.8 2.9% 313.1 1.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.9 1.5% 1.9 0.9%
Prince Edward Island 1.2 2.0% 0.9 1.4%
Nova Scotia 9.0 2.3% 5.1 1.3%
New Brunswick 7.2 2.5% 5.6 1.9%
Quebec 92.9 2.6% 72.8 2.0%
Ontario 180.9 2.9% 123.4 1.9%
Manitoba 13.4 2.3% 7.2 1.2%
Saskatchewan 9.3 2.0% 5.9 1.3%
Alberta 50.7 2.6% 38.0 1.9%
BC 92.6 4.2% 51.1 2.3%
Yukon 0.7 4.3% 0.5 2.5%
Northwest Territories 0.8 3.5% 0.4 1.7%
Nunavut 0.3 2.8% 0.1 0.8%
2018Q2 thousands % thousands %
Canada 546.8 3.4% 360.9 2.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.5 2.3% 2.2 1.1%
Prince Edward Island 2.9 4.7% 1.5 2.3%
Nova Scotia 11.9 3.0% 5.4 1.3%
New Brunswick 10.6 3.6% 6.5 2.1%
Quebec 116.3 3.2% 83.9 2.3%
Ontario 205.8 3.3% 145.3 2.3%
Manitoba 15.9 2.7% 9.6 1.6%
Saskatchewan 11.4 2.5% 7.3 1.5%
Alberta 59.8 3.0% 40.0 2.0%
BC 105.7 4.7% 58.3 2.6%
Yukon 0.9 5.1% 0.4 2.0%
Northwest Territories 0.7 3.1% 0.4 1.6%
Nunavut 0.4 3.2% 0.2 1.3%
2018Q3 thousands % thousands %
Canada 550.7 3.3% 360.8 2.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.9 1.9% 2.8 1.3%
Prince Edward Island 2.6 3.7% 1.2 1.7%
Nova Scotia 11.6 2.8% 6.1 1.5%
New Brunswick 9.8 3.0% 6.9 2.1%
Quebec 118.4 3.2% 82.4 2.2%
Ontario 207.0 3.2% 139.9 2.2%
Manitoba 15.3 2.5% 10.0 1.6%
Saskatchewan 10.8 2.3% 7.9 1.7%
Alberta 58.7 2.9% 40.3 2.0%
BC 110.6 4.8% 62.1 2.7%
Yukon 0.9 4.5% 0.6 2.4%
Northwest Territories 0.8 3.3% 0.3 1.0%
Nunavut 0.4 3.5% 0.2 1.0%
2018Q4 thousands % thousands %
Canada 547.3 3.3% 324.1 1.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.2 2.1% 2.4 1.1%
Prince Edward Island 2.1 3.1% 0.9 1.3%
Nova Scotia 11.1 2.7% 6.2 1.5%
New Brunswick 9.2 2.9% 6.0 1.8%
Quebec 117.9 3.2% 70.7 1.9%
Ontario 217.3 3.3% 131.7 2.0%
Manitoba 15.2 2.5% 10.6 1.7%
Saskatchewan 8.9 1.9% 6.9 1.4%
Alberta 55.0 2.7% 34.6 1.7%
BC 104.5 4.5% 53.2 2.3%
Yukon 0.8 4.2% 0.3 1.4%
Northwest Territories 0.7 3.3% 0.5 2.0%
Nunavut 0.4 3.1% 0.2 1.1%
2019Q1 thousands % thousands %
Canada 506.1 3.1% 313.3 1.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.3 1.7% 2.9 1.4%
Prince Edward Island 1.6 2.7% 0.9 1.3%
Nova Scotia 9.4 2.4% 6.5 1.6%
New Brunswick 7.8 2.6% 5.2 1.7%
Quebec 114.2 3.1% 66.6 1.8%
Ontario 193.3 3.0% 124.2 1.9%
Manitoba 14.0 2.3% 9.1 1.5%
Saskatchewan 8.9 1.9% 6.1 1.3%
Alberta 49.8 2.5% 34.5 1.7%
BC 101.9 4.4% 56.1 2.4%
Yukon 0.7 4.3% 0.3 1.6%
Northwest Territories 0.8 3.5% 0.5 1.8%
Nunavut 0.5 3.7% 0.3 1.7%
Note: As the reference date of the Job Vacancy Statistics is the last day of the month, the quarterly estimates are offset by 1 month, e.g., Q1 is December, January and February for the Job Vacancy Statistics.
Source: Statistics Canada, Job Vacancy Statistics and the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, 2015 -2019.

Reporting instructions

Purpose

To obtain information on the supply and demand of energy in Canada. This information serves as an important indicator of Canadian economic performance, is used by all levels of government in establishing informed policies in the energy area. The private sector likewise uses this information in the corporate decision-making process.

Who must submit

To be completed by the operators of all ethanol and biodiesel establishments located in Canada.

When to submit

The questionnaire must be received by Statistics Canada 10 calendar days following the month in review.

How to submit

An email invitation is sent to respondents to download and complete an Excel questionnaire and provide access to a secure portal to upload the data to Statistics Canada.

  • Login to the survey link.
  • Download, complete, and save the questionnaire.
  • Return to the survey link and follow the instructions to attach the completed questionnaire.

General instructions

Operations

Quantities: Report using the following criteria.

Report all Feedstocks and Co-products quantities to the nearest whole number in Metric Tonnes.

Report all Renewable Fuel quantities to the nearest whole number in Cubic Metres.

All values should be positive except for Losses and Adjustments, which can be negative.

Product rows should balance: Stocks Beginning of Month + Receipts + Production = Inputs + Shipments + Losses and Adjustments + Stocks End of Month.

Only report data for those rows which are applicable to your operation.

Stocks (Beginning and End of Month)

Beginning stocks are quantities held on the 1st day of the reporting month (start of day).

Ending stocks are quantities held on the last day of the reporting month (end of day).

Include all stocks held at the establishment regardless of ownership. Reported stock quantities should represent actual measured stocks.

Exclude stocks held in tanks at facilities not operated by your company. These stocks will be reported by the companies operating those facilities.

Report all domestic and foreign stocks held at the facility.

Receipts During the Month

Report all receipts after the products are physically received at the plant.

Inputs During Month

Report the volume of feedstocks used in the production of products.

Production During the Month

Report gross production for each product listed on the questionnaire.

Shipments During the Month

Report all shipments, including intracompany shipments after the products physically leave the plant.

Losses and Adjustments During Month

Report all non-processing losses (e.g., spills, fire losses, contamination, etc.) by product.

Exclude processing gains and losses as well as stock discrepancies caused by gauging problems.

Provisions regarding confidentiality of information and data sharing

Confidentiality

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

Product Definitions

Agricultural Biomass Residues. Agricultural biomass includes living and recently dead biological materials from plant or animal.

Biodiesel Fuel (FAME). It is a liquid fuel that is comprised of at least one mono-alkyl ester produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks in reaction with an alcohol reactant and is suitable for use in a diesel engine. It is also known as fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and is made from renewable fuel feedstocks.

Cereal Grains. Cereal Grains are wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, and triticale.

Distiller's corn oil. Distiller's corn oil is a co-product of the ethanol production process. It is used as feedstock for biodiesel production.

Dried Distillers Grains (DDGS). They are nutrient and protein rich co-products from dry-milled ethanol production andcontain primarily unfermented grain residues (protein, fibre, fat) that has been dried to 10-12% moisture.

Forestry Biomass Residues. Forest biomass residues are used or can be used for energy production. These include firewood, forest residues from thinning and felling, debris accumulated from clearing the forest floor to prevent forest fires, and any other by-products of the lumber industry.

Fuel Ethanol (denatured). An anhydrous alcohol (ethanol with less than 1% water) intended for gasoline blending that is produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks.

Glycerol/Glycerine. The glycerol backbone is found in many lipids which are known as glycerides and is a by-product of the biodiesel/FAME manufacturing process.

Industrial Ethanol (including Food Grade). Ethanol that is produced for use in the food industry and other non-food industrial applications.

Methanol. The simplest form of alcohol. A light, colorless liquid similar to ethanol however, methanol is much more toxic. It is frequently used as a denaturant additive for ethanol manufactured for industrial purposes.

Municipal solid waste. Municipal Solid Waste refers to recyclables and compostable materials, as well as garbage from homes, businesses, institutions, and construction and demolition sites. It consists of everyday items we use and then throw away, such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries.

Other Biomass Residues Feedstocks. By-products, residues or waste streams from other industrial processes not found within agriculture or forestry.

Other co-products. Co-products are desirable secondary goods that are generated during the manufacturing process and can be sold or reused profitably. They might also be products that are usually manufactured together or sequentially because of product or process similarities.

Renewable Diesel Fuel (HDRD/HVO). Hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) or hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) is a diesel substitute that can be derived from renewable fuel feedstocks.

Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles (WDGS). Nutrient and protein rich co-products from the fermentation of corn starch to ethanol which contain primarily unfermented grain residues (protein, fiber, fat) and up to 70% moisture.

This primary format of this collection instrument is an Excel-based questionnaire. For the cells labeled "Products", "Shipping region", "Receiving region" and “Storage region”, there is a limited number of valid responses that are provided via dropdown in the primary document. Please see the section "Lists of valid responses" at the end of the document for the valid responses.

This document is confidential when completed.

Coverage Statement:

If necessary, please make address label corrections in the boxes below.

  • Legal name
  • Business name
  • Title of contact
  • First name of contact
  • Last name of contact
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province/territory or state
  • Country
  • Postal code/ zip code
  • Language preference
    • English
    • French

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

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

Survey purpose

To obtain information on the supply of and demand for energy in Canada. This information serves as an important indicator of Canadian economic performance, is used by all levels of government in establishing informed policies in the energy area and, in the case of public utilities, is used by governmental agencies to fulfil their regulatory responsibilities. The private sector likewise uses this information in the corporate decision-making process. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or e-mail. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded to all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Confidentiality

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Information on data sharing agreements and record linkage can be found on the last page of this questionnaire.

Reporting instructions

Please refer to the reporting instruction.

Inventories (cubic metres)

Reporting period:

Instructions:

  1. Pipelines: Include inventories held in tanks, terminals and lines.
    Marine vessels: Include inventories held on vessels and at terminals.
  2. For each product (see Product List tab) and region, please report opening and closing inventories for the month.
    Report opening inventories on the 1st day of the reporting month (start of day).
    Report closing inventories on the last day of the reporting month (end of day).
    Note: Opening inventories should equal previous month's closing inventories.
  3. For product definitions and detailed survey instructions please consult the Reporting Instructions.

Comments: Indicate any changes or events that affected reported inventories for this reporting period.

Inventories (cubic metres)
Products Storage region Inventories
Start of Month
(in cubic metres)
Inventories
End of Month
(in cubic metres)
       

Movements (cubic metres)

Reporting period:

Instructions:

  1. Please report all movements (volume) by product type moved from shipping region to receiving region.
  2. Report each volume based on the arrival of the product at the receiving region for the specified reporting period.
  3. Exclude intermediate movements if operating in more than two provinces.
    Pipeline example: A shipment originating in US, passing through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and terminating in Alberta, is reported as a movement from United States to Alberta only.
    Marine vessel example: A shipment originating in US, passing through Newfoundland and Quebec, and terminating in Ontario, is reported as a movement from United States to Ontario only.
  4. For product definitions and detailed survey instructions please consult the Reporting Instructions.

Comments: Indicate any changes or events that affected reported movements for this reporting period.

Movements (cubic metres)
Products Shipping region Receiving region Volume
(in cubic metres)
       

Lists of valid responses

Products

  • Asphalt
  • Aviation gasoline, blending components
  • Aviation gasoline, finished
  • Biodiesel (FAME)
  • Crude oil, bitumen
  • Crude oil, heavy crude oil
  • Crude oil, lease condensate
  • Crude oil, light crude oil
  • Crude oil, synthetic crude oil
  • Diesel fuel oil
  • Fuel ethanol
  • Hydrocarbon gas liquids (mixed)
  • Hydrocarbon gas liquids, butanes
  • Hydrocarbon gas liquids, ethane
  • Hydrocarbon gas liquids, pentanes plus
  • Hydrocarbon gas liquids, propane
  • Hydrogen
  • Jet fuel, Kerosene-type
  • Kerosene
  • Light fuel oil (No. 2 and No. 3 heating fuel oils)
  • Lubricants
  • Miscellaneous products
  • Motor gasoline, blending components
  • Motor gasoline, finished
  • Petroleum coke
  • Petrochemical feedstocks
  • Renewable diesel (HDRD/HVO)
  • Residual fuel oil\Heavy fuel oil (No. 4, No.5 and No. 6 fuel oils)
  • Still gas
  • Special naphthas (solvents)
  • Unfinished oils (excluding synthetic crude oil)
  • Wax

Region

  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • United States
  • Foreign, non U.S.

This document is confidential when completed.

Coverage Statement:

If necessary, please make address label corrections in the boxes below.

  • Legal name
  • Business name
  • Title of contact
  • First name of contact
  • Last name of contact
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province/territory or state
  • Country
  • Postal code/ zip code
  • Language preference
    • English
    • French

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

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

Survey purpose

To obtain information on the supply of and demand for energy in Canada. This information serves as an important indicator of Canadian economic performance, is used by all levels of government in establishing informed policies in the energy area and, in the case of public utilities, is used by governmental agencies to fulfil their regulatory responsibilities. The private sector likewise uses this information in the corporate decision-making process. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or e-mail. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded to all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Confidentiality

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Reporting instructions

Please refer to the reporting instruction before completing this report.

Reporting period

  • Month:
  • Year:

Operations

Instructions:

  1. Each TOTAL line should be balanced. When products are balanced, Stocks Beginning of Month + Receipts + Production = Inputs + Shipments + Losses and Adjustments + Stocks End of Month.
    Note: Opening inventories should equal previous month's closing inventories.
  2. The Losses and Adjustments column for each TOTAL line should be under 5% of (Stocks Beginning of Month + Receipts + Production).
Monthly Renewable Fuel Survey
Item Description Stocks Beginning of Month Receipts During Month Inputs During Month Production During Month Shipments During Month Losses and Adjustments During Month Stocks End of Month
Renewable Fuel Plant Feedstocks
(Metric Tonnes)
1. Cereal Grains a. Domestic Corn              
b. Foreign (imported) Corn              
c. Domestic Wheat              
d. Foreign (imported) Wheat              
e. Other Cereal Grains              
Cereal Grains, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Vegetable Oils a. Canola Oil               
b. Soybean Oil              
c. Other Vegetable Oils              
Vegetable Oils, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Other Renewable Fuel Plant Feedstocks a. Agricultural Biomass Residues              
b. Forestry Biomass Residues              
c. Municipal Solid Waste              
d. Animal Fats              
e. Other Biomass Residue Feedstocks              
f. Used Cooking Oil              
g. Methanol              
Other Renewable Fuel Plant Feedstocks, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renewable Fuel Plant Feedstocks, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renewable Fuels
(Cubic Metres)
4. Fuel Ethanol (denatured)              
5. Renewable Diesel Fuel a. Biodiesel Fuel (FAME)              
b. Renewable Diesel Fuel (HDRD/HVO)              
c. Other Renewable Diesel Fuel              
Renewable Diesel Fuel, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. Other Renewable Fuels              
Renewable Fuels, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renewable Fuel Plant Co-Products
(Metric Tonnes)
7. Distillers Grains  a. Dried Distillers Grains (DDGS)              
b. Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles (WDGS)              
Distillers Grains, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Industrial Ethanol (including Food Grade)              
9. Distillers Corn Oil              
10. Glycerol/Glycerine              
11. Other Co-Products              
Renewable Fuel Plant Co-Products, TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Comments: Identify any unusual aspects of your reporting month's operations.

Guidelines – Financial Information of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools (FINCOL)
For the fiscal year ending in 2019

I. Introduction

The main objective of this survey is to obtain detailed revenue and expenditure data on each college and vocational school in Canada. Coupled with what is already available for the university sector, this gathering of data will provide a complete picture of the financial statistics of postsecondary education as well as vocational training in Canada.

The following notes provide the principles, definitions and guidelines necessary for the completion of the data form. Since it is desirable to obtain figures as comparable as possible from one institution to another, each respondent is requested to:

  • provide accompanying notes of explanation in the observations and comments section of the submission for figures that do not follow the guidelines;
  • provide comments on items which are excluded from the data, such as cases where provinces are making contributions to repay debt on behalf of an institution or material gifts received as donated service along with their estimated market value;
  • estimates should be made whenever possible if income and expenditure figures are not readily available in the required format from the financial records of the institution. When estimates are made they should be indicated with an asterisk (*).

II. Submission

The final deadline for the submission is indicated in the covering letter. The completed questionnaire(s) should be returned in the self-addressed envelope provided.

A copy of the institution's Audited Financial Statements is also requested with your submission. If a copy is not available, please advise Statistics Canada as to the date on which they will be forwarded.

III. Coverage

With the exception of private institutions that only offer courses at the trade and vocational level, the survey covers all private and public non-degree granting institutions that offer educational programs at the postsecondary level and/or at the trade and vocational level. For statistical purposes, institutions are classified as follows:

  1. Colleges/Institutes/Polytechnics

    Included in this classification are the colleges of applied arts and technology (CAAT's) in Ontario, general and vocational colleges (CEGEP's) in Quebec, institutes of technology and any other institutions providing education in fields such as paramedical technologies, nursing, agriculture, forestry, nautical sciences, etc.. These institutions offer programs at the postsecondary level, and may offer trade-vocational level programs.

  2. Vocational Schools

    This classification includes Community Colleges in Saskatchewan and Vocational Centres in Alberta, government training schools, vocational training centres and any other institution offering programs at the trade-vocational level only.

  3. Training in hospitals

    Included in this classification are educational centres located in hospitals, which offer educational or training programs, independently of the community college system, in nursing, radiotherapy, radiography, medical technology, etc..

    To ensure full coverage, it is important that each reporting officer indicates on section 2 of the questionnaire the affiliated campuses included in and/or excluded from the submission.

IV. Confidentiality

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

V. Authorization to Release

In order for Statistics Canada to release the information provided an 'Authorization to release' form must be signed. The form provided authorizes Statistics Canada to release the information in aggregation to the provincial/territorial level only.

VI. Principles of Reporting

1. Accrual Concept

For the purpose of this survey, the revenue and expenditure data should be reported on an accrual basis. That is, all revenues and expenditures should be reflected in the period in which they are considered to have been earned and incurred respectively. For example, major adjustments, such as retroactive salary and their related benefit costs, should be reported on that basis.

2. Total Income and Expenditures

All income and expenditures of the institution are to be reported. In this regard particular attention should be paid to the following:

  • when an institution is provincially governed or consists of a branch of a department, all costs related to the operation, maintenance and administration of the institution are to be reported; the actual funds used to finance those expenditures should be shown as a provincial source of funds;
  • consultations may be required with the institution's research department to obtain detailed breakdowns of income sources and expenses related to sponsored research;
  • capital expenditures, as well as related revenues, that are financed by a government Department or Ministry other than the one responsible for the institution must be included in this report; the reporting officer is responsible for obtaining and providing this information;
  • the figures reported should not include income or expenditures for the purpose of creating or eliminating an appropriation; however, any actual income or expenditure transaction recorded directly in reserve accounts should be included in the figures reported; this also applies to other assets and liability accounts; provisions for replacement of assets are considered to be transfers to reserve or appropriation accounts and should not be reported as expenses;
  • receipts and expenses relating to special purpose, trust and other funds of the institution should, as well, be included in the report.

3. Ancillary Enterprises

An ancillary enterprise is an entity that exists to furnish goods and services to students, staff or others, and that charges a fee directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the goods or services. To reflect properly the full cost of these enterprises, you should report their total gross revenues and total gross expenditures in the appropriate cells in the Schedule 1 and Schedule 2A. In addition, a breakdown by type of ancillary enterprises (bookstores, food services, residences, parking) must be completed on the Supporting Schedule A.

4. Reporting of Income

When reporting the sources of funds in the operating, sponsored research and capital income in Schedule 1, it is important to show the revenues under the headings that correspond to the immediate source of funds for the institution. For example, if an institution offers training courses for which Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) purchases seats, then the amount of money paid by ESDC should be shown under "Federal" only if the money is received directly by the institution. If the money is received by a third party (provincial government) and then transferred to the institution, then the direct source of funds is the "Provincial Government".

VII. Definitions

1. Program Cost Groups

This section defines the program cost groups to be used in the reporting of direct instruction expenditures on Schedule 2B of the questionnaire.

The criteria used to define the various program cost groups originates from those used in other surveys conducted by Statistics Canada and also from analysis of different educational systems across Canada. Note that these statistical definitions may not correspond identically to other existing definitions used by other organizations or governments.

a) Postsecondary Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction to students enrolled FULL-TIME or PART-TIME in postsecondary programs offered by Colleges/Institutes (see section III). These programs are of two kinds: university transfer programs and semi-professional career programs.

i) University transfer programs

University transfer programs require secondary school completion to enter and provide a student with standing equivalent to the first or second year of a university degree program with which one can apply for admission to subsequent senior years at a degree granting institution.

ii) Career programs

These programs usually require high school graduation for admission and have a duration of at least one year. More commonly these programs last two, three or four years. Career programs lead to a certificate or a diploma in technology, business, applied arts, nursing, agriculture, etc., and they prepare a student to enter a career directly upon completion of the program, at a level between that of the university trained professional and the skilled tradesperson.

b) Trade and Vocational Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction (or training) to students (or trainees) enrolled FULL-TIME in vocational programs at the trade level for credit towards a recognized standing of proficiency or certification. Also included are direct expenditures related to students enrolled in academic upgrading programs for entry into a vocational program. Such students normally attend regular day classes in provincial trade schools, trade or industrial divisions of community colleges, adult vocational centres and other similar schools. These programs or courses prepare the student (trainee) for an occupational role below the professional or semi-professional level. A period of less than one year is normally sufficient to complete courses at this level. For less complex occupations, a program may last only a matter of weeks. Completion of grade 9 or 10 is usually required for entrance to these courses.

Included are, for example, pre-employment programs, language, skill or academic upgrading programs, refresher courses, apprenticeship programs, training on the job or training in-industry programs associated with educational institution, nursing assistant, etc..

c) Continuing Education Programs

This program cost group includes all direct expenditures incurred in providing instruction to students enrolled PART-TIME in courses, mostly in the evening, offered under the auspices of subsidiary divisions of schools designated by various names such as Division of Continuing Education, Adult Education Division and so on. Excluded are activities which have no sustained instruction or educational purpose such as recreational activities, presentations in the performing arts, art exhibitions and displays, debates fairs, conferences or conventions of clubs or associations.

Included are, for example, courses such as pre-employment programs, language, skill or academic upgrading programs, refresher, professional development, general interest, etc., which are offered on a PART-TIME basis.

2. Funds

a) Operating

This fund accounts for the cost of credit and non-credit instruction, non-sponsored research, academic support services, administration, plant maintenance and other operating expenses of the institution financed by fees, grants and other operating income. This fund will normally include all revenues and expenses regarding materials, supplies or services that are consumed within the year and which the institution considers to be operating, within the functional operating areas referred to in section 3 below.

b) Sponsored Research

Sponsored Research is a restricted fund that accounts for income and expenditures for all sponsored research as well as Research and Development (R&D). For an activity to qualify as R&D, there must be an appreciable element of novelty. Income is to be reported following the funds flow approach.

Sponsored Research covers the following activities:

Basic Research is any experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observed facts, without any particular application or use in view;

Applied Research is the original investigation undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and directed primarily towards a specific practical objective;

Experimental Development is systematic work drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience that is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, installing new processes, systems and services, or improving those already installed.

The following activities should not be counted as R&D:

  • all education and training of personnel; however, research by graduates and postgraduate students should be counted;
  • scientific and technical information services such as collecting, coding, recording, classifying, analyzing, disseminating, translating, and evaluating, except where conducted solely or primarily for R&D support;
  • routine testing of materials, components, products, processes, soils, etc.;
  • maintenance of national standards;
  • administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses;
  • investigations of proposed engineering projects using existing techniques; however feasibility studies on research projects are part of R&D;
  • policy-related studies at the national, regional and local levels, as well as those of business enterprises in pursuit of economic activity;
  • routine software development, computer maintenance, quality assurance, routine data collection, and market research;
  • the many steps other than R&D necessary for the development and marketing of a manufactured product;
  • the raising, management, and distribution of R&D funds; and
  • routine investigation and normal application of specialized medical knowledge.

Sponsored Research accounts for the institution's income paid in the form of a contract (legally enforceable arrangements under which the institution, or an individual within the institution, agrees to undertake a research project, using the institution's facilities and/or personnel, for a sponsor that provide funds to meet all or part of the costs of the project) or a grant (unconditional payment for which service is not necessarily expected) from a source external to the institution.

Income sources include government, private industry and donors. Income may also include investment income, if the corresponding expenditures are reported in Sponsored Research.

Expenditures include activity funded from Sponsored Research income and exclude activity funded from the General Operating fund. It also includes the purchase of capital assets, if the corresponding income is reported as Sponsored Research.

c) Capital

The uniform reporting practice in the annual return for capital expenditures is to follow the funds flow approach, rather than to capitalize and amortize. Funds received to acquire capital assets are reported as income in the period in which the funds are received or receivable. Funds used to acquire capital assets are reported as expenditures in the year they take place.

For reporting purposes, capital expenditures are to be reported in the same fund as the corresponding income. Specifically, capital expenditures are only reported in the Capital fund when the corresponding income is reported in the Capital fund.

It is a restricted fund that accounts for resources provided to the institution for capital purposes and not reported in any other fund. Fund income includes grants and related investment income, donations and other resources made available to the institution by external funding sources, such as government and donors, specifically for capital purposes. Fund expenditures include building programs, acquisitions of major equipment and furniture, major renovations and alterations, space rental and buildings, land and land improvements.

Capital expenditures, as well as related revenues, being financed by a Government Department or Ministry other than the one responsible for the institution must be included in this report. The reporting officer should be responsible for obtaining and providing this information.

3. Functions (Schedule 2A)

a) Instruction and non-sponsored research

This includes all direct costs related to credit and non-credit courses, summer courses, extension programs and all other academic functions related to instruction and non-sponsored research such as offices of academic department heads, audio-visual services, laboratories, etc..

b) Library

This includes all the operating costs of the main library as well as the campus libraries, if there are any. All costs of library acquisitions from the Operating fund should be shown under this function.

c) General Administration

This includes costs for activities whose primary function is to provide administrative support for the operation of the institution. It includes the activities of the president's office, vice president, registrar, finance, personnel, public relations, secretariats, etc.. It also includes expenditures on convocations, ceremonies, legal and audit fees, long distance phone calls, the internal portion of debt repayments and costs for computing facilities.

d) Physical Plant

This includes the costs related to physical facilities, such as physical plant offices, maintenance of buildings and grounds, fire insurance, telephone service, security, repairs and furnishing, renovations and alterations, mail delivery service.

e) Student Services

This includes costs for activities whose primary purpose is to assist students in their educational or employment pursuits and which are outside of, but supplemental to, the instruction of academic programs. It includes the costs of: counselling, placement, health services, athletics (not physical education), student accommodation services (not residences), student transportation services, bursaries, scholarships and prizes, student financial aid office, cultural activities, etc..

4. Types of Income

a) Government Grants and Contracts

Lines 1 to 10 include grants from, and contracts with, federal government departments and agencies, provincial/territorial government departments and agencies, and municipal governments.

Government grants provide financial support to institutions and the grants may or may not be restricted.

Government contracts provide financial support to institutions under certain stipulations and conditions, including the provision of a deliverable product, such as a piece of equipment, a service or a report. A contract normally includes provisions for institutions to recover certain indirect or overhead costs, with the contract specifying or documenting the basis for the calculation of the recoverable costs.

Federal

Lines 1 to 6 include all research grants, research contracts, grants and contributions from the Government of Canada and its departments and agencies. Income received from the five major federal government agencies is reported on lines 1 to 5 as applicable.

The line items under "Federal" are as follows:

  • Line 1: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
  • Line 2: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
    CFI income is reported under the Sponsored Research fund.
  • Line 3: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Line 4: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Line 5: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • Line 6: Other federal
    Income from all other federal government departments and agencies is reported on this line.
Provincial/Territorial

Lines 7 to 9 include income from provincial government departments and agencies. For example, Provincial/Territorial CFI matching grants, Provincial/Territorial CFI matching income (line 8) from the Ministry responsible for the institution is reported under the Sponsored Research fund.

In the case of a provincially/territorially administered institution, direct provincial funding is to be included here.

Municipal

Examples of income to be reported on this line include grants from urban transit, communication and parking authorities.

b) Fees

This includes all mandatory student fees for credit and non-credit courses (with the exception of residence fees, parking fees and other similar fees which should be reported under 'ancillary enterprises - gross') paid by, or on behalf of all FULL-TIME and PART-TIME students.

All other fees charged to students such as laboratory fees, transcript, late registration, application, athletic fees, etc., are to be reported under the heading 'other'.

Normally, whenever revenues from fees are reported in Schedule 1 under specific program(s), related expenditures should be reported for the corresponding program(s) in Schedule 2B.

Note: Fees that are "flow through" (such as student activity fees collected for the students' council, etc.) should not be reported as college revenue.

c) Bequests, Donations, Non-Government Grants

This includes receipts from business, industry, foundations, individuals and religious organizations, as well as the value of services donated by various organizations.

d) Investment Income

This includes income from all investments such as dividends, bonds, mortgages, short-term notes and bank interest. Realized gains (or losses) should also be included if they are treated as income in the operating and/or capital funds.

e) Ancillary Enterprises (gross)

This includes total revenues from all ancillary enterprises such as residence or parking fees, and sales of services and products from bookstores, food services (dining hall, cafeterias and vending machines), publishing, laundry services, etc..

It should also be noted that the reporting officer is asked to report, on Supporting Schedule A, a breakdown of total income for the institution's ancillary enterprises.

f) Borrowings

This includes only those borrowings which are used to finance expenditures when repayment is to be made by the institution. Note that borrowings should be reported on an accrual basis.

g) Miscellaneous

This includes net income from rentals (other than ancillary enterprises), library fines and fines for other similar charges, and any income not reported elsewhere.

h) Interfund Transfers

When income from one fund is used to finance expenditures in another fund, report the amount as an interfund transfer. Total interfund transfers must net to zero.

5. Types of Expenditures

a) Salaries and Wages

Salaries and wages (excluding fringe benefits) as well as payments for leave of absence, shown under the appropriate functions and programs, are to be broken down into the following two categories:

i) Teachers

Included in this category are salaries and wages paid to full-time and part-time teaching staff.

ii) Other

This category includes all salaries not reported in part (i) above. Specifically, it includes salaries and wages paid to tutors, monitors, demonstrators, markers, laboratory technicians, maintenance personnel, office and technical staff, research and teaching assistants, etc..

b) Fringe Benefits

This includes the institution's contribution (in respect of all salaries and wages) to pensions, group life insurance, workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, Canada pension, salary contribution insurance, long term disability insurance and other similar benefits. Also include staff development costs paid for by the institution.

c) Library Acquisitions

This includes all purchases of books, periodicals, audio/visual material and other reference material for the library. Costs of binding may also be included if normally considered part of the acquisition costs.

d) Operational Supplies and Expenses

This includes all expenditures for supplies which are normally consumed in the fiscal year, including postage, teaching supplies, photocopying, publications, long distance telephone charges, repair materials, all supplies to operate laboratories, etc..

e) Utilities

This includes all expenditures for fuel, electricity, water, gas, telephone equipment rental, etc..

f) Furniture and Equipment

This includes all expenses for furniture and equipment, such as laboratory equipment (other than consumables), administrative equipment and furnishings, copying and duplicating equipment, computing equipment maintenance equipment, etc.. Rental and maintenance costs as well as other related operating expenses should be shown under the appropriate operational function. Costs for replacing or acquiring new furniture and equipment should be reported under the capital fund.

g) Scholarships and Other Related Students Support

This includes all payments to students including scholarships, bursaries, prizes, fee remissions, gifts, etc..

h) Fees and Contracted Services

This includes all expenses for services contracted to external agencies (except for renovations, alterations and major repairs). Examples would be cleaning contracts, security services, snow removal, etc.. Also included are fees paid to legal counsellors (including retainers for negotiations of collective contracts), auditors' fees, consultant's fees, etc..

i) Debt Services

This includes all payments made to service debts of the institution such as bank interest, mortgage or debenture interest payments, and related charges. Principal payments on loans, mortgages, debentures or repayable grants should be excluded.

j) Buildings

This includes all capital expenditures which are normally considered part of construction costs, except for furniture and equipment as well as land and site services which are to be reported under their respective item. Costs for space rental, building insurances, taxes, minor renovations and alterations on buildings, and all other related operating expenses should be shown under the Physical Plant operational function. Depreciation is not to be included as an expenditure.

k) Land and Site Services

This includes capital expenditures on acquisitions of and improvements to land such as landscaping, sewers, tunnels, roads, etc.. Capitalized professional fees and planning costs related to this category are also to be included. Rental, maintenance and insurance costs as well as other related operating expenses for this item should be shown under the Physical Plant operational function.

l) Miscellaneous

This is to be used when the institution has an operating or capital expenditure not classified in the other categories.

m) Transfers To/From

This item is used for internal transfers of costs between funds or functions whenever it is not feasible to directly adjust the appropriate expenditure items.

The total internal transfers of costs should net to zero.

n) Ancillary Enterprises (gross)

Includes all gross expenditures incurred in the operating of ancillary enterprises (see section 4 (e) above).

It should be noted that the reporting officer is asked to report, on the Supporting Schedule A, a breakdown of total expenditures for the institution's ancillary enterprises.

VIII. Supporting Schedule A

Additional information is to be provided in this section for the total revenue and expenditures of institutional ancillary enterprises (bookstores, residences, food services and parking).

IX. Suggestions

Statistics Canada would welcome any suggestions made to improve this survey.

Questionnaire – Financial Information of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools
For the fiscal year ending in 2019

Canadian Centre for Education Statistics

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

Confidential when completed
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Voluntary survey

Although your participation in this survey is voluntary, your cooperation is important so that the information collected will be as accurate and complete as possible.

Survey purpose

Results from this survey allow users a better understanding of the financial position (income and expenditures) of all community colleges and public vocational schools in Canada. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality

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

Financial Year Ending: Day, Month, Year (2019)

Identification of the institution

  • Name of institution
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province
  • Postal code
  • Check the appropriate boxes
    • Type
      • Public
      • Private
    • Governing authority
      • Province or territory
      • Board

Identification of the reporting officer

  • Name and title of reporting officer
  • Address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province
  • Postal code
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Fax number
  • Signature of the reporting officer
  • Day, Month, Year

Does your institution offer courses at the elementary-secondary level, other than those academic upgrading courses such as Adult Basic Education which should be reported in this questionnaire?

  • Yes
  • No

If yes, please exclude revenues and expenditures relating to that level of education.

Instructions

  1. Please read the guidelines carefully.
  2. All amounts should be expressed in thousands of dollars ($'000).
  3. Indicate estimated amounts with an asterisk (*).

Affiliated institutions or campuses included in this report

Affiliated institutions or campuses partially included in this report

Affiliated institutions or campuses excluded from this report

Schedule 1 – Operating, Sponsored Research and Capital Income
Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.
Types Funds
Operating
($'000)
Sponsored Research
($'000)
Capital
($'000)
Total
($'000)
Government Grants and Contracts        
FederalSchedule 1 footnote *        
1. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
       
2. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
       
3. Canadian Institutes of Health Research
       
4. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
       
5. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
       
6. Other federal
       
Provincial        
7. Regular Grants
       
8. CFI Matching Fund
       
9. Other
       
10. Municipal
       
Fees        
11. Postsecondary Programs
       
12. Trade Vocational Programs
       
13. Continuing Education Programs
       
14. Other
       
Bequests, Donations, Non-Government Grants        
15. Business Enterprises and Individuals
       
16. Non-profit Organizations and Foundations
       
17. Sub-total
       
18. Investment Income        
19. Ancillary Enterprises (Gross)Schedule 1 footnote **        
20. Borrowings        
21. Miscellaneous        
22. Interfund TransfersSchedule 1 footnote ***        
23. Total Income        
Schedule 1 footnote *

As highlighted in Section VI.4 in the Guidelines, amounts reported here should relate only to payments received directly by the institution.

Return to Schedule 1 footnote * referrer

Schedule 1 footnote **

Total should correspond with figures reported in the supporting schedule A.

Return to Schedule 1 footnote ** referrer

Schedule 1 footnote ***

Total interfund transfers must equal to zero.

Return to Schedule 1 footnote *** referrer

Schedule 2A – Operating, Sponsored Research and Capital Expenditures by Function and by Type
Table Summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.
Types of Expenditures Functions
Operating Sponsored Research
($'000)
Capital
($'000)
Total
($'000)
Instruction and non-sponsored researchSchedule 2A footnote * ($'000) Library
($'000)
General Administration
($'000)
Physical Plant
($'000)
Student Services
($'000)
Total Operating
($'000)
Salaries and Wages                  
1. Teachers
                 
2. Other
                 
3. Fringe Benefits                  
4. Library Acquisitions                  
5. Operational Supplies and Expenses                  
6. Utilities                  
7. Furniture and Equipment                  
8. Scholarships and Other Related Students Support                  
9. Fees and Contracted Services                  
10. Debt Services                  
11. Buildings                  
12. Land and Site Services                  
13. Miscellaneous                  
14. Transfers to/from                  
15. Ancillary Enterprises (Gross)Schedule 2 footnote **                  
16. Total Expenditures                  
Schedule 2A footnote *

The figures in this column should be identical to the appropriate ones in column 5 (column total), schedule 2B.

Return to Schedule 2A footnote * referrer

Schedule 2A footnote **

Total should correspond with figures reported in the supporting schedule A.

Return to Schedule 2A footnote ** referrer

Schedule 2B – Direct Instruction Expenditures by Program Cost Groups
Table Summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.
Types of Expenditures Programs
Postsecondary Programs Trade and Vocational Programs
($'000)
Continuing Education Programs
($'000)
TotalSchedule 2B footnote * ($'000)
University Transfer
($'000)
Career
($'000)
Salaries and Wages          
1. Teachers
         
2. Other
         
3. Fringe Benefits          
4. Operational Supplies and Expenses          
5. Furniture and Equipment          
6. Fees and Contracted Services          
7. Miscellaneous          
8. Transfers to/from          
9. Total Instruction Expenditures          
Schedule 2B footnote *

The figures in this column should be identical to the appropriate ones in column 1 (column instruction and non-sponsored research), schedule 2A.

Return to Schedule 2B footnote * referrer

Supporting Schedule A – Ancillary Enterprises
Table Summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.
  Total Income Total Expenditures
Operating
($'000)
Capital
($'000)
Operating
($'000)
Capital
($'000)
Bookstores        
Food Services        
Residences        
Parking        
Other        
TotalSchedule A footnote *        
Schedule A footnote *

Total should correspond with figures reported in schedules 1 and 2A.

Return to Schedule A footnote * referrer

Observations and Comments
Table Summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to give their observations and comments. This table contains no data.
Description
(Fund, Function, Type of Income, Expenditure)
Comments
   
   
   
   
   
   

Purpose

This monthly survey collects data on the inventories and movement of crude oils and petroleum products by domestic transporters, including pipelines and marine vessels, as well as associated terminals. This data is required for integration into the input-output table of the Canadian System of National Accounts. Data is made available under the authority of the Statistics Act to other federal departments and provincial authorities through data sharing agreements subject to embodied principles of data confidentiality. Data is also intended for use by survey respondents, industry associations, industry analysts, and the general public to assess trends in the Canadian petroleum sector.

Who must submit

To be completed by the operators of pipelines, marine vessels and associated terminals located in Canada.

When to submit

The survey must be received by Statistics Canada 10 days following the month in review.

General instructions

Report all quantities to the nearest whole number in Cubic Metres.

Report data for only products which are applicable to your operation.

Inventories

Pipelines: Include inventories held in tanks, terminals, and lines.

Marine vessels: Include inventories held on vessels and at terminals that are operated by your company.

Report all inventories in the custody of the facility regardless of ownership. Reported inventory quantities should represent actual measured inventories.

Report all domestic and foreign inventories in the custody of the facility as long as foreign stock have entered through customs.

Report opening inventories on the 1st day of the reporting month (start of day).

Report closing inventories on the last day of the reporting month (end of day).

Movements

Report all movements by petroleum product between regions (i.e., provinces, territories, United States, Foreign, non U.S.) made by your company during the reporting month.

The shipping region is also known as the load region. The receiving region is also known as the discharge region.

Report the movement when the product has arrived at the receiving region.

Exclude intermediate movements if operating in more than two provinces.

  • Pipeline example: a shipment originating in United States, passing through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and received in Alberta, is reported as a movement from United States to Alberta only.
  • Marine vessel example: a shipment originating in US, passing through Newfoundland and Quebec, and terminating in Ontario, is reported as a movement from United States to Ontario only.

Product definitions

Asphalt

A dark-brown-to-black cement-like material containing bitumens as the predominant constituent obtained by petroleum processing; used primarily for road construction. It includes crude asphalt as well as the following finished products: cements, fluxes, the asphalt content of emulsions (exclusive of water), and petroleum distillates blended with asphalt to make cutback asphalts.

Aviation gasoline, blending components

Naphthas which will be used for blending into finished aviation gasoline (e.g., straight-run gasoline, alkylate, reformate, benzene, and xylene).

Includes all aviation gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Aviation gasoline, finished

A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in aviation reciprocating engines.

Excludes blending components of finished aviation gasoline.

Biodiesel Fuel (FAME)

It is a liquid fuel that is comprised of at least one mono-alkyl ester produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks in reaction with an alcohol reactant and is suitable for use in a diesel engine. It is also known as fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and is made from renewable fuel feedstocks.

Crude oil, bitumen

A naturally occurring viscous mixture, mainly of hydrocarbon heavier than pentane, that may contain sulphur compounds and that, in its naturally occurring viscous state, will not flow to a well.

Crude oil, heavy

A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities. Crude oil is deemed to be "heavy" if it has a density equal to 900 or greater.

Crude oil, lease condensate

A mixture consisting primarily of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons which is recovered as a liquid from natural gas in lease separation facilities. Excludes hydrocarbon gas liquids, such as butane and propane, which are recovered at downstream natural gas processing plants or facilities.

Crude oil, light

A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities. Crude oil is deemed to be "light" if it has a density less than 900 kg/m3.

Crude oil, synthetic crude oil

Synthetic crude oil obtained by the upgrading of crude bitumen or heavy crude oil.

Diesel fuel oil

A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. Products known as No. 2 and No. 3 diesel fuel used in on-highway diesel engines, such as those in trucks and automobiles, as well as off-highway engines, such as those in railroad locomotives and agricultural machinery.

Report distillate fuel oil where it is unknown whether it should be classified as diesel fuel oil or light fuel oil by sulphur content:

  • Diesel Fuel Oil: ≤ 15ppm sulphur
  • Light Fuel Oil: > 15ppm sulphur

Fuel Ethanol

An anhydrous alcohol (ethanol with less than 1% water) intended for gasoline blending that is produced from one or more renewable fuel feedstocks.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, mixed

A combination of ethane, propane, butanes, or pentanes plus.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, butanes

A normally gaseous straight-chain or branch-chain hydrocarbon extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams (C4H10). It includes normal butane, isobutane, and refinery-grade butane.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, ethane

A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon (C2H6). It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of – 88.6 degrees Celsius. It is extracted from natural gas and refinery gas streams.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, pentanes plus

A mixture of hydrocarbons, mostly pentanes and heavier, extracted from natural gas. Includes isopentane, natural gasoline, and plant condensate.

Hydrocarbon gas liquids, propane

A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon (C3H8). It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of -42 degrees Celsius. It is extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams.

Hydrogen

The lightest of all gases, occurring chiefly in combination with oxygen in water; exists also in acids, bases, alcohols, petroleum, and other hydrocarbons.

Jet fuel, Kerosene-type

A kerosene-based product having a maximum distillation temperature of 204 degrees Celsius at the 10-percent recovery point and a final maximum boiling point of 300 degrees Celsius. It is used for commercial and military turbojet and turboprop aircraft engines.

Kerosene

A light petroleum distillate that is used in space heaters, cook stoves, and water heaters and is suitable for use as a light source when burned in wick-fed lamps.

Includes other grades of kerosene called range or stove oil, which have properties similar to those of No. 1 fuel oil.

Light fuel oil (No. 2 and No. 3 heating fuel oils)

A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. Products known as No. 2 and No. 3 fuel oils used primarily for space heating and electric power generation.

Report distillate fuel oil where it is unknown whether it should be classified as diesel fuel oil or light fuel oil by sulphur content:

  • Diesel Fuel Oil: ≤ 15ppm sulphur
  • Light Fuel Oil: > 15ppm sulphur

Lubricants

Substances used to reduce friction between bearing surfaces or as process materials either incorporated into other materials used as processing aids in the manufacture of other products, or used as carriers of other materials. Petroleum lubricants may be produced either from distillates or residues. Lubricants include all grades of lubricating oils from spindle oil to cylinder oil and those used in greases.

Miscellaneous products

Includes all finished products not classified elsewhere (e.g., petrolatum, lube refining by-products (aromatic extracts and tars), absorption oils, ram-jet fuel, petroleum rocket fuels, synthetic natural gas feedstocks, and specialty oils).

Includes transmix. Transmix is created when two different petroleum products (e.g. motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) become commingled during pipeline transport.

Excludes uncategorized unfinished products. These products should be included in unfinished oils.

Motor gasoline, blending components

Naphthas (e.g., straightrun gasoline, alkylate, reformate, benzene, xylene) used for blending into finished motor gasoline. Products classified as motor gasoline blending components include blendstock for oxygenate blending (BOB), gasoline treated as blendstock (GTAB) and all "other" motor gasoline blending components.

Includes all motor gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Unblended butane and pentanes plus are reported under separate products. This applies only to unblended products. After blending, butanes, pentanes plus, fuel ethanol, oxygenates, and other materials become part of the volume of gasoline blending components or finished motor gasoline.

Excludes any naphtha-range hydrocarbons from gasoline blending components if the intended end use is other than blending or compounding into finished motor gasoline or finished aviation gasoline (e.g. naphtha intended for use in solvents or as petrochemical feedstocks).

Motor gasoline, finished

A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in internal combustion engines.

Excludes aviation gasoline.

Excludes all motor gasoline that will be further processed or blended.

Excludes motor gasoline blending components until they are blended into the gasoline (see previous definition).

Petroleum Coke

A residue high in carbon content and low in hydrogen that is the final product of thermal decomposition in the condensation process in cracking. This product is reported as marketable coke or catalyst coke.

Petrochemical Feedstocks

Chemical feedstocks derived from petroleum principally for the manufacture of chemicals, synthetic rubber, and a variety of plastics.

Renewable Diesel Fuel (HDRD/HVO)

Hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) or hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) is a diesel substitute that can be derived renewable fuel feedstocks.

Residual fuel oil (No. 4, No.5 and No. 6 fuel oils)

A general classification for the heavier oils, known as No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 fuel oils, that remain after the distillate fuel oils and lighter hydrocarbons are distilled away in refinery operations. NOTE: No. 6 fuel oil includes Bunker C fuel oil.

Still Gas (Refinery Gas)

Any form or mixture of gases produced in refineries by distillation, cracking, reforming, and other processes. The principal constituents are methane, ethane, ethylene, normal butane, butylene, propane, propylene, etc. Still gas is used as a refinery fuel and a petrochemical feedstock.

Special naphthas (solvents)

All finished products within the naphtha boiling range that are used as paint thinners, cleaners, or solvents. These products are refined to a specified flash point.

Includes all commercial hexane and cleaning solvents.

Excludes naphthas to be blended or marketed as motor gasoline or aviation gasoline, or that are to be used as petrochemical and synthetic natural gas (SNG) feedstocks.

Unfinished oils (excluding synthetic crude oil)

All oils requiring further processing. Unfinished oils are produced by partial refining of crude oil and include naphthas and lighter oils, kerosene and light gas oils, heavy gas oils, and residuum.

Includes uncategorized unfinished products and oils.

Wax

A solid or semi-solid material at 25 degrees Celsius consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained or derived from petroleum fractions, or through a Fischer-Tropsch type process, in which the straight-chained paraffin series predominates. This includes all marketable wax, whether crude or refined, with a congealing point between 27 (or 29) and 121 degrees Celsius and a maximum oil content of 50 weight percent.

Regions

Report data by the following regions:

  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • United States
  • Foreign, non U.S.

Provisions regarding confidentiality of information and data sharing

Confidentiality

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements (IC)

Reporting entity

1. Indicate which type of corporation this report covers.

  • A single corporation
  • Part of a corporation
  • A consolidated family of corporations
  • Other (specify)

2. Is the reporting entity part of a Canadian consolidation?

  • Yes
  • No

3. Does this reporting entity have investments in partnerships or joint ventures?

  • Yes
  • No

4. Indicate the accounting standard used to complete this questionnaire.

  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
  • United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP)
  • Other (specify)

5. Indicate the currency used to complete this survey.

  • Canadian dollars
  • U.S. dollars

6. What are the start and end dates of this enterprise's reporting period for the quarter ending:

  • From: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD

Assets

7. Report your assets

  1. Cash and deposits – Canadian currency
  2. Cash and deposits – foreign currency
  3. Accounts receivable
    1. Trade
    2. Other
  4. Allowance for credit losses on receivables
  5. Finance leases and lease contracts
  6. Inventory
    1. Real estate ─ residential
    2. Real estate ─ non-residential
    3. Other inventory
  7. Investments in and claims on parent, subsidiaries and affiliates ─ shares and equity
    1. In Canada
    2. Outside Canada
  8. Investments in and claims on parent, subsidiaries and affiliates ─ accumulated earnings
    1. In Canada
    2. Outside Canada
  9. Investments in and claims on parent, subsidiaries and affiliates ─ debt claims on affiliates
    1. In Canada
    2. Outside Canada
  10. Canadian investments in non-affiliates ─ debt securities issued by the Government of Canada
    1. Term-to-maturity of less than one year
    2. Term-to-maturity of one year or more
  11. Canadian investments in non-affiliates ─ debt securities issued by provincial and municipal governments
    1. Term-to-maturity of less than one year
    2. Term-to-maturity of one year or more
  12. Canadian investments in non-affiliates ─ debt securities issued by corporations, trusts or others
    1. Term-to-maturity of less than one year
    2. Term-to-maturity of one year or more
  13. Canadian investments in non-affiliates ─ corporate shares, fund or trust units and other equity
    1. Publicly traded
    2. Other equity
  14. Canadian investments in non-affiliates ─ other investments
  15. Foreign investments in non-affiliates ─ debt securities
    1. Term-to-maturity of less than one year
    2. Term-to-maturity of one year or more
  16. Foreign investments in non-affiliates ─ other investments
  17. Derivative assets
  18. Reverse repurchase agreements
  19. Mortgage loans to non-affiliates ─ secured by property in Canada
    1. Residential ─ to individuals and unincorporated businesses
    2. Residential ─ to corporations
    3. Residential ─ to others
    4. Non-residential ─ to individuals and unincorporated businesses
    5. Non-residential ─ to corporations
    6. Non-residential ─ to others
  20. Mortgage loans to non-affiliates ─ secured by property outside Canada
  21. Mortgage loans to non-affiliates ─ accumulated allowance for credit losses
  22. Home equity lines of credit
  23. Non-mortgage loans to non-affiliates
    1. To individuals and unincorporated businesses ─ credit cards
    2. To individuals and unincorporated businesses ─ lines of credit
    3. To individuals and unincorporated businesses ─ other loans
    4. To corporations
    5. To others
  24. Non-mortgage loans to non-affiliates ─ accumulated allowance for credit losses
  25. Fixed assets
    1. Depreciable assets and land
    2. Capitalized leases of lessee
    3. Investment properties
    4. Accumulated depletion
    5. Depletable assets
    6. Accumulated depletion
  26. Intangible assets
    1. Goodwill
    2. Other intangible assets
    3. Accumulated amortization
  27. Accrued pension asset
  28. Deferred income tax asset
  29. All other assets
    1. Specify all major items within other assets
  30. Other allowances for credit losses
    1. Other allowances for credit losses

Total assets

Liabilities and equity

8. Report your liabilities.

  1. Accounts payable
    1. Trade
    2. Other accounts payable
  2. Income taxes payable
  3. Amounts owing to affiliates
    1. In Canada
    2. Outside Canada
  4. Borrowing from non-affiliates ─ mortgage loans
    1. Residential
    2. Non-residential
  5. Borrowing from non-affiliates ─ non-mortgage loans and overdrafts
    1. From lenders in Canada ─ banks
    2. From lenders in Canada ─ credit unions
    3. From lenders in Canada ─ other lenders in Canada
    4. From lenders outside Canada
  6. Borrowing from non-affiliates ─ debt securities
    1. Term-to-maturity of less than one year
    2. Term-to-maturity of one year or more
  7. Borrowing from non-affiliates ─ other borrowings
  8. Equity securities classified as liabilities
  9. Derivative liabilities
  10. Obligations related to repurchase agreements
  11. Accrued pension liability
  12. Non-pension post retirement benefits
  13. Deferred income tax liability
  14. All other liabilities
    Report liabilities not elsewhere specified.

Total liabilities

9. Report your equity.

  1. Share capital
    1. Preferred
    2. Common
  2. Unitholders' capital
  3. Contributed surplus
  4. Accumulated other comprehensive income
  5. Non-controlling interest
  6. Retained earnings
    1. Opening balance
    2. Net income (loss) for the current period
    3. Transfers from (to) share capital
    4. All other additions (deductions)
      Specify all major items within other additions (deductions)
  7. Dividends declared
    1. Cash ─ preferred shares
    2. Cash ─ preferred shares
    3. Other dividends
  8. Income trust distributions
    Closing balance
    Total equity
  9. Total liabilities and total equity

Closing balance

Income statement

10. What period does this income statement cover?

  • From: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD

11. Report your revenue.

  1. Sales of goods and services
  2. Rental revenue
  3. Commissions and fees
  4. Royalties and franchise fees
  5. Subsidies and grants
  6. Interest revenue from Canadian sources
    1. Debt securities
    2. Debt claims on affiliates
    3. Mortgages
    4. Other interest revenue
  7. Interest revenue from foreign sources
  8. Dividends
    1. From Canadian corporations
    2. From foreign corporations
  9. Gains and losses ─ fair value adjustments
    1. Realized
    2. Unrealized
  10. Gains and losses - foreign exchange
    1. Realized
    2. Unrealized
  11. All other revenues
    • Specify all major items within other revenues

Total revenue

12. Report your expenses.

  1. Wages and salaries
  2. Employer portion of employee benefits
  3. Pension expense
    1. Current service cost
    2. Other pension expenses
  4. Stock options expense
  5. Indirect taxes
  6. Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    1. Depreciation
    2. Depletion
    3. Amortization ─ intangible assets
    4. Amortization ─ tooling and special tooling costs
    5. Amortization ─ other
  7. Software, research and development, and exploration and evaluation expenses
  8. Impairments
    1. Credit losses on receivables
    2. Write-downs and revaluation of inventory
    3. Other impairments
  9. Interest expense
    1. Debt securities
    2. Amounts owing to affiliates
    3. Mortgages
    4. Other interest expenses
  10. Dividends paid on equity securities classified as liabilities
  11. Credit losses on lease contracts and loans
  12. Purchased goods, materials and services
  13. Resource royalties expense
  14. Charitable donations
  15. All other expenses
    Specify all major items within other expenses

Total expenses

Income

13. Report your income.

  1. Income (loss) before income taxes
  2. Current income tax expense
  3. Deferred income tax expense
  4. Income (loss) after income taxes
  5. Equity in unconsolidated affiliates
  6. Net income (loss)
    1. Attributable to non-controlling interest
    2. Attributable to equity shareholders
  7. Other comprehensive income
    1. Items that will not be reclassified to net earnings
    2. Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net earnings
    3. Reclassification of realized (gains) losses to net earnings
    4. Income taxes
  8. Comprehensive income
    1. Attributable to non-controlling interest
    2. Attributable to equity shareholders

Disclosure of selected accounts

14. Report other disclosures.

  1. Cost of goods and services sold
  2. Consolidation accounting elimination of sales
  3. Capital expenditures
    1. New buildings
    2. New machinery and new equipment
    3. Used buildings, used machinery and land
    4. Depletable assets
    5. Capitalized leases
  4. Capitalized expenses
    1. Tooling
    2. Software, research and development, and exploration and evaluation
  5. Equity method dividends
    1. Canadian dividends
    2. Foreign dividends
  6. Securitized assets ─ recognized
    1. Credit cards
    2. Mortgages
    3. Other assets
  7. Securitized assets ─ unrecognized
    1. Credit cards
    2. Mortgages
    3. Other assets

15. Allocate the changes to selected assets and liabilities.

  1. Investments in and claims on parent, subsidiaries and affiliates
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  2. Canadian and foreign investments in non-affiliates ─ debt securities
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  3. Canadian and foreign investments in non-affiliates ─ corporate shares, fund or trust units and other equity
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  4. Canadian and foreign investments in non-affiliates ─ other investments in non-affiliates
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  5. Mortgage loans to non-affiliates
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  6. Home Equity lines of credit
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  7. Non-mortgage loans to non-affiliates
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  8. Fixed assets ─ depreciable assets and land
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  9. Fixed assets ─ investment properties
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  10. Intangible assets
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  11. Other assets
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  12. Debt liability securities owing
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  13. Other liabilities
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses
  14. Derivatives (assets and liabilities)
    1. Initial balance
    2. Net (purchases-sales or issuances-repayments and other changes)
    3. Fair value adjustments and foreign exchange
    4. Other adjustments
      Closing balance
    5. Realized gains and losses