Archived - Elementary – Secondary Education Survey (ESES) Definitions Guide

Data Collection: 2011/2012 to 2015/2016

History and background

The Elementary–Secondary Education Survey (ESES) began in 2003 as a Statistics Canada pilot project known as the Elementary–Secondary Education Statistics Project (ESESP). The ESESP survey content originated from three tables that were originally part of a survey sent out each year to all provinces and territories by the British Columbia Ministry of Education. Following formal consultation with all provinces, territories and data users, Statistics Canada introduced seven new tables to collect additional data. The project’s goals were to collect elementary and secondary school expenditure data, and to replace several surveys that were collecting data on enrolments, graduates, and educators: the Elementary–Secondary School Enrolment Survey; the Secondary School Graduate Survey; the Elementary–Secondary Education Staff Survey; and the Principal’s Statistical Report. Although the ESESP collected expenditure data, the Survey of Uniform Financial System – School Boards survey (SUFSB, record number 3119) remained active.

In January 2010, the ESESP was renamed the Elementary–Secondary Education Survey to symbolize the change from a pilot project to a Statistics Canada ongoing core survey. The main objectives of the collection tool remained: to produce relevant, comparable and timely statistics, and to reduce the respondent burden on educational organizations and school principals.

Statistics Canada maintains a close relationship with the Canadian Education Statistics Council (CESC), particularly its Strategic Management Committee (SMC), and seeks its ongoing advice and guidance on the survey. The CESC is a partnership between the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and Statistics Canada. It was established in 1989 to improve the quality and comparability of Canadian education data and to provide information that can inform policy development in education. The CESC also produces two sets of education indicators, Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (Statistics Canada catalogue number 81-582-X) and Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective (catalogue number 81-604-X), for policy makers, practitioners, and the general public to monitor the performance of education systems, across jurisdictions and over time.

Changes in data collection

The ESES is an annual survey of administrative data that focuses primarily on public schools. It collects aggregate data from the provincial/territorial ministries or departments of education. Information on enrolments and graduates is reported by type of program and by age and sex, and grade and sex. The ESES also collects information pertaining to full- and part-time educators.

Private school data collection:

In the summer of 2010, Statistics Canada conducted a jurisdictional review and was able to ascertain that of the data collected by the ESES for public schools, data for enrolment (grade), enrolment (age), enrolments in official languages programs, graduates, and educators could also be provided for private schools. Therefore, in January 2011, Statistics Canada commenced collection of private school data beginning with the 2009/2010 reference period.

Home-schooling data collection:

In the summer of 2011, Statistics Canada conducted another jurisdictional review and was able to ascertain that of the data collected by the ESES for public schools, data for enrolment (grade) and enrolment (age) could also be provided for home-schooling. Therefore, in January 2012, Statistics Canada commenced collection of home-schooling data beginning with the 2010/2011 reference period.

Note: Due to data quality concerns, data on private schools and home-schooling are not published at this time.

General definitions

In order to obtain consistent counts of students, educators, graduates, and expenditures for school boards and districts across provinces and territories, it is very important that respondents use common definitions.

Ministry/Department of Education: There is no federal department of education and no integrated national system of education in Canada. Ministries or departments of education in Canada’s 10 provinces and 3 territories are responsible for the organization, delivery and assessment of education at the elementary and secondary levels.

School boards/districts: Local governance of education is usually entrusted to school boards, school districts, school divisions or district education councils/authorities (the terminology used varies by province/territory). The power delegated to these local authorities, whose members are typically appointed or elected by public ballot, is at the discretion of the provincial and territorial governments and generally consists of the operation and administration (including financial) of the group of schools within their board, district or division, curriculum implementation, responsibility for personnel, enrolment of students, and initiation of proposals for new construction or other major capital expenditures.

The tables explained: ESES financial data

Table 1, Expenditures:

The information in the expenditures table (tab 1PubExpenditures) is collected primarily for use by the finance section at the Centre for Education Statistics, where the data form an input into the consolidated revenue and expenditure figures for elementary-secondary education. The ESES financial data are compared with and validated against other sources of financial data such as provincial/territorial public accounts and school board financial statements.

School district expenditures: Include all expenditures (operating and capital) paid directly by district school boards.

Ministry/Department of Education expenditures: Include all expenditures (operating and capital) paid on behalf of district school boards by Ministries/Departments of Education or any other entities responsible for education.

Other provincial/territorial government or agency expenditures: Include all expenditures (operating and capital) incurred by other provincial/territorial departments or agencies such as Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport, etc. Do not include expenses paid on behalf of school districts by Ministries of Education.

The following expenditures are included:

  • those for Regular programs for youth;
  • those for General programs for adults for secondary schools;
  • those for Vocational programs for youth and adults offered at the secondary level only.

The following expenditures are excluded:

  • federal expenditures (e.g., schools operated by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada or National Defence, or federal programs such as Canadian Heritage official languages programs, Employment and Social Development Canada programs, Global Affairs Canada programs, and social [health and welfare] programs);
  • those for private schools;
  • those related to programs at the postsecondary level;
  • intra-sectoral transactions;
  • principal portion of debt repayments or bank loans;
  • recoveries of expenditures from specified purpose;
  • provision for vacation pay and similar employee benefit;
  • provision for bad debts and any other provisions;
  • reserves and other suspense accounts;
  • deficits and write-off to losses;
  • depreciation on capital expenditures (amortization charges);
  • debenture discount;
  • taxes remitted to other government sub-sectors (e.g., municipal taxes).

School boards and districts

Educator remuneration:

Salaries, wages and allowances (row 1)
Salaries and wages are the remuneration to educators for services rendered. Include teachers, school administrators, such as principals and vice-principals; and other professional non-teaching staff, such as guidance counselors and librarians as well as pedagogical support personnel.

Allowances are payments made in addition to salaries/wages to compensate for isolation, additional administrative duties or other responsibilities and other similar costs. Include sick leave payments, maternity leave, and other approved leave. Do not include ad hoc allowances for travel and accommodation (include in “Other operating expenditures (row 6)”) and payments of superannuation or pension premiums on behalf of the educator.

Fringe benefits – except employer’s contribution to the Canada and Quebec pension plans (row 2)
Includes payment on behalf of the educator for Employment Insurance premiums, life insurance plans, health, dental and drug plans, vision care plans, workers' compensation plans, disability insurance plans, termination and early retirement gratuities, private use of institution's goods and services, employee discounts, professional fees related to professional development, payments to government work safety agencies, purchase and maintenance of clothing, moving fees, employee counseling services, union duties leave, annuity funds, paid recognition for years of service, paid holidays, trips, jury duty pay, employee parking lot fees, and board-sponsored recreation or paid memberships.

Educator pension plans:

Employer’s contribution to Canada and Quebec pension plans (row 3)
Includes the employer’s contribution to the Canada and Quebec pension plans.

Other pension plans (row 4)
Any other types of pension plans.

Periodic contributions to rectify actuarial deficiencies (row 5)
Adjustments made during the current year to ensure that the funds required are available, which are actuarial liability adjustments made to current service payments to reduce or eliminate the debt.

Other operating expenditures:

Other operating expenditures (row 6)
Include salary and non-salary costs related to business administration, instruction, educational services, food services, school facilities services, school transportation and any other expenditure related to the provision of services in the public school system. Do not include interests on debt services.

Total operating expenditures (row 7)
The sum of rows 1 to 6.

Capital expenditures:

Capital expenditures (row 8)
Include acquisitions of physical assets of a fixed or permanent nature with a useful life of more than one operating year. Include expenditures of an annual or cyclical nature for capital-lease and leasehold improvement (e.g., major repairs and upgrades to school and board buildings, new school and board furniture equipment and vehicles). Do not include expenditures for non-major repairs and maintenance designated as “plant operation” under “Other operating expenditures (row 6)”.

Note that all capital expenditures must be reported with the historical cost in the year of the initial expenditure. If the capital expenditures are "amortized" during their useful life, they should be converted to the historical cost and reported to the year of the initial cost in order to insure the comparability of data between provinces and territories.

Interest on debt services (row 9)
Include the interest on loans and advances, bonds, debentures and mortgages, other debt charges such as bank service charges and other charges pertaining to the servicing of the public debt.

Total capital expenditures (row 10)
The sum of rows 8 and 9.

Total expenditures - School boards and districts (row 11)
The sum of rows 7 and 10.

Ministry of education

Educator remuneration:

Salaries/Wages and allowances (row 12)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 1).

Fringe benefits – except employer’s contribution to pension plans (row 13)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 2).

Educator pension plans:

Employer’s contribution to pension plans (row 14)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 3).

Other pension plans (row 15)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 4).

Periodic contributions to rectify actuarial deficiencies (row 16)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 5).

Other operating expenditures:

Other operating expenditures (row 17)
Include only Ministry/Department of Education expenses relating to direct financial support of school boards; e.g., milk programs or textbooks, or library, guidance and audio–visual expenses. Do not include any grants or contributions to schools boards or districts.

General administration (row 18)
Include only administration expenses directly incurred by the Ministry/Department of Education; e.g., expenses for the Minister’s office, including his/her salary, human resources, administrative support and financial services. If any of these administration expenses stated above are also lumped together with postsecondary education, please include or pro-rate out the elementary and secondary portion only.

Total operating expenditures (row 19)
The sum of rows 12 to 18.

Capital expenditures:

Capital expenditures (row 20)
Include only Ministry/Department of Education capital expenditures relating to direct financial support of school boards. Do not include any grants or contributions to schools boards or schools districts.

Interest on debt services (row 21)
Include the interest on loans and advances, bonds, debentures and mortgages. Also include other debt charges such as bank service charges and other charges pertaining to the servicing of the public debt.

Total capital expenditures (row 22)
The sum of rows 20 and 21.

Total expenditures – Ministry/Department of Education (row 23)
The sum of rows 19 and 22.

Other provincial/territorial departments or agencies

Educator remuneration:

Salaries, wages and allowances (row 24)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 1).

Fringe benefits –except employer’s contribution to pension plans (row 25)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 2).

Educator pension plans:

Employer’s contribution to pension plans (row 26)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 3).

Other pension plans (row 27)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 4).

Periodic contributions to rectify actuarial deficiencies (row 28)
As defined under school district expenditures (see row 5).

Other operating expenditures:

Other operating expenditures (row 29)
Include only Other provincial government or agencies expenses relating to direct financial support of school boards. For example, provision of textbooks/school book bureaus, milk programs, guidance and audio-visual expenses. Do not include any grants or contributions to schools boards or schools districts, administration expenses (see row 17). Do not include any expenses from Ministry/Department of Education.

Total operating expenditures (row 30)
The sum of rows 24 to 29.

Capital expenditures:

Capital expenditures (row 31)
Include only Other provincial governments or agencies capital expenditures related to direct financial support of school boards. Do not include any grants or contributions to schools boards or schools districts. Do not include any expenses from Ministry/Department of Education.

Interest on debt services (row 32)
Include the interest on loans and advances, bonds, debentures and mortgages. Also include other debt charges such as bank service charges and other charges pertaining to the servicing of the public debt.

Total capital expenditures (row 33)
The sum of rows 31 and 32.

Total expenditures - Other provincial departments or agencies (row 34)
The sum of rows 30 and 33.

Total education expenditures:

Total education expenditures (row 35)
The sum of rows 11, 23 and 34.

The tables explained: ESES public, private and home-schooling data

The ESES is an annual survey of administrative data that focuses primarily on public schools. It also collects some information pertaining to private/independent schools and home-schooling.

Public schools: Public schools are publicly funded elementary and secondary schools that are operated by school boards or the province or territory. They include all regular public schools as well as provincial reformatory or custodial schools, and other schools that are recognized and funded by the province or territory.

Private/Independent schools: Parents can choose to send their children to private/independent schools, which typically offer a curriculum similar to that provided by public schools, in a similarly structured way. Private/independent schools encompass elementary and secondary schools that are operated, managed and administered by private individuals and/or groups (e.g., a church, a trade union or a business enterprise, or a foreign or international agency) or that have a governing board that exercises powers similar to those of a board of education and consists mostly of members not selected by a public agency.

The extent to which an institution receives funding from public or private sources does not determine its classification as a public or private school. Privately managed schools may be subject to some regulation or control by public authorities, but these institutions are nevertheless classified as private, provided that they are ultimately subject to private control. Public regulation may extend to areas such as curriculum, staffing appointments, admissions policies, and other matters.

The ESES does not distinguish between government-dependent private and independent private institutions.

Home-schooling: Home-schooling is an alternative method of learning that takes place outside the public or private school environment. Parents choosing home-schooling have the primary responsibility of managing, delivering and supervising their children's courses and programs of learning.

Public school enrolment

Table 2A and Table 2B, Number of students, by type of program, grade and sex / age and sex, school boards and districts (tab 2APubEnrolGradeSex and tab 2BPubEnrolAgeSex)

Public school enrolment is the number of students (headcount) enrolled in publicly funded schools operated by school boards or the province/territory in September (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year.

Include all students (graded and ungraded) in regular publicly funded schools, provincial reformatory or custodial schools, and other students recognized and funded by a province or territory. Students in a specific elementary/secondary grade (graded) should be reported in the appropriate grade. If a student is not considered to be in a specific elementary/secondary grade because he/she is taking different subjects at a number of levels, report the student as ungraded.

Include other, non-standard, enrolments such as those for students receiving educational services (if recognized by the province/territory) and for schools and/or school boards that receive funding in a unique manner. They may be non-graduates who are taking only a few courses required to complete graduation; for example, a student who is enrolled in only 25% of a “regular” course load and for whom the school or school district receives only 25% of the usual funding. Note: This category may not apply to some provinces or territories.

Do not include students enrolled in: programs or schools outside the regular system; home-schooling programs; private/independent schools; or schools that are financed by federal departments (e.g., Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada or the Department of National Defence).

Table 2.1, Regular programs for youth

Report the number of students enrolled in general training programs geared toward and offered primarily to similarly aged young people. Although the majority of enrolments in this category will likely be for school-aged children and youth, some adults may be enrolled.

Table 2.2, Full-time equivalent (FTE) rate (adjustment factor) – Regular programs for youth

The full-time equivalent (FTE) rate represents the fraction of time spent in a classroom and for which the students are funded. If the fraction is unknown, an estimate should be provided for example, for junior kindergarten and kindergarten students taking a half-time program that is funded, the FTE enrolment would be the headcount enrolment divided by two, which is 0.5. If a student is only taking a quarter of the usual course load and is funded on that basis, the FTE enrolment would be the headcount enrolment divided by four, which is 0.25.

For most jurisdictions, Grades 1 through 12 have an FTE of 1.0 as these grades are generally considered full time. FTEs of less than 1.0 are common for Junior kindergarten and Kindergarten.

Table 2.3, General programs for adults

Report the number of students enrolled in general programs geared toward and offered primarily to adults within the elementary–secondary system. Some students in the youth sector may be enrolled in order to follow particular programs of study found only in adult education.

Do not include students enrolled in programs offered at the postsecondary level, or by any institution other than a school board.

Table 2.4, Vocational programs for youth and adults

Vocational education is designed for students to acquire the practical skills, know-how and understanding necessary for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Successful completion of these programs usually leads students to a relevant labour market vocational qualification recognized by the authorities in the province/territory in which it is obtained.

Vocational students must have at least 25 per cent of their instructional time in a vocational or technical program.

Report the number of students enrolled in professional and technical training programs offered in public schools operated by school boards or the province/territory.

Do not include students enrolled in vocational programs offered at the postsecondary level, or by any institution other than a school board.

Private school enrolment

Table 2A and Table 2B, Number of students, by type of program, grade and sex / age and sex (tab 2APrivEnrolGradeSex and tab 2BPrivEnrolAgeSex)

Private school enrolment is the number of students enrolled in private/independent schools in September (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year.

Table 2.1, Regular programs for youth

Report the number of students enrolled in general training programs geared toward and offered primarily to similarly-aged young people. Although the majority of enrolments in this category will likely be for school-aged children and youth, some adults may be enrolled.

Table 2.2, Full-time equivalent (FTE) rate (adjustment factor) – Regular programs for youth

The full-time equivalent (FTE) rate represents the fraction of time spent in a classroom and for which the students are funded. If the fraction is unknown, an estimate should be provided; for example, for junior kindergarten and kindergarten students taking a half-time program that is funded, the FTE enrolment would be the headcount enrolment divided by two, which is 0.5. If a student is only taking a quarter of the usual course load and is funded on that basis, the FTE enrolment would be the headcount enrolment divided by four, which is 0.25.

For most jurisdictions, Grades 1 through 12 have an FTE of 1.0 as these grades are generally considered full time. FTEs of less than 1.0 are common for Junior kindergarten and Kindergarten.

Table 2.3, General programs for adults

Report the number of students enrolled in general programs geared toward and offered primarily to adults within the elementary-secondary system. Some students in the youth sector may be enrolled in order to follow particular programs of study found only in adult education.

Do not include students enrolled in programs offered at the postsecondary level, or by any institution other than a school board.

Table 2.4, Vocational programs for youth and adults

Vocational education is designed for students to acquire the practical skills, know-how and understanding necessary for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Successful completion of these programs usually leads students to a relevant labour market vocational qualification recognized by the authorities in the province/territory in which it is obtained.

Vocational students must have at least 25 per cent of their instructional time in a vocational or technical program.

Report the number of students enrolled in professional and technical training programs offered in public schools operated by school boards or the province/territory.

Do not include students enrolled in vocational programs offered at the postsecondary level, or by any institution other than a school board.

Home-schooling enrolment

Table 2A and Table 2B, Number of students, by type of program, grade and sex / age and sex (tab 2AHSEnrolGradeSex and tab 2BHSEnrolAgeSex)

Home-schooling enrolment is the number of students enrolled in home-schooling in September (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year.

Table 2.1, Regular programs for youth

Report the number of students enrolled in general training programs geared toward and offered primarily to similarly-aged young people. Although the majority of enrolments in this category will likely be for school-aged children and youth, some adults may be enrolled.

Public and private schools, enrolments in official languages programs

Table 3, Enrolments in official languages programs, by type of program, grade and sex (tab 3PubEnrolOffLangGradeSex and tab 3PrivEnrolOffLangGradeSex)

Table 3.1, Regular second language programs (or core language programs)

Canada outside Quebec: Enrolments in programs where French is taught to students attending English schools, as a subject in the regular course offerings. Quebec: Enrolments in programs where English is taught to students attending French schools, as a subject in the regular course offerings.

Include students enrolled in core French (programme de base de français) - A second language program offered at various grade levels, in which French is studied as a subject. This also includes the extended core program where one or more additional subjects can also be taught in the student’s second official language (French outside Quebec, English in Quebec).

Also include students enrolled in intensive French (programme intensif de français) - An enrichment of the core French program that involves periods of intensive study and use of French, while the regular curriculum is “compressed” into the remainder of that school year. It is important to note that the French instruction is focused only on language acquisition.

Table 3.2, French immersion programs

Enrolments in programs where French is the language of instruction for students attending English schools in Quebec and outside Quebec.

Include students enrolled in French immersion (programme d'immersion en français) - A program in which French is the language of instruction for a significant part of the school day; that is, several or all subjects are taught in French, except for English language arts. Immersion is designed for students who want to develop a proficiency in French as a second language.

Do not include enrolments in intensive French programs in Table 3.2; they should be reported in Table 3.1.

Table 3.3, First official language programs for the linguistic minority

Enrolments in programs for students from the official language minority of each province or territory (French outside Quebec, English in Quebec). These programs allow children in the linguistic minority to pursue their education in their first official language.

Public schools, enrolments in Aboriginal language programs

Table 4, Enrolments by type of Aboriginal language program, by grade, school boards and districts (headcounts) (tab 4PubEnrolAborLangGrade)

Table 4.1, Aboriginal language as a subject (Aboriginal second language program or core Aboriginal)

Enrolments in programs where an Aboriginal language is taught as a subject (as a part of the regular course offerings). One or more additional subjects can also be taught in an Aboriginal language but may not exceed 25% of all instruction time. Table 4.1 captures data for all students, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal.

Table 4.2, Aboriginal language immersion programs (Aboriginal first language programs)

Enrolments in schools where all classroom instruction is taught in an Aboriginal language for Aboriginal students (exclude non-Aboriginal/First Nations students).

Public schools, Enrolments in programs for students with special needs

Table 5, Enrolments in programs for students with special needs

Note: Due to data quality concerns, data on special needs are not published at this time.

Public and private schools, number of secondary school graduates

Table 6, Number of graduates, by type of program, age and sex, school boards and districts (tab 6PubGradAgeSex and tab 6PrivGradAgeSex)

Graduates represent first-time graduates only. Count late graduates but do not count the same graduate twice.

Table 6.1, Regular programs for youth

Include first-time graduates from general programs geared toward and offered primarily to similarly-aged young people. Although the majority of these graduates will likely be typically school-aged youth, some adults may graduate from these programs.

Table 6.2, General programs for adults

Include first-time graduates from general programs geared toward and offered primarily to adult learners within the elementary–secondary school system. This may include some graduates from the youth sector who have pursued particular programs of study only found in adult education, as well as older graduates.

Do not include any graduates of programs offered at the postsecondary level or by any institution other than a school board.

Tables 6.3a & 6.3b, Vocational programs for youth and adults

Include first-time graduates from professional and technical training programs.

Do not include any graduates of vocational programs offered at the postsecondary level or by any institution other than a school board.

Public and private schools, number of full- and part-time educators

Table 7, Educators in public and private schools (headcounts) (tab 7PubEducAgeSex and tab 7PrivEducAgeSex)

Educator-related tables include all employees working in public or private/independent schools who belong to one of the three following categories: teachers, school administrators, and pedagogical support.

Teachers include personnel involved in direct student instruction, either in a group or on a one-on-one basis. They include classroom teachers; special education teachers; specialists (music, physical education); and other teachers who work with students as a whole class in a classroom, in small groups in a resource room, or one-on-one inside or outside a regular classroom, including substitute/supply teachers. Chairpersons of departments who spend the majority of their time teaching and personnel temporarily not at work (e.g., for reasons of illness or injury, maternity or parental leave, holiday or vacation) should also be reported in this category. It excludes teacher’s aides or student teachers as well as other personnel who do not get paid for their employment. For paid teacher’s aides or educational assistants see category “pedagogical support” below.

School administrators include all personnel who support the administration and management of the school such as principals, vice-principals and other management staff with similar responsibilities only if they do not spend the majority of their time teaching. Exclude those who are in higher level management; receptionists, secretaries, clerks and other staff who support the administrative activities of the school; and those who are reported under “other than educators”.

Pedagogical support staff includes professional non-teaching personnel who provide services to students to support their instruction program. It includes educational assistants, paid teacher’s aides, guidance counselors and librarians. Exclude those in health and social support who should be reported under “other than educators”.

Table 7.1, Number of full-time and part-time educators by age group and sex (headcounts)

Educator headcount is defined as the number of educators on September 30 (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year who are responsible for providing services to the students reported in the enrolment (headcount) tables.

Table 7.2, Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) educators by category

Full-time equivalent (FTE) educator is defined as the number of full-time educators on September 30 (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year, plus the sum of part-time educators according to their percentage of a full-time employment allocation (determined by the province or territory). For example, if a normal full-time work allocation is 10 months per year, an educator who works for 6 months of the year would be counted as 0.6 of a full-time equivalent (FTE) or an employee who works part time for 10 months at 60% of full time would be 0.6 of an FTE.

FTEs belong to one of three categories: teachers, school administrators, and pedagogical support.

CVs for Total Sales by Geography

CVs for Total Sales by Geography
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total Sales by Geography. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Month, 201608, 201609, 201610, 201611, 201612, 201701, 201702, 201703, 201704, 201705, 201706, 201707 and 201708, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography Month
201608 201609 201610 201611 201612 201701 201702 201703 201704 201705 201706 201707 201708
percentage
Canada 0.51 0.55 0.57 0.57 0.6 0.68 0.65 0.63 0.67 0.69 0.68 0.74 0.72
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.88 1.46 1.28 1.14 1.25 1.66 1.39 1.66 1.31 1.66 1.46 1.96 1.62
Prince Edward Island 3.69 3.6 3.11 2.79 3.53 3.73 3.89 3.58 2.88 2.56 2.69 7.44 4.89
Nova Scotia 2.71 2.78 2.96 2.94 2.86 3.09 2.93 3.18 2.45 2.7 3.17 5.27 4.71
New Brunswick 1.27 1.85 2.05 1.76 1.25 1.99 3.83 1.51 1.2 1 1.61 1.98 1.26
Québec 1.08 1.22 1.21 1.28 1.33 1.54 1.36 1.09 1.4 1.54 1.49 1.82 2.04
Ontario 0.9 0.95 1.06 1.05 1.07 1.18 1.17 1.15 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.29 1.16
Manitoba 1.34 1.94 1.68 1.46 1.98 2.29 1.75 1.81 1.88 1.94 2.06 1.79 1.38
Saskatchewan 1.62 1.74 1.59 1.4 1.58 1.75 1.98 1.94 2.02 1.63 1.8 1.3 1.39
Alberta 1 1.13 1.07 0.88 0.96 1.25 1.14 1.16 1.15 1.16 1.03 1.09 1.23
British Columbia 1.6 1.69 1.59 1.64 1.92 2.14 1.93 2.03 1.96 2.04 1.98 2.06 2
Yukon Territory 3.76 4.16 3.16 2.41 3.22 3.68 4.1 3.46 1.87 3.47 3.4 2.98 3.49
Northwest Territories 0.15 0.09 0.26 0.29 0.34 0.64 0.36 0.33 0.48 0.51 0.52 0.56 0.65
Nunavut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CV's for Total Sales

CVs for Total Sales
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total Sales. The information is grouped by NAPCS-CANADA (appearing as row headers), Quarter, 2016Q3, 2016Q4, 2017Q1 and 2017Q2, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
NAPCS-CANADA Quarter
2016Q3 2016Q4 2017Q1 2017Q2
percent
Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services 1.18 1.83 1.34 1.63
Retail Services (except commissions) [561] 1.20 1.85 1.35 1.64
Food at retail [56111] 2.44 3.57 2.29 2.67
Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112] 1.29 2.61 3.46 3.6
Clothing at retail [56121] 2.12 3.14 2.16 2.55
Footwear at retail [56122] 2.02 3.40 2.52 2.62
Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123] 2.10 4.42 2.61 3.04
Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131] 2.64 3.77 2.94 3.54
Sporting and leisure products, at retail [56141] 3.39 4.09 3.23 3.71
Motor vehicles at retail [56151] 1.59 4.52 2.86 3.45
Recreational vehicles at retail [56152] 3.89 7.85 5.97 5.43
Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153] 1.76 3.27 2.51 3
Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161] 3.11 3.02 3.27 3.39
Home health products at retail [56171] 2.00 2.73 3.56 4.16
Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172] 2.71 3.59 3.30 3.6
Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181] 3.17 3.97 3.54 3.43
Miscellaneous products at retail [56191] 1.85 1.94 2.70 2.63
Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services CVs for Note 1 1.32 2.09 1.94 2.15
Note 1

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

Return to note 1 referrer

CVs for Total Sales by Geography

CVs for Total Sales by Geography
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total Sales by Geography. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Month, 201608, 201609, 201610, 201611, 201612, 201701, 201702, 201703, 201704, 201705, 201706, 201707 and 201708 (appearing as column headers).
Geography Month
201608 201609 201610 201611 201612 201701 201702 201703 201704 201705 201706 201707 201708
percentage
Canada 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Prince Edward Island 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 1.7 1.6 2.5 2.4 4.2 1.8 3.1 1.4 2.4 2.9 3.1 2.1 1.3
New Brunswick 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.3 2.5 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.3 3.3 1.9 4.0
Québec 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 3.0 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.3
Ontario 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0
Manitoba 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.6 3.1 1.6 1.1 2.0 2.7 2.2 1.8 2.3
Saskatchewan 4.2 3.3 3.8 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.8
Alberta 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
British Columbia 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.3
Yukon Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Archived - 2016 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry — Industrial Non-profit Organizations

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2016 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry – Industrial Non-profit Organizations. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-800-972-9692

Your answers are confidential.

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

Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.

NOTE:

  1. If this organization performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
  2. If this organization performs in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-5, 8-19.
  3. If this organization outsources (R&D) and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5-7, 12, 16-19.
  4. If this organization does not perform in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5, 12, 16, 17 and 19.

For this survey

'In-house R&D' refers to

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

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

'Outsourced R&D' refers to

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

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

Reporting period information

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

  • May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016
  • June 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016
  • August 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016
  • October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016
  • December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016
  • January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
  • February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017
  • March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017
  • April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017

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

  • September 18, 2015 to September 15, 2016 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 (e.g., a newly opened organization)

Definitions and Concepts

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

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

Activities included and excluded from R&D

Inclusions

Prototypes

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

Pilot plants

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

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

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

Contracts

Include all contracts which require R&D. Report only the R&D costs for contracts which include other work.

Research work in the social sciences

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

Exclude:

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

Exclusions

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

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

Consumer surveys, advertising, market research

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

Routine quality control and testing

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

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

Exclude pre-production activities such as demonstration of commercial viability, tooling up, trial production, and trouble shooting. Although R&D may be required as a result of these steps, these activities are excluded from R&D.

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

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

Engineering

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

Design and drawing

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

Patent and license work

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

Cosmetic modifications or style changes to existing products

Exclude where no significant technical improvement or modification to the existing products.

General purpose or routine data collection

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

Routine computer programming, systems maintenance or software application

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

Routine mathematical or statistical analysis or operations analysis

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

Activities associated with standards compliance

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

Specialized routine medical care such as routine pathology services

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

In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q5 - Q7)

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

Current in-house R&D expenditures

Include:

  • Wages, salaries, benefits and fringe benefits, materials and supplies
  • Services to support R&D including on-site R&D consultants and contactors
  • Necessary background literature
  • Minor scientific equipment
  • Associated administrative overhead costs.
  1. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees

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

  1. Services to support R&D

Include:

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

Include:

  • Water, fuel, gas and electricity
  • Materials for creation of prototypes
  • Reference materials (books, journals, etc.)
  • Subscriptions to libraries and data bases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
  • Cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
  • Materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.)
  • All other R&D-related materials.
  1. All other current R&D costs including overhead

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

Exclude:

  • Interest charges
  • Value added taxes (goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST)).

Capital in-house R&D expenditures

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

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

Exclude capital depreciation.

  1. Software
    Include applications and systems software (original, customized and off-the-shelf software), supporting documentation and other software-related acquisitions.
  2. Land acquired for R&D
    including testing grounds, sites for laboratories and pilot plants.
  3. Buildings and structures that are constructed or purchased for R&D activities or that have undergone major improvements, modifications, renovations and repairs for R&D activities.
  4. Equipment, machinery and all other capital

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

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q8 – Q11)

Include payments made through contracts, grants donations and fellowships to another organization, company or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.
Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

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

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2014 (Q16)

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D; capital depreciation.

  1. Funds from this organization
    Amount contributed by this unit to R&D performed within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).
  2. Funds from member companies or affiliates
    Amount received from member organizations and affiliated organizations used to perform R&D within Canada (include annual fees and sustaining grants, land, buildings and structures, equipment and machinery (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).
  3. R&D contract work for companies
    Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.
  4. Federal grants
    Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  5. Federal contracts
    Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  6. R&D contract work for companies
    Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.
  7. Provincial or territorial grants or funding
    Funds from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  8. Provincial or territorial contracts
    Funds from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  9. R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
    Funds received from non-profit organizations to perform R&D on their behalf.
  10. Other sources
    Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

In-house R&D expenditures by fields of research and development in 2016 (Q18)

Exclude capital depreciation and payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D.

Natural and formal sciences

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

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

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

Engineering and Technology

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

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

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

Software-related sciences and technology

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

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

Medical and health sciences

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

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

Agricultural Sciences

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

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

Social sciences and humanities

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

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

In-house R&D expenditures by nature of R&D activity in 2016 (Q20)

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

  1. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.
  2. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective.
  3. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

In-house R&D personnel in 2016 (Q70 to Q72)

R&D personnel

Include:

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

Researchers and research managers is composed of:

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

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

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

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

Full-time equivalent (FTE)

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

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

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

Technology and technical assistant payments in 2016 (Q73 – Q75)

Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  1. Patents
    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
  2. Copyright
    Provides protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works (including computer programs), and three other subject matter known as: performance, sound recording, and communication signal.
  3. Trademark
    Word, symbol or design (or any combination of these features) used to distinguish the wares and services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.
  4. Industrial design
    Visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a finished article of manufacture.
  5. Integrated circuittopography
    Three-dimensional arrangement of the electronic circuits in integrated circuit products or layout designs.
  6. Original software
    Consist of computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.
  7. Packaged or off-the-shelf software
    Purchased for use by your organization and excludes customized software.
  8. Databases
    Consist of files of data organized to permit effective access and use of the data.
  9. Other
    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.

Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q22 – Q69)

1. Fossil Fuels

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

  1. Crude oils and natural gas exploration
    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.
  2. Crude oil and natural gas production and storage, include enhanced recovery natural gas production
    Include on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.
  3. Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management
    Include surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD); tailings management.
  4. Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels
    Include processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.
  5. Coal production, separation and processing
    Include coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.
  6. Transportation of fossil fuels
    Include transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation; safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.

2. Renewable energy resources

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

  1. Solar photovoltaics (PV)
    Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.
  2. Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications
    Include solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.
  3. Solar heating and cooling
    Include daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.
  4. Wind energy
    Include technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.
  5. Bio-energy – Biomass production and transport
    Include improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, bio-gas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.
  6. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to transportation fuel
    Include conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.
  7. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to heat and electricity
    Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP), exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.
  8. Other bio-energy
    Include recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.
  9. Small-hydro (less than 10 MW)
    Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.
  10. Large-hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)
    Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.
  11. Other renewable energy
    Include hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.

3. Nuclear fission and fusion

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

  1. Nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management
    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.
  2. Nuclear reactors
    Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.
  3. Other fission
    Include nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.
  4. Fusion
    Include all types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).

4. Electric Power

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

  1. Electric power generation in utility sector
    Include conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.
  2. Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings
    Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.
  3. Electricity transmission, distribution and storage
    Include solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.

5. Hydrogen and fuel cells

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

  1. Hydrogen production for process applications
  2. Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  3. Hydrogen transport and storage
  4. Other hydrogen
    Include end uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).
  5. Stationary fuel cells
    Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.
  6. Mobile fuel cells
    Include portable applications.

6. Energy efficiency

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

  1. Energy efficiency applications for industry
    Include reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.
  2. Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors
    Include space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.
  3. Energy efficiency for transportation
    Include analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, includes air emission reduction, other.
  4. Other energy efficiency
    Include waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.

7. Other energy-related technologies

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

  1. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  2. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  3. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector
    Include industry in the end-use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc. (i.e. exclude fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production).
  4. Energy system analysis
    Include system analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.
  5. All other energy technologies
    Include energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.

Archived - 2016 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2016 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-800-972-9692

Your answers are confidential.

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

Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.

NOTE:

  1. If this business performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
  2. If this business performs in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-5, 8-19.
  3. If this business outsources (R&D) and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5-7, 12, 16-19.
  4. If this business does not perform in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5, 12, 16, 17 and 19.

Difference between Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program and this survey

Include the following in this survey:

  • capital R&D expenditures
  • R&D expenditures in the social sciences and humanities
  • payments for R&D performed by organizations outside Canada.

For this survey

'In-house R&D' refers to

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

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

'Outsourced R&D' refers to

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

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

Reporting period information

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

  • May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016
  • June 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016
  • August 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016
  • October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016
  • December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016
  • January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
  • February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017
  • March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017
  • April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017

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

  • September 18, 2015 to September 15, 2016 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Definitions and Concepts

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

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

Activities included and excluded from R&D

Inclusions

Prototypes

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

Pilot plants

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

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

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

Contracts

Include all contracts which require R&D. Report only the R&D costs for contracts which include other work.

Research work in the social sciences

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

Exclude:

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

Exclusions

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

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

Consumer surveys, advertising, market research

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

Routine quality control and testing

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

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

Exclude pre-production activities such as demonstration of commercial viability, tooling up, trial production, and trouble shooting. Although R&D may be required as a result of these steps, these activities are excluded from R&D.

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

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

Engineering

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

Design and drawing

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

Patent and license work

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

Cosmetic modifications or style changes to existing products

Exclude where no significant technical improvement or modification to the existing products.

General purpose or routine data collection

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

Routine computer programming, systems maintenance or software application

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

Routine mathematical or statistical analysis or operations analysis

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

Activities associated with standards compliance

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

Specialized routine medical care such as routine pathology services

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

In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q5 - Q7)

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

Current in-house R&D expenditures

Include:

  • Wages, salaries, benefits and fringe benefits, materials and supplies
  • Services to support R&D including on-site R&D consultants and contactors
  • Necessary background literature
  • Minor scientific equipment
  • Associated administrative overhead costs.
  1. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees

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

  1. Services to support R&D

Include:

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

Include:

  • Water, fuel, gas and electricity
  • Materials for creation of prototypes
  • Reference materials (books, journals, etc.)
  • Subscriptions to libraries and data bases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
  • Cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
  • Materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.)
  • All other R&D-related materials.
  1. All other current R&D costs including overhead

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

Exclude:

  • Interest charges
  • Value added taxes (goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST)).

Capital in-house R&D expenditures

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

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

Exclude capital depreciation.

  1. Software
    Include applications and systems software (original, customized and off-the-shelf software), supporting documentation and other software-related acquisitions.
  2. Land acquired for R&D
    Include testing grounds, sites for laboratories and pilot plants.
  3. Buildings and structures that are constructed or purchased for R&D activities or that have undergone major improvements, modifications, renovations and repairs for R&D activities.
  4. Equipment, machinery and all other capital
    Include major equipment, machinery and instruments, including embedded software, acquired for R&D activities.

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q8 – Q11)

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

Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

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

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2014 (Q16)

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D; capital depreciation.

  1. Funds from this business
    Amount contributed by this unit to R&D performed within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).
  2. Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
    Amount received from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies used to perform R&D within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).
  3. Federal grants
    Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  4. Federal contracts
    Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  5. R&D contract work for companies
    Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.
  6. Provincial or territorial grants or funding
    Funds from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  7. Provincial or territorial contracts
    Funds from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
  8. R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
    Funds received from non-profit organizations to perform R&D on their behalf.
  9. Other sources
    Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

In-house R&D expenditures by fields of research and development in 2016 (Q18)

Exclude capital depreciation and payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D.

Natural and formal sciences

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

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

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

Engineering and Technology

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

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

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

Software-related sciences and technology

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

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

Medical and health sciences

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

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

Agricultural Sciences

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

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

Social sciences and humanities

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

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

In-house R&D expenditures by nature of R&D activity in 2016 (Q20)

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

  1. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.
  2. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective.
  3. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

In-house R&D personnel in 2016 (Q70 to Q72)

R&D personnel

Include:

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

Researchers and research managers is composed of:

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

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

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

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

Full-time equivalent (FTE)

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

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

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

Technology and technical assistant payments in 2016 (Q73 – Q75)

Definitions equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
(http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/home)

  1. Patents
    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
  2. Copyright
    Provides protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works (including computer programs), and three other subject matter known as: performance, sound recording, and communication signal.
  3. Trademark
    Word, symbol or design (or any combination of these features) used to distinguish the wares and services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.
  4. Industrial design
    Visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a finished article of manufacture.
  5. Integrated circuit topography
    Three-dimensional arrangement of the electronic circuits in integrated circuit products or layout designs.
  6. Original software
    Consist of computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.
  7. Packaged or off-the-shelf software
    Purchased for use by your organization and excludes customized software.
  8. Databases
    Consist of files of data organized to permit effective access and use of the data.
  9. Other
    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.

Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q22 – Q69)

1. Fossil Fuels

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

  1. Crude oils and natural gas exploration
    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.
  2. Crude oil and natural gas production and storage, include enhanced recovery natural gas production
    Include on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.
  3. Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management
    Include surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD); tailings management.
  4. Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels
    Include processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.
  5. Coal production, separation and processing
    Include coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.
  6. Transportation of fossil fuels
    Include transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation; safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.

2. Renewable energy resources

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

  1. Solar photovoltaics (PV)
    Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.
  2. Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications
    Include solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.
  3. Solar heating and cooling
    Include daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.
  4. Wind energy
    Include technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.
  5. Bio-energy – Biomass production and transport
    Include improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, bio-gas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.
  6. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to transportation fuel
    Include conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.
  7. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to heat and electricity
    Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP), exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.
  8. Other bio-energy
    Include recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.
  9. Small-Hydro (less than 10 MW)
    Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.
  10. Large-Hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)
    Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.
  11. Other renewable energy
    Include hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.

3. Nuclear fission and fusion

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

  1. Nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management
    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.
  2. Nuclear reactors
    Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.
  3. Other fission
    Include nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.
  4. Fusion
    Include all types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).

4. Electric Power

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

  1. Electric power generation in utility sector
    Include conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.
  2. Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings
    Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.
  3. Electricity transmission, distribution and storage
    Include solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.

5. Hydrogen and fuel cells

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

  1. Hydrogen production for process applications
  2. Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  3. Hydrogen transport and storage
  4. Other hydrogen
    Include end uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).
  5. Stationary fuel cells
    Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.
  6. Mobile fuel cells
    Include portable applications.

6. Energy efficiency

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

  1. Energy efficiency applications for industry
    Include reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.
  2. Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors
    Include space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.
  3. Energy efficiency for transportation
    Includes analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, includes air emission reduction, other.
  4. Other energy efficiency
    Include waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.

7. Other energy-related technologies

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

  1. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  2. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  3. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector
    Include industry in the end-use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc. (i.e. exclude fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production).
  4. Energy system analysis
    Include system analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.
  5. All other energy technologies
    Include energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.

National monthly gross domestic product by industry, summary of Methods and data sources

National monthly gross domestic product by industry
Summary of Methods and data sources
Table summary
This table displays the results of summary of methods and data sources. The information is grouped by code (appearing as row headers), industry name, type of indicators and methods and data sources (appearing as column headers).
Code Industry name Type of indicators Methods and data sources
111 Crop production Gross output Crop output in constant prices, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901, Canadian Grain Commission. Farm cash receipts for field-grown vegetables and for greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production, Record no. 3437. Farm product price indexes, Record no. 5040.
112 Animal production Gross output Farm cash receipts for most livestocks, dairy products and eggs, Record no. 3437. Farm product price indexes, Record no. 5040. Domestic exports quantities for animal aquaculture multiplied by base year prices, Record no. 2201.
113 Forestry and logging Gross output Cubic metres of cut timber multiplied by base year prices, Provincial Departments (Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia).
114 Fishing, hunting and trapping Gross output Annual estimates of fish landing quantities multiplied by base year prices from Fisheries and Oceans Canada are interpolated by domestic exports of fish, Record no. 2201. Raw materials price indexes, Record no. 2306.
115 Support activities for agriculture and forestry Revenues and employment Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency. Average weekly earnings, Labour Force Survey, Record no. 3401, and Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612. Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
211113 Conventional oil and gas extraction Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Crude oil and natural gas, Record no. 2198.
211114 Non-conventional oil extraction Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Crude oil and natural gas, Record no. 2198.
2121 Coal mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Coal monthly, Record no. 2147.
21221 Iron ore mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
21222 Gold and silver ore mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
21223 Copper, nickel, lead and zinc ore mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
21229 Other metal ore mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
21231 Stone mining and quarrying Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
21232 Sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals mining and quarrying Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
212396 Potash mining Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
21239X Other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying (except potash) Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada.
213 Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction Gross output Metres drilled and rig operating days by province multiplied by base year prices, Provincial Departments.
Mineral exploration expenditures, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
2211 Electric power generation, transmission and distribution Gross output Number of megawatt hours by province multiplied by base year prices, Monthly electricity, Record no. 2151.
2212 Natural gas distribution Gross output Physical volume of natural gas sales, by type of customer, multiplied by base year prices, Gas Utilities/Transportation and Distribution Systems (Monthly), Record no. 2149.
2213 Water, sewage and other systems Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
23A Residential building construction Gross output Work-put-in-place in constant prices by type of dwellings, Residential construction investment, Record no. 5016.
Value of renovation building permits, Building permits survey, Record no. 2802.
Building materials price index, Producer Prices Division.
Average hourly earnings, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Retail sales in constant prices, Retail Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2406.
Expenditures on new residential buildings and renovations, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
23B Non-residential building construction Gross output Work-put-in-place in constant prices by type of buildings, Investment in Non-residential Building Construction, Record no. 5014.
Expenditures on non-residential buildings, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
23D Repair construction Gross output Value of renovation building permits, Building permits survey, Record no. 2802.
Building materials price index, Producer Prices Division.
Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Retail sales in constant prices, Retail Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2406.
23X Engineering and other construction activities Employment and gross output Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Expenditures on engineering structures, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
3111 Animal food manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3112 Grain and oilseed milling Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3113 Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3115 Dairy product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3116 Meat Product Manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3117 Seafood product preparation and packaging Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3118 Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3119 Other food manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
31211 Soft drink and ice manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
31212 Breweries Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3121A Wineries, distilleries Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3122 Tobacco manufacturing Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Production and disposition of tobacco products, Record no. 2142.
31A Textile and textile product mills Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
31B Clothing and leather and allied product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3211 Sawmills and wood preservation Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Sawmills, Record no. 2134.
3212 Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3219 Other wood product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3221 Pulp, paper and paperboard mills Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Pulp and Paper Products Council.
3222 Converted paper product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
323 Printing and related support activities Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
32411 Petroleum refineries Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Monthly refined petroleum products, Record no. 2150.
3241A Petroleum and coal products manufacturing (except petroleum refineries) Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3251 Basic chemical manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3252 Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3253 Pesticide, fertilizer and other agricultural chemical manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3254 Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3255 Paint, coating and adhesive manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3256 Soap, cleaning compound and toilet preparation manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3259 Other chemical product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3261 Plastic product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3262 Rubber product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3273 Cement and concrete product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
327A Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing (except cement and concrete products) Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3311 Iron and steel mills and ferro-alloy manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3312 Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3313 Alumina and aluminum production and processing Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada. Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3314 Non-ferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Natural Resources Canada. Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3315 Foundries Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3321 Forging and stamping Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3323 Architectural and structural metals manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3324 Boiler, tank and shipping container manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3325 Hardware manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3326 Spring and wire product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3327 Machine shops, turned product, and screw, nut and bolt manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3328 Coating, engraving, heat treating and allied activities Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
332A Cutlery, hand tools and other fabricated metal product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3331 Agricultural, construction and mining machinery manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3332 Industrial machinery manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3333 Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3334 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3335 Metalworking machinery manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3336 Engine, turbine and power transmission equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3339 Other general-purpose machinery manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3341 Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3342 Communications equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3344 Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
334A Other electronic product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3351 Electric lighting equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3352 Household appliance manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3353 Electrical equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3359 Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3361 Motor vehicle manufacturing Gross output

Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.

Seasonal adjustment for the component industry 33611 – Automobile and Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing is performed on the basis of an eleven-month calendar, where the actual combined seasonally adjusted production of July and August is distributed between both months such that their growth rates are equal.

As the summer holidays in this industry are taken in July-August according to production requirements, this approach prevents small changes in the pattern of these holidays to translate into large changes in the seasonally adjusted data.

However, irregular events in July and August outside of summer holidays, for example a structural change such as the discontinuation of an existing vehicle model or the commencement of a new vehicle model, are treated separately such that the impact of irregular events is reflected in the month of occurrence. This treatment for irregular events in July and August can thus result in seasonally adjusted growth rates that are not equal in July and August.
3362 Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3363 Motor vehicle parts manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3364 Aerospace product and parts manufacturing Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
3365 Railroad rolling stock manufacturing Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
3366 Ship and boat building Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3369 Other transportation equipment manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3371 Household and instittutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3372 Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3379 Other furniture-related product manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3391 Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
3399 Other miscellaneous manufacturing Gross output Sales and inventory change in constant prices, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, Record no. 2101.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318.
411 Farm product wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
Commercial disappearance of Canadian grain (quantities), Canadian Grain Commission. Number of employees, Canadian Wheat Board.
412 Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors Gross output Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Monthly refined petroleum products, Record no. 2150.
413 Food, beverage and tobacco wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
414 Personal and household goods wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
415 Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
416 Building material and supplies wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
417 Machinery, equipment and supplies wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
418 Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Record no. 2445.
419 Wholesale electronic markets, and agents and brokers Gross output Deflated wholesale sales of groups 411 to 418, excluding 4151 (Motor vehicle wholesaler-distributors).
Wholesale Trade Survey (Monthly), Record no. 2401, Wholesale Services Price Index, Record no. 5106.
441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
442 Furniture and home furnishings stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
443 Electronics and appliance stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
444 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
445 Food and beverage stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
446 Health and personal care stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
447 Gasoline stations Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
448 Clothing and clothing accessories stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
452 General merchandise stores Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
453 Miscellaneous store retailers Gross output Deflated sales and margins, Retail trade survey (monthly), Record no. 2406, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Quarterly retail commodity survey, Record no. 2008, Retail trade survey (annual), Record no. 2422.
454 Non-store retailers Revenues and output Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency. Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
Physical quantities multiplied by base year prices, Monthly refined petroleum products, Record no. 2150.
481 Air transportation Gross output Volume of passenger-kilometres and goods tonne-kilometres multiplied by base year prices, Air carrier operations in Canada quarterly survey, Record no. 2712.
482 Rail transportation Gross output Freight loaded on lines in Canada in tonnes multiplied by base year prices, Railway carloadings survey - monthly, Record no. 2732, and passenger revenues deflated by Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
483 Water transportation Revenues and output Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency.
Industrial product price indexes, Record no. 2318, and average weekly earnings, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Number of persons and vehicles carried by deep sea and coastal ferries by route multiplied by base year ticket prices, Marine Atlantic Inc. and BC Ferries.
484 Truck transportation Other Output in constant prices of the largest industries using trucking services.
4851 Urban transit systems Gross output Revenues of the largest urban transit systems, Record no. 2745, deflated by a Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
4853 Taxi and limousine service Revenues Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency, deflated by a Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
48A Other transit and ground passenger transportation and scenic and sightseeing transportation Output and employment Revenues of interurban and rural bus transportation companies, Transportation Division, deflated by a Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
4862 Pipeline transportation of natural gas Gross output Volume of cubic metre kilometres of natural gas transported multiplied by base year prices, Gas utilities/transportation and distribution systems (monthly), Record no. 2149.
486A Crude oil and other pipeline transportation Gross output Volume of cubic metre kilometres of crude oil and liquefied petroleum gases transported multiplied by base year prices, Monthly oil pipeline transport, Record no. 2148.
488 Support activities for transportation Other and employment Output in constant prices of selected industries and number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
491 Postal service Gross output Canada Post revenues deflated by a Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
492 Couriers and messengers Revenues Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency, deflated by the Couriers and messengers services price index, Record no. 5064.
493 Warehousing and storage Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
511 Publishing industries (except Internet) Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
512 Motion picture and sound recording industries Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5151 Radio and television broadcasting Gross output Radio and television advertising sales in constant prices, Television Bureau of Canada, Canadian Advertising Rates and Data and Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
5152 Pay and specialty television Gross output Number of subscribers by type of service multiplied by base year prices, Mediastats.
517 Telecommunications Gross output Number of subscribers by type of service multiplied by base year prices, Quarterly survey of telecommunications, Record no. 2721, including number of subscribers for cable, satellite and other program distribution services, local residential and business telephone services , mobile, high-speed internet service, and wired long-distance minutes. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, and Mediastats Inc..
518 Data processing, hosting, and related services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
519 Other information services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
52213 Local credit unions Gross output Deflated revenues derived from assets and liabilities, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, Bank of Canada, Record no. 7502, Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
52BX Banking, monetary authorities and other depository credit intermediation Gross output Deflated revenues derived from chartered banks and trust companies assets and liabilities, stock market volume and mutual funds assets. Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, The Investment Fund Institute of Canada, Bank of Canada, Record no. 7502, Canadian stock exchanges and Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301. Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5222 Non-depository credit intermediation Gross output Deflated revenues derived from assets and liabilities, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
5223 Activities related to credit intermediation Gross output Deflated revenues derived from assets and liabilities, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
5241 Insurance carriers Gross output Sales of insurance policies and revenues derived from investment expressed in constant prices, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, LIMRA International, Bank of Canada, Record no. 7502, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
5242 Agencies, brokerages and other insurance related activities Gross output Sales of insurance policies expressed in constant prices, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, LIMRA International, Bank of Canada, Record no. 7502, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
52A Financial investment services, funds and other financial vehicles Gross output Revenues derived from assets and liabilities, expressed in constant prices, and the volume of transactions on the Canadian stock exchanges, Bank of Canada, Record no. 7502, Balance of Payments Division, The Investment Fund Institute of Canada, Income Statistics Division, Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
5311 Lessors of real estate Gross output Paid rental fees for housing, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901, rented surface of non-residential buildings, Colliers International.
5311Y Owner-occupied dwellings Gross output Owned and occupied housing stock, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
531X Offices of real estate agents and brokers Gross output Number of properties sold multiplied by base year prices, Canadian Real Estate Association.
5321 Automotive equipment rental and leasing Employment and other Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612. Passenger vehicle renting, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
532A Rental and leasing services (except automotive equipment) Gross output Operating income at constant prices, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
533 Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5411 Legal services Gross output Various indicators related to legal services, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Division, Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada, Demography Division, Industry Canada, Canadian Real Estate Association, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
5412 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5413 Architectural, engineering and related services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5414 Specialized design services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5415 Computer systems design and related services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5417 Scientific research and development services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5418 Advertising, public relations, and related services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5419 Other professional, scientific and technical services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
55 Management of companies and enterprises Gross output Operating income at constant prices, Quarterly survey of financial statements, Record no. 2501, Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301, Rented surface of non-residential buildings, Colliers International.
5611 Office administrative services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5613 Employment services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5614 Business support services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5615 Travel arrangement and reservation services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5616 Investigation and security services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
5617 Services to buildings and dwellings Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
561A Facilities and other support services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
562 Waste management and remediation services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
6111 Elementary and secondary schools Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
6112 Community colleges and C.E.G.E.P.s Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
6113 Universities Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
611A Other educational services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
621 Ambulatory health care services Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
622 Hospitals Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
623 Nursing and residential care facilities Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
624 Social assistance Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
71A Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries, and heritage institutions Gross output and employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612. Sporting event attendances (various sources). Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency. Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
7132 Gambling industries Gross output Deflated revenues of provincial lottery corporations, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
Consumer price index adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
713A Amusement and recreation industries Employment Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
721 Accommodation services Revenues Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency, deflated by Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
722 Food services and drinking places Gross output Sales from the Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places, Record no. 2419, deflated by Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
811 Repair and maintenance Revenues and employment Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency, deflated by Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
812 Personal and laundry services Revenues, employment and output Revenues declared on the Goods and Services Tax remittance form, Canada Revenue Agency, deflated by Consumer price indexes adjusted for sales tax changes, Record no. 2301.
Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Number of deaths, Population estimates, Record no. 3601.
813 Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations Employment and person-hours Number of employees, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Record no. 2612.
Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
814 Private households Gross Output Child care services in the home and other services related to the dwelling and property, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Record no. 1901.
9111 Defence services Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
911A Federal government public administration (except defence) Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
912 Provincial and territorial public administration Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
913 Local, municipal and regional public administration Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.
914 Aboriginal public administration Person-hours Hours-worked data, Labour Productivity Measures, Record no. 5042.

Archived - Infographics

Consultation objectives

Every year, Statistics Canada and other departments and agencies collect data from numerous surveys. As the amount of data gathered increases, Statistics Canada and others have introduced infographics to help Canadians understand key information derived from the data.

In October 2017, Statistics Canada conducted usability testing of infographics in order to obtain feedback from users. This round of usability testing also included infographics produced by the Canadian Space Agency.

Consultation methodology

Statistics Canada conducted in-person usability consultations. Participants were asked to complete a series of tasks and to provide feedback on the selected infographics.

How to get involved

This consultation is now closed.

Individuals who wish to obtain more information or to take part in a consultation may contact Statistics Canada by sending an email to statcan.consultations-consultations.statcan@statcan.gc.ca.

Please note that Statistics Canada selects participants for each consultation to ensure feedback is sought from a representative sample of the target population for the study. Not all applicants will be asked to participate in a given consultation.

Statistics Canada is committed to respecting the privacy of consultation participants. All personal information created, held or collected by the agency is protected by the Privacy Act. For more information on Statistics Canada's privacy policies, please consult the Privacy notice.

Results

What worked

All the participants were enthusiastic about the use of infographics to communicate data. They underscored such things as layout, use of colour, images and graphs as key elements of an appealing presentation.

Each of the six infographics reviewed was perceived as clear in its message and, on average, informative as well as esthetically pleasing. Most participants successfully located the information they were tasked to find on each infographic.

Areas for improvement

  • Graphs featured in infographics must be easy to read and their layout relatively familiar to users (e.g., line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts).  When graphs presented too much information or had less familiar layout, participants struggled to interpret them or expressed doubt concerning the meaning of the content.
  • Infographic designs should take into account ease of use and legibility across different mediums, such as mobile devices. Participants had difficulty reading some features because of their size or low contrasting colours when viewing the infographic on a full-size computer monitor.
  • Labels should be clear and consistent, and acronyms should be avoided. Seemingly basic every day acronyms may be unfamiliar to some users. When information in one section referred to information in another, the slightest change in terminology caused participants to doubt their interpretation.

Recommendations

  • Have a clear purpose for the infographic. Readers should be able to read the infographic as a coherent whole, and not struggle to understand its storyline or purpose, or the link between the different facts presented in the infographic.
  • Keep text to a minimum, following a less-is-more approach as much as possible. People expect to view infographics rather than read them in detail.
  • Use the infographics visual elements to enhance the data being presented.
  • Lay out information in the infographic according to the priority of that information. For example, place the most important points first according to a left-to-right and top-to-bottom ordering, particularly when sections of data build upon each other.

Statistics Canada thanks the participants of this consultation. Their insights guide the agency's web development and ensure that the final products meet users' expectations.

CVs for Total Sales by Geography

CVs for Total Sales by Geography
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total Sales by Geography. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Month, 201607, 201608, 201609, 201610, 201611, 201612, 201701, 201702, 201703, 201704, 201705, 201706 and 201707, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography Month
201607 201608 201609 201610 201611 201612 201701 201702 201703 201704 201705 201706 201707
percentage
Canada 0.56 0.51 0.55 0.57 0.57 0.6 0.68 0.65 0.63 0.67 0.69 0.65 0.71
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.74 1.88 1.46 1.28 1.14 1.25 1.66 1.39 1.66 1.31 1.66 1.47 1.96
Prince Edward Island 3.28 3.69 3.6 3.11 2.79 3.53 3.73 3.89 3.58 2.88 2.56 2.69 7.52
Nova Scotia 3.15 2.71 2.78 2.96 2.94 2.86 3.09 2.93 3.18 2.45 2.7 3.16 5.21
New Brunswick 2.01 1.27 1.85 2.05 1.76 1.25 1.99 3.83 1.51 1.2 1 1.61 1.98
Québec 1.43 1.08 1.22 1.21 1.28 1.33 1.54 1.36 1.09 1.4 1.54 1.5 1.78
Ontario 0.91 0.9 0.95 1.06 1.05 1.07 1.18 1.17 1.15 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.28
Manitoba 2.67 1.34 1.94 1.68 1.46 1.98 2.29 1.75 1.81 1.88 1.94 2.05 1.85
Saskatchewan 1.49 1.62 1.74 1.59 1.4 1.58 1.75 1.98 1.94 2.02 1.63 1.8 1.33
Alberta 0.99 1 1.13 1.07 0.88 0.96 1.25 1.14 1.16 1.15 1.16 1.02 1.09
British Columbia 1.68 1.6 1.69 1.59 1.64 1.92 2.14 1.93 2.03 1.96 2.04 1.61 1.88
Yukon Territory 3.79 3.76 4.16 3.16 2.41 3.22 3.68 4.1 3.46 1.87 3.47 4.54 3.16
Northwest Territories 0.13 0.15 0.09 0.26 0.29 0.34 0.64 0.36 0.33 0.48 0.51 0.51 0.54
Nunavut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subscribe to
Date modified: