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Why do we conduct this survey?

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

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

Calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs
Establishing government programs to assist businesses
Assisting the business community in negotiating contracts and collective agreements
Supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies
Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
Enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

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

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

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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

Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

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

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

Operational
Not currently operational

Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

Seasonal operations
- When did this business or organization close for the season? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
Ceased operations
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  - Bankruptcy
  - Liquidation
  - Dissolution
  - Other
    Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
Sold operations
- When was this business or organization sold? Date
- What is the legal name of the buyer?
Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
- When did this business or organization amalgamate? Date
- What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
- What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
Temporarily inactive but will re-open
- When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
- Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
No longer operating due to other reasons
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

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

Main activity

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

When did the main activity change? Date

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

How to search:

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

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is: [Main activity] Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

Yes, there are other activities.
No, that is the only significant activity.

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1 .

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1 .

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

a. Sales of goods and services ( e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.

Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.

Include:

sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

b. Rental and leasing
Include: rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.

c. Commissions
Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.

f. Dividends
Include:

dividend income
dividends from Canadian sources
dividends from foreign sources
patronage dividends.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

g. Interest
Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue - please specify
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

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The reported value for total revenue $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's total revenue?

Include sales of goods and services; rental, leasing and property management; commissions; subsidies, grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships; royalties; rights; licensing and franchise fees; dividends, interest and other revenue.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Mobile app
Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps include Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Third-party website
Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia, Etsy).

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

a. Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.

Include:

cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
freight in and duty.

Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.

Include:

vacation pay
bonuses (including profit sharing)
employee commissions
taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
severance pay.

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).

b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:

health plans
insurance plans
employment insurance
pension plans
workers' compensation
association dues
contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include:

hired casual labour and outside contract workers
custom work and contract work
subcontract and outside labour
hired labour.

d. Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

e. Professional and business fees
Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
consulting fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).

f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include:

diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
sewage.

Exclude:

energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).

g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:

office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
data processing.

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:

internet
telephone and telecommunications
cellular telephone
fax machine
pager.

i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:

property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
vehicle license fees
beverage taxes and business taxes
trade license fees
membership fees and professional license fees
provincial capital tax.

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
franchise fees.

Exclude Crown royalties

k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

Include:

Crown royalties
Crown leases and rentals
oil sand leases
stumpage fees.

l. Rental and leasing
Include:

lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
studio lighting and scaffolding
machinery and equipment rental expenses
storage expenses
road and construction equipment rental
fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

m. Repair and maintenance
Include:

buildings and structures
machinery and equipment
security equipment
vehicles
costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:

direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
amortization of intangible assets ( e.g. , amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

professional and other liability insurance
motor vehicle and property insurance
executive life insurance
bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:

newspaper advertising and media expenses
catalogues, presentations and displays
tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
fundraising expenses
meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:

travel expenses
meeting and convention expenses, seminars
passenger transportation ( e.g., airfare, bus, train)
accommodations
travel allowance and meals while travelling
other travel expenses.

r. Financial services
Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.

Include:

interest
bank charges
finance charges
interest payments on capital leases
amortization of bond discounts
interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:

charitable donations and political contributions
bad debt expense
loan losses
provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
inventory adjustments.

u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:

production costs
pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
gross overriding royalty
other producing property rentals
well operating, fuel and equipment
other lease rentals
other direct costs
equipment hire and operation
log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
freight in and duty
overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
other expenses
cash over/short (negative expense)
reimbursement of parent company expense
warranty expense
recruiting expenses
general and administrative expenses
interdivisional expenses
interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Management consulting services

a1. Strategic management consulting services
Providing advice and guidance concerning the overall strategic direction, planning, structuring and control of an organization.

Include consulting on:

business strategy and planning
corporate development and restructuring
crisis management
the development of an organization's overall direction and objectives
the determination of the organization's strategy to achieve the selected direction and objectives
the selection of a method for carrying out the strategy, including selection among such methods as a merger or acquisition, joint venture, outsourcing, or other alliance, divestiture, new business venture or use of new technology
designing or redesigning the organizational structure.

a2. Financial management consulting services
Providing advice and guidance concerning financial strategies, planning and control.

Include:

advice and guidance on projects related to working capital and liquidity management
the determination of an appropriate capital structure
capital investment proposals, asset management
accounting policy and procedures
budgeting and budgetary controls
financial consulting services related to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures such as advice on methods of valuations, methods of payment and methods of control
international finance.

a3. Marketing management consulting services
Providing advice and guidance on projects related to marketing strategy, market development and sales management and development.

Include:

identifying external opportunities and challenges that can be addressed by marketing
analysing internal strengths and weaknesses
determining which goods and services to offer
target markets
competitive position
features of goods and services including customer service programs
pricing
advertising, and distribution channels (including franchising)
marketing expenditure level
sales management and development.

a4. Employee compensation and benefits consulting services
Providing advice and guidance related to compensation and benefits systems.

Include:

base salary or hourly wages
fringe benefits and incentive compensation
non-cash compensation
employee services and benefits such as pension and retirement and savings plans, welfare and health plans
early retirement proposals

Scope of services may consist of:

job evaluation and job rating systems
performance appraisals
executive compensation
incentive and bonus plans
job and positions analysis and evaluations
comparative wage-and-salary surveys
pay for performance programs, profit sharing plans, executive compensation and termination packages.

a5. Other human resources management consulting services
Providing advice and guidance concerning the development or modification of human resource strategies, policies, practices and procedures except concerning compensation and benefits.

Include:

consulting on recruitment
organizational development (improving functions within and between groups)
employee training and development needs
outplacement procedures and plans for assistance to employees
succession planning
compliance with government regulations in areas such as health, safety, workers' compensation and employment equity
labour-management relations
employee assistance programs
human resources audits.

a6. Operations and supply chain management consulting services
Operations management is concerned with the management of physical, financial and human resources with the objective of producing goods and services. Supply chain management is a bundled service.

Include:

inventory management services
warehousing and storage services and distribution services.

May include advice and guidance concerning:

productivity improvement
cost reduction
quality improvements in goods and services
registration for quality management systems
improvements to logistical operations such as production planning and control
the management of supply sources, inventories, distribution networks and transportation.

a7. Other management consulting services - specify
All other advisory services not elsewhere classified that are provided by management consulting firms.

Include:

economic and social research services
arbitration and conciliation services (except by lawyer, attorney or paralegal offices)
other related products such as:
- Actuarial consulting services, except for employee pensions and other benefits
  Providing advice and guidance on actuarial matters such as life insurance and annuities, property and casualty insurance, public pension, health and other social insurance plans, income loss and marriage breakdown.
- Expert witness services
  Providing testimony before a court or administrative body, by a witness who, by virtue of experience, training, skill or knowledge, is recognized as being qualified to render an informed opinion on matters relating to a field or subject.
- Training services, management
  Providing management-related training and education services, in fields such as strategic management, financial management, marketing management, human resources management, operations and logistics management on a stand-alone basis.
- Project management
  Planning, supervising and co-ordinating the activities involved in carrying out a project, with regard to time, cost, project team membership, performance requirements and other constraints. This product refers only to those situations in which project management is offered as a stand-alone service.

b. Environmental consulting services

b1. Environmental assessments
Objective studies undertaken for any one or more of the following purposes:

Identify whether or not environmental contamination exists at a particular site, and if so, determine the source, nature and extent of the contamination;
Assess the risk to public health and safety from environmental contamination associated with a project that is proposed or in place;
Evaluate the impact on the ecology, society or economy of environmental contamination resulting from human or natural activity.

b2. Environmental audits
An independent assessment of the current status of a party's compliance with applicable environmental requirements or of a party's environmental compliance policies, practices and controls.

b3. Site remediation planning services
Preparation of a plan for the abatement of environmental contamination, usually at a specific site, and incorporating such technical or other criteria as may be prescribed by law or regulation.

b4. Natural resources management consulting services
The provision of objective information, advice and guidance concerning the best practices for the ecologically sustainable development and use of:

lands and forests
bodies of water
oil, gas, and mineral deposits
wildlife populations
other natural resources.

b5. Waste management consulting services
The provision of objective information, advice and guidance concerning the best practices for the minimization, transport, handling, disposal and/or recycling of waste.

b6. Environmental policy development consulting services
Advising public or private institutions on the design, development and implementation of environmental statutes, regulations, standards or practices. Consulting services of this type may extend to the drafting of such statutes, regulations, standards or practices on behalf of the client.

b7. Other environmental consulting services - specify
All other advisory services not elsewhere classified that are provided by environmental consultants.

c. Other scientific and technical consulting services

c1. Economic consulting services
Providing advice related to the description and analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.

Include:

consulting services related to macroeconomic modeling
economic forecasting
economic issues arising from competition, regulations, public policy and finance
expert witness services
consulting in agricultural economics.

c2. Geological and geophysical consulting services
Providing advice concerning the geology of mineral, oil and natural gas resource exploration and development.

Include:

geophysical methods
expert witness services
resource and reserve estimates, audits and reviews
independent valuations of mineral, oil and natural gas properties
preparation of independent reports for stock exchange listings
feasibility studies of mineral, oil and natural gas properties
mineral, oil and natural gas property and project evaluation services
geophysical survey design, including selection of methods
appraisal of geological, geophysical or geochemical anomalies.

c3. Soil management, crop and animal production consulting services
Providing advice in relation to the scientific management of agricultural land as well as crop or animal production.

Include expert witness services and consulting services related to :

tree farming
crop fertilization
animal breeding
soil conservation.

c4. Occupational health and safety consulting services
Providing advice concerning health and related safety standards in commercial, industrial and government workplaces and facilities.

Include:

industrial hygiene
workplace health risk assessments
ergonomics
confined space entry
health hazard testing and evaluations
safety standard requirements
expert witness services.

c5. Other scientific and technical consulting services - specify
Providing advice on scientific and technical matters not elsewhere classified.

Include:

pharmaceutical
chemistry
atomic energy
expert witness services.

Also include heritage consulting services

Providing advice concerning the identification, investigation, preservation and interpretation of historical or heritage resources. Includes advice related to the use of historical and archaeological research.

built heritage assessments
archaeological site impact or mitigation
advice on local, national or international regulations and standards for heritage sites or properties
advice on obtaining government grants concerning heritage sites
traditional uses of land, water and natural resources by aboriginal peoples
expert witness services.

	CAN$ '000
Management consulting services
Strategic management consulting services
Financial management consulting services
Marketing management consulting services
Employee compensation and benefits consulting services
Other human resources management consulting services
Operations and supply chain management consulting services
Other
Environmental consulting services
Environmental assessments
Environmental audits
Site remediation planning services
Natural resources management consulting services
Waste management consulting services
Environmental policy development consulting services
Other
Other scientific and technical consulting services
Economic consulting services
Geological and geophysical consulting services
Soil management, crop and animal production consulting services
Occupational health and safety consulting services
Other
Other sales of goods and services
Other
Total sales of goods and services

In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

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I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as administrative management consulting and general management consulting services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as human resources consulting services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as other management consulting services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as environmental consulting services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as other scientific and technical consulting services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any administrative management consulting and general management consulting services but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for administrative management consulting and general management consulting services is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any human resources consulting services, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for human resources consulting services is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any other management consulting services, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for the other management consulting services is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any environmental consulting services, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for the environmental consulting services is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any other scientific and technical consulting services, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for other scientific and technical consulting services is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

2. During this reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, how many non-salaried partners and proprietors did this business have?

For unincorporated businesses, please report the number of partners and proprietors for whom earnings will be the net income of the partnership or proprietorship.

Number

Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.

b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.

Include sales to Crown corporations.

c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions ( e.g. , hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.

Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.

d. Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.

Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouses/distribution centres.

	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licenses fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.

2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?

Revenue received ( CAN$ '000 )

3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?

	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify
Other 2 - specify
Other 3 - specify
Other 4 - specify
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

International transactions - Purchases from outside Canada (Imports)

5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?

Payments made ( CAN$ '000 )

7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?

	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify
Other 2 - specify
Other 3 - specify
Other 4 - specify
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours
Minutes

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calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs
establishing government programs to assist businesses
assisting the business community in negotiating contracts and collective agreements
supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies
Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

Record linkages

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Data-sharing agreements

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For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

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

Legal name

Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

Operational
Not currently operational

Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

Seasonal operations
- When did this business or organization close for the season? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
Ceased operations
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  - Bankruptcy
  - Liquidation
  - Dissolution
  - Other
    Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
Sold operations
- When was this business or organization sold? Date
- What is the legal name of the buyer?
Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
- When did this business or organization amalgamate? Date
- What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
- What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
Temporarily inactive but will re-open
- When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
- Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
No longer operating due to other reasons
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

When did the main activity change? Date

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

How to search:

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

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

Yes, there are other activities.
No, that is the only significant activity.

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

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

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

Revenue
Table summary
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	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1.

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date

Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.

Include:

sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

f. Dividends
Include:

dividend income
dividends from Canadian sources
dividends from foreign sources
patronage dividends.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

g. Interest
Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue - please specify
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Revenue by source
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

1. In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The reported value for total revenue $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.
Include all revenue for which an order is received and commitment to purchase is made via the Internet, although payment can be made by other means, such as orders made on web pages, an extranet, mobile devices or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

Include:

cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
freight in and duty.

Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).

b. Employment costs and expenses

Include:

vacation pay
bonuses (including profit sharing)
employee commissions
taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
severance pay.

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).

b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:

health plans
insurance plans
employment insurance
pension plans
workers' compensation
association dues
contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include:

hired casual labour and outside contract workers
custom work and contract work
subcontract and outside labour
hired labour.

e. Professional and business fees
Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
consulting fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).

f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include:

diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
sewage.

Exclude:

energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).

g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:

office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
data processing.

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:

internet
telephone and telecommunications
cellular telephone
fax machine
pager.

i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:

property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
vehicle license fees
beverage taxes and business taxes
trade license fees
membership fees and professional license fees
provincial capital tax.

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
franchise fees.

Exclude Crown royalties

k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

Include:

Crown royalties
Crown leases and rentals
oil sand leases
stumpage fees.

l. Rental and leasing
Include:

lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
studio lighting and scaffolding
machinery and equipment rental expenses
storage expenses
road and construction equipment rental
fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

m. Repair and maintenance
Include:

buildings and structures
machinery and equipment
security equipment
vehicles
costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:

direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

professional and other liability insurance
motor vehicle and property insurance
executive life insurance
bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:

newspaper advertising and media expenses
catalogues, presentations and displays
tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
fundraising expenses
meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:

travel expenses
meeting and convention expenses, seminars
passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train)
accommodations
travel allowance and meals while travelling
other travel expenses.

r. Financial services
Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.

Include:

interest
bank charges
finance charges
interest payments on capital leases
amortization of bond discounts
interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:

charitable donations and political contributions
bad debt expense
loan losses
provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
inventory adjustments.

u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:

production costs
pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
gross overriding royalty
other producing property rentals
well operating, fuel and equipment
other lease rentals
other direct costs
equipment hire and operation
log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
freight in and duty
overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
other expenses
cash over/short (negative expense)
reimbursement of parent company expense
warranty expense
recruiting expenses
general and administrative expenses
interdivisional expenses
interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Expenses
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption on the premises
Revenue generated from sales of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine and liquor) prepared and served or dispensed for immediate consumption, including alcoholic beverages served with meals.

Exclude retailing of alcoholic beverages sold in unopened cans, bottles, cartons or other containers (report at question c).

b. Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages
Revenue generated from the sales of meals, snacks, other food items and non alcoholic beverages prepared and served or dispensed for immediate consumption.

c. Sales of merchandise
Revenue generated from the sale or disposition of goods sold in the same condition in which they were purchased (e.g., toys, gifts, cigarettes, newspapers).

d. Fees and commissions from coin operated machines
The fees or commissions received from the owners or lessors of coin operated machines such as video lottery terminals, slot machines, video games, vending machines, children's mechanical rides, etc.

e. Other sales
Sales from other sources (e.g., rentals, cover charge, coat check, delivery service fees).

Sales
Table summary
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	CAN$ '000
Sales of alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption on the premises
Sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages
Sales of merchandise
Fees and commissions from coin operated machines such as video gambling terminals, video games and vending machines
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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You have not reported any sales of alcoholic beverages, but did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value for sales of alcoholic beverages $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages, but did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value for sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value for total sales of goods and services $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

2. What were the following costs of goods sold for this business?

The cost of goods sold is divided into three categories: alcoholic beverages, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and merchandise purchased for resale. The cost of goods sold is obtained by calculating opening inventory plus total purchases minus closing inventory. Please exclude salary costs.

a. Alcoholic beverages
Include:

beer
wine
liquor
alcoholic drinks served with meals.

b. Food and non-alcoholic beverages
Cost of materials required for meal preparation

c. Merchandise
Include:

gifts
toys
newspapers
cigarettes
alcohol not sold with meals and for consumption away from the premises.

Cost of goods sold
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Alcoholic beverages
Food and non-alcoholic beverages
Merchandise
Total cost of goods sold

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours
Minutes

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Enter your comments

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Calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs
Establishing government programs to assist businesses
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Supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies
Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
Enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

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Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

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Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

Legal Name

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

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

Operating Name

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

Yes
- When did the main activity change?
  Date
No

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

How to search:

If desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting this business or organization's activity sector
Enter keywords or a brief description that best describes this business or organization main activity
Press the Search button to search the database for an activity that best matches the keywords or description you provided
Then select an activity from the list.

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is: Main activity
Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

Yes, there are other activities.
No, that is the only significant activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

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

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

Percentage of revenues by activities
Table summary
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	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1 .

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
- May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
- June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
- July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
- August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
- September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
- October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
- November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
- December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
- January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
- February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
- March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
- April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1 .
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
- September 18, YYYY-1 to September 15, YYYY ( e.g., floating year-end)
- June 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY ( e.g., a newly opened business)
Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
- Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

a. Sales of goods and services ( e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)

Report net of returns and allowances.

Include:

sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

b. Rental and leasing

Include: rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.

c. Commissions

Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)

Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

f. Dividends

Include:

dividend income
dividends from Canadian sources
dividends from foreign sources
patronage dividends.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

g. Interest

Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue - please specify

Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue

The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Business's revenue from each source
Table summary
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	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

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The reported value for total revenue $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

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The reported sales of goods and services entered $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $ ###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Mobile app
- Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps include Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).
Company website
- Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.
  Third-party website
  Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia, Etsy).
  Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
  A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.
Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
- Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
- Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

a. Cost of goods sold

Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.

Include:

cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
freight in and duty.

Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. Salaries, wages and commissions

Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.

Include:

vacation pay
bonuses (including profit sharing)
employee commissions
taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
severance pay.

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).

b2. Employee benefits

Include contributions to:

health plans
insurance plans
employment insurance
pension plans
workers' compensation
association dues
contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

c. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include:

hired casual labour and outside contract workers
custom work and contract work
subcontract and outside labour
hired labour.

d. Research and development fees

Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

e. Professional and business fees

Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
consulting fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).

f. Utilities

Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include:

diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
sewage.

Exclude:

energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).

g. Office and computer related expenses

Include:

office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
data processing.

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

internet
telephone and telecommunications
cellular telephone
fax machine
pager.

i. Business taxes, licenses and permits

Include:

property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
vehicle license fees
beverage taxes and business taxes
trade license fees
membership fees and professional license fees
provincial capital tax.

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships

Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
franchise fees.

Exclude Crown royalties

k. Crown charges

Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

Include:

Crown royalties
Crown leases and rentals
oil sand leases
stumpage fees.

l. Rental and leasing

Include:

lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
studio lighting and scaffolding
machinery and equipment rental expenses
storage expenses
road and construction equipment rental
fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

m. Repair and maintenance

Include:

buildings and structures
machinery and equipment
security equipment
vehicles
costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

n. Amortization and depreciation

Include:

direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
amortization of intangible assets ( e.g. , amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

professional and other liability insurance
motor vehicle and property insurance
executive life insurance
bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

newspaper advertising and media expenses
catalogues, presentations and displays
tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
fundraising expenses
meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

travel expenses
meeting and convention expenses, seminars
passenger transportation ( e.g., airfare, bus, train)
accommodations
travel allowance and meals while travelling
other travel expenses.

r. Financial services

Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.

Include:

interest
bank charges
finance charges
interest payments on capital leases
amortization of bond discounts
interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses

Include:

charitable donations and political contributions
bad debt expense
loan losses
provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
inventory adjustments.

u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

production costs
pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
gross overriding royalty
other producing property rentals
well operating, fuel and equipment
other lease rentals
other direct costs
equipment hire and operation
log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
freight in and duty
overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
other expenses
cash over/short (negative expense)
reimbursement of parent company expense
warranty expense
recruiting expenses
general and administrative expenses
interdivisional expenses
interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses

The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Business's expenses
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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I confirm that all values are correct.
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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's total gross billings to clients?

Include all fees for your services and cost of media purchases made on behalf of your client.

CAN$ '000

In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

You have not reported total gross billings to clients, but did in the previous year $ ###### .

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Your total gross billings to clients $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

2. What was the value of media purchases made on behalf of this business's clients?

Please report the cost of the media purchases made on behalf of your clients. This value should not be included in the total revenue, the total expense values or cost of goods sold. Any commissions and fees from the sale of this media must be reported in question 3c.

CAN$ '000

In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

You have not reported the value of media purchases made on behalf of your clients but did in the previous year $ ###### .

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Your value of media purchases made on behalf of your clients $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

3. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report net sales only.

Total sales is the sum of net sales reported in questions 3a. through 3l. For advertising agencies, media buyers and media representatives, this will also be equal to question 1 minus question 2.

Total sales of goods and services
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Full service advertising campaigns
By commissions on placement of ads
By fees
Creative advertisement or production services, provided separately
Commissions and fees from resale of media time and/or space
Public relations services
Rental and/or leasing of billboards, signs and displays
Advertising specialty services
Direct mail services
Distribution of advertising materials direct to consumers other than by mail
Product or merchandise demonstrations
Lettering services
Sales of merchandise
Other
Total sales of goods and services

Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client

This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

a. Individuals and households

Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.

b. Businesses

Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.

Include sales to Crown corporations.

c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions ( e.g. , hospitals, schools)

Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.

Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.

d. Clients outside Canada

Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.

Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Percentage of revenues by type of clients
Table summary
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

International transactions

This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licenses fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?

International transactions

Revenue received ( CAN$ '000 )

3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

International transactions

Percentage of revenues received from exports
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?

International transactions

Percentage of revenues by country of client outside of Canada
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other
Other
Other
Other
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

International transactions - Purchases from outside Canada (Imports)

International transactions

6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?

International transactions

Payments made ( CAN$ '000 )

7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

International transactions

Percentage of payment made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties
Table summary
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?

International transactions

Percentage of payments made to suppliers outside of Canada by country
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other
Other
Other
Other
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
- Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours
Minutes

2. We invite your comments about this questionnaire.

Enter your comments

Why do we conduct this survey?

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

Calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs
Establishing government programs to assist businesses
Assisting the business community in negotiating contracts and collective agreements
Supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies
Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
Enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
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Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

Yes
- When did the main activity change? Date
No

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

How to search:

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

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is: Main activity. Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

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

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

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

Percentage of this business or organization's revenue generated by each activity
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1 .

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
- Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

Sales of goods and services ( e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
- Include:
  - sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
  - transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.
- Exclude:
  - transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  - federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
  - intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.
Rental and leasing
- Include: rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
Commissions
- Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)
Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
- Include:
  - non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
  - revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
- Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
Dividends
- Include:
  - dividend income
  - dividends from Canadian sources
  - dividends from foreign sources
  - patronage dividends.
Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Interest
- Include:
  - investment revenue
  - interest from foreign sources
  - interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
  - interest from Canadian mortgage loans
  - interest from other Canadian sources.
- Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Other revenue - please specify
- Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Business's revenue from each source
Table summary
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	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

1. In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The reported value for total revenue $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $ ###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Mobile app
Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps include Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Third-party website
Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia, Etsy).

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
- Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
- Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
- Include:
  - cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
  - freight in and duty.
- Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
Employment costs and expenses
1. Salaries, wages and commissions
  Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
  - Include:
    - vacation pay
    - bonuses (including profit sharing)
    - employee commissions
    - taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
    - severance pay.
  - Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
2. Employee benefits
  - Include contributions to:
    - health plans
    - insurance plans
    - employment insurance
    - pension plans
    - workers' compensation
    - association dues
    - contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
    - contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
- Include:
  - hired casual labour and outside contract workers
  - custom work and contract work
  - subcontract and outside labour
  - hired labour.
Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
Professional and business fees
- Include:
  - legal services
  - accounting and auditing fees
  - consulting fees
  - education and training fees
  - appraisal fees
  - management and administration fees
  - property management fees
  - information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
  - architectural fees
  - engineering fees
  - scientific and technical service fees
  - other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
  - veterinary fees
  - fees for human health services
  - payroll preparation fees
  - all other professional and business service fees.
- Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
- Include:
  - diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
  - sewage.
- Exclude:
  - energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
  - telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
  - vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).
Office and computer related expenses
- Include:
  - office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
  - postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
  - computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
  - data processing.
- Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
- Include:
  - internet
  - telephone and telecommunications
  - cellular telephone
  - fax machine
  - pager.
Business taxes, licenses and permits
- Include:
  - property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
  - vehicle license fees
  - beverage taxes and business taxes
  - trade license fees
  - membership fees and professional license fees
  - provincial capital tax.
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
- Include:
  - amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
  - gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
  - resident and non-resident royalty expenses
  - franchise fees.
- Exclude Crown royalties
Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
- Include:
  - Crown royalties
  - Crown leases and rentals
  - oil sand leases
  - stumpage fees.
Rental and leasing
- Include:
  - lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
  - motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
  - studio lighting and scaffolding
  - machinery and equipment rental expenses
  - storage expenses
  - road and construction equipment rental
  - fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.
Repair and maintenance
- Include:
  - buildings and structures
  - machinery and equipment
  - security equipment
  - vehicles
  - costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
  - janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
Amortization and depreciation
- Include:
  - direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
  - amortization of intangible assets ( e.g. , amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).
Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
- Include:
  - professional and other liability insurance
  - motor vehicle and property insurance
  - executive life insurance
  - bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
- Include:
  - newspaper advertising and media expenses
  - catalogues, presentations and displays
  - tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
  - fundraising expenses
  - meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.
Travel, meetings and conventions
- Include:
  - travel expenses
  - meeting and convention expenses, seminars
  - passenger transportation ( e.g., airfare, bus, train)
  - accommodations
  - travel allowance and meals while travelling
  - other travel expenses.
Financial services
- Include:
  - explicit service charges for financial services
  - credit and debit card commissions and charges
  - collection expenses and transfer fees
  - registrar and transfer agent fees
  - security and exchange commission fees
  - other financial service fees.
- Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
- Include:
  - interest
  - bank charges
  - finance charges
  - interest payments on capital leases
  - amortization of bond discounts
  - interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
- Include:
  - charitable donations and political contributions
  - bad debt expense
  - loan losses
  - provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
  - inventory adjustments.
All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
- Include:
  - production costs
  - pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
  - gross overriding royalty
  - other producing property rentals
  - well operating, fuel and equipment
  - other lease rentals
  - other direct costs
  - equipment hire and operation
  - log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
  - freight in and duty
  - overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
  - other expenses
  - cash over/short (negative expense)
  - reimbursement of parent company expense
  - warranty expense
  - recruiting expenses
  - general and administrative expenses
  - interdivisional expenses
  - interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
  - exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
  - amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Business's expenses for each item
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

1. In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The value for total expenses $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Bsiness's sales for each good and service
Table summary
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	CAN$ '000
Consumer goods rental
Consumer electronics and appliances
Formal wear, costumes and accessories
Video tapes and discs
Other consumer goods
General rental centres
Other machinery and equipment rentals
Automobiles, trucks and other road transportation vehicles, motor homes, travel trailers and campers (without operator)
Office machinery, furniture and equipment
Computers
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment, other than office equipment (without operator)
Labour charged to customers for repair and maintenance services
Sales of merchandise and other items
Net gains or losses from disposal of previously rented and/or leased equipment
Gross proceeds from disposal of previously rented and/or leased equipment
Commissions revenue
Other
Total sales of goods and services

In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The value for the net loss or gain from the disposal of previously rented and/or leased equipment is more than the gross proceeds from the disposal.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any sales from consumer goods rental, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Your consumer goods rental is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You have not reported any sales from other machinery and equipment rentals, but you did in the previous year.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Your other machinery and equipment rentals is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Your total sales $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
- Include sales to Crown corporations.
Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions ( e.g. , hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
- Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
- Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Sales by type of client
Table summary
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouses/distribution centres.

Percentage breakdown of this business' sales by consumer location
Table summary
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
- Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours
Minutes

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Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets
Enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

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Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

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

Yes
- When did the main activity change? Date
No

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

How to search:

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

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

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

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

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

Business or organization's revenue by each activity
Table summary
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	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, AAAA and March 31, AAAA+1.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, AAAA
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, AAAA
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, AAAA
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, AAAA
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, AAAA
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, AAAA
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, AAAA
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, AAAA
January 1, AAAA to December 31, AAAA
February 1, AAAA to January 31, AAAA+1
March 1, AAAA to February 28, AAAA+1
April 1, AAAA to March 31, AAAA+1.

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
- Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

Sales of goods and services ( e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
- Include:
  - sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
  - transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.
- Exclude:
  - transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  - federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
  - intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.
Rental and leasing
- Include: rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
Commissions
- Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)
Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
- Include:
  - non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
  - revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
- Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
Dividends
- Include:
  - dividend income
  - dividends from Canadian sources
  - dividends from foreign sources
  - patronage dividends.
- Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Interest
- Include:
  - investment revenue
  - interest from foreign sources
  - interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
  - interest from Canadian mortgage loans
  - interest from other Canadian sources.
- Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Other revenue - please specify
- Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Revenue from sources
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

1. In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The reported value for total revenue ###### $ is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered ###### $ is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the ###### $ in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
- Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
- Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
- Include:
  - cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
  - freight in and duty.
- Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
Employment costs and expenses
1. Salaries, wages and commissions
  Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
  - Include:
    - vacation pay
    - bonuses (including profit sharing)
    - employee commissions
    - taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
    - severance pay.
  - Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
2. Employee benefits
  - Include contributions to:
    - health plans
    - insurance plans
    - employment insurance
    - pension plans
    - workers' compensation
    - association dues
    - contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
    - contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
- Include:
  - hired casual labour and outside contract workers
  - custom work and contract work
  - subcontract and outside labour
  - hired labour.
Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
Professional and business fees
- Include:
  - legal services
  - accounting and auditing fees
  - consulting fees
  - education and training fees
  - appraisal fees
  - management and administration fees
  - property management fees
  - information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
  - architectural fees
  - engineering fees
  - scientific and technical service fees
  - other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
  - veterinary fees
  - fees for human health services
  - payroll preparation fees
  - all other professional and business service fees.
- Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
- Include:
  - diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
  - sewage.
- Exclude:
  - energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
  - telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
  - vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).
Office and computer related expenses
- Include:
  - office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
  - postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
  - computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
  - data processing.
- Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
- Include:
  - internet
  - telephone and telecommunications
  - cellular telephone
  - fax machine
  - pager.
Business taxes, licenses and permits
- Include:
  - property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
  - vehicle license fees
  - beverage taxes and business taxes
  - trade license fees
  - membership fees and professional license fees
  - provincial capital tax.
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
- Include:
  - amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
  - gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
  - resident and non-resident royalty expenses
  - franchise fees.
- Exclude Crown royalties
Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
- Include:
  - Crown royalties
  - Crown leases and rentals
  - oil sand leases
  - stumpage fees.
Rental and leasing
- Include:
  - lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
  - motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
  - studio lighting and scaffolding
  - machinery and equipment rental expenses
  - storage expenses
  - road and construction equipment rental
  - fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.
Repair and maintenance
- Include:
  - buildings and structures
  - machinery and equipment
  - security equipment
  - vehicles
  - costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
  - janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
Amortization and depreciation
- Include:
  - direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
  - amortization of intangible assets ( e.g. , amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).
Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
- Include:
  - professional and other liability insurance
  - motor vehicle and property insurance
  - executive life insurance
  - bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
- Include:
  - newspaper advertising and media expenses
  - catalogues, presentations and displays
  - tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
  - fundraising expenses
  - meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.
Travel, meetings and conventions
- Include:
  - travel expenses
  - meeting and convention expenses, seminars
  - passenger transportation ( e.g., airfare, bus, train)
  - accommodations
  - travel allowance and meals while travelling
  - other travel expenses.
Financial services
- Include:
  - explicit service charges for financial services
  - credit and debit card commissions and charges
  - collection expenses and transfer fees
  - registrar and transfer agent fees
  - security and exchange commission fees
  - other financial service fees.
- Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
- Include:
  - interest
  - bank charges
  - finance charges
  - interest payments on capital leases
  - amortization of bond discounts
  - interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
- Include:
  - charitable donations and political contributions
  - bad debt expense
  - loan losses
  - provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
  - inventory adjustments.
All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
- Include:
  - production costs
  - pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
  - gross overriding royalty
  - other producing property rentals
  - well operating, fuel and equipment
  - other lease rentals
  - other direct costs
  - equipment hire and operation
  - log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
  - freight in and duty
  - overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
  - other expenses
  - cash over/short (negative expense)
  - reimbursement of parent company expense
  - warranty expense
  - recruiting expenses
  - general and administrative expenses
  - interdivisional expenses
  - interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
  - exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
  - amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Business's expenses for each item
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

1. In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

The value for total expenses ###### $ is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following types of employment services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Executive/retained search services
Specialized search and recruitment service limited to filling highly paid executive, senior manager, and professional positions, according to client specifications.
- May include fees for services such as:
  - conducting detailed interviews with the client organization's management team
  - developing job profiles
  - conducting original research and advertising to locate potential job candidates
  - screening possible candidates
  - preparing, presenting and discussing a confidential list of highly qualified applicants with the client
  - making interview arrangements
  - negotiating compensation
  - providing post-hire follow-up.
The search firm typically provides two assurances to the client firm:
- repeat the search at no extra charge (out-of-pocket expenses only) should a placed candidate subsequently fail for reasons attributed to lack of due diligence by the search firm
- not to recruit from the client firm for a stated period of time.
The client makes the decision as to which candidate to hire. The search agency fee is charged whether or not the candidate is hired. This product is also known as retained search.
Permanent placement services (exclude executive/retained search services)
Service of recruiting, selecting and referring candidates to the client to fill positions on a permanent (indeterminate) basis.
- The services may include testing, interviewing, reference checking, evaluation and counselling of prospective employees. The service provider acts as an employment intermediary. The candidate is selected and hired by the client. The placement firm is paid on a contingency basis, e.g., only for successful placement of a candidate. This product includes permanent placement services for a complete range of occupations from low-level employees to management employees, including executives, domestic and international job placements.
- Exclude permanent placement services for executives recruited through executive/retained search service (report at Executive/retained search services).
Contract staffing services (temporary assignment of contract employees — non T4 recipients)
Services of finding individual contractors to fill positions on the basis of written contracts that stipulate the deliverables for which the client has contracted, as well as specific terms and conditions of employment. Under the terms of this agreement, the service provider has legal rights and duties with respect to the individual contractors. As they are not employees of the employment placement agencies, the individual contractors are normally responsible for their own payroll deductions and government filings.
Temporary staffing services (temporary assignment of staffing firm employees — T4 recipients)
Supplying personnel for temporary work assignments, temporary staffing firms hire their own employees and assigns them to support or supplement the client's workforce in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads and special assignments and projects. The employees are on the payroll of the temporary staffing firm which is legally responsible for their actions, but when working they are under the direct supervision of the client. The temporary staffing firm specifies the pay, benefits, etc. of the employee.
Temporary staffing to permanent placement services
This is a temporary assignment of staffing firm employees — T4 recipients — with the expectation of permanent work at the end of the trial period with the client.
The employee remains on the payroll of the temporary help staffing firm until the hiring decision is made at which time he or she becomes an employee of the client or, if not, returns to the temporary help staffing firm. This service may include training, counselling, assessment and résumé upgrading.
Co-employment staffing and payrolling services
Co-employment staffing is provided by a professional employer organization; payrolling is long term staffing such as labour leasing, staff leasing, employee leasing and extended employee staffing.
A service in which a professional employer organization (PEO) co-employs a client's workforce. The PEO and the client enter into a contractual agreement whereby the rights and responsibilities in respect of co-employees are shared or allocated, with the service provider assuming responsibility for certain activities as agreed with the client. These range from basic to full-service packages.
Payrolling is supplying personnel for extended work assignments. Under the terms of this arrangement, the client may recruit the person or persons hired by the staffing firm and assigned to their place of work, or transfer a portion of their existing workforce to the staffing firm. Long-term employees are placed on the payroll of the staffing firm, which is legally responsible for their actions, but when working they are supervised by the client. This service includes activities such as labour leasing, staff leasing, employee leasing, extended employee staffing and payrolling
All other sales
- Include the following goods and services
  - On-site management of temporary help
    Provision of personnel who, in the work area of the client, assign, co-ordinate and monitor employees provided by the temporary help staffing firm. This service provides a single point of contact for the client. Activities include recruitment, testing, selection, training, reporting and quality monitoring. Assignment of an on-site manager requires a request from the client.
  - On-line job listing services
    Soliciting candidates and posting job openings to a website which may be known as a job board, job bank, recruiting site, directory, labour exchange or employment registry. Organizations that post job listings to these sites are usually charged a fee, whereas job seekers usually have free access. These websites may include newsletters, referrals based on matching profiles or keywords and access to training and employment-related services and programs, search engines and other resources.
  - On-line résumé listing services
    Soliciting and posting résumés/curriculums vitae to a website which may be known as a job board, job bank, recruiting site, directory, labour exchange or employment registry. Individuals who post resumes or vitae to these sites are not usually charged a fee; exceptions are online casting and talent search services that may charge for posting a vita or headshot. These websites may include job referrals based on matching profiles or keywords, access to training and employment-related services and programs, search engines, newsletters and other resources.
  - Sale of on-line job site advertising space
    Sale of advertising space on Internet job sites by the owner or operator of the site. Advertising in this medium consists mainly of announcements, splash pages and logo buttons directed to individuals seeking jobs.
  - On-line job site memberships
    Sale of memberships in an online job bank, job board, recruiting site, directory, labour exchange or employment registry for a set period of time. The membership level varies but usually includes job postings, résumé searching, use of job tracking software and access to statistical databases.
  - On-line employment database search services
    Enabling users to search résumés/curriculums vitae or job listings posted to a website. Searches can usually be conducted by function, industry, location and date of résumé posting using customized search engines.
  - Sale of employment-related software
    Sale of software designed for employment/job search. Includes software for interactive Internet recruiting, applicant tracking and applicant evaluation.
  - Managed services
    Managing and/or operating an area or task for a client organization on an on-going basis, with or without the provision of operating staff. This service may include shipping and receiving, mail services, accounts payable, purchasing, food services, maintenance of facilities, records management and other operations that support a client's business. Managed services are also known as outsourcing, office management, facilities support, facilities management or project management services.
  - Human resource consulting services
    Providing advice and assistance concerning policies and procedures relating to staffing and development, performance measurement, pay and benefits, internal communications, regulatory compliance, due diligence, labour relations and other human resource issues, with reference to the strategic and operational objectives of the client.
  - Consulting services, not elsewhere classified
    Consulting services not directly related to human resource operations. Examples are information technology (IT) consulting, management consulting and employment market consulting.
  - Employee evaluation services
    Screening and appraisal of the technical and psychometric skills of individuals considered for hiring, promotion and/or advancement by the client. This service is most frequently used as part of the hiring process. This service also includes fee-based computer software certification tests.
  - Outplacement and career counselling
    Assisting clients to deal with employee terminations in a fair, safe and lawful manner.
    Assisting client employees in making job and career changes. Employee assistance includes counselling, job search support, workshops, seminars and résumé upgrading.
  - Payroll services
    Payroll processing, withholding deductions, remitting deductions and employer's contributions to government-mandated and other plans, and filing reports.
  - Training services
    Instruction related to employment in areas such as computer-based skills, certification programs, skills upgrading, safety training and tutorials. This service is adjusted to the needs identified by the client.
  - Personal background checks
    Investigation of the personal, academic, financial and work history of candidates to be considered for hiring, promotion and/or advancement or those already employed by the client. This service is normally included as part of the hiring process. This product may be sold separately.
  - Medical exams for employment
    A health evaluation of the candidate. Includes medical history, laboratory tests and physical examinations. This product may be sold separately.

Business's sales for each type of employment service
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	CAN$ '000
Executive/retained search services
Permanent placement services
Contract staffing services
Temporary staffing services
Temporary staffing to permanent placement services
Co-employment staffing and payrolling services
Other sales of goods and services
Total sales of goods and services

In order to reduce future follow-up, please select one of the following options.

You reported your main activity as temporary staffing services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as permanent placement, executive search and contract staffing services, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

You reported your main activity as co-employment staffing services provided by a professional employer organization, but you reported little or no revenues for this activity.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The value reported for the total sales ###### $ is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Industry characteristics

2. What were this business's labour costs for the following types of employees and contractors?

Salaries, wages and benefits paid to internal employees — T4 recipients
Internal employees are the staffing firm employees who are responsible for the day to day activities of the staffing firm. These internal employees are not assigned to client firms and their work is mainly carried out within the office(s) of the staffing firm.
- Include:
  - administrative personnel
  - recruitment consultants.
Please report all salaries, wages and benefits (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 — Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
- Include:
  - vacation pay
  - bonuses (including profit sharing)
  - employment commissions
  - taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
  - severance pay.
- Include contributions to:
  - health plans
  - insurance plans
  - employment insurance
  - pension plans
  - workers' compensation
  - any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
  - provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
- Exclude all payments made to outside contract workers temporarily assigned and to casual labourers to whom no T4 — Statement of Remuneration Paid was issued.
Salaries, wages and benefits paid to employees temporarily assigned — T4 recipients
Employees from the staffing firm sent temporarily to client firms on short-term or extended work assignments. The staffing firm is responsible for paying all salaries, wages and benefits of the assigned employees. The work of employees assigned to client firms is carried out under supervision provided by the client firm.
Amounts paid to contractors temporarily assigned — non T4 recipients
Amounts paid by the staffing firm to contractors assigned to client firms to fill positions on the basis of written contracts that stipulate the deliverables for which the client has contracted, as well as specific terms and conditions of employment. Under the terms of this agreement, the employment service provider has legal rights and duties with respect to individual contractors.
Not being employees of the staffing firm, the individual contractors are normally responsible for their own payroll deductions and government filings. The contractors are not issued a T4 — Statement of Remuneration Paid — by either the staffing firm nor the client firm.

Business's labour costs for type of employees and contractors
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	CAN$ '000
Salaries, wages and benefits paid to internal employees — T4 recipients
Salaries, wages and benefits paid to employees temporarily assigned — T4 recipients
Amounts paid to contractors temporarily assigned — non T4 recipients

3. For the reporting period of of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , how many internal employees (T4 recipients) did this business have?

Number

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The value reported for the labour costs is significantly different than the reported last reporting period.
- I confirm that all values are correct.
- I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
- Include sales to Crown corporations.
Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions ( e.g. , hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
- Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
- Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Sales by type of client
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouses/distribution centres.

Sales by consumer location
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
- Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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Hours
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Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

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

Yes
- When did the main activity change? Date
No

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

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Enter keywords or a brief description that best describes this business or organization main activity
Press the Search button to search the database for an activity that best matches the keywords or description you provided
Then select an activity from the list.

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1.

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1.

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
- Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

A detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
These questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
- Include:
  - sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
  - transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.
- Exclude:
  - transfers into inventory and consignment sales
  - federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
  - intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.
Rental and leasing
- Include: rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.
Commissions
- Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives and travel agencies - compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax)
Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
- Include:
  - non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
  - revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
- Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
Dividends
- Include:
  - dividend income
  - dividends from Canadian sources
  - dividends from foreign sources
  - patronage dividends.
- Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Interest
- Include:
  - investment revenue
  - interest from foreign sources
  - interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
  - interest from Canadian mortgage loans
  - interest from other Canadian sources.
- Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.
Other revenue - please specify
- Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Business's revenue from each source
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	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

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The reported value for total revenue $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered $ ###### is significantly different than the $ ###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $ ###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
- Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
- Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

A detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
These questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

Cost of goods sold
Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.
- Include:
  - cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
  - freight in and duty.
- Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).
Employment costs and expenses
1. Salaries, wages and commissions
  Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
  - Include:
    - vacation pay
    - bonuses (including profit sharing)
    - employee commissions
    - taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
    - severance pay.
  - Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).
2. Employee benefits
  - Include contributions to:
    - health plans
    - insurance plans
    - employment insurance
    - pension plans
    - workers' compensation
    - association dues
    - contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
    - contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.
Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
- Include:
  - hired casual labour and outside contract workers
  - custom work and contract work
  - subcontract and outside labour
  - hired labour.
Research and development fees
Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.
Professional and business fees
- Include:
  - legal services
  - accounting and auditing fees
  - consulting fees
  - education and training fees
  - appraisal fees
  - management and administration fees
  - property management fees
  - information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
  - architectural fees
  - engineering fees
  - scientific and technical service fees
  - other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
  - veterinary fees
  - fees for human health services
  - payroll preparation fees
  - all other professional and business service fees.
- Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).
Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.
- Include:
  - diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
  - sewage.
- Exclude:
  - energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
  - telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
  - vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).
Office and computer related expenses
- Include:
  - office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
  - postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
  - computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
  - data processing.
- Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
- Include:
  - internet
  - telephone and telecommunications
  - cellular telephone
  - fax machine
  - pager.
Business taxes, licenses and permits
- Include:
  - property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
  - vehicle license fees
  - beverage taxes and business taxes
  - trade license fees
  - membership fees and professional license fees
  - provincial capital tax.
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
- Include:
  - amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
  - gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
  - resident and non-resident royalty expenses
  - franchise fees.
- Exclude Crown royalties
Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.
- Include:
  - Crown royalties
  - Crown leases and rentals
  - oil sand leases
  - stumpage fees.
Rental and leasing
- Include:
  - lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
  - motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
  - studio lighting and scaffolding
  - machinery and equipment rental expenses
  - storage expenses
  - road and construction equipment rental
  - fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.
Repair and maintenance
- Include:
  - buildings and structures
  - machinery and equipment
  - security equipment
  - vehicles
  - costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
  - janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
Amortization and depreciation
- Include:
  - direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
  - amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).
Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
- Include:
  - professional and other liability insurance
  - motor vehicle and property insurance
  - executive life insurance
  - bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
- Include:
  - newspaper advertising and media expenses
  - catalogues, presentations and displays
  - tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
  - fundraising expenses
  - meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.
Travel, meetings and conventions
- Include:
  - travel expenses
  - meeting and convention expenses, seminars
  - passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train)
  - accommodations
  - travel allowance and meals while travelling
  - other travel expenses.
Financial services
- Include:
  - explicit service charges for financial services
  - credit and debit card commissions and charges
  - collection expenses and transfer fees
  - registrar and transfer agent fees
  - security and exchange commission fees
  - other financial service fees.
- Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).
Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.
- Include:
  - interest
  - bank charges
  - finance charges
  - interest payments on capital leases
  - amortization of bond discounts
  - interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
- Include:
  - charitable donations and political contributions
  - bad debt expense
  - loan losses
  - provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
  - inventory adjustments.
All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
- Include:
  - production costs
  - pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
  - gross overriding royalty
  - other producing property rentals
  - well operating, fuel and equipment
  - other lease rentals
  - other direct costs
  - equipment hire and operation
  - log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
  - freight in and duty
  - overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
  - other expenses
  - cash over/short (negative expense)
  - reimbursement of parent company expense
  - warranty expense
  - recruiting expenses
  - general and administrative expenses
  - interdivisional expenses
  - interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
  - exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
  - amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Business's expenses
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Business's sales for each good and service
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	CAN$ '000
Automotive repair and maintenance services
Automobiles and light trucks
Heavy trucks and buses
Motor homes, travel trailers and campers
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance services
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services
Sale of goods purchased for resale, as is
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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Industry characteristics

2. Of this business's total sales $ ###### what was the percentage breakdown for parts and labour?

Percentage of business's total sales for parts and labour
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	Percentage
Parts
Labour

3. What were this business's opening inventory, purchases and closing inventory for the following items?

Business's opening inventory, purchases and closing inventory by item
Table summary
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	Opening inventory CAN$ '000	Purchases CAN$ '000	Closing inventory CAN$ '000
Parts used in repair work only
Other over-the-counter merchandise
Total inventory

Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
a. to c. Clients in Canada

Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include sales to Crown corporations.
Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.
Clients outside Canada
Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Sales by type of client
Table summary
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

International transactions
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, royalties and licenses fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?

Revenue received (CAN$ '000)

3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

Percentage of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties
Table summary
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?

Percentage of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country
Table summary
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	Percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1
Other 2
Other 3
Other 4
Total percentage

International transactions - Purchases from outside Canada (Imports)

5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

International transactions

6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?

International transactions

Payments made (CAN$ '000)

7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

International transactions

Percentage of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?

International transactions

Percentage of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	Percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1
Other 2
Other 3
Other 4
Total percentage

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

Strike or lock-out
Exchange rate impact
Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
Price changes in labour or raw materials
Natural disaster
Recession
Change in product line
Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
Acquisition of business units
Other
- Specify the other changes or events
No changes or events

Contact person

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

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours
Minutes

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Authorization to collect this information

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Data-sharing agreements

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Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

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

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

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

Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

First name
Last name
Title
Preferred language of communication
- English
- French
Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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

Operational
Not currently operational

Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

Seasonal operations
- When did this business or organization close for the season? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
Ceased operations
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  - Bankruptcy
  - Liquidation
  - Dissolution
  - Other
    Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
Sold operations
- When was this business or organization sold? Date
- What is the legal name of the buyer?
Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
- When did this business or organization amalgamate? Date
- What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
- What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
Temporarily inactive but will re-open
- When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
- Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
No longer operating due to other reasons
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

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

Main activity

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

When did the main activity change? Date

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

How to search:

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enter keywords or a brief description that best describes this business or organization main activity
press the Search button to search the database for an activity that best matches the keywords or description you provided
then select an activity from the list.

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

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

Yes, there are other activities.
No, that is the only significant activity.

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

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

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

[[Table title]]
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	Percentage of revenue
Main activity
Secondary activity
All other activities
Total percentage

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1 .

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1 .

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Revenue

a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)
Report net of returns and allowances.

Include:

sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)
Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

f. Dividends
Include:

dividend income
dividends from Canadian sources
dividends from foreign sources
patronage dividends.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

g. Interest
Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue - please specify
Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue
The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Revenue
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This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

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The reported value for total revenue $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

The reported sales of goods and services entered $###### is significantly different than the $###### reported last reporting period.

I confirm that all values are correct.
I am unable to confirm that all values are correct.

E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the $###### in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Company website
Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Expenses

Include:

cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
freight in and duty.

Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).

b. Employment costs and expenses
b1. Salaries, wages and commissions
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.

Include:

vacation pay
bonuses (including profit sharing)
employee commissions
taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
severance pay.

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).

b2. Employee benefits
Include contributions to:

health plans
insurance plans
employment insurance
pension plans
workers' compensation
association dues
contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

c. Subcontracts
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include:

hired casual labour and outside contract workers
custom work and contract work
subcontract and outside labour
hired labour.

e. Professional and business fees
Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
consulting fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).

f. Utilities
Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include:

diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
sewage.

Exclude:

energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).

g. Office and computer related expenses
Include:

office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
data processing.

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Include:

internet
telephone and telecommunications
cellular telephone
fax machine
pager.

i. Business taxes, licenses and permits
Include:

property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
vehicle license fees
beverage taxes and business taxes
trade license fees
membership fees and professional license fees
provincial capital tax.

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
franchise fees.

Exclude Crown royalties

k. Crown charges
Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

Include:

Crown royalties
Crown leases and rentals
oil sand leases
stumpage fees.

l. Rental and leasing
Include:

lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
studio lighting and scaffolding
machinery and equipment rental expenses
storage expenses
road and construction equipment rental
fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

m. Repair and maintenance
Include:

buildings and structures
machinery and equipment
security equipment
vehicles
costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

n. Amortization and depreciation
Include:

direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

o. Insurance
Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

professional and other liability insurance
motor vehicle and property insurance
executive life insurance
bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Include:

newspaper advertising and media expenses
catalogues, presentations and displays
tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
fundraising expenses
meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions
Include:

travel expenses
meeting and convention expenses, seminars
passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train)
accommodations
travel allowance and meals while travelling
other travel expenses.

r. Financial services
Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense
Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.

Include:

interest
bank charges
finance charges
interest payments on capital leases
amortization of bond discounts
interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Include:

charitable donations and political contributions
bad debt expense
loan losses
provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
inventory adjustments.

u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)
Include:

production costs
pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
gross overriding royalty
other producing property rentals
well operating, fuel and equipment
other lease rentals
other direct costs
equipment hire and operation
log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
freight in and duty
overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
other expenses
cash over/short (negative expense)
reimbursement of parent company expense
warranty expense
recruiting expenses
general and administrative expenses
interdivisional expenses
interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses
The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

Expenses
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	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Interior design services

a. Interior design services involving construction management
Interior design services, in which the contract includes the management by the designer of the construction process, to put into place the design.

Include programming, conceptual design development (i.e., schematics), design development, specification of necessary items and components, preparation of construction documents, contract administration.

Exclude interior design services related to the restoration or renovation of historic buildings.

a1. Residential interior design services (exclude historical restoration)
Interior design services for residential buildings, in which the contract includes the management by the designer of the construction process, to put into place the design.

Exclude interior design services related to the restoration or renovation of historic buildings.

a2. Non-residential interior design services (exclude historical restoration)
Interior design services for non-residential buildings, in which the contract includes the management by the designer of the construction process, to put into place the design.

Exclude interior design services related to the restoration or renovation of historic buildings.

a3. Historic building interior design services (include historical restoration)
Interior design services for buildings in which the historic character of the building must be taken into account.

Include services related to restorations and to changes in use.

Exclude interior decorating services, interior design consulting services, architectural design services.

b. Interior design services not involving construction management
Interior design services, in which the contract does not include any construction management services.

Include interior lighting design services, window treatment design services, colour and finish selection services, furniture, fixtures and equipment layout services.

c. Interior decorating services
Providing aesthetic services associated with interior spaces.

d. Industrial design services

d1. Product industrial design services
Design services that optimize the manufacturing efficiency, functionality and appearance of products.

Include the determination of the materials, construction methods and technology, mechanisms, shape, colour, and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human needs, safety, market appeal and efficiency in production, distribution, use and maintenance.

Exclude design of clothing, footwear, jewellery and textiles (report at Fashion, jewellery, footware and other design services).

d2. Model design and fabrication services
Design and fabrication services for models of new product concepts; models can be full or reduced‑scale.

e. Graphic design services

e1. Corporate identity and communications graphic design services
Designing the corporate identity and image, internal communications and external communications.

Include the design of a consistent set of logos, graphic style, printed and electronic materials.

Exclude graphic design of advertisements and brand identities.

e2. Advertising graphic design services
Designing the visual appearance of an advertisement or advertising campaign.

Include brand identity design services.

Exclude creating complete advertisements or advertising campaigns.

e3. Commercial illustration services
Provision of illustrations for use in graphic design projects.

e4. Graphic interface and interaction design services (include video game interface)
The design of software interfaces, except those related to website design.

Include the design of video game interfaces.

e5. Book, magazine and newspaper graphic design services
Graphic design of books, magazines and newspapers, including their covers and interior layout and selection of typefaces.

e6. Broadcast and motion picture graphic design services
Design graphics for motion picture and television use, such as titles, opening and closing montages, bumpers, transitions and interstitials, blue/green screen removal and animations.

e7. All other graphic design services (e.g., signage, packaging, typeface design)
Include signage and wayfinding graphic design services, packaging graphic design services and typeface design services.

f. Fashion, jewellery, footwear and other design services

f1. Clothing, shoes, textile, jewellery and other specialized design services not elsewhere classified
Other design services including clothing, footwear, jewellery, parade floats, textiles and patterns to be used in the manufacture of individual components of clothing and footwear.

g. Related services and products

g1. Website design and development services
Include software publishers, Internet service providers, web search portals and data processing services, computer systems design and related services.

g2. Consulting services
Providing advice and guidance about specialized design issues.

g3. Printing services
Printing copies of images and documents for others, for a fee.

g4. Drafting services
Producing detailed layouts, plans, drawings, illustrations, graphics or models based on engineering or architectural specifications, for use in the design, manufacture, installation, construction, repair or maintenance of buildings, structures, systems or components.

g5. Sales of merchandise purchased for resale as is
Retail or wholesale sales of merchandise.

h. Other sales of goods and services - specify:
Include interior decorating services, consulting services (not associated with the production of a design), market research services, advertising creative services (e.g., creating complete advertisements or advertising campaigns).

Sales for goods and services
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	CAN$ '000
Interior design services including construction management
Residential interior design services
Non-residential interior design services
Historic building interior design services
Interior design services not including construction management
Interior decorating services
Industrial design services
Product industrial design services
Model design and fabrication services
Graphic design services
Corporate identity and communications graphic design services
Advertising graphic design services
Commercial illustration services
Graphic interface and interaction design services
Book, magazine and newspaper graphic design services
Broadcast and motion picture graphic design services
All other graphic design services
Fashion, jewellery, footwear and other design services
Clothing, shoes, textile, jewellery and other specialized design services not elsewhere classified
Related services and products
Website design and development services
Consulting services
Printing services
Drafting services
Sales of merchandise purchased for resale as is
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

a. Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.

b. Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.

Include sales to Crown corporations.

c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.

Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.

Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Sales by types of client
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouses/distribution centres.

Percentage breakdown of sales by consumer location
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.

1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?

Revenue received (CAN$ '000)

3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

Percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?

Percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country
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	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify:
Other 2 - specify:
Other 3 - specify:
Other 4 - specify:
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

International transactions - Purchases from outside Canada (Imports)

5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?

Payments made (CAN$ '000)

7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

Percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?

Percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country
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	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify:
Other 1 - specify:
Other 1 - specify:
Other 1 - specify:
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

Changes or events

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Strike or lock-out
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Price changes in goods or services sold
Contracting out
Organisational change
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Natural disaster
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Sold business units
Expansion
New or lost contract
Plant closures
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Other
Specify the other changes or events
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Title
Email address
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Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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Business or organization and contact information

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Legal Name

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Legal name
Operating name (if applicable)

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First name
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Title
Preferred language of communication
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Mailing address (number and street)
City
Province, territory or state
Postal code or ZIP code
Country
- Canada
- United States
Email address
Telephone number (including area code)
Extension number (if applicable) The maximum number of characters is 5.
Fax number (including area code)

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Operational
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Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

Seasonal operations
- When did this business or organization close for the season? Date
- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
Ceased operations
- When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
- Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  - Bankruptcy
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    Specify the other reasons for ceased operations
Sold operations
- When was this business or organization sold? Date
- What is the legal name of the buyer?
Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
- When did this business or organization amalgamate? Date
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- What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
Temporarily inactive but will re-open
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- When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
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- Why did this business or organization cease operations?

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

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

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Description and examples

This is the current main activity.
This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

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

When did the main activity change? Date

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Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
Provider of health care or social services
Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
Other sector

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7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is: Main activity Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

Yes, there are other activities.
No, that is the only significant activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

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

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

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

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

Note: For the survey, the end date should fall between April 1, YYYY and March 31, YYYY+1 .

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, YYYY-1 to April 30, YYYY
June 1, YYYY-1 to May 31, YYYY
July 1, YYYY-1 to June 30, YYYY
August 1, YYYY-1 to July 31, YYYY
September 1, YYYY-1 to August 31, YYYY
October 1, YYYY-1 to September 30, YYYY
November 1, YYYY-1 to October 31, YYYY
December 1, YYYY-1 to November 30, YYYY
January 1, YYYY to December 31, YYYY
February 1, YYYY to January 31, YYYY+1
March 1, YYYY to February 28, YYYY+1
April 1, YYYY to March 31, YYYY+1 .

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

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

Fiscal Year Start date
Fiscal Year-End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations
New business
Change of ownership
Temporarily inactive
Change of fiscal year
Ceased operations
Other
Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)

Report net of returns and allowances.

Include:

sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales)
transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm.

Exclude:

transfers into inventory and consignment sales
federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

b. Rental and leasing

c. Commissions

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations, fundraising and sponsorships)

Include:

non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

f. Dividends

Include:

dividend income
dividends from Canadian sources
dividends from foreign sources
patronage dividends.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

g. Interest

Include:

investment revenue
interest from foreign sources
interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
interest from Canadian mortgage loans
interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue - please specify

Include amounts not included in questions a. to g.

Total revenue

The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

Business revenue by source
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Sales of goods and services
Rental and leasing
Commissions
Subsidies
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Dividends
Interest
Other
Total revenue

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E-Commerce

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what was this business's total revenue?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total revenue

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business have any e-commerce revenue?

E-commerce revenue: sales of goods and services conducted over the Internet with or without online payment.

Exclude orders made by telephone, facsimile or e-mail.

3. Of the [amount] in total revenue reported, what was the total e-commerce revenue?

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total e-commerce revenue

4. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make sales over the Internet through any of the following methods?

Select all that apply.

Mobile app

Include sales through any app, or application, that is downloaded and designed to run on a handheld device such as a smartphone or tablet (for example, places where a user may download these apps include Apple's App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World).

Company website

Include sales through a browser-based website where your organization maintains control of the content.

Third-party website

Include sales through a browser-based website where a third-party maintains the structure of the website and control of the look and feel while your company only provides the product to be sold (for example, Amazon, Expedia, Etsy).

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

A standard format for exchanging business data. EDI is based on the use of message standards, ensuring that all participants use a common language.

Via a mobile app
Via your company website
Via a third-party website
Via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Other
Specify the other methods

5. Does this business have any full-time staff dedicated solely to activities related to e-commerce?

6. Why did this business not make sales over the Internet?

Select all that apply.

Goods and services do not lend themselves to online sales
Prefer to maintain current business model
Lack of skilled workers to implement and maintain e-commerce infrastructure
Cost of development is too high
Security concerns
Other
Specify the other reasons

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Cost of goods sold

Include:

cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for resale - net of discounts earned on purchases
freight in and duty.

Exclude all costs associated with salaries, wages, benefits, commissions and subcontracts (report at Employment costs and expenses, and Subcontracts).

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. Salaries, wages and commissions

Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.

Include:

vacation pay
bonuses (including profit sharing)
employee commissions
taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays)
severance pay.

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report at Subcontracts).

b2. Employee benefits

Include contributions to:

health plans
insurance plans
employment insurance
pension plans
workers' compensation
association dues
contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans
contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

c. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include:

hired casual labour and outside contract workers
custom work and contract work
subcontract and outside labour
hired labour.

d. Research and development fees

e. Professional and business fees

Include:

legal services
accounting and auditing fees
consulting fees
education and training fees
appraisal fees
management and administration fees
property management fees
information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
architectural fees
engineering fees
scientific and technical service fees
other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
veterinary fees
fees for human health services
payroll preparation fees
all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude service fees paid to Head Office (report at All other costs and expenses).

f. Utilities

Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include:

diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
sewage.

Exclude:

energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
vehicle fuel (report at All other costs and expenses).

g. Office and computer related expenses

Include:

office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity)
computer and peripherals upgrade expenses
data processing.

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

internet
telephone and telecommunications
cellular telephone
fax machine
pager.

i. Business taxes, licenses and permits

Include:

property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes
vehicle license fees
beverage taxes and business taxes
trade license fees
membership fees and professional license fees
provincial capital tax.

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships

Include:

amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
resident and non-resident royalty expenses
franchise fees.

Exclude Crown royalties

k. Crown charges

Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

Include:

Crown royalties
Crown leases and rentals
oil sand leases
stumpage fees.

l. Rental and leasing

Include:

lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses
studio lighting and scaffolding
machinery and equipment rental expenses
storage expenses
road and construction equipment rental
fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

m. Repair and maintenance

Include:

buildings and structures
machinery and equipment
security equipment
vehicles
costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses
janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

n. Amortization and depreciation

Include:

direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

professional and other liability insurance
motor vehicle and property insurance
executive life insurance
bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

newspaper advertising and media expenses
catalogues, presentations and displays
tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
fundraising expenses
meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

travel expenses
meeting and convention expenses, seminars
passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train)
accommodations
travel allowance and meals while travelling
other travel expenses.

r. Financial services

Include:

explicit service charges for financial services
credit and debit card commissions and charges
collection expenses and transfer fees
registrar and transfer agent fees
security and exchange commission fees
other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

Report the cost of servicing your company's debt.

Include:

interest
bank charges
finance charges
interest payments on capital leases
amortization of bond discounts
interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

t. Other non-production-related costs and expenses

Include:

charitable donations and political contributions
bad debt expense
loan losses
provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
inventory adjustments.

u. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

production costs
pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration
gross overriding royalty
other producing property rentals
well operating, fuel and equipment
other lease rentals
other direct costs
equipment hire and operation
log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
freight in and duty
overhead expenses allocated to cost of sales
other expenses
cash over/short (negative expense)
reimbursement of parent company expense
warranty expense
recruiting expenses
general and administrative expenses
interdivisional expenses
interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries)
exploration and development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
amounts not included in sub-questions a. to t. above.

Total expenses

The sum of sub-questions a. to u.

sum of question a. to u.
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	CAN$ '000
Cost of goods sold
Opening inventories
Purchases
Closing inventories
Cost of goods sold
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Utilities
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial services
Interest expense
Other non-production-related costs and expenses
Other
Total expenses

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Industry characteristics

1. What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Note: If a breakdown cannot be provided for questions a1. and a2. (geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpreting geophysical data), please report the combined amount at question a3., Integrated geophysical services.

a. Geophysical surveying and mapping services

If a breakdown cannot be provided for geophysical data acquisition and processing and interpreting geophysical data, please report the combined amount at "Integrated geophysical services".

a1. Geophysical data acquisition by seismic or non-seismic methods

The collection of geophysical data by seismic or non-seismic methods for the purpose of characterizing subsurface conditions.

Exclude the collection of borehole geophysical data.

a2. Processing and interpreting geophysical data acquired by seismic or non-seismic methods

The processing of geophysical data in order to facilitate interpretation. The service may include reprocessing data or the integration of other sets of data collected by the same method. Interpretation involves the analysis of geophysical data acquired by seismic or non-seismic methods that are processed to generate models and predictions about the properties and structures of the subsurface. May include integration of geophysical data collected by other methods, or additional data including non-geophysical data.

Exclude processing and analysis of borehole geophysical data.

a3. Integrated geophysical services

Services which include two or more phases (collection, processing and analysis) of the process used to carry out geophysical surveys.

a4. Geophysical borehole logging surveys

Services which include two or more phases (collection, processing and analysis) of the process used to carry out geophysical surveys.

Include borehole geophysical surveys.

a5. Geophysical data sales

The sale of geophysical data and the brokerage of data. May include data that are available on a licence basis.

b. Non-geophysical surveying and mapping services

Geospatial photo and image acquisition and processing, and geospatial data interpretation.

b1. Geospatial airborne and spaceborne photo and image acquisition

Information about the earth's surface acquired from aircraft or spaceborne platforms, in which aerial cameras, radar, infra-red detectors, GPS receivers or other equipment aboard are the primary means of data collection. Products may be geospatially referenced, and in the case of aerial photography, there may have been additional processing.

b2. Geospatial photo and image processing (e.g., orthophoto and image processing, elevation and terrain modeling, aerotriangulation, photomosaics and photogrammetric mosaics)

orthophoto and image processing is the processing of aerial photographs or satellite imagery to remove distortions due to tilt, terrain relief and perspective. The result is an orthorectified photo or image
elevation and terrain modeling is the production of models describing the elevation of the earth's surface over a defined area. The models may take the form of a data array, a randomly distributed set of points, or an image produced using the digital elevation data. The elevations may have been corrected for the height of trees, vegetation, and buildings. The result is either a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) or a Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
aerotriangulation is the determination of horizontal or vertical co-ordinates of points on the ground from precise measurements on a photograph or image to create a control network sufficiently dense to provide a positionally accurate framework
photomosaics is the process by which individual photographs obtained directly from the negative are combined to form a photographic image of a larger area. This process is intended to lead to less distortion of scale by making adjustments and cuts of the original photographs. These are not rectified photographs
photogrammetric mosaics is the process for combining rectified aerial photographs so that the borders coincide and form a continuous photographic representation of part of the earth's surface
photogrammetric restitution is the process of converting information obtained from aerial photographs or satellite imagery into conventional symbols.

b3. Geospatial data interpretation

Analysis of the nature of objects whose images appear on a photograph or other imagery and the description of those objects; the characterization of the earth's surface, natural or man-made features covering the earth's surface.

c. Other non-geophysical surveying and mapping services

c1. Topographic and planimetric surveying and mapping services

Surveying for the purpose of determining the shape (relief) of the surface of the land or the location of natural and man-made features on the surface and the preparation or revision of a map indicating the elevation of the surface (relative to a datum point) and slope.

c2. Hydrographic and bathymetric surveying and mapping services

Surveying for the purpose of determining the geometric and dynamic characteristics of bodies of water, including:

the depth, temperature, or salinity of water
the configuration of the bottom
the velocities of currents
the heights and times of tides and water stages
the location of fixed objects used in navigation
the preparation or revision of maps showing this information.

c3. Boundary, property line and cadastral surveying and mapping services

Surveying for the purpose of establishing or re-establishing a boundary or property line on the ground, or for preparation of a map or plan showing a boundary or property line(s), including surveying for legal or cadastral purposes.

c4. Subdivision layout and design

Dividing a piece of land into smaller pieces such as:

lots, streets, and rights of way
marking or monumenting all necessary corners or dividing lines
preparing maps or plans showing all information regarding adjoining land affecting the boundaries
may include layout of roadway, and storm water/sanitary systems.

c5. Construction surveying

Surveying prior to and during construction to control elevation, horizontal location and dimensions, and configuration; to determine if the construction was adequately completed; and to obtain dimensions essential for calculating quantities used in paying for construction.

c6. Geodetic surveying and ground control support

Surveying for the purpose of determining the precise horizontal or vertical position of points or monumented locations to provide a reference framework for further surveys.

Include ground control support.

c7. Thematic and orthophoto mapping and aeronautical and nautical charting

thematic mapping is the preparation and revision of specialized map and data products designed to portray specific data themes such as natural resource, demographic, economic, biological, etc.
orthophoto mapping is the preparation and revision of orthophoto maps
aeronautical charting is the preparation and revision of charts designed primarily for use in aeronautical navigation. The aeronautical chart provides important information about flight paths, airport approaches and facilities, as well as landmark features
nautical charting is the preparation and revision of charts designed primarily for use in nautical navigation. Features usually shown are: bathymetric contours, navigational hazards, aids to navigation, port facilities, water depths and type of shoreline.

d. Geographic information system (GIS) development and customization

Design, development, modification and customization of a geospatially-referenced information system.

e. Other sales

Include:

geophysical software and equipment
geographic information system (GIS) software
satellite images
maps
geophysical data management services
geospatial data conversion and digitizing services
consulting services
expert witness services
training.

Total sales of goods and services
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	CAN$ '000
Geophysical surveying and mapping services
Geophysical data acquisition by seismic or non-seismic methods
Processing and interpreting geophysical data
Integrated geophysical services
Geophysical borehole logging surveys
Geophysical data sales
Non-geophysical surveying and mapping services
Geospatial airborne and spaceborne photo and image acquisition
Geospatial photo and image processing
Geospatial data interpretation
Other non-geophysical surveying and mapping services
Topographic and planimetric surveying and mapping services
Hydrographic and bathymetric surveying and mapping services
Boundary, property line and cadastral surveying and mapping services
Subdivision layout and design
Construction surveying
Geodetic surveying and ground control support
Thematic and orthophoto mapping and aeronautical and nautical charting
Geographic information system (GIS) development and customization
Other
Total sales of goods and services

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Sales by type of client

1. What was this business's breakdown of sales by the following types of client?

Sales by type of client

This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.

Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.

Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

a. to c. Clients in Canada

a. Individuals and households

Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.

b. Businesses

Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.

Include sales to Crown corporations.

c. Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)

Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.

Include: sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.

d. Clients outside Canada

Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.

Include sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

Total percentage of clients
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	Percentage
Clients in Canada — individuals and households
Clients in Canada — businesses
Clients in Canada — governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions
Clients outside of Canada
Total percentage

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

shipping destination
client's billing address
location of this business's retail customers
location of this business's warehouses/distribution centres.

Total percentage of consumer per provinces
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	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

International transactions - Revenue received from exports

1. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the sale of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

International transactions

2. What was the revenue received from clients outside Canada?

International transactions

Revenue received ( CAN$ '000 )

3. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

International transactions

Percentage of revenue from export
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

4. What was the percentage breakdown of revenue received from clients outside Canada by country?

International transactions

Percentage breakdown per clients outside of Canada
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	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of revenue received from any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify
Other 2 - specify
Other 3 - specify
Other 4 - specify
Total percentage
List of countries Aruba Afghanistan Angola Anguilla Åland Islands Albania Andorra United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia American Samoa Antarctica French Southern Territories Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Burundi Belgium Benin Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Burkina Faso Bangladesh Bulgaria Bahrain Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Barthélemy Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Barbados Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Switzerland Chile China Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Christmas Island Cayman Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Dominica Denmark Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Western Sahara Spain Estonia Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) France Faroe Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Gabon United Kingdom Georgia Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guadeloupe Gambia Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala French Guiana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Ireland, Republic of Iran Iraq Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, South Kuwait Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Macao Special Administrative Region Saint Martin (French part) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Macedonia, Republic of Mali Malta Burma (Myanmar) Montenegro Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Mauritania Montserrat Martinique Mauritius Malawi Malaysia Mayotte Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru New Zealand Oman Pakistan Panama Pitcairn Peru Philippines Palau Papua New Guinea Poland Puerto Rico Korea, North Portugal Paraguay West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) French Polynesia Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Senegal Singapore South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solomon Islands Sierra Leone El Salvador San Marino Somalia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Serbia Sao Tome and Principe Suriname Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Swaziland Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Seychelles Syria Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City State) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen South Africa, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

International transactions - Purchases from outside Canada (Imports)

5. During the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD , did this business make payments to suppliers outside Canada for the purchase of products, services, royalties, rights, licensing or franchise fees?

International transactions

6. What were the payments made to suppliers outside Canada?

International transactions

Payments made ( CAN$ '000 )

7. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by goods, services and royalties?

International transactions

Percentage of purchases from imports
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	Percentage
Goods
Services
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
Total percentage

8. What was the percentage breakdown of payments made to suppliers outside Canada by country?

International transactions

Percentage breakdown of payment to supliers outside of Canada
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	Percentage
United States
Mexico
Provide the percentage of payments made to any other countries - top 4 clients only
Other 1 - specify
Other 2 - specify
Other 3 - specify
Other 4 - specify
Total percentage
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Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (fourth quarter 2017)

Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (fourth quarter 2017)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Retail Commodity Survey: CVs for Total Sales (fourth quarter 2017). The information is grouped by NAPCS-CANADA (appearing as row headers), and Quarter (appearing as column headers).
NAPCS-CANADA	Quarter
NAPCS-CANADA	2016Q4	2017Q1	2017Q2	2017Q3	2017Q4
Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services	1.83	1.34	0.73	0.43	0.72
Retail Services (except commissions) [561]	1.85	1.35	0.72	0.43	0.71
Food at retail [56111]	3.57	2.29	1.07	1.25	1.89
Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112]	2.61	3.46	0.63	0.74	0.77
Clothing at retail [56121]	3.14	2.16	0.70	0.77	0.73
Footwear at retail [56122]	3.40	2.52	1.50	1.40	1.12
Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123]	4.42	2.61	1.35	2.35	1.50
Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131]	3.77	2.94	1.58	0.93	0.75
Sporting and leisure products, at retail [56141]	4.09	3.23	2.88	2.16	1.63
Motor vehicles at retail [56151]	4.52	2.86	2.18	1.05	0.97
Recreational vehicles at retail [56152]	7.85	5.97	4.25	2.02	2.71
Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153]	3.27	2.51	2.10	1.09	0.98
Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161]	3.02	3.27	1.90	1.86	3.05
Home health products at retail [56171]	2.73	3.56	2.37	2.07	4.01
Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172]	3.59	3.30	2.06	2.51	4.03
Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181]	3.97	3.54	1.35	1.02	1.07
Miscellaneous products at retail [56191]	1.94	2.70	1.84	2.02	2.04
Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services ¹	2.09	1.94	1.77	1.41	1.93
¹Comprises the following North American Product Classification System (NAPCS): 56211, 58122, 58141, 57111, 841, 58121, 58111, 53112 and 58131.

Food Services and Drinking Places (Monthly): CVs for Total Sales by Geography - February 2017 to February 2018

C.V. Results for Food Services and Drinking Places (Monthly): CVs for Total Sales by Geography - February 2017 to February 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Food Services and Drinking Places (Monthly): CVs for Total Sales by Geography - February 2017 to February 2018. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), Month, and percentage (appearing as column headers).
Geography	Month
	201702	201703	201704	201705	201706	201707	201708	201709	201710	201711	201712	201801	201802
	percentage
Canada	0.65	0.63	0.67	0.69	0.68	0.75	0.69	0.66	0.67	0.64	0.63	0.7	0.65
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.39	1.66	1.31	1.66	1.46	2.13	1.59	1.24	1.73	1.17	1.36	1.23	1.32
Prince Edward Island	3.89	3.58	2.88	2.56	2.69	7.93	4.65	5.41	3.37	4.1	4.07	2.8	1.87
Nova Scotia	2.93	3.18	2.45	2.7	3.17	5.3	4.72	3.35	3.09	3.46	3.41	2.29	3.74
New Brunswick	3.83	1.51	1.2	1	1.61	1.99	1.08	1.63	1.21	1.26	2.94	2.55	2.65
Québec	1.36	1.09	1.4	1.54	1.49	1.9	1.78	1.71	1.69	1.6	1.43	1.52	1.36
Ontario	1.17	1.15	1.24	1.25	1.26	1.31	1.17	1.08	1.17	1.14	1.13	1.24	1.19
Manitoba	1.75	1.81	1.88	1.94	2.06	1.82	1.46	2.04	1.92	1.71	1.71	1.98	2.19
Saskatchewan	1.98	1.94	2.02	1.63	1.8	1.22	1.38	1.29	1.36	1.26	1.56	1.31	1.53
Alberta	1.14	1.16	1.15	1.16	1.03	1.13	1.22	1.33	1.22	1.11	1.11	1.28	0.98
British Columbia	1.93	2.03	1.96	2.04	1.98	2.03	2	1.89	1.83	1.74	1.77	2.15	1.9
Yukon Territory	4.1	3.46	1.87	3.47	3.4	3.19	4.01	3.87	4	2.99	3.75	4.27	4.02
Northwest Territories	0.36	0.33	0.48	0.51	0.52	0.59	0.71	0.75	0.7	0.85	0.87	1.13	1.15
Nunavut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.19

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