| Geography | CVs for operating revenue |
|---|---|
| percent | |
| Canada | 0.02 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.02 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.00 |
| Nova Scotia | 0.09 |
| New Brunswick | 0.07 |
| Quebec | 0.03 |
| Ontario | 0.03 |
| Manitoba | 0.07 |
| Saskatchewan | 0.08 |
| Alberta | 0.07 |
| British Columbia | 0.07 |
| Yukon | 0.00 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.00 |
| Nunavut | 0.00 |
This standard was approved as a departmental standard on November 20, 2017.
The Ecological Land Classification 2017 provides standard names and codes for Canada's ecozones, ecoprovinces, ecoregions and ecodistricts. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between the levels of the classification.
ELC 2017 (PDF, 913.35 KB) (Catalogue no 12-607-X)Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
Preliminary Estimate for 2017 and Intentions for 2018. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
Help Line: 1-877-604-7828
For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the Final day occurs on or between April 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018.
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others.
Include:
Include:
Exclude
The following applies to government departments only:
Include
Report the value of the projects expected to be put in place during the year. Include the gross expenditures (including subsidies) on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Include all capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees as well as work done by your own labour force. Include all additions to work in progress.
New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit, includes both existing assets being upgraded and acquisitions of new assets
The following explanations are not applicable to government departments:
Definition: Used fixed assets may be defined as existing buildings, structures or machinery and equipment which have been previously used by another organization in Canada that you have acquired during the time period being reported on this questionnaire.
Explanation: The objective of our survey is to measure gross annual new acquisitions to fixed assets separately from the acquisition of gross annual used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole.
Hence, the acquisition of a used fixed Canadian asset should be reported separately since such acquisitions would not change the aggregates of our domestic inventory of fixed assets, it would simply mean a transfer of assets within Canada from one organization to another.
Imports of used assets, on the other hand, should be included with the new assets (Column 1) because they are newly acquired for the Canadian economy.
Work in progress represents accumulated costs since the start of capital projects which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.
Typically capital investment includes any expenditure on an asset in which its' life is greater than one year. Capital items charged to operating expenses are defined as expenditures which could have been capitalized as part of the fixed assets, but for various reasons, have been charged to current expenses.
Capital expenditures for land should include all costs associated with the purchase of the land that are not amortized or depreciated.
Report the value of residential structures including the housing portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites with the following Exceptions:
The exceptions should be included in the appropriate construction (e.g., non-residential) asset.
Report the total cost incurred during the year of building and engineering construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others. Include also:
Report the total cost incurred during the year of engineering construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others. Include also:
Report total cost incurred during the year of all new machinery, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Any capitalized tooling should also be included. Include progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made. Receipts from the sale of your own fixed assets or allowance for scrap or trade-in should not be deducted from your total capital expenditures. Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.
Include:
Capital expenditures for software should include all costs associated with the purchase of software.
Include:
Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.
For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:
The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.
This map outlines the boundaries of the 15 ecozones and 53 ecoprovinces of Canada. These ecological areas cover all of the area within the coastal boundaries of Canada.
The title of this map is "Terrestrial ecozones and ecoprovinces of Canada."" This map outlines the boundaries of the 15 ecozones and 53 ecoprovinces of Canada. These ecological areas cover all of the area within the coastal boundaries of Canada.
On this map, a solid grey line is used to define the ecozone and ecoprovince boundaries. Each ecozone is identified with a unique colour. Ecoprovinces are subdivisions of ecozones and are identified with a unique numeric code, the first two numbers of the ecoprovince code indicates the ecozone.
Land areas outside of Canada are coloured light grey. Water is pale blue and major bodies, like oceans and bays, are named.
Welcome to Canada!
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Statistics Canada is conducting a travel survey between Canada and foreign countries and we would be interested in knowing about your trip to Canada. Information from this voluntary survey will be used by the Canadian tourism industry and various government tourism organizations to better understand and serve you, the travelling public. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.
At the end of your trip, we would appreciate it if you could spare 10 to 15 minutes of your time to complete this questionnaire. Upon completion, please return the questionnaire to us by using the postage paid envelope.
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U.S. residents entering Canada by automobile for a same-day automobile trip are only required to complete questions 1 through 7.
1. In which country do you live?
2. Where and when did you enter Canada?
3. Where and when did you leave Canada?
This survey asks questions about spending for this trip, including transport, food, beverages, entertainment and other purchases.
4. Including yourself, how many people (who travelled together) can you report spending for on this trip?
For this survey, these people are considered to be your travelling party. Please report for these people throughout the questionnaire.
5. For each member of your travelling party, starting with yourself, indicate age and sex.
(If the person is less than one year old, report their age as zero).
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6. What was your travelling party's main reason for coming to Canada? Check only one.
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This is the end of the questionnaire for U.S. residents who took a same-day trip to Canada by automobile. Please use the postage paid envelope to mail back your questionnaire. Thank you for your co-operation.
8. For this trip, what means of transport did your travelling party use to enter Canada? Check only one.
9. If you took commercial transport (plane, bus, train,boat) to enter Canada, please report:
10. Where did your travelling party come from immediately before entering Canada? (exclude stopovers at airports)
11. When entering Canada, did you travel...
12. For this trip, what means of transport did your travelling party use to leave Canada? Check only one
13. If you took commercial transport (plane, bus, train, boat) to leave Canada, please report:
14. Where did your travelling party go to immediately after leaving Canada? (exclude stopovers at airports)
15. When leaving Canada, did you travel...
16. Please answer the following questions if any part of your trip included a package where the price you paid included any combination of transportation, accommodation and food.
17. If commercial transport (plane, bus, train, boat) was used to enter and/or leave Canada, please report total fares for your travelling party.
Exclude fares that were covered by the cost of the package trip as reported in question 16
Currency type (if other than CAN$) used to report fare:
18. For this trip, what means of transportation did your travelling party use while in Canada? Check all that apply
19. While in Canada, what place(s) did your travelling party visit?
Please name all places visited in which you stayed overnight as well as the main places that you visited for a same-day trip.
20. Does anyone in your travelling party own any of the accommodations used on this trip? (include time shares)
For this next series of questions, we would like you to recall the total spending while in Canada for all persons in your travelling party as reported in question 4.
Exclude:
21. Please report total spending while in Canada in each of the following categories.
Use estimates if necessary.
Currency type (if other than CAN$) used to report spending in Canada:
22. Was any part of your trip paid for by…
23. What percentage of total spending (including commercial fares) was paid...
24. After your first arrival in Canada, did your travelling party, at any time during this trip, leave Canada, then return?
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26. While on this trip in Canada, what activities did you or anyone in your travelling party do? Check all that apply.
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| Geography | Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201611 | 201612 | 201701 | 201702 | 201703 | 201704 | 201705 | 201706 | 201707 | 201708 | 201709 | 201710 | 201711 | |
| percentage | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 2.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| New Brunswick | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Québec | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| Ontario | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Manitoba | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Alberta | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| British Columbia | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Yukon Territory | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nunavut | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NAPCS-CANADA | Quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016Q3 | 2016Q4 | 2017Q1 | 2017Q2 | 2017Q3 | |
| percent | |||||
| Total commodities, retail trade commissions and miscellaneous services | 1.18 | 1.83 | 1.34 | 0.73 | 0.43 |
| Retail Services (except commissions) [561] | 1.20 | 1.85 | 1.35 | 0.72 | 0.43 |
| Food at retail [56111] | 2.44 | 3.57 | 2.29 | 1.07 | 1.25 |
| Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, at retail [56112] | 1.29 | 2.61 | 3.46 | 0.63 | 0.70 |
| Clothing at retail [56121] | 2.12 | 3.14 | 2.16 | 0.70 | 0.74 |
| Footwear at retail [56122] | 2.02 | 3.40 | 2.52 | 1.50 | 1.64 |
| Jewellery and watches, luggage and briefcases, at retail [56123] | 2.10 | 4.42 | 2.61 | 1.35 | 2.39 |
| Home furniture, furnishings, housewares, appliances and electronics, at retail [56131] | 2.64 | 3.77 | 2.94 | 1.58 | 0.79 |
| Sporting and leisure products, at retail [56141] | 3.39 | 4.09 | 3.23 | 2.88 | 2.21 |
| Motor vehicles at retail [56151] | 1.59 | 4.52 | 2.86 | 2.18 | 1.05 |
| Recreational vehicles at retail [56152] | 3.89 | 7.85 | 5.97 | 4.25 | 2.08 |
| Motor vehicle parts, accessories and supplies, at retail [56153] | 1.76 | 3.27 | 2.51 | 2.10 | 1.08 |
| Automotive and household fuels, at retail [56161] | 3.11 | 3.02 | 3.27 | 1.90 | 1.84 |
| Home health products at retail [56171] | 2.00 | 2.73 | 3.56 | 2.37 | 2.06 |
| Infant care, personal and beauty products, at retail [56172] | 2.71 | 3.59 | 3.30 | 2.06 | 2.50 |
| Hardware, tools, renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail [56181] | 3.17 | 3.97 | 3.54 | 1.35 | 1.00 |
| Miscellaneous products at retail [56191] | 1.85 | 1.94 | 2.70 | 1.84 | 1.98 |
| Total retail trade commissions and miscellaneous servicesFootnote 1 | 1.32 | 2.09 | 1.94 | 1.77 | 1.42 |
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This standard was approved as a departmental standard on November 20, 2017.
The purpose of the Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is to delineate and classify ecologically distinct areas of the earth's surface, and to provide a consistent national spatial context for better monitoring and reporting. The use of these ecological units can provide a common framework for local to national assessments and reporting of ecological indicators on the state of the environment in Canada.
The Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is Statistics Canada's official classification for ecological areas in Canada.
The ELC was developed to enable the production of integrated statistics for ecological areas. It is a hierarchical framework that classifies ecological areas or ecosystems and that incorporates all major components of ecosystems: air, water, land and biota. All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).
The ELC provides unique names and codes for the ecozones, ecoprovinces, ecoregions and ecodistricts of Canada. The range of geographical units is convenient for data collection and compilation, and is useful for spatial analysis of environmental, economic and social statistics.
This classification is based on the following reports:
Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull.
Marshall, I.B., Schut, P.H., and Ballard, M. 1999. A National Ecological Framework for Canada: Attribute Data. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/1999report/index.html (accessed July 4, 2017).
The Ecological Land Classification is a departmental standard.
Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is a common hierarchical framework and terminology for classifying ecologically distinctive areas. According to Ed Wiken, a member of the original committee on land classification, it is:
a process of delineating and classifying ecologically distinctive areas of the surface. Each area can be viewed as a discrete system which has resulted from the mesh and interplay of the geologic, landform, soil, vegetative, climatic, wildlife, water and human factors which may be present. The dominance of any one or more of these factors varies with the given ecological land unit. This holistic approach to land classification can be applied incrementally on a scale-related basis from site-specific ecosystems to very broad ecosystems.Footnote 1
The conceptual framework uses concepts set out by the Canadian Committee on Ecological Land Classification. It is based on a hierarchy system using four levels of generalization: ecozone, ecoprovince, ecoregion and ecodistrict. These levels were determined to be the most suitable for reporting national and regional issues concerning the environment and the suitability of its resources.Footnote 2
| Level | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecozone | At the top of the hierarchy, it defines the ecological mosaic of Canada on a sub-continental scale. Ecozones represent areas of the earth's surface representative of large and very generalized ecological units characterized by interactive and adjusting abiotic and biotic factors. |
| Ecoprovince | A subdivision of an ecozone characterized by major assemblages of structural or surface forms, faunal realms, vegetation, hydrology, soil and macro climate. |
| Ecoregion | A subdivision of an ecoprovince characterized by distinctive regional ecological factors, including climate, physiography, vegetation, soil, water and fauna. |
| Ecodistrict | A subdivision of an ecoregion characterized by distinctive assemblages of relief, landforms, geology, soil, vegetation, water bodies and fauna. |
| Source: Marshall, I.B., Schut, P.H., and Ballard, M. 1999. A National Ecological Framework for Canada: Attribute Data. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/1999report/framework.html (accessed July 4, 2017). | |
There are 15 ecozones at the top of the Ecological Land Classification hierarchy. They cover the entire terrestrial extent of Canada on a sub-continental scale.
These ecozones are subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces that contain 194 ecoregions, which can be further subdivided into 1,027 separate ecological units called ecodistricts. This relationship is illustrated in Figure 1.
All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).Footnote 3 Ecodistricts are directly linked to 12,353 soil landscape polygons.Footnote 4 The boundaries, attributes and file structures in the SLC database have been updated several times over the years. New versions are released as major structural or attribute changes are implemented. This classification uses Version 3.2 of the SLC, released in March 2011.
The SLC provides cartographic base information that provides linkages between soil components and land positions.Footnote 5
Updates to the Soil Landscapes of Canada database are not done regularly. Statistics Canada will continue to use version 3.2 when disseminating data until further notice.
This standard classification conforms to the National Ecological Framework developed by a joint initiative between Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada between 1992 and 1995, and published in 1995.
The Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification was created in 1976 to provide a national forum to encourage the development of a uniform national ecological approach to terrestrial ecosystem classification and mapping, and for the sound application of the ecological approach to sustainable resource management and planning.
In 1991, a collaborative project was undertaken by a number of federal agencies in cooperation with provincial and territorial governments, all under the auspices of the Ecological Stratification Working Group, to revise previous work and establish a common ecological framework for Canada.
The resulting report, A National Ecological Framework for Canada, released by the Ecological Stratification Working Group in 1995, describes the methods used to construct the ecological framework maps, the concepts of the hierarchical levels of generalization, and a narrative description of each ecozone and ecoregion.
A second report was published in 1999, adding the ecoprovince level. The need for ecoprovince boundaries came from the environmental side accord that established the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in 1994—a trilateral effort between Canada, Mexico and the United States to develop an ecological framework to address common environmental concerns.
Modifications and new developments to the Ecological Land Classification (ELC) have been implemented to meet specific needs.
Environment Canada frequently uses the National Ecological Framework. In conjunction with many provincial and territorial partners, the department produced the report Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010, utilising a modified hierarchy called 'Ecozone+' to distinguish it from the National Ecological Framework. Major modifications included adjustments to terrestrial boundaries to reflect improvements in ground truthing, the combining of three Arctic ecozones, and the addition of two ecoprovinces (Western Interior Basin and Newfoundland Boreal) and nine marine ecosystem-based units.
In 2014, the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) released an update to the first digital version of the Canadian Ecological Framework.
CCEA presents both the marine and terrestrial ecozones on one map. The new spatial framework will replace the 1995 ecological framework as well as the Ecozone+ framework used in the Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010 Report.
This new ecozone map includes 18 terrestrial, 12 marine and 1 freshwater ecozone. The new spatial framework includes the addition of three new terrestrial ecozones: one small extension on an Alaska ecozone, a second in southern British Columbia and a third in the Atlantic regions.
Statistics Canada currently uses the ecological framework in the analysis and production of statistical data tables that aggregate Census of Population and Census of Agriculture variables by ecozone and ecoregion. The framework has also been integrated into spatial layers to be used in measuring ecosystem goods and services.
The numbering system in this classification uses a ten-digit code (Table 2), of which the first two digits are used to indicate the ecozone (the highest level of generalization), followed by one digit indicating the ecoprovince. The next three digits designate the ecoregion, while the final four digits indicate the ecodistrict.Footnote 9
To provide a standardized classification structure for these ecological units, leading zeros have been added to the ecozone, ecoregion and ecodistrict codes. For example, Ottawa is located in code 08.1.132.0545, which is in the ecodistrict called Ottawa Valley Plain. While identifier codes are unique at these levels, the ecoprovince level must be used in conjunction with the ecozone code to create the unique identifier. For instance, the code for the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands is 08.1.
| Name | Ecozone | Ecoprovince | Ecoregion | Ecodistrict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixedwood Plains | 08 | - | - | - |
| Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands | 08 | 1 | - | - |
| St. Lawrence Lowlands | 08 | 1 | 132 | - |
| Ottawa Valley Plain | 08 | 1 | 132 | 0545 |
National ecological classification names do not correspond to official toponyms approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. They are generally derived from a centrally located, prominent physiographic feature such as a mountain range, plateau, plain, basin, or lake within the respective unit.
There are 194 ecoregions. However, some of these contain more than one polygon resulting in a total of 217 numbered polygons. Eleven ecoregions consist of two or more non-contiguous map unit polygons causing skips in ecoregion numbering (Table 3). For example, the Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps ecoregion in the Arctic is composed of four polygons (001, 002, 003 and 004) but is represented by only one ecoregion: 001 (002, 003 and 004 are skipped). Similarly, the Long Range Mountains ecoregion in Newfoundland and Labrador contains three polygons (108, 110 and 111) but is represented by ecoregion 108 (110 and 111 being skips) (Table 4).
| Name | Ecoregion | Polygon |
|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps | 001 | 001, 002, 003, 004 |
| Ellesmere Mountains | 008 | 008, 010 |
| Northern Alberta Uplands | 065 | 065, 067 |
| Kingurutik–Fraser Rivers | 077 | 077, 081 |
| Mecatina River | 080 | 080, 083, 086 |
| Long Range Mountains | 108 | 108, 110, 111 |
| Mid-Boreal Uplands | 139 | 139, 140, 141, 144, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154 |
| Western Alberta Upland | 145 | 145, 146 |
| Aspen Parkland | 156 | 156, 161 |
| Southwest Manitoba Uplands | 163 | 163, 164 |
| Northern Coastal Mountains | 185 | 185, 186 |
| Name | Ecoregion | Polygon |
|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps | 001 | 001, 002, 003, 004 |
| Baffin Mountains | 005 | 005 |
| Baffin Island Coastal Lowlands | 006 | 006 |
| Torngat Mountains | 007 | 007 |
| Ellesmere Mountains | 008 | 008, 010 |
| Eureka Hills | 009 | 009 |
| Sverdrup Islands Lowland | 011 | 011 |
The Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps ecoregion in the Arctic is composed of 4 polygons (001, 002, 003, and 004) (Table 5).
| Name | Ecozone | Ecoprovince | Ecoregion | Ecodistrict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ellesmere Ice Cap | 01 | 1 | 001 | 0001 |
| Agassiz Ice Cap and Prince of Wales Ice Field | 01 | 1 | 001 | 0002 |
| Müller Ice Cap | 01 | 1 | 001 | 0003 |
| Devon Ice Cap | 01 | 1 | 001 | 0004 |
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b) Number of persons assisted by reported gender (including businesses)
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d) If yes, please indicate the number of businesses assisted in 2016
Comments/deviations from survey definitions (ex: different age groups) or deviations from standard victim type (please specify)
Providing detailed breakdowns where possible, please indicate the total number of persons (new referrals) assisted in 2016 by most serious offence. Exclude victims where no criminal offence occurred. If some data is unavailable by most serious offence, enter "X" into the appropriate box and report as unknown. If assisting victims of particular offences is not applicable in your jurisdiction, enter "N" into the appropriate box (see Guide for examples).
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| Total Criminal Code violent offences | |||
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Homicide
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Other offences causing death (excluding traffic violations)
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Sexual assault
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Adult victims aged 18 or over
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Child victims under age 18
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Sexual violations against children
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Physical assault
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Robbery
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Uttering threats or Criminal harassment
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Other violent offences (see Reporting Guide)
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| Total Criminal Code Non-violent offences | |||
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Break and enter
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Motor vehicle theft
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Other theft
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Fraud
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Other non-violent offences (see Reporting Guide)
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| Total Criminal Code traffic offences (including impaired driving) | |||
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Traffic offences causing death
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Traffic offences causing bodily harm
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| Unknown offence |
Comments/deviations from survey definitions (ex: treatment (count) of family members of homicide victims) (please specify)
Providing detailed breakdowns where possible, please indicate the number of services offered or provided to victims (new referrals) in 2016 by service type. Enter "N" into the appropriate box if the service type is not applicable in your jurisdiction (see Guide for explainations of these service types with examples).
| Offered to victims | Provided to victims | ||
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| Referrals (such as referrals to restorative justice programs and counseling services) |
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| Counseling services | |||
| Restorative justice | |||
| Crisis services (such as crisis counseling or crisis telephone line) |
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| Safety planning and risk assessment | Prevention training (for victims) | ||
| Risk assessment (conduct or coordinate) | |||
| Child protection services | |||
| Safety planning - immediate | |||
| Safety planning - long term | |||
| Emotional support (such as short-term or trauma counseling) |
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| Medical support (such as hospital accompaniment) |
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| Liaison services (such as working with other agencies) |
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| Shelter assistance | |||
| Justice system information | Case/trial updates | ||
| Court orientation/information | |||
| Information on criminal justice system structure and process | |||
| Legal information | |||
| Victim notification (e.g., hearings, offender relocation, offender release) | |||
| Participation | Court accompaniment | ||
| Victim/witness preparation | |||
| Assistance with victim impact statements | |||
| Compensation support | Claims assistance | ||
| Compensation – financial | |||
| Compensation – other (e.g., pay fees for professional counseling) | |||
| Other (please specify) | |||
Comments related to the types of services included in these counts (please specify)
| Total | |
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| Number of VIS forms provided by victim services | |
| Number of VIS filed to police, prosecution (crown), courts or victim services |
| Total | |
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| Number of CIS forms provided by victim services | |
| Number of CIS filed to police, prosecution (crown), courts or victim services |
Comments/deviations from survey definitions (please specify)
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