Everyone wants to be happy, but just how happy are Canadians? On this episode of the Eh Sayers podcast, join quality of life experts from Statistics Canada and Engage Nova Scotia to explore the importance of quality of life programs and what they tell us about our well-being.

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Max Zimmerman

Guests

Jenneke Le Moullec, Danny Graham

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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:

• Obtaining information on the supply of and/or demand for energy in Canada
• Enabling governmental agencies to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities in regards to public utilities
• Enabling all levels of government to establish informed policies in the energy area
• Assisting the business community in the corporate decision-making process.

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 the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data 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.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, Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

For a complete list of the provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, you can visit the following link: Information for survey participants

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. 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. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization's 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 10.
• Fax number (including area code)

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

• Operational
• Not currently operational (e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership)
  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 why the operations ceased
  • 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. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The 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 classes; 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.

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
  • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
  • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
• This is not the current main activity

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. 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 the business or organization's activity sector.
• Enter keywords or a brief description that best describe the business or organization's main activity.
• Press the Search button to search the database for an industry activity classification that best matches the keywords or description you provided.
• Select an industry activity classification 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

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
  • 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, provide your best estimates.

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

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

Method of collection

1. Indicate whether you will be answering the remaining questions or attaching files with the required information.

• Answering the remaining questions
• Attaching files

Attach files

2. Please attach the files that will provide the information required for the Annual Oil and Gas Extraction Survey.

To attach files

• Press the Attach files button.
• Choose the file to attach. Multiple files can be attached.

Note:

• Each file must not exceed 5 MB .
• All attachments combined must not exceed 50 MB .
• The name and size of each file attached will be displayed on the page.

Accounting Standards and Methods

1. What accounting standard is used for this report?

• IFRS
• GAAP
• ASPE
• Other
  • Specify other accounting standard

2. What method is used in accounting for exploration expenditures?

• Successful efforts
• Full cost
• Other
  • Specify other method

North American Industry Classification System

3. Which of the following methods were used by this business to extract oil and gas?

Select all that apply.

Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands)

Formerly classified as 211113, Conventional oil and gas extraction, this Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the exploration for, and/or production of, petroleum or natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal pumping techniques.

Oil sands extraction

Formerly classified as 211114, Non-conventional oil extraction, this industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing crude oil from oil sands or from reservoirs in which the hydrocarbons are semisolids and conventional production methods are not possible.

Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands)

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the exploration for, and/or production of, petroleum or natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal pumping techniques. Include gas plants.

Oil Sands Extraction

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing crude oil from oil sands or from reservoirs in which the hydrocarbons are semisolids and conventional production methods are not possible. Include in-situ and mined oil sands projects.

Revenues and expenses, deductions and net income

4. What was this business's gross revenue from each of the following sources?

Gross revenues

a. Sales

Report the sales or transfer value of produced goods or services before any adjustment or intersegment elimination. Please include royalties and taxes that are imposed at the time of sale. Exclude GST.

b. Other production revenue

Include all other production revenue not reported in 4a. Include sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees. Amount reported here should equal (question 6).

c. Other non-production revenue

Include all revenue not reported in sales of crude oil and natural gas (4a) or other production revenue (4b) such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends. The amount reported here should equal (question 8).

The total gross revenues equal the sum of question 4a., 4b. and 4c.

What was this business's gross revenue from each of the following sources?

	CAN$ '000
a. Sales of crude oil and natural gas Include all revenue associated with the sale of extracted oil and gas. Exclude royalties, taxes and other charges.
b. Other production revenue e.g., sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees. A breakdown of this revenue by provincial and territorial jurisdiction will be asked later in this questionnaire (question 6).
c. Other non-production revenue Include all revenue not reported in 4a or 4b, such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends. A breakdown of this revenue by provincial and territorial jurisdiction will be asked later in this questionnaire (question 8).
Total gross revenue (a + b + c)

5. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have any other production revenue?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
• Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia — offshore only
• Nova Scotia — mainland only
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

6. For the [amount] reported as other production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Only include revenue associated to the oil and gas industry

Total of this question should sum to value reported in Q4 (b).

Other production revenue

Please provide a provincial breakdown of values reported in question 4b.

Include sales of services related to the oil and gas industry such as gas processing and well operating fees.

For the [amount] reported as other production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total - other production revenue

7. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have any other non-production revenue?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
• Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia — offshore only
• Nova Scotia — mainland only
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

8. For the [amount] reported as other non-production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Include all revenue such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends

Total of this question should sum to value reported in Q4 (c).

Other non-production revenue

Please provide a provincial breakdown of values reported in question 4c.

Include all non-production revenue such as foreign currency gains and losses, dividends.

For the [amount] reported as other non-production revenue, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total - other non-production revenue

9. What were this business's expenses and deductions for the following items?

Exclude capitalised expenditures, which are to be reported later in the questionnaire.

Note: regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such projects or ventures, as applicable.

Expenses, deductions and net income

a. Royalties and Similar Payments

The value reported here should equal the sum of provincial and freehold royalties for the Oil Sands Extraction sector plus the federal crown, provincial, and non-crown royalties for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector, as applicable.

b. Operating expenditures

Include cost of materials and supplies used in production, surface lease rentals, lifting costs and all other expenditures which are related to producing operations. All general and administrative costs related to producing activities and charged to current year operations should also be included here.

The value reported here should equal the sum of total operating expenditures for the Oil Sands Extraction sector plus the sum of total operating expenditures for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector, as applicable. The breakdown of the operating expenditures will be requested later in the questionnaire.

Exclude any non-cash charges and royalties.

c. Salaries, wages and benefits

Include the cost of salaries and wages (including bonuses and commissions, employer contributions to pension, medical, unemployment insurance plans, etc. ) paid to your own workforce during the reporting period.

d. Other operating expenditures

Include only costs associated with non-producing operations and other expense items not reported elsewhere, e.g., a natural gas processing fee paid to other companies.

e. Interest expense

Include interest paid on bank loans, bonds, etc.

f. Federal income tax

Include federal income tax pertaining to the current period and assumed to be currently due.

g. Provincial income tax

Include provincial income tax pertaining to the current period and assumed to be currently due. The amount reported should include the Saskatchewan Corporate Capital Tax Surcharge if applicable.

h. Deferred income tax

Include accrued tax obligations reflected as an expense in the income statement, but not payable in the current reporting period.

i. Exploration and development charged to current operations

Include exploration and development expenses charged to current operations.

j. Amortization and depreciation expense

The systematic charge-off to expense of costs for depreciable assets that had been initially capitalised or deferred. Write-downs of depreciable assets resulting from impairments should be included in this category. However, write-offs arising from unusual dispositions and gains and/or losses on sales of assets should be reported in question 9l. and 9m. respectively.

k. Depletion

Include the current depletion charges for costs subject to such deduction. Write-offs resulting from the application of ceiling tests should be reported in question 9l., 'Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges'. Gains and losses on disposal of properties should be reported in question 9m., 'Other non-cash expenses and deductions'.

l. Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges

Adjustments may be made for non-operating items which the company ordinarily eliminates from its reported 'Internal cash flow'.

m. Other non-cash expenses and deductions

Include non-cash items not reported elsewhere such as unrealized losses on currency transactions, non-controlling shareholders' interest in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries, and the equity portion of losses of unconsolidated affiliates. This item should be reduced by such non-cash revenue items as unrealized currency gains, non-controlling shareholders' interest in losses of consolidated subsidiaries, and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates.

The subtotal of expenses and deductions equals the sum of question 9a. to 9m.

The total net income equals the total gross revenues minus the subtotal of expenses and deductions.

What were this business's expenses and deductions for the following items?

	CAN$ '000
a. Royalties and similar payments
b. Operating expenses Figures reported here should equal the sum reported for the oil sands extraction sector (question 33) plus the sum reported for the oil and gas extraction sector (questions 35 to 38).
c. Salaries, wages and benefits
d. Other operating expenses
e. Interest expense
f. Federal income tax
g. Provincial income tax
h. Deferred income tax
i. Exploration and development charged to current operations
j. Amortization and depreciation expense
k. Depletion
l. Write-offs and amortization of deferred charges
m. Other non-cash expenses and deductions
Subtotal expenses and deductions
Total gross revenue Previously reported in question 4.
Total net income Total gross revenues minus total expenses and deductions.

10. How many employees did this business have?

Provide the number of employees associated with the expenses for salaries, wages and benefits (item 9c.).

Number of employees

Balance Sheet

11. What were this business's upstream assets?

Balance sheet

a. Total current assets

Include such items as cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventories, etc.

b. Net capital assets

Include land not held for the purpose of re-sale, amortizable assets such as buildings, machinery and equipment, etc.

c. Other assets

Include all assets not reported as either current or capital assets.

Total assets equals the sum of questions 11a. to c.

What were this business's upstream assets?

	CAN$ '000
a. Total current assets
b. Net capital assets
c. Other assets
Total assets

12. What were this business's upstream liabilities and equity?

Balance sheet

a. Current liabilities

Include such items as current portion of long-term debt, accounts payable, notes payable, etc.

b. Long-term debt

Include all debt with a maturity of greater than one year.

c. Other liabilities

Include all liabilities not reported as either a current liability or long-term debt.

d. Equity

Include common shares, preferred shares, retained earnings and all other equity.

Total liabilities and equity equal the sum of questions 12a. to d.

What were this business's upstream liabilities and equity?

	CAN$ '000
a. Current liabilities
b. Long term debt
c. Other liabilities
d. Equity
Total liabilities and equity

Abandonment and reclamation costs

13. Did this business have any associated abandonment and reclamation costs?

Include all costs such as well plugging and abandonment and remediation.

• Yes
• No

14. What were the associated abandonment and reclamation costs for your operations?

Include all costs such as well plugging and abandonment and remediation.

Figures reported here should equal to the sum reported for abandonment and reclamation costs by provincial and territorial jurisdictions (question 16).

Abandonment and Reclamation

Include costs such as well plugging and abandonment, well suspension, casing removal, zone abandonments, plug backs, reclamation and remediation.

CAN$ '000

15. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have abandonment and reclamation costs?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
• Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia — offshore only
• Nova Scotia — mainland only
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

16. For the [amount] reported as abandonment and reclamation costs, what is the breakdown by provincial and/or territorial jurisdiction?

Abandonment and Reclamation

Include costs such as well plugging and abandonment, well suspension, casing removal, zone abandonments, plug backs, reclamation and remediation.

For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business have abandonment and reclamation costs?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total - abandonment and reclamation costs

Capital expenditures for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

17. Which of the following methods of crude oil extraction are employed by this business?

Include this business's own operations as well as partnerships and joint venture activities or projects as applicable. In the next section of the questionnaire, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

Select all that apply.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

In situ:

In situ refers to extraction employing techniques of drilling wells and then injecting steam, combustion or other sources of heat into the reservoir to warm the bitumen so it can be pumped to the surface.

Mining:

Mining is the use of machinery and equipment to extract deposits that are close to the surface.

Upgraders:

Upgraders convert heavy bitumen into lighter crude oil.

• In-situ
  • i.e., drilling wells and then injecting steam, combustion or other sources of heat into the reservoir to warm the bitumen so it can be pumped to the surface
• Mining
  • i.e., the use of machinery and equipment to extract deposits that are close to the surface
• Upgraders
  • i.e., converting heavy bitumen into lighter crude oil

18. In the oil sands extraction sector, what capital expenditures did this business have?

Note: regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

Select all that apply.

• Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders
• Oil rights acquisition and retention costs
  • Include all fees associated with using land agents.
• Land and leases purchased from others
  • Include all fees associated with using land agents.
• Machinery and Equipment
  • Include items such as boilers, compressors, motors, pumps and any other items that may be termed manufacturing or mining equipment as opposed to a fixed installation such as a building.
• Housing
  • Value of residential structures and related infrastructures within a company town-site.
• Drilling and pre-mining expenditures
  • Drilling expenditures include core hole and delineation drilling. Include the cost of casing and other materials and equipment left in place, core analysis, logging, road building, and other directly related services. Pre-mining costs include overburden removal and other pre-production expenditures.
• Cost of capitalised overhead
  • Report the cost of capitalised overhead not allocated in questions 19-23. These overhead charges should exclude any amounts to be reported later in the questionnaire for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector.
• Research and other capital expenditures
  • Include all research costs associated with oil sands extraction and/or natural gas extraction, such as laboratory work, consultants' fees, performance evaluations and experimental pilot plants (including any capitalised operating expenditures). Other costs include items such as drainage systems, roadways, tankages, anti-pollution equipment and fixed installations not including machinery and equipment included in question 21.

Note: On the paper version of this questionnaire, these capital expenditures were reported in Schedule II, lines 1-6.

• Oil rights acquisition, fees and retention
• Land and leases purchased from others
• Machinery and equipment
• Housing
• Drilling and pre-mining
  • Include over burden removal.
• Capitalised overhead
  • Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.
• Research and other capital expenditures

19. What were the capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Expenditures associated with land and lease acquisition relating to oil rights, fees and retention.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for the acquisition of oil rights, fees and retention

20. What were the capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Expenditures associated with the purchase of land and lease from others.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for land and leases purchased from other businesses

21. What were the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include items such as boilers, compressors, motors, pumps and any other items that may be termed manufacturing or mining equipment as opposed to a fixed installation such as a building.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for machinery and equipment

22. What were the capital expenditures for housing for the following operations?

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Value of residential structures and related infrastructures within a company town-site.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for housing for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for housing

23. What were the capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining for the following operations?

Include overburden removal.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Drilling expenditures include core hole and delineation drilling. Include the cost of casing and other materials and equipment left in place, core analysis, logging, road building, and other directly related services. Pre-mining costs include overburden removal and other pre-production expenditures.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for drilling and pre-mining

24. What were the capital expenditures for capitalised overhead for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Report the cost of capitalised overhead not allocated in questions 19-23. These overhead charges should exclude any amounts to be reported later in the questionnaire for the Oil and Gas Extraction (except oil sands) sector.

Note: Regarding partnerships and joint venture activities or projects, report the expenditures reflecting your company's net interest in such oil sands projects or ventures.

What were the capital expenditures for capitalised overhead for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for capitalised overhead

25. What were the capital expenditures for research and other expenditures for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Capital expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all research costs associated with oil sands extraction oil and/or natural gas extraction, such as laboratory work, consultants' fees, performance evaluations and experimental pilot plants (including any capitalised operating expenditures). Other costs include items such as drainage systems, roadways, tankages, anti-pollution equipment and fixed installations not including machinery and equipment included in question 21.

What were the capital expenditures for research and other expenditures for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total capital expenditures for research and other expenditures

Summary of capital expenditure for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

26. This is a summary of your business's capital expenditures in the oil sands extraction sector.

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This is a summary of your business's capital expenditures in the oil sands extraction sector.

	CAN$ '000
Total capital expenditures for in-situ
Total capital expenditures for mining
Total capital expenditures for upgraders
Total capital expenditures

Operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

27. What operating expenses did this business have?

Select all that apply.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Field, well or plant expenditures

Include all direct operating expenses and any other expenses directly related to the mining, stimulation, processing, upgrading and delivery of the product, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

Taxes

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments such as property taxes, commodity tax, and carbon tax but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

Fuel and purchased electricity

Include costs for fuel and electricity for all sites.

Water handling and disposal

Include all costs pertaining to water handling and disposal.

Operating overhead

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to crude oil in situ, mining, upgraders or natural gas production, including any corporate allocation to this segment. (These overhead charges should exclude any reported at question 24 for capitalised overheads.)

• Field, well and/or plant
• Taxes
• Exclude income taxes and royalties.
• Purchased fuel and electricity
• Water handling and disposal
• Operating overhead

28. What were the field, well and/or plant expenses for the following operations?

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all direct operating expenses and any other expenses directly related to the mining, stimulation, processing, upgrading and delivery of the product, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were the field, well and/or plant expenses for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total operating expenses for field, well and/or plant

29. What were the taxes incurred for the following operations?

Exclude income taxes and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments such as property taxes, commodity tax, and carbon tax but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

What were the taxes incurred for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total taxes incurred from operations

30. What were the purchased fuel and electricity expenses for the following operations?

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include costs for fuel and electricity for all sites.

What were the purchased fuel and electricity expenses for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total operating expenses for purchased fuel and electricity

31. What were the water handling and disposal expenses for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all costs pertaining to water handling and disposal.

What were the water handling and disposal expenses for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total operating expenses for water handling and disposal

32. What were the operating overhead expenses for the following operations?

Exclude operating expenditures and royalties.

Operating expenditures for crude oil in situ, mining or upgraders

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to crude oil in situ, mining, upgraders or natural gas production, including any corporate allocation to this segment. (These overhead charges should exclude any reported at question 24 for capitalised overheads).

What were the operating overhead expenses for the following operations?

	CAN$ '000
In-situ
Mining
Upgraders
Total operating expenses for overhead

Summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders

33. This is a summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders.

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This is a summary of operating expenses for crude oil in-situ, mining or upgraders.

	CAN$ '000
Total operating expenses for crude oil in-situ
Total operating expenses for crude oil mining
Total operating expenses for crude oil upgraders
Total operating expenses

Operating expenses by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions - Oil and gas extraction sector (except oil sands)

34. For which of the following provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business incur operating expenses?

Select all that apply.

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Operating costs include all direct operating expenses such as wages and salaries, materials and supplies, fuel and power, well conditioning costs, municipal taxes, other direct operating expenses, maintenance and repairs expensed and contract services. Also include the non-capitalised cost of purchased injection materials used in enhanced recovery projects.

• Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
• Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia — offshore only
• Nova Scotia — mainland only
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

Did not incur operating expenses within Canada

35. What were this business's operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery and pressure maintenance facilities, gathering systems and other well site facilities, surface lease rentals, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were this business's operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total operating expenses for field, well and gathering operations

36. What were this business's operating expenses for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include expenses associated with field processing plants as well as reprocessing activities, recycling projects, and cost of purchased fuel and electricity.

What were this business's operating expenses for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total operating expenses for natural gas processing plants

37. What were this business's operating expenses for taxes by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Exclude income tax and royalties.

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include taxes to federal, provincial and municipal governments, but exclude royalties, income taxes, and taxes that are part of the list price of purchases.

What were this business's operating expenses for taxes by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total operating expenses for taxes

38. What were this business's operating expenses for overhead by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Operating expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include all remaining general and administrative expenses related to upstream operations, including any corporate allocation to this segment.

What were this business's operating expenses for overhead by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total operating expenses for overhead

Upstream expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions — Oil and gas extraction sector (except oil sands)

39. For which provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions did this business incur upstream capital expenditures in exploration, development and production?

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
• Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia — offshore only
• Nova Scotia — mainland only
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

Did not incur capital expenditures within Canada

40. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Include overhead.

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Acquisition and retention costs and fees for oil and gas rights. Include bonuses, legal fees and filing fees. Exclude inter-company sales or transfers.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for oil and gas rights acquisition and retention

41. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Purchases from companies that are engaged primarily in petroleum activities.

Include all fees associated with using land agents.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for land and leases purchased from other petroleum companies

42. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream exploration expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include such activities as seismic crew expenses, both company owned and contract. Include camp, bulldozing and dirt work, flying crews in and out, seismograph, velocity survey, gravity meter, magnetometer, core drilling, photo geological digital processing, magnetic playback and bottom hole contributions and environmental impact studies and other similar pre-exploration expenditures. All seismic or geological and geophysical expenditures (including stratigraphic tests) should be reported here, whether such activity is deemed exploration or development by the company.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for geological and geophysical services

43. What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for exploration drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for geological and geophysical services by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Drilling outside a proven area or within a proven area, but to a previously untested horizon, in order to determine whether oil or gas reserves exist rather than to develop proven reserves discovered by previous drilling. Include costs of dry wells, casing and other materials and equipment abandoned in place; productive wells, including capped wells; and wells still in progress at year-end. Also include costs incurred in fighting blow-outs, runaways, and in replacing damaged equipment.

What were this business's upstream exploration expenditures for exploration drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for exploration drilling

44. What were this business's upstream development expenditures for development drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream development expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Drilling within the proven area of an oil or gas reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic horizon known to be productive for the purpose of extracting oil or gas reserves. This will cover costs of dry wells, including casing and other materials and equipment abandoned in place; productive wells, including capped well; and wells still in progress at year end. Include costs incurred in fighting blow-outs, runaways, and in replacing damaged equipment. Exclude costs associated with service wells.

Note: There should be no development expenditures until a development plan has been approved.

What were this business's upstream development expenditures for development drilling by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for development drilling

45. What were this business's upstream development expenditures for proven reserves purchased by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream development expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Purchases from those companies that are engaged primarily in petroleum activities.

What were this business's upstream development expenditures for proven reserves purchased by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for proven reserves purchased

46. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Production facilities

Include tangible well and lease equipment comprising casing, tubing, wellheads, pumps, flowlines, separators, treaters, dehydrators. Include gathering pipelines, lease and centralized tank batteries and associated facilities prior to delivery to trunk pipelines terminals, and other production facilities. Also include costs associated with intangibles such as pre-production studies costs, and those expenditures that you consider to be pre-development.

Non-production facilities

Include automotive, aeroplane, communication, office and miscellaneous equipment not otherwise provided.

Drilling rigs and supply boats

Report expenditures including progress payments for the purchase of new and imported used and new drilling rigs (on and offshore) and supply boats.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats

47. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for enhanced recovery projects by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Include only expenditures on facilities in tertiary projects involving steam injection, miscible flooding, etc. Include service wells, both tangible and intangible, including the costs of drilling and equipping injection wells and also the cost of capitalised injection fuel (miscible fluid) costs, but exclude non-recoverable injection fluids charged to current operations.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for enhanced recovery projects by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for production and non-production facilities, contract drilling rigs and supply boats

48. What were this business's upstream production expenditures for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream production expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Report only the capitalised amounts of the plants, including structures, measuring, regulating and related equipment.

What were this business's upstream production expenditures for natural gas processing plants by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for natural gas processing plants

49. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for exploration by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for exploration by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for exploration

50. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for development by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for development by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for development

51. What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for production by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

Upstream overhead expenditures by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions

Allocate capitalised upstream overhead to the categories indicated. These overhead charges should exclude any reported in question 38 (operating expenditures for overhead).

What were this business's upstream overhead expenditures for production by provincial and/or territorial jurisdictions?

	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador — offshore only
Newfoundland and Labrador — mainland only
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia — offshore only
Nova Scotia — mainland only
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total upstream expenditures for production

Changes or events

52. 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
• Organizational change
• Price changes in labour or raw materials
• Natural disaster
• Recession
• Change in product line
• Sold business or business units
• Expansion
• New or lost contract
• Plant closures
• Acquisition of business or business units
• Other
• Specify the other changes or events:
• No changes or events

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Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Annual Capital and Repairs Expenditures Survey: Expenditures for 2025 (Long form by function).

Your answers are confidential.

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

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

Table of contents

• Reporting period information
• Reporting dollar amounts
• Definitions
• Required Information
• Functions and associated assets

Reporting period information

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, 2025 - March 31, 2026.

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

• May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025
• June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025
• July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
• August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025
• September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025
• October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
• November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025
• December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2025
• January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
• February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026
• March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026
• April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026

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

• September 18, 2024 to September 15, 2025 (e.g., floating year-end)
• June 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Reporting dollar amounts

• all reported amounts must be rounded to the nearest thousand Canadian dollars (e.g., $ 6,555,444.00 rounded to $ 6,555)
• include import duties and non-refundable purchase taxes
• when precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates
• enter "0" if there is no value report.

Definitions

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Fixed assets are also known as capital assets or property, plant and equipment. They are items with a useful life of more than one year and are not purchased for resale but rather for use in the entity's production of goods and services.

Examples are buildings, vehicles, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, machinery, and computer software.

Include:

• modifications, acquisitions and major renovations
• capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
• subsidies and grants received and used in additions to fixed assets and construction-in-progress during the period
• capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
• work done by own labour force
• additions to capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) accounts.

Exclude:

• transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
• assets associated with the acquisition of companies
• property developed for sale and machinery, or equipment acquired for sale (inventory).

How to Treat Leases

Include:

• fixed assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease
• fixed assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.

Exclude:

• operating leases acquired as a lessee and capitalized to right-of-use assets in accordance with IFRS 16 (International Financial Reporting Standards)
• assets acquired for lease to others, either as a capital or financial lease.

Non-Capital Repair and Maintenance Expenditures

This question represents the repair and maintenance of assets in contrast to the acquisition of assets or the renovation of assets.

Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures are that portion of current or operating expenditures charged against revenue in the year incurred and made for the purpose of keeping the stock of fixed assets in good working condition during the life originally intended.

Repair and maintenance allow such fixed assets to operate at output producing capacity during the asset life without undue amounts of down time (preventive function). A second purpose is the returning of any portion of the stock of fixed assets into a state of good working condition after any malfunctioning or reduced efficiency for whatever reason (curative function) short of replacement of such fixed assets or adding significantly to their life or productive efficiency.

Maintenance expenditures on buildings and other structures may include the routine care of assets such as janitorial services, snow removal and/or salting and sanding by the firm’s own employees or persons outside the firm’s employ.

Maintenance expenditures on machinery and equipment may include oil change and lubrication of vehicles and machinery.

Include:

• gross non-capital repair and maintenance expenditures on non-residential buildings, other structures and on machinery and equipment
• value of repair work done by your own employees as well as payments to persons outside your employ
• building maintenance such as janitorial services, snow removal and sanding.

Equipment maintenance such as oil changes and lubrication of vehicles and other machinery.

Industry characteristics

Operating lease: The lessor bears the risk of ownership and retains a significant "residual" economic interest in the leased property. The lessee has the right to temporary use of the property, for a term shorter than the economic life of the property, in exchange for regular payments. At the end of the lease, the lessee has the option of purchasing the property at fair market value.

Capital or financial lease: These leases are similar in that the lessor in effect finances the "purchase" of the leased property by the lessee and retains a security interest in the leased property. The lessee retains the leased property for substantially all of its economic life. Usually, at the end of the rental period, he has the option to buy the property at a reduced price.

Land: Capital expenditures for land must include all costs associated with the purchase of land that is not amortized. Improvements to land are to be reported under "Non-residential construction".

Work in Progress: Work in progress represents the costs accumulated since the start of capital projects and which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

If a major project has been launched or an existing project has been expanded, please indicate the nature, location and, if applicable, the name (s) of the project in the comment section of the questionnaire.

Type of activity (function): The type of activity refers to the function (the economic or social goal or purpose) of capital and repair expenditures incurred during the year. It is the service for others that it serves to support and not its internal use.

*If it is not possible to assign a specific activity (function) to an asset or a funding source, these elements should be associated with a comparable unit within the organization. For multifunctional units, it is acceptable to assign the costs to the function that accounts for the largest share of total expenditures.

Examples:

A capital expense for the acquisition of office furniture for a hospital.

The function of this acquisition is hospital services.

A capital expense for the construction of a waste disposal facility at a school for its own use.

The function of this expense is teaching.

Residential Construction:

A building or residential building refers to a building used or intended for residential purposes on a permanent or non-permanent basis. Residential buildings normally provide self-contained bathroom and kitchen units to the occupants of each dwelling.

A building for which the majority of housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified as non-residential.

Include:

• Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for residential construction (contract or by your own employees).
• Residential portion of multipurpose complexes and townsites.

Exclude:

• buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizens residences) and associated expenditures on services.

Affordable Housing: Include government-subsidized rental housing. Exclude short-term shelters and housing without self contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities and associated expenditures on services (these should be reported in non-residential construction).

Non-Residential Construction:

This group includes non-residential buildings (buildings). A non-residential building or building refers to a construction that is used or intended for non-residential purposes, namely for industrial, commercial or institutional purposes, including the provision of services. Include capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for non-residential buildings and engineering works (on a contract basis and / or by your own employees) whether for your own use or lease.

A building for which housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified under this group. Building structures should be classified as an asset according to their main use, unless it is a multipurpose structure in which we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery or equipment that is an integral or integrated part of the structure (elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental control systems, intercom systems, etc.) must be declared as part of the structure this structure and the landscaping and associated parking lots.

Include:

• manufacturing plants, warehouses, office buildings, shopping centres, etc.
• roads, bridges, sewers, electric power lines, underground cables, etc.
• the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and site preparation
• leasehold and land improvements
• additions to work in progress
• townsite facilities such as streets, sewers, stores and schools
• buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizen residences) and associated expenditures on services
• all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for machinery and equipment, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure.

Include:

• automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances
• computers (hardware only), broadcasting, telecommunications and other information and communication technologies equipment
• motors, generators, transformers
• any capitalized tooling expenses
• acquisitions to work in progress
• progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made
• any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

New Capital Assets: Enter new capital expenditures, including the portion of work in progress for the current year. Include imports of used capital assets as they represent newly acquired assets for the Canadian economy.

Purchase of Used Canadian Assets: Our survey is designed measure the acquisitions of new fixed assets separately from used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole. This is because the acquisition of used assets does not increase the total inventory of fixed assets, it only transfers them within the Canadian economy. Indicate the acquisition of used assets separately in this column.

Renovation, Refurbishment, Refurbishment or Refurbishment, Restoration: Indicate capital expenditures for improvements, renovations, repairs, refurbishments, overhauls, or restoration. Exclude routine repair or maintenance expenses.

Source of funding breakdown

Sources of funding for capital expenditures include grants, donations, credit and venture capital from external sources, as well as internal funding.

Government grants are recognized as unconditional transfer payments received from governments for activities that meet the eligibility criteria of the relevant program.

Government contributions are recognized as conditional transfer payments provided by governments, under which recipients must satisfy specific conditions. These conditions create a present obligation, as the government retains the right to verify how the funds are used and may require repayment if the conditions are not fulfilled.

Cost component of expenditures – internal costs

Value of the work performed by the business on its own account: These expenses include the value of all materials and equipment provided without charge to contractors, all architectural, engineering and consulting fees and those paid for other similar services.

Internal costs of construction or development (such as equipment and labor): which are capitalized in the cost of assets (such as installation by own employees or assembly of fixed assets, personnel systems and software development).

Include all materials and supplies provided free of charge to contractors and all fees for architects, engineers and consultants and services.

Salaries and wages: Indicate the total value of salaries and wages paid to your employees. Wages and salaries are gross earnings before deductions, such as income taxes; they include incentive and vacation pay, but exclude fringe benefits.

Materials and Supplies: Report the total cost of materials and supplies used by your employees and those provided free of charge to contractors for reported expenses.

Other Expenses: Other expenses include, for example, insurance premiums, electricity and telephone costs, and applicable architects, lawyers and engineers fees, if applicable the declared expenditure.

Disposal and sale of fixed assets

Selling price: Indicate the total value of the sale of the fixed assets that you sold or sold, even if you gave them in exchange for a credit for the acquisition or purchase of new fixed assets. When land and buildings are sold together, report separately the sale price of the land, along with other land sales.

Gross book value: This value must represent the total capital expenditures for a property at the time of construction or initial purchase or since that time, including all subsequent capital expenditures for retrofit, expansion, etc. Subsidies should not be subtracted.

Age: Indicate the age of the assets at the time of their disposition.

If you have disposed of or sold similar fixed assets with different working ages, report these separately or combine the data and provide a weighted average age of these assets.

Environmental protection and resource management expenditures

These questions cover the capital and repair expenditures made by this organization in order to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment while performing your production activity, i.e., within your organization.

Include:

• expenditures that this specific operation incurred for pollution prevention, abatement and control; solid waste management; wastewater management; protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water; protection and restoration of biodiversity and habitat; etc.
• expenditures that this specific operation incurred for pollution prevention and abatement and control
• expenditures made for resource management activities which result in the more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion or the use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard.

Exclude:

• expenditures made to improve employee health, workplace safety, and site beautification
• expenses incurred to produce pollution prevention or abatement and control equipment for sale since they are collected elsewhere in Statistics Canada
• expenditures for environment-related research and development since they are collected elsewhere in Statistics Canada.

Drivers and obstacles: Drivers or obstacles to the adoption of new or significantly improved clean technologies, systems or equipment for the establishment.

Required Information

This questionnaire is broken up into 6 sections. Below you will find information on the data required to complete each section of the electronic questionnaire. This guide is meant as a resource so that you may gather the necessary information prior to completing the electronic questionnaire.

1. For the fiscal year, you will need to provide the organization’s total capital and repair expenditures in (CAN$ '000) for the following:

• gross capital expenditures, excluding land
• non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures
• land.

As well as providing the total cost of capitalized work in progress (building, other construction, equipment and tools, software) at the end of the reporting period. Note: These capital costs must also be reported as capital expenditures in the year in which they occurred (addition to work in progress for the reporting period).

2. The identification of the functions (the economic or social purpose or purpose) of capital and reparations expenditures incurred during the year and the identification of the assets that were acquired during the year for each function.

For each asset shown, expenses are collected as follows:

1. new acquisitions and additions (including used capital assets imported)
2. acquisitions of used assets (excluding imports)
3. refurbishment and renovations
4. expected useful life (years).

Note: The list of functions and the associated assets is available below under Functions and associated assets.

3. Source of funding for the total capital expenditures by function. The sources of funding requested are the subsidies, grants and contributions received from each level of government, as well as all other sources combined.

1. Grants, subsidies and contributions from municipal, local or regional governments.
2. Grants, subsidies and contributions from provincial or territorial governments.
3. Grants, subsidies and contributions from the federal government.
4. Other external financing sources (e.g., donations, private partners, fundraising).
5. Internal funding (include development charges, property taxes and related taxes, tax-supported debt financing, user fees and statutory appropriations).

4. Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures by function. Report the part of operating costs that are incurred to maintain the intended use of non-residential tangible assets (buildings, machinery, computers, etc.). Capital expenditures are excluded.

5. Identification of internal costs capitalized (work performed by the organization’s own labour force). Breakdown of expenditures on own account work (internal work) by salaries and wages, material and supplies and other charges for:

1. New non-residential construction including renovation and retrofit.
2. Non-capitalized construction repair and maintenance expenses.
3. New machinery and equipment including renovation and retrofit.
4. Non-capitalized machinery and equipment repair and maintenance expenses.
5. Software development capital expenditures.

For the categories above, report internal costs for each:

• salaries and Wages
• materials and Supplies
• other charges.

6. Identification of assets that were disposed of or sold during the year. For each asset, include the selling price if applicable, gross book value (total accumulated cost) and age.

Functions and associated assets

Functions and associated assets

Asset Category	Asset Code
Transportation
Road Transport — Non-Residential Construction
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Highway and road structures, and networks	6231111
Bridges	6231121
Tunnels	6231131
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Flood protection infrastructure	6236221
Other transportation infrastructure	6231241
Other infrastructure	6236262
Road Transport — Machinery and Equipment
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Construction machinery and equipment	3321170
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Road Transport — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Public Transit — Non-Residential Construction
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Passenger terminal buildings and airports	6221260
Service stations	6221292
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Transit shelters	6241119
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Bridges	6231121
Tunnels	6231131
Railway lines and tracks, including light-rail	6231221
Other transportation infrastructure	6231241
Waste disposal facilities	6236231
Other infrastructure	6236262
Public Transit — Machinery and Equipment
Buses	4121211
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment	4411200
Ferries and boats	4411112
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Other materials handling equipment	3454249
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Navigational and guidance instruments	3621300
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Powered hand tools	3454320
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture	3911600
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Public Transit — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Other Transport Not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Non-residential construction
Passenger terminal buildings and airports	6221260
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Railway lines and tracks, including light-rail	6231221
Runways	6231231
Bridges	6231121
Tunnels	6231131
Marinas	6231321
Seaports and harbours	6231311
Canals and waterways	6231331
Other marine infrastructure	6231341
Other transportation infrastructure	6231241
Other infrastructure	6236262
Other Transport Not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Machinery and equipment
Aircraft	4211112
Locomotives, railway rolling stock and rapid transit equipment	4411200
Non-military ships, barges and platforms	4411112
Other boats and personal watercraft	4421100
Buses	4121211
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Other materials handling equipment	3454249
Navigational and guidance instruments	3621300
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Other Transport Not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Community amenities and environmental protection
Water Supply — Non-residential construction
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Water filtration and treatment plants	6235112
Water supply infrastructure	6235121
Other infrastructure	6236262
Water Supply — Machinery and equipment
Water treatment equipment	3453311
Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems	3454342
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Community amenities not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Residential construction
Other residential buildings	6211199
Community amenities not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Other infrastructure	6236262
Community amenities not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Powered hand tools	3454320
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Medical, dental and personal safety supplies	4751100
Playground, gymnasium, exercise and other athletic equipment	4753100
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Community amenities not elsewhere classified (NEC) — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Storm water management — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Flood protection infrastructure	6236221
Pollution abatement and control	6236261
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Other infrastructure	6236262
Storm water management — Machinery and equipment
Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems	3454342
Water treatment equipment	3453311
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Storm water management — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Waste water management — Non-residential construction
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Sewage and wastewater treatment plants	6235211
Sewage collection and disposal infrastructure	6235221
Flood protection infrastructure	6236221
Pollution abatement and control	6236261
Other infrastructure	6236262
Waste water management — Machinery and equipment
Water treatment equipment	3453311
Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems	3454342
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Waste water management — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Waste Management — Non-residential construction
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Waste disposal facilities	6236231
Sewage and wastewater treatment plants	6235211
Other sewage infrastructure	6235221
Other infrastructure	6236262
Waste Management — Machinery and equipment
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Other materials handling equipment	3454249
Metalworking machinery	3411100
Other processing equipment	3431100
Heavy-gauge metal containers	3454100
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Waste Management — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Other community amenities and environmental protection — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Water filtration and treatment plants	6235112
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Waste disposal facilities	6236231
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Site remediation services	7823131
Pollution abatement and control infrastructure	6236261
Other infrastructure	6236262
Other community amenities and environmental protection — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Non-military ships, barges and platforms	4411112
Boats and personal watercraft	4421100
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems	3454342
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Other community amenities and environmental protection — Software
Pre-packaged Software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Defense, public order and safety
Defense, public order and safety — Non-residential construction
Public security facilities	6221360
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Shelters and other collective dwellings	6221280
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings	6221310
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Warehouses	6221230
Other health care buildings, (Not Elsewhere Classified)	6221339
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Runways	6231231
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Flood protection infrastructure	6236221
Other sewage infrastructure	6235221
Water supply infrastructure	6235121
Electric power infrastructure	6233131
Other infrastructure	6236262
Defense, public order and safety — Machinery and equipment
Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture	3911600
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Non-military Aircraft	4211112
Non-military ships, barges and platforms	4411112
Unmanned aerial vehicles	4211113
Boats and personal watercraft	4421100
Military aircraft	4211111
Military ships	4411111
Military armoured vehicles	4421231
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Medical, dental and personal safety supplies	4751100
Automatic weapons, machine guns, rocket launchers, howitzers, mortars and other weapons	4721111
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Defense, public order and safety — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Hospital services — Non-residential construction
Hospitals	6221350
Other health care buildings, (NEC)	6221339
Nursing home units without exclusive kitchen and bath	6221332
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Restaurants and bars	6221240
Stores and retail outlets	6221220
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Outdoor recreational facilities	6236251
Other infrastructure	6236262
Hospital services — Machinery and equipment
Medical and laboratory equipment	3631300
Other medical, dental and personal safety supplies	4751100
Other scientific and technical instruments	3631260
Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture	3911600
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment	3421121
Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment, (NEC)	3421130
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Heating and cooling equipment	3441100
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Sporting and athletic goods	4753100
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Hospital services — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Health services — Residential buildings
Nursing home units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom	6211193
Health services — Non-residential construction
Other health care buildings, (NEC)	6221339
Nursing home units without exclusive kitchen and bathroom	6221332
Shelters and other collective dwellings	6221280
Daycare centres	6221380
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Stores and retail outlets	6221220
Passenger terminal buildings and airports	6221260
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
Health services — Machinery and equipment
Medical and laboratory equipment	3631300
Other medical, dental and personal safety supplies	4751100
Other scientific and technical instruments	3631260
Furniture and fixtures, except office furniture	3911600
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment	3421121
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment, (NEC)	3421130
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Health services — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Housing — Residential buildings
Affordable housing	6211191
Senior housing	6211192
Other residential buildings	6211199
Housing — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Bridges	6231121
Tunnels	6231131
Other infrastructure	6236262
Housing — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Powered hand tools	3454320
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Medical, dental and personal safety supplies	4751100
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Construction machinery and equipment	3321170
Playground, gymnasium, exercise and other athletic equipment	4753100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Housing — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Other Health and Social Protection — Residential Buildings
Other residential buildings	6211199
Other Health and Social Protection — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Daycare centres	6221380
Shelters and other collective dwellings	6221280
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
Other Health and Social Protection — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Computers	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Other Health and Social Protection — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Education, recreation, culture and religion
Education — Residential buildings
Student residence units with exclusive kitchen and bathroom	6211194
Education — Non-residential construction
Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings	6221310
Student residence units without exclusive kitchen and bathroom	6222371
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Libraries	6221344
Sports facilities with spectator capacity	6221272
Other indoor recreational facilities	6221273
Restaurants and bars	6221240
Daycare centres	6221380
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Outdoor recreational facilities	6236251
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Other infrastructure	6236262
Education — Machinery and equipment
Medical and medical laboratory equipment	3631300
Measuring, control and scientific equipment	3631269
Other scientific and technical instruments	3631260
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Buses	4121211
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Boats and personal watercraft	4421100
Aircraft	4211112
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Navigational and guidance instruments	3621300
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment	3311100
Construction machinery and equipment	3321170
Metalworking machinery	3411100
Powered hand tools	3454320
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment	3421121
Commercial and service equipment (NEC)	3421130
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Playground, gymnasium, exercise and other athletic equipment	4753100
Heating and cooling equipment	3441100
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Education — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Recreation, culture and religion
Recreation, culture and religion — Non-residential construction
Sports facilities with spectator capacity	6221272
Other Indoor recreational facilities	6221273
Libraries	6221344
Religious centres and memorial sites	6221370
Museums	6221349
Theatres and halls	6221270
Historical sites	6221390
Restaurants and bars	6221240
Marinas	6231321
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Other institutional buildings	6221399
Other buildings	6221150
Outdoor recreational facilities	6236251
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
Recreation, culture and religion — Machinery and equipment
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment	3421121
Commercial and service industry machinery (NEC)	3421130
Playground, gymnasium, exercise and other athletic equipment	4753100
Computers	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Recreation, culture, and religion — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Electricity and fuel
Electricity — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Other buildings	6221150
Power transmission networks	6233121
Power distribution networks	6233131
Hydro-power plants	6233113
Wind and solar power plants	6233114
Fossil fuel/steam power plants	6233111
Nuclear power plants	6233112
Other electric power infrastructure	6241119
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Pollution abatement and control infrastructure	6236261
Other infrastructure	6236262
Electricity — Machinery and equipment
Power and distribution transformers	3812211
Turbines, turbine generators and turbine generator sets	3452111
Instruments for measuring electricity	3631230
Nuclear reactor steam supply system equipment	3453113
Switchgear, switchboards, relays and industrial control apparatus	3812300
Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals	3453159
Other scientific and technical instruments	3631260
Engines and mechanical power transmission equipment	3451000
Electric motors and generators	3631100
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Construction machinery and equipment	3321170
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Electricity — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Fuel and energy — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Warehouses	6221230
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Production facilities in oil and gas extraction	6232111
Natural gas processing plants	6232122
Pipelines	6232211
Other oil and gas infrastructure	6232311
Development drilling	6711111
Waste disposal facilities	6236231
Electric power infrastructure	6233131
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Other transportation infrastructure	6231241
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
Fuel and energy — Machinery and equipment
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Pumps and compressors	3453200
Electric motors and generators	3631100
Heating and cooling equipment	3441100
Oil and gas field production machinery and equipment	3321160
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Fuel and energy — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Economic, commercial and labour affairs
Tourism — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Historical sites	6221390
Museums	6221349
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Other infrastructure	6236262
Tourism — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Buses	4121211
Other boats and personal watercraft	4421100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Toursim — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
General economic, commercial and labour affairs — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other institutional buildings	6221399
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
General economic, commercial and labour affairs — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Aircraft	4211112
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Measuring, control, and scientific instruments	3631269
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
General economic, commercial and labour affairs — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing and construction — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Farm buildings	6221111
Manufacturing plants	6221121
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Industrial laboratories, research and development centres	6222311
Warehouses	6221230
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Irrigation networks	6236241
Other infrastructure	6236262
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing and construction — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Aircraft	4211112
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment	3311100
Heating and cooling equipment	3441100
Industry-specific manufacturing equipment	3431100
Materials handling equipment	3454249
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Other scientific and technical instruments	3631260
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing and construction — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Other economic, commercial and labour affairs — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Communication buildings	6222391
Hotels and convention centres	6221250
Stores and retail outlets	6221220
Restaurants and bars	6222341
Warehouses	6221230
Other commercial properties	6222392
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Telecommunications transmission support structures	6234113
Telecommunications transmission cables and lines	6234111
Telecommunications transmission optical fibre cables	6234112
Other infrastructure	6236262
Other economic, commercial and labour affairs — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Special-purpose vehicles	4121221
Medium and heavy-duty trucks	4121100
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Buses	4121211
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Broadcast, studio, alarm and signalling equipment	3621200
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Office furniture	3911400
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment	3421121
Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment (NEC)	3421130
Measuring, control and scientific instruments	3631269
Space satellites	3621419
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Other economic, commercial and labour affairs — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
General public services
General public services — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other institutional buildings	6221399
Other buildings	6221150
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
General public services — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment	3311100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Office furniture	3911400
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
General public services — Software
Pre-packaged software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100
Other function: Specified
Other function — Non-residential construction
Office and administrative buildings	6221210
Industrial service buildings and depots	6221130
Other buildings	6221150
Highway and road structures and networks	6231111
Parking lots and parking garages	6231210
Other infrastructure	6236262
Other function — Machinery and equipment
Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs	4110000
Freight and utility trailers	4121300
Other transportation equipment	4421259
Materials handling trucks and tractors	3454211
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment	3311100
Computers and peripherals	3611100
Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers and office machines	3421110
Telephone and data communications equipment	3621100
Televisions and other audio and video equipment	3622100
Office furniture	3911400
Furniture and fixtures	3911600
Other machinery and equipment	9999999
Other function — Software
Pre-packaged Software	4814000
Custom-designed software	6431100

Getting started

Why are we conducting this survey?

The 2026 General Social Survey on Well-being and Unpaid Care collects data on key aspects of well-being, as well as social trends and current issues affecting Canadians. The survey gathers information on Canadians who provide unpaid care to family and friends, including children and persons with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or problems related to aging.

Results from the survey will be used by researchers, all levels of government and organizations to help inform program development and services to better support the needs of Canadians, including caregivers.

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

Although voluntary, your participation is important so that the information collected is as accurate and complete as possible.

Other important information

Authorization and confidentiality

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the response burden, Statistics Canada will combine the information you provide with information from administrative data sources such as personal and household tax data and immigration records.

Statistics Canada may also combine the information you provide with other survey of administrative data sources.

Contact us if you have any questions or concerns about record linkage:

Email: infostats@statcan.gc.ca

Telephone: 1-877-949-9492

Mail:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Centre for Population and Social Statistics
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Location of residence

1. In which province or territory do you live?

• Province, territory or outside of Canada
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon
  • Outside of Canada

2. To determine which geographic region you live in, provide your postal code.

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information.

• Postal Code
  Example: A9A 9A9

3. Please confirm your postal code. Is it [postal code]?

• Yes
• No

4. What is your correct postal code?

• Postal Code
  Example: A9A 9A9

Household composition

5. Including yourself, how many people live in your household?

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including who to include and who not to include.

• Number of people

Demographic information

The following questions ask for important information about the people in your household.

6. [Beginning with yourself, please/Please] provide the first name, last name and age of all the people usually living at this address.

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including who to include and who not to include.

To add a person, please return to the previous question and change the number of people staying at this address. An additional row will then appear where you can enter this person's information.

To remove a person, please return to the previous question and change the number of people staying at this address. Review the updated list of household members and make any necessary corrections.

Person [number]

• First name
• Last name
• Age

7. Verify that you are listed first and all of the information is correct.

If all the information is correct, then press the Next button.
To make changes, please press the Previous button.

Person [number]

First name: [First name]
Last name: [Last name]
Age: [Age]

8. What is your marital status?

Is it:

• Married
• Living with a common-law partner
  Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple and who are not married, regardless of the duration of the relationship.
• Never married and not living with a common-law partner
• Separated and not living with a common-law partner
• Divorced and not living with a common-law partner
• Widowed and not living with a common-law partner

9. What is the relationship of the following [people/person] to you?

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information.

[First name] ([age]) is:

• Your husband or wife
• Your common-law partner
• Your father or mother
• Your son or daughter (birth, adopted or step)
• Your brother or sister
• Your foster father or mother
• Your foster son or daughter
• Your grandfather or grandmother
• Your grandson or granddaughter
• Your in-law
  e.g., son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law
• Other related
• Unrelated
  • Specify the relationship to this person

10. What is your date of birth?

• Year
• Month
• Day

11. To confirm, your age is [calculated age] [year/years]. Is that correct?

• Yes
• No

12. What is your age?

• Age in years

The following questions are about gender and sex at birth.

13. What is your gender?

Gender refers to current gender which may be different from sex assigned at birth and may be different from what is indicated on legal documents.

Is it:

• Male
• Female
• Or please specify
  • Specify your gender

14. What was your sex at birth?

Sex at birth refers to the sex recorded on a person's first birth certificate. It is typically observed based on a person's reproductive system and other physical characteristics.

• Male
• Female

15. Please verify that all of the information is correct.

If all the information is correct, press the Next button.
To make changes, press the Previous button.

Your Information

Gender: [Gender]
Sex at birth: [Sex]

16. What is your [spouse/partner]'s gender?

Gender refers to current gender which may be different from sex assigned at birth and may be different from what is indicated on legal documents.

Is it:

• Male
• Female
• Or please specify
  • Specify your [spouse/partner]'s gender

Main activity

17. During the past 12 months, what was your main activity?

Main activity means the activity on which you spend most of your time.

Was it:

• Working at a paid job or your own business
• Looking for paid work
• Going to school
• Caring for your children
• Household work
• Retired
• Maternity, paternity or parental leave
• Long-term illness
• Volunteering or care-giving other than for your children
• Other
  • Specify the main activity

18. Did you have a job or were you self-employed at any time during the past 12 months?

• Yes
• No

Citizenship

19. Are you a Canadian citizen?

• Yes
• No

Life satisfaction

20. Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means "Very dissatisfied" and 10 means "Very satisfied", how do you feel about your life as a whole right now?

• 0 - Very dissatisfied
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 - Very satisfied

Sense of meaning and purpose

21. Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means "Not at all" and 10 means "Completely", to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile?

Would you say:

• 0 - Not at all
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 - Completely

Future outlook

22. Thinking about your life in general, how often would you say you have a hopeful view of the future?

Would you say:

• Always
• Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Loneliness

23. How often do you feel lonely?

Would you say:

• Always
• Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Someone to count on

24. How often would you say you have people you can depend on to help you when you really need it?

Would you say:

• Always
• Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Personal relationships

25. On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means "Not at all satisfied" and 10 means "Completely satisfied", how satisfied are you with your relationships with your family members and friends?

Would you say:

• 0 - Not at all satisfied
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 - Completely satisfied

Conjugal status

26. In the past 12 months, which of the following changes have you experienced?

Select all that apply.

Did you:

• Get married
• Start living with a common-law partner
• Separate
  Include separations from a married spouse or common-law partner only.
  • Were you married to this person?
    • Yes
    • No
• Get divorced
• Experience the death of your spouse or partner
  • Were you married to this person?
    • Yes
    • No
• None of the above

27. How many times, in total, have you been legally married[, including your current marriage]?

• Zero
• Once
• Two times
• Three or more times

Children

28. How many children do you have in total?

If you have no children, select "0".

• Biological children
  Include those who do not live with you or have passed away.
• Stepchildren
  By stepchildren we mean children (biological or adopted) from a former union of your spouse or common-law partner, regardless of whether the children live with you on a regular basis.
• Adopted children
  Include those who do not live with you or have passed away.

29. What is the total number of children that you intend to have, including the children that you already have or are currently expecting?

If you do not intend to have [more children, enter the number of children you already have or are currently expecting/children, enter "0"].

• Number of children

Satisfaction with use of time

30. Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means "Very dissatisfied" and 10 means "Very satisfied", how satisfied are you with how you use your time?

Would you say:

• 0 - Very dissatisfied
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 - Very satisfied

Perception of time

31. The following are questions on your outlook towards your use of time.

a. Do you plan to slow down in the coming year?

• Yes
• No

b. Do you consider yourself a workaholic?

• Yes
• No

c. When you need more time, do you tend to cut back on your sleep?

• Yes
• No

d. At the end of the day, do you often feel that you have not accomplished what you had set out to do due to lack of time?

• Yes
• No

e. Do you worry that you don't spend enough time with your family or friends?

• Yes
• No

f. Do you feel that you're constantly under stress trying to accomplish more than you can handle?

• Yes
• No

g. Do you feel trapped in a daily routine?

• Yes
• No

h. Do you feel that you just don't have time for fun any more?

• Yes
• No

i. Do you often feel under stress when you don't have enough time?

• Yes
• No

j. Would you like to spend more time alone?

• Yes
• No

Work-life balance

32. How satisfied are you with the balance between your job and home life?

Are you:

• Very satisfied
• Satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied

Trust in people

33. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?

• Most people can be trusted
• Need to be very careful

Sense of belonging to local community

34. How would you describe your sense of belonging to your local community?

Would you say:

• Very strong
• Somewhat strong
• Somewhat weak
• Very weak
• No opinion

Sense of belonging to Canada

35. How would you describe your sense of belonging to Canada?

Would you say:

• Very strong
• Somewhat strong
• Somewhat weak
• Very weak
• No opinion

Sense of pride in being Canadian

36. How proud are you to be Canadian?

Are you:

• Very proud
• Proud
• Somewhat proud
• Not very proud
• Not proud at all

Confidence in Canadian institutions

Using a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means "No confidence at all" and 5 means "A great deal of confidence", please answer the following questions.

37. How much confidence do you have in the following Canadian institutions?

a. The police

• 1 No confidence at all
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 A great deal of confidence

b. The justice system and courts

• 1 No confidence at all
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 A great deal of confidence

c. The school system

• 1 No confidence at all
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 A great deal of confidence

d. The Federal Parliament

• 1 No confidence at all
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 A great deal of confidence

e. The Canadian media

• 1 No confidence at all
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 A great deal of confidence

Values

38. To what extent do you personally agree with the following values?

a. Human rights

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

b. Respect for the law

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

c. Gender equality
Press the help button (?) for additional information on gender equality.

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

d. English and French as Canada's official languages

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

e. Ethnic and cultural diversity

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

f. Respect for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) cultures

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

Human rights

39. To what extent do you feel that human rights are respected by Canadians?

Would you say:

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

Cultural diversity

40. To what extent do you feel that cultural diversity is respected by Canadians?

Would you say:

• To a great extent
• To a moderate extent
• To a small extent
• Not at all

Volunteer work

The next questions are about work that people may do without expecting to receive payment or something else in return.

41. In the past 4 weeks, did you do voluntary work or spend any time helping any of the following groups?

Would you say:

• Friends, neighbours or strangers
  Exclude help given to members of your own family.
• Organizations, associations, clubs or institutions
  e.g., NGOs, religious organizations, sports clubs, schools, online groups
• Your community
• Nature, wild animals or stray animals
• Did not provide unpaid help

People may also help by preparing goods such as food, clothing or other products for people or organizations, such as charities, NGOs or religious institutions.

42. In the past 4 weeks, did you spend any unpaid time collecting or distributing donated products or goods?

• Yes
• No

43. In the past 4 weeks, did you spend any unpaid time buying or preparing products or goods to be donated?

e.g., cooking, cleaning, arranging, packaging, fixing, ironing

• Yes
• No

Now please think about the past 12 months.

44. In the past 12 months, did you do volunteer work or spend time providing unpaid help?

• Yes
• No

Participation in sports, culture or recreation groups

45. In the past 12 months, excluding voluntary work, did you participate in the activities of one or more sports, cultural or recreational groups?

e.g., social club, sport league, bridge club, book club, theatre group

• Yes
  • Now, please think about the past 4 weeks.
    In the past 4 weeks, did you participate in the activities of one or more sports, cultural or recreational groups?
    • Yes
    • No
• No

Financial donations

The next set of questions deal with certain types of financial donations.

46. In the past 12 months, did you donate money to a charity, foundation or non-profit organization?

e.g., workplace charitable campaigns, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society, Red Cross, Amnesty International

• Yes
  • Now, please think about the past 4 weeks.
    In the past 4 weeks, did you donate money to a charity, foundation or non-profit organization?
    • Yes
    • No
• No

47. In the past 12 months, did you donate money through an online crowdfunding campaign to someone's personal cause or a collective event?

Include money given to a fund a medical treatment, emergency or other cause through a fundraising platform, such as GoFundMe or Facebook.

Exclude money given to online crowdfunding campaigns organized by a charity, foundation or non-profit organization and amounts paid to organizations and to business initiatives through a fundraising platform, such as Kickstarter.

• Yes
  • Now, please think about the past 4 weeks.
    In the past 4 weeks, did you donate money through an online crowdfunding campaign to someone's personal cause or a collective event?
    • Yes
    • No
• No

Caring for children

The next questions ask about any unpaid care or help you may have provided to any children under the age of 18 years old, including your own children.

This care or help may include activities such as physical or medical care, helping with homework or school, transporting or accompanying them, looking after them or anything else.

48. During the past 12 months, have you cared for or looked after any of the children from your household listed below?

Select all that apply.

• [First name], ([age])
• Did not provide care to any of these children in the past 12 months

49. During the past 12 months, have you cared for or looked after [any other children/any children] under the age of 18 years old[ who do not live in your household]?

Exclude any paid care or care provided through a voluntary organization.

• Yes
  • Number of children
• No

50. In order to guide you in the following questions, please provide the first name or a pseudonym, the age and your relationship to [this child/these children].

Child [number]

• First name or pseudonym
• Age
• This child is your
  • child (birth, adopted, step)
  • brother or sister
  • member of extended family
  • other

The next questions ask if this child has a long-term health condition, which has lasted or is expected to last six months or more, or a disability.

Exclude limitations that are an expected part of child development.

51. Does this child have a long-term health condition or a disability?

• Yes
• No

The next questions ask you if any of these children have a long-term health condition, which has lasted or is expected to last six months or more, or a disability.

Exclude limitations that are an expected part of child development.

52. Do any of these children have a long-term health condition or a disability?

• None of these children have a long-term health condition or disability
• [First name], ([age])
• Child [number], [age]

53. Please select three of the following children to provide additional details about their long-term health conditions or disabilities.

• [First name], ([age])
• Child [number], [age]

You have selected more than three children. We will ask for details about the long-term health conditions or disabilities for only the following children:

• [Child 1]
• [Child 2]
• [Child 3]

If you would like to provide details for the children listed above, select Next to continue.

If you would like to provide details for a different group of children, select Previous to return to the previous page and change your selection to include only the three children for whom you would like to provide details.

Note: Some questions could be repeated to account for each child.

We will ask a few questions about these children.
Note: Some questions could be repeated to account for each child.

54. What are the long-term health conditions or disabilities for which [child name] receives help or care?

Exclude limitations that are an expected part of child development.
Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• A health problem or long-term condition expected to last at least six months or more
  e.g., asthma, allergies, celiac disease, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, long-term recovery from surgery or illness
• A physical disability
  e.g., difficulties bending down or reaching, using fingers to grasp small objects, or walking, using stairs or moving around
• A seeing disability
  e.g., total blindness, legal blindness, partial sight or visual distortion
• A hearing disability
  e.g., being hard of hearing, deafness or acoustic distortion
• A learning, behavioural or emotional disability
  e.g., dyslexia, non-verbal learning disability (NVLD), attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety
• A communication disability
  e.g., speech delay, difficulties with receptive or expressive language
• A developmental disability
  e.g., Down syndrome, autism, cognitive impairment due to lack of oxygen at birth
• Another type of long-term health condition or disability
  • Specify the condition or disability

55. How often [does this condition/do these conditions] limit [child name]'s daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always

56. During the past 12 months, has [child name] received help or care from paid workers or organizations?

Exclude regular child care arrangements or school.

Include any services, whether covered or paid out-of-pocket, e.g., visiting nurses, speech therapists, physiotherapists, transportation services, community care centres, support from organizations for specific conditions.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

57. In an average week, how many hours of help does ­[child name] receive from these paid workers or organizations?

Would you say:

• Less than 1 hour
• 1 hour to less than 3 hours
• 3 hours to less than 5 hours
• 5 hours to less than 10 hours
• 10 hours or more
• Don't know

The next questions pertain to the care you provided to all of these children in the past 12 months.

58. In the past 12 months, how frequently did you provide the following types of care to [this child/these children]?

If the frequency of care varied significantly over the past 12 months, please report what happened most of the time.

a. Physical care
e.g., bathing, dressing, grooming

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

b. Medical care
e.g., giving medications, physio exercises at home, adjusting medical equipment

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

c. Helping with homework or other school-related matters
e.g., homework, tutoring, parent-teacher

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

d. Leisure activities
e.g., playing with, reading to children

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

e. Transporting or accompanying
e.g., taking them to appointments, daycare, school or field trips, bus stop or practices

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

f. Scheduling or coordinating care or activities
e.g., scheduling medical appointments, researching daycare or camps, arranging sports or music

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

g. Babysitting without pay
Exclude your own children

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month
• Did not provide this kind of care

59. How many days did you provide care or help in the past 12 months?

• Number of days

60. [On an average day/[In an average week/In an average month/On average, on these days] during the past 12 months, how many hours of care or help did you provide for these activities?

If the number of hours of care varied significantly over the past 12 months, please provide what happened most of the time.

Exclude any time where you were sleeping.

• Less than one hour
• Hours

Caregiving in the past 12 months

The next questions ask about help or care you may have given to family, friends or neighbours aged 18 years or older for a long-term health condition, disability or problems related to aging.

This help may include driving them, shopping with or for them, helping with housework, personal care or anything else.

A long-term health condition is one that has lasted or is expected to last six months or longer.

61. During the past 12 months, have you helped or cared for someone 18 years of age or over who had a long-term health condition or a disability?

Exclude paid help to clients or patients, or help provided on behalf of an organization.

• Yes
• No

62. During the past 12 months, have you helped or cared for someone who had problems related to aging?

Exclude paid help to clients or patients, or help provided on behalf of an organization.

• Yes
• No

63. During the past 12 months, how many people aged 18 or older have you helped due to a long-term condition, disability or problems related to aging?

Exclude paid help given to patients or clients, or help provided on behalf of an organization.

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information.

• Number

64. What are the age groups of the people you helped or cared for during the past 12 months?

Select all that apply.

Was it:

• 18 to 24
• 25 to 44
• 45 to 64
• 65 to 79
• 80 to 89
• 90 years of age or older

65. What are your relationships to the people aged 18 or over that you helped or cared for during the past 12 months?

Select all that apply.

Was it:

• Your spouse or partner
• Your child aged 18 years or older
  Include children-in-law and step-children.
• Your sibling
  Include siblings-in-law and step-siblings.
• Your parent
  Include parents-in-law and step-parents.
• Other family member
  • Specify the family member relationship
• Your friend or neighbour
• Other
  • Specify the relationship

66. During the past 12 months, on average, how often did you provide care or help to [this adult/these adults]?

If how often you provided care varied significantly over the past 12 months, please provide what happened most of the time.

Would you say:

• Daily
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month (occasionally)
  • How many days did you provide care or help in the past 12 months?
    • Number of days

67. [On an average day/In an average month/On average, on these days/In an average week], during the past 12 months, how many hours of care or help did you provide?

If the number of hours of care provided varied significantly over the past 12 months, please provide what happened most of the time.

Exclude any time where you were sleeping.

• Less than one hour
• Number of hours

Primary care receiver

Now, we are going to ask you some questions about the person aged 18 years or older you have helped during the past 12 months.

Now, we are going to ask you some questions about the person aged 18 years or older to whom you have dedicated the most time and resources over the past 12 months because of a long-term health condition, a disability, or problems related to aging.

68. In order to guide you in the following questions, please provide the name or a pseudonym of this person.

• First name or pseudonym

69. Please provide the age of [name/this person] or indicate whether this person is deceased.

Please provide your best estimate.

• Age
• Deceased

70. What [was/is] [name/this person] gender?

Is it:

• Male
• Female
• Other
  • Specify the gender

71. How old was [name/this person] at the time of [his/her/their] death?

Please provide your best estimate.

• Age

72. Where did [name/this person] die?

Was it:

• In a hospital or hospice
• Supportive housing
  A facility where minimal to moderate care or services are offered so that people can live independently, e.g., senior's residence, group home.
• Long-term care facility
  e.g., nursing homes, continuing care facilities, residential care facilities
• In a private home or apartment
• Other
  • Specify the location

73. What [was/is] the relationship of [name/this person] to you?

[Were/Are] they your:

• Spouse or partner
• Ex-spouse or ex-partner
• Son or daughter
• Father or mother
• Brother or sister
• Grandson or granddaughter
• Grandfather or grandmother
• Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
• Father-in-law or mother-in-law
• Brother-in-law or sister-in-law
• Nephew or niece
• Uncle or aunt
• Cousin
• Friend
• Neighbour
• Co-worker
• Other
  • Specify this relationship

74. Did [name/this person] ever serve in the Canadian military?

Canadian military service includes service with the Regular Force or Reserve Force as an Officer or a Non-Commissioned Member. It does not include service with the Cadets.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

75. In what year did you start to care for [name/this person]?

Please provide your best estimate. Enter the year as a four-digit number.

• Year

76. How old were you when you started to care for [name/this person]?

Please provide your best estimate.

• Age

78. In what months did you provide care to [name/this person]?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• All of the past 12 months
• [Current month - 11]
• [Current month - 10]
• [Current month - 9]
• [Current month - 8]
• [Current month - 7]
• [Current month - 6]
• [Current month - 5]
• [Current month - 4]
• [Current month - 3]
• [Current month - 2]
• [Current month - 1]
• [Current month]

79. Are you still helping [name/this person]?

• Yes
• No
  • What is the main reason why you are no longer helping [name/this person]?
    • [name/this person] no longer needs help
    • You are no longer able to provide care
    • Care is provided by another person or paid professional
    • Other
      • Specify the other main reason

80. What [were/are] the long-term health conditions or disabilities for which [name/this person] received help or care?

A long-term health condition is one that has lasted or is expected to last six months or longer.

Select all that apply.

Was it:

• Arthritis or other joint problems
• Fibromyalgia
• Osteoporosis
• Dementia
  e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia
• Neurological disorder
  e.g., migraine, ALS, MS, Parkinson's
• Back problems
  e.g., scoliosis, kyphosis, degenerative disk disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
  e.g., angina, heart failure
• Cerebrovascular disease or effects of a stroke
• Digestive disease
  e.g., liver diseases, Crohn's disease, Celiac, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Chronic kidney disease
  e.g., chronic hepatitis
• Eye disease
  e.g., glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, retinopathy, strabismus
• Lung or respiratory disease
  e.g., asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD
• Mental illness
  e.g., depression, bipolar disorder, mania or schizophrenia
• Developmental disability
  e.g., autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy
• Physical disability or mobility problems
• Sensory disability
  e.g., hearing loss, deafness, blindness, low vision
• Aging or frailty
• Injury, surgery
  e.g., brain injury, wounds, problems from surgery
• Other
  • Specify the health condition or disability

81. Of these conditions, which one [was/is] the main one for which [name/this person] received help?

Was it:

• Arthritis or other joint problems
• Fibromyalgia
• Osteoporosis
• Dementia
  e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia
• Neurological disorder
  e.g., migraine, ALS, MS, Parkinson's
• Back problems
  e.g., scoliosis, kyphosis, degenerative disk disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
  e.g., angina, heart failure
• Cerebrovascular disease or effects of a stroke
• Digestive disease
  e.g., liver diseases, Crohn's disease, Celiac, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Chronic kidney disease
  e.g., chronic hepatitis
• Eye disease
  e.g., glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, retinopathy, strabismus
• Lung or respiratory disease
  e.g., asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD
• Mental illness
  e.g., depression, bipolar disorder, mania or schizophrenia
• Developmental disability
  e.g., autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy
• Physical disability or mobility problems
• Sensory disability
  e.g., hearing loss, deafness, blindness, low vision
• Aging or frailty
• Injury, surgery
  e.g., brain injury, wounds, problems from surgery
• [The other health condition or disability]

82. Would you say that this main condition [was/is] mild, moderate or severe?

• Mild
• Moderate
• Severe

83. [In what type of dwelling does [name/this person] live?/During the time you were providing help, in what type of dwelling did [name/this person] live?]

Would you say:

• In a private home or apartment
• Supportive housing
  A facility where minimal to moderate care or services are offered so that people can live independently, e.g., senior's residence, assisted living, group home.
• Long-term care facility
  e.g., nursing homes, continuing care facilities, residential care facilities
• Hospital or hospice
• Other
  • Please specify type of dwelling

84. [How close does [name/this person] live to you?/During the time you were providing help, how close did [name/this person] live to you?]

[Is it/Was it]:

• In the same household as you
• In the same building as you
• Less than 10 minutes
• 10 minutes to less than 30 minutes
• 30 minutes to less than 1 hour
• 1 hour to less than 3 hours
• 3 hours or more
• In a different country

85. Did either you or [name/this person] move residences in the past 12 months to live closer together?

Would you say:

• Yes, I moved closer to [name/this person]
• Yes, [name/this person] moved closer to me
• No

86. During the past 12 months, on average, how often did you see [name/this person]?

If the frequency of visits in person varied significantly over the past 12 months, please provide an average or what happened most of the time.

Would you say:

• Daily
• At least once a week
• At least once a month
• Less than once a month
• Not in the past 12 months

87. During the past 12 months, on average, how often did you have contact with [name/this person] by phone, text, email or by video chat?

If the frequency of contact varied significantly over past 12 months, please provide an average, or what happened most of the time.
Include all forms of Internet communication, e.g., Facebook, instant message, FaceTime, Zoom.

Would you say:

• Daily
• At least once a week
• At least once a month
• Less than once a month
• Not in the past 12 months

Care activities

88. During the past 12 months, have you helped [name/this person] with any of the following activities due to [his/her/their] long-term conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging?

a. Transportation and accompanying
e.g., bringing or accompanying to medical or care appointments, errands, social events

• Yes
• No

b. Household chores or shopping
e.g., meal preparation or clean-up, house cleaning, laundry, shopping on this person's behalf

• Yes
• No

c. Outdoor work or house maintenance
e.g., house repairs, lawn maintenance, snow shovelling

• Yes
• No

d. Personal care
e.g., bathing, dressing, hair or nail care

• Yes
• No

e. Medical treatments or procedures
e.g., changing bandages or dressings, taking medications, physical or rehabilitation activities

• Yes
• No

f. Scheduling or coordinating care or services
e.g., researching and organizing services, making appointments, hiring professional help

• Yes
• No

g. Managing their finances
e.g., banking, insurance or taxes, credits or benefits forms

• Yes
• No

h. Emotional support
e.g., visiting, spending time and talking with this person, listening to this person

• Yes
• No

89. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with transportation and accompanying?

e.g., bringing or accompanying to medical or care appointments, errands, social events

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

90. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with household chores or shopping?

e.g., meal preparation or clean-up, house cleaning, laundry, shopping on this person's behalf

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

91. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with outdoor work or house maintenance?

e.g., house repairs, lawn maintenance, snow shovelling

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

92. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with personal care?

e.g., bathing, dressing, hair or nail care

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

93. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with medical treatments or procedures?

e.g., changing bandages or dressings, taking medications, physical or rehabilitation activities

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

94. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with scheduling or coordinating care or services?

e.g., researching and organizing services, making appointments, hiring professional help

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

95. During the past 12 months, how often have you helped [name/this person] with managing their finances?

e.g., banking, insurance or taxes, credits or benefits forms

Would you say:

• Daily
  • On an average day how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a week
  • In an average week how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• At least once a month
  • In an average month how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more
• Less than once a month
  • On an average occasion how much time have you spent helping with these tasks?
    • Less than 1 hour
    • 1 hour to less than 3 hours
    • 3 hours to less than 5 hours
    • 5 hours to less than 10 hours
    • 10 hours to less than 15 hours
    • 15 hours to less than 20 hours
    • 20 hours or more

96. During the past 12 months, did [name/this person] receive help or care from paid workers or organizations?

Include any services, whether covered or paid out-of-pocket, e.g., visiting nurses, physiotherapists, home care providers, transportation services, Meals on Wheels, community care centres, support from organizations for specific conditions.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

97. In an average week, how many hours of paid help did [he/she/they] receive?

Would you say:

• Less than 1 hour
• 1 hour to less than 3 hours
• 3 hours to less than 5 hours
• 5 hours to less than 10 hours
• 10 hours or more
• Don't know

98. Excluding yourself, how many friends and family members helped [name/this person] during the past 12 months?

Would you say:

• No other friends or family members helped
• 1 other person
• 2 other people
• 3 or 4 other people
• 5 or more people
• Don't know

99. If you were unable to help [name/this person], would [he/she/they] have had difficulty finding help from someone else?

Exclude paid help provided by professionals or organizations.

• Yes
• No

100. What [was/is] the relationship between [name/this person] and the other [person who helped/person who helps/people who helped/people who help] them?

[Is it/Was it]:

• Their immediate family
• Their extended family
• A friend or neighbour
• Other
  • Specify the relationship

101. Who would you consider to be the person who [provides/provided] most of the unpaid care for [name/this person]?

Exclude paid help provided by professionals or organizations.

Would you say:

• You
• Someone else
• Split equally with someone else
• Don't know

102. Do you feel you had a choice in caring for [name/this person] during the past 12 months?

• Yes
• No

103. How did your role as caregiver affect your relationship with [name/this person] over the past 12 months?

Would you say:

• Relationship was strengthened
• Relationship was strained
• No impact to your relationship

Supports and expenses

The next questions are about the care you provided to [adults with long-term health conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging/adults or children with long-term health conditions or disabilities/children under 18 years of age with long-term health conditions or disabilities].

104. In the past 12 months, have you received any of the following federal tax credits or benefits related to your caregiving?

Select all that apply.

Did you receive:

• Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC)
• Employment Insurance caregiving benefits
  e.g., family caregiver benefits for children or adults, compassionate care benefits
• Child Disability Benefit (CDB)
• Disability Tax Credit (DTC)
• Medical expense tax credit
• Caregiver Recognition Benefit (CRB)
• Home Accessibility Tax Credit
• Other
  • Specify the credit or the benefit
• No, I have not received any of these

105. Why have you not received the Canada Caregiver Credit?

The Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC) is a non-refundable tax credit for eligible individuals who provide care to family members (their spouse, common-law partner or other dependents) because of a physical or mental impairment. This credit recognizes that these caregivers have a reduced ability to pay tax.

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Have not heard about this credit
• Did not have enough information about the credit
• Too difficult to apply for this credit
• Did not meet eligibility criteria
• Did not earn enough income to benefit
• Someone else receives this credit on your care receiver's behalf
• Other
  • Specify the reason

106. Other than these federal tax credits and benefits, have you received any financial support from your provincial government for your caregiving in the past 12 months?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

107. Is there any other type of support that you would like to have to help you provide care?

• Yes
• No

108. What kinds of support would you like to have?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Professional home care services or support
• Occasional relief or respite care
• Enhanced communication with care providers
• Financial support
• Relief from other responsibilities
  e.g., childcare, housework in your own household
• Support from your workplace
• Information or advice
• Emotional support or counselling
• Volunteer services or community services
• Other
  • Specify the type of support

The next questions ask about out-of-pocket expenses you may have incurred in the past 12 months.

These are non-reimbursed expenses related to providing care to [adults with long-term health conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging/adults or children with long-term health conditions or disabilities/children under 18 years of age with long-term health conditions or disabilities].

[Exclude any expenses that are not related to health conditions or disabilities or expenses that are related to the expected cost of raising children. For example, costs related to summer camps, regular daycare, clothing, or kids' sports activities should be excluded.]

109. In the past 12 months, have you had any out-of-pocket expenses for any of the following?

Please keep in mind that these are expenses related to your care receivers with long-term conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging.

a. Transportation, travel or accommodation because of your caregiving responsibilities
e.g., cost of gas, parking, hotel stays and meals, accessible community transportation, a specialized vehicle, specialized features in your vehicle

• Yes
• No

b. Hiring people to help with daily activities
e.g., meal preparation, household chores, shopping, personal care such as bathing or grooming, supervising

• Yes
• No

c. Prescription or non-prescription drugs

• Yes
• No

d. Professional services for healthcare or rehabilitation
e.g., nurses, dentists, medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists

• Yes
• No

e. Specialized aids or devices
e.g., wheelchairs, grab bars, lift devices, voice amplifier, hearing aid, ostomy supplies, breathing apparatus

• Yes
• No

f. Home modifications to accommodate
Include expenses to modify your home or the home of your care receiver.

• Yes
• No

110. What is your best estimate of these out-of-pocket expenses for the past 12 months?

a. Transportation, travel or accommodation because of your caregiving responsibilities
e.g., cost of gas, parking, hotel stays and meals, accessible community transportation, a specialized vehicle, specialized features in your vehicle

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

b. Hiring people to help with daily activities
e.g., meal preparation, household chores, shopping, personal care such as bathing or grooming, supervising

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

c. Prescription or non-prescription drugs

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

d. Professional services for healthcare or rehabilitation
e.g., nurses, dentists, medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

e. Specialized aids or devices
e.g., wheelchairs, grab bars, lift devices, voice amplifier, hearing aid, ostomy supplies, breathing apparatus

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

f. Home modifications to accommodate
Include expenses to modify your home or the home of your care receiver.

• Less than $200
• $200 to less than $500
• $500 to less than $1,000
• $1,000 to less than $2,000
• $2,000 to less than $5,000
• $5,000 or more

111. In the past 12 months, due to these out-of-pocket expenses, was it more difficult to meet your household's financial needs?

Financial needs can include transportation, housing, food, clothing and other necessary expenses.

• Not more difficult
• A little bit more difficult
• Much more difficult

112. In the past 12 months, due to these out-of-pocket expenses, did you have to do any of the following?

Select all that apply.

Did you:

• Use or defer savings
• Modify your spending
• Borrow or receive money from family or friends
• Take on additional credit card debt
• Take out loans from a bank, financial institution or other lender
  Include remortgaging.
• Sell off assets
• File bankruptcy or a consumer proposal
• Other
  • Specify the other thing you did
• None of the above

Consequences of caregiving responsibilities

Now some questions about how all of these care responsibilities may have affected your life during the past 12 months.

When we say "care responsibilities", please think about all of the [adults with long-term health conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging/children under 18 years of age as well as adults with long-term health conditions, disabilities or problems related to aging/children under 18 years of age] that you reported caring for or looking after.

Some questions may not apply to you, but we have to ask the same questions of everyone.

113. In general, how have you been coping with these care responsibilities?

Would you say:

• Very well
• Generally well
• Not very well
• Not well at all

114. During the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities caused you to feel or experience any of the following?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Tired
• Worried or anxious
• Overwhelmed
• Lonely or isolated
• Short-tempered or irritable
• Resentful
• Depressed
• Loss of appetite
• Disturbed sleep
• Some other feeling
  • Specify the feeling
• None

115. During the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities caused you to feel any of the following?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• You felt more useful
• You felt good about yourself
• You felt needed
• You felt appreciated
• You felt important
• You felt strong and confident
• You appreciated life more
• You developed a more positive attitude toward life
• None

116. In the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities impacted your relationships with other family members or friends?

Exclude your [relationships with the people/relationship with the person] to whom you are providing care.

Would you say:

• Strengthened your relationships
• Caused strain in your relationships
• Strengthened some and caused strain in others
• No impact to your relationships

117. During the past 12 months, how physically strenuous were these care responsibilities?

Strenuous is defined as demanding, tiring, taxing, tough or difficult.

Would you say:

• Very strenuous
• Strenuous
• Somewhat strenuous
• Not at all strenuous

118. During the past 12 months, how often did you see a medical professional for your own health problems which resulted from these care responsibilities?

e.g., a physician, nurse, psychologist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, naturopath

Would you say:

• Not applicable - no health problems due to my caregiving responsibilities
• Never
• Once
• 2 to 3 times
• 4 or more times

119. In the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities impacted the amount of time you spent with the following people?

a. Your spouse or partner

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time

b. Your children

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time

c. Your other family members

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time

d. Friends

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time

120. Over the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities affected the time you spent on the following activities?

a. Social activities

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time
• Not applicable

b. Relaxing or taking care of yourself

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time
• Not applicable

c. Volunteering for an organization

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time
• Not applicable

d. Participating in political, social or cultural groups
e.g., book clubs, school councils, church choirs, unions, theatre groups, sports leagues, community associations

• More time
• Less time
• No change in time
• Not applicable

121. In the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities caused you to change, cancel or not plan any holidays?

Include vacations, religious holidays or festivities, special plans for statutory holidays or taking children somewhere for school holidays.

• Yes
• No

122. To accommodate these care responsibilities, have you received any of the following support?

a. Your spouse or partner provided you with help

• Yes
• No

b. Your children provided you with help

• Yes
• No

c. Your other family members provided you with help

• Yes
• No

d. Your friends or neighbours provided you with help

• Yes
• No

e. Your community, your cultural or ethnic group or your spiritual community provided you with help

• Yes
• No

123. In the past 12 months, have you used any of the following coping methods to help you deal with these care responsibilities?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Exercising, walking, yoga or meditation
• Professional counselling, therapy or prescribed medication
• Socializing or talking to friends or other caregivers
  Include in-person and online socializing or support groups.
• Religious or spiritual practices
• Reading, watching television or listening to music
• Scrolling social media
  e.g., TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit
• Eating
• Drinking alcohol
• Smoking or vaping tobacco or cannabis
• Other
  • Specify the coping method
• I don't use any coping methods

124. In the past 12 months, have these care responsibilities affected the amount of exercise that you usually get?

Include all types of exercise, e.g., walking, jogging, sports, working out in a gym

Would you say:

• It increased
• It decreased
• Still the same
• Not applicable - you don't exercise

125. In the past 12 months, have your eating habits changed because of these care responsibilities?

Healthy eating includes a variety of foods such as vegetables and fruit, grains, milk and alternatives and meat and alternatives, while limiting fat, sugar and salt intake.

Would you say:

• They are healthier
• They are less healthy
• They did not change

126. During the past 12 months, has your consumption of alcohol changed because of these care responsibilities?

Would you say:

• It increased or started
• It decreased or stopped
• Stayed the same
• Not applicable - you don't drink alcohol

127. In the past 12 months, have your habits around smoking tobacco changed because of these care responsibilities?

Include only tobacco products, including vaping.

Would you say:

• It increased or started
• It decreased or stopped
• Stayed the same
• Not applicable - you don't smoke tobacco

128. In the past 12 months, have your habits related to consuming cannabis changed because of these care responsibilities?

This question refers to any form of consumption of the cannabis plant or any of its products such as marijuana, hashish, hash oil, etc.

Would you say:

• It increased or started
• It decreased or stopped
• Stayed the same
• Not applicable - you don't consume cannabis

129. Did these care responsibilities in the past 12 months have any of the following impacts on your employment activities?

Include impacts that started prior to the past 12 months but that were still in effect due to these current care responsibilities.

Select all that apply.

Did you:

• Take time off during the day, leave early or get to work late
• Reduce your regular weekly work hours
• Increase your regular weekly work hours
• Adjust your work schedule to be more flexible
• Start teleworking or increase your time working from home
• Reduce work tasks or responsibilities
• Give up work opportunities or take a less demanding job
• Feel that your performance at work suffered
• Get an additional job
• Take maternity, paternity or parental leave
• Take[ another type of] leave from your job for one or more days
  Do not include maternity, paternity or parental leave.
• Quit or lose a job
• Change the timing of your retirement
• Other
  • Specify the other impact
• No impact

130. How often did you go to work late, leave early or take time off during the day during the past 12 months?

Exclude occasions where you took a full day of work or more off.

Would you say:

• Every day
• At least once per week
• At least once per month
• Less than once per month

131. Was this time off during the day paid or unpaid?

Would you say:

• Paid
• Unpaid
• Some paid, some unpaid

132. In the past 12 months, how long was your longest period of leave because of these care responsibilities?

Exclude any instances of maternity, paternity or parental leave.

• Number
• Days, weeks or months

133. What type of leave did you take?

Include paid or unpaid leave.
Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Sick leave
• Family-related leave
• End-of-life or compassionate care leave
• Caregiver leave
• Vacation leave or personal days
• Other type of leave
  • Specify the other type of leave

134. Was this period of leave paid or unpaid?

• Paid
  • Was it paid through:
    • Your employer
    • Government benefits
    • Both
• Unpaid
• Some paid, some unpaid
  • Was it paid through:
    • Your employer
    • Government benefits
    • Both

135. Because of these care responsibilities, will you retire earlier or later than you would like to?

• Earlier
• Later

136. Have these care responsibilities prevented you from working at a paid job in the past 12 months?

• Yes
• No

137. Are you interested in finding paid employment?

Would you say:

• Yes, a full-time job
• Yes, a part-time job
• Yes, either full-time or part-time job
• No

School attendance

138. Were you attending school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university, at any time since [reference month] [reference year]?

Report only attendance for courses that can be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma, or degree. Distance learning for credit is included.

• Yes
• No

Education

139. In the past 12 months, have you postponed enrolling in or dropped out of an education or training program because of these care responsibilities?

• Yes
• No

140. In the past 12 months, have your studies had any of the following impacts because of these care responsibilities?

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Your grades declined
• You reduced your course-load
• You deferred your studies
• You dropped out
• You lost scholarships or bursaries
• Other
  • Specify the impact
• No impact on your studies

Caregiving history

141. Have you ever provided care to someone with a long-term health condition, a disability or problems related to aging?

A long-term health condition is one that lasted or was expected to last six months or longer.

Include care provided to family, friends or neighbours.
Exclude paid assistance to clients or patients and volunteering on behalf of an organization.

• Yes
• No

142. Excluding the people you have helped during the past 12 months, have you ever provided care to anyone else with a long-term health condition, a disability or problems related to aging?

A long-term health condition is one that lasted or was expected to last six months or longer.

Include care provided to family, friends or neighbours.
Exclude:

• people you helped in the past 12 months
• paid help given to patients or clients, or help provided on behalf of an organization.

• Yes
• No

143. How many people have you provided care to?

Include care provided to family members, friends or neighbours.

[Exclude people you have provided care to in the past 12 months, even if that care started prior to the past 12 months.]

• Number of people

Information on caregiving episodes

We [have/will ask] a few questions about [this person/these people/only three of these people].
Note: Some questions could be repeated to account for different people.

144. In what year did you begin to provide care to [this person/the first person/the second person/the third person]?

Please provide your best estimate.

• Year

145. At what age did you begin to provide care to [this person/the first person/the second person/the third person]?

• Age

146. In what year did you stop providing care to [this person/the first person/the second person/the third person]?

• Year

147. At what age did you stop providing help to [this person/the first person/the second person/the third person]?

• Age

148. What was the relationship of [this person/the first person/the second person/the third person] to you?

Were they your:

• Spouse or partner
• Ex-spouse or ex-partner
• Son or daughter
• Father or mother
• Brother or sister
• Grandson or granddaughter
• Grandfather or grandmother
• Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
• Father-in-law or mother-in-law
• Brother-in-law or sister-in-law
• Nephew or niece
• Uncle or aunt
• Cousin
• Friend
• Neighbour
• Co-worker
• Other
  • Specify this relationship

Future expectations for providing care

149. Thinking of the next five years, do you expect that you will have to provide care to a child or an adult due to a long-term condition, disability or problems related to aging?

Include the people to whom you are currently providing care, if applicable.

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Not sure

Work activities and employment type

150. During the past 12 months, for how many weeks were you employed?

If you had multiple jobs in the past 12 months, please select the total number of weeks employed for all of the jobs you had.

Include the weeks you were employed but absent because you were on vacation, sick leave with pay, leave of absence, strike, lockout or maternity, paternity or parental leave.

• Number of weeks

151. Were you mainly an employee or self-employed?

Were you:

• Employee
• Self-employed
• An unpaid family worker

Industry

152. What was the full name of your business?

Enter the full name of the business. If the business does not have a name, enter your full name.

• Name of business

153. For whom did you work?

Enter the full name of the company, business, government department or agency, or person.

• Name of the business

154. What kind of business, industry or service was this?

e.g., new home construction, primary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, food wholesale, car parts factory, federal government

• Please enter a detailed description.

155. What was your work or occupation?

e.g., legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, secondary school teacher, computer programmer

• Work or occupation

156. In this work, what were your main activities?

e.g., prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, taught mathematics, developed software

• Main activities

Union contract and collective agreement

157. Were you a union member or covered by a union contract or collective agreement?

• Yes
• No

Usual hours worked

158. On average, how many hours did you work per week?

If your hours vary from week to week, please provide an average.
If you have more than one job, please add the number of hours for all jobs.

• Number of hours

Terms of employment

159. Which of the following best describes your terms of employment?

Would you say:

• Permanent employment
  i.e., no contractual or anticipated termination date
• Seasonal employment
  i.e., intermittent according to the seasons of the year
• Term employment
  i.e., set termination date
• Casual or on-call employment

Usual work schedule

160. Which of the following best describes your usual work schedule?

Would you say:

• A regular daytime schedule or shift
• A regular evening shift
• A regular night shift
• A rotating shift
  One that changes periodically from days to evenings or to nights.
• A split shift
  One consisting of two or more distinct periods each day.
• On call
• An irregular schedule
• Other
  • Specify this other work schedule

Flexible work arrangements

161. In the past 12 months, did you have access to any of the following flexible work arrangements at your job?

Select all that apply.

Did you have:

• A flexible schedule (choose the start and end of your day)
• The option of telework
• The option to work part-time
• Leave dedicated to care responsibilities for children or adults in your family
  Exclude parental leave.
  • Would this leave be paid or unpaid?
    Would you say:
    • Paid
    • Unpaid
    • Both paid and unpaid
• The option to take extended leave without pay for personal reasons
• Other
  • Specify the other work arrangement
• None of these arrangements are offered at my job

Education

162. What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree that you have completed?

• Less than high school diploma or its equivalent
• High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• Trades certificate or diploma
• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma (other than trades certificates or diplomas)
• University certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level
• Bachelor's degree
  e.g., B.A., B.A. (Hons), B.Sc., B.Ed., LL.B
• University certificate, diploma, or degree above the bachelor's level

Main activity of spouse or partner

163. During the past 12 months, what was your [spouse/partner]'s main activity?

Main activity means the activity on which your [spouse/partner] spends most of their time.

Was it:

• Working at a paid job or business
• Looking for paid work
• Going to school
• Caring for household children
• Household work
• Retired
• Maternity, paternity or parental leave
• Long term illness
• Volunteering or care-giving other than for household children
• Other
  • Specify the main activity

164. Did [he/she/they] have a job or was [he/she/they] self-employed at any time during the past 12 months?

Include vacation, illness, strikes, lockouts and maternity or paternity leave.

• Yes
• No

General health

The following questions are about health. By health, we mean not only the absence of disease or injury but also physical, mental and social well-being.

165. In general, how is your health?

Would you say:

• Excellent
• Very good
• Good
• Fair
• Poor

166. In general, how is your mental health?

Would you say:

• Excellent
• Very good
• Good
• Fair
• Poor

Self-rated stress

167. Thinking of the amount of stress in your life, how would you describe most of your days?

Would you say:

• Not at all stressful
• Not very stressful
• A bit stressful
• Quite a bit stressful
• Extremely stressful

Activities of daily living

The following questions are about difficulties you may have doing certain activities. Only difficulties or long-term conditions that have lasted or are expected to last for six months or more should be considered.

Seeing

168. Do you have any difficulty seeing?

Would you say:

• No
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

169. Do you wear glasses or contact lenses to improve your vision?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

170. [With your glasses or contact lenses, which/Which] of the following best describes your ability to see?

Would you say:

• No difficulty seeing
• Some difficulty seeing
• A lot of difficulty seeing
• You are legally blind
• You are blind
• Don't know

171. How often does this [difficulty seeing/seeing condition] limit your daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Hearing

172. Do you have any difficulty hearing?

Would you say:

• No
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

173. Do you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

174. [With your hearing aid or cochlear implant, which/Which] of the following best describes your ability to hear?

Would you say:

• No difficulty hearing
• Some difficulty hearing
• A lot of difficulty hearing
• You cannot hear at all
• You are Deaf
• Don't know

175. How often does this [difficulty hearing/hearing condition] limit your daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Physical activities

176. Do you have any difficulty walking, using stairs, using your hands or fingers or doing other physical activities?

Would you say:

• No
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Mobility

The following questions are about your ability to move around, even when using an aid such as a cane.

177. How much difficulty do you have walking on a flat surface for 15 minutes without resting?

This refers to your regular walking pace. If you use an aid for minimal support such as a cane, walking stick or crutches, please answer this question based on your ability to walk when using these aids.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do at all
• Don't know

178. How much difficulty do you have walking up or down a flight of stairs, about 12 steps without resting?

This refers to your regular walking pace. If you use an aid for minimal support such as a cane, walking stick or crutches, please answer this question based on your ability to walk when using these aids.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do at all
• Don't know

179. How often [do these difficulties/does this difficulty walking/does this difficulty using stairs] limit your daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Flexibility

180. How much difficulty do you have bending down and picking up an object from the floor?

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do at all
• Don't know

181. How much difficulty do you have reaching in any direction, for example, above your head?

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do at all
• Don't know

182. How often [do these difficulties/does this difficulty bending down and picking up an object/does this difficulty reaching] limit your daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Dexterity

183. How much difficulty do you have using your fingers to grasp small objects like a pencil or scissors?

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do at all
• Don't know

184. How often does this difficulty using your fingers limit your daily activities?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Pain

The following questions are about pain due to a long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more.

185. Do you have pain that is always present?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

186. Do you [also] have periods of pain that reoccur from time to time?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

187. How often does this pain limit your daily activities?

If you have both pain that is always present and pain that reoccurs from time to time, consider the pain that bothers you the most. If your pain is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

188. When you are experiencing this pain, how much difficulty do you have with your daily activities?

If you have both pain that is always present and pain that reoccurs from time to time, consider the pain that bothers you the most. If your pain is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Cognitive activities

Please answer only for difficulties or long-term conditions that have lasted or are expected to last for six months or more.

189. Do you have any difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating?

Would you say:

• No
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Learning

190. Do you think you have a condition that makes it difficult in general for you to learn? This may include learning disabilities such as dyslexia, hyperactivity, attention problems, etc.

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

191. Has a teacher, doctor or other health care professional ever said that you had a learning disability?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

192. How often are your daily activities limited by this condition?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

193. How much difficulty do you have with your daily activities because of this condition?

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Developmental

194. Has a doctor, psychologist or other health care professional ever said that you had a developmental disability or disorder? This may include Down syndrome, autism, Asperger syndrome, mental impairment due to lack of oxygen at birth, etc.

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

195. How often are your daily activities limited by this condition?

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

196. How much difficulty do you have with your daily activities because of this condition?

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Memory

197. Do you have any ongoing memory problems or periods of confusion?

Exclude occasional forgetfulness such as not remembering where you put your keys.

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

198. How often are your daily activities limited by this problem?

If the problem is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

199. How much difficulty do you have with your daily activities because of this problem?

If the problem is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Mental health

Please remember that your answers will be kept strictly confidential.

200. Do you have any emotional, psychological or mental health conditions?

e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, anorexia, etc.

Would you say:

• No
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

201. How often are your daily activities limited by this condition?

If the condition is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

202. When you are experiencing this condition, how much difficulty do you have with your daily activities?

If the condition is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Other health condition

203. Do you have any other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more?

Exclude any health problems previously reported.

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

204. How often does this health problem or long-term condition limit your daily activities?

If you have more than one other health problem or condition, please answer based on the health problem or condition that limits your daily activities the most.

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

Pain

The following questions are about pain due to a long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more.

205. Do you have pain that is always present?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

206. Do you [also] have periods of pain that reoccur from time to time?

Would you say:

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

207. How often does this pain limit your daily activities?

If you have both pain that is always present and pain that reoccurs from time to time, consider the pain that bothers you the most. If your pain is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using your medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Always
• Don't know

208. When you are experiencing this pain, how much difficulty do you have with your daily activities?

If you have both pain that is always present and pain that reoccurs from time to time, consider the pain that bothers you the most. If your pain is controlled by medication or therapy, please answer this question based on when you are using your medication or therapy.

Would you say:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty
• You cannot do most activities
• Don't know

Place of birth and immigration

209. Where were you born?

Specify place of birth according to present boundaries.

• Born in Canada
  • Specify the province or territory
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nova Scotia
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon
• Born outside Canada
  • Select the country
    To search for a country, type the first few letters to narrow down the choices.
    Note: If the country is not listed, select "Other".
    • Specify other country

210. In what year did you first come to Canada to live?

If exact year is not known, enter best estimate.

• Year of arrival

211. Are you now, or have you ever been a landed immigrant?

A "landed immigrant" (permanent resident) is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.

• Yes
• No

212. In what year did you first become a landed immigrant?

If exact year is not known, enter best estimate.

• Year of immigration

213. Of what country are you a citizen?

Select all that apply.

Are you a citizen of:

• Canada
  • Is it:
    • By birth
    • By naturalization
      i.e., the process by which an immigrant is granted citizenship of Canada, under the Citizenship Act.
• Another country
  • Select the country
    To search for a country, type the first few letters to narrow down the choices.
    Note: if the country is not listed, select "Other".
    • Specify other country

Place of birth of parents

214. Where were your parents born?

• All parents born in Canada
  • Select the province or territory of birth of each parent according to present boundaries.
    • Province or territory of birth of parent 1
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nova Scotia
      • Nunavut
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Quebec
      • Saskatchewan
      • Yukon
    • Province or territory of birth of parent 2
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nova Scotia
      • Nunavut
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Quebec
      • Saskatchewan
      • Yukon
• All parents born outside Canada
  • Select the country of birth of each parent according to present boundaries.
    To search for a country, type the first few letters to narrow down the choices.
    Note: if the country is not listed, select "Other".
    • Country of birth of parent 1
      • Specify other country
    • Country of birth of parent 2
      • Specify other country
• One parent born in Canada AND one parent born outside Canada
  • Select the place of birth for each parent according to present boundaries.
    • Province or territory of birth of the parent born in Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nova Scotia
      • Nunavut
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Quebec
      • Saskatchewan
      • Yukon
    • Country of birth of parent born outside Canada
      To search for a country, type the first few letters to narrow down the choices.
      Note: if the country is not listed, select "Other".
      • Specify other country

Indigenous Identity

215. Are you First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

First Nations (North American Indian) includes Status and Non-Status Indians
If "Yes", select the responses that best describes this person now.

• No, not First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
• Yes, First Nations (North American Indian)
• Yes, Métis
• Yes, Inuk (Inuit)

Sociodemographic characteristics

The following question collects information to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural and economic life of Canada.

216. Which population group or groups best describe you?

Select all groups that apply, or specify another group, if applicable.

Are you:

• White
• South Asian
  e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
• Chinese
• Black
• Filipino
• Arab
• Latin American
• Southeast Asian
  e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai
• West Asian
  e.g., Iranian, Afghan
• Korean
• Japanese
• Or please specify
  • Specify another group

Religion

217. What is your religion?

Specify your denomination or religion, even if you are not currently a practicing member of that group.
e.g., Roman Catholic, United Church, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Muslim, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Greek Orthodox

• Religion
  To search for a religion, type the first few letters to narrow down the choices.
  Note: If the religion is not listed, select "Other".
  • Specify the religion
• No religion

218. Not counting events such as weddings or funerals, during the past 12 months, how often did you participate in religious activities or attend religious services or meetings?

Exclude rites of passage such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, bar mitzvahs.

Was it:

• At least once a week      
• At least once a month   
• At least three times a year           
• Once or twice a year      
• Not at all

Importance of religion

219. How important are your religious or spiritual beliefs to the way you live your life?

Would you say:

• Very important
• Somewhat important
• Not very important
• Not important at all

Language

220. Can you speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?

• English only       
• French only        
• Both English and French
• Neither English nor French

221. What language do you speak most often at home?

• English
• French
• Other
  • Specify other language

222. What is the language that you first learned at home in childhood and still understand?

If you no longer understand the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.

• English
• French
• Other
  • Specify other language

Housing characteristics

223. In what type of dwelling are you now living?

If you are living in a condominium or seniors' housing, identify the type of building.

Is it a:

• Single detached house
• Semi-detached or double
  i.e., side by side
• Garden home, townhouse or row house
• Duplex
  i.e., one above the other
• Low-rise apartment (a building of less than 5 storeys)
• High-rise apartment (a building of more than 5 storeys)
• Mobile home or trailer
• Other
  • Specify the type of dwelling

Sexual orientation

224. What is your sexual orientation?

Would you say you are:

• Heterosexual
• Lesbian or gay
• Bisexual
• Or please specify
  • Specify your sexual orientation

Well-being and social experiences

225. During the last 12 months, how often did you attend an art performance, such as music, dance, or theatre performances, excluding at festivals?

Would you say:

• 1 to 4 times a year
• 5 to 11 times a year
• At least once a month
• Not in the past 12 months

229. During the last 12 months, how often did you attend an artistic or culture festival, such as a music festival, comedy festival, or other arts and culture festival?

Would you say:

• 1 to 4 times a year
• 5 to 11 times a year
• At least once a month
• Not in the past 12 months

233. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Attending arts and cultural events as well as festivals has a positive impact on my well-being.

Would you say:

• Strongly agree
• Agree
• Neither agree nor disagree
• Disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Not applicable

237. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Attending arts and cultural events as well as festivals has a positive impact on my mental health.

Would you say:

• Strongly agree
• Agree
• Neither agree nor disagree
• Disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Not applicable

241. Thinking about the future in Canada, how hopeful are you about the way democracy works in Canada?

Would you say:

• Very hopeful
• Somewhat hopeful
• A little hopeful
• Not at all hopeful

245. Thinking about the future in Canada, how hopeful are you about economic opportunities in Canada?

Would you say:

• Very hopeful
• Somewhat hopeful
• A little hopeful
• Not at all hopeful

249. Thinking about the future in Canada, how hopeful are you about unity among Canadians?

Would you say:

• Very hopeful
• Somewhat hopeful
• A little hopeful
• Not at all hopeful

255. In the past 12 months, have you experienced discrimination or been treated unfairly by others in Canada because of any of the following?

Discrimination means treating people unfairly or adversely because of personal traits such as their race, age, religion, gender, or disability.

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Your Indigenous identity
• Your ethnicity or culture
• Your race or skin colour
• Your religion
• Your language
• Your accent
• Your physical appearance
  Include discrimination on the basis of weight, height, hair style or colour, clothing, jewelry, tattoos and other physical characteristics.
  Exclude discrimination on the basis of skin colour.
• Your sex
  Sex refers to sex assigned at birth.
• Your sexual orientation
  Include gender diverse identities such as two-spirit or nonbinary.
• Your age
• A physical or mental disability
• Your family status
  e.g., being single, married, divorced or in a common-law relationship, whether or not you have children, caring for children, aging parents or relatives with disabilities
• Some other reason
• Did not experience discrimination

257. In the past 12 months, have you witnessed discrimination or unfair treatment by others in Canada because of Indigenous identity, ethnicity, culture, race, skin colour, religion, language, accent, physical appearance, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, family status or some other reason?

Discrimination means treating people differently, negatively, or adversely for reasons linked to personal traits, such as their race, age, religion or gender.

• Yes
• No

263. From which sources do you typically get your news or information?

Exclude sources you rarely use or that you don't anticipate using again.

If a particular source, such as a close contact, typically links you to other sources, such as news websites, please select all the sources involved.

Select all that apply.

Would you say:

• Close contacts
  e.g., family, friends, colleagues
• Government communications
  Include federal, provincial, territorial and municipal government websites, briefings, social media posts and podcasts.
• Scientific experts or peer-reviewed journals
• News organizations
  Include print media, TV and radio broadcasts, websites, social media posts and podcasts.
• Social media posts by other users
  Exclude posts by users affiliated with government, scientific or news organizations.
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
  e.g., use a chatbot to ask for information
• Other Internet sources
  e.g., Google searches, online forums, podcasts
• None of the above

265. Do you find it easy, moderately difficult or difficult to distinguish between true and false news or information?

• Easy
• Moderately difficult
• Difficult

269. How concerned are you about the presence of misinformation online?

Misinformation is news or information that is verifiably false or inaccurate. The sharer of misinformation may or may not be aware that it is misinformation. When they are aware, it is often referred to as disinformation.

Would you say:

• Extremely concerned
• Very concerned
• Somewhat concerned
• Not very concerned
• Not at all concerned

273. In the past 12 months, how difficult or easy was it for your household to meet its financial needs in terms of transportation, housing, food, clothing and other necessary expenses?

Would you say:

• Very difficult
• Difficult
• Neither difficult nor easy
• Easy
• Very easy

277. Today, could your household cover an unexpected expense of $500 from your household's resources?

• Yes
• No

281. On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means you feel "Not at all satisfied" and 10 means you are "Completely satisfied", how satisfied are you with the quality of your local environment such as access to green space, and air or water quality?

Would you say:

• 0 - Not at all satisfied
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 - Completely satisfied

Perceptions of crime and safety

Now, some general questions on crime and safety.

285. In general, how satisfied are you with your personal safety from crime?

Are you:

• Very satisfied
• Satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• No opinion

289. Compared to other areas in Canada, do you think your neighbourhood has a higher amount of crime, about the same or a lower amount of crime?

"Neighbourhood" refers to the area surrounding your home.

• Higher
• About the same
• Lower

293. In the past five years, do you think that crime in your neighbourhood has increased, decreased or remained about the same?

Would you say:

• Increased
• Decreased
• About the same
• Just moved into the area or have not lived in neighbourhood long enough

297. How safe do you feel from crime when walking alone in your area after dark?

If you cannot walk, consider how safe you would feel if you went out in a wheelchair.

Do you feel:

• Very safe
• Reasonably safe
• Somewhat unsafe
• Very unsafe
• You do not walk alone

Future Surveys

Statistics Canada is looking for volunteers to participate in select surveys to gather information on important social topics that will aim to fill data and knowledge gaps. By participating, you will support decision makers in developing programs and policies to better serve all people living in Canada.

Please note that participation in these future surveys on social topics is voluntary and you can choose not to participate even after we have contacted you. However, your participation is important so that information collected is as accurate and complete as possible.

346. If you would like to participate, please provide the following information, and we may contact you to participate in some of these surveys.

Note: Regardless of whether you agree to participate, your household will remain eligible for other Statistics Canada surveys.

• Email address
  Example: user@example.gov.ca
• Cellphone number
  Example: 123-123-1234

Thank you for agreeing to participate in future Statistics Canada surveys.