Why do we conduct this survey?

The purpose of this survey is to collect information for producing national and provincial level estimates of potato production and value. These estimates will be used to assess the economic health of the industry. Agricultural producers and industry analysts will work with this information to make production and marketing decisions, and government analysts will use it to develop agricultural policies in Canada.

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 statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

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

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

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.
For this survey, there is a Section 12 agreement with the Prince Edward Island Statistical agency.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

• Yes
  When did the main activity change?
  Date:
• No

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

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.

CAPTION

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

Potatoes grown for sale this year

1. Are you growing any potatoes for sale this year?

Please report all planting intentions, if you have not completed your planting activities when completing this survey.

• Yes
• No

Area planted

2. What is the total area of potatoes planted in the 2023 crop year?

Please report for the entire operation. Report the area of potatoes planted on land owned or rented by all partners in the operation.

Please report all planting intentions, if you have not completed your planting activities when completing this survey.

Total area:

Unit of measure:

• Acres
• Hectares

Agricultural production

3. Which of the following agricultural products are currently being produced on this operation?

Select all that apply.

• Field crops
• Hay
• Summerfallow
• Potatoes
• Fruit, berries and nuts
• Vegetables
• Sod
• Nursery products
• Greenhouse products
• Cattle and calves
  Include beef or dairy.
• Pigs
• Sheep and lambs
• Mink
• Fox
• Hens and chickens
• Turkeys
• Maple taps
• Honey bees
• Mushrooms
• Other
  Specify agricultural products:
• Not producing agricultural products

Area in crops

4. What area of this operation is used for the following crops?

Report the areas only once, even if used for more than one crop type.

Exclude land used by others.

CAPTION

	Area	Unit of measure
a. Field crops
b. Hay
c. Summerfallow
d. Potatoes
e. Fruit, berries and nuts
f. Vegetables
g. Sod
h. Nursery products
Unit of measure acres hectares arpents

Greenhouse area

5. What is the total area under glass, plastic or other protection used for growing plants?

Total area:

Unit of measure:

• square feet
• square metres

Livestock (excluding birds)

6. How many of the following animals are on this operation?

Report all animals on this operation, regardless of ownership, including those that are boarded, custom-fed or fed under contract.

Include all animals kept by this operation, regardless of ownership, that are pastured on a community pasture, grazing co-op or public land.

Exclude animals owned but kept on a farm, ranch or feedlot operated by someone else.

CAPTION

	Number
a. Cattle and calves
b. Pigs
c. Sheep and lambs
d. Mink
e. Fox

Birds

7. How many of the following birds are on this operation?

Report all poultry on this operation, regardless of ownership, including those grown under contract.

Include poultry for sale and poultry for personal use.

Exclude poultry owned but kept on an operation operated by someone else.

CAPTION

	Number
a. Hens and chickens
b. Turkeys

Maple taps

8. What was the total number of taps made on maple trees last spring?

Total number of taps:

Honey bees

9. How many live colonies of honey bees (used for honey production or pollination) are owned by this operation?

Include bees owned, regardless of location.

Number of colonies:

Mushrooms

10. What is the total mushroom growing area (standing footage) on this operation?

Include mushrooms grown using beds, trays, tunnels or logs.

Total area:

Unit of measure:

• square feet
• square metres

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

• Strike or lock-out
• Exchange rate impact
• Price changes in goods or services sold
• Contracting out
• 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

Contact person

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

• Yes
• No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

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

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Date: March 2023

Program manager: Director, Diversity and Sociocultural Statistics
Director General, Justice, Diversity and Population Statistics

Reference to Personal Information Bank (PIB)

Personal information collected through the Survey of Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions or Disabilities (SELCCA – CLCD) is described in Statistics Canada's "Special Surveys" Personal Information Bank. The Personal Information Bank refers to information collected through Statistics Canada's ad hoc surveys, which are not part of the regular survey taking activities of the Agency. They cover a variety of socio-economic topics including health, housing, labour market, education and literacy, as well as demographic data.

The "Special Surveys" Personal Information Bank (Bank number: StatCan PPU 016) is published on the Statistics Canada website under the latest Information about Programs and Information Holdings chapter.

Description of statistical activity

Statistics Canada is conducting the Survey of Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions or Disabilities (SELCCA – CLCD) under the authority of the Statistics Act¹. on a cost-recovery basis for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to address the data gaps for children with long-term conditions and disabilities. This new cross-sectional survey aims to gather information from parents and guardians of children with one or more long-term condition or disability, aged 0 to 5, living in the provinces, as a next step to Statistics Canada's other recent collections on Early Learning and Child Care (the voluntary 2022 Survey of Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA) and 2023 Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC) . The SELCCA – CLCD includes the same core content as each of these surveys to support indicators related to early learning and child care, as well as content that can provide information on the specific needs of these children and their families or barriers that they may experience. CSELCC, which replaces SELCCA for 2023, includes additional content on parents' and guardian's labour market participation to better understand the interaction between work and the use of early learning and child care arrangements. As there is no standardized measure of disability among children, neither of these surveys included measures to identify whether children have long-term conditions or disabilities.

The survey asks parents and guardians about their child care preferences, arrangements, associated costs and other relevant information such as difficulties they may have faced when looking for or accessing care (accessibility and availability).

In order to identify long-term conditions or disabilities in children, the survey also collects information on their activity limitations, physical and mental health conditions and health status. In addition, age, gender, Indigenous identity, visible minority status, and education will be collected.

Results from this survey will be used to help to support the Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework, which seeks to improve Canada's Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) system.

To reduce respondent burden and supplement/verify relevant information (described in more detail below), participants will be notified that their responses will be linked to their data from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population² and Longitudinal Immigration Database³, as well as their Canada Child Benefit, T1 Universe File (Personal Master)⁴ and the T1 Family File (T1FF) data from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)⁵ . Statistics Canada's microdata linkage and related statistical activities were assessed in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment.⁶ All data linkage activities are subject to established governance⁷ , and are assessed against the privacy principles of necessity and proportionality⁸ . All approved linkages are published on Statistics Canada's website⁹ .

Reason for supplement:

While the Generic Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) addresses most of the privacy and security risks related to statistical activities conducted by Statistics Canada, this supplement was developed to address the collection and use of potentially sensitive information regarding disabilities and long-term conditions of children¹⁰ . As is the case with all PIAs, Statistics Canada's privacy framework ensures that elements of privacy protection and privacy controls are documented and applied.

Reason for supplement

While the Generic Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) presents and addresses most of the privacy principles and security risks related to statistical activities conducted by Statistics Canada, this supplement addresses any privacy risks associated with this new data environment. As is the case with all PIAs, Statistics Canada's privacy framework ensures that elements of privacy protection and privacy controls are documented and applied.

Necessity and Proportionality

The collection and use of personal information for SELCCA – CLCD can be justified against Statistics Canada's Necessity and Proportionality Framework:

1. Necessity

The collection and use of information on children with long-term conditions and disabilities is required by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to ensure that Canada's Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) system meets the needs of all families, including those who may face barriers to child care as a result of long-term conditions or disabilities as per the Government of Canada's Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework. Other surveys on early learning and child care do not collect information related to long-term conditions or disabilities in children nor the barriers they face. As a result, there is a data gap related to the children with long-term conditions and disabilities and child care, which results in the inability to assess whether ELCC in Canada adequately supports these children and their families. The information produced through this survey will be used to direct policies and programs aiming to improve the quality, accessibility, affordability, inclusivity and flexibility of ELCC programs and services.

The 2021 Census and the CRA's Canada Child Benefit file will be used by Statistics Canada methodologists to identify which households are in-scope for collection when creating the survey frame, based on statistical sampling parameters (geographic representativeness, socio-demographic representativeness, etc.) and the indicated presence of young children.

Respondents will be informed that their survey responses will be linked to 2021 Census of Population data, immigration data (from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Immigration Database), and select CRA data to provide additional contextual information, and to help reduce respondent burden. Specifically:

• The linkage with the 2021 Census of Population will be used to evaluate the relationship between the Activities of Daily Living questions on the Census with the reporting of long-term conditions and disabilities in children on the SELCCA – CLCD to determine how accurate it is at identifying children with long-term conditions and disabilities. This analysis will support the future development of a social model disability screening tool for children, similar to the Disability Screening Questions. A standardized disability screening tool for children would facilitate the collection of data for this population, resulting in data which reflects the lived experiences of these children and their parents. Additionally, a standardized disability screening tool would support Canada in meeting obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
• A linkage with the CRA's Canada Child Benefit will provide accurate geographic information, such as place of residence.
• Data from CRA, such as the T1 Universe File (Personal Master) file, and T1FF, will provide data related to personal and household income to reduce the number of questions respondents need to answer.
• Finally, a linkage to the Longitudinal Immigration Database provides data related to immigration status for the child and their family to reduce the number of questions respondents need to answer.

2. Effectiveness - Working assumptions:

SELCCA – CLCD is designed to provide accurate estimates of the experiences and needs of children with long-term conditions and disabilities and their families at the national level, excluding territories¹¹ . To effectively collect this data, Statistics Canada will:

• reuse content from the 2022 Survey of Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA) and 2023 Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC) for early learning and child-care indicators;
• use a variety of measurements similar to those Statistics Canada already uses to identify long-term conditions and disability in persons aged 15 and over. Results will be compared to linked information from the 2021 Census of Population to validate their accuracy and effectiveness, and to assist in creating a standardized set of screening questions to identify disability according to the social model for those under 15 for use in future Statistics Canada surveys;
• use a new Global Activity Limitations Indicator (GALI) for the first time by Statistics Canada, its effectiveness having been previously demonstrated internationally in the European Union Statistics on Income and Living (EC-SILC) survey within the 2017 Health and Children's Health module¹²

3. Proportionality

SELCCA – CLCD was developed to address data gaps related to child care for children with disabilities or long-term conditions, specifically barriers related to the use of child care. Questions related to long-term conditions and disability, particularly in children, can be viewed as sensitive, however this information is required to ensure that the early learning and child care arrangement needs of all children are being met.

In order to ensure the survey was reflective of the needs of children with long-term conditions and disabilities, content for SELCCA – CLCD was developed in consultation with experts in early learning and child care for children with disabilities, as well as ESDC, to ensure that the content aligned with the needs of researchers and ESDC to make informed policy decisions that ultimately benefit the Canadian society and economy. Only content needed to support ELCC policies and programs are included within the survey.

A sample size of 20,000 children aged 0-5 has been assessed as necessary by methodologists to produce statistics of sufficient quality to produce insightful information at the national level. The Census of Population and the Canada Child Benefit are used to create a representative sample frame of children for the survey, with a person knowledgeable about the child, such as a parent or legal guardian, responding to the survey.

In order to limit collection to only children aged 0-5 with a long-term condition or disability, a screening at the beginning of the survey ensures that respondent children without a long-term condition or disability are screened out and not required to provide any additional information as they are considered out of scope.

Ultimately, this collection of data and information is considered proportional to the potential benefits to policymakers, who will be able to use it to help address the child care needs of children with a long-term condition or disability.

4. Alternatives

Statistics Canada conducts several other surveys related to early learning and child care¹³ ; however, these surveys do not collect data on long-term conditions or disabilities. Specifically, these surveys do not contain:

• measures to identify long-term conditions or disabilities in children, or
• content regarding the specific needs of these children and their families, including information on barriers related to child care.

Adding content on long-term conditions and disabilities in children to existing surveys was considered, but was projected to increase response burden for participants selected for these other surveys to statistically and operationally unacceptable levels. Although the data from these other surveys supports Canada's ELCC system, they do not provide sufficient insights related to the long-term conditions or disabilities of the associated children.

Mitigation factors

Some questions contained in SELCCA – CLCD are considered sensitive as they relate to health conditions or disabilities of young children, however, the overall risk of harm to the survey respondents has been deemed manageable with existing Statistics Canada safeguards that are described in Statistics Canada's Generic Privacy Impact Assessment, as well as with the following measure:

• Qualitative testing of survey content was conducted with parents and guardians of children with long-term conditions and disabilities to ensure that the content would be well understood and to evaluate whether the questions being asked were overly intrusive or insensitive. As a result of feedback related to the sensitivity of the content received during qualitative testing, several changes were made to the final survey content, including the removal of content that was deemed highly sensitive.
• As with all Statistic Canada surveys, prior to the survey, respondents will be informed of the survey purpose, allowing them to decide if they want to participate. This information will be provided through invitation and reminder letters and reiterated at the beginning of the online questionnaire. Respondents will also be informed that their participation is voluntary before being asked any questions. Information about the survey, a brochure, and the survey questionnaire will be made available on Statistics Canada's website on the day collection starts.
• Individual responses will be grouped with those of others when reporting results. Individual responses and results for very small groups will never be published or shared with government departments or agencies. Careful analysis of the data and consideration will be given prior to the release of aggregate data to ensure that vulnerable individuals are not disproportionally impacted.

Conclusion

This assessment concludes that, with the existing Statistics Canada safeguards including those listed above, any remaining risks are such that Statistics Canada is prepared to accept and manage the risk.