Getting started

Why are we conducting the census?

Thank you for participating in the 2026 Census. The information you provide is used to produce statistics that communities, businesses, and governments rely on to plan services, develop programs, and make informed decisions about employment, schools, public transportation, hospitals and more.

The answers are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act and kept strictly confidential. By law, all residents living in facilities and establishments must be included in the 2026 Census of Population.

Statistics Canada makes use of existing sources of information such as immigration, income tax and benefits data to reduce the burden placed on respondents.

The information you provide may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes or may be combined with other survey or administrative data sources.

Include the residents of this facility or establishment in Canada's statistical portrait by completing the census questionnaire as soon as possible.

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 or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

Record linkages

The information you provide may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes or may be combined with other surveys or administrative data sources.

Facility and contact information

1. Verify or provide the facility name and correct where needed.

• Facility name

2. Is this the civic address of this facility?
Note: If the address below is missing or incomplete, please answer "No" and provide the complete address.

• Yes
• No
  • Please enter the civic address of this facility.

    Note: For a non-civic address, please provide a rural route or land description in the "Street name" answer field.

    Example: 63532 Range Rd 444 or NW-34-42-4-W3

    • Civic number
    • Suffix
    • Unit number
    • Street name
    • Street type
    • Direction
    • City, municipality, town or village
    • Province or territory
    • Postal code
      • Example: A9A 9A9

3. Verify or provide the following information of the designated contact person for this facility and correct where needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
• Email address
  Example: user@example.gov.ca
• Telephone number (including area code)
  Example: 123-123-1234
• Extension number (if applicable)

Collective dwelling types

A collective dwelling is a dwelling of a commercial, institutional, or communal nature. It must provide care or services, or have common facilities shared by the occupants.

1. Which of the following best describes this facility or establishment?

• Hospital
  • If selected, go to Question 4.
    • Is this facility licensed as a hospital?
      • Yes
      • No
• Long-term care home or residence for older adults
  • Select the most applicable:
    • Long-term care home
      A facility that provides 24-hour nursing care or personal care. Residents receive help for most or all daily activities.
    • Residence for older adults
      A facility that offers personal support and assisted living care. Services are provided as part of the rent or available for an additional fee paid to the facility, e.g., retirement homes or assisted living homes. These facilities do not provide 24-hour nursing or personal care.
    • Both long-term care home and residence for older adults
    • No care or services are provided to residents
      • If selected, go to Question 6.
• Residential care facility, related to disabilities, mental health, addiction, etc.
  • This facility is for:
    Select all that apply.
    • primarily children or minors
    • persons with psychological disabilities
    • persons with an addiction
    • persons with physical challenges or disabilities
    • persons with developmental disabilities
    • persons with other disabilities
      • Specify the types of disabilities
• Shelter
  • This facility is primarily for:
    • persons lacking a fixed address, such as homeless persons
    • persons released from custody or on conditional release
    • victims of domestic violence or abuse
    • refugees and asylum seekers
    • other persons
      • Specify persons
• Correctional or custodial facility, including municipal detachments
  • What type of facility is this?
    • Young offenders' facility
    • Temporary lock-up (e.g., police holding cell)
    • provincial or territorial detention centre or custodial facility
    • Federal correctional facility
• Religious establishment
• Establishment with temporary accommodation services
  • What type of establishment is this?
    • Hotel, motel or tourist establishment
    • Campground or park
    • Other establishment with temporary accommodation services, such as a YMCA-YWCA, Ronald McDonald House, or hostel
• Hutterite colony
  • If selected, exit survey.
• Lodging or rooming house
  • If selected, exit survey.
• Other establishment
  • What type of establishment is this?
    • Residence for school or training centre
    • Military base
    • Commercial vessel
    • Work camp
    • Government vessel
    • Other type of establishment
• None of the above
  • If selected, go to Question 2.

Go to Question 5, unless otherwise specified.

The following question will help determine whether this establishment should be included in this questionnaire or not.

2. Does this establishment allow for a person or group of persons to stay overnight?

• Yes
  • Does this establishment provide care, services or shared amenities?

    Include:

    • any medical service, health care or personal care that is provided by the facility
    • shared amenities, which include access to a common kitchen, dining room or bathroom.

    Exclude:

    • short-term vacation rentals, such as bed and breakfasts (e.g., Airbnb, Vrbo, etc.)
    • services not provided by the establishment (e.g., Uber, SkipTheDishes, Hello Fresh, etc.).
    • Yes
    • No
      • If no, go to Question 6.
• No
  • If no, go to Question 6.

3. Based on the answers provided, this facility must be included. Which of the following options best describes the primary purpose of this facility or establishment?

• Hospital
  • If selected, go to Question 4.
    • Is this facility licensed as a hospital?
      • Yes
      • No
• Long-term care home or residence for older adults
  • Select the most applicable:
    • Long-term care home
      A facility that provides 24-hour nursing care or personal care. Residents receive help for most or all daily activities.
    • Residence for older adults
      A facility that offers personal support and assisted living care. Services are provided as part of the rent or available for an additional fee paid to the facility, e.g., retirement homes or assisted living homes. These facilities do not provide 24-hour nursing or personal care.
    • Both long-term care home and residence for older adults
• Residential care facility related to disabilities, mental health, addiction, etc.
  • This facility is for:
    Select all that apply.
    • primarily children or minors
    • persons with psychological disabilities
    • persons with an addiction
    • persons with physical challenges or disabilities
    • persons with developmental disabilities
    • persons with other disabilities
      • Specify the types of disabilities
• Shelter
  • This facility is primarily for:
    • persons lacking a fixed address, such as homeless persons
    • persons released from custody or on conditional release
    • victims of domestic violence or abuse
    • refugees and asylum seekers
    • other persons
      • Specify persons
• Correctional or custodial facility, including municipal detachments
  • What type of facility is this?
    • Young offenders' facility
    • Temporary lock-up (e.g., police holding cell)
    • provincial or territorial detention centre, or custodial facility
    • Federal correctional facility
• Religious establishment
• Establishment with temporary accommodation services
  e.g., hotel, campground
  • What type of establishment is this?
    • Hotel, motel or tourist establishment
    • Campground or park
    • Other establishment with temporary accommodation services, such as a YMCA-YWCA, Ronald McDonald House, or hostel
• Hutterite colony
  • If selected, exit survey.
• Lodging or rooming house
  • If selected, exit survey.
• Other establishment
  e.g., residence for school, work camp
  • What type of establishment is this?
    • Residence for school or training centre
    • Military base
    • Commercial vessel
    • Work camp
    • Government vessel
    • Other type of establishment
      • Specify the type of establishment
• Go to Question 5, unless otherwise specified.

4. What services are provided at this hospital?

• Short-term care
• Long-term acute care
  • Is there also a care home for older adults at this facility?
    • Yes
    • No
• Both short-term care and long-term acute care
  • Is there also a care home for older adults at this facility?
    • Yes
    • No

Maximum capacity

5. What is the maximum number of persons who could stay overnight?

If the number of persons is unknown, enter your best estimate.

• Maximum number
  • If 0, go to Question 6.
• Go to Question 7, unless otherwise specified.

Operation status

6. Based on the answers provided, this establishment either does not allow for persons to stay overnight or does not provide care, services, or shared amenities and as a result does not meet the requirements for this questionnaire.

Select the option that best describes the operational status.

• Seasonal operations
  • When did this establishment close for the season?
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD
  • When does this establishment expect to resume operations?
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD
• Temporarily inactive
  • When did this establishment become temporarily inactive?
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD
  • When does this establishment expect to resume operations?
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Why is this establishment temporarily inactive?
• Ceased operations
  • When did this establishment cease operations?
    Example: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Why did this establishment cease operations?
    • Bankruptcy
    • Liquidation
    • Dissolution
    • Other
      • Specify the other reasons why operations ceased
• Private dwelling
  • When did this establishment become a private dwelling?

    Example: YYYY-MM-DD

• Other
  • Specify
• Go to Question 26, unless otherwise specified.

Resident information

The census counts people at the place where they usually live.

7. How many persons live at this facility and consider it to be their main residence?

Include persons:

• whose main residence is at this facility, even if they are temporarily away
• who do not have a residence elsewhere
• who have been living at this facility for six months or more (i.e., moved in or were admitted on or before November 12, 2025)
• who are live-in employees (e.g., staff, managers, and owners).

Exclude persons:

• who live in a private dwelling attached to this facility
• who are residents of another country visiting Canada.

• Number of persons
  • If 0, go to Question 8.
  • If greater than 20, go to Question 9.
  • If 1 to 20, go to Question 10.

8. Is there anyone who is staying at this address temporarily and has their main residence elsewhere?

• Yes
• No
• Go to Question 24, unless otherwise specified.

To complete the 2026 Census, Statistics Canada requires that you provide the following information for the residents who live at this facility.

This information includes:

• first name and last name
• date of birth, gender, and sex at birth
• marital status and common-law status
• status at facility
• languages.

By law, all residents living in facilities and establishments must be counted for the 2026 Census. Participation is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

The administrator of a facility or establishment is required to provide the information and Statistics Canada is authorized to collect this information. The information collected is kept strictly confidential.

9. How will you provide this information for each resident?

• Complete the online questionnaire
  Provide the information for each resident online
• Fill in and upload the template provided by Statistics Canada
  Provide the residents’ information in the downloadable Collective Template (Excel, 87 KB)
  • If selected, go to Question 23a.
• Upload this facility’s administrative records
  Attach the facility’s records that contains the residents’ information
  • If selected, go to Question 23b.

10. List the persons whose main residence is at this facility.

People whose main residence is at this facility

• First name
• Last name

After two hours of inactivity, the session will time out and the information may not be accessible. If the questionnaire cannot be completed in one session, save the information by pressing the Save and finish later button at the bottom left of any page when prompted to enter information. The session can be resumed at another time.

11. Select from the options below to provide information about each resident.

12. What is this person's unit or room number?

• Unit or room number

Demographic information

13. What is this person's date of birth?

If exact date of birth is not known, enter best estimate.

• Day
• Month
• Year

Example: 1974

14. What is this person's gender?

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man (or a boy), a woman (or a girl), or a person who is not exclusively a man (or a boy) or a woman (or a girl), for example, non-binary, agender, gender fluid, queer or Two-Spirit.

• Man or boy
• Woman or girl
• Non-binary person

15. What was this person's 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

16. What is this person's status at this facility?

• Resident (e.g., client, tenant, patient)
• Roommate, lodger or boarder
• Employee (e.g., staff, manager, owner)
• Employee's family member
• Other status
  • Specify other status

17. What is the relationship between this person and any other persons living in the same unit or room?

• Lives alone
• Lives with a spouse or partner
• Lives with others, excluding spouse or partner

18. What is this person's marital status?

• Never legally married
• Legally married (and not separated)
• Separated, but still legally married
• Divorced
• Widowed

19. Is this person 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.

• Yes
• No

Languages for this person

20. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?

• English only
• French only
• Both English and French
• Neither English nor French

21 a. What language(s) does this person speak on a regular basis at home?

• English
• French
• Other language(s)
  • Specify language 1
  • Specify language 2
  • Specify language 3
  • Specify any other language(s)

21 b. Of these languages, which one does this person speak most often at home?

Indicate more than one language only if they are spoken equally at home.

• English
• French
• Other language
  • Specify language based on answers given to question 21 a.

22. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?

If the person no longer understands the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.

• English
• French
• Other language
  • Specify other language

File containing information about residents

After two hours of inactivity, the session will time out and the information may not be accessible. If the questionnaire cannot be completed in one session, save the information by pressing the Save and finish later button at the bottom left of any page when prompted to enter information. The session can be resumed at another time.

23 a. Provide the information for all residents whose main residence is at this facility using the template.

1. Select the link to download the Collective Template (Excel, 87 KB).
2. Provide the information about the residents.
3. Save the completed template to your computer.
4. Select "Attach files" and attach the template.

23 b. Provide the information for all residents whose main residence is at this facility using administrative records.

The records should contain the following information for each resident:

• first name and last name
• date of birth, gender and sex at birth
• marital status and common-law status
• status at facility
• languages.

Administrative records maintained by this facility can be attached below in the following formats: .txt, .pdf, .docx, .xlsx.

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

Private dwellings at this facility

A private dwelling attached to a collective dwelling is a separate set of living quarters located within the collective grounds or attached to the collective dwelling structure.

A private dwelling:

• shares the same civic address as the collective dwelling but has a different apartment or unit number, and
• must have a separate entrance either from outside the building or from a common hall or lobby, and
• is not affiliated with, or considered part of, the collective dwelling.

Residents of a private dwelling do not receive any care or services provided by the collective dwelling.

24. Are there any private dwellings that share this address with this facility?

• Yes
  • Number of dwellings
  • If 0 or greater than 99, go to Question 26.
  • If 1 to 99, go to Question 25.
• No
• If no, go to Question 26.

25. Provide the information for each private dwelling.

• Unit or apartment number
  Is this dwelling occupied or unoccupied?
• Occupied
  • Number of occupants
• Unoccupied

Comments

26. Please use this section if you have concerns, suggestions or comments.

For example, you may have concerns, suggestions or comments about:

• the steps to follow or the content of this questionnaire (a question that was difficult to understand or to answer, etc.)
• the characteristics of the online questionnaire (the navigation, the online help, the design, the format, the size of the text, etc.)
• any technical issues encountered.
  • Enter your comments.

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The balance sheet is derived, for the most part, using data already produced by the Agriculture Division. Since the capital value series uses reference data at July 1 while the balance sheet uses data at December 31, estimates for the two series are not the same. Also, the capital value series includes the personal share of assets while the balance sheet (set 2) excludes it.

In this series, data are provided only for the Balance Sheet of the Agricultural Sector (set 2). This is because set 2 most closely reflects the assets employed in the production of agricultural products. The other sets of balance sheet accounts are available on request. The four sets of aggregate balance sheets produced for Canadian agriculture are described in the attached document: Description of assets, liabilities, equity, and financial ratios.

Although not published in the capital value series, the components of farm real estate, machinery and livestock are available as a result of the estimation process used to derive the capital value and depreciation series. The business share of homes, autos and trucks are estimated using the same assumptions used in the depreciation series.

The value of assets obtained from the capital value and depreciation series represents roughly 90% of the total value of assets in the balance sheet. These estimates are considered to be of good quality. Further data quality is available by referring to the Value of farm capital (record number 3471) and Farm operating expenses and depreciation charges (record number 5214).

The other long-term assets, which include long-term investments as well as AgriInvest balances, represent roughly 1%.

The year-end value of crops, obtained from the Farm Prices Unit, represents roughly 3% of the total values of assets, and is considered to be of good quality.

The other four components of assets (cash, bonds and savings; accounts receivable; inputs; and quota) represent roughly 7% of the value of total assets. They are derived using Farm Credit Canada (FCC) survey data for the years 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989 and 1991 and the Farm Financial Survey (FFS) since 1993. In intervening years, interpolations are made.

Total liabilities are derived from the debt outstanding series of the Farm debt outstanding (record number 3472). Total debt outstanding is split between current and long-term liabilities using ratios derived from the FCC or FFS survey data. These sources are considered to be of good quality.

The personal share of long-term debt is excluded using the ratio of farm real estate excluding the personal share to farm real estate including it. It is assumed that none of the current liabilities are for personal use. These assumptions are considered reasonable.

Estimates of the balance sheet components are calculated for each province and year. Canada level estimates are derived by summing provincial estimates. Annual financial ratios are calculated separately for each province and Canada.

As the balance sheet is essentially an integrated account, incorporating data from other data series, the revision process is determined by the various sources (farm debt outstanding, farm capital value, and value added account). For a better understanding of this process, users should refer to the section of the concepts and methods of these bulletins.

Current assets are the sum of cash, bonds, and savings; accounts receivable; and inventories.

Cash, bonds, and savings estimates are based on FCC or FFS survey data. There is no adjustment between sets.

Accounts receivable estimates are based on FCC or FFS survey data. There is no adjustment between sets.

Inventory estimates are based on several sources including the Production of Poultry and Eggs survey (record number 5039) and the  Biannual Livestock Survey (record number 3460)  There are three components of inventories: poultry and market livestock; crops; and inputs. All of the value of inventories is assumed to pertain to farm businesses. Estimates for sets 2, 3 and 4 are the same as those for set 1.

The year-end value of poultry and market livestock is the sum of year-end values for poultry plus market livestock. These are derived by multiplying inventory figures by value per head data (from administrative sources). Market livestock include beef slaughter heifers, steers, calves, pigs other than boars or sows, and market lambs. The value of fur animals intended for pelting is not calculated separately as most fur animals are pelted in the fall.

The value of crops is derived by adding year-end values for wheat excluding durum, durum wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, flaxseed, canola, soybeans, mustard seed, canary seed, sunflower seed, dry peas, chickpeas, lentils, tobacco, and potatoes. These year-end values are derived by multiplying averages of December and January prices by year-end stocks estimates.

Estimates of the value of inputs are based on FCC or FFS survey data.

Prior to 1991, the value of household contents is derived from the value of homes. Household contents are assumed to be 60% of the value of homes. This assumption is based on the structure of home insurance policy packages where coverage on contents is generally insured at 60% of the dwelling value. For each set, the value of household contents is calculated to be 60% of the corresponding value of homes. As described later, the value of homes estimate varies from set to set as adjustments are made to exclude the personal share and the portion leased from non-operator landlords.

Quota estimates for all sets are based on FCC or FFS survey data.

For all sets the year-end value of breeding livestock is the sum of year-end values for bulls, dairy cows, beef cows, dairy heifers, beef replacement heifers, boars, sows, rams, ewes, replacement lambs and breeding stock on fur farms. These are derived by multiplying inventory values by value per head data (from administrative sources). The value of animals on fur farms is derived by multiplying the number of animals on farms at year end by a value per head which is based on changes in pelt prices. Data for animals on fur farms are obtained from the Livestock Section of Agriculture Division and may include some animals which were not pelted during the normal fall pelting season.

There are three components of machinery: autos, trucks, and other machinery.

Auto and truck estimates for sets 1 and 3, as well as other machinery estimates for all sets, are derived from Agriculture Division's capital value series (included in this publication). July 1 values are averaged to estimate year-end values. For the most current year, the July 1 value is used as a proxy for the year-end value. Auto and truck estimates for sets 2 and 4 exclude the personal share of farm operator households.

There are three components of farm real estate: land, service buildings and homes. Estimates of these values for set 1 are derived from Agriculture Division's capital value of land and buildings series. July 1 values are averaged to estimate year-end values. For the most current year, the July 1 value is used as a proxy for the year-end value.

For set 2, the values of land and service buildings are the same as those in set 1. The farm business portion of homes is derived by multiplying the value of homes in set 1 by 15%. It is assumed that 15% of the farm operator's home is used for farm business purposes. This approach is consistent with that used in related series.

For set 3, the value of farm real estate owned by nonoperator landlords is excluded by multiplying estimates of land, service buildings and homes from set 1 by annual provincial ratios. These ratios are based on land tenure data from the FCC or FFS surveys.

For set 4, both the personal household share of the value of homes and the value of real estate leased from nonoperator landlords need to be excluded. Estimates of the value of land and service buildings are the same as those for set 3, but the value of homes from set 3 is multiplied by 15% to obtain the business share.

Other long-term assets include long-term investments based on the Farm Financial Survey, as well as AgriInvest balances (beginning in 2008). Prior to the end of the programs in 2007, and the subsequent closure of all the producer accounts in 2009, Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) balances and, in Québec, balances in the "Compte de stabilisation du revenu agricole" (CSRA), were also included. AgriInvest, CSRA and NISA balances are all from administrative data. This series starts in 1991.

Total assets are the sum of current assets, quota, breeding livestock, machinery, farm real estate and other long-term assets.

Current liabilities are based on Agriculture Division's total debt outstanding series. Estimates of total debt outstanding for each province are multiplied by ratios of current debt to total debt which are derived from FCC or FFS survey data. No adjustments are made.

For set 1, long-term liabilities are calculated as total debt outstanding less current liabilities. Long-term liabilities are then adjusted to exclude the portions for non-operator landlords and farm operator households.

For set 2, the value of long-term liabilities (excluding the farm household) is calculated by multiplying estimates of long-term liabilities from set 1, by the ratio of the total value of farm real estate from set 2 (which excludes households), to the total value of farm real estate including households from set 1.

For set 3, the value of long-term liabilities (excluding the non-operator landlord's share) is calculated by multiplying estimates of long-term liabilities from set 1, by the ratio of the total value of farm real estate from set 3 (which excludes the non-operator landlord's share), to the total value of farm real-estate including the non-operator landlord's share from set 1.

For set 4, the non-operator landlord's share and the personal household share of long-term liabilities are both excluded. Values of long-term liabilities from set 3 (which exclude the non-operator landlord's share), are multiplied by the ratio of the total value of farm real estate from set 4 (which excludes the farm household), to the total value of farm real estate including the farm households from set 3.

Total liabilities are the sum of current and long term liabilities.

Equity equals total assets less total liabilities.

The balance sheet is used to derive all of the liquidity and solvency ratios.

To calculate the profitability and financial efficiency ratios, the balance sheet and the value added account are both used.

The current ratio (CA/CL) is calculated as current assets (CA) divided by current liabilities (CL).

The acid-test (quick) ratio [(C+AR)/CL] is cash and marketable securities plus accounts receivable, divided by current liabilities. To calculate this ratio, the value of cash, bonds and savings (C) is used as a proxy for cash plus marketable securities. The acid-test ratio is calculated as cash, bonds and savings (C) plus accounts receivable (AR), divided by current liabilities (CL).

The debt structure ratio (CL/TL) is the current liabilities (CL) divided by total liabilities (TL).

The leverage ratio (TL/E) is calculated as total liabilities (TL) divided by equity (E).

The equity ratio (E/TA) equals equity (E) divided by total assets (TA).

The debt ratio (TL/TA) is calculated as total liabilities (TL) divided by total assets (TA).

The capital turnover ratio (R/TA) is calculated as revenue divided by total assets. For our purposes, revenue (R) is derived from the value added account by summing: sales of agricultural products, sales of non-agricultural products, and other sources of the value of production. The value used for total assets (TA) is the value of total assets at the beginning of the period in which revenues were earned (i.e. the value of total assets at December 31 of the previous year).

Return on assets equals net income before taxes (NIBT) plus interest (I) expense divided by average total assets (ATA). For set 1, net income before taxes plus interest expense is derived from the value added series by adding rent to non-operators, corporate profits, wages to family, unincorporated operator returns and interest. For sets 2 and 4, wages to family are not included. Rent to nonoperators is not included for sets 3 and 4. Average total assets (ATA) are calculated as the average of total assets at the beginning and end of the year. Thus, return on assets is calculated as [(NIBT+I)/ATA].

Return on equity consists of net income divided by average equity. Because of the difficulty involved in separating the value of income taxes attributable to farm income from that attributable to non-farm income, income tax expense cannot be estimated for the agricultural sector. Thus, net income after taxes cannot be estimated for the agricultural sector, so net income before taxes (NIBT) is used a proxy for net income. For set 1, net income before taxes is derived from the value added series by adding rent to non-operators, corporate profits, wages to family, and unincorporated operator returns. For sets 2 and 4, wages to family are not included. Rent to nonoperators is not included for sets 3 and 4. Average equity (AE) is calculated as the average of equity at the beginning and end of the year. Thus, return on equity is calculated as (NIBT/AE).

The interest coverage ratio [(NIBT+I)/I] is defined as net income before taxes plus interest expense, divided by interest expense. The method for deriving the numerator (NIBT+I) is described in the earlier paragraph on the return on assets. The denominator (interest expense) is also from the value added account.

Why are we conducting 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.

This survey collects data essential for the statistical analysis of the passenger bus industry and its impact on the Canadian economy.

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 response burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data sharing agreements

To reduce the response 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, Quebec, 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, ON K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at infostats or by fax at 1-514-496-4879.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island and Northwest Territories, as well as with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

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.

There is also a Section 12 agreement with Transport Canada. Federally-regulated carriers under the authority of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) and pursuant to the Transportation Information Regulations do not have the right to object to sharing their information with Transport Canada. Carriers which are not federally regulated may object to sharing their information with Transport Canada by writing to the Chief Statistician. Transport Canada will use the information obtained from federally-regulated carriers in accordance with the provisions of the CTA and Regulations.

Statistics Canada will also share your information under Section 12 of the Statistics Act with Infrastructure Canada, unless you refuse.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name, and correct information if needed.

Note: Legal name should only be modified 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, which is different from the legal name, is a name the business or organization is commonly known as for day-to-day activities, and which is used to advertise and promote itself. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization, and correct information if 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 (Zone Improvement Plan) code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• 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 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 expected to reopen
    • 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 because of 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 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
• 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 NAICS is not the current main activity.

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

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

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

How to search:

1. Filter the search results by first selecting the business or organization’s activity sector.
2. Enter keywords or a brief description that best describe the business or organization’s main activity.
3. Press the Search button to search the database for an industry activity classification that best matches the keywords or description you provided.
4. Select an industry activity classification from the list.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)
Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

Reporting period information

This is the start of a new module. Question numbering will reset to 1 in this section.

Note: The sequence of questions may vary depending on responses provided.

1. What is the start and end date of this business or organization's reporting period for MM-YYYY ?

Start date

End date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover at least 28 days?

Select all that apply.

• Seasonal operations
• New business
• Change of ownership
• Temporarily inactive
• Change of fiscal year
• Ceased operations
• Other - Specify other reason the reporting period does not cover at least 28 days

Operating information

This is the start of a new module. Question numbering will reset to 1 in this section.

Note: The sequence of questions may vary depending on responses provided.

1. What were the total operating revenues?

Exclude subsidies.

• CAN$

2. What was the total number of passengers?

• Number of passengers

Attach Files

This is the start of a new module. Question numbering will reset to 1 in this section.

Note: The sequence of questions may vary depending on responses provided.

1. If you have revisions to previous months' data, you can now attach up to five files by following the instructions provided below.

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.

Changes or events

2. 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
  • How many days in _ was this business or organization open?
• Exchange rate impact
• Price changes in goods or services sold
• Contracting out
• Organizational change
• Price changes in labour or raw materials
• Natural disaster
  • How many days in _ was this business or organization open?
• Recession
• Change in product line
• Sold business or business units
• Expansion
• New or lost contract
• Plant closures
  • How many days in _ was this business or organization open?
• Acquisition of business or business units
• Other
  • Specify the other change or event
• No changes or events

Contact person

3. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the provided given name and the 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)
• Fax number (including area code)

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:

Minutes:

5. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Enter your comments

Getting started

Why are we conducting this survey?

The Canadian Child Care Worker Survey, sponsored by Employment and Social Development Canada, collects information from centre-based child care workers on factors related to the workplace and staff well-being. The survey aims to better understand how these factors influence the recruitment, retention and recognition of child care workers.

This information will be used to inform research, policies and programs related to the child care workforce.

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 the Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services, which may collect information on the characteristics of the child care centre in which you currently work or last worked.

Statistics Canada may also combine the information you provide with other survey or 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, Canadian Center for Education Statistics
150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Respondent information

Do you currently work in a centre-based child care setting?

Include daycare centre, les Centre de la petite enfance (CPE), before and after school child care offered in a school or centre, nursery school and preschool.

Exclude family child care home, care offered in a child’s home and home-based child care.

• Yes
• No

During the past three years, did you work in a centre-based child care setting?

Include daycare centre, les CPE, before and after school child care offered in a school or centre, nursery school and preschool.

Exclude family child care home, care offered in a child’s home and home-based child care.

• Yes
• No

In what year did you leave this centre-based child care setting?

Was it:

• Before 2024
• 2024
• 2025
• 2026
• Don’t know

This questionnaire will collect information on when you last worked in the child care sector in order for us to understand your experience as a child care worker.

Your [last] position in early learning and child care  

What [is/was] your [current] position in this setting?

Include full-time, part-time, casual, on call or supply position.

Exclude volunteer position, unpaid student position or worker on leave.

Select all that apply.

 [Is/Was] it:

• Supervisor or director
  Include supervisors or directors, whether or not you [work/worked] directly with children
• Position providing early learning and child care directly to children
  OR
• I [work/worked] in a child care setting but [do/did] not provide child care directly to children
  e.g., accountant, cook, cleaner, auxiliary staff

[In the last week, with/With] which age groups did you normally work?

Select all that apply.

[Is/Was] it:

• Less than 1 year olds
• 1 year olds
• 2 year olds
• 3 year olds
• 4 year olds
• 5 year olds
• 6 to 10 year olds
• 11 years and older
  OR
• I [do/did] not normally work with set age groups

In which province or territory [is/was] the child care setting where you [work/worked] located?

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

What were the reasons for taking your [current] position in this setting?

Select all that apply.

Was it:

• Opportunity for advancement
• Reputation of the child care setting
• Pay
• Benefits
• Convenience of location
• Flexible work hours
• Physical work environment
  e.g., secure, clean, adequate and well-maintained indoor and outdoor space which provides accessible features
• Opportunity to work with qualified educators
• Opportunity to work with a different age group
• Only offer I had
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason for taking your [current] position

What was the most important reason for taking your [current] position in this setting?

Was it:

• Opportunity for advancement
• Reputation of the child care setting
• Pay
• Benefits
• Convenience of location
• Flexible work hours
• Physical work environment
  e.g., secure, clean, adequate and well-maintained indoor and outdoor space which provides accessible features
• Opportunity to work with qualified educators
• Opportunity to work with a different age group
• Only offer I had
• Other reason

Your work environment

The next few questions are about your work environment [when you last worked in a child care setting].

How satisfied [are/were] you with the following aspects of your job [when you last worked in a child care setting]?

a. The total number of hours I [work/worked] each week at this job

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

b. The number of days per week I [work/worked] at this job

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

c. Work schedule

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

d. Workload

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

e. Relationship with my co-workers

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

f. Relationship with the centre management

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

g. Relationship with the families of the children I [work/worked] with

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

h. Leadership within the centre

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

i. Opportunities for input into decision-making

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

j. In-service training received in this particular job

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

k. Career opportunities this job [provides/provided]

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

l. Evaluation and feedback received from supervisor or director

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

m. My salary

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

n. My benefits

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

o. My ability to respond to personal and family needs

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

p. My overall sense of job satisfaction

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

q. The physical demands of the job

• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
• Somewhat dissatisfied
• Very dissatisfied
• Not applicable

How often do each of the following statements reflect how you [feel/felt] about your work [when you last worked in a child care setting]?

a. The work I [do/did] [is/was] stimulating and challenging

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

b. I [feel/felt] physically exhausted at the end of the day

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

c. My work [gives/gave] me a sense of accomplishment

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

d. There [is/was] too little time to do all that [needs/needed] to be done

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

e. My work [is/was] important

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

f. Centre policies and procedures [are/were] well-defined

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

g. I [feel/felt] frustrated by this job

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

h. I [have/had] reasonable control over most things that [affect/affected] my job satisfaction

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

i. I [feel/felt] my job [makes/made] good use of my skills and abilities

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

j. My centre [provides/provided] a well-rounded program for the children who [attend/attended]

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

k. My centre [supports/supported] the families of the children who [attend/attended]

• All of the time
• Most of the time
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Never

To what extent do you agree with the following statement?

Early learning and child care workers are valued in society.

Would you say:

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither disagree nor agree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree

Your work schedule [when you last worked in a child care setting]

[Do/Did] you work full-time or part-time [at your current/when you last worked in a] child care setting?

• Full-time
  30 hours or more per week
• Part-time
  Less than 30 hours per week
• A mixture of full-time and part-time

[Do/Did] you work split shifts [at your current/when you last worked in a] child care setting?

e.g., 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the same day

• Yes
• No

On average, how many hours [do/did] you usually work per week at this job?

Round to the nearest hour.

• Number of hours

Last week, how many hours of paid overtime did you work at this job?

Round to the nearest hour.

• Number of hours

Last week, how many extra hours without pay did you work at this job?

Round to the nearest hour.

• Number of hours

Why [do/did] you work part-time?

Select all that apply.

[Is/Was] it:

• I [work/worked] part-time for personal reasons
• I [can/could] only find part-time work
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason for working part-time

In addition to your [current/last] job at [your/the] child care centre, [do/did] you do any other paid work either for a different employer or through self-employment?

• Yes
• No

[Is/Was] this job in the child care sector?

• Yes
• No

What was the main reason you took this additional job?

[Is/Was] it:

• To gain skills or experience related to early childhood education
• To gain skills or experience unrelated to early childhood education
• To earn additional income
• To work for a family business
• For personal interest
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason you took this additional job

Approximately how many hours per week [do/did] you usually work at this other job?

Round to the nearest hour.

• Number of hours

Your work experience in early learning and child care

How many years of work experience do you have in child care, regardless of whether you worked full-time or part-time?

Include experience at all types of child care settings when reporting total years.

Exclude any extended periods of leave such as parental leave.

Round to the nearest whole year. If you worked less than 6 months, enter a “0”.

• Years working at my [current/last] job in child care
• Total years working in child care, both inside and outside of Canada

In the [past/last] 5 years [that you worked in child care], besides your [current/last] employer, how many other child care employers [have/had] you worked for?

Exclude your [current/last] employer.

Include employers both inside and outside of Canada.

• Number of child care employers

Wages and benefits

The following questions are about the wages and benefits associated with your [current job/last job in a child care setting]. 

Which of the following [are/were] available to you at your job [when you last worked in a child care setting]?

Select all that apply.

[Is/Was] there:

• Medical coverage for expenses not covered by provincial health plans
• Paid sick or personal leave days
• Life or disability insurance
• Supplementary top-up payments for Employment Insurance (EI) or Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) maternity or parental benefits
• Pension plan or Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contribution
• Full or partial payment of child care association membership
• Free or subsidized care for my child
• Paid breaks
• Meals provided
• Paid preparation or planning time
• Paid overtime
• Time in lieu for overtime
• Paid release time to participate in Early Childhood Education (ECE)-related training, conferences or workshops
  OR
• None of the above

[In the past 12 months/When you last worked in a child care setting], in addition to your regular paycheque, did you receive any of the following payments related to this job?

Select all that apply.

Was there:

• A bonus from your employer
• A wage enhancement
  Wage enhancements or top-ups are increases to the wages you normally receive from your employer.
• Other payment
  • Specify other payment
  OR
• None of the above

How many days of paid vacation [do/did] you receive annually?

If you [receive/received] pay in lieu of vacation, please enter “0”.

• Number of vacation days

[Are/Were] you covered by a union contract or collective agreement [when you last worked in a child care setting]?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

[What/When you last worked in a child care setting, what] [is/was] your usual pay (before deductions, taxes or bonuses) from your [current] employer?

Report your gross pay.

Round to the nearest Canadian dollar.

• Dollar amount
• Frequency
  • Weekly
  • Bi-weekly
  • Monthly
  • Annual
  • Hourly

Your future in the child care sector

Are you currently looking for a new job?

• Yes
• No

Are you looking for a job in the child care sector?

• Yes, in the child care sector
• No, not in the child care sector

What are the reasons why you are looking for a new job?

Select all that apply.

Is it:

• Career advancement
• Higher pay
• Better benefits
• Planning to move
  e.g., to another city, town, province or country
• Wanting to work with a different age group of children
• Dissatisfied with the current work environment
• Want an early childhood education related job that is not in centre-based child care
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason you are looking for a new job
  OR
• Don’t know

What is the main reason why you are looking for a new job?

Is it:

• Career advancement
• Higher pay
• Better benefits
• Planning to move
  e.g., to another city, town, province or country
• Want to work with a different age group of children
• Dissatisfied with the current work environment
• Want an early childhood education related job that is not in centre-based child care
• Other reason

Looking to the future, do you expect to be working in regulated child care in three years?

• Yes
• No

In three years, what do you expect to be doing for work?

Is it:

• Working at my current job
• Working at a similar job at another child care setting or organization
• Working in a more senior position at my current setting or organization
• Working in a more senior position at another child care setting or organization
• I plan to open my own child care center
• Don’t know
• Other possibility
  • Specify other possibility

Instead of working in the child care sector, what do you expect to be doing in 3 years?

Is it:

• Working in the school system
• Working in an early childhood job that is not in a child care setting
• Working in a field unrelated to early childhood education
• Staying at home with my children
• Returning to school
• Retirement
• Don’t know
  • Specify other possibility

Reasons for leaving your position in child care

What are the reasons why you left your position in child care?

Select all that apply.

Was it:

• Career advancement
• Wanted higher pay
• Wanted better benefits
• Moved
  e.g., to another city, town, province or country
• Wanting to work with a different age group of children
• Dissatisfaction with work environment
• Wanted an early childhood education related job that was not in centre-based child care
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason
  OR
• Don’t know

What is the main reason why you left your position in child care?

Was it:

• Career advancement
• Wanted higher pay
• Wanted better benefits
• Moved
  e.g., to another city, town, province or country
• Wanted to work with a different age group of children
• Dissatisfaction with work environment
• Wanted an early childhood education related job that was not in centre-based child care
• Wanted a job that was not related to early childhood education
• Other reason

During the past three months, what was your main activity?

Was it:

• Working at a paid job or business
• Looking for paid work
• Going to school or training
• Retired
• Maternity or paternity or parental leave
• Stay at home parent
• Volunteering
• Unable to work
  e.g., disability
• Unable to work due to care responsibilities for a child with a disability or chronic illness
• Other activity
  • Specify other activity

Your education in early learning and child care

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

What is the highest level of training or education in Early Childhood Education (ECE) that you have completed?

Is it:

• Family child care-specific workshop
• ECE courses or workshops lasting less than 1 year or its equivalent
• ECE 1-year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 2-year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 3-year certificate or diploma or its equivalent
• ECE 3-year degree or its equivalent
• ECE 4-year degree or its equivalent
• ECE graduate studies or its equivalent
• Other ECE training or program
  • Specify other ECE training or program
• No ECE training or program

Was this ECE training or program completed in Canada?

• Yes
• No

During the last 12 months, did you participate in any early learning and child care-related professional development or training?

Include conferences, workshops and courses.

• Yes
• No

Thinking about your last professional development or skills training activity, what was the main reason why you participated?

Was it:

• Personal interest
• To keep current in my profession
• To help advance my career or to get a promotion
• Required by my employer
• Introduction of new early learning curriculum framework
• Required by regulation
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason

What was the main reason why you did not participate in professional development or training in the past 12 months?

Was it:

• Not enough time
• Could not get time off work
• Too expensive
• Don’t need any professional development
• Not interested in participating in professional development or training
• The courses or programs of interest are not available
• Unable to travel to classes or training venue
• Other reason
  • Specify other reason

[Are/When you last worked in a child care setting, were] you a member of a national or provincial child care association?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Characteristics of your child care setting

The following questions are about the child care setting [where you currently work/in which you last worked]. If you [work/worked] in more than one child care setting, please respond for the setting in which you [work/worked] the most hours.

What is the postal code for the child care setting [where you currently work/in which you last worked]?

• Postal code
  Example: A9A 9A9
  OR
• Don’t know

What type of child care setting [do/did] you work in?

[Is/Was] it:

• For profit setting
  A for profit child care setting aims to make more money than its costs (a profit).
• Either a non-profit setting or a setting operated directly by a government agency
  A non-profit child care setting does not aim to make a profit, or all profits are re-invested into the child care setting. The setting may alternately be operated by a government agency such as a school board or district, municipality, regional district or public health authority.
• Don’t know

[Is/Was] the child care setting in which you [work/last worked]  licenced by child care authorities from the provincial or local government?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

[Does/Did] your child care setting receive any funding from the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement that your province signed with the Government of Canada?

The CWELCC agreement is a plan that is being implemented in stages, to make regulated child care more accessible and affordable. Under this plan, fees reduced to an average of $10 a day in 2025 to 2026.

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

[Does/Did] your child care setting offer child care services subsidized by the Québec Reduced Contribution Program?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

[Is/Was] the child care setting [where you currently work/in which you last worked] part of a multi-site child care program?

i.e., your child care organization has more than one daycare or centre providing child care services at more than one address

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

What types of child care options [does/did] your setting offer?

Select all that apply.

[Is/Was] it:

• Full-time
  i.e., child care offered for 6 hours or more per day and at least 5 days per week
• Part-time
  i.e., child care offered for either 6 hours or more per day and less than 5 days per week or for less than 6 hours per day, for any number of days per week
• Before school
• After school
• Weekends
• Evenings
  i.e., child care offered after 6 p.m
• Overnight
• Drop-in
• Flexible
  i.e., additional or alternative days of child care offered upon request for non regular full-time children

Demographics

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

What is your age?

• Age in years

What is your marital status?

Is it:

• Married
  For Quebec residents only, select the “Married” category if your marital status is “civil union”.
• Living common law
  Two people who live together as a couple but who are not legally married to each other.
• Never married (not living common law)
• Separated (not living common law)
• Divorced (not living common law)
• Widowed (not living common law)

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)
  OR
• Yes, First Nations (North American Indian)
• Yes, Métis
• Yes, Inuk (Inuit)

Sociodemographic characteristics

The following question collects information in accordance with the Employment Equity Act and its Regulations and Guidelines to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural, and economic life of Canada.

Select all that apply.

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
• Other
  • Specify other group

Where were you born?

Specify place of birth according to present boundaries.

• Born in Canada
• Born outside Canada
  • Specify 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

In what year did you first come to Canada to live?

If exact year is not known, enter best estimate.

• Year of arrival

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

In what year did you first become a landed immigrant?

If exact year is not known, enter best estimate.

• Year of immigration

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

This virtual webinar will present key findings from the 2024–2025 Canadian Survey on Working Conditions (CSWC). It will introduce participants to the concept of quality of employment and explore the various aspects of work that influence workers’ well-being.

The session will also examine important drivers of employment quality in Canada—such as occupation, industry, and educational attainment—and highlight differences across demographic groups.

The event will be hosted by Vincent Hardy, Chief of the Quality of Employment section at the Centre for Labour Market Information.

Webinar date for the English session: March 11, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Presenter – English session: Vincent Hardy, Chief of the Quality of Employment Section, Centre for Labour Market Information.

Register for the webinar: Registration Form - A portrait of quality of employment in Canada: Recent results from Canadian Survey on Working Conditions

Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division
Energy Section

I. Who should complete this questionnaire?

An engineer, a production manager, an operation manager or someone knowledgeable about the energy consumption and production process of this establishment should complete this questionnaire.

II. Reporting instructions

Please report all quantities of energy commodities consumed from the 1st of January to the 31st of December, be they purchased or self-generated by the industrial establishment. Exclude energy used by contractors, common carriers and suppliers. Round all data to the nearest whole number. If you need assistance, please contact Statistics Canada at the telephone number indicated on your questionnaire.

III. Retention

Please keep a copy of the completed questionnaire with your secure records.

IV. Definitions

Type of energy use

Amount consumed as fuel: The quantity of the energy commodity used to power the production process of the plant, which includes heating and transportation at the establishment.

Amount consumed to produce steam for sale: The quantity of the energy commodity used in the production of steam that is delivered to another establishment, as per a sales contract or other understanding. Energy used in the production of steam that is then used internally in the production process is reported in the "amount consumed as fuel" column.

Amount consumed to produce electricity: The quantity of the energy commodity used to generate electricity either for the plant's own use or for delivery to another establishment, as per a sales contract or other understanding.

Amount consumed for non-energy use: The quantity of the energy commodity used for other purposes than As Fuel in the plant production process or to Produce Electricity or Steam. Some examples of energy commodities used for non-energy use are:

• Natural gas used as a reducing agent to produce direct reduced iron (DRI)
• Petroleum coke used as feed to reduce lead oxide in lead production
• Natural gas used as feed to produce hydrogen and ammonia
• Anthracite used as feed (as a reducing agent) to produce ferrosilicon and silicon metal
• Heavy fuel oil consumed as feed to produce other products.
• Refuse consumed as feed to produce other products.
• Diesel consumed as feed to produce other products.
• Propane consumed as feed to produce other products.

Electricity Generated

Please report the total amount of electricity generated, whether used within the plant or sold.

Type of energy consumed

Please report your energy use according to the following commodity definitions.

Section 1

Electricity: A form of energy generated by friction, induction or chemical change that is caused by the presence and motion of elementary-charged particles. The electricity that is consumed can either be received by the establishment (purchased) or produced by the establishment (self-generated).

Natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons, comprised principally of methane (CH4), originating in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in porous geologic formations beneath the earth's surface.

Propane: A gaseous, straight-chained hydrocarbon. A colourless, paraffinic gas extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams, consisting of molecules composed of three atoms of carbon and eight atoms of hydrogen (C3H8). Used primarily in residential and commercial heating and cooling, as transportation fuel and petrochemical feedstock.

Middle distillates (diesel, light fuel oil, kerosene)

Heavy fuel oil (Canadian/Foreign): All grades of residual type fuels including those with low sulphur content. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes heavy fuel oil nos. 4, 5, 6 and bunker C.

Wood and wood waste: Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, shavings, lumber rejects, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste from the operation of pulp mills, sawmills and plywood mills.

Spent pulping liquor (Black liquor): A recycled by-product formed during the pulping of wood in the paper-making process. It is primarily made up of lignin and other wood constituents and chemicals that are by-products of the manufacture of chemical pulp. It is burned As Fuel or in a recovery boiler which produces steam which can be used to produce electricity.

Refuse: Solid or liquid waste materials used as a combustible energy source. This would include the burning of wastepaper, packing materials, garbage and other industrial, agricultural and urban refuse and is often used to generate electricity. Please specify type.

Steam: A gas resulting from the vaporization of a liquid or the sublimation of a solid, generated by condensing or non-condensing turbines. The questionnaire asks about the steam that received by the establishment (purchased). Report purchased steam used as fuel for the production process, and steam used for atomization or as feed in process application as non energy use.

Special note: the fuels used to generate steam within the establishment should be reported under "as fuel" for those fuels. For example, if 100 cubic metres of heavy fuel oil was used to produce steam, the heavy fuel oil consumption should be reported under "as fuel". Another example is if the heavy fuel oil is used to produce steam, which is then used to generate electricity, the heavy fuel oil is still reported “as fuel” since it was first used to generate the steam.

Amount consumed as fuel: The quantity of the energy commodity used to power production processes, heating (including heat for the facility), on-site transportation and used to generate steam for use by the facility.

Amount consumed to produce electricity: The quantity of the energy commodity used to generate electricity either for the plant's own use or for delivery to another establishment, as per a sales contract or other understanding.

Amount consumed for non-energy use: The quantity of the energy commodity used for other purposes than as fuel in the plant production process or to produce electricity or steam. For example, steam used as feed to produce other products.

Section 2

Coal: A readily combustible, black or brownish-black rock-like substance, whose composition, including inherent moisture, consists of more than 50% by weight and 70% by volume of carbonaceous material. It is formed from plant remains that have been compacted, hardened, chemically altered and metamorphosed by heat and pressure over geologic time without access to air.

Bituminous coal (Canadian / Foreign): A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20 per cent. It has a higher heating value and higher volatile matter and ash content than sub-bituminous coal; the heating value of bituminous coal typically ranges from 23.3 to 30.2 terajoules per kilotonne. Used in making coke, in steam and electricity production, as well as in the production of steel. Metallurgical coal is typically bituminous coal.

Sub-bituminous coal (Canadian / Foreign): A black coal used primarily for thermal generation. It has a high moisture content, between 15 and 40 percent by weight. Its sulphur content is typically quite low; its ash content is also usually low but volatile matter is usually high and can exceed 40% of the weight. Heating value varies from 16.3 terajoules per kilotonne to slightly over 20.9 terajoules per kilotonne.

Lignite: Low-rank, brown coals which are distinctly brown and woody or claylike in appearance, and which contain relatively high moisture contents (between 30 and 70 percent of the fuel by weight). Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Anthracite: A hard, black, lustrous coal containing a high percentage of fixed carbon, a low percentage of volatile matter, little moisture content, low sulfur, low ash and a high heating value at or above 27.7 terajoules per kilotonne that burns with a nearly smokeless flame. Generally used in the production of steel.

Coal coke (Canadian/Foreign): A hard, porous product made from the carbonization (baking) of bituminous coal in ovens in substoichiometric atmosphere at high temperatures to the extent that the volatile matter of the coal is released and the coal passes through a "plastic stage" to become metallurgical coke. Often used as a fuel and a carbon input (reducing agent) in smelting iron ore in an integrated steel mill (blast furnace). Coke breeze and foundry coke are included in this category.

Coal by-products

Section 3

Petroleum coke (Canadian/Foreign): A final product, often called a "waste product", of the petroleum refining process, which is the output of the refinery after all of the distillates and oils have been distilled from crude oil, leaving a product that has the appearance of coal. There are various types, e.g. "sponge", "shot", and "fluid" coke, which are differentiated according to size. Petroleum coke is a residue high in carbon content and low in hydrogen that is the final product of thermal decomposition in the condensation process in cracking. It is typically high in sulfur, low in volatile matter, low in ash and low in moisture. It may be sold as is or further purified by calcining for specialty uses, including anode production. It may also be burned as fuel in various processes, ranging from power plants to cement kilns. Heating value is typically around 40 terajoules per kilotonne.

Refinery fuel gas: Any un-separated mixture of gases produced in refineries by distillation, cracking, reforming and other processes. The principal constituents are methane, ethane, ethylene, normal butane, butylenes, propane, propylene, etc. Also known as still gas. Still gas is used as a refinery fuel and a petrochemical feedstock.

Coke on catalyst (Catalyst coke): In many catalytic operations (e.g. catalytic cracking), carbon is deposited on the catalyst, thus deactivating the catalyst. The catalyst is reactivated by burning off the carbon, which is used as a fuel in the refining process. This carbon or coke is not recoverable in a concentrated form.

Bitumen emulsion (Orimulsion) and Bitumen AC: A thick oil and water emulsion. It is made by mixing bitumen with about 30% water and a small amount of surfactant. Behaves similarly to fuel oil and was developed for industrial use. Bitumen AC is a viscosity grade bitumen mainly used in the manufacture of hot mix asphalt for base and wearing courses.

Ethane: A normally gaseous, straight-chain hydrocarbon. A colourless, paraffinic gas extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams, consisting of molecules composed of two atoms of carbon and six atoms of hydrogen (C2H6), used as petrochemical feedstock in production of chemicals and plastics and as a solvent in enhanced oil recovery process.

Butane: A normally gaseous hydrocarbon. A colourless, paraffinic gas extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams, consisting of molecules composed of four atoms of carbon and ten atoms of hydrogen (C4H10), used primarily for blending in high-octane gasoline, for residential and commercial heating, and in the manufacture of chemicals and synthetic rubber.

Naphtha: A feedstock destined primarily for the petrochemical industry (e.g. ethylene manufacture or aromatics production). Naphtha specialties comprise all finished products within the naphtha boiling range of 70-200°C that are used as paint thinners, cleaners or solvents. This also includes gas oil used as petrochemical feedstocks.

By-product gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen produced from chemical processes such as ethane cracking.

Flared gas: Gas that is being burned as a means of disposal to the environment usually when it contains odorous or toxic components. Flared gas should be reported as non-energy use.

Other: Any energy commodity consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the space provided along with the unit of measure.

Section 4

Steam sales

If an energy commodity is used to generate steam for sale or transfer to other facilities, businesses or organizations, please report, in gigajoules, the amount sold to external clients.

Section 5

This section asks if your facility is using or planning on using AI for energy savings.  The purpose of these questions is to understand the type and level of AI use among Canadian manufacturers, the benefits from AI and the types of assistance that could promote AI use for energy savings. 

Section 6

Reasons for changes in energy consumption

This section aims to reduce the necessity for further inquiries. Statistics Canada compares responses to this questionnaire with those from previous years. Please indicate the reason(s) that best describe significant changes in your energy consumption from the previous year along with an explanation.