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.

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information on the volume of refined petroleum products distributed by secondary distributors in Canada. It supplements energy consumption data collected from the refineries in the Annual Survey of End Use of Refined Petroleum Products.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory. Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations.

Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

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

You may also contact us by email at Statistics Canada Help Desk or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, the ministère des Finances du Québec, the ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques du Québec, the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, Transition énergétique Québec, the Manitoba Department of Mineral Resources, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development, Canada Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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.

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

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
  • Ceased operations
  • Sold operations
  • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
  • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
  • No longer operating due to other reasons

When did this business or organization close for the season?
Date

When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
Date

When did this business or organization cease operations?
Date

Why did this business or organization cease operations?

  • Bankruptcy
  • Liquidation
  • Dissolution
  • Other

Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased

When was this business or organization sold?
Date

What is the legal name of the buyer?

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?

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?

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).

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including a detailed description of this activity complete with example activities and any applicable exclusions.

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
  • No

When did the main activity change?
Date

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

How to search:

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

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

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

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

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

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

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity

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

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

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

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

Products sold

1. In 2020 , which of the following refined petroleum products were sold or distributed by this business?

Select all that apply.

Propane

i.e., all propane types including those extracted from natural gas or refinery gas steams

Motor gasoline

i.e., all gasoline-type fuels for internal combustion engines other than aircraft; this includes any ethanol/methanol and other similar additives blended

Diesel fuel oil

i.e., all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines (dyed/marked or clear); this includes any biodiesel blended with fuel

Light fuel oil

i.e., all distillate type fuels used for power burners

Include fuel oil number 1, fuel oil number 2, fuel oil number 3, stove oil, furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel; this includes any biofuel blended.

Residual and heavy fuel oil

i.e., all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur used for steam and electric power generation and steam and diesel motors installed on large marine vessels

Include fuel oil numbers 4, 5 and 6. Sometimes referred to as bunker fuel B or C.

Business's own use

2. How many litres of refined petroleum products did this business consume for its own use?

Report all amounts of refined petroleum products purchased that were used in company operations (that is used for your vehicles or heating).

Total number of litres used for own consumption

Litres

Sales by type of customer

3. To which types of customers did this business sell?

Select all that apply.

  • Residential
  • Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products
  • Retail pump sales
  • Transportation
  • Railways
  • Road transport and urban transit
  • Canadian marine
  • Foreign marine
  • Manufacturing
  • Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing
  • Pulp and paper manufacturing
  • Iron and steel manufacturing
  • Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing
  • Cement manufacturing
  • Refined petroleum products manufacturing
  • Chemical manufacturing
  • All other manufacturing
  • Mining and oil and gas extraction
  • Iron mines
  • Oil and gas extraction
  • Other mining
  • Other customer types
  • Forestry, logging, and support activities
  • Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping
  • Construction
  • Public administration
  • Electric power generation and distribution
  • Commercial and other institutional

Sales by location

4. In which of the following provinces and territories did this business sell?

Select all that apply.

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

Sales in Newfoundland and Labrador

5. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Newfoundland and Labrador?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Newfoundland and Labrador  

Sales in Prince Edward Island

6. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Prince Edward Island?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Prince Edward Island  

Sales in Nova Scotia

7. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Nova Scotia?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Nova Scotia  

Sales in New Brunswick

8. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in New Brunswick?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in New Brunswick  

Sales in Quebec

9. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Quebec?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Quebec  

Sales in Ontario

10. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Ontario?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Ontario  

Sales in Manitoba

11. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Manitoba?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Manitoba  

Sales in Saskatchewan

12. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Saskatchewan?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Saskatchewan  

Sales in Alberta

13. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Alberta?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Alberta  

Sales in British Columbia

14. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in British Columbia?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in British Columbia  

Sales in Yukon

15. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Yukon?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Yukon  

Sales in Northwest Territories

16. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Northwest Territories?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Northwest Territories  

Sales in Nunavut

17. How many litres of refined petroleum products were sold to the following types of customers in Nunavut?

  Litres
Residential  
Wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products  
Retail pump sales  
Railways  
Road transport and urban transit  
Canadian marine  
Foreign marine  
Food, beverage, tobacco manufacturing  
Pulp and paper manufacturing  
Iron and steel manufacturing  
Aluminum and non-ferrous metals manufacturing  
Cement manufacturing  
Refined petroleum products manufacturing  
Chemical manufacturing  
All other manufacturing  
Iron mines  
Oil and gas extraction  
Other mining  
Forestry, logging, and support activities  
Agriculture, fishing, hunting and trapping  
Construction  
Public administration  
Electric power generation and distribution  
Commercial and other institutional  
Total litres of sold in Nunavut  

Summary of sold by province and territory

18. This is a summary of refined petroleum products sold by province and territory.

Note: You cannot make changes to this page.
Please review the values and, if needed press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous pages to make any modifications.

  Total Number of Litres
Summary by Province  
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Prince Edward Island  
Nova Scotia  
New Brunswick  
Quebec  
Ontario  
Manitoba  
Saskatchewan  
Alberta  
British Columbia  
Yukon  
Northwest Territories  
Nunavut  
Total litres of sold  

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • 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 the provided given names 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):
    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?

Business or organization information

1. Which of the following categories best describes this business or organization?

  • Government agency
  • Private sector business
  • Non-profit organization
    • Who does this organization primarily serve?
      • Households or individuals
        e.g., child and youth services, community food services, food bank, women's shelter, community housing services, emergency relief services, religious organization, grant and giving services, social advocacy group, arts and recreation group
      • Businesses
        e.g., business association, chamber of commerce, condominium association, environment support or protection services, group benefit carriers (pensions, health, medical)
  • Don't know

2. In what year was this business or organization first established?

Year business or organization was first established:
OR
1: Don't know

3. In the last 12 months, did this business or organization conduct any of the following international activities?

Select all that apply.

  • Export goods or services outside of Canada
  • Make investments outside of Canada
  • Sell goods to businesses or organizations in Canada who then resold them outside of Canada
  • Import goods or services from outside of Canada
  • Include both intermediate and final goods.
  • Relocate any business or organizational activities or employees from another country into Canada
  • Exclude temporary foreign workers.
  • Engage in other international business or organizational activities
    OR
  • None of the above

4. Over the next three months, how are each of the following expected to change for this business or organization?

Exclude seasonal factors or conditions.

  • Number of employees
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Vacant positions
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Sales
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Selling price of goods and services offered by this business or organization
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Demand for products and services offered by this business or organization
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Imports
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Exports
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Operating income
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Operating expenses
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Profitability
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Capital expenditures
    e.g., machinery, equipment
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable
  • Training expenditures
    • Increase
    • Stay about the same
    • Decrease
    • Not applicable

Business or organization obstacles

5. Over the next three months, which of the following are expected to be obstacles for this business or organization?

Select all that apply.

  • Shortage of labour force
  • Recruiting skilled employees
  • Retaining skilled employees
  • Shortage of space or equipment
  • Rising cost of inputs
  • An input is an economic resource used in a firm's production process.
    e.g., labour, capital, energy and raw materials
  • Difficulty acquiring inputs, products or supplies domestically
  • Difficulty acquiring inputs, products or supplies from abroad
  • Maintaining inventory levels
  • Insufficient demand for goods or services offered
  • Fluctuations in consumer demand
  • Attracting new or returning customers
  • Cost of insurance
  • Transportation costs
  • Obtaining financing
  • Government regulations
  • Travel restrictions and travel bans
  • Increasing competition
  • Challenges related to exporting goods and services
  • Maintaining sufficient cash flow or managing debt
  • Speed of internet connection
  • Intellectual property protection
  • Other
    • Specify other:
    OR
  • None of the above

Flow condition: If the business or organization is a private sector business, go to Q6. Otherwise, go to Q9.

Expectations for the next year

6. In the next 12 months, are there any plans to expand or restructure this business, or acquire or invest in other businesses?

Restructuring involves changing the financial, operational, legal or other structures of a business to make it more efficient or more profitable.

  • Yes
    • Does this business plan to:
      Select all that apply.
      • Expand current location of this business
      • Expand this business to other locations
      • Restructure this business
      • Acquire other businesses or franchises
      • Invest in other businesses
  • No
  • Don't know

7. In the next 12 months, are there any plans to transfer, sell or close this business?

  • Yes
    • Does this business plan to:
      • Transfer to family members without money changing hands
      • Sell to family members
      • Sell to employees
      • Sell to external parties
      • Close the business
      • Don't know
  • No
  • Don't know

Flow condition: If "Close the business" is selected in Q7, go to Q8. Otherwise, go to Q9.

8. Is this business or organization planning to permanently close in the next 12 months primarily due to either of the following?

  • The pandemic
  • Business performance prior to the pandemic
  • None of the above

Workforce changes

9. Over the next 12 months, does this business or organization plan to do any of the following?

Select all that apply.

  • Provide training to current employees in a different skill set
  • Lay off staff whose skills and knowledge no longer meet this business's or organization's needs
  • Lay off staff due to continued lack of demand
  • Hire employees living outside of this business's or organization's immediate vicinity to carry out work remotely
  • Hire staff with technical skills that current employees lack
  • Hire staff with management skills that current employees lack
  • Hire staff who have other skills or knowledge that current employees lack
  • Hire external contractors who have skills or knowledge that current employees lack
    OR
  • None of the above

10. Over the next 12 months, does this business or organization plan to increase spending on employee training to do any of the following?

Include both current and new employees.

Select all that apply.

  • Prepare for when the economy recovers
  • Develop new skills to improve this business's or organization's competitiveness
  • Mitigate potential labour shortages when the economy recovers
  • Keep up with any future industry changes of this business or organization
  • Other
    • Specify other:
    OR
  • None of the above

Workforce challenges

11. Over the next three months, to what extent will each of the following be a challenge for this business or organization with regards to the workforce?

  • Finding qualified workers
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Recruiting qualified workers
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Retaining qualified workers
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Finding time and resources for training current staff
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Finding time and resources for training new staff
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Convincing staff that have been working remotely to return to working on-site
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Hiring temporary foreign workers
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Managing employees that are voluntarily working reduced hours or not working in order to take care of children
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Employees going on short-term medical leave
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Employees going on long-term medical leave
    • Very challenging
    • Somewhat challenging
    • Not challenging
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know

Investments

12. Over the next 12 months, how likely is this business or organization to make investments in online sales or e-commerce capabilities?

  • Very unlikely
  • Somewhat unlikely
  • Neither likely nor unlikely
  • Somewhat likely
  • Very likely
  • Not applicable

Outreach to new customers

13. Over the last 12 months, did this business or organization use virtual connections to reach new customers, clients or partners in any of the following markets?

Include virtual meetings, virtual events, virtual trade shows, and initiating or expanding e-commerce presence.

Select all that apply.

  • New international markets
  • New domestic markets
  • Existing international markets
  • Existing domestic markets
    OR
  • Did not use virtual connections to reach new customers, clients or partners

International markets

14. Over the next 12 months, what type of international activity does this business or organization primarily plan to focus on?

  • Exports
  • Imports
  • Investment into international markets
  • Attracting investments from international markets
  • None of the above

Flow condition: If "Exports", "Imports", "Investment into international markets", or "Attracting investments from international markets" is selected in Q14, go to Q15. Otherwise, go to Q16.

15. Over the next 12 months, which international market does this business or organization primarily plan to focus on?

  • United States
  • Mexico
  • South & Central America and the Caribbean
  • Exclude Mexico.
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Other

Consultation and advice

16. Over the next 12 months, will this business or organization consult any of the following for advice related to opportunities or challenges?

Select all that apply.

  • Friends or family
  • Mentors
  • Employees or colleagues in this business or organization
  • External consultants
  • Contacts in other businesses or organizations
  • Professional or business associations
  • Federal government services or programs
  • Provincial or territorial government services or programs
  • Teachers in a training or education setting
  • Other
    • Specify other:
    OR
  • None of the above

Funding or credit

17. Due to COVID-19, was funding or credit for this business or organization approved or received from any of the following sources?

Select all that apply.

  • Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA)
    e.g., loan of up to $40,000 for eligible small businesses and non-profits
  • Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy
  • Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
  • Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS)
  • Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA)
  • Export Development Canada (EDC) Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Loan and Guarantee program
  • Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Co-Lending Program for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF)
  • Provincial, Territorial or Municipal government programs
  • Funding from philanthropic or mutual-aid sources
  • Financial institution
    e.g., term loan or line of credit
  • Loan from family or friends
  • Other
    • Specify other approved source of funding or credit :
    OR
  • None of the above

Flow condition: If "None of the above" is selected in Q17, go to Q18. Otherwise, go to Q19.

18. For which of the following reasons has this business or organization not accessed any funding or credit due to COVID-19?

Select all that apply.

  • Funding or credit not needed
  • Waiting for approval or in process of applying
  • Eligibility requirements
  • Application requirements or complexity
  • Lack of awareness
  • Terms and conditions
    e.g., interest rate, payment period
  • Public perception
  • Other
    • Specify other:

19. Has this business's or organization's credit rating been negatively affected by the pandemic?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know

Liquidity and debt

20. Does this business or organization have the cash or liquid assets required to operate for the next three months?

  • Yes
  • No
    • Will this business or organization be able to acquire the cash or liquid assets required?
      • Yes
      • No
      • Don't know
  • Don't know

21. Does this business or organization have the ability to take on more debt?

  • Yes
  • No
    • For which of the following reasons is this business or organization unable to take on more debt?
      Select all that apply.
      • Cash flow
      • Lack of confidence or uncertainty in future sales
      • Request would be turned down
      • Too difficult or time consuming to apply
      • Terms and conditions are unfavourable
        e.g., interest rate, payment period
      • Credit rating
      • Other
        • Specify other:
  • Don't know
  • This business or organization does not need to take on more debt

Measures permanently adopted

22. Using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 means "very unlikely" and 5 means "very likely", how likely is this business or organization to permanently adopt each of the following measures once the COVID-19 pandemic is over?

An employee is someone who would be issued a T4 from this business or organization.

  • Online training
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Offer more employees the possibility of teleworking or working remotely
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Require more employees to telework or work remotely
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Require employees to come back to on-site work
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Increase IT infrastructure to support teleworking
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Make investments to increase the security of telework systems
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Adopt shiftwork to increase the distance between employees
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Modify the work space to increase the distance between employees
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Diversify supply chains within Canada
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Diversify supply chains outside Canada
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Reduce hiring of temporary foreign workers
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Increase online sales capacity
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Increase contactless delivery or pickup options
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Reduce the physical space used by this business or organization
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Increase the physical space used by this business or organization
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable
  • Increase investments in training
    • 1 – Very unlikely
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Very likely
    • Not applicable

Technology and automation

23. Over the next 12 months, does this business or organization plan to adopt or incorporate any of the following technologies?

Select all that apply.

  • Software or hardware using artificial intelligence
    e.g., machine learning, predictive technology, virtual personal assistants, online customer support bots, image or speech recognition
  • Robotics
  • Automation of certain tasks
    e.g., through the use of robots or computer algorithms
  • Cloud computing
  • Cloud computing: services that are used over the internet to access software, computing power, or storage capacity.
    e.g., Microsoft 365®, Google Cloud™, Dropbox™
  • Collaboration tools
    e.g., Zoom™, Microsoft Teams™, Slack™
  • Security software tools
    e.g., anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, firewalls
  • Software or databases for purposes other than telework and online sales
  • Digital technology to move business operations or sales online (for purposes other than teleworking or remote working)
    OR
  • None of the above

Flow condition: If at least one technology is selected in Q23, go to Q24. Otherwise, go to Q25.

24. Using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 means "not at all challenging" and 5 means "extremely challenging", how challenging are the following for this business or organization when adopting or incorporating technologies?

  • Reorienting business strategy and processes
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Retraining employees with skills to use new technologies and processes
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Hiring workers with skills in technologies
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Finding suitable hardware or software vendors
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Ensuring high-speed connectivity
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Integrating new digital technologies into this business's or organization's existing technology infrastructure
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Having access to financial resources to invest in new technologies
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant
  • Ensuring security and privacy of data
    • 1 – Not at all challenging
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 – Extremely challenging
    • Not relevant

25. Was this business or organization impacted by more, less or approximately the same number of cyber security incidents in 2020 compared to 2019?

A cyber security incident is any unauthorized attempt, whether successful or not, to gain access to, modify, destroy, delete or render unavailable any computer network or system resource.

  • More
  • Less
  • Approximately the same
  • This business or organization has not experienced any cyber security incidents in 2019 or 2020
  • Don't know

26. Over the next 12 months, how much will 5G availability impact the operations or services of this business or organization?

5G is the latest standard for high-speed cellular networks.

  • No impact
  • A small impact
  • A moderate impact
  • A major impact
  • Don't know

International trade

27. To what degree is this business or organization impacted by changes to international trade agreements or provisions?

e.g., Buy American, Brexit

  • Not at all
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Don't know

Future outlook

28. Over the next 12 months, what is the future outlook for this business or organization?

  • Very optimistic
  • Somewhat optimistic
  • Not optimistic
  • Don't know

29. How long can this business or organization continue to operate at its current level of revenue and expenditures before having to consider the following options?

  • Laying off staff:
    • Less than 1 month
    • 1 month to less than 3 months
    • 3 months to less than 6 months
    • 6 months to less than 12 months
    • 12 months or more
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know
  • Closure or bankruptcy:
    • Less than 1 month
    • 1 month to less than 3 months
    • 3 months to less than 6 months
    • 6 months to less than 12 months
    • 12 months or more
    • Not applicable
    • Don't know

Flow condition: If the business or organization is a private sector business, go to Q30. Otherwise, go to "Contact person".

Ownership

(i) The groups identified within the following questions are included in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on businesses or organizations owned by members of various communities across Canada.

30. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by women?

Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

31. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by First Nations, Métis or Inuit peoples?

Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

32. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by immigrants to Canada?

Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

33. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by persons with a disability?

Include visible and non-visible disabilities.
Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

34. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by LGBTQ2 individuals?

The term LGBTQ2 refers to persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or two-spirited.

Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

35. What percentage of this business or organization is owned by members of visible minorities?

A member of a visible minority in Canada may be defined as someone (other than an Indigenous person) who is non-white in colour or race, regardless of place of birth.

Provide your best estimate rounded to the nearest percentage.

Percentage:
OR
1: Don't know

Flow condition: If more than 50% of this business or organization is owned by members of visible minorities, go to Q36. Otherwise, go to "Contact person".

36. It was indicated that a percentage of this business or organization is owned by members of visible minorities. Please select the categories that describe the owner or owners.

Select all that apply.

  • South Asian
    e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
  • Chinese
  • Black
  • Filipino
  • Latin American
  • Arab
  • Southeast Asian
    e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai
  • West Asian
    e.g., Afghan, Iranian
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Other group
    • Specify other group:
    OR
  • Prefer not to say

Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places: CVs for Total Sales by Geography - January 2021

CVs for Total sales by Geography
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Total sales by Geography. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Month and percentage (appearing as column headers).
Geography Month
202001 202002 202003 202004 202005 202006 202007 202008 202009 202010 202011 202012 202101
percentage
Canada 0.17 0.21 5.52 1.21 0.75 0.34 0.36 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.21 0.32 0.49
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.03 0.96 3.79 2.03 1.30 1.05 1.01 0.47 0.77 1.84 0.34 0.96 2.08
Prince Edward Island 4.12 1.42 464.61 52.43 11.92 9.11 8.64 1.14 0.92 1.45 1.10 3.10 5.41
Nova Scotia 0.45 0.94 36.92 4.09 3.94 0.88 1.67 1.49 0.50 0.99 0.39 1.55 2.01
New Brunswick 1.80 1.46 22.28 2.39 2.08 0.82 0.83 2.29 0.63 0.62 0.42 1.00 2.27
Quebec 0.31 0.34 10.28 1.93 1.66 0.70 0.77 0.49 0.62 0.75 0.57 0.82 1.92
Ontario 0.34 0.38 9.15 2.24 1.33 0.63 0.70 0.29 0.34 0.29 0.29 0.59 0.82
Manitoba 0.70 0.81 17.55 5.60 2.47 0.81 0.64 0.49 0.47 1.11 1.25 1.45 1.87
Saskatchewan 1.08 1.24 20.06 5.72 3.08 0.58 1.57 0.73 1.05 1.11 1.11 1.32 1.36
Alberta 0.34 0.68 13.85 2.62 1.76 0.63 0.52 0.26 0.60 0.40 0.38 0.82 0.98
British Columbia 0.33 0.49 14.23 3.21 2.19 1.03 0.90 0.73 0.62 0.76 0.69 0.56 0.75
Yukon Territory 3.01 2.64 35.75 10.07 3.77 3.06 2.06 2.16 2.02 3.50 2.36 6.18 20.98
Northwest Territories 1.57 1.64 20.02 6.95 3.24 2.48 2.31 2.73 2.63 2.68 2.06 2.67 28.75
Nunavut 2.42 61.77 3.97 315.64 5.07 3.93 1.83 2.93 0.65 2.47 73.35 1.91 3.66

New Interactive Tool Helps Users Better Understand Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Young Canadians

Ottawa, March 23, 2021

Statistics Canada, in partnership with Children First Canada, a national organization that is mobilizing an alliance of children's charities, hospitals and researchers, has launched a new online tool aimed at providing data-driven insights into the impacts of pandemic-related school closures on children and youth.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect communities and families across the country, policy-makers have employed remote learning approaches and temporarily closed schools in order to curb the spread of the virus. While these measures are intended to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, school closures and other pandemic-related restrictions may have unintended effects on the 5.7 million children and youth attending primary or secondary school in Canada. Potential impacts include social isolation, poor mental health, learning loss, food insecurity and vulnerability to abuse.

The School Closures and COVID-19: Interactive tool brings together existing information about children and youth who were already known to be vulnerable before the pandemic, as well as available data on the impacts of temporary school closures on young Canadians. The tool, which includes interactive maps that identify the location of vulnerable communities, provides policy makers, industry leaders, teachers and parents with a single point of access to Statistics Canada data about this topic.

This tool is the result of a partnership between Statistics Canada and Children First Canada, which teamed up to identify effective ways to use existing data to better understand the potential impacts of school closures on children and youth. A virtual event was held in February to gather feedback and consult stakeholders on ways in which to make the tool relevant to their needs.

Quotes

"I want to thank our partner, Children First Canada, for their engagement and collaboration in the development of this tool. Together, we organized a hackathon on the subject of children and COVID-19 in order to provide policy makers information to assist them in meeting the challenges they face today. From this collaborative engagement, we have built a tool that brings together the relevant information into a single place that's accessible to everyone. We value and thank all those who have contributed to each phase of this project. We also acknowledge everyone's continued vested interest in improving the education, health and well-being of our children and youth."

Lynn Barr-Telford, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada

"Children First Canada was honoured to be invited by Statistics Canada to partner on this project. The development of this new tool was a collaborative effort to harness data on the health and well-being of children in Canada, to inform policy making and programs to mitigate the impact of school closures on kids. Throughout the pandemic, children and youth have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions, threatening their academic success, mental health, protection from violence, and food security. Our hope is that this new tool will help lift the burden of the pandemic off children."

Sara Austin, founder and CEO, Children First Canada

Contacts

For more information, contact Media Relations at 613-951-4636, statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca or Children First Canada.

CVs for operating revenue - Wholesale trade - 2019

CVs for operating revenue - Wholesale trade - 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for operating revenue - Wholesale trade for 2019. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), CVs for operating revenue, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography CVs for operating revenue
percent
Canada 0.22
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.21
Prince Edward Island 0.00
Nova Scotia 0.26
New Brunswick 0.12
Quebec 0.41
Ontario 0.26
Manitoba 0.33
Saskatchewan 0.30
Alberta 0.23
British Columbia 2.17
Yukon 0.00
Northwest Territories 0.00
Nunavut 0.00

Real Estate Rental and Leasing and Property Management: CVs for Operating Revenue – 2019

CVs for Operating Revenue - 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for Operating Revenue. The information is grouped by geography (appearing as row headers), percent, Lessors of residential buildings and dwellings (except social housing projects), Non-residential leasing and Real estate property managers (appearing as column headers).
Geography CVs for operating revenue
percent
Lessors of residential buildings and dwellings (except social housing projects) Non-residential leasing Real estate property managers
Canada 2.05 2.39 6.86
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.03 5.19 16.73
Prince Edward Island 2.31 2.87 41.15
Nova Scotia 1.78 2.46 8.81
New Brunswick 1.97 2.65 9.16
Quebec 1.97 3.21 14.69
Ontario 4.26 5.22 14.33
Manitoba 3.10 5.57 5.49
Saskatchewan 1.77 2.48 6.55
Alberta 5.04 2.00 6.26
British Columbia 6.29 3.25 3.57
Yukon 0.52 3.15 8.76
Northwest Territories 1.31 3.43 0.00
Nunavut 0.99 0.00 0.00

Sound Recording and Music Publishing: CVs for operating revenue - 2019

Sound Recording and Music Publishing: CVs for operating revenue - 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for operating revenue - 2019. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), CVs for operating revenue, Record production and distribution, Music publishers, Sound recording studios and Other sound recording industries, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography Record production and distribution Music publishers Sound recording studios Other sound recording industries
percent
Canada 0.08 0.16 1.65 0.00
Atlantic provinces 0.00 0.00 1.43 0.00
Quebec 0.34 1.53 1.67 0.00
Ontario 0.05 0.01 3.45 0.00
Prairie provinces 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
British Columbia and Territories 0.45 0.00 0.76 0.00

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Why machine learning and what is its role in the production of official statistics?

Sevgui Erman

Director of Data Science Division, Statistics Canada

Note: This article first appeared in the International Association of Survey Statisticians’ newsletter The Survey Statistician 2020, Vol. 82, 11-13.

Abstract

To remain competitive, statistical organizations need to move quickly to adopt and take advantage of machine learning and new digital data sources. Machine learning is not fundamentally new, and statistical agencies have been using modelling techniques for a very long time. Why do National Statistical Organizations require machine learning in their toolbox and what is its role in the production of official statistics? These are some of the questions discussed in this paper, along with examples of machine learning use in official statistics.

Key words: machine learning, official statistics, artificial intelligence, open source.

What is Machine Learning?

"Machine learning is the science of getting computers to automatically learn from experience instead of relying on explicitly programmed rules, and generalize the acquired knowledge to new settings."Footnote 1

In essence, Machine Learning automates the analytical model building through optimisation algorithms and parameters that can be modified and fine-tuned.

Why do National Statistical Organizations require machine learning in their toolbox?

National Statistical Organizations (NSOs) are data-driven organizations, and data are at the center of today's digital revolution. Data and technology are transforming our society and the way we consume information. The vast amount of digital data available is also transforming the role of NSOs as the premier information providers for evidence-based decision making.

New alternative data sources are already showing many benefits, including: providing faster and timelier products, reducing response burden on households and businesses, producing more accurate results and lowering costs. This is fundamentally changing the way statistical agencies operate. Many of these new opportunities require the use of machine learning methods. In fact, machine learning is the main computation tool for big data processing.

Is machine learning new?

Machine learning, and artificial intelligence, are not fundamentally newFootnote 4. Statistical agencies have been using modelling techniques and data analytics for a very long time. Examples include modelling for stratification, imputation and estimation purposes. Footnote 2 and Footnote 3 are excellent references in this context.

What makes today's machine learning methods different than the ones used five or ten years ago is their evolution within the big data processing space. This evolution has been enabled by:

  • better computational capacity,
  • along with developments in the algorithmic space and applications to unstructured data (text, images, video, sensor, etc.)
  • more efficient data ingestion
  • increased access to structured and unstructured data
  • more capabilities offered by big data processing platforms to efficiently manage RAM and CPU, and, when required, GPUs, both in the cloud and on-premisesFootnote 5

Another major factor driving this shift in methods is collaboration, especially in the open source community. Using R and Python for machine learning and having an open source first approach are accepted standards today. While previously development of data processing systems has been done independently by organizations, today users can benefit from open source code that results from years of effort, and has been tested at a scale that was not previously feasible. The implementation of open source tools can accelerate development, reduce project costs and result in faster turnaround times, allowing projects to move from development mode to production mode more quickly.

Machine learning use in official statistics: examples and benefits

Machine learning applied to retail scanner data

Statistics Canada receives point of sale data from large retailers. This provides a complete census data for volume and price statistics from the participating businesses. In the short term, the agency reduces reporting burden by eliminating survey collection for the participating businesses, which also reduces collection efforts. Statistics Canada is providing participating businesses with custom user-defined statistics based on their data. In the long term, as more businesses provide scanner data, the agency will be in a position to release local-level data (city and postal code), along with commodity data at a far more granular level. Whereas previously data was produced on a few hundred commodities, based on the North American Product Classification Standard (NAPCS), now it will be possible to potentially release data at the Universal Product Code level, i.e., thousands of different commodities. Another potential output is weekly publications on the value, amount, and average price of each NAPCS product sold at retail by detailed geographic area. A machine learning classifier, XGBoost, with linear base learners using character n-grams and bag of words based approach, is used to associate the presence of substrings in the data with certain NAPCS codes.

Satellite images use in agriculture

Currently, Statistics Canada has three machine learning projects in the space of agriculture that use satellite images. The in-season crop identification project, for instance, aims at predicting crop type proportions within an image. Landsat-8 satellite images of two census agricultural regions within Alberta are used. The labeled data are derived from crop insurance data. Using this dataset, a state-of-the-art deep learning model is built. This new model is expected to produce real time data and reduce the cost of crop production data collection. Other examples of machine learning use include the estimation of the area of land covered by greenhouses from satellite images, as well as the area covered by solar panels.

Automation

A broad range of tasks exist where analysts can extract information from unstructured data sources, such as the extraction of financial variables from annual financial reports; financial statements; company information forms; legal reports; news releases; acquisition and merger of assets of publicly traded companies; and financial statements received from federal, provincial and municipal organizations. Many of these tasks can be automated using machine learning, resulting in much more efficient processes.

Challenges and opportunities

The machine learning context is highly dynamic—which can be both an advantage and a challenge. This type of environment requires an ever-learning mindset. To remain competitive within this transformed data modelling space, statistical organizations need to move quickly to adopt and take advantage of machine learning and new digital data sources. Survey statisticians offer advanced expertise in statistical methods and data quality, and are well positioned to contribute to and benefit from the larger machine learning community. Survey statisticians will play a key role in the algorithmic space by identifying the standards of rigor, ensuring statistically sound methods are used, promoting quality and valid inference when it is needed, and abiding by ethical science practices when deriving insights from dataFootnote 6. While new technologies are creating amazing opportunities, these opportunities come with responsibilities. New algorithms and model assessment guidelines will have to be developed, and their monitoring and maintenance in production will pose new type of challenges.

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Business - Linkable File Environment

Overview

Overview of the Business - Linkable File Environment

Programs and applications

Examples of programs and applications using the Business - Linkable File Environment

Getting started

What to consider before starting a record linkage project using the Business - Linkable File Environment

The Business - Linkable File Environment * (B-LFE) is the virtual space in which Statistics Canada’s business microdata from administrative and survey sources are linked together to support analysis and research and generate powerful insights on the Canadian economy.

Microdata linkage is a statistical method that maximizes the use of existing information by linking different files and variables to create new information that benefits Canadians. By applying these methods to business data, the B-LFE creates new information without imposing additional response burden on enterprises, or additional collection costs for stakeholders.

In addition to business data, the B-LFE now includes linkages to social databases, such as the Census of Population and the Longitudinal Immigration Database. These linkages enrich the B-LFE with information such as gender, age, racialized group, education and language of business owners and employees.

The databases resulting from these linkages help to address data gaps and support research and policy for federal departments, provincial governments and academic researchers. The updated description information of the B-LFE, as well as a list of its data sources, can be found on Statistics Canada’s Integrated Metadatabase page.

Main themes covered by the Business - Linkable File Environment data sources

Main themes covered by the Business Linkable File Environment data sources
Description - Main themes covered by the Business - Linkable File Environment data sources

This image is a circle diagram showing the main themes covered by the Business - Linkable File Environment data sources. The left side of the circle represents the themes covered by survey data sources, and the right side of the circle represents the themes covered by administrative data sources. At the centre of the circle diagram, there is another circle. In this smaller circle, the left side shows the Business Register with the word “Businesses” around it, and the right side of this smaller circle shows the census and the Longitudinal Immigration Database with the words “Owners and employees” around them. At the very centre of this smaller circle is an image of a building on the left side and an image of a person on the right side.

Examples of themes shown on the left side of the circle diagram for survey data are innovation, research and development, small and medium enterprises, intellectual property, and investment and trade.

Examples of themes shown on the right side of the circle diagram for administrative data are tax data, employment, business innovation and growth support, research and development tax credit, and importers and exporters.

Frequently asked questions

  • What are the benefits of using the Business - Linkable File Environment?

    I have logged onto my Electronic File Transfer account, where is the dataset?

    The B-LFE enables users to generate new insights on businesses through microdata linkages of existing data sources. In this way, it contributes to an efficient use of existing data holdings and to reducing response burden on Canadian businesses. It also bridges existing data gaps, encompasses the entire universe of Canadian businesses and generates long data series, facilitating seamless comparisons.

  • What kind of linkages can be done in the Business - Linkable File Environment?

    What output will I receive?

    Linkages are done for businesses and the statistical unit of measurement is the enterprise level.

  • What other type of linkages can be done at Statistics Canada?

    Why is my output file name different than my submitted file name?

    For linkages done at the individual level, see the Social Data Linkage Environment web page.

    Open databases are the core component of the Linkable Open Data Environment.

  • How can I get more information on the Business - Linkable File Environment?

    How are the data rounded?

    If you have questions or a potential project for the B-LFE, please email us at statcan.elfe-eefc.statcan@statcan.gc.ca.

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