Electric Power Selling Price Indexes are published on a regional and provincial basis for two broad industrial customer categories of sales; for bills less than 5000 kW and for sales of 5000 kW or more. Prices are reported by electric utilities for non-interruptible power contracts with manufacturing, service, and other Canadian industrial customers. Monthly prices are collected from all major generating and distributing utilities three times a year. The resulting indexes are released with other monthly Industry Price Indexes for April, August and December of each year. The indexes have 1997 as a time reference base and the weights used are 1992 company revenues from sales of electricity, as collected by Prices Division.

The formula used to calculate the Electric Power Selling Price Indexes is a fixed weighted index formulation, which is the same as that described in the explanation of methods used for the Industrial Product Price Indexes, 1997=100. The indexes are available on CANSIM in Table 329-0050. Indexes for the current year and the previous year are subject to revision.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the Client Services (toll-free 1-888-951-4550; 613-951-4550; fax: 613-951-3117; (ppd-info-dpp@statcan.gc.ca), Producer Prices Division.

Standard table symbols

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Retail Trade
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Wholesale Trade
Manufacturing
Other Services (except Public Administration)

Retail Trade

The retail trade sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The retailing process is the final step in thedistribution of merchandise; retailers are therefore organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public.

Wholesale Trade

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling merchandise and providing related logistics, marketing and support services. The wholesaling process is generally an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise; many wholesalers are therefore organized to sell merchandise in large quantities to retailers, and business and institutional clients. However, some wholesalers, in particular those that supply non-consumer capital goods, sell merchandise in single units to final users.

This sector recognizes two main types of wholesalers: wholesale merchants and wholesale agents and brokers.

Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products. Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.

Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.

Other Services (except Public Administration)

This sector comprises establishments not classified to any other sector.

Thank you!

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RTS_R01
Your household has been randomly selected to participate in the Residential Telephone Service Survey. This is a voluntary survey on the different types of telephone services used by households. This includes cell phones, land lines, cable phones  or using the Internet.

(Survey Registration Number: STC/SSD-040-75435)

Interviewer: Press <1> to continue.

Coverage: All respondents

RTS_Q01
Does anyone in your household currently have an active cell phone?  Please include cell phones used for business.

Interviewer: Include smartphones such as the IPhone and the BlackBerry. Exclude cordless
phones.

Yes
No (Go to RTS_Q05)
DK, RF (Go to RTS_Q05)

Coverage: All respondents

RTS_Q02A
How many active cell phones do the members of your household have?

(2 spaces) [Min: 1 Max: 15]
DK,
RF (Go to RTS_Q05)

Coverage: RTS_Q01 = 1

RTS_C02B
If (Hhld_Kids = 0)(Go to RTS_Q03)
Else if RTS_Q02A = 1 (Go to RTS_Q02B)
Else (Go to RTS_Q02C)

RTS_Q02B
Is it used primarily by someone under 15?

Yes (Go to RTS_Q05)
No
DK, RF

Default: (Go to RTS_Q03)

Coverage: RTS_Q01 = 1 and RTS_Q02A = 1

RTS_Q02C
How many of these are used primarily by someone under 15?

(2 spaces) [Min: 0 Max: 15]
DK, RF

Coverage: RTS_Q01 = 1 and RTS_Q02A > 1

RTS_Q03
Are any of these cell phones used only for business purposes?

Yes
No (Go to RTS_Q05)
DK, RF (Go to RTS_Q05)

Coverage: RTS_Q01 = 1

RTS_C04

If RTS_Q02A>1 (Go to RTS_Q04)
Else (Go to RTS_Q05)

RTS_Q04
How many (cell phones are only used for business purposes)?

(2 spaces) [Min: 1 Max: 15]
DK, RF

Coverage: RTS_Q01 = 1 and RTS_Q02A > 1 and RTS_Q03 = 1

RTS_Q05
Excluding cell phones, is there a telephone service for your household? (Include phone numbers that are used for computer, fax or business purposes).

Yes
No (Go to RTS_END)
DK, RF (Go to RTS_END)

Coverage: All respondents

RTS_Q06
Excluding cell phones, how many different phone numbers are there in your household?

(2 spaces) [Min: 1 Max: 15]
DK, RF (Go to RTS_END)

Coverage: RTS_Q05 = 1

RTS_Q07
Are any of these phone numbers used only for computer, fax or business purposes?

Yes
No (Go to RTS_Q09)
DK, RF  (Go to RTS_Q09)

Coverage: RTS_Q05 = 1 and RTS_Q06 > 0

RTS_C08
If RTS_Q06>1 (Go to RTS_Q08)
Else (Go to RTS_Q09)

RTS_Q08
How many (phone numbers are used only for computer, fax or business purposes)?

(2 spaces) [Min: 1 Max: 15]
DK, RF

Coverage: RTS_Q05 = 1 and RTS_Q06 > 1 and RTS_Q07 = 1

RTS_Q09
Excluding cell phones, what other type of telephone service do you have in your household? Is it...?

Interviewer: Read categories to respondent. Mark all that apply.

A regular landline phone service
A phone service from a cable television provider
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service with a unique number
Other - Specify (Go to RTS_S09)
DK, RF

Default: (Go to RTS_END)

Coverage: RTS_Q05 = 1

RTS_S09
(Excluding cell phones, what other type of telephone service do you have for your household? Is it...?)

Interviewer: Specify.

(80 spaces)

Coverage: RTS_Q05 = 1 and RTS_Q09 = 4

End of section

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Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2010 Annual Retail Trade Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1- 800-972-9692

Table of contents

General information
Part A
A - Introduction
Reporting instructions
Main business activity
Reporting period information
Revenue, cost of goods sold and expenses
B - Revenue
C - Cost of goods sold
D - Expenses
E - Distribution of total operating revenue
F - Events that may have affected your business unit
H - Comments
J - Contact information
Part B - Location details
APPENDIX 1 - GASOLINE SERVICE STATION GUIDE
I - Independent retail dealer
II - Retail commissionned agent
III - Lessee
IV - Oil refinery or other wholesale supplier
APPENDIX 2 - BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR CHAINS

General information

Survey purpose

Statistics Canada uses your survey responses to compile operating and financial statistics for the retail sector by province/territory and Canada as a whole. By accurately reporting your business units activity, you contribute to measuring provincial/territorial and Canadian economic output - the gross domestic product (GDP), as well as provide an accurate portrait of the store retailing sector in Canada.

Retailers also make significant use of the data from these surveys to:

• track their performance against industry averages;
• evaluate expansion plans;
• prepare business plans for investors;
• determine payments with respect to performance based contracts;
• plan marketing strategies.

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information from this survey which would identify a person, business, or organization, without their prior consent. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. Therefore, for example, the Canada Revenue Agency cannot access identifiable survey data from Statistics Canada.

These survey data will only be used for statistical purposes and will be published in an aggregate form only.

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, who must 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 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 and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Questionnaire

This guide is designed to provide additional information and to assist you in completing the questionnaire.

The Annual Retail Trade Survey is comprised of 2 parts. Part A of the questionnaire requests information on revenue earned and expenses incurred by your business unit, information typically found on the income statement of the business unit. Part A is divided into six sections identified with capital letters A to F. Each section is further subdivided by headings and letters.

Part B of the questionnaire requests detailed information on individual locations. Part B serves 2 important purposes:

• First, if you operate in more than one province or territory, the data you provide are used to allocate your economic activity to the provinces/territories in which it actually takes place. This is important for measuring the GDP for each province/territory.
• Second, by having data on individual stores, aggregate performance measures can be developed that allow you to make comparisons of the performance of your company against industry standards for similar types of operations.

Electronic reporting

The Retail Trade questionnaire is available in both a paper and an electronic format. The electronic version is particularly useful for companies with a large number of locations and allows the location detail to be loaded from a variety of software formats. Should you wish to change from the paper questionnaire to the electronic questionnaire, or the reverse, please call the Help Line number on the front page. Guideline items in this guide correspond to sections and question numbers on the survey questionnaire.

D - Expenses

1. Salaries and wages of employees

Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions.

Include:

• vacation pay;
• bonuses (including profit sharing);
• commissions;
• taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays);
• retroactive wage payments;
• direct employee labour costs (e.g., related to any manufacturing activity or installation service).

Exclude all payments and expenses associated with outside contract workers and casual labour for whom a T4-Statement of Remuneration Paid was not issued such as:

• the cost of a receptionist or a filing clerk under direct contract to you;
• payments to employment agencies or personnel suppliers, (e.g., pay for temporary workers paid through an agency and charges for personnel search services under direct contract to you).

Please report these amounts in this section, at question 8.

2. Employer portion of employee benefits

Include :

• employee life and extended health care insurance plans (e.g., medical, dental, drug and vision care plans);
• Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) contributions;
• employer pension contributions;
• workers’ compensation (provincial or territorial plan applicable to this business unit);
• employment insurance premiums (EI);
• retiring allowances or lump sum payments to employees at time of termination or retirement;
• all other employee benefits and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans;
• contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

3. Total labour remuneration

The sum of questions 1 and 2 or the total if you cannot provide the above breakdown.

4. Rental and leasing expenses

Include:

• rent of office space or other real estate;
• motor vehicles (without driver);
• computers and peripherals (without operator);
• other machinery and equipment (without operator);
• furniture and fixtures.

Exclude:

• rental and leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment with driver or operator; please report these items at question 8 below.

5. Advertising and promotion

Include:

• planning, creating and placement services of advertising;
• purchase of sale of advertising space or time;
• other advertising services;
• trade fair and exhibition organization services.

6. Amortization and depreciation expenses

Include the amortization and depreciation expenses on this business unit’s:

• capital assets;
• intangible assets;
• capital lease obligations.

Exclude:

• amortization and depreciation expenses on vehicles owned by this business unit that are leased to others.

7. Management fees and other service fees charged by head office and other business support units

Include:

• any management or service fees paid to head office.

8. All other operating expenses

Please report all other operating expenses not specified and reported above.

Include:

• all payments and expenses associated with outside contract workers;
• rental and leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment with driver or operator;
• goods transportation, warehousing and storage expenses;
• bad debt;
• donations;
• other costs (these are non-labour costs related to any manufacturing activity or installation service).

Exclude:

• interest expenses; please report these amounts at question 10 below.

9. Total operating expenses

The sum of questions 3 to 8 in this section.

10. Other expenses

Include:

• interest expenses on capital lease obligations;
• interest on loans;
• the interest portion of mortgage payments.

11. Total expenses

The sum of questions 9 and 10 in this section.

E - Distribution of total operating revenue

Statistics Canada recognizes that this may be a difficult section to answer. If precise numbers are not available, please provide your best estimates.

1. By type of customer

In this section you are asked to indicate the percentage of total operating revenue (reported in Section B, at question 9) from individuals and households and from all other customers.

Data on your revenue by type of customer are used to determine the percentage of revenue in the retail trade sector that originates from end use consumption by individuals and households and the percentage that is derived from purchases for other uses.

2. By method of sale

In this section you are asked to indicate the percentage of total operating revenue earned from in-store sales, e-commerce, catalogue, mail-order and telephone and all other methods.

Data on your revenue by method of sale are used to measure the evolving means by which traditional store retailers reach their clientele.

a) In-store sales

Please report the percentage of total operating revenue of goods or services which are purchased in a fixed point-of-sale location accessible to the public. Sales at pumps for gasoline stations are considered in-store sales.

b) E-commerce

Please report the percentage of total operating revenue of goods or services, whether between businesses, households, individuals, governments, conducted over internet applications. The goods and services are ordered over those networks, but the payment and ultimate delivery of the good or service may be conducted on or off-line.

c) Catalogue, mail order or telephone

Please report the percentage of total operating revenue generated from customers ordering their goods from catalogues and mail order flyers. Include sales purchased via telephone and fax.

d) All other methods

Please report the percentage of total operating revenue of goods or services from all other methods. This includes trade shows, special events, in-home sales and card lock.

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Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2010 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1- 800-972-9692

Table of contents

A - Introduction
Reporting instructions
Main business activity
Revenue,cost of goods sold and expenses
B - Revenue
C - Cost of goods sold
D - Expenses
E - Distribution of operating revenue by location and type of customer
F - Events that may have affected your business unit
G - Key variables by province/territory of operation
H - Province/country of origin and destination of goods sold
I - Comments

This guide is designed to provide additional information to assist you in completing the questionnaire. The Annual Wholesale Trade Survey is divided into nine sections identified with capital letters A to I. Each of the sections is further subdivided into headings and question numbers. Guideline items in this guide correspond to sections and question numbers that are on the survey questionnaire.

B - Revenue

All revenue reported should exclude sales taxes (GST/HST, PST and TVQ) and be net of returns, discounts, sales allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. Do not deduct the value of trade-ins.

1. Sales of all goods purchased for resale, net of returns and discounts or rebates provided to your clients

Include:

• excise taxes (such as those on gasoline, liquor, and tobacco) and other taxes that are levied on the manufacturer/importer and included in the cost of products purchased by this business unit;
• sales of all goods purchased for resale; please report gross sales of new and used goods less returns, discounts and rebates;
• parts used in generating repair and maintenance revenue; report the labour portion of repair and maintenance at question 4 below;
• any sales made to any member company of your enterprise.

Do not deduct the value of trade-ins.

Exclude:

• taxes collected directly from customers and paid directly by this operating unit to provincial and federal tax agencies.

2. a) Commission revenue and fees earned selling merchandise on behalf of others

Please report the gross amount of commission and fees earned by this business unit while acting as an agent or broker selling goods owned by other businesses.

2. b) Value of goods where commission and fees were earned by you acting as an agent or broker

As supplementary information to the reported commission revenue, please report the sale value of those goods upon which you have reported earning a commission or fee.

3. Sales of goods manufactured as a secondary activity by this wholesaling business unit

Please report revenue from sales of goods of own manufacture.

4. Labour revenue from repair and maintenance

Include:

• labour revenue from installation, repair and maintenance work.

Parts used in generating installation, repair and maintenance revenue are to be included at question 1 above.

5. Revenue from rental and leasing of office space, other real estate, goods and equipment

Include:

• rental and leasing of office space, other real estate, goods and equipment, whether or not they have been produced by your business unit.

6. All other operating revenue

Report all other operating revenue not reported above.

Include:

• revenue from warranties;
• revenue from shipping, and handling and storing goods for others that has not been included in the price of the goods.

Exclude:

• interest and dividend income.

Please report these amounts at question 8 below.

7. Total operating revenue

The sum of questions 1 to 6 above, excluding 2b.

8. Non-operating revenue

Non-production-related revenue of this business unit.

Include:

• interest and dividend income.

9. Total revenue

The sum of questions 7 and 8 below.

C - Cost of goods sold

1. Opening inventory and 3. Closing inventory

Report inventories at book value (i.e., the value maintained in your accounting records).

Include opening and closing inventories of all types such as:

• raw materials;
• goods in process;
• finished products;
• parts used in generating repair and maintenance revenue;
• goods purchased for resale;
• inventory owned by this business unit within or outside Canada (including inventory at any warehouse, selling outlet, in transit, or out on consignment).

Closing inventory should reflect all inventory adjustments.

Exclude:

• inventory held on consignment for others.

2. Purchases of goods

Please report the purchases of new and used goods for resale and, if applicable, raw materials.

Please report the laid-down cost to this business unit (including shipping and handling, if applicable).

Include: