Centre for Energy and Transportation Statistics
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Table of contents

• A – Reporting instructions
• B – Cogeneration
• C – Solid fuels used to generate electricity
• D – Liquid fuels used to generate electricity
• E – Gaseous fuels used to generate electricity
• F – Other fuels used to generate electricity
• G – Useful thermal energy
• H – Units of measure
• I – Reporting categories

A – Reporting instructions

This schedule is to be completed for the station or stations indicated on the affixed label to the questionnaire. Please report for the requested period: January to December 2024.

Report only the amount of fuel used for the generation of electricity.

Reported value ($) should be the total cost at the station gate.

If there are any stations on standby, please report them in the notes section.

If the information requested is unknown, please provide your best estimate.

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2024 Annual Survey of Electric Power Thermal Generating Station Fuel Consumption. If you need more information, please call 1-877-604-7828.

B – Cogeneration

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Type: Primary purpose

Electricity own-use (internal): electricity which is used only for internal purposes.

Electricity for sale (external): electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. For a diesel engine, the compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Diesel engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of diesel fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Natural gas combustion turbine: involves a natural gas fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

C – Solid fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pumice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

D – Liquid fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no. 1, fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2), fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) - it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy(sd) a content andis used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as black liquor.

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

E – Gaseous fuel types used to generate electricity

Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

F – Other fuel types used to generate electricity

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

G – Useful thermal energy

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g. the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.)

H – Units of Measure

Unit of measures and abbreviations

Unit of measure	Abbreviation
Kilojoules per grams	(kj/g)
Kilojoules per kilograms	(kj/kg)
Kilojoules per litres	(kj/L)
Kilojoules per cubic meter	(kj/m3)
Metric tonnes	(t)
Kilolitres	(kl)
Thousands of cubic metres	(103 m3)
Kilograms	(kg)
Thousands of Canadian dollars	($'000)
Megawatt-hours	(MW.h)

I – Reporting Categories

Cogeneration Heat energy

Reported in Gigajoules, is defined as heat generated for the purpose of this business’s own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

Average heat content

The energy content one can expect to obtain from burning various raw materials.

Quantity/Volume

Please indicate the amount or volume of fuel used to generate electricity.

Total cost

Please indicate the fuel cost in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Total gross net electricity generation

Indicate the total (combined) amount of electricity generated, by all fuel types used, in MW.h

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

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 statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

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

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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 provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, the Ministère des Finances du Québec, the 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 information if 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 for the designated contact person for the business or organization and correct information if needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• The maximum number of characters is 10.
• Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including a detailed description of this activity 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 NAICS is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

How to search:

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

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

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

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

Main activity

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

• Yes, there are other activities
  • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
  • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
• No, that is the only significant activity

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

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

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

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

Method of collection

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

• Answering the remaining questions
• Attaching files

Attach files

2. Please attach the files that will provide the information required for the Annual Survey of Electric Power Thermal Generating Station Fuel Consumption (EPTG).

To attach files

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

Note:

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

Industrial generator

1. Does this business produce electricity, for own use and/or for sale?

• Yes
• No

Fuel consumption for industrial generation

2. Are the reported fuels consumed for the purpose of electricity generation only?

The purpose of this question is to ascertain whether the respondent is reporting fuels whose sole use was the generation of electricity or whether the fuels reported were used for other purposes (producing thermal energy for building heating, producing thermal energy for industrial drying purposes, etc.) in addition to the generation of electricity.

• Yes
• No

Generation and efficiency

3. What is the percentage of the actual electrical generator efficiency?

Percentage

4. What percentage of the portion of steam is used to produce electricity?

Portion of steam used to produce electricity: In the process of generating electricity, utilities may use steam completely towards the production of electricity, however an industry may use the steam for other purposes in their manufacturing and generate electricity as a side product.

Enter '0' if steam was not used to produce electricity.

Do not report negative values.

Percentage

5. What is the percentage of the actual turbine efficiency?

Percentage

Cogeneration

6. Does this business generate both heat and electricity simultaneously from the same energy source at this location?

Cogeneration: a highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration can also make use of the excess thermal heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.)

Heat energy is defined as a primary product generated for the purpose of this business' own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

• Yes
• No

7. What is the primary purpose of the cogeneration?

Primary purpose Electricity own use: Electricity which is used only for own use purposes.

Electricity external: Electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Heat energy for own use: Heat energy used towards own use purposes that do not contribute towards the generation of electricity (i.e., steam for drying paper or space heating).

Heat energy external: Heat Energy which is sold / supplied to another company.

• To generate electricity for own use
• To generate electricity for sale
• To generate heat energy for own use (e.g., steam)
• To generate heat energy for sale (e.g., steam)

8. How much heat was generated from the cogeneration process?

Heat energy (primary product) is defined as a product generated for the purpose of this business's own use or for sale. It does not include heat by-products, such as waste heat.

Quantity in Gigajoules (GJ)

9. How much of the generated heat was used for the business's own use?

Quantity in Gigajoules (GJ)

10. What is the primary purpose for generating electricity?

Primary purpose

Electricity own use: Electricity which is used only for own use purposes.

Electricity external: Electricity which is sold / supplied to another company.

Primary purpose

• To generate electricity for own use
• To generate electricity for sale

Sub-type for electricity generation

11. What sub-type method was used to generate electricity?

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. The compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Combustion engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Combustion turbine: involves a gas or liquid fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

Select all that apply.

• Combined cycle
• Steam turbine
• Combustion engine
• Combustion turbine

Sub-type for electricity generation

12. Which of the following sub-type methods were used for the cogeneration process?

Sub-Types

Combined cycle: burns fuel in a gas turbine or engine to generate electricity. The exhaust from the turbine or engine can provide usable heat or go to a heat recovery system to generate steam which then may drive a secondary steam turbine.

Steam turbine: burns fuel to produce steam, which generates power through a steam turbine. Exhaust (left over steam) can be used as low-pressure steam to heat water.

Combustion engine: rely solely on heat and pressure created by the engine in its compression process for ignition. The compression that occurs is usually twice or more higher than a gasoline engine. Combustion engines will take in air only, and shortly before peak compression, a small quantity of fuel is sprayed into the cylinder via a fuel injector that allows the fuel to instantly ignite.

Combustion turbine: involves a gas or liquid fired turbine, which runs a generator to produce electricity. The exhaust gas flows through a heat recovery boiler, which can convert the exhaust energy into steam or usable heat.

Select all that apply.

• Combined cycle
• Steam turbine
• Combustion engine
• Combustion turbine

Fuel used by generation method — Combined cycle

13. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combined cycle

14. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

15. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

16. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

17. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Steam turbine

18. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Steam turbine

19. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

20. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

21. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

22. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity

Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Combustion engine

23. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combustion engine

24. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.
 

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

25. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

26. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

27. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity
Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Fuel used by generation method — Combustion turbine

28. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Select all that apply.

• Solid fuels
  • e.g., coal, wood, municipal waste, biomass
• Liquids
  • e.g., bio-fuels, diesel, propane, heavy & light fuel oil
• Gaseous
  • e.g., natural gas, coke oven gas, biogas, refinery fuel gas
• Other fuels used to generate electricity
  • e.g., waste heat

Fuel selection breakdown — Combustion turbine

29. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Solid fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Solid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Bituminous coal: A dense, black coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material with a moisture content usually less than 20%. Used primarily for generating electricity, making coke and space heating.

Sub-bituminous coal: A black coal used primarily for thermal generation, with moisture content between 15% and 30%. (Canadian/Foreign) - It is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported sub-bituminous as each carries a different content, depending on the location of the coal mine.

Lignite: A brownish-black coal of low rank containing 30% to 40% moisture and volatile matter. Used almost exclusively for electric power generation.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Petroleum coke: (often abbreviated petcoke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.

Agriculture biomass: includes animal manure, cellulosic crop residue, fruit and vegetable culls and food-processing effluent. Potential energy crops include high-yielding, high-carbohydrate crops such as switchgrass and vegetable-oil crops such as canola and sunflower, and hydrocarbon plants such as milkweed and gumweed.

Other biomass: (food processing) can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomice and coffee grounds.

Other biomass: (type unknown) any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Municipal and other waste: can include residues that are produced during the processing of a product, such as paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen wastes and sewage sludge.

Select all that apply.

• Bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Sub-bituminous coal
  • Purchased from Canadian companies
  • Imported from foreign countries
• Lignite
• Wood e.g., bark, hog-fuel
• Petroleum coke
• Agriculture biomass
• Other biomass e.g., biomass from food processing
• Other biomass - type unknown
• Municipal and other waste
• Other
  Specify other solid fuel used to generate electricity

30. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Liquids were used to generate this electricity?

Liquid Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Biodiesel: refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow), which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.

Ethanol: (ethanol fuel) the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world.

Other biofuel: any other type of biofuel not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Light fuel oil (LFO): all distillate type fuels for power burners, fuel oil no.1, fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no.2), fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no.3), furnace fuel oil, gas oils and light industrial fuel.

Heavy fuel oil (HFO): all grades of residual type fuels including low sulphur. Usually used for steam and electric power generation and diesel motors. Includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5 and 6. (Canadian/Foreign) – it is important to distinguish between Canadian versus imported Heavy Fuel Oil as each carries a different energy content, and is used to validate the integrity of Canada's Energy Balances.

Propane: is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly used as a fuel for engines, barbeques and home heating systems.

Diesel: all grades of distillate fuel used for diesel engines including low sulphur content (lower than 0.05%). Does not include diesel used for transportation off the plant site.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products. Also known as "black liquor".

Orimulsion: is a registered trademark name for a bitumen-based fuel that was developed for industrial use. Bitumen is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky and entirely soluble in carbon disulfide and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Currently orimulsion is used as a commercial boiler fuel in power plants worldwide.

Select all that apply.

• Biodiesel
• Ethanol
• Other biofuel
• Light fuel oil
• Heavy fuel oil
  • Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
  • Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
• Propane
• Diesel
• Orimulsion
• Spent pulping liquor
• Other
  Specify other liquid fuel used to generate electricity

31. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

Which types of Gaseous fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Gaseous Fuel types used to generate electricity
Any energy form consumed not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Waste gasification: the process of waste gasification involves converting the organic material within the waste into synthetic natural gas (syngas), which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. The syngas is used to produce electricity in the same way that natural gas is combusted for energy production-in combined-cycle mode.

Gasification: uses high temperatures in the presence of oxygen to convert solid biomass into gas (known as producer gas) to fuel a turbine to generate electricity.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Coke oven gas: is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of coke oven coke for the production of iron and steel.

Biogas: Landfill gas, or gas from anaerobic digestors using organic matter like manure, crop waste, food waste, sewage, etc..

Refinery fuel gas: a gaseous mixture of methane, light hydrocarbons, hydrogen, and other miscellaneous species (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.) that is produced in the refining of crude oil and/or petrochemical processes and that is separated for use as a fuel in boilers and process heaters throughout the refinery.

Select all that apply.

• Natural gas
• Coke oven gas
• Biogas
• Refinery fuel gas
• Other
  Specify other gaseous fuel used to generate electricity

32. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity.

What Other fuels were used to generate this electricity?

Other Fuel types used to generate electricity
Steam from waste heat: The amount of electricity generated when waste heat is recaptured to run a steam generator.

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

• Other
  Specify other type of fuel used to generate electricity

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

33. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity.

Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:
What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?
Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

34. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m³
Other fuels: report in kJ/kg

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Methane (land fill)
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

35. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

Questions for selected fuel types — Combined cycle

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

36. This business indicated that Combined cycle was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogaz
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

37. For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

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.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combined cycle

Questions for selected fuel types — Steam turbine

38. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

39. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:,

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/k

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

40. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

41. This business indicated that Steam turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?.

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other gaseous fuel]
ac. [Other type of fuel]

42. For Steam turbine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

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.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Steam turbine

Questions for selected fuel types — Combustion engine

43. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

44. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/kg

 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

45. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

46. This business indicated that Combustion engine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption

Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period.
 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

47. For Combustion engine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

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.

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combustion engine

Questions for selected fuel types — Combustion turbine

48. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

Heat output (kJ)/Total Energy Content of the Fuel (kJ).

The proportion of useful heat produced to the total potential energy available by burning the fuel.
 

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Percentage (%)
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other solid fuel]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

49. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the average heat content?

• Solid fuels: report in kJ/kg
• Liquids fuels: report in kJ/L
• Gaseous fuels: report in kJ/m3
• Other fuels: report in kJ/kg
   

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Average heat content
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other liquid fuel]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

50. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

What was the quantity/volume used and the total cost?

	Unit of measure	Quantity/volume used	CAN$ '000
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass — type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

If you are reporting for electricity generated using Waste heat, do not complete boiler efficiency, average heat content, quantity, or total cost.

51. This business indicated that Combustion turbine was used to generate electricity. Please answer the following for the selected fuel types:

Please report electricity generation values as gross electricity generation values.

What was the quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

What percentage was the efficiency of the boiler?

	Quantity in MWh
a. Bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
b. Bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
c. Sub-bituminous coal purchased from Canadian companies
d. Sub-bituminous coal imported from foreign countries
e. Lignite
f. Wood
g. Petroleum coke
h. Agriculture biomass
i. Other biomass
j. Other biomass - type unknown
k. Municipal and other waste
l. [Other]
m. Biodiesel
n. Ethanol
o. Other biofuel
p. Light fuel oil
q. Heavy fuel oil purchased from Canadian companies
r. Heavy fuel oil imported from foreign countries
s. Propane
t. Diesel
u. Orimulsion
v. Spent pulping liquor
w. [Other]
x. Natural gas
y. Coke oven gas
z. Biogas
aa. Refinery fuel gas
ab. [Other]
ac. [Other]

52. For Combustion turbine, the total gross generation of electricity is:

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.
 

For Combined cycle, the total gross generation of electricity is:

	Quantity in MWh
Total gross generation of electricity using Combustion turbine

Useful thermal energy — Combined cycle

53. This business indicated that it uses Combined cycle cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Steam turbine

54. This business indicated that it uses Steam turbine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Combustion engine

55. This business indicated that it uses Combustion engine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Cogeneration: A highly efficient means of generating heat and electric power at the same time from the same energy source. Cogeneration makes use of the excess heat, usually in the form of relatively low-temperature steam exhausted from the power generation turbines towards another purpose.

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy, in the form of heat, that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Useful thermal energy — Combustion turbine

56. This business indicated that it uses Combustion turbine cogeneration process.

What was the useful thermal energy produced from this business for own use and sale?

Useful thermal energy produced: The amount of energy in the form of heat that is produced as a by-product of the generation of electricity and that is used for another application in a productive manner (e.g., the heating of industrial, commercial or residential space; steam used in an industrial process; etc.).

Own use consumption refers to consumption of self-generated thermal energy (excluding purchased) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

• Own use (quantity in GJ)
• Sale (quantity in GJ)

Uranium

57. What was the average heat content in gigajoules per metric tonne (Gj/MT) of Uranium?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Gigajoules per metric tonne (Gj/MT)

58. What quantity of Uranium was used and the total cost?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Unit of measure

• 100 cubic feet (Ccf)
• 33-pound cylinder
• Barrel
• Cubic Foot
• Cubic Metre
• Gallon: Imperial Gallon
• Gallon: U.S. Gallon
• Gigajoule
• Kilogram
• Kilolitre
• kWh
• Litre
• Long ton
• MWh
• Metric Tonne
• Mmbtu
• Pound
• Short ton
• ('000) Cubic Metres

Quantity

Total cost

59. What was the total gross quantity of electricity generated in megawatt-hours (MWh)?

Nuclear: is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption.

(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period).

MWh

Changes or events

60. 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

61. 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

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

63. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Confidentiality

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

Table of contents

• A – Reporting Instructions
• B – Electricity Generation Method
• C – Combustible Fuels
• D – Receipts of Electricity from the U.S.A.
• E – Receipts of Electricity from Within Canada
• F – Total Supply
• G – Deliveries of Electricity to the U.S.A.
• H – Deliveries of Electricity Within Province
• I – Transmission, Distribution and Other Losses

A – Reporting Instructions

Please report information for the period of January to December, 2024.

Please complete all sections as applicable.

If the information requested is unknown, please provide your best estimate.

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2024 Annual Electricity Supply and Disposition Survey. If you need more information, please call 1-877-604-7828.

B – Electricity Generation Method

Nuclear: Electricity generated at an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by steam generated in a reactor by heat from the fission of nuclear fuel.

Hydro: Electric power generated from a plant in which the turbine generators are driven by flowing water.

Tidal: Electric power generated from a plant in which turbine generators are driven from tidal movements.

Wind: A power plant in which the prime mover is a wind turbine. Electric power is generated by the conversion of wind power into mechanical energy.

Solar: Electricity created using Photovoltaic (PV) technology which converts sunlight into electricity OR electricity created using solar thermal technology where sunlight heats a liquid or gas to drive a turbine or engine.

Wave: Electricity generated from mechanical energy derived from wave motion.

Geothermal: Electricity generated from heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam.

Other non-combustible sources: This includes fuels such as waste heat, steam, and steam purchased from another company. Specify in the space provided.

C – Combustible fuels

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

Natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Petroleum: This covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil and used as a fuel source (i.e., crude oil, synthetic crude oil, natural gas liquids, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil; excludes Petroleum coke, bitumen and other oil products not specified).

Other combustible sources - Thermal: This includes fuels such as propane, orimulsion, petroleum coke, coke oven gas, ethanol and any other type of thermal combustible fuel source not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the space provided.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Spent pulping liquor: A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products.

Methane (Landfill gas): A biogas composed principally of methane and carbon dioxide produced by anaerobic digestion of landfill waste.

Municipal and other waste: Wastes (liquids or solids) produced by households, industry, hospitals and others (examples: paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen waste and sewage sludge).

Other combustible sources – Biomass: This includes fuels such as food waste, used diapers, and biogases – example, gas produced from animal water digesters. Specify in the space provided.

D – Receipts of electricity from the U.S.A.

If applicable, please report the total amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business imported/purchased from the United States.

E – Receipts of electricity from within Canada

If applicable, please report the total quantities of electricity (MWh) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) purchased or received from within and/or other provinces (e.g., other utilities/producers, transmitters, distributors).

F – Total Supply

This is the sum of Total Generation, Total Receipts from United States, Total Receipts from Other Provinces and Total Receipts from Within Province. The Total Supply number must equal the Total Disposal number.

G – Deliveries of electricity to the U.S.A.

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business sold/exported to the United States.

H – Deliveries of electricity within Canada

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) your company sold to other domestic companies, by province or territory.

I – Transmission, distribution and other losses

Include

• transmission losses
• adjustments
• "unaccounted for" amounts which are subject to variation because of cyclical billing

Exclude

• generating station use output as measured at the generating station gate.

Thank you for your participation.

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 statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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.

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Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
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You may also contact us by email at statcan.esd-helpdesk-dse-bureaudedepannage.statcan@canada.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the provincial and territorial government ministries responsible for the energy sector, the Ministère des Finances du Québec, the 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 information if needed.

Note: Legal name should only be modified done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization and correct information if needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
  The maximum number of characters is 10.
• Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

• This is the current main activity
• This is not the current main activity

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity. Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

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

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

How to search:

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

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

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

Method of collection

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

• Answering the remaining questions
• Attaching files

Sub-type for all electricity generation

1. Does this business generate electricity?

Electricity may be generated for internal use and/or for sale.

• Yes
• No

2. What methods were employed by this business to generate electricity?

Exclude purchased electricity.

Select all that apply.

Nuclear: Electricity generated at an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by steam generated in a reactor by heat from the fission of nuclear fuel.

Hydro: Electric power generated from a plant in which the turbine generators are driven by flowing water.

Tidal: Electric power generated from a plant in which turbine generators are driven from tidal movements.

Wind: A power plant in which the prime mover is a wind turbine. Electric power is generated by the conversion of wind power into mechanical energy.

Solar: Electricity created using Photovoltaic (PV) technology which converts sunlight into electricity OR electricity created using solar thermal technology where sunlight heats a liquid or gas to drive a turbine or engine.

Wave: Electricity generated from mechanical energy derived from wave motion.

Geothermal: Electricity generated from heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam.

• Thermal generation – combustible fuels
  • Include coal, natural gas, petroleum, wood, spent pulping liquor, methane, municipal and other waste, other combustible fuels.
• Nuclear
• Hydro
• Tidal
• Wind
• Solar
• Wave
• Geothermal
• Other
• Specify other non-combustible methods

Electrical production by all selected methods and fuel types

3. Which types of combustible fuel were used for this business's thermal generation of electricity?

Select all that apply.

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

Natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbons (principally methane) and small quantities of various hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in underground reservoirs.

Wood (Report for "Dry" method): Wood and wood energy used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), lignin, wood scraps from furniture and window frame manufacturing, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, charcoal and pulp waste.

Spent pulping liquor (black liquor): A by-product in the paper making process, containing carbohydrate and lignin decomposition products.

Landfill gas: A biogas composed principally of methane and carbon dioxide produced by anaerobic digestion of landfill waste.

Municipal and other waste: Wastes (liquids or solids) produced by households, industry, hospitals and others (examples: paper, cardboard, rubber, leather, natural textiles, wood, brush, grass clippings, kitchen waste and sewage sludge).

Other biomass (food processing): Can include residues produced during the processing of a product, such as cheese whey, canning factory residues, fruit pits, apple pomace and coffee grounds.

Other biomass (type unknown): Any other type of biomass not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

Petroleum: This covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil and used as a fuel source ( i.e. crude oil, synthetic crude oil, natural gas liquids, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil; excludes Petroleum coke, bitumen and other oil products not specified).

For 'Other' combustible fuels - Thermal: This includes fuels such as propane, orimulsion, petroleum coke, coke oven gas, ethanol and any other type of thermal combustible fuel source not otherwise identified on the questionnaire. Specify in the spaces provided.

• Non-renewable combustible fuels
  • Coal
  • Natural gas
  • Petroleum
  • Other
    Specify other combustible sources
• Biomass
  • Wood
  • Spent pulping liquor
  • Methane (landfill gas)
  • Municipal and other waste
  • Other
    Specify other types of biomass

4. What was the gross quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated by this business from the following?

Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period.

Gross electricity generation = Net electricity generation + Own use consumption from self-generated electricity.

Exclude purchased electricity.

Quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated

	Quantity in MWh
Non-renewable combustible fuels
Coal
Natural gas
Petroleum (Please report the generation from the use of diesel under Petroleum.)
Total megawatt-hours generated from non-renewable electricity production
Biomass
Wood
Spent pulping liquor
Methane (landfill gas)
Municipal and other waste
Total megawatt-hours generated from biomass
Total electricity production from combustible fuels
Nuclear
Hydro
Tidal
Wind
Solar
Wave
Geothermal
Total production of electricity

Import of electricity from the United States

5. Did this business import electricity from the United States?

• Yes
• No

6. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of imported electricity from the United States?

If applicable, please report the total amount of electricity ( MWh ) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business imported/purchased from the United States.

Quantity in MWh

CAN$ '000

Withdrawals or purchases of electricity from other Canadian producers and distributors

7. Did this business receive or purchase electricity from other sources in Canada?

Include:

• electricity received from other producers or distributors
• withdrawals from the grid for own use
• affiliated direct purchase and wholesale consumers

• Yes
• No

Withdrawals or purchases of electricity from other Canadian producers and distributors

8. From which province or territory was electricity received, purchased or withdrawn by this business?

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

9. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and the value of electricity received or purchased by this business?

Include:

• electricity received from other producers or distributors
• withdrawals from the grid for own use
• affiliated direct purchase and wholesale consumers

Exclude sales tax.

If applicable, please report the total quantities of electricity ( MWh ) and total dollar value (thousands of dollars) purchased or received from within and/or other provinces ( e.g., other utilities/producers, transmitters, distributors).

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and the value of electricity received or purchased by this business?

	Quantity in MWh	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of electricity, purchased or withdrawn from other domestic companies

Total supply of electricity

10. This is a summary of your total supply of electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

Please review the values and if needed, press the Previous button at the bottom of the page to navigate to the previous page to make any modifications.

This is the sum of Total Generation, Total Receipts from United States, Total Receipts from Other Provinces and Total Receipts from Within Province. The Total Supply number must equal the Total Disposal number.

This is a summary of your total supply of electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

	Quantity in MWh
Total generation of electricity
Total quantity of electricity imported from the United States
Total quantity purchased or withdrawn from other companies in Canada
Total supply of electricity

11. This is a summary of your total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

This is a summary of your total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers.

	CAN$ '000
Total cost of electricity imported from the United States
Total cost of electricity purchased or withdrawn from other companies in Canada
Total cost of purchased electricity from foreign and domestic suppliers

Company's own use - generated electricity

12. Did this business consume self-generated electricity for its own use?

Own use consumption (also known as Producer consumption or Station service) refers to consumption of self-generated electricity (excludes imported or purchased electricity) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

Own use consumption= Gross electricity - Net electricity generation
(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period. Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period).

• Yes
• No

13. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of self-generated electricity consumed by this business for its own use?

Own use consumption (also known as Producer consumption or Station service) refers to consumption of self-generated electricity (excludes imported or purchased electricity) for the direct support of the plant or business itself during the reporting period.

Own use consumption = Gross electricity - Net electricity generation
(Net electricity generation is the amount of electricity generated by the power plant that is delivered to the electricity grid during the reporting period. Gross electricity generation is the total amount of electricity generated by the power plant during the reporting period).

Quantity in MWh

Export of electricity to the United States

14. For 2024, you have indicated that this business imported, received or purchased electricity. Was any of this electricity imported, received or purchased for the business’s own consumption?

Include withdrawals from the grid which is electricity that is billed by another company.

• Yes
• No

15. For 2024, you have indicated that this business imported, received or purchased electricity. How much electricity in MWh was imported, received or purchased for the business’s own consumption?

Include withdrawals from the grid which is electricity that is billed by another company.

Quantity in MWh

16. Did this business export electricity to the United States?

• Yes
• No

17. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of exported electricity to the United States?

Exclude sales tax.

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity (MWh) and Canadian dollar value (thousands of dollars) this business sold/exported to the United States.

Quantity in MWh

CAN$ '000

Delivery of electricity to other domestic utilities or distributors

18. Did this business deliver electricity to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

• Yes
• No

19. Which province or territory was electricity delivered to?

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

20. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of electricity delivered to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

If applicable, please report the amount of electricity ( MWh ) and total dollar value your company sold to other domestic companies, by province or territory.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) and value of electricity delivered to other companies in Canada such as utilities, system operators (the grid), producers, transmitters and/or distributors for the purpose of resale?

	Quantity in MWh	CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador
b. Prince Edward Island
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. Quebec
f. Ontario
g. Manitoba
h. Saskatchewan
i. Alberta
j. British Columbia
k. Yukon
l. Northwest Territories
m. Nunavut
Total quantity and value of delivered electricity to other domestic businesses

Delivery of electricity for consumers enrolled with retailers

21. Did this business deliver electricity to consumers enrolled with retailers such as Direct Energy?

A retailer does not own any distribution lines, it operates as a middleman and relies on utility companies to deliver to their clients the electricity it has purchased on the markets.

Retailers only operate in Alberta and Ontario where the electricity markets have been deregulated, and where, by law, the generation, transmission and distribution activities must be performed by different companies.

• Yes
• No

22. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

	Quantity in MWh
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - single meter
b. Residential - bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
f. Iron ore mining
g. Oil and gas extraction and support activities
h. Other mining and support activities
i. Food manufacturing
j. Paper manufacturing
k. Iron and steel manufacturing
l. Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
m. Cement manufacturing
n. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
o. Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
p. Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing consumers enrolled with retailers
Other consumers
q. Urban transit systems
r. Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
s. Public administration
t. Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
u. Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

23. What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of consumers enrolled with retailers?

	Number of customers
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

24. This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh) and number of customers for electricity delivered for consumers enrolled with retailers.

This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh) and number of customers for electricity delivered for consumers enrolled with retailers.

	Quantity in MWh	Number of customers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

Delivery of electricity to ultimate consumer

25. Does this business deliver electricity to 'end use' consumers?

• Yes
• No

26. What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

What was the quantity in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	Quantity in MWh
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - single meter
b. Residential - bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
f. Iron ore mining
g. Oil and gas extraction and support activities
h. Other mining and support activities
i. Food manufacturing
j. Paper manufacturing
k. Iron and steel manufacturing
i. Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
m. Cement manufacturing
n. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
o. Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
p. Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing consumers enrolled with retailers
Other consumers
q. Urban transit systems
r. Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
s. Public administration
t. Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
u. Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total quantity of electricity delivered to other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total quantity of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

27. What was the value of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

What was the value of electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	CAN$ '000
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

28. What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

What was the total number of customers for electricity delivered to the following types of 'end use' consumers?

	Number of customers
Residential and agricultural consumers
a. Residential - Single meter
b. Residential - Bulk meter
c. Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
d. Corporate farms and support activities
e. Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
f. Mining and manufacturing industries
g. All other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

29. This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh), total value and number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers.

This is a summary of your total quantity (MWh), total value and number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers.

	Quantity in MWh	Number of customers	CAN$ '000
Total quantity of electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers
Total value of electricity delivered to 'end-use' consumers

Balancing electricity supply and disposition

The total supply of electricity must be equal to the sum of the total disposition of electricity and the total unallocated and/or losses. Unallocated and/or losses was automatically calculated as the difference between your reported total supply of electricity and total disposition of electricity. If the calculated unallocated and/or losses is not correct, use the Previous button to adjust either the supply or disposition of electricity. If it is correct, select the Next button.

30. This is a summary of your balancing electricity supply and disposition.

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.

Transmission, distribution and other losses

Include:

• transmission losses
• adjustments
• "unaccounted for" amounts which are subject to variation because of cyclical billing.

Exclude generating station use output as measured at the generating station gate.

This is a summary of your balancing electricity supply and disposition.

	Quantity in MWh
Supply
a. Gross production of electricity
b. Imported electricity from the United States
c. Withdrawal or purchased electricity from the grid
Total supply of electricity
Disposition
d. Consumed, generated or purchased electricity
e. Exported electricity to United States
f. Delivered electricity to other domestic businesses
g. Delivered electricity to consumers enrolled with retailers
h. Delivered electricity to 'end use' consumers
Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses
i. Total supply of electricity
j. Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses

Changes or events

31. 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

32. 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

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

34. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Why are we conducting this survey?

The purpose of this survey is to produce statistics on production and stocks of various dairy products and sales of fluid milk and cream from dairy processors in Canada.

The information is grouped with other dairy statistics to provide valuable information for milk marketing agencies, farmers and processor associations, and government departments.

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

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

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

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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agency of Prince Edward Island, as well as with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

For agreements with provincial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

Reporting instructions

• Report production values for the entire quarter.
• Report stock values at the end of business on the last day of the quarter.

Include all manufacturer’s stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Business or organization and contact information

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

Note: Legal name should only be modified to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information for the designated contact person for the business or organization, and correct information if needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Assigned NAICS]

Description and examples

• This is the current main activity.
• This is not the current main activity.

Please 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 [Assigned NAICS] is not the current main activity.

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

• Yes
  When did the main activity change?
  • Date

• No

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

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

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

Dairy products and by-products

1. Which of the following products did this location manufacture or stock in [quarter]?

Include all manufacturer’s stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Select all that apply.

• Butter and butter oil (creamery butter, whey butter, butter oil or ghee)
• Cheddar cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Other varieties of cheeses
  e.g., Brick, Colby, Gouda
  Exclude cheddar and mozzarella.
• Processed cheese products
• Cottage cheese, yogurt or sour cream
  Include both spoonable and drinkable yogurt, and kefir.
• Concentrated products
  e.g., concentrated milks, milk powders
• Frozen products
  e.g., ice cream, frozen yogurt, milkshake mix
  OR
• None of the above

2. In [quarter], did this location process and sell any fluid milk or cream in [Province/Territory]?

Milk and Cream Sales

This question covers all fluid milk and cream processed and packaged in your plant and sold in your province.

Exclude bulk cream sent to other processing plants for packaging into fluid creams.

• Yes
• No

Butter and butter oil

3. What were the total production and stocks in kilograms (kg) for the following butter and butter oil products?

Butter and butter oil

Include:

• production for the entire quarter
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Butter oil and ghee

Butter oil and ghee is the pure butterfat left after milk solids and water are removed from the butter.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total production for [quarter] (kg)	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter] (kg)
a. Creamery butter Include salted, unsalted, whipped, light, cultured, sweet, calorie-reduced butter and dairy spread. Exclude reworked butter and manufacturing cream.
b. Whey butter
c. Butter oil and ghee

Cheddar cheese

4. What were the total production and stocks in kilograms (kg) for cheddar cheese?

Include all sizes: block, stirred curd, curd and cheddar cheese used to make processed cheese.

Cheddar cheese

Include:

• 'light' or 'lite' varieties of cheddar cheeses
• production for the entire quarter
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

Total production for [quarter] (kg)	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter] (kg)

5. Of the total cheddar cheese stocks reported above, what was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) for the following types of cheddar cheese?

Cheddar cheese

Include:

• 'light' or 'lite' varieties of cheddar cheeses
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter] (kg)
a. Mild cheddar Include stocks of cheddar cheese matured for less than 3 months or processed, sold and labeled as 'mild' cheddar cheese.
b. Medium cheddar Include stocks of cheddar cheese matured for 3 to 9 months or processed, sold and labeled as 'medium' cheddar cheese.
c. Old, strong, extra-old cheddar Include stocks of cheddar cheese matured for more than 9 months or processed, sold and labeled as 'old', 'strong', 'extra-old' cheddar cheese.
Total stocks for [quarter] for cheddar cheese

Mozzarella cheese

6. What were the total production and stocks in kilograms (kg) for the following types of mozzarella cheese?

Mozzarella cheese

Include:

• production for the entire quarter
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total production for [quarter] (kg)	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter] (kg)
a. Mozzarella American full fat 27% to 28% Butter fat
b. Mozzarella American low fat 17% to 20% Butter fat
c. Mozzarella Italian full fat 22% to 24% Butter fat
d. Mozzarella Italian low fat 15% Butter fat
e. All other mozzarella cheese
Total production and stocks for mozzarella cheese

Other varieties of cheeses other than cheddar and mozzarella

7. What was the total production in kilograms (kg) for the following other varieties of cheeses?

Other varieties of cheeses other than cheddar and mozzarella

Report varieties of 'light' or 'lite' cheeses with the respective category of cheese, for example: report 'light' feta cheese at question m. Feta.

Include production for the entire quarter.

Exclude:

• cheddar and mozzarella
• stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total production for [quarter] (kg)
a. Bakers
b. Bocconcini
c. Brie
d. Brick
e. Caciocavallo
f. Camembert
g. Casata
h. Colby
i. Cream cheese
j. Edam
k. Emmental
l. Farmer's
m. Feta
n. Friulano
o. Gouda
p. Havarti
q. Marble
r. Monterey Jack
s. Parmesan
t. Pizza Include cheeses other than mozzarella cheese that are used as topping for pizza.
u. Provolone
v. Ricotta
w. Romano
x. Skim milk
y. Swiss
z. Curd cheese Include cheese curd other than cheddar curd.
aa. Other - specify other variety of cheese 1:
ab. Other - specify other variety of cheese 2:
ac. Other - specify other variety of cheese 3:
ad. Other - specify other variety of cheese 4:
ae. Other - specify other variety of cheese 5:
af. Other - specify other variety of cheese 6:
ag. Other - specify other variety of cheese 7:
ah. Other - specify other variety of cheese 8:
ai. Other - specify other variety of cheese 9:
aj. Other - specify other variety of cheese 10:
Total production for [quarter] for other varieties of cheeses

8. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) for other varieties of cheeses?

Exclude cheddar and mozzarella.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

Total stocks on the last day of [quarter]  (kg)

Processed cheese products

9. What were the total production and stocks in kilograms (kg) for processed cheese products?

Include processed cheese, processed cheese food, processed cheese spread made from cheddar cheese or other cheeses.

Processed cheese products

Include:

• production for the entire quarter
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

Total production for [quarter]: (kg)	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter]: (kg)

Cottage cheese, yogurt and sour cream

10. What was the total production in kilograms (kg) for the following products?

Cottage cheese, yogurt and sour cream

Include production for the entire quarter.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total production for [quarter]  (kg)
a. Cottage cheese Include curds and creamed cottage cheeses.
b. Yogurt Include both spoonable and drinkable yogurt, and kefir. Exclude volumes of fruits and additives.
c. Sour cream Include regular and light sour cream.

Concentrated products

11. What were the total production and stocks in kilograms (kg) for the following concentrated products?

Concentrated products

Include:

• production for the entire quarter
• stocks on the last day of the quarter
• all manufacturer's stocks owned whether they are stored in your storage room, a public warehouse, a cheese grading station or ready for shipment.

Exclude stocks held on Canadian Dairy Commission accounts.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total production for [quarter] (kg)	Total stocks on the last day of [quarter] (kg)
a. Concentrated milk (evaporated whole milk)
b. Sweetened concentrated milk (condensed whole milk)
c. Concentrated skim milk (evaporated skim milk)
d. Sweetened concentrated skim milk (condensed skim milk)
e. Concentrated partly skimmed milk - 2% (evaporated partly skimmed milk - 2%)
f. Skim milk powder Include instantized.
g. Whole milk powder
h. Buttermilk powder
i. Whey powder
j. Other - specify other concentrated product 1:
k. Other - specify other concentrated product 2:
l. Other - specify other concentrated product 3:
m. Other - specify other concentrated product 4:
n. Other - specify other concentrated product 5:

Frozen products

12. What was the total production in litres (L) for the following frozen products?

Frozen products

Include production for the entire quarter.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Production mix for [quarter] (L)	Production frozen for [quarter]  (L)
a. Soft ice cream Over 5% Butter fat
b. Hard ice cream Over 5% Butter fat
Total ice cream mix
c. Soft frozen yogurt mix
d. Hard frozen yogurt mix
e. Ice milk mix Less than 5% Butter fat.
f. Milkshake mix
g. Sherbet
h. Water ices
i. Other - specify all other frozen products:

Milk and cream sales

13. What was the total volume in litres (L) sold for the following milk and cream products?

Include all fluid milk and cream processed and packaged in your plant and sold in [Province/Territory].

Exclude bulk cream sent to other processing plants for packaging into fluid creams.

Table summary
This is an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada. This table contains no data.

	Total volume of sales for [quarter]  (L)
a. Standard milk 3.25% Butter fat and over
b. 2% partly skimmed milk 1.9% to 2.1% Butter fat
c. 1% partly skimmed milk 0.9% to 1.1% Butter fat
d. Skim milk Under 0.3% Butter fat
e. Buttermilk
f. Chocolate milk and other flavoured milk
g. Light cream 5.0% to 9.9% Butter fat
h. Cereal cream 10.0% to 15.9% Butter fat
i. Table cream 16.0% to 31.9% Butter fat
j. Whipping cream 32.0% Butter fat and over
k. Eggnog
l. Other - specify other milk or cream product 1:
m. Other - specify other milk or cream product 2:
n. Other - specify other milk or cream product 3:
o. Other - specify other milk or cream product 4:
p. Other - specify other milk or cream product 5:

Changes or events

14. 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
• Equipment failure
• Seasonal operations
• Increased market demand
• Decreased market demand
• Other - Specify the other change or event
• No changes or events

Contact person

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

Is Provided Given Names, Provided Family Name the best person to contact?

• Yes
• No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours
• Minutes

17. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Statement outlining results, risks and significant changes in operations, personnel and program

A) Introduction

Statistics Canada's mandate

Statistics Canada ("the agency") is a member of the Innovation, Science and Industry portfolio.

Statistics Canada's role is to ensure that Canadians have access to a trusted source of statistics on Canada that meets their highest priority needs.

The agency's mandate derives primarily from the Statistics Act. The Act requires that the agency collects, compiles, analyzes and publishes statistical information on the economic, social, and general conditions of the country and its people. It also requires that Statistics Canada conduct the Census of Population and the Census of Agriculture every fifth year and protects the confidentiality of the information with which it is entrusted.

Statistics Canada also has a mandate to co-ordinate and lead the national statistical system. The agency is considered a leader, among statistical agencies around the world, in co–ordinating statistical activities to reduce duplication and reporting burden.

More information on Statistics Canada's mandate, roles, responsibilities and programs can be found in the 2024-2025 Main Estimates and in the Statistics Canada 2024-2025 Departmental Plan.

The Quarterly Financial Report:

• should be read in conjunction with the 2024-2025 Main Estimates;
• has been prepared by management, as required by Section 65.1 of the Financial Administration Act, and in the form and manner prescribed by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat;
• has not been subject to an external audit or review.

Statistics Canada has the authority to collect and spend revenue from other federal government departments and agencies, as well as from external clients, for statistical services and products.

Basis of presentation

This quarterly report has been prepared by management using an expenditure basis of accounting. The accompanying Statement of Authorities includes the agency's spending authorities granted by Parliament and those used by the agency consistent with the Main Estimates for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This quarterly report has been prepared using a special purpose financial reporting framework designed to meet financial information needs with respect to the use of spending authorities.

The authority of Parliament is required before moneys can be spent by the Government. Approvals are given in the form of annually approved limits through appropriation acts or through legislation in the form of statutory spending authority for specific purposes.

The agency uses the full accrual method of accounting to prepare and present its annual departmental financial statements that are part of the departmental results reporting process. However, the spending authorities voted by Parliament remain on an expenditure basis.

B) Highlights of fiscal quarter and fiscal year-to-date results

This section highlights the significant items that contributed to the net increase in resources available for the year, as well as actual expenditures for the quarter ended December 31.

Chart 1 outlines the gross budgetary authorities, which represent the resources available for use for the year as of December 31.

Significant changes to authorities

Total authorities available for 2024-25 have increased by $21.3 million, or 2.5%, from the previous year, from $866.5 million to $887.8 million (Chart 1). The net increase is mostly the result of the following:

• An increase of $17.8 million for salary increases due to recent collective bargaining agreements;
• An increase of $12.7 million for the carry forward from the previous year. The agency leverages the operating budget carry-forward mechanism to manage the cyclical nature of program operations and investments in the agency’s strategic plan;
• An increase of $12.1 million for funding received to cover the advanced planning and testing stage related to the ramping up of the 2026 Census of Population and 2026 Census of Agriculture programs;
• A decrease of $7.4 million for the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture programs due to the cyclical nature of funding winding down;
• A decrease of $32.1 million for the Employee Benefit Plan Adjustments and various initiatives such as the Disaggregated Data Action Plan;
• An increase of $19 million for various initiatives including Building a World-Class Health Data System for Canadians, as well as for Dental Care for Canadians.

In addition to the appropriations allocated to the agency through the Main Estimates, Statistics Canada also has vote net authority within Vote 1, which entitles the agency to spend revenues collected from other federal government departments, agencies, and external clients to provide statistical services. The vote netting authority is stable at $120 million when comparing the third quarter of fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

Significant changes to expenditures

Year-to-date net expenditures recorded to the end of the third quarter decreased by $6.4 million, or 1.2% from the previous year, from $543 million to $536.6 million (see Table A: Variation in Departmental Expenditures by Standard Object).

Statistics Canada spent approximately 69.9% of its authorities by the end of the third quarter, compared with 72.7% in the same quarter of 2023-2024.

Table A: Variation in Departmental Expenditures by Standard Object (unaudited)

Departmental Expenditures Variation by Standard Object:	Q3 year-to-date variation between fiscal year 2023-2024 and 2024-2025
	$'000	%
(01) Personnel	-4,455	-0.8
(02) Transportation and communications	662	6.0
(03) Information	449	9.5
(04) Professional and special services	-14,086	-43.7
(05) Rentals	11,319	77.1
(06) Repair and maintenance	138	52.3
(07) Utilities, materials and supplies	-102	-12.5
(08) Acquisition of land, buildings and works	-34	-48.6
(09) Acquisition of machinery and equipment	938	68.8
(10) Transfer payments	-	-
(12) Other subsidies and payments	-303	-45.6
Total gross budgetary expenditures	-5,474	-0.9
Less revenues netted against expenditures:
Revenues	897	1.3
Total net budgetary expenditures	-6,371	-1.2
Note: Explanations are provided for variances of more than $1 million.

Personnel: The decrease is mainly due to spending in 2023-24 for signing bonuses in relation to the ratification of collective agreements offset by the overall increase in the agency’s activities related to the 2026 Census.

Professional and special services: This decrease is due to a change in the financial coding for Cloud related expenditures. Following consultations with and guidance from other departments and central agencies, a change in accounting treatment was made to code cloud services to rental services from professional and special services to better align with the nature of the agency’s Cloud expenditures. The decrease is also due to timing differences compared to last year.

Rentals: This increase is mainly due to financial coding changes in professional and special services for Cloud related expenditures.

C) Significant changes to operations, personnel and programs

In 2024-25, the following changes in operations, personnel and program activities are underway:

• The Census program is ramping down operations from the 2021 Census of Population while ramping up for the 2026 Census which is in the advanced planning and testing stage. As such, expenditures for this program are increasing.
• Budget 2024 announced funding for new initiatives for which Statistics Canada will be contributing to, such as Canada's Action Plan to Combatting Hate. As such, the Agency will be incurring expenditures for these new initiatives.
• Budget 2023 announced Refocusing Government Spending; efforts are underway to meet the savings target while striving to minimize the impact on service and program delivery to Canadians.
• Cloud funding is ending in 2024-25. For 2025-26, in the absence of an enterprise-wide funding model by 2025-26, funding will be sourced by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat resources for that year. In December 2023, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat announced the GC Application Hosting Strategy which included the centralization of cloud operations within Shared Services Canada (SSC). As per the direction, a temporary transfer agreement, effective September 2024, was signed by Statistics Canada (StatCan) and SSC, to transfer some cloud operations functions from StatCan to SSC which includes the corresponding human resource capacity to ensure the operations of StatCan’s cloud infrastructure.
• André Loranger was appointed Chief Statistician of Canada on December 20, 2024, for a five-year mandate. He had been serving as interim Chief Statistician since March 2024.

D) Risks and uncertainties

Statistics Canada continues to address financial and operational uncertainties through its corporate risk management framework. Budget variations, particularly from cyclical programs like the Census and adjustments from Budget 2023, require agile planning and strategic resource management. To ensure long-term financial sustainability, the agency is strengthening partnerships with government entities and modernizing its digital infrastructure. Investments in innovative programs, such as the Census of Environment and the Disaggregated Data Action Plan, reinforce the agency’s commitment to providing high-quality, relevant data.

To support its modernization objectives, Statistics Canada is prioritizing workforce development, accessibility, and digital transformation. The Agency remains committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace while streamlining operations and optimizing resources. Through continued collaboration with federal partners, the agency is reinforcing its financial stewardship and ensuring a resilient, adaptable organization that meets the evolving needs of Canadians.

Approval by senior officials

Approved by:

André Loranger, Chief Statistician
Ottawa, Ontario
Signed on: February 18th, 2025

Kathleen Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer
Ottawa, Ontario
Signed on: February 13th, 2025

Appendix

Statement of Authorities (unaudited)

	Fiscal year 2024-2025			Fiscal year 2023 – 2024
	Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2025Footnote 1	Used during the quarter ended December 31, 2024	Year-to-date used at quarter-end	Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2024Footnote 1	Used during the quarter ended December 31, 2023	Year-to-date used at quarter-end
	in thousands of dollars
Vote 1 — Net operating expenditures	679,138	126,562	470,342	652,624	169,708	486,855
Statutory authority — Contribution to employee benefit plans	88,672	22,105	66,314	93,904	18,724	56,172
Total budgetary authorities	767,810	148,667	536,656	746,528	188,432	543,027
Footnote 1 Includes only Authorities available for use and granted by Parliament at quarter-end. Return to the first footnote 1 referrer

Departmental budgetary expenditures by Standard Object (unaudited)

	Fiscal year 2024-2025			Fiscal year 2023–2024
	Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2025	Expended during the quarter ended December 31, 2024	Year-to-date used at quarter-end	Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2024	Expended during the quarter ended December 31, 2023	Year-to-date used at quarter-end
	in thousands of dollars
Expenditures:
(01) Personnel	744,253	183,572	543,423	720,956	205,418	547,878
(02) Transportation and communications	20,048	4,130	11,652	13,809	3,252	10,990
(03) Information	23,141	1,743	5,157	9,812	1,296	4,708
(04) Professional and special services	41,537	7,866	18,154	76,027	12,007	32,240
(05) Rentals	38,973	4,447	25,999	25,407	994	14,680
(06) Repair and maintenance	1,245	188	402	1,108	104	264
(07) Utilities, materials and supplies	1,439	273	712	3,278	538	814
(08) Acquisition of land, buildings and works	632	36	36	635	62	70
(09) Acquisition of machinery and equipment	12,615	896	2,302	15,431	711	1,364
(10) Transfer payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
(12) Other subsidies and payments	3,927	154	362	65	-43	665
Total gross budgetary expenditures	887,810	203,305	608,199	866,528	224,339	613,673
Less revenues netted against expenditures:
Revenues	120,000	54,638	71,543	120,000	35,907	70,646
Total revenues netted against expenditures	120,000	54,638	71,543	120,000	35,907	70,646
Total net budgetary expenditures	767,810	148,667	536,656	746,528	188,432	543,027

Getting started

Why are we conducting this survey?

Statistics Canada is conducting the Survey of Businesses under Federal Jurisdiction on behalf of Employment and Social Development Canada.

The purpose is to confirm whether your business is under federal jurisdiction. If so, we may ask you to submit a list of your employees along with some of their contact information. Your collaboration is critical to ensure an accurate representation of employees in your industry and business size.

The information from this survey will allow us to select a sample of participants for an upcoming employee survey in the winter of 2026. Participation in that survey will be voluntary and will guide research and analysis to update the Canada Labour Code.

Additional Information

As with most business surveys, completion of this survey is mandatory under the Statistics Act.

The information collected by both this survey and the employee survey will be kept strictly confidential.

Record linkages

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

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

Email: infostats@statcan.gc.ca

Telephone: 1-877-949-9492

Mail:

Chief Statistician of Canada Statistics Canada

Attention of Director, Centre for Social Data Integration and Development

150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

For this questionnaire

What you will need to complete this questionnaire

• An individual with understanding of the organization's main activity
• An individual who has access to employee contact information may be required

Why have you been selected?

You have been selected because your business is in an industry that could be under the federal jurisdiction.

Who should complete this questionnaire?

This questionnaire should be completed by the person who is knowledgeable about your organization's activities, and has access to your employee list, if required.

Air transportation

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C100) Does this business transport goods or passengers by aircraft on a commercial basis?

e.g., packages or freight goods

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C105) Does this business primarily engage in any of the following activities at least once per month on a regular or continuous basis?

Select all that apply.

• Servicing and maintaining aircraft

Include servicing and maintaining aircraft on a commercial basis.

• Maintaining runways
• Electronic maintenance and inspection of aircraft
• Airport security guard services
• Refuelling of aircraft
• Loading and unloading of baggage or cargo
• Airport lavatory service
• Cleaning of aircraft
• Operating an airport or airfield
• Providing hangar parking or rental
• Airport security guard services

OR

• None of the above

(C110) Does this business operate a flight tower or flight training unit that either currently owns or leases aircraft, refuels aircraft, maintains a runway or operates an airport, airfield or aerodrome?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C115) Is this business certified by Transport Canada as an approved maintenance organization?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C120) Does this business have employees who perform maintenance and overhaul on fixed wing or rotary wing aircraft?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Rail transportation

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C200) Does this business transport goods or passengers by rail across provincial, territorial or international borders, or provide specialized services to the rail transport industry?

e.g., short-haul or mainline rail transportation of packages or freight goods, passenger rail transportation, operation of railway terminals and stations, maintenance of railway rights-of-way and structures, loading and unloading of rail freight cars, locomotive and railroad car repair

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Road transportation

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C300) Does this business transport freight, goods or commodities by truck, bus, or other type of vehicle across provincial, territorial or international borders?

e.g., packages or freight goods

• Yes
  • (C305) Is this cross-border activity done at least once per month on a regular or continuous basis?
    Cross-border activity refers to the transport of freight, goods or commodities by truck, bus, or other type of vehicle across provincial, territorial or international borders.
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don’t know
• No
• Don’t know

(C310) Do any of the freight, goods or commodities that this business transports belong to other businesses?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C315) Does this business transport passengers by bus or other types of vehicle across provincial, territorial or international borders?

Exclude taxis.

• Yes
  • (C320) Is this cross-border activity done at least once per month on a regular or continuous basis?
    Cross-border activity refers to the transport of passengers by bus, or other types of vehicle across provincial, territorial or international borders.
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don’t know
• No
• Don’t know

(C325) Is this business involved in hauling oil, oil field equipment, or other petroleum products by truck, across provincial, territorial or international borders?

• Yes
  • (C330) Is this cross-border activity done at least once per month on a regular or continuous basis?
    Cross-border activity refers to the hauling of oil, oil field equipment or other petroleum products by truck across provincial, territorial or international.
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don’t know
• No
• Don’t know

(C335) Do the oil, oil field equipment or other petroleum products that this business transports belong to other companies?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Water transportation

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C400) Does this business transport freight by ship, tug, or barge?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C405) Does this business transport passengers by ship or ferry across provincial, territorial or international borders?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C410) Does this business load or unload cargo from ships which are engaged in the shipping of goods across provincial, territorial or international borders?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C415) Does this business provide tug or pilot services for inter-provincial or international shipping?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C420) Does this business provide harbour or port services for inter-provincial or international shipping?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C425) Does this business provide ship repair or maintenance services for ships in operation?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C430) Does this business own ships that provide a marine salvage service?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C435) Does this business provide navigational services to inter-provincial or international shipping?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C440) Does this business operate or maintain a canal or system of locks that connects one province to another, or a province to the United States?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Postal services I

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C500) Does this business process, handle, or deliver mail for Canada Post?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C505) Does this business maintain a contract with Canada Post to offer a full range of postal services?

e.g., sell money orders, provide registered mail or parcel pickup

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Postal services II

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C510) Does this business provide air or surface courier delivery services across provincial, territorial or international borders?

• Yes
  • (C515) Is this service performed at least once a month on a regular or continuous basis?
    This service refers to the provision of air or surface courier delivery services across provincial, territorial or international borders.
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don’t know
• No
• Don’t know

Pipelines

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C600) Does this business transport oil, natural gas, or petroleum products by pipeline across provincial, territorial or international borders?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C605) If this business’s entire pipeline is situated in one province, does it also own and operate a connection to an interprovincial or international pipeline?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Feed, flour, seed and grain

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C700) Does this business operate a feed mill that mills grain for mixing into feed for livestock, poultry or other animals?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C705) Does this business clean seeds on a commercial basis and sell the final product to the public or other commercial enterprises?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C710) Does this business operate a mill that grinds grain into flour, which is then sold to other commercial businesses or to the public?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C715) Does this business have a grain elevator to store and discharge grain for processing or otherwise?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Telecommunications and broadcasting

We are now going to ask you questions that will determine if your business is eligible to participate in this survey.

(C800) Does this business distribute television or radio programming to subscribers or listeners via cable, satellite, over-the-air, AM or FM distribution systems?

Note: These businesses deliver programming that originates from television and radio broadcasters, as well as from pay and specialty channels.

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C805) Does this business operate or maintain satellite telecommunications facilities that transmit voice, data, text, or sound, as well as motion picture videos?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C810) Does this business resell satellite communications?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

(C815) Is this business an Internet service provider that owns and operates a Domain Name System (DNS) server that is necessary to transmit messages and material on the Internet?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t know

Attach files

(C1000) Provide a list of employees on your payroll for the 2024 calendar year, for all locations. The list should include regular, term, seasonal, casual or on call, paid internship and unpaid internship. Exclude employees that receive a T4A such as self-employed and temporary agency workers.

Provide the following employee information:

• Full name
• Work mailing address (include postal code)
• Personal telephone number
• Operating name of work location (Add the operating name if it differs from one location to another. For example, employees in one city might work under a different operating name than those at Head office.)

All information collected by Statistics Canada is strictly confidential and protected by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada cannot release any information that would identify you, your business, or your employees without your consent.

1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-800-363-7629)

Suggestions for attachments

There are two options for reporting employees’ information:

Option 1: Attach files using the provided Excel template

• Download the Excel template.
• Complete and save the file to your computer using the following format: your company name _2024.

Option 2: Attach files using a format of your choice

• All document formats will be accepted, i.e., Excel, Microsoft Word, PDF
• In the file, clearly indicate employee information with column headers specifying the required information, e.g., , Employee name, Work address.
• Name the attachment file using the following format: your company name _2024.

To submit the employee list

Return to this page and follow the instructions below. Once file is attached, use navigation buttons to submit the list.

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including employee definition.

To attach files

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

Note:

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

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

This guide is designed to provide additional information as you work through your questionnaire. If further assistance is required, please call us. A Statistics Canada employee will be happy to assist you.

Help Line: 1-800-263-1136

Table of contents

• General information
• Guidelines
• Introduction
  • Coverage
  • Reporting instructions
  • Business or organization and contact information
  • Reporting period information
• Revenue
• Expenses
• Industry Characteristics
• Salaries, wages and commissions
• Inventories
• Sales of goods manufactured
• Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in manufacturing process
• Details on business locations
• Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses
• How can I obtain data from Statistics Canada?
• Notification of intent to extract web data

General information

What is the Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries and why is it important?

The Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries is conducted every year by Statistics Canada to obtain important information on the manufacturing sector (including logging operations) of the Canadian economy. Manufacturing establishments in Canada are required to provide information on such aspects of their operations as sales, costs/expenses, salaries and wages. Results from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries help Statistics Canada in compiling key data on the Canadian economy, such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The total value of sales is used along with inventories to calculate production statistics. Total sales of individual products, and external trade data, are used to estimate the size of the Canadian market for particular goods.

The data are also published and are used by the business community, trade associations, municipal, provincial/territorial, and federal governments, international organizations and private citizens.

Businesses and governments depend on official statistics to make vital economic decisions. For example:

• the Bank of Canada relies on the GDP to make decisions that influence interest and exchange rates, which in turn affect the costs of doing business
• businesses and associations use the survey results to:
  • track their performance against industry averages
  • evaluate expansion plans
  • prepare business plans for investors
  • adjust inflation-indexed contracts
  • plan marketing strategies.

Why was I chosen to receive the Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries?

For most surveys, businesses are selected through random sampling to represent other businesses of the same type in their regions, with similar revenue or number of employees. Some businesses must be included every year as they contribute substantially to their particular industry or region. Smaller businesses must also be sampled if an industry only includes a limited number of businesses in a province or territory, to provide an accurate picture of an industry.

Whenever possible, Statistics Canada does use administrative data already filed with government, such as income tax returns or customs records. However, these sources do not contain all the information required to produce a complete industry profile. This is especially true for large businesses operating in a number of different industries, and in more than one province/territory. Tax records usually provide data for the legal entity but not for the different business units (establishments) that operate in different industries and/or provinces/territories. We need data from these specific business units to produce statistics by industry and by province/territory. Note: Although Statistics Canada can obtain records from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to create statistics, CRA cannot access any individual survey records from Statistics Canada.

To protect the confidentiality of data provided by respondents, only data in aggregate form are available for use.

Your assistance in completing the enclosed survey is vital to the production of timely and accurate manufacturing statistics. If you experience difficulties in completing this survey, please do not hesitate to call us at 1-800-263-1136.

Guidelines

General remarks

This guide provides details to help you complete the survey with more exact responses in the following sections.

• introduction
• revenue
• expenses
• sales of goods manufactured
• purchases of raw materials and components to be used in manufacturing process
• details on business locations
• detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

The data requested can generally be obtained from:

• the accounting records and financial statements (for profit centers) for your business unit
• your production and cost reports (for cost centers)
• your employment and payroll records
• other sources (e.g., your plant or production manager).

Introduction

Coverage

Please report the data for your establishment (referred to as a business unit) in this questionnaire. Each of the locations included in your business unit should be pre-printed in Details on this business's locations section. If you have acquired or disposed of a location, please indicate this change in the space provided.

Note: A business unit is the smallest operating unit in your business that can report the following items:

• the value of sales
• the cost of materials and supplies purchased
• the cost of energy and water utility purchased
• the opening and closing inventories
• the number of employees and their salaries and wages.

Generally, a business unit corresponds to a plant, mill or factory. However, it may comprise more than one plant or location when your accounting records do not permit separate reporting of the items listed above. A business unit may also include ancillary or support units, such as sales offices or warehouses.

If your business has more than one business unit, a separate questionnaire should be completed for each unit. Each questionnaire should cover all the activities of the relevant business unit.

If your firm has a separate administrative unit or head office located in a municipality other than the one in which the plant is located, then you should also fill out a separate questionnaire for the Head Office Survey. The activities of ancillary or support units which serve more than one of your business units should also be reported on a head office questionnaire (even if there is no separate head office as such).

If you are in doubt about the best way to report, or you are not sure what questionnaires are being completed by other units of your firm, please call 1-800-263-1136 for assistance. Please quote the reference number on the front page of the questionnaire in all communications.

Reporting instructions

When precise figures are not available please provide your best estimates. Report all monetary values in Canadian funds, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars (e.g., $55,417.40 should be reported as 55). Percentages should be rounded (e.g., report 37.3% as 37 and 75.8% as 76).

The contact person sections (one at the beginning of the questionnaire and one at the end) ask for the name of the designated business or organization contact as well as the person who was primarily responsible for completing this questionnaire. Sometimes this is not the same person. Please answer both questions accurately.

Business or organization and contact information

This section verifies or requests basic identifying information of the business or organization such as legal name, operating name (if applicable), contact information of the designated contact person, current operational status, and main activity(ies).

1. Legal name and Operating name

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.

2. Designated contact person

Verify or provide the requested contact information of the designated business or organization contact person. 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. If different than the designated contact person, the contact information of the person completing the questionnaire can be indicated later in the questionnaire.

3. Current operational status

Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name in question 1. If indicating the operational status of the business or organization is 'Not currently operational' then indicate an applicable reason and provide the requested information.

4. Main activity

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 unit(s) 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.

If the current NAICS associated with this business or organizations is not correct, please provide a brief description of the main activity and provide any additional information as requested.

Reporting period information

• May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
• June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024
• July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
• August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024
• September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024
• October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024
• November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024
• December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024
• January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
• February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
• March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025
• April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025

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

• September 18, 2022 to September 15, 2023 (e.g., floating year-end)
• June 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Revenue

1. Sales of goods and services

Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities.

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: FOB factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold.

Include:

• sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other subcontracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
• sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
• sales of logs and wood residue, regardless of the source of these materials (for logging operations only)
• sales of goods purchased for resale, as is (purchased from another company or another business unit of your firm not covered by this questionnaire)
• amounts received from progress billings
• revenue from repair work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
• charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
• book value of goods sold for rental
• transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e. book transfer value).

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• discounts and returns.

2. Rental and leasing

Rental and leasing revenue from assets owned by your business unit should be reported here. This revenue should be reported before deduction of expenses such as property taxes and repairs and maintenance excluding the goods and services tax (GST). Rental expenses should not be subtracted from rental revenues.

Include:

• revenue from rental or leasing of manufactured products made by your business unit
• revenue from long and short term rental or leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment owned by your business unit (including operating leases)
• revenue from rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships.

Exclude:

• finance charges from financing and sales leases
• revenue from intellectual property (e.g., patents, trademarks, copyrights).

3. Commissions

Include commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies – Compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax).

4. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)

Include:

• non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
• revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

5. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent. Royalties paid by your business unit should not be subtracted from royalty revenues.

Include:

• revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals. Examples are motion pictures, computer programs, etc.
• revenues from franchise fees
• revenues from licensing agreements.

6. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

• dividend income
• dividends from Canadian sources
• dividends from foreign sources
• patronage dividends.

Exclude:

• dividend from capital investment from affiliates

7. Interest

Interest expenses should not be subtracted from interest revenues.

Include:

• investment revenue
• interest from foreign sources
• interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
• interest from Canadian mortgage loans
• interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

8. Other revenue (please specify)

Include all amounts not included in questions 1 to 7 above such as:

• revenue from warranties
• placement fees for displaying items on websites, store windows, catalogues
• revenue from shipping and handling charges that are not included in the price of the merchandise
• deposit service income, credit service income and card service income
• lodging and boarding revenue in the logging industry
• revenue from secondary activities (e.g. cafeterias and lunch counters
• revenue from outside installation or construction work not related to your own products.

9. Total Revenue

(sum of lines 1 to 8)

Expenses

1. Purchases

Please report the laid-down cost 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding HST/GST, for purchases / cost of materials.

Include:

• purchases of raw materials and components for manufacturing
• purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets)
• purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• change in inventories

2. Employment costs and expenses

a. salaries, wages and commissions

Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid) for this reporting period. Amounts reported should be gross, before any deductions at source.

Include:

• indirect labour costs (e.g., food service staff, repair staff)
• overtime payments
• vacation pay
• payments to casual labour
• directors' pay
• bonuses (including profit sharing)
• commissions paid to regular employees such as your manufacturer's agents
• taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, gifts such as air tickets for holidays)
• retroactive wage payments
• stock options awarded to employees (the amount for which you have entered a "code 38" on the employees' T4 and which is included in box 14 – value according to CRA rules)
• any other allowance forming part of the employee's earnings
• payments to individuals working on their own premises using equipment and materials provided by your business unit since such persons should be treated as employees
• severance pay.

Exclude:

• deferred stock options awarded to employees that meet relevant CRA rules (the amount for which you have entered a "code 53" on the employee's T4 and which is excluded from box 14)
• amounts paid out to other business units for employment costs only
• monies withdrawn by working owners and partners of unincorporated business units
• director's fees or distribution of profits to shareholders of incorporated business units
• cost/expenses for outside subcontracted employees (report the amount at question 3 - Subcontracts)
• cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report these amounts at question 21 - All other costs and expenses)

b. Employee benefits

Report expenses related to the employer portion of employee benefits.

Include:

• payments for employee life and extended health care insurance plans (e.g., medical, dental, drug and vision care plans)
• employer portion of Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan contributions
• employer pension contributions
• contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes (applicable to your business unit)
• workers' compensation (provincial or territorial) applicable to your business unit
• employer portion of EI premiums
• association dues paid by the employer
• all other employee benefits such as childcare and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans.

Exclude employee portions of employee benefits (i.e., deductions from pay).

3. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house. In such cases, business units provide materials to other business units or individuals for the production of outputs on a so-called "custom basis". Subcontract expense only refers to work hired out for production towards the company's outputs.

Include:

• commissions paid to non-employees
• any amount you pay to any other business units, firms, or individuals for work done on materials you own
• custom work and contract work
• subcontract and outside labour
• hired labour.

Exclude:

• research and development subcontracts (report these amounts at question 4 - Research and development fees)
• salaries and wages paid to employees
• payments to individuals working on their own premises using machinery, equipment and materials provided by your firm (such persons should be treated as employees)
• cost of materials
• cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report these amounts at question 21 – All other costs and expenses)
• repairs and maintenance services (report these amounts at question 13 - Repair and maintenance).

4. Research and development fees

Report paid activities (purchased or subcontracted) conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

Exclude own labour costs (included at line 2. a. - Salaries, wages and commissions)

5. Professional and business fees

Please report only the total cost of purchased professional or business service fees here (a detailed breakdown may be required in a subsequent section).

Include:

• legal services
• accounting and auditing fees
• education and training fees
• appraisal fees
• management and administration fees
• property management fees
• information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
• data processing services fees
• architectural fees
• engineering fees
• scientific and technical service fees
• other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
• veterinary fees
• fees for health services
• payroll preparation fees
• all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude:

• service fees paid to Head Office and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report these at question 21 - All other costs and expenses)
• the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

6. Energy and water expenses

Report the cost/expense of purchased utilities attributed to operations in the current reporting period such as water, electricity, gas and heating.

Include:

• diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
• sewage.

Exclude:

• energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
• telephone, Internet and other telecommunications
• vehicle fuel (report these at question 21 - All other costs and expenses)
• raw materials i.e. any fuel purchased as input to the manufacturing process as a feed stock or processing material (e.g. crude oil to be refined into gasoline) or for any other non-energy purpose (report these at question 1 - Purchases).

7. Office and computer related expenses

Please report all office supplies purchased and used by your business unit for both manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations.

Include:

• office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
• postage and courier fees (used in the day-to-day office business activity)
• memory storage devices and computer upgrade expenses
• data processing expense (equipment, software and software licenses).

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report this amount at question 8 - Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

8. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

• telephone, fax, cellular phone, or pager services for transmission of voice, data or image
• Internet access charges
• purchased cable and satellite transmission of television, radio and music programs
• wired telecommunication services
• wireless telecommunication services
• satellite telecommunication services
• large bandwidth services to send/receive digital works
• online access services
• online information provision services.

9. Business taxes, licenses and permits

This item comprises the cost of various licenses and permits, and some indirect taxes (taxes levied on your business unit that are not corporate income or logging taxes, sales or excise taxes, or insurance premium taxes).

Include:

• property taxes paid directly and land transfer taxes
• business taxes
• vehicle license and/or registration fees
• beverage license fees
• trade license fees
• professional license fees
• all other license fees
• lot levies
• building permits and development charges
• other property/business licenses or permits not specified above.

Exclude:

• property taxes covered in your rental and leasing expenses
• corporate income taxes
• stumpage fees (report these amounts at question 11 – Crown charges).

10. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships

Include:

• amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
• gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
• resident and non-resident royalty expenses
• membership fees
• franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report these amounts at question 11 – Crown charges).

11. Crown charges (for logging, mining and energy industries only)

Include:

• Crown royalties, Crown leases and rentals, oil sand leases and stumpage fees
• federal or provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

12. Rental and leasing (land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc.)

Include:

• lease/rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
• only operating leases (as opposed to leases that can be capitalized)
• motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses (without driver)
• furniture and fixtures
• computer, machinery and equipment rental expenses (without operator)
• storage expense
• studio lighting and scaffolding
• road and construction equipment rental
• fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

Exclude rental and leasing of vehicles (with driver), machinery and equipment (with driver or operator) (report these costs at question 21 - All other costs and expenses).

13. Repair and maintenance

This item comprises repair and maintenance costs related to the replacement of parts or other restoration of plant and machinery to keep your properties in efficient working condition.

Include:

• waste removal services, hazardous and non-hazardous
• janitorial and cleaning services
• sweeping and snow removal services
• costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with the following expenses: buildings and structures, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, security equipment and other goods (except fabricated metal products or furniture repair services).

Exclude:

• salaries (report at question 2 – Employment costs and expenses)
• property management fees (report these at question 5 – Professional and business fees)
• repair and maintenance expenses that are included in any payment to a head office.

14. Amortization and depreciation

Report the amortization/depreciation (the systematic allocation of the cost of assets to current operations over their useful life) related only to the current reporting period.

Include:

• direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
• amortization of rental equipment (for operating leases: by lessor; for capital leases: by lessee)
• amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, deferred gains and losses on investments, organizational costs).

15. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

• accident and health insurance services
• life insurance and individual pension services
• asset insurance services, including property and motor vehicle
• general liability insurance services
• executive life insurance
• bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance
• all other insurance services not elsewhere specified.

Exclude:

• payments on behalf of employees which are considered to be taxable benefits (report these at question 2(b) – Employee benefits)
• premiums paid directly to your head office (report these at question 21 – All other costs and expenses).

16. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

• advertising planning and creating services
• newspaper advertising and media expenses
• catalogues, presentations and displays
• trade fairs and exhibition organization services
• tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
• fundraising expenses
• meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients
• other advertising services.

17. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

• travel expenses
• rental services of passenger cars, buses and coaches with operator
• meeting and convention expenses, seminars
• passenger transportation (airfare, bus, train, etc.)
• accommodations (hotel and motel lodging)
• travel allowance and meals while travelling
• travel agency services
• taxi services
• meal and beverage services for consumption on the premises
• other travel expenses.

18. Financial services (bank charges, transaction fees, etc.)

Include:

• explicit service charges for financial services
• credit and debit card commissions and charges
• collection expenses and transfer fees
• registrar and transfer agent fees
• security and exchange commission fees
• other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report these at question 19 - Interest expense).

19. Interest expense

Please report the cost of servicing your company's debt such as interest and bank charges, finance charges, interest payments on capital leases, amortization of bond discounts.

Include (interest on):

• short-term and long-term debt
• bonds and debentures
• mortgages.

Exclude:

• dividends paid to term and retractable preferred shares
• debt issue expenses, including their amortization.

20. Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown

Include:

• charitable donations and political contributions
• bad debt expense
• loan losses
• provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
• inventory adjustments.

21. All other expenses - please specify

Include intracompany expenses.

Include:

• production costs
• vehicle fuel expenses
• pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration costs
• gross overriding royalty
• other producing property rental costs
• well operating, fuel and equipment costs
• other lease rental costs
• other direct costs
• equipment hire and operation costs
• overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales
• cash over/short (negative expense)
• reimbursement of parent company expenses
• warranty expenses
• recruiting expenses
• general and administrative expenses
• interdivisional expenses
• interfund transfers (minus expense recoveries)
• exploration and development costs (include: geological prospecting, well abandonment and dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
• safety supplies
• cafeteria supplies
• materials, components and supplies for installation and construction that is not related to own product
• all other supplies, material and components not elsewhere specified
• variance
• all other expenses not reported elsewhere.

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

22. Total expenses

(sum of lines 1 to 21)

Industry Characteristics

Sales

1. Cost Centre

A cost centre is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost centre. Cost centres do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

2. Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

• if you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price.
• if you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
  a) sales to your firm's non-logging or non-manufacturing business units must be reported at your final selling price.
  b) sales to your firm's logging or manufacturing business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value)

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported "Free on Board" (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: FOB factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

Sales for selected items

3. a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

• sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other subcontracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
• sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
• amounts received from progress billings
• charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
• book value of goods sold for rental
• transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account (i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts and returns
• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
• sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
• revenue from repair work
• revenue from manufacturing and logging service fees and/or custom work.

b. sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts and returns
• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes.

c. revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes.

d. revenue from manufacturing service fees or and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing service, comprise manufacturing work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging). 

Exclude:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes.

f. other sales - specify:

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

• revenue from rental and leasing
• commissions
• revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
• revenue from interest and dividends
• subsidies/grants.

Total sales of goods and services

(sum of lines a. to f.)

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

4. a. purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding HST/GST for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
• purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
• purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.)
• change in inventories.

b. purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ('Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding HST/GST).

Include:

• boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty.

Exclude:

• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes.

c. purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ('Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding HST/GST), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty.

Exclude:

• federal provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes
• change in inventories.

d. vehicle fuel expense

Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

Salaries, wages and commissions

Details on salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Details on average number of people employed

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include salaries for:

• inventory at the manufacturing plant or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
• inventory in transit in Canada
• inventory held on consignment for Canada.

Exclude:

• goods owned and held in inventory abroad
• any goods held on consignment from others.

a. raw materials and components

Include:

• materials and components to be used in the manufacturing process
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
• non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. goods and work in process

Include:

• partially completed goods
• the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. finished goods manufactured

Include:

• goods of own manufacture from your business unit
• logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question 8.a – Raw material and components).

e. other inventories - specify

Include all other inventory of materials used in your logging or manufacturing process but not included in the above categories.

Total inventories

(sum of lines a. to e.)

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown, by product for the total reported at question 3.a. Sales of goods manufactured in the Industry characteristics section. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• sales allowances
• return sales
• sales taxes
• excise duties and taxes.

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts at question 2 – All other products of own manufacture sold – please specify below. This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing process

This section requests a breakdown, by product, of the total reported at 4a. 'Purchases of raw materials and components' of the Industry characteristics section. Please report the cost of raw materials for each individual product used in manufacturing operations.

In reporting the cost of the various items purchased, give the laid-down value at your business unit, (i.e., the amounts after discounts actually paid or payable).

Where quantity information is requested, please provide this information from your records or, if not recorded, provide your best estimate.

Note: If you are involved in contract logging, manufacturing services or custom work, the raw materials and components used in these processes that are owned by the business to which you are providing a service should not be reported here.

Include:

• semi-processed goods, if you are part of a multi-business unit firm and receive semi-processed goods as transfers from the other business units of your firm for further processing. The cost of such goods should be equivalent to the transfer value reported by the shipping unit plus any transportation and handling charges paid by your business unit to common or contract carriers
• any fuel purchased as an input into the manufacturing process, as a feedstock or processing material (e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline), or for any other non-energy purpose.

Exclude fuel used for energy purposes (e.g., for office or plant heating) – These energy items should be reported in the "Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses" section.

If you purchased raw materials that are not displayed in this section, please enter the raw material name and relevant amounts at question 2 – All other raw materials and components purchased – please specify below. This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the manufacturing or logging process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit (e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list.

If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations (e.g., sales and commissions).

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.).

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption)

Include transportation costs, duties, etc. which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes (e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

1. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

2. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use

3. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

• all distillate type fuels for power burners
• fuel oil no.2 (heating oil no. 2)
• fuel oil no.3 (heating oil no. 3)
• furnace fuel oil
• gas oils
• light industrial fuel.

4. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

• all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
• Bunker B and Bunker C
• fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
• residual fuel oil.

5. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

6. Liquefied petroleum gas (e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use

7. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use

8. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

9. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

10. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere (e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

11. Total energy and water expenses

(sum of lines 1 to 10)

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This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Data from this survey are used by the business community, manufacturing associations, federal and provincial departments, and international organizations to:

• profile the manufacturing and logging industries
• undertake market studies
• forecast demand
• develop trade tariff policies.

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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.

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

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

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Business or organization and contact information

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

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main activity

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

• Yes, there are other activities
  • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
  • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
• No, that is the only significant activity

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

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

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

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

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's or organization's most recently completed fiscal year?

For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025

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

• May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
• June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024
• July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
• August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024
• September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024
• October 1, 2023to September 30, 2024
• November 1, 2023to October 31, 2024
• December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024
• January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
• February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
• March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025
• April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025

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

• September 18, 2023 to September 15, 2024 ( e.g., floating year-end)
• June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 ( e.g., a newly opened business).

• Fiscal year start date
• Fiscal year-end date

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

• Seasonal operations
• New business
• Change of ownership
• Temporarily inactive
• Change of fiscal year
• Ceased operations
• Other
  Specify reason the reporting period does not cover a full year

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as:

CAN$ '000 : $764,000

I will report in the format above

Revenue

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

Notes:

• a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
• these questions are asked of many different industries - some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Sales of goods and services

Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business's ordinary activities.

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST/GST, trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: ‘Free On Board’ (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided.

Include:

• sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit or at any other subcontracted manufacturing plants located within Canada
• sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
• sales of logs and wood residue, regardless of the source of these materials (for logging operations only)
• sales of goods purchased for resale, as is (purchased from another company or another business unit of your firm not covered by this questionnaire)
• amounts received from progress billings
• revenue from repair work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
• revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work (labour costs only as materials and products are owned by client)
• charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
• book value of goods sold for rental
• revenue from stumpage sales
• transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account ( e.g., book transfer value).

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• discounts and returns.

b. Rental and leasing

Rental and leasing revenue from assets owned by your business unit should be reported here.

Rental and leasing revenue from assets owned by your business unit should be reported here. This revenue should be reported before deduction of expenses such as property taxes and repairs and maintenance, excluding HST/GST. Rental expenses should not be subtracted from rental revenues.

Include:

• revenue from rental or leasing of manufactured products made by your business unit
• revenue from long and short term rental or leasing of vehicles, machinery and equipment owned by your business unit (including operating leases)
• revenue from rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships.

Exclude:

• finance charges from financing and sales leases
• revenue from intellectual property (for example, patents, trademarks, copyrights).

c. Commissions

Include: commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies - Compensation could also be reported under this item ( e.g., compensation for collecting sales tax).

d. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)

Include:

• non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government
• revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

Royalties paid by your business unit should not be subtracted from royalty revenues.

Include:

• revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals ( e.g., motion pictures, computer programs, etc. )
• revenues from franchise fees
• revenues from licensing agreements.

f. Dividends

Dividend expenses should not be subtracted from dividend revenues.

Include:

• dividend income
• dividends from Canadian sources
• dividends from foreign sources
• patronage dividends.

Exclude dividends from capital investment from affiliates.

g. Interest

Interest expenses should not be subtracted from interest revenues.

Include:

• investment revenue
• interest from foreign sources
• interest from Canadian bonds and debentures
• interest from Canadian mortgage loans
• interest from other Canadian sources.

Exclude equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

h. Other revenue

specify Include amounts not included in questions a. to g. above such as:

• revenue from warranties
• placement fees for displaying items on websites, store windows, catalogues
• revenue from shipping and handling charges that are not included in the price of the merchandise
• deposit service income, credit service income and card service income
• lodging and boarding revenue in the logging industry
• revenue from secondary activities ( e.g., cafeterias and lunch counters)
• revenue from outside installation or construction work not related to your own products.

Total revenue The sum of sub-questions a. to h.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources?

	CAN$ '000
a. Sales of goods and services
b. Rental and leasing
c. Commissions
d. Subsidies
e. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
f. Dividends
g. Interest
h. Other
Total revenue

Expenses

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Notes:

• a detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections
• these questions are asked of many different industries. Some questions may not apply to this business

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

a. Purchases

For Manufacturing and Logging Industries Please report the laid-down cost ('Free on Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST ), for purchases/cost of materials.

Include:

• purchases of raw materials and components for manufacturing
• purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets)
• purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material ( e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• change in inventories.

b. Employment costs and expenses

b1. Salaries, wages and commissions Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 - Statement of Remuneration Paid) for this reporting period. Amounts reported should be gross, before any deductions at source.

Include:

• Indirect labour costs ( e.g., food service staff, repair staff)
• overtime payments
• vacation pay
• payments to casual labour
• directors' pay
• bonuses (including profit sharing)
• commissions paid to regular employees such as your manufacturer's agents
• taxable allowances ( e.g., room and board, gifts such as air tickets for holidays)
• retroactive wage payments
• stock options awarded to employees (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 38' on the employees' T4 and which is included in box 14 - value according to CRA rules)
• any other allowance forming part of the employee's earnings
• payments to individuals working on their own premises using equipment and materials provided by your business unit since such persons should be treated as employees
• severance pay.

Exclude:

• deferred stock options awarded to employees that meet relevant CRA rules (the amount for which you have entered a 'code 53' on the employee's T4 and which is excluded from box 14)
• amounts paid out to other business units for employment costs only
• monies withdrawn by working owners and partners of unincorporated business units
• directors' fees or distribution of profits to shareholders of incorporated business units
• cost/expenses for outside subcontracted employees (report at Subcontracts)
• cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other).

b2. Employee benefits Report expenses related to the employer portion of employee benefits.

Include:

• payments for employee life and extended health care insurance plans ( e.g., medical, dental, drug and vision care plans)
• employer portion of Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) contributions
• employer pension contributions
• contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes (applicable to your business unit)
• workers' compensation (provincial or territorial) applicable to your business unit
• employer portion of employment insurance premiums (EI)
• association dues paid by the employer
• all other employee benefits such as childcare and supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plans.

Exclude employee portions of employee benefits ( i.e., deductions from pay).

c. Subcontracts

Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

In such cases, business units provide materials to other business units or individuals for the production of outputs on a so-called 'custom basis'. Subcontract expense only refers to work hired out for production towards the company's outputs.

Include:

• commissions paid to non-employees
• any amount you pay to any other business units, firms, or individuals for work done on materials you own
• custom work and contract work
• subcontract and outside labour
• hired labour.

Exclude:

• research and development subcontracts (report at Research and development fees)
• salaries and wages paid to employees
• payments to individuals working on their own premises using machinery, equipment and materials provided by your firm (such persons should be treated as employees)
• cost of materials
• cost/expenses for temporary workers paid through an agency, as well as charges for personnel search services (report at Other)
• repairs and maintenance services (report at Repair and maintenance).

d. Research and development fees

Report paid activities (purchased or subcontracted) conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

Exclude own labour costs (included in Salaries, wages and commissions).

e. Professional and business fees

Please report only the total cost of purchased professional or business service fees here (a detailed breakdown may be required in a subsequent section).

Include:

• legal services
• accounting and auditing fees
• education and training fees
• appraisal fees
• management and administration fees
• property management fees
• information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased)
• data processing service fees
• architectural fees
• engineering fees
• scientific and technical service fees
• other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific)
• veterinary fees
• fees for health services
• payroll preparation fees
• all other professional and business service fees.

Exclude:

• service fees paid to Head Office and other business units not included in this questionnaire (report at Other)
• the cost of in-house activities undertaken by your own staff.

f. Energy and water expenses

Report the cost/expense of purchased utilities attributed to operations in the current reporting period such as water, electricity, gas and heating.

Include:

• diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane
• sewage.

Exclude:

• energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts
• telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
• vehicle fuel (report at Other)
• raw materials, i.e., any fuel purchased as input to the manufacturing process as a feed stock or processing material ( e.g., crude oil to be refined into gasoline) or for any other non-energy purpose (report at Purchases).

g. Office and computer related expenses

Please report all office supplies purchased and used by your business unit for both manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations.

Include:

• office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines
• postage and courier fees (used in the day-to-day office business activity)
• memory storage devices and computer upgrade expenses
• data processing expense (equipment, software and software licenses).

Exclude telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses (report at Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication).

h. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication

Include:

• telephone, fax, cellular phone, or pager services for transmission of voice, data or image
• Internet access charges
• purchased cable and satellite transmission of television, radio and music programs
• wired telecommunication services
• wireless telecommunication services
• satellite telecommunication services
• large bandwidth services to send/receive digital works
• online access services
• online information provision services.

i. Business taxes, licences and permits

This item comprises the cost of various licences and permits, and some indirect taxes (taxes levied on your business unit that are not corporate income or logging taxes, sales or excise taxes, or insurance premium taxes).

Include:

• property taxes paid directly and land transfer taxes
• business taxes
• vehicle licence and/or registration fees
• beverage licence fees
• trade licence fees
• professional licence fees
• all other licence fees
• lot levies
• building permits and development charges
• other property/business licences or permits not specified above.

Exclude:

• property taxes covered in your rental and leasing expenses
• corporate income taxes
• stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

j. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships

Include:

• amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks
• gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs
• resident and non-resident royalty expenses
• membership fees
• franchise fees.

Exclude stumpage fees (report at Crown charges).

k. Crown charges (for logging, mining and energy industries only)

Include:

• Crown royalties, Crown leases and rentals, oil sand leases and stumpage fees
• federal or provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.

l. Rental and leasing (land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc. )

Include:

• lease/rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses
• only operating leases (as opposed to leases that can be capitalized)
• motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses (without driver)
• furniture and fixtures
• computer, machinery and equipment rental expenses (without operator)
• storage expense
• studio lighting and scaffolding
• road and construction equipment rental
• fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

Exclude rental and leasing of vehicles (with driver), machinery and equipment (with driver or operator) (report at Other).

m. Repair and maintenance

This item comprises repair and maintenance costs related to the replacement of parts or other restoration of plant and machinery to keep your properties in efficient working condition.

Include:

• waste removal services, hazardous and non-hazardous
• janitorial and cleaning services
• sweeping and snow removal services
• costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with the following expenses: buildings and structures, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, security equipment and other goods (except fabricated metal products or furniture repair services).

Exclude:

• salaries (report at Employment costs and expenses)
• property management fees (report at Professional and business fees)
• repair and maintenance expenses that are included in any payment to a head office.

n. Amortization and depreciation

Report the amortization/depreciation (the systematic allocation of the cost of assets to current operations over their useful life) related only to the current reporting period.

Include:

• direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements
• amortization of rental equipment (for operating leases: by lessor; for capital leases: by lessee)
• amortization of intangible assets ( e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, deferred gains and losses on investments, organizational costs).

o. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include:

• accident and health insurance services
• life insurance and individual pension services
• asset insurance services, including property and motor vehicle
• general liability insurance services
• executive life insurance
• bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance
• all other insurance services not elsewhere specified.

Exclude:

• payments on behalf of employees which are considered to be taxable benefits (report at Employee benefits)
• premiums paid directly to your head office (report at Other).

p. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include:

• advertising planning and creating services
• newspaper advertising and media expenses
• catalogues, presentations and displays
• trade fairs and exhibition organization services
• tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion
• fundraising expenses
• meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients
• other advertising services.

q. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include:

• travel expenses
• rental services of passenger cars, buses and coaches with operator
• meeting and convention expenses, seminars
• passenger transportation (airfare, bus, train, etc. )
• accommodations (hotel and motel lodging)
• travel allowance and meals while travelling
• travel agency services
• taxi services
• meal and beverage services for consumption on the premises
• other travel expenses.

r. Financial service fees (bank charges, transaction fees, etc. )

Include:

• explicit service charges for financial services
• credit and debit card commissions and charges
• collection expenses and transfer fees
• registrar and transfer agent fees
• security and exchange commission fees
• other financial service fees.

Exclude interest expenses (report at Interest expense).

s. Interest expense

Please report the cost of servicing your company's debt such as interest and bank charges, finance charges, interest payments on capital leases and amortization of bond discounts.

Include (interest on):

• short-term and long-term debt
• bonds and debentures
• mortgages.

Exclude:

• dividends paid to term and retractable preferred shares
• debt issue expenses, including their amortization.

t. Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown

Include:

• charitable donations and political contributions
• bad debt expense
• loan losses
• provisions for loan losses (minus bad debt recoveries)
• inventory adjustments.

u. Other (including intracompany expenses)

Include:

• production costs
• vehicle fuel expenses
• pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration costs
• gross overriding royalty
• other producing property rental costs
• well operating, fuel and equipment costs
• other lease rental costs
• other direct costs
• equipment hire and operation costs
• log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs
• overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales
• cash over/short (negative expense)
• reimbursement of parent company expenses
• warranty expenses
• recruiting expenses
• general and administrative expenses
• interdivisional expenses
• interfund transfers (minus expense recoveries)
• exploration and development costs (include: geological prospecting, well abandonment and dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses)
• safety supplies
• cafeteria supplies
• materials, components and supplies for installation and construction that is not related to own product
• all other supplies, material and components not elsewhere specified
• variance
• all other expenses not reported elsewhere.

Exclude items related to expenditures in prior periods.

For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?

	CAN$ '000
Purchases
Employment costs and expenses
Salaries, wages and commissions
Employee benefits
Subcontracts
Research and development fees
Professional and business fees
Energy and water expenses
Office and computer related expenses
Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication
Business taxes, licenses and permits
Royalties, franchise fees and memberships
Crown charges
Rental and leasing
Repair and maintenance
Amortization and depreciation
Insurance
Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment
Travel, meetings and conventions
Financial service fees
Interest expense
Bad debt, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory writedown
Other
Total expenses

2. Of the [amount] reported in Subcontracts, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.

	Percentage
From Canadian sources
From sources in other countries
Total breakdown

Industry characteristics

1. Is this business a cost centre?

A cost centre is a subdivision of an organization with which costs are identified for purposes of managerial control.

Cost Center A cost center is a department or section of a company where managers are directly responsible for costs. For example, consider a company that has a manufacturing department, a research and development department, and a payroll department. Each department could be a cost center. Cost centers do not directly report revenues as these are reported by another part of the company such as a head office.

• Yes
• No

2. Are the goods valued at:

Valuation of sales

Please indicate whether you will report at final selling price or any alternate valuation.

• If you are a single business unit firm, sales must be reported at your final selling price;
• If you are part of a multi-business unit firm:
  1. sales to your firm's non-manufacturing or non-logging business units must be reported at your final selling price;
  2. sales to your firm's manufacturing or logging business units, sales branches, selling warehouses or head offices should be reported at the value shown on your books of account ( i.e., book transfer value).
• Final selling price
• Transfer price
• Other

Specify other basis of valuation

3. What were this business's sales for the following items?

Report the sales net of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report all sales (domestic and exports) of goods and services from Canadian locations at final selling price. Sales should be reported 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate: net of excise and provincial or territorial sales taxes, HST / GST , trade discounts, returns and allowances, and charges for outward transportation by common or contract carriers. (Note: 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate means truck gate if manufacturer or logger is using own truck and driver).

Sales denominated in foreign currency should be converted into Canadian dollars at the exchange rate on the day of transaction.

Note: Goods reported as sold should not be included in inventory and goods held on consignment should be reported as inventory until actually sold. If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided in question 3 e.

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of revenue might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Sales of goods manufactured

Include:

• sales of goods manufactured from own materials whether at this business unit, at other business units or affiliates of your firm, or at any other sub-contracted manufacturing plants located within Canada. Include by-products from your manufacturing process
• sales of logs and wood residue harvested by your own employees or by contractors on behalf of your business unit should all be reported here
• sales out of warehouses at locations other than your business unit if storage warehouses are owned or rented by your business unit
• amounts received from progress billings
• charges for installation of manufactured goods where installation is part of sales
• book value of goods sold for rental
• transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Note that these should be reported at the value shown on your books of account ( i.e., book transfer value).

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts and returns
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
• revenue from repair work
• revenue from manufacturing or logging service fees and/or custom work
• revenue from stumpage sales (for logging operations only; report these amounts in question (b) Revenue from stumpage sales).

c. Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is

Report sales of goods that have not been processed or altered in your business unit and that have been purchased and resold in the same condition.

Include sales of products transferred to you from other business units of your firm and sold in the same condition as transferred.

Exclude:

• transfers into inventory and consignment sales
• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts and returns
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• logging operations must not report sales of logs and wood residue here, regardless of who harvests (report at question a).

d. Revenue from repair work

Repair work comprises fixing/repairing products that have already been installed or delivered to a client (or other business unit). This work could be done at the client's facilities or at your business unit (where the products were uninstalled and shipped for repair). Repair work also includes warranty repairs where your business unit charges a fee to either an external business or another business unit within your firm. In all of these cases, your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved.

Exclude:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

e. Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work

Custom work, manufacturing or logging service, comprises manufacturing or logging work undertaken to the specifications of a client (or other business unit or an affiliate of your firm) prior to installation or initial delivery. Your business unit has only provided labour to a client but this client owns the product(s) and materials involved (e.g., contract logging) whether the client is Canadian or from abroad.

Exclude:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

f. Other

Include sales of goods and services not specified elsewhere.

Exclude:

• revenue from rental and leasing
• commissions
• revenue from royalties, franchise and licensing fees
• revenue from interest and dividends
• subsidies/grants.

What were this business's sales for the following items?

	CAN$ '000
Sales of goods manufactured
Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Revenue from repair work
Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work
Other
Total sales of goods and services

4. Of the [amount] reported in Revenue from manufacturing service fees and/or custom work, please provide the percentage breakdown for the following.

	Percentage
From Canadian clients
From clients in other countries
Total breakdown

5. What were this business's expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Selected expense information

Please note that the questionnaires for the manufacturing industries and the logging industries are slightly different. Depending on which one you have received, the questions might be worded slightly differently and some categories of expense might not be part of your questionnaire.

a. Purchases of raw materials and components

Report the laid-down cost ('Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST ) for all raw materials and components purchased for your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material ( e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline).

Exclude:

• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased (without further manufacturing or processing)
• purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials (boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc. )
• change in inventories.

c. Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials

Report the laid-down cost for all shipping and packaging materials purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST ).

Include:

• boxes, cartons, barrels, kegs, bottles, pallets, etc.
• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty.

Exclude federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

d. Purchases of goods for resale, as is

Report the laid-down cost of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased ( 'Free On Board' (FOB) factory gate, but excluding GST ), i.e., without further manufacturing or processing.

Include:

• shipping charges by common carrier or contract carriers
• freight in and duty.

Exclude:

• federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes
• change in inventories.

e. Vehicle fuel expense

Report any vehicle fuel expenses incurred during your manufacturing or logging process.

Include:

• purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas and other fuel used to operate any type of vehicle at the location or otherwise, such as sales representatives' cars, delivery trucks, lift trucks, etc.

Exclude any fuel purchased for power/heat generation.

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

	CAN$ '000
Purchases of raw materials and components
Purchases of non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials
Purchases of goods for resale, as is
Vehicle fuel expense

6. Did this business purchase goods (raw materials, semi-finished, or finished goods) "off the shelf" outside of Canada and sell them "as-is" in foreign markets (including the U.S.) without altering the goods, and without the goods entering Canada before the sale?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

7. During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

During the reporting period, what were this business's expenses for salaries, wages and commissions?

	CAN$ '000
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

8. For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

Salaries, wages and commissions

This section requests a breakdown of total salaries, wages and commissions for this business unit. Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12). Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour.

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit.

a. Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers.

Include employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

b. Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries and average number of workers. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

For the reporting period, what was the average number of people employed?

	Number
Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)
Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

9. What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Opening and closing inventories

Inventories are to be reported at the value maintained in your accounting records (book value). If your accounting records do not distinguish between goods of own manufacturing or logging process and goods purchased for resale, please provide your best estimate of the distribution between the two inventory types.

Include:

• inventory at the manufacturing plant, logging processing location or at any warehouse or selling outlet which is treated as part of this business unit
• inventory in transit in Canada
• inventory held on consignment in Canada.

Exclude:

• goods owned and held in inventory abroad
• any goods held on consignment for others.

a. Raw materials and components

Include:

• materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process
• fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing or logging process as a feedstock or processing material ( e.g., crude oil processed into gasoline)
• non-returnable containers and other shipping and packaging materials.

Exclude any raw material intended for resale in the same condition as purchased.

b. Goods and work in process

Include:

• partially completed goods
• the value of work done on goods accounted for under progress billing for which no payment has been received.

c. Finished goods manufactured

Include:

• goods of own manufacture from your business unit
• logs, wood residues and manufactured products.

d. Goods purchased for resale, as is

Include all goods which are purchased for resale without further processing by your business unit.

Exclude components manufactured by another business unit/firm that are purchased or transferred by this business and used as inputs for the assembly and manufacturing system (report at question a.).

e. Other inventories - specify:

Include all other inventory of materials used in your manufacturing or logging process but not included in the above categories.

What was the value of this business's inventory at the beginning and the end of the reporting period?

	Opening CAN$ '000	Closing CAN$ '000
Raw materials and components
Goods and work in process
Finished goods manufactured
Goods purchased for resale, as is
Other - Specify all other inventories
Total inventories

10. On the last day of the fiscal year, did this business hold inventories abroad, including inventories in transit to Canada?

Include raw materials, work in process, and finished goods recorded in this business's accounting books, but physically located outside of Canada. Also include goods purchased abroad for resale "as-is" in foreign markets.

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

Provide comments if desired.

11. What was the approximate value of inventories held abroad at the end of the reporting period?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Value of inventories in CAN$ '000

12. Is the value reported above included in the [amount] closing inventories previously reported in question 9 from the inventory section?

• Yes
• No

Sales by consumer location

1. What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

Consumer location is the location where the goods or services will ultimately be used.

If ultimate consumer location is not known, the following are acceptable substitutes:

• shipping destination
• client's billing address
• location of this business's retail customers
• location of this business's warehouse/distribution centres.

What was the percentage breakdown of this business's sales by consumer location?

	Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
All other countries
Total percentage

Sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue

This section asks for a breakdown, by product, of this business's sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue. For each product, report sales net of shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging, and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business sell the following manufactured goods, logs or wood residue?

The total net sales for all products should equal the amount reported for the sales of goods manufactured, logs and wood residue in question 3a. of the Industry characteristics section

Sales of goods manufactured

This section represents a breakdown by product for the total reported at 'sales of goods manufactured' in the Industry characteristics section question 3a. Please report the value of sales (in thousands of Canadian dollars) for each product produced by your manufacturing operations for the products listed in this section.

For each product, report sales net of:

• shipping charges by common or contract carriers
• discounts
• sales allowances
• return sales
• sales taxes
• excise duties and taxes

Note: If you are classified as a contract logger, the sales of logs and wood residue that result from logging services performed for another business unit that owns the stumpage rights should not be reported by you but by the business unit that owns the stumpage rights. You should only report the revenues from the logging service provided (in question 3e.).

Exclude shipping charges by contract or common carrier if possible for each product class. If your accounting records do not allow you to provide sales of your reported commodities net of shipping charges, you will be prompted to report your total shipping charges at a later time.

If you manufacture products that are not listed in this section, please enter the product description and relevant amounts after answering "Yes" when asked "During the reporting period, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?"

Product # reported - Sale Commodity Description English

Was this product sold during this reporting period?

• Yes
  • Quantity sold
  • Value of sales ( CAN$ '000 )
• No

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business manufacture and sell any other products?

This question is about the different products sold by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also sold motor vehicle steering components, motor vehicle transmission components and motor vehicle brake systems, report 3 additional products.

• Yes
  • How many types of products?
  • Number of products
• No

3. Please provide a description of the additional products sold, as well as the value of sales.

Product # reported

Description of product # reported

Value of sales ( CAN$ '000 )

The sum of the sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) entered in this section is [amount].

4. Does this value include shipping charges by common or contract carriers, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, or excise duties and taxes?

• Yes
  • What is the amount of shipping charges, discounts, sales allowances, returned sales, sales taxes, and excise duties and taxes?
  • Value of shipping charges ( CAN$ '000 )
• No

From this section, the calculated sum of the net sales of goods manufactured (including logs and wood residue) is [amount], whereas the value entered in question 3a. in the Industry characteristics section is not [amount]. These two values should be equal.

Please verify and correct one of these answers, if required. To navigate within the questionnaire, use the Previous or Next button at the bottom of this page or Start of questionnaire at the top.

Purchases of raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process

This section asks for a breakdown of this business's purchases of raw materials and components. The total cost of purchases for all raw materials and components should match the amount reported in question 5a. of the Industry characteristics section.

Note: if your only activity is contract logging and your business unit only provides a labour service, this section does not apply to your business.

1. Press the Start button to answer the questions required for each product.

Press the Next button once you have completed answering for all products.

2. For the reporting period of YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD, did this business purchase the following raw materials and components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

Yes

• Quantity purchased
  Cost of purchase ( CAN$ '000 )

No

3. For products reported in the previous question, what were the quantities purchased from the following sources?

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

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Quantity reused or given (in kilograms)

Virgin resin
Resin produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels, e.g., petroleum or natural gas sources.

a. Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Sub-question a.
Virgin resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Pre-consumer (post-production) recycled resin
Pre-consumer recycled resin consists of material resulting from a manufacturing process that is diverted from the waste stream. It is the reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind, or scrap generated in a process. It can be reused within the same process that initially generated it or waste material originating (purchased or given) from another facility.

b. Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Sub-question b.
Resin recycled within the same process that initially generated it

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

c. Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Sub-question c.
Pre-consumer recycled resin originating from another facility

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Post-consumer recycled resin
Post-consumer recycled resin comes from plastic that was used by the end-consumer, and recycled by a recycling facility. If this post-consumer recycled material is a blend of resins, report it in this section only if are the main component of the blend. The entire amount of the blended post-consumer recycled resins should be reported here ( i.e., not just the amount of in the blend).

d. Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source

Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes ( i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Sub-question d.
Post-consumer recycled resin – mechanical recycling source Mechanical recycling refers to recovering plastics wastes via mechanical processes ( i.e., grinding, washing, separating, drying, regranulating and compounding)

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

e. Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source

Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Sub-question e.
Post-consumer recycled resin – chemical recycling source Chemical recycling changes the chemical structure of a polymeric material using processing methods such as high heat, high pressure, solvents and catalysts. The chemical recycling processes includes, but may not be limited to, purification, depolymerisation and decomposition.

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

f. Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Sub-question f.
Post-consumer recycled resin – unknown source

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Bio-based resin
These are resins produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

g. Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Sub-question g.
Bio-based resin

Quantity purchased
(in kilograms)

Total

Quantity reused or given
(in kilograms)

4. Please provide comments if you have difficulties responding to the previous question or if you would like to provide additional information regarding the product.

5. For the reporting period ending YYYY, did this business purchase any other raw materials or components to be used in the manufacturing or logging process?

This question is about the different raw materials or components used in the logging or manufacturing process by this business. For example: If, in addition to the products listed in the previous screens, this business also used iron ore, copper ore, and fibrous glass materials, report 3 additional products.

• Yes

How many types of raw materials and components?
Number of raw materials and components

• No

6. Please provide a description of the additional material or components, as well as the cost of purchase.

Raw material or component 1
Description of raw material or component.

Cost of purchase ( CAN$ '000 )

Details on this business's locations - location # reported

The following questions ask for details on each of this business's locations that were operational during the reporting period ending in YYYY. For each location, please verify and update the address and provide the requested details.

1. Please verify and correct this location's address if needed.

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit ( e.g., warehouses, sales offices). Please indicate if any locations are no longer part of your business unit and should be deleted from the list. If there are any locations not listed, please provide information on these in the next section.

• Operating name
• Address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon Territory
• Postal code

2. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations ( e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue ( CAN$ '000 )

3. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries. Include wages for employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect labour (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided ( e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc. )

Direct labour ( CAN$ '000 )

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour ( CAN$ '000 )

For administrative, and selling or operating only

4. Was this business location operational for the full year?

• Yes, full-year operation
• No, part-year operation

5. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

6. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

• Part Year Operation Start Date
• Part Year Operation End Date

7. What were the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

• Seasonal operation
• Ceased operations
• New location
• Temporarily inactive
• Change of fiscal year
• Moved
• Change of ownership
• Other
  Specify other reason

8. Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

Were there any other business locations not listed that were operating during the reporting period?

In this section, please indicate whether there are any additional locations attached to your business unit that were not listed in the previous section. Include any additional ancillary units, such as warehouses and sales offices, that are not directly engaged in manufacturing activities.

• Yes
  • How many locations?
  • Number of locations
• No

9. Please provide the requested details for each additional location.

Details on this business's locations

General guidelines

This section requests a breakdown of total operating revenues, salaries, wages and commissions for all locations included in this survey. Please report separately for each location (covered by your business unit).

The section is designed to account for all personnel on the payroll of your business unit, including those working in ancillary units which form part of your business unit. Ancillary units are those not directly engaged in the manufacturing process but that offer support activities to your business unit ( e.g., warehouses, sales offices).

• Operating name
• Address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon Territory
• Postal code

10. What was this location's total operating revenue?

Operating revenues represent the revenue generated from the course of normal business operations ( e.g., sales and commissions).

Total operating revenue ( CAN$ '000 )

11. What were this location's labour expenses?

Exclude benefits.

Labour expenses

Amounts reported for salaries and wages should be gross, before any deductions from employees for income tax and employee contributions to health, accident, pension, insurance, or other benefits, all of which should be included. Please do this calculation separately for direct and indirect labour at each location. Do not include benefit contributions by the employer.

Direct labour (manufacturing or logging)

Please report gross salaries.

Include wages for employees engaged in:

• manufacturing (processing and/or assembling)
• logging and forestry support
• packing, handling, warehousing
• repair and maintenance, janitorial
• watchmen
• foremen doing work similar to their employees
• erection/installation by own business unit when an extension of your manufacturing operations.

Indirect Labor (administrative and selling/operating)

Please report gross salaries. Do not include workers that are not on your payroll.

Include salaries for:

• executives, administrators and office staff
• sales staff
• food service staff
• building construction and major renovation staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts)
• machinery and equipment repair staff (when work is chargeable to fixed asset accounts).

Please indicate whether each specific location operated for the full reporting period or part of it. If a location did not operate for the full year, please provide an explanation in the space provided (e.g., seasonal operations, strike, plant closure, etc.)

Direct labour ( CAN$ '000 )

For manufacturing or logging only

Indirect labour ( CAN$ '000 )

For administrative, and selling or operating only

12. Was this business location operational for the full year?

• Yes, full-year operation
• No, part-year operation

13. Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments pertaining to this business location.

Feedback

14. What were this location's operational start and end dates?

• Part Year Operation Start Date
• Part Year Operation End Date

15. What was the reason(s) for part-year operation?

Select all that apply.

• Seasonal operation
• Ceased operations
• New location
• Temporarily inactive
• Change of fiscal year
• Moved
• Change of ownership
• Other
  Specify other reason

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

1. What were this business's energy and water expenses for the following items?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Detailed information on energy and water costs or expenses

Please report information on all purchased energy, water utility expenses and electricity purchased by your business unit for energy purposes only. Answers to the detailed questions should cover amounts used by your business unit in all plant and office operations and any support units which are part of your business unit. Do not report fuel consumed as fuel purchased unless the amounts are substantially the same (or unless you can only report consumption).

Include transportation costs, duties, etc. , which form part of the laid-down cost at your business unit.

Exclude any fuel purchased to be used as an input into the manufacturing process as a feedstock or processing material or for any other non-energy purposes ( e.g., a raw material for products such as chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics).

a. Electricity

Please report the delivered cost of purchased electricity.

b. Gasoline

The cost of purchased gasoline includes that used for all plant operations.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

c. Light fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased light fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

• all distillate type fuels for power burners
• fuel oil no. 2 (heating oil no. 2)
• fuel oil no. 3 (heating oil no. 3)
• furnace fuel oil
• gas oils
• light industrial fuel.

d. Heavy fuel oil

Please report the total value of purchased heavy fuel oil for this reporting period.

Include:

• all grades of residual type fuels for steam or diesel engines (non-vehicle use)
• bunker B and bunker C
• fuel oils no. 4, 5 and 6
• residual fuel oil.

e. Diesel fuel

Please report the total value of purchased diesel fuel for the current reporting period.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

f. Liquefied petroleum gas ( e.g., propane, butane)

Please report the total value of purchased liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) for this reporting period. LPG 's comprise normally gaseous paraffinic compounds extracted from refinery gases.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

g. Natural gas

Please report the total value of purchased natural gas, which comprises a mix of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non-hydrocarbons existing in a gaseous phase.

Exclude fuel for motor vehicle use.

h. Coal

Please report the total value of purchased coal for this reporting period.

i. Water Utilities

Please report the total value of water utility costs. Note that in some municipalities, water utilities are included in the municipal tax bill. If this case applies to you, please enter the amount if it is itemized on your tax bill.

j. Other energy and water expenses - specify:

Please report the total value of all other purchased energy types not specified elsewhere ( e.g., steam, oxygen or hydrogen).

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

	CAN$ '000
Electricity
Gasoline
Light fuel oil
Heavy fuel oil
Diesel fuel
Liquefied petroleum gas
Natural gas
Coal
Water utilities
Other
Total energy and water expenses

2. Does this business pay rent?

• Yes
• No

3. Are any additional electricity, water or heat expenses, not already reported in question 1, included in the rent?

• Yes
• No

4. Which utility is included in the rent?

Select all that apply.

• Electricity
• Water
• Heat

5. Did this business generate any energy used as a replacement for purchased energy?

• Yes
• No

6. Which type of energy was generated?

Select all that apply.

• Heat
• Electricity
• Steam
• Other
  Specify other type of energy

Notification of intent to extract web data

1. Does this business have a website?

• Yes
  • Specify the business website address 1
    e.g., www.example.ca
  • Specify the business website address 2
    e.g., www.example.ca
  • Specify the business website address 3
    e.g., www.example.ca
• No

Notification of intent to extract web data

Statistics Canada engages in web-data extraction, also known as web scraping, which is a process by which information is gathered and copied from the Web using automated scripts or robots, for retrieval and analysis. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for and compile additional information. The use of web scraping is part of a broader effort to reduce the response burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will strive to ensure that the data collection does not interfere with the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency’s privacy and confidentiality mandate.

More information regarding Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative.

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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

2. 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):
• Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• Hours:
• Minutes:

4. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?