Why do we conduct 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.

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

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

You may also contact us by email at Statcan Helpdesk or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, the Ministère de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles du Québec, the Ontario Ministry of Energy, the Manitoba Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, Alberta Energy, Alberta Energy Regulator, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, the National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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

Business or organization and contact information

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

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

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

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

• Operational
• Not currently operational
  Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
  • Seasonal operations
    • When did this business or organization close for the season?
      • Date
    • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
      • Date
  • Ceased operations
    • When did this business or organization cease operations?
      • Date
    • Why did this business or organization cease operations?
      • Bankruptcy
      • Liquidation
      • Dissolution
      • Other - Specify the other reasons 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
• This is not the current main activity

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

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

Main activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 method is employed to generate 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
  Exclude geothermal and nuclear
• Nuclear
• Hydro
• Tidal
• Wind
• Solar
• Wave
• Geothermal
• Other
  Specify other non-combustible methods

3. How will the volume of generated electricity be reported?

If both Net and Gross generation can be provided, please report the Net electricity generation.

• Gross electricity generation
• Net electricity generation
  i.e., the gross electricity generation minus the losses in the main generator transformers and the electrical energy absorbed by the generating auxiliaries.

Electrical production by all selected methods and fuel types

4. 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.

Thermal

• 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

5. What was the volume in megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated from the following?

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

Import of electricity from the United States

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

• Yes
• No

7. What was the volume 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.

• Volume in ( MWh )
• CAN$ '000

Withdrawals or purchases of electricity from other Canadian producers and distributors

8. Did this business receive 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

9. From which province or territory was electricity 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

10. What was the volume in megawatt-hours (MWh) and the value of electricity received by this business?

Include:

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

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).

	Volume in MWh	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total volume and value of electricity, purchased or withdrawn from other domestic companies

Total supply of electricity

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

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.

	Volume in ( MWh )
Total generation of electricity
Total volume of electricity imported from the United States
Total volume purchased or withdrawn from other companies in Canada
Total supply of electricity

12. 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

13. Excluding electricity that is billed, did this business consume electricity for its own use?

• Gross electricity generation

Include:

• electricity used for heat pumps
• electric boilers, pumped storage, and given as compensation for utilities or distributors
• losses in the main generator transformers and the electricity absorbed by the generating auxiliaries

Exclude electricity that is billed by another company.

• Net electricity generation

Include:

• electricity used for heat pumps
• electric boilers, pumped storage, and given as compensation for utilities or distributors

Exclude:

• electricity that is billed by another company.
• losses in the main generator transformers and the electricity absorbed by the generating auxiliaries

• Yes
• No

14. What was the volume in megawatt-hours (MWh) of the electricity consumed by this business for its own use?

• Gross electricity generation

Include:

• electricity used for heat pumps
• electric boilers, pumped storage, and given as compensation for utilities or distributors
• losses in the main generator transformers and the electricity absorbed by the generating auxiliaries

Exclude electricity that is billed by another company.

• Net electricity generation

Include:

• electricity used for heat pumps
• electric boilers, pumped storage, and given as compensation for utilities or distributors

Exclude:

• electricity that is billed by another company.
• losses in the main generator transformers and the electricity absorbed by the generating auxiliaries

• Volume in ( MWh )

Export of electricity to the United States

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

• Yes
• No

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

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

• Volume in ( MWh )
• CAN$ '000

Delivery of electricity to other domestic utilities or distributors

17. 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?

e.g., utilities or distributors

• Yes
• No

18. 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

19. What was the volume 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.

	Volume in ( MWh )	CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total volume and value of delivered electricity to other domestic businesses

Disposition of electricity by type of consumer

20. 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

Delivery of electricity for consumers enrolled with retailers

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

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

	Volume in ( MWh )
Residential and agricultural consumers
Residential - single meter
Residential - bulk meter
Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
Corporate farms and support activities
Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total volume of electricity delivered to residential and agricultural consumers enrolled with retailers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
Iron ore mining
Oil and gas extraction and support activities
Other mining and support activities
Food manufacturing
Paper manufacturing
Iron and steel manufacturing
Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
Cement manufacturing
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total volume of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing consumers enrolled with retailers
Other consumers
Urban transit systems
Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
Public administration
Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total volume of electricity delivered to other types of consumers enrolled with retailers
Total volume of electricity delivered to consumers enrolled with retailers

22. 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.

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

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

	Volume in ( MWh )	Number of customers
Total volume 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

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

• Yes
• No

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

Exclude electricity delivered to other utilities or distributors.

	Volume in MWh
Residential and agricultural consumers
Residential - single meter
Residential - bulk meter
Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
Corporate farms and support activities
Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total volume of electricity delivered to the residential and agricultural 'end use' consumers
Mining and manufacturing consumers
Iron ore mining
Oil and gas extraction and support activities
Other mining and support activities
Food manufacturing
Paper manufacturing
Iron and steel manufacturing
Aluminum and non-ferrous metal manufacturing
Cement manufacturing
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
Chemical, pesticide and fertilizer manufacturing
Other manufacturing (not listed above)
Total volume of electricity delivered to mining and manufacturing 'end use' consumers
Other consumers
Urban transit systems
Pipeline transportation and natural gas distribution
Public administration
Street lighting (estimate if necessary)
Commercial and other Institutional (not listed above)
Total volume of electricity delivered to other types of 'end use' consumers
Total volume of electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers

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

	CAN$ '000
Residential and agricultural consumers
Residential - Single meter
Residential - Bulk meter
Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
Corporate farms and support activities
Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total value of electricity delivered to the residential and agricultural 'end use' consumers
Mining and manufacturing industries
All other types of 'end use' consumers
Total value of electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers

27. 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
Residential - Single meter
Residential - Bulk meter
Family farms (at farm rates or an estimate)
Corporate farms and support activities
Irrigation (at irrigation rates only)
Total number of customers, delivered to the residential and agricultural 'end use' consumers
Mining and manufacturing industries
All other types of 'end use' consumers
Total number of customers for electricity delivered to 'end use' consumers

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

	Volume in ( MWh )	Number of customers	CAN$ '000
Total volume 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

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

Transmission, distribution, and other losses was automatically calculated as the difference between your reported total supply of electricity and total disposition of electricity.

Transmission, distribution and other losses

Include:

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

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

	Volume in MWh
Supply
Production of electricity
Imported electricity from the United States
Withdrawal or purchased electricity from the grid
Total supply of electricity
Disposition
Consumed, generated or purchased electricity
Exported electricity to United States
Delivered electricity to other domestic businesses
Delivered electricity to consumers enrolled with retailers
Delivered electricity to 'end use' consumers
Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses
Total supply of electricity
Total disposition of electricity
Transmission, distribution and other losses

Changes and events that affected the business or organization

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
• Organisational change
• Price changes in labour or raw materials
• Natural disaster
• Recession
• Change in product line
• Sold business units
• Expansion
• New/lost contract
• Plant closures
• Acquisition of 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 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

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?

• Enter your comments