CVs for operating revenue - Amusement and recreation - 2017

CVs for operating revenue - Amusement and recreation
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for operating revenue - Amusement and recreation. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), CVs for operating revenue by Amusement parks and arcades and Other amusement and recreation industries, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography CVs for operating revenue
percent
Amusement parks and arcades Other amusement and recreation industries
Canada 0.85 1.22
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.00 2.06
Prince Edward Island 0.00 2.59
Nova Scotia 0.00 1.85
New Brunswick 0.00 1.28
Quebec 0.42 2.65
Ontario 1.31 2.53
Manitoba 0.00 2.57
Saskatchewan 0.00 2.54
Alberta 0.23 1.98
British Columbia 6.19 2.07
Yukon .. ..
Northwest Territories .. ..
Nunavut .. ..

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Canada's Official Poverty Line

In 2023, 10.2% of Canadians lived in poverty, compared with 9.9% in 2022. More information on Canada's Official Poverty Line

Canada's Official Poverty Dashboard

Opportunity for All – Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy introduces a dashboard of 12 indicators to track progress on deep income poverty as well as the aspects of poverty other than income, including indicators of material deprivation, lack of opportunity and resilience.

Dignity

Lifting Canadians out of poverty by ensuring basic needs — such as safe and affordable housing, healthy food and health care — are met.

Deep income poverty

In 2023, 5.3% of Canadians were living in deep income poverty, up from 5.0% in 2022. More information on Deep income poverty

Unmet housing needs and chronic homelessness

In 2021, 10.1% of Canadian households experienced core housing needs, down from 12.7% in 2016. More information on Unmet housing needs and chronic homelessness

Unmet health needs

In 2023, 9.1% of persons aged 15 years and over reported experiencing unmet health care needs, compared with 9.2% in 2022. More information on Unmet health needs

Food insecurity

In 2023, 19.1% of Canadians lived in households that had experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, up from 16.9% in 2022. More information on food insecurity

Opportunity and inclusion

Helping Canadians join the middle class by promoting full participation in society and equality of opportunity.

Relative low income

In 2023, 12.0% of Canadians had less than half the median after-tax income, compared with 11.9% in 2022. More information on Relative low income

Bottom 40% income share

In 2023, 21.1% of total after-tax income went to Canadians in the bottom 40% of the income distribution, same as in 2022. More information on Bottom 40% income share

Youth engagement

In 2024, 9.8% of Canadian youth (aged 15 to 24) were not in employment, education or training, up from 9.0% in 2023. More information on Youth engagement

Literacy and numeracy

In 2022, 18.1% of 15-year-old Canadians had low literacy skills, up from 13.8% in 2018. The percentage of adults (aged 16 to 65) with low literacy skills was 17.8% in 2022, compared with 16.5% in 2012.

Among 15-year-old Canadians, 21.6% had low numeracy skills in 2022, an increase from 16.3% in 2018. The percentage of adults (aged 16 to 65) with low numeracy skills was 19.0% in 2022, down from 22.5% in 2012. More information on Literacy and numeracy

Resilience and security

Supporting the middle class by protecting Canadians from falling into poverty and by supporting income security and resilience.

Median hourly wage

In 2024, the median hourly wage for Canadian employees was $30.00, up from $29.49 in 2023 (in 2024 dollars). More information on Median hourly wage

Average poverty gap

In 2023, Canadians who lived in families with incomes below Canada's Official Poverty Line were, on average, 33.3% below this line, a slight increase from 2022 (32.4%). More information on Average poverty gap

Asset resilience

In 2023, 71.4% of Canadians were asset resilient, up from 67.1% in 2019, meaning they had enough savings to cover three months of the low income measure. More information on Asset resilience

Low income entry and exit rates

Between 2021 and 2022, 5.0% of tax filers (1.18 million), who were not in low income in 2021, entered low income in 2022.

Between 2021 and 2022, 32.5% of tax filers (1.29 million), who were in low income in 2021, left low income in 2022. More information on Low income entry and exit rates

Market Basket Measure Poverty Index

In 2023, the Market Basket Measure Poverty Index was 70.3, compared with 68.3 in 2022. More information on Market Basket Measure Poverty Index

Opportunity for All

In August 2018, the Canadian government released Opportunity for All – Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy. Opportunity for All is a whole-of-government strategy that involves actions and investments that span across the federal government.

Sustainable Development Goals and Poverty

Goal 1 - No poverty of the Sustainable Development Goals is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why do we conduct this survey?

The purpose of this survey is to produce statistics on the stocks of frozen and chilled meat held in warehouses registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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Record linkages

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Data-sharing agreements

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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.

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For this survey, there is a Section 12 agreement with the Prince Edward Island statistical agency.

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 5.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current 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

Location of stocks

1. Are the stocks located at the following address?

Street
City, Province/Territory
Postal Code

  • Yes
  • No

Please report the address where the stocks are located.

  • Address (number and street):
  • City:
  • Province or territory:
    • Alberta
    • British Columbia
    • Manitoba
    • New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nova Scotia
    • Nunavut
    • Ontario
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Quebec
    • Saskatchewan
    • Yukon
  • Postal code:

Products in storage

2. Which of the following products were in storage at this location on January 1, 2019 ?

Select all that apply.

  • Pork - Domestic and imported
  • Beef - Domestic and imported
  • Veal - Domestic and imported
  • Mutton and lamb - Domestic and imported
  • Fancy meats
    • All meat categories include brains, livers, sweetbreads, tongues, stomachs, kidneys, lungs and other glands for pharmaceuticals.
    • Beef, veal, and lamb include tails, headmeat, weasand meat, gullets, neck trim and blood plasma.
  • None of the above

Pork - Domestic and imported

3. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) of the following domestic and imported pork products?

Include:

  • stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership
  • smoked pork products
  • stocks held for export.

Exclude:

  • stocks held at another site
  • meat that has been further processed such as sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners
  • back fat or rendered fat.

Conversion: 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds, 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms
Enter zero '0' if there are no stocks.

  Total stocks (kg)
Hams  
Loins  
Bellies  
Butts  
Picnics  
Ribs  
Backs and shoulders  
Trimmings  
Unclassified - other pork cuts and sundries not elsewhere listed
  • Include headmeat, weasand meat.
  • Exclude brains, liver, other fancy meats. These are reported in question 7a.
 
Total domestic and imported pork products  

Beef - Domestic and imported

4. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) of the following domestic and imported beef products?

Include:

  • stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership
  • stocks held for export.

Exclude:

  • stocks held at another site
  • meat that has been further processed such as sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners
  • back fat or rendered fat.

Conversion: 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds, 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms
Enter zero '0' if there are no stocks.

  Total stocks (kg)
Bone-in domestic  
Bone-in imported  
Boneless domestic  
Boneless imported  
Total domestic and imported beef products  

Veal - Domestic and imported

5. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) of the following domestic and imported veal products?

Include:

  • stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership
  • stocks held for export.

Exclude:

  • stocks held at another site
  • meat that has been further processed such as sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners
  • back fat or rendered fat.

Conversion: 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds, 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms
Enter zero '0' if there are no stocks.

  Total stocks (kg)
Bone-in domestic  
Bone-in imported  
Boneless domestic  
Boneless imported  
Total domestic and imported veal products  

Mutton and lamb - Domestic and imported

6. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) of the following domestic and imported mutton and lamb products?

Include:

  • stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership
  • stocks held for export.

Exclude:

  • stocks held at another site
  • meat that has been further processed such as sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners
  • back fat or rendered fat.

Conversion: 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds, 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms
Enter zero '0' if there are no stocks.

  Total stocks (kg)
Domestic mutton and lamb  
Imported mutton  
Imported lamb  
Total domestic and imported mutton and lamb products  

Fancy meats

7. What was the total stocks in kilograms (kg) of the following fancy meat products?

Include:

  • brains, livers, sweetbreads, tongues, stomachs, kidneys, lungs, other glands for pharmaceuticals
  • stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership
  • stocks held for export.

Exclude:

  • stocks held at another site
  • meat that has been further processed such as sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners
  • back fat or rendered fat.

Conversion: 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds, 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms
Enter zero '0' if there are no stocks.

  Total stocks (kg)
Pork - Exclude headmeat, weasand meat. These are reported in question 3i.  
Beef - Include tails, headmeat, weasand meat, gullets, neck trim, blood plasma.  
Veal - Include tails, headmeat, weasand meat, gullets, neck trim, blood plasma.  
Lamb - Include tails, headmeat, weasand meat, gullets, neck trim, blood plasma.  
Total fancy meats products  

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    • Specify the other changes or events
  • No changes or events

Contact person

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

Is 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)
    The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code)

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours
  • Minutes

2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Weekly Rail Performance Indicators Methodology

Table of Contents

Introduction

These methodologies have been prepared by the various railways and reflect how the various performance indicators have been calculated. Neither Transport Canada nor Statistics Canada are responsible for the contents of this document. The following methodologies were translated from English into French by Transport Canada and reviewed by the respective railways.

Canadian National

  1. Weekly Average Train Speed by Train Type
    • Industry train speed used (as submitted to the AAR), expressed in Kilometers per hour.
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59).
    • Calculated by summing the total train kilometres, and dividing by the total train hours operated.
    • Includes system trains running on Company lines, and system trains operating on non-system lines under trackage/running rights or as a detour (e.g. system trains operating on CP lines in the Fraser Canyon).
    • Excludes passenger, work and company service trains, yards, transfers, local trains, and road switchers. Excludes non-system trains operating on company lines under trackage/running rights or as a detour. Excludes crew change time, and other terminal time at crew change points.
    • Reported by train type (Manifest 200-400 series, I/M 100 series, Grain G800 series, Coal C700, Crude Oil (specific train ids) and Ethanol (specific train ids)).
    • Cross border trains are included immediately upon crossing the border. Mileage between reporting stations, i.e. Line Segments, are split to country and province and is aggregated to calculate total train miles, and total train hours operated.
  2. Weekly Average Dwell for our 10 largest Canadian terminals
    • Industry Process Dwell used (same as used for AAR performance report), expressed in hours per car.
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59).
    • The ten terminals selected for the report are those which have the largest number of cars processed. This same list of stations will be reported each week.
    • Average elapsed time from entry to exit of cars processed at major terminals (excludes cars on • through trains).
    • Entry events include train arrival, interchange receipt and customer release.
    • Exit events include train departure, interchange delivery and first placement.
    • Excludes cars placed into hold, storage or bad order, or company service cars.
    • An articulated car is counted as one regardless of the number of platforms.
  3. Weekly Average Cars On-line by Car Type
    • Weekly average of active cars online per day, calculated by averaging the daily car inventory (04:00 ET).
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59).
    • Active cars include cars on trains, in yards and at customer.
    • Includes CN owned and leased, private equipment and foreign equipment on-line.
    • Excludes stored cars including private cars in chargeable storage.
    • Excludes heavy bad order, dismantlers, company service, and passenger cars.
    • Excludes Private Cars placed on customer siding for more than 30 days.
    • An articulated car is counted as one regardless of the number of platforms.
  4. Weekly Average Dwell at Origin for Unit Train Shipments (grain, coal, auto, crude, ethanol and other unit trains)
    • Average time for cars in normal status measured from customer release to train departure.
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59). Excludes time for cars placed in chargeable hold.
    • Limited to B, C, G, S, U trains with more than 70 cars with same origin and destination.
    • (B-Potash, C-Coal, G-Grain, S-Sulphur and U-Other Unit trains – Crude/Ethanol).
    • Crude trains identified by specific train ids.
    • Release and train departure station must be the same.
    • Excludes time placed into chargeable hold (EX) between release and departure events.
  5. Weekly Average Trains Held Short of Destination
    • Weekly average count of late trains per day that are held at snapshot time (00:01 ET).
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59).
    • Held trains are defined as exceeding the scheduled time at the snapshot location by 1 hours.
    • Delays are broken down by cause (Crew, Locomotive Power, or Other).
    • Reported by train type (Manifest 200-400 series, I/M 100 series, Grain G800 series, Coal C700,
    • Crude Oil (specific train ids) and Ethanol (specific train ids)).
    • Delays caused by other reasons could include: disruption, weather, foreign, engineering, equipment, or passenger delays.
  6. Weekly Average Cars Unmoved for Over 48 hours
    • Weekly average count of cars per day in normal status in a yard, or tendered to CN on a customer track, that have not moved in over 48 hours.
    • Data is provided by AAR week (Saturday 00:01 to Friday 23:59).
    • Excludes cars that are placed at a customer, stored, in heavy bad order status, dismantlers and OCS cars.
    • Commodity is calculated by waybill Major Sub Group (a subset of Business Unit), except
    • Intermodal which is by Car Group, and Ethanol by STCC.
    • Uses daily snapshot at 23:50 ET.
  7. Weekly Total Grain Cars Loaded and Billed, Aggregated and by Province
    • Cars measured on waybill activation with Grain commodities (Business Unit Grain, see appendix for full STCC list).
    • Data is provided per Grain week, from Sunday 00:01 to Saturday 23:59
    • Province provided is the waybill CN origin.
    • Includes System-controlled and Private-controlled cars, and including all car types except Intermodal.
  8. Running Total Number and Average Days Late for Outstanding Grain Car Orders; Total New Car Orders, Filled and Cancelled During Past Week
    • Includes System-controlled covered hopper cars only.
    • Western Canada is managed by the Bulk Operations group.
    • Eastern Canada is managed by CCO as manifest orders.
    • Data is provided per Grain week, from Sunday 00:01 to Saturday 23:59
    • Western Canada orders reported are sourced from the Planned Service Report (PSR), set on the
    • Thursday prior to the order week, which excludes early customer cancelations and orders without terminal authorization. Eastern Canada orders are net orders, orders less cancellations.
    • Filled orders include add in’s, and cars spotted for the following or prior weeks orders.
    • An order is considered to be overdue if a car has not been supplied by Saturday 23:59.

Canadian Pacific

Request Definition of Term Formula of Calculation

1. System-average train speed by the following train types for the reporting week:

  1. Intermodal
  2. Grain unit
  3. Coal unit
  4. Automotive unit
  5. Crude oil unit
  6. Ethanol unit
  7. Manifest
  8. System

The average speed measures the line-haul movement from origin to destination excluding terminal dwell hours calculated by dividing the total train kilometers traveled by the total hours operated. This calculation does not include the travel time or the distance traveled by: i) trains used in or around CP’s yards; ii) passenger trains; and iii) trains used for repairing track. Only Canadian movements are recorded in the metric. In the instance of cross-border trains the measurement will begin at the border for trains entering Canada, or end at the border for trains leaving Canada.

Sum of total train miles / sum of total train hours

  • Train hours does not include station time
  • Trains are grouped based on train number or symbol with the following definitions:
    • Intermodal = 100,101,112,113,118,119,142,143,198,199
    • Grain unit = All 300 series
    • Coal unit = All 800 series
    • Automotive unit = 147
    • Crude unit = 602 to 615
    • Ethanol unit = all 630 and 640 series
    • Manifest = all 200 and 400 series
    • System = all symbolled trains

2. Weekly average terminal dwell time, measured in hours, excluding cars on run-through trains (i.e. cars that arrive at, and depart from, a terminal on the same through train) for that carrier’s system and its 10 largest terminals in terms of railcar capacity.

The average time a freight car resides within the yard boundaries of our 10 largest Yards in Canada based on volume, expressed in hours.

The timing starts with a car arriving in the Yard, a customer releasing the car to the Company, or a car arriving that is to be transferred to another railway. The timing ends when the car departs, a customer receives the car from CP or the freight car is transferred to another railway.

Freight cars are excluded if they are being stored at the terminal, used in track repairs, or travelling on a run-through train which does not require any processing.

System calculation includes all yards for which data is available in Canada (17 yards).

Sum of total dwell hours / sum of total cars handled

Top 10 includes the following: Alyth, Brandon, Clover Bar, Coquitlam, Moose Jaw, Regina, St Luc, Thunder Bay, Toronto Yard and Winnipeg (based on cars processed).

System calculation includes all yards for which data is available in Canada (17 yards). Includes the ten listed above plus: Hochelaga, Kamloops, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Sutherland, Vancouver, West Toronto.

3. Total cars on line by the following car types for the reporting week:

  1. Box
  2. Covered hopper
  3. Gondola
  4. Intermodal
  5. Multilevel (Automotive)
  6. Open hopper
  7. Tank
  8. Other
  9. Total

Average total cars online CP’s Canadian network for the seven (7) daily “snapshots” from the week.

Excludes Locomotives, Containers and miscellaneous cars on company service.

Sum of (Monday Snapshot Count+ Tuesday Snapshot Count……. + Friday Snapshot Count) / divided by # of days in the week (7)

Cars are grouped into Car Types using their AAR Car Codes from UMLER.

Snapshots taken between 00:01 – 02:00 every day.

Rounded to the closest whole number.

4. Weekly average dwell time at origin for unit train shipments sorted by grain, coal, automotive, crude oil, ethanol, and all other unit trains. (Dwell time refers to the time period from billing and release of a unit train at origin until actual movement by the carrier.)

Time (in hours) between the release of a car by a customer (empty or loaded) to the first movement of the car by CP.

Includes only cars that travelled on designated unit trains.

Excludes cars with offline origins.

Average (First Movement by CP Timestamp minus Release Loaded Event Timestamp)

Captures cars where the first movement by CP occurred within the given week.

Grouped by the planned commodity to be moved on the designated unit train.

5. The weekly daily average number of trains held short of destination or scheduled interchange for longer than six hours sorted by train type (intermodal, grain unit, coal unit, automotive unit, crude oil unit, ethanol unit, other unit, and manifest) and by cause (crew, locomotive power, or other).

The weekly daily average of trains delayed by 6 or more hours in a single location.

When more than one cause is present at the location, the main cause will be established based on the delay cause with the greatest amount of time at that location.

If sum of delay hours grouped by station >= 6 include, else exclude

  • Trains are grouped based on train number or symbol with the following definitions:

    • Intermodal = 100,101,112,113,118,119,142,143,198,199
    • Grain unit = All 300 series
    • Coal unit = All 800 series
    • Automotive unit = 147
    • Crude unit = 602 to 615
    • Ethanol unit = all 630 and 640 series

6. The weekly daily average of loaded and empty cars, stated separately, in revenue service that have not moved in more than 48 hours, sorted by the following classifications (intermodal, grain, coal, crude oil, automotive, ethanol, or all other). For purposes of this item, “moved” refers to making a train movement (departure) or a spot or pull from a customer location.

Average total cars online CP’s Canadian network dwelling over 48 hours for the seven (7) daily “snapshots” from the week.

Dwelling defined as the time (in hours) from the last movement event (i.e. Departure/Arrival or Spot/Pull from Customer).

Excludes Locomotives, Containers and miscellaneous cars on company service.

Excludes cars in Storage, in Placed Constructive status, in bad order status or Placed on a Customer’s track.

Sum of (Monday Snapshot Count+ Tuesday Snapshot Count……. + Friday Snapshot Count) / dived by # of days in the week (7)

Grouped by:

  • > 48hours

Snapshots taken between 00:01 – 02:00 every day.

Rounded to the closest whole number.

7. The weekly total number of grain cars loaded and billed, reported by State, aggregated for the following Standard Transportation Commodity Codes

Grain will be defined by the Canada Transportation Act (S.C. 1996, c. 10), Schedule II (Sections 147 and 155), Grain, Crop or Product.

Total grain cars loaded and billed” includes cars in shuttle service; dedicated train service; reservation, lottery, open and other ordering systems; and, private cars. Additionally, please separately report the total cars loaded and billed in shuttle service (or dedicated train service) versus total cars loaded and billed in all other ordering systems, including private cars.

Total number of Grain cars billed on CP’s Canadian network during the week with a commodity code of:

Please refer to Appendix A for STCCs list

Sum of cars billed.

Shuttle/Dedicated
>90 unique car numbers billed on the same day from the same Origin to the same Destination

Other
All other

8. For the aggregated STCCs in Item 7, report by State the following:

  1. The running total number of orders placed;
  2. Running total of orders filled;
  3. The number of orders unfilled, broken into 1-10 days, and 11+ days past due.
  1. Running total orders: Number of orders placed in reporting week
  2. Running total orders filled: Number of orders filled in reporting week
  3. Number of orders unfilled: Number of car orders with an empty want date between 1-10 days old and 11+ days old
  1. Count of car orders placed in Canada in reporting week
  2. Count of car orders filled in Canada in the reporting week
  3. Count of car orders with an empty want date, measured back in time from the week end date.

BNSF

Methodological Report of BNSF Railway Company

Pursuant to s. 77(4) of the Transportation Modernization Act, S.C. 2018, c.10 (the "Act"), BNSF Railway Company ("BNSF") provides the following explanation of the methodology used to generate the periodic reporting required under ss. 77(2)-(3) of the Act. Pursuant s. 77(2), Class I rail carriers are required to provide to the Minister of Transport information on specified service and performance indicators for that carrier's network in Canada for each period of seven days. While the Governor in Council is authorized pursuant to paragraph 50(1.01)(b) of the Canadian Transportation Act to make regulations requiring Class I rail carriers to provide information for the purposes of communicating service and performance indicators to the public, ss. 77(1)-(2) of the Act provides that until such regulations come into force, Class I rail carriers are to submit a report containing the information specified in 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(l)-(8), as adapted by s. 77(3) of the Act. Further, Transport Canada has provided instruction that reports provided pursuant to s. 77 of the Act must be limited to traffic the reporting Class I rail carrier moves through Canada. Consistent with the Act, BNSF's report reflects the requirements and guidance promulgated by the Surface Transportation Board of the United States (the "STB") relating to 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a), including Orders in STB Ex Parte No. 724, United States Rail Service Issues-Performance Data Reporting. Covered parties are required to submit their first report under the Act on December 5, 2018. The Act further provides that each Class I rail carrier shall, in its first report, provide an explanation of the methodology it used to derive the data contained therein, including the definition of unit train used for reporting purposes. Accordingly, BNSF provides the following information about the methodology employed to generate the data included with BNSF's initial performance data report that is being simultaneously electronically submitted to Transport Canada:

  • Data Element No. 1-Train Speed: Weekly system-average train speed by train type (intermodal, grain unit, coal unit, automotive unit, crude oil unit, ethanol unit, manifest, all system)

Data Element No. 1 reflects data that is currently provided by BNSF and other rail carriers through the AAR's public Weekly Performance Reports, available on the AAR website. Average speed is calculated by dividing train-kilometres by total hours operated, excluding yard and local trains, passenger trains, maintenance of way trains, and terminal time. BNSF's report (i) includes the two additional categories of "Crude oil unit" and "Ethanol unit" required by 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(l) that are not separately isolated in the AAR Weekly Performance Report, and (ii) is limited to our operations in Canada.

  • Data Element No. 2-Terminal Dwell Time: Weekly average terminal dwell time for the system and ten largest terminals by railcar capacity.

Data Element No. 2 also reflects data that is currently provided through the AAR's public Weekly Performance Reports. Consistent with the Act, the AAR report and BNSF's reporting obligations to the STB, terminal dwell has been measured as the average time a car resides at the specified terminal location expressed in hours, beginning with a customer release, received interchange, or train arrival event and ending with customer placement (actual or constructive), delivered or offered in interchange, or train departure event. Cars that move through a terminal on a run-through train are excluded, as are stored, bad ordered, and maintenance of way cars. Please note that the report lists only two terminals, Vancouver, BC and Winnipeg, MB, which are BNSF's only terminals in Canada. Further, Winnipeg experiences a limited volume of the car events that mark the measurement points for terminal dwell and will have no reportable events during many seven-day periods. For periods with reportable data, the reported dwell time may vary widely between periods due to the small number of events in each period. For this reason, BNSF believes that dwell time reported for Winnipeg is not likely to be an accurate indicator of operating performance at that location and cautions Transport Canada to consider this factor when reviewing the data provided in this Data Element.

  • Data Element No. 3-Cars Online: Weekly total cars on line by car type (box, covered hopper, gondola, intermodal, multilevel (automotive), open hopper, tank, other, total)

Data Element No. 3 also reflects data that is currently provided through the AAR's public Weekly Performance Reports. BNSF's report reflects the average of the daily on-line inventory of freight cars on our Canadian network. Articulated cars are counted as a single unit and cars on private tracks (e.g., at a customer's facility) are counted on the last Class I rail carrier on which they were located. Maintenance of way cars are also excluded.

  • Data Element No. 4-Dwell Time at Origin for Unit Trains: Weekly average dwell time at origin for loaded unit trains by type (grain, coal, automotive, crude oil, ethanol and all other unit trains)

BNSF has populated our report with data extracted from existing internal reports identifying the time between release of a loaded unit train by a customer at origin and the departure of the train from the facility for our traffic in Canada. This approach is consistent with the definition of dwell time provided in the STB's requirements on which the Act is based. The data is sorted by the individual unit train categories identified in 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(4), as referenced by the Act; "All Other Unit Trains" includes remaining categories of unit train shipments, including rock, sand and taconite unit trains. BNSF has also isolated non-origin interchange dwell and empty units from the periodic reporting.

  • Data Element No. 5-Trains Holding: Weekly average trains holding per day by train type (intermodal, grain unit, coal unit, automotive unit, crude oil unit, ethanol unit, other unit, and manifest) and by cause (crew, locomotive power and other)

BNSF has populated Data Element No. 5 with data extracted from a different internal source using the snapshot approach required by 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(5), as referenced by the Act (e.g., running a daily same-time snapshot of trains held in Canada and calculating the daily average for the seven-day period by adding up the number of trains holding from each daily snapshot and then dividing that number by seven). As BNSF has explained in the record relating to the STB requirements to which the Act refers, this Data Element captures trains held at a point on BNSF's Canadian network for numerous reasons entirely separate from railroad performance, including trains that are held as part of their routine operating plan, informed by the needs of shippers, receivers and/or connecting carriers. In addition, BNSF causation flags of "crew," "locomotive power" and "other" will continue to be applied manually by dispatchers and other operating personnel based on information available to them. Delay on a single train can be the result of several causes, but the dispatcher or operator may not be fully aware of all contributing causes and, in any event, manually selects only a single cause code, which becomes the only cause subsequently reflected in this Data Element.

  • Data Element No. 6-Cars Held: Weekly average loaded and empty cars in normal movement and billed to an origin and destination that have not moved in more than 48 hours, by type (intermodal, grain, coal, crude oil, automotive, ethanol, fertilizer, and all other)

BNSF has populated Data Element No. 6 using the snapshot approach required in 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(6), as referenced by the Act, by running a daily same-time snapshot of all loaded and empty cars being used in commercial service in Canada (excluding cars that have been placed in storage, constructively placed or bad ordered, and cars being used in railroad service such as ballast and other maintenance of way trains) and calculating the daily average for the week. In populating the fertilizer metric, BNSF has used the following fifteen fertilizer Standard Transportation Commodity Codes (STCCs): 2871236, 2871235, 2871238, 2819454, 2812534, 2818426, 2819815, 2818170, 2871315, 2818142, 2818146, 2871244, 2819173, 2871313, and 2871451. Cars have been counted by reference to the underlying rail equipment without accounting for how many individual units may be carried on a single piece of rail equipment. For example, an intermodal railcar will count as a single car even though it may carry multiple units (e.g., containers) at various points along the route. As with Data Element No. 5, BNSF has calculated the daily average for the week by adding up the number of qualifying cars holding from each daily snapshot and then divided that number by seven. It should also be noted that just because a car has been held at a point on the BNSF network for more than 48 hours does not mean that the car will not be delivered in a timely manner or even within the initial service plan - many cars are held in terminals and other locations on our network as part of the service design for the movement or for the convenience of a shipper or receiver. As with Data Element No. 5, potentially significant numbers of delays that are not linked to BNSF's own service performance will be captured as BNSF delays in the data reported pursuant to this Data Element.

  • Data Element No. 7-Grain Cars Loaded and Billed: Weekly total number of grain cars loaded and billed, reported by province, identifying totals in shuttle service versus total cars loaded in all other ordering systems

BNSF has populated Data Element No. 7 with total loaded and billed grain cars by province in a manner consistent with the way BNSF reports the number of cars loaded in the CS54 data submitted weekly to the AAR for public reporting. Total loaded and billed cars includes cars in shuttle service, dedicated train service, reservation, lottery, open and other ordering systems, and private cars with active waybills. For purposes of this Data Element, grain includes barley, corn, oats, rye, sorghum, wheat, other grain, soybeans, dry beans, dry peas, lentils, cowpeas and lupines.

  • Data Element No. 8-Grain Cars Orders: Weekly and by province, for railroad-owned and leased cars: (a) running total of car orders placed; (b) running total of orders filled; (c) for unfilled orders, number of orders that are 1-10 days past due and 11+ days past due, as measured for when the car was due for placement under the Class I rail carrier's governing tariff

BNSF has collected the data responsive to 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a)(8), as referenced by the Act, in a manner consistent with our prior reporting to the STB and our communications to our customers. To identify the running total of orders placed, we report the total number of new car orders placed during the seven day reporting period. The running total of orders filled is the number of that have been placed for loading over the seven day period. Under BNSF's governing tariffs, a pending car order is classified as past due when the shipment is more than three days past the shipper's want date. Any order with a want date that is more than three days old is considered a "Past Due" and any shipment that is Past Due on the Sunday during the current reporting period is allocated either into the 1-10 Day column or the 11+ Day column, depending on its age. Consistent with the Act, the data responsive to this Data Element is limited to traffic moving through Canada.

  • Definition of Unit Train: In our periodic report required by the Act, BNSF has maintained our historic train-symbol approach to identifying unit trains, which is used consistently in our company communications and tools used by our customers, and the historic informal and formal reporting provided to the STB, including the reporting required by 49 C.F.R. § 1250.2(a) on which the Act is based. To provide unit train specific metrics across the various reporting requirements, BNSF identifies unit trains by specific train symbols that reflect the specific service offerings available to our customers. For example, coal unit trains are identified by the letter at the start of the train symbol-C for loaded unit trains and E for empty unit trains. BNSF does not include intermodal trains in unit train reporting.
  • Reporting Period and Timing: Consistent with s. 77(5) of Act, each of BNSF's reports covers the period of 12:01AM Saturday to 11:59PM Friday with data being presented in the report due no later than five days after the last day of the period to which the information relates.

Conclusion

Consistent with the Act, BNSF will provide an update to the Minister of Transport in the event that BNSF changes the methodology used to generate the periodic report or changes the definition used to identify unit train traffic.

CSXT

Explanation of methodology

Under the Transportation Modernization Act, railways have been requested to report the below eight service metrics for Canadian operations, adopting a subset of current reporting to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board pursuant to 49 CFR 1250.2(a)(1)-(8). The explanations for each category below relate to CSXT’s reporting of these service metrics for its Canadian operations. For further context and clarification on terms and definitions, CSXT adopts as applicable the Explanation of Methodology submitted for CSXT’s regular STB reporting, which can be found on the STB’s website.

  1. Train Speed. All CSXT trains in Canada, including cross-border trains, are operated as local trains. Local, passenger, maintenance of way trains and yard jobs are excluded from CSXT train speed measurements. As a result, CSXT anticipates no velocity to report.
  2. Terminal Dwell. CSXT has four locations in Canada with reportable dwell events (note: four additional locations have negligible car counts; due to confidentiality concerns the data at these locations have been rolled up into a larger terminal). CSXT will report weekly average terminal dwell time, in hours, for these four locations.
  3. Weekly average cars on line. CSXT will report the weekly average of cars on line.
  4. Dwell time at origin for unit trains. CSXT anticipates no dwell time at origin for unit trains to report because CSXT does not originate any of the applicable unit train types in Canada.
  5. Trains holding. CSXT anticipates no trains holding to report because CSX does not move any of the applicable unit train types in Canada.
  6. Weekly average number of cars that have not moved in 48 hours or greater. CSXT will report loaded cars and empty cars in revenue service that dwell for 48 hours or greater. Cars will be reported by the requested classification based on a combination of STCC, car type and CSXT line-of-business. CSXT will report this statistic as the weekly average of seven daily same-time snapshots.
  7. Grain cars loaded and billed by state. CSXT anticipates no grain shipments to report because CSXT does not have any grain shipments in Canada.
  8. For grain reported in (7), railroad-owned or leased cars that move in manifest service. CSXT anticipates nothing to report because CSXT does not have any grain shipments in Canada. CSXT will periodically validate that there is nothing to report for categories 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8. Reporting will commence for categories 1, 4, and 5 when four or more of an applicable train type are operated during the week. As expressed in CSXT’s Explanation of Methodology to the STB, less than four trains in a given week is not viewed as statistically significant for service metric reporting purposes.

Norfolk Southern

Data Methodology

Overview:

Section 77 of the Transportation Modernization Act (“Act”) requires Class I rail carriers as defined in the Act, which includes Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“NSR”), to report certain service and performance indicators for their operations in Canada until regulations are issued by Transport Canada.

NSR’s only operation within Canada is one train a day that moves over less than two miles of a line of Canadian National Railway Company (“CN”) from the border crossing at Buffalo, New York, into CN’s yard in Fort Erie, Ontario. However, NSR is not the waybill carrier and does not receive any revenue for the Canadian portion of the move. Rather, such movement is purely for operational convenience of the parties to facilitate interchange of traffic between NSR and CN at Buffalo. The train is dispatched at the direction of CN and operated in accordance with CN’s rules and regulations. Consequently, NSR does not currently have any revenue operations or traffic in Canada

As a result, NSR does not have data to report for the interim service and performance indicators contained in the Act. Information on NSR’s system performance in the United States is collected by the Surface Transportation Board and can be accessed via the STB's website.

NSR provides a detailed explanation of the application of each of the service and performance indicators required under the Act to NSR’s Canadian operations below.

  1. Average Train Speed.
    NSR calculates train speeds for its U.S. system from data capturing the total train miles in line haul movement as well as the train transit segment move days by train type. NSR’s daily interchange operation with CN is performed with a local train operating out of Buffalo, NY. NSR does not include local trains in its train speed reporting or capture train speed data for local trains. As a result, NSR’s average train speed for all train types in Canada is N/A.
  2. Weekly Average Terminal Dwell.
    NSR does not have any terminals in Canada. As a result, NSR’s weekly average terminal dwell in Canada is N/A.
  3. Weekly Average Cars on Line.
    NSR does not have any tracks or facilities in Canada. Any NSR traffic moving into Canada is interchanged to CN upon arriving in CN’s Fort Erie Yard, and any NSR traffic received in interchange from CN in CN’s Fort Erie Yard is moved directly across the border and into NSR’s rail system in the United States. Therefore, NSR does not have any cars on line located in Canada. As a result, NSR’s weekly cars on line for all car types is Zero.
  4. Weekly Average Dwell Time at Origin.
    NSR does not originate any traffic in Canada. As a result, NSR’s weekly average dwell time at origin is N/A.
  5. Weekly Average Number of Trains Holding Per Day and by Cause.
    NSR does not have any tracks or facilities in Canada, and does not have the right to hold trains on the less than two miles of CN track over which it operates to facilitate interchange. As a result, NSR’s weekly average number of trains holding per day is Zero.
  6. Weekly Average of Loaded and Empty Cars Not Moving in 48 Hours.
    NSR does not have any tracks or facilities in Canada, and does not have the right to store cars on the less than two miles of CN track over which it operates to facilitate interchange. Cars being interchanged to CN in Ft. Erie go into CN’s account upon delivery, and cars received from CN in interchange in Ft. Erie only enter NSR’s account when NSR picks up the cars to pull to Buffalo. As a result, NSR’s weekly average of loaded and unloaded cars which have not moved in 48 hours is Zero.
  7. Weekly Total Number of Grain Cars Loaded and Billed by Province.
    NSR does not originate any traffic in Canada. As a result, NSR’s weekly total number of grain cars loaded and billed in each province is Zero.
  8. Grain Car Orders Placed and Filled by Province.
    NSR does not originate any traffic in Canada. As a result, NSR’s weekly total number of grain car orders placed and filled in each province is Zero.

Union Pacific

Background

Union Pacific does not own any rail lines in Canada. Nor does Union Pacific conduct any revenue operations in Canada. Union Pacific’s participation in cross-border rail transportation shipments is limited to the portion of the transportation south of the U.S.-Canada border, with the transportation north of the border provided by connecting railroads operating in Canada. As a result, the revenue Union Pacific receives from shippers is solely for that portion of transportation movements occurring within the United States.

There is one location on the U.S.-Canada border where Union Pacific’s train crews cross a short distance into Canada. At the border crossing between Eastport, Idaho, and Kingsgate, British Columbia, the trains Union Pacific interchanges with Canadian Pacific Railway for southbound movements must be scanned by United States Customs and Border Protection using a Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS) machine. This machine uses electronic imaging to scan the train and is located approximately 100 feet south of the border. On those movements, a Canadian Pacific crew stops the train approximately 100 feet north of the border. A Union Pacific crew then moves the train across the border and through the VACIS machine. On northbound train movements, the Union Pacific train crew pulls the train north of the border, beyond the end of Union Pacific’s tracks (which terminate at the border), onto the tracks of Canadian Pacific, and far enough north for the last car on the train to clear the VACIS machine. This maneuver means the Union Pacific train crews travel north into Canada only as far as one train length (approximately one mile) before Canadian Pacific takes over operation of the train.

Methodology

  1. Average Train Speed
    Average Train Speed is calculated by dividing train-miles by total hours from origin to destination, less intermediate terminal time. This measure excludes the following train categories: yard, local, passenger, foreign, and maintenance of way.
    For the purposes of reporting under Section 77 of the Transportation Modernization Act (TMA), Union Pacific’s Average Train Speed is either a null quantity or “not applicable”: (1) calculations should not include data from activities occurring in the United States (e.g., the portion of the movement between the U.S. origin/destination and the U.S./Canadian border); (2) the portion of the Union Pacific movement in Canada is limited to the distance sufficient to get the train over the border; (3) Union Pacific crews interchange after the last northbound car clears the border, so there is no true Canadian movement on Union Pacific to a destination; and (4) Union Pacific crews pick up southbound trains approximately 100 feet north of the U.S. border and then proceed through the VACIS machine, thus there is effectively no Canadian movement from origin.
  2. Average Terminal Dwell
    Average Terminal Dwell measures the average hours a car resides at the specified terminal location. It begins with train arrival, customer release, or interchange receipt. The measure ends with train departure, customer placement (actual or constructive), interchange offering or delivery. This measure excludes cars moving through the terminal on run-through trains, stored cars, bad ordered cars, and maintenance of way cars.
    For TMA purposes, Union Pacific’s Average Terminal Dwell is a null quantity. Even assuming that the VACIS machine constitutes a “terminal,” the southbound trains are run-through trains – thus no dwell. Even if there were a “dwell”, the measure does not include that “dwell” during a movement by Union Pacific in Canada. For southbound movements, Union Pacific crews pick up the train approximately 100 feet north of the U.S. border and then move the train directly across the border. For southbound traffic, any dwell while on Union Pacific is south of the border, and any dwell in Canada would occur after interchange to Canadian Pacific.
  3. Weekly Average Cars
    Average Cars On Line for the Week is the average daily inventory of all freight cars in the revenue fleet regardless of location or status, and includes cars on shortline railroads, cars delivered to customer facilities, and stored cars.
    For TMA purposes, Union Pacific’s Weekly Average Cars is also a null quantity or “not applicable.” Union Pacific has no trackage in Canada, and thus no cars online within Canada. We expect that Union Pacific’s Canadian interchange partners report any cars online in Canada that are delivered by or destined for Union Pacific on cross-border movements.
  4. Weekly Average Dwell Times at Origin
    Weekly Average Dwell measures the time from customer release to train departure at origin. The release would be measured using the last cut of five or more cars and would include both loaded and empty movements. This measure excludes trains received in interchange from another railroad and intermodal trains.
    For TMA purposes, this number for Union Pacific is either a null quantity or “not applicable.” Because the statutory measure excludes trains received in interchange from another railroad, southbound cross-border movements received in interchange from Canadian Pacific are, by definition, excluded. For northbound cross-borders movements, any origin on Union Pacific is in the United States, and thus not a Canadian origin.
  5. Average Number of Train Holdings (5a Crew, 5b Power, 5c Other)
    Average Weekly Trains Held Short of Destination or Scheduled Interchange is a cumulative measure using daily snapshots of active trains held for more than six consecutive hours and excluding yard and local trains. The measure is broken down by the attributing causes: (a) crew limitations; (b) lack of locomotive power; and (3) other (e.g., track maintenance, mechanical issues). This measure excludes non-Union Pacific holds, including customer holds, holds due to other railroads, rail incidents, and weather.
    For TMA purposes, this measure for Union Pacific is a null quantity. Any holds for southbound cross-border trains are on Canadian railroads, not Union Pacific. Any holds on Union Pacific of northbound cross-border trains are in the United States, not in Canada. Moreover, such holds are excluded from reporting. For example, trains delayed when moving through the VACIS machine, because of customs activity or the lack of track space north of the border, would be excluded non-Union Pacific holds.
  6. Average Cars Not Moving (6a Loaded, 6b Empty)
    Average Weekly Total Cars in Service Not Moving is measured using a daily snapshot of in-service freight cars that have not moved for 48 or more hours. The measure starts with the pull from the customer facility or interchange pick-up and excludes cars in hold status, empty cars not billed to a specific consignee, and non-revenue movements.
    For TMA purposes, this measure for Union Pacific is a null quantity. Pulls from customer facilities by Union Pacific occur solely within the United States. For southbound cross-border movements, Union Pacific has no pulls from customer facilities in Canada. Union Pacific’s pick-ups from interchange at the Canadian border involve no cars “not moving” because interchange only occurs when Union Pacific’s crew arrives and actually begins to move the cars across the Canadian border into the United States.
  7. Grain Performance
    Weekly Total Grain Cars Loaded and Billed is measured by aggregating the following Standard Transportation Commodity Codes (STCCs): 01131 (barley); 01132 (corn); 01133 (oats); 01135 (rye); 01136 (sorghum grains); 01137 (wheat), 01139 (grain, not elsewhere classified), 01144 (soybeans), 01341 (beans, dry), 01342 (peas, dry), and 01343 (cowpeas, lentils, or lupines).
    For TMA purposes, Union Pacific’s Weekly Total Grain Cars measure is a null quantity. Union Pacific does not load grain cars in Canada, and it does not bill for any transportation provided within Canada. All such billing is by Union Pacific’s Canadian interchange partners.

CVs for operating revenue - Specialized design services - 2017

CVs for operating revenue - Specialized design services - 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of CVs for operating revenue - Specialized design services. The information is grouped by Regions (appearing as row headers), CVs for operating revenue, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography CVs for operating revenue
percent
Canada 2.26
Newfoundland and Labrador 7.00
Prince Edward Island 0.00
Nova Scotia 5.22
New Brunswick 2.33
Quebec 5.31
Ontario 3.08
Manitoba 8.76
Saskatchewan 6.19
Alberta 5.94
British Columbia 6.81
Yukon 0.00
Northwest Territories 0.00
Nunavut 0.00

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This survey collects data from plants in Western Canada that use grain mainly to produce ethanol or biodiesel. The data will be used by Statistics Canada to calculate grain deliveries and to produce supply and disposition statistics. Information from agricultural surveys is used by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and other federal and provincial departments for economic research, and to develop and administer agricultural policies.

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      • 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 for ceased operations
    • 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

Grains purchased for industrial purposes

1. Which of the following grains did this company purchase for industrial purposes from August 1 to December 31 2018?

Include:

  • purchases from farmers
  • quantities purchased from companies
  • imported grains.

Select all that apply

  • Wheat
    • Excluding durum.
  • Durum wheat
  • Canola
  • Corn
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Flaxseed
  • Rye

Other grain purchased for industrial purposes - Specify the other grain purchased for industrial purposes:

Quantity of grain purchased for industrial purposes

2. From August 1 to December 31, 2018 , how much grain was purchased for industrial use from farmers and companies?

Include:

  • purchases from farmers
  • quantities purchased from companies
  • imported grains.

If your unit of measure is kilograms, please convert it to metric tonnes and round to one decimal place.

Quantity of grain purchased from farmers and companies (metric tonnes)
Grain Quantity purchased from farmers (metric tonnes) Quantity purchased from companies (metric tonnes)
Wheat    
Durum wheat    
Canola    
Corn    
Barley    
Oats    
Flaxseed    
Rye    
Other grain purchased for industrial purposes    

Grain stocks on December 31, 2018

3. On December 31, 2018 , what were the stocks in metric tonnes of the following grains held in your company's elevators?

Include imported grains.

If your unit of measure is kilograms, please convert it to metric tonnes and round to one decimal place.

Total grain stocks (metric tonnes)
Grain Total stocks (metric tonnes)
Wheat  
Durum wheat  
Canola  
Corn  
Barley  
Oats  
Flaxseed  
Rye  
Other grain purchased for industrial purposes  

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other
    • Specify the other changes or events
  • No changes or events

Contact person

1. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information. Is 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)
    The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code)

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours
  • Minutes

2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

October 2018 List of Briefing Notes

October 2018 List of Briefing Notes
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02/10/2018 Nominations for 2019 Executive Leadership Development Program, APEX Executive Knowledge Series and Other Targeted Leadership Programs OCS20180505 3
04/10/2018 PSMAC Sub-Committee on Enterprise Priorities and Planning (DM CEPP 2018-09-11) OCS20180512 7
10/10/2018 Approval of a Request for information on Medical assistance in Dying (MAID) information with Health Canada  OCS20180519 8
16/10/2018 Mental Health Performance Measurement Presentation to the Clerk OCS20180524 6
11/10/2018 Treasury Board Submission - 2021 Census of Population Program  OCS20180527 3
11/10/2018 Placing Evidence at the Centre of Program Evaluation and Design  OCS20180528 3
11/10/2018 Update on HR to Pay OCS20180529 3
11/10/2018 Harrassment  OCS20180530 3
17/10/2018 Conference Call on Monday October 22 with Dr. Gary Gillespie, Chief Economist, Government of Scotland  OCS20180537 6
17/10/2018 Meeting with Scott Streiner, Chair and CEO of the Canadian Transportation Agency OCS20180539 5
18/10/2018 Preparation for Bilaterial meeting with the Green Budget Coalition OCS20180543 5
23/10/2018 2017-18 Departmental Results Report: Supplementary Information posted online OCS20180546 3
30/10/2018 Treasury Board Submission: The modernization of the Canadian coroner and medical examiner database  OCS20180556 3
30/10/2018 Treasury Board Submission: Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development OCS20180557 3
30/10/2018 Meeting with the CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank OCS20180559 5
30/10/2018 Beyong 2020  OCS20180560 6

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Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS) Guide, 2017

Concepts used by the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS)

Designated trades

Apprenticeship training and trade qualifications in Canada are governed by the provincial and territorial jurisdictions. These jurisdictions determine the trades, for which, apprenticeship training is made available as well as the trades, for which, certificates are granted. These are referred to as designated trades. The jurisdictions also determine which of the designated trades require certification in order to work unsupervised in the trade. The list of designated trades varies considerably between the jurisdictions. Data from the Registered Apprenticeship Information System includes only those trades that are designated in at least one province or territory.

Registered apprentices are persons who are in a supervised work training program in a designated trade within their provincial or territorial jurisdiction. The apprentice must be registered with the appropriate governing body (usually a Ministry of Education or Labour or a trade specific industry governing body) in order to complete the training.

Trade Qualifiers or Trade Challengers are persons who have worked in a specific trade for an extended period of time, without necessarily having ever been an apprentice, and who have received certification from a jurisdiction.  This is usually done via a skills assessment examination in the trade.

Registrations

"Total Registrations" in apprenticeship programs is the count of any registrations that occurred during the reporting period (from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) within the 13 jurisdictions.

Total registrations = Already registered + New registrations + Reinstatements

  • Already registered - the number of registrations carried forward from the previous year
  • New registrations – new entrants to any apprenticeship program that occurred during the 12 month reporting period
  • Reinstatements - registrations by people who had left an apprenticeship program in a specific trade in a previous year and had returned to the same apprenticeship program during the reporting period

Red Seal and non-Red Seal Programs

The Red Seal Program sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespersons across Canada in specific trades, referred to as the “Red Seal” trades. Tradespersons who meet the Red Seal standards, through examination, receive a Red Seal endorsement on their provincial/territorial trade certificates.

Non-Red Seal trades do not have interprovincial standards. Many non-Red Seal trades do not have an examination requirement in order to work in the trade.

Certification

The requirements for granting a certificate varies by jurisdiction in Canada. In most instances, an apprentice is issued a certificate if he or she completes such requirements as supervised on-the-job training, technical training as well as passing one or more examinations. Most trade qualifiers, meanwhile, become certified once they pass an examination.

Certification terminology

There are jurisdictional differences in the names of certificates awarded. They may include:

Certificate of Apprenticeship
Diploma of Qualification
Certificate of Qualification
Journeyperson’s Certificate

Certificat d’aptitude
Certificat de compagnon
Certificat de compétence
Diplôme d’apprentissage

Federal, provincial and territorial changes pertinent to the interpretation of RAIS data

1 Starting in 2003, a change occurred in the reporting of Newfoundland and Labrador's information concerning newly registered apprentices and cancellations/suspensions.

2 Changes in Prince Edward Island's information system, starting with the reporting of 2005, may affect historical comparisons. Prince Edward Island made some adjustments and revisions, at the end of 2006, to their database which accounts for the change in the carry-over of registered apprentices at the beginning of 2007. In 2007, an increase in new registrations is to some extent related to a demand for skilled workers outside of the province. In 2008, technical issues with the Prince Edward Island's information system and reporting of data since the redesign of the Registered Apprenticeship Information System survey caused a number of apprentices not to be reported.

3 Revisions have been made to the Quebec 1991 to 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals.

4 As of 2008, the portion of total Quebec trade information coming from Emploi-Quebec is no longer being provided in aggregated form. The data from the province of Quebec includes all trades with the exception of the automotive sector.

5 In Ontario, differences may occur in the carry-over totals of active apprentices from 2006 to 2007. This is a result of the preparation and conversion of client data to Ontario's new relational database system in late 2006 and in the process a clean-up of inactive clients occurred and adjusted the active total of registered apprentices and their carry-over into 2007.

6 Minor trade code revisions, in 2006, to Manitoba.

7 For 2008, Alberta incorrectly included the Industrial warehousing trade with the Partsperson and Partsperson (material) trades and also excluded the Construction craft worker trade. A distinct feature of the Rig technician trade is that individuals may be registered as apprentices in the trade, however their certificates are granted as trade qualifiers (challengers).

8 Revisions have been made to the British Columbia 2005 data, which also change the previous Canada totals for 2005.

9 Prior to 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.

10 In 2008, Alberta reported a large number of discontinued apprentices, which was a result of them implementing a series of cancellations and suspensions of inactive apprentices.

11 New Quebec legislation introduced in 2008 and 2009, relating to Emploi-Quebec sector trades, have resulted in sme changes in the reporting of registered apprenticeship registrations.

12 An adjustment has been made to the Joiner trade in British Columbia, to include the trade in the Interior finishing major trade group, rather than in the previous Carpenters major trade group.

13 The Emploi-Québec 2010 data includes revised trade programs where some of the trades have been segmented into several levels. The segmenting of trade programs into levels creates a situation for possible multiple registrations and completions by a single individual apprentice, where previously only one registration and completion existed for this individual.

14 The Electronics technician (Consumer Products) trade was de-designated as a Red Seal trade in 2011.

15 The Gasfitter - Class A and Gasfitter - Class B trades were designated as Red Seal trades in 2012.

16 Changes in provincial regulations governing drinking water related trades currently reported by Emploi-Québec, have resulted in program changes, as well as the transferring of responsibility of some of these trades to the Conseil de la construction du Québec.

17 Since 2013, Ontario’s data is received from two organizations. The registration data continues to be reported by the Ministry of Advanced Education Skills Development (MASED). They are also responsible for issuing Certificates of Apprenticeships upon the completion of technical training and on-the-job hours. The Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) is responsible for reporting data on Certificates of Qualifications, which are issued to apprentices upon the completion of a certification exam. This administrative practice has affected the RAIS data in a number of different ways.

  1. On April 8, 2013, MASED awarded a Certificate of Apprenticeship to approximately 6,000 apprentices who had completed their technical training and on-the-job hours, and had not yet received a Certificate of Qualification.
  2. There are discrepancies in the number of apprentices in Ontario due to differences in how MASED and OCOT define an apprentice. OCOT considers apprentices to be their members, for whom they have received membership applications with payment of annual membership fees. MASED considers apprentices to be individuals for whom they have received signed training agreements. In the MASED registration data, apprentices can have active and inactive statuses, which can also contribute to discrepancies. Inactive apprentices, are apprentices with whom MASED has not received information about their progression in their apprenticeship program for more than a certain period of time. Active and inactive apprentices are included in the RAIS data.  As such, the RAIS data may include previously registered apprentices, who have since discontinued their apprenticeship program, but have not yet informed MASED that they have discontinued their program.
  3. Beginning in 2013, apprentices who discontinued from apprenticeship programs in the past, but who remained on the database as already registered apprentices began to be removed from MASED records. These removals appear in the RAIS data files following 2013, as there are increases in the number of discontinuations from one year to the next at the same time as there are decreases in the number of already registered apprentices in the following reference year.
  4. Apprentices who did not receive their Certificate of Qualification and Certificate of Apprenticeship in the same year were classified as trade qualifiers rather than apprentices for RAIS 2014 and 2015. To align the RAIS data with the standard definition of trade qualifier, these records were reclassified as apprentices with the release of the 2016 RAIS data. This revision led to a decrease of about 2,600 trade qualifiers in Ontario in both 2014 and 2015, in comparison with the previously released data.

18 In 2013, a regulatory change came into effect which affects both Ornamental ironworkers and Structural steel erectors under the jurisdiction of the Conseil de la construction du Québec. Workers in these two trades are now considered to be Ironworkers.  The impact of these changes is also felt in 2014 and 2015.

19 In 2013, changes were made to the Automotive Service Technician trades in British Columbia. Apprentices no longer have to complete mandatory work-based training hours at each program level before progressing to the next level of technical training.  The impact of these changes are also felt in 2014.

20 Certificates in the Steamfitter/Pipefitter trade under the Conseil de la construction du Québec, also include Plumbers.

21 The Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer), Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator) and Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe) trades were designated as Red Seal trades in 2014.

22 Since 2013, Building/Construction Metalworker has been coded to Metal Workers (other) instead of being included in the ‘Other’ category.

23 Trade qualifiers in trades governed by Emploi-Québec represent certificates granted to individuals who received recognition for previously completed training. Emploi Québec may, for example, recognize training in the case where an individual has a certificate in other provinces, territories, countries, or if the individual received a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) in Quebec. These trade qualifiers also represent certificates granted as part of the regular re-certification process required in certain trades.

24 In March of 2014, there were changes made to the eligibility for the Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit in Ontario. This may have affected registration counts in some trades including those for information technology.

25 Prior to 2014, three welder programs (level A, level B, and level C) were offered in British Colombia. Starting in 2014, these three programs began to be phased out and replaced by a single apprenticeship program for welders. This change will impact registrations and certifications in this trade for the years following 2014.