Classification used in the standard data tables to classify household expenditure data

This table details:

• The classification used in 2010 for the Household Expenditure Survey
• The collection method (i.e. from the interview questionnaire, from the diary of daily expenses or from administrative source)
• The reference period used

Survey of Household Spending, 2010

Code	Description	Collection method	Reference period
10100-23150	Total expenditure
10140-22310	Total current consumption
10140-13000	Food expenditures
10140-12950	Food purchased from stores
10140-10250	Bakery products
10140-10150	Bread and unsweetened rolls and buns
10140	Bread	Diary	2-week period
10150	Unsweetened rolls and buns	Diary	2-week period
10170-10180	Cookies and crackers
10170	Cookies and sweet biscuits	Diary	2-week period
10180	Crackers and crisp breads	Diary	2-week period
10210-10250	Other bakery products
10210-10230	Other bakery products (except frozen)
10210	Ready-to-bake bakery products (except frozen)	Diary	2-week period
10220	Pastry ready-to-eat (except frozen)	Diary	2-week period
10230	Other bakery products (except frozen)	Diary	2-week period
10240-10250	Frozen bakery products
10240	Dessert pies, cakes, squares and other pastries - prepared and frozen	Diary	2-week period
10250	Other frozen bakery products	Diary	2-week period
10280-10420	Cereal grains and cereal products
10280-10290	Rice and rice mixes
10280	Rice	Diary	2-week period
10290	Rice mixes	Diary	2-week period
10310-10330	Pasta products
10310	Pasta (fresh or dry)	Diary	2-week period
10320	Pasta products (canned)	Diary	2-week period
10330	Pasta mixes	Diary	2-week period
10360-10420	Other cereal grains and cereal products
10360-10370	Flour and flour-based mixes
10360	Flour	Diary	2-week period
10370	Cake and other flour-based mixes	Diary	2-week period
10390-10420	Breakfast cereal and other grain products (except infant)
10390	Breakfast cereal (except infant cereals)	Diary	2-week period
10400	Other cereal grains (unmilled or milled)	Diary	2-week period
10410	Cereal bars	Diary	2-week period
10420	Cereal-based snack food	Diary	2-week period
10430-10880	Fruit, fruit preparations and nuts
10430-10560	Fresh fruit
10430	Apples (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10440	Bananas and plantains (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10450	Grapes (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10460-10470	Peaches and Nectarines (fresh)
10460	Peaches (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10470	Nectarines (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10480	Pears (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10490-10520	Berries (fresh)
10490	Strawberry (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10500-10520	Other berries (fresh)
10500	Blueberry (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10510	Raspberry (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10520	All other berries (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10530	Citrus Fruit (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10540-10560	Other fruit and organic fruit (fresh)
10540	Other fruit (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10550	Organic fruit (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10560	Melons and Specialty Melons (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10600-10780	Preserved fruit and fruit preparations
10600-10650	Fruit juice
10600-10610	Citrus juice (except concentrated)	Diary	2-week period
10620-10630	Other fruit juices (except concentrated)
10620	Apple juice (except concentrated)	Diary	2-week period
10630	All other fruit juices (except concentrated)	Diary	2-week period
10640-10650	Concentrated fruit juice	Diary	2-week period
10710-10780	Other preserved fruit and fruit preparations
10710-10730	Preserved fruit (including fruit pie filling and frozen fruit)
10710	Canned or bottled fruit	Diary	2-week period
10720	Fruit Pie filling	Diary	2-week period
10730	Frozen fruit	Diary	2-week period
10750-10760	Dried or other preserved fruit
10750	Raisins	Diary	2-week period
10760	Other dried or preserved fruit	Diary	2-week period
10770	Jams, jellies, marmalades and similar preserves	Diary	2-week period
10780	Fruit drinks (canned, bottled or frozen)	Diary	2-week period
10800-10880	Nuts and seeds
10800	Peanuts (shelled or unshelled)	Diary	2-week period
10820-10880	Other nuts and edible seeds	Diary	2-week period
10910-11380	Vegetables and vegetable preparations
10910-11130	Fresh vegetables
10910	Potatoes (except sweet potatoes)	Diary	2-week period
10920	Tomatoes (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10930	Lettuce (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10940	Cabbage (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10950	Carrots (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10960	Onions (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10970	Celery (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10980	Cucumber (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
10990	Mushrooms (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11000	Broccoli (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11020-11130	Other vegetables (fresh)
11020	Cauliflower (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11030	Seaweed	Diary	2-week period
11040	Corn	Diary	2-week period
11050	Eggplant	Diary	2-week period
11060	Squash	Diary	2-week period
11070	Peppers	Diary	2-week period
11080	Peas (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11090	Beans (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11100	Vegetable mix (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11110	All other vegetables (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11120	Other legumes (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11130	Organic vegetables (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
11150-11260	Frozen and dried vegetables
11150	Potato products (frozen)	Diary	2-week period
11170-11210	Other frozen vegetables
11220-11260	Dried vegetables and legumes	Diary	2-week period
11290-11380	Canned vegetables and other vegetable preparations	Diary	2-week period
11290-11350	Canned or bottled vegetables
11290	Tomatoes (canned or bottled, including tomato paste)	Diary	2-week period
11300	Peas (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
11310	Beans (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
11320-11350	Other vegetables or legumes (canned or bottled, except infant food)
11320-11330	Other legumes (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
11340	All other vegetables (canned or bottled, except infant foods)	Diary	2-week period
11350	Vegetable mix (canned)	Diary	2-week period
11360	Ready-to-serve or ready-to-cook prepared salads and side dishes, fruit or vegetable based	Diary	2-week period
11370-11380	Vegetable juice (canned or bottled)
11370	Tomato juice (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
11380	Other vegetables juices (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
11410-11730	Dairy products and eggs
11410-11480	Cheese
11410	Cheddar cheese	Diary	2-week period
11420	Mozzarella cheese	Diary	2-week period
11430	Process cheese	Diary	2-week period
11450-11480	Other cheeses
11450	Cottage cheese, ricotta cheese and other unripened cheese	Diary	2-week period
11460	Other natural and ripened cheese	Diary	2-week period
11470	Cream cheese	Diary	2-week period
11480	Other cheeses	Diary	2-week period
11510-11560	Milk
11510	Fluid whole milk	Diary	2-week period
11520-11530	Fluid low-fat milk
11520	Fluid low fat milk (2%)	Diary	2-week period
11530	Fluid low-fat milk (1%)	Diary	2-week period
11550-11560	Other low-fat and skim milk
11550	Fluid skim milk	Diary	2-week period
11560	Other fluid milk	Diary	2-week period
11570	Butter	Diary	2-week period
11580	Ice cream and ice milk (including novelties)	Diary	2-week period
11610-11700	Other dairy products
11610-11630	Other processed milk products	Diary	2-week period
11650-11700	Other processed dairy products
11650	Frozen yogurt	Diary	2-week period
11660	Cream (except sour cream)	Diary	2-week period
11670	Other Dairy products	Diary	2-week period
11690-11700	Dairy product substitutes	Diary	2-week period
11720-11730	Eggs and other egg products
11720	Eggs	Diary	2-week period
11730	Other egg products	Diary	2-week period
11750-11840	Meat
11750	Beef	Diary	2-week period
11760	Pork	Diary	2-week period
11770-11780	Poultry
11770	Turkey	Diary	2-week period
11780	Chicken	Diary	2-week period
11790-11840	Other meat and poultry	Diary	2-week period
11870-12020	Processed meats
11870-11880	Ham and Bacon
11870	Bacon	Diary	2-week period
11880	Uncooked hams and dinner hams (except deli-style and canned)	Diary	2-week period
11910-12020	Other processed meat	Diary	2-week period
11910-11920	Sausage and wieners
11910	Sausage (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
11920	Wieners (except canned)	Diary	2-week period
11930	Deli and deli-style meat	Diary	2-week period
11960-12020	Other meat preparations (including canned)
11960-11990	Other meat preparations (except canned)	Diary	2-week period
12010-12020	Meat stew and other meat preparations (canned)	Diary	2-week period
12050-12210	Fish and seafood
12050-12090	Fresh or frozen fish
12050	Cod (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
12060	Flounder and sole (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
12070	Haddock (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
12080	Salmon (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
12090	Other fish (fresh or frozen, uncooked)	Diary	2-week period
12110-12140	Canned or other preserved fish
12110	Tuna (canned)	Diary	2-week period
12120	Salmon (canned)	Diary	2-week period
12130	Other fish (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
12140	Cured fish	Diary	2-week period
12160-12210	Seafood and other marine products
12160	Shrimps and prawns	Diary	2-week period
12170-12210	All other seafood and marine products
12170	Lobster	Diary	2-week period
12180	Crab	Diary	2-week period
12190	Mussels	Diary	2-week period
12200	Other shellfish	Diary	2-week period
12210	Other marine products	Diary	2-week period
12240-12950	Non-alcoholic beverages and other food products
12240-12350	Non-alcoholic beverages and beverage mixes
12250-12270	Coffee and tea
12250	Roasted or ground coffee	Diary	2-week period
12260	Other coffee	Diary	2-week period
12270	Tea (including herbal)	Diary	2-week period
12290-12350	Non-alcoholic beverages
12290	Carbonated soft drinks	Diary	2-week period
12300-12310	Carbonated water and flavoured Water	Diary	2-week period
12320	Bottled water	Diary	2-week period
12330	Food replacement (powders and drinks)	Diary	2-week period
12340	Other non-alcoholic beverages	Diary	2-week period
12350	Sports and energy drinks	Diary	2-week period
12380-12480	Sugar and confectionery
12380-12420	Sugar, syrups and sugar substitute
12380	Sugar	Diary	2-week period
12390	Artificial sweeteners	Diary	2-week period
12400	Syrups and molasses	Diary	2-week period
12410	Sugar preparations for baking and desserts	Diary	2-week period
12420	Other sugar, confections and preparations	Diary	2-week period
12440-12480	Candies and chocolates
12440	Chocolate bars	Diary	2-week period
12450	Other chocolate confections	Diary	2-week period
12460	Baking chocolate, cocoa and chocolate substitutes	Diary	2-week period
12470	Sugar Candy	Diary	2-week period
12480	Gum	Diary	2-week period
12500-12540	Margarine, oils and fats (excluding butter)
12500	Margarine	Diary	2-week period
12510	Cooking and salad oils	Diary	2-week period
12520	Lard	Diary	2-week period
12530	Shortening	Diary	2-week period
12540	Other oils and fats	Diary	2-week period
12560-12640	Condiments, spices and vinegars
12560	Mayonnaise, salad dressings and dips	Diary	2-week period
12570	Pasta and pizza sauces (canned, bottled or dried)	Diary	2-week period
12580	Other sauces and gravies (canned, bottled or dried)	Diary	2-week period
12590	Dried herbs and spices	Diary	2-week period
12600	Food seasonings (including table salt)	Diary	2-week period
12610	Ketchup	Diary	2-week period
12620	Other condiments (including vinegar)	Diary	2-week period
12630	Pickled vegetables (including olives)	Diary	2-week period
12640	Fresh herbs	Diary	2-week period
12650-12680	Infant food
12650	Infant formula	Diary	2-week period
12660	Infant cereals and biscuits	Diary	2-week period
12670	Canned or bottled infant food	Diary	2-week period
12680	Other infant food (including frozen)	Diary	2-week period
12690-12730	Frozen prepared foods
12690	Frozen dinners and entrees	Diary	2-week period
12700	Frozen pizza	Diary	2-week period
12710	Frozen side dishes	Diary	2-week period
12720	Fish portions (pre-cooked and frozen)	Diary	2-week period
12730	Other frozen prepared food	Diary	2-week period
12750-12760	Soup (except infant soup)
12750	Soup (chilled, frozen, canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
12760	Soup (dried)	Diary	2-week period
12780-12810	Ready-to-serve prepared food
12780	Dinners and entrees (except frozen)	Diary	2-week period
12790	Pizza (except frozen)	Diary	2-week period
12800	Other ready-to-serve prepared food	Diary	2-week period
12805	Other salad and side dishes	Diary	2-week period
12810	Other prepared food (fresh)	Diary	2-week period
12940-12950	Snack food
12940	Potato-based snack foods	Diary	2-week period
12950	Other snack foods	Diary	2-week period
12820-12920	All other food preparations
12820	Peanut butter and other nut butters	Diary	2-week period
12830	Honey	Diary	2-week period
12840-12850	Flavoured drink powders, crystals and syrups
12840	Fruit-flavoured drink powders, crystals and syrups	Diary	2-week period
12850	Other drink flavouring powders and syrups (except fruit flavours)	Diary	2-week period
12860	Non-dairy frozen ice treats	Diary	2-week period
12870-12890	Desserts powders (canned or bottled)
12870	Jelly powders	Diary	2-week period
12880	Prepared dessert powders	Diary	2-week period
12890	Puddings, custards and jellied desserts (canned or bottled)	Diary	2-week period
12900	Other materials for food preparation	Diary	2-week period
12910	Tofu	Diary	2-week period
12920	Other canned, bottled or dried meals	Diary	2-week period
12970-13000	Food purchased from restaurant
12970-12990	Restaurant - Meals
12970	Restaurant - Dinner	Diary	2-week period
12980	Restaurant - Lunch	Diary	2-week period
12990	Restaurant - Breakfast	Diary	2-week period
13000	Restaurant - Snacks/beverages	Diary	2-week period
14000-14380	Shelter
14000-14270	Principal accomodation
14000-14040	Rented living quarters
14000-14010	Rent	Interview	Last payment, last 12 months
14020	Tenants' repairs and improvements	Interview	Last 12 months
14030	Tenants' insurance premiums	Interview	Last payment
14040	Parking (excluding parking amounts reported with rent expenses)	Interview	Last payment
14070-14190	Owned living quarters
14070-14084	Regular mortgage payments	Interview	Last payment, last 12 months
14090	Repairs and maintenance	Interview	Last 12 months
14100	Condominium charges	Interview	Last payment
14110	Property taxes	Interview	Last 12 months
14120	Homeowners' insurance premiums	Interview	Last payment
14140-14190	Other expenditures for owned living quarters
14140	Commissions for sale of real estate	Interview	Last 12 months
14150	Legal fees related to the dwelling(s)	Interview	Last 12 months
14160	Mortgage insurance premiums	Interview	Last 12 months
14170	Other expenses (surveying fees and appraisals)	Interview	Last 12 months
14180	Registration fees, renewal fees and early renewal or closing penalties	Interview	Last 12 months
14190	Transfer taxes and land registration fees	Interview	Last 12 months
14210-14270	Water, fuel and electricity
14210	Water and sewage	Interview	Last payment
14220	Electricity	Interview	Last payment
14230	Natural gas	Interview	Last payment
14250-14270	Other fuel	Interview	Last 12 months
14300-14380	Other accommodation
14300-14346	Owned vacation homes and other secondary residences
14300	Annual mortgage payment (excluding payments made at time of sale)	Interview	Last 12 months
14310	Property taxes and sewage charges	Interview	Last 12 months
14320	Insurance premiums	Interview	Last 12 months
14330	Electricity, water and fuel	Interview	Last 12 months
14342-14346	Other expenses for other owned residence	Interview	Last 12 months
14352-14358	Other owned properties	Interview	Last 12 months
14370-14380	Accommodation away from home
14370	Hotels or motels	Interview	Last 12 months
14380	Other accommodations away from home	Interview	Last 12 months
15120-15440	Household Operation
15120-15170	Communications
15120-15140	Telephone
15120	Landline telephone services	Interview	Last payment
15130	Cell phone, pager and handheld text messaging services	Interview	Last payment
15140	Purchase of telephones and equipment	Diary	2-week period
15150	Internet access services	Interview	Last payment
15160	On-line services	Interview	Last payment
15170	Postal and other communication services	Diary	2-week period
15180	Domestic and other custodial services (excluding child care)	Interview	Last 3 months
15200-15220	Pet expenses
15200	Pet food	Diary	2-week period
15210	Purchase of pets and related pet goods	Diary	2-week period
15220	Veterinarian and other services	Diary	2-week period
15240-15260	Household cleaning supplies and equipment
15240	Detergent and other soaps	Diary	2-week period
15250	Other household cleaning supplies	Diary	2-week period
15260	Cleaning equipment (non-electric)	Diary	2-week period
15280-15300	Paper, plastic and foil household supplies
15280	Stationery (excluding school supplies)	Diary	2-week period
15290	Other paper supplies	Diary	2-week period
15300	Plastic and foil supplies	Diary	2-week period
15320-15340	Garden supplies and services
15320	Nursery and greenhouse stock, cut flowers, decorative plants and planting seeds	Diary	2-week period
15330	Fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, soil and soil conditioners	Diary	2-week period
15340	Horticultural services, snow and garbage removal	Diary	2-week period
15350	Other household supplies	Diary	2-week period
15400-15440	Child Care
15400-15410	Child care outside the home
15400	Day-care centre	Interview	Last month
15410	Other child care outside the home	Interview	Last month
15420	Regular child care in the home	Interview	Last month
15430	Day board and children's lunches paid to private households	Diary	2-week period
15440	Occasional babysitting	Diary	2-week period
15500-15870	Household furnishings and Equipment
15500-15570	Household furnishings, Art and Antiques
15500	Furniture	Interview	Last 12 months
15510	Rugs, mats and underpadding	Interview	Last 12 months
15522-15524	Art, antiques and decorative ware	Interview	Last 12 months
15530	Linen	Diary	2-week period
15540	Lamps and lampshades	Diary	2-week period
15550-15570	Other household furnishings (curtains, mirrors and picture frames)	Diary	2-week period
15620-15800	Household equipment
15620-15710	Household appliances
15620	Refrigerators and freezers	Interview	Last 12 months
15630	Microwave ovens	Interview	Last 12 months
15640	Cooking appliances	Interview	Last 12 months
15650	Washers and dryers	Interview	Last 12 months
15660	Dishwashers (including built-in appliances)	Interview	Last 12 months
15670	Room air conditioners, portable humidifiers and dehumidifiers	Interview	Last 12 months
15680-15710	Other electric equipment and appliances (including parts and attachments)	Diary	2-week period
15720-15800	Other household equipment
15720-15732	Home and workshop tools and equipment	Diary	2-week period
15740-15752	Lawn, garden and snow-removal equipment	Diary	2-week period
15760-15775	Non-electric kitchen and cooking equipment	Diary	2-week period
15780	Luggage	Diary	2-week period
15790	Other household equipment, parts and accessories	Diary	2-week period
15800	Home security equipment	Diary	2-week period
15810-15830	Maintenance and repairs of furniture and equipment	Diary	2-week period
15850-15870	Services related to furnishing and equipment
15852-15854	Rental of heating equipment	Interview	Last payment
15860	Other services related to furnishing and equipment	Diary	2-week period
15870	Home security services	Interview	Last payment
40010-45040	Clothing and accessories
40010	Clothing	Interview	Last 3 months
40030-40040	Footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
40050	Accessories	Interview	Last 3 months
40070-40080	Jewellery and watches	Interview	Last 3 months
40090	Clothing gifts to non-household members	Interview	Last 3 months
41010-41090	Women's and Girls' wear (4 years and over)
41010	Clothing	Interview	Last 3 months
41030-41040	Footwear
41030	Athletic footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
41040	Non athletic footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
41050	Accessories	Interview	Last 3 months
41070-41080	Jewellery and watches
41070	Watches	Interview	Last 3 months
41080	Jewellery	Interview	Last 3 months
41090	Clothing gifts to non-household members	Interview	Last 3 months
42010-42090	Men's and Boys' wear (4 years and over)
42010	Clothing	Interview	Last 3 months
42030-42040	Footwear
42030	Athletic footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
42040	Non athletic footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
42050	Accessories	Interview	Last 3 months
42070-42080	Jewellery and watches
42070	Watches	Interview	Last 3 months
42080	Jewellery	Interview	Last 3 months
42090	Clothing gifts to non-household members	Interview	Last 3 months
43010-43040	Children's wear (under 4 years)
43010	Clothing and cloth diapers	Interview	Last 3 months
43030	Footwear	Interview	Last 3 months
43040	Clothing gifts to non-household members	Interview	Last 3 months
45000	Clothing material, yarn, thread, and other notions (excluding household textiles)	Diary	2-week period
45010-45040	Clothing Services
45010	Laundry and dry-cleaning service	Diary	2-week period
45020	Laundromats and self-service dry cleaning	Diary	2-week period
45030-45040	Clothing rental, tailoring, alteration services and other clothing services
45030	Clothing rental, tailoring, alteration services	Diary	2-week period
45040	Other clothing services	Diary	2-week period
16100-16530	Transportation
16100-16460	Private transportation
16100-16190	Expenses on vehicle used for private use
16100-16120	Purchase of vehicles
16100	Automobiles	Interview	Last 12 months
16110	Vans (including mini-vans)	Interview	Last 12 months
16120	Trucks (including sport utility vehicles)	Interview	Last 12 months
16130-16150	Automotive accessories	Interview, Diary	Last 12 months, 2-week period
16140	Children's car seats and booster seats	Interview	Last 12 months
16160-16180	Regular leasing payment
16160	Payment for automobiles	Interview	Last payment
16170	Payment for vans	Interview	Last payment
16180	Payment for trucks	Interview	Last payment
16190	Other leasing costs (include down payment and closing costs)	Interview	Last 12 months
16230-16240	Rented vehicles
16230	Rental fees (including insurance and mileage)	Interview	Last 12 months
16240	Other expenses for rented automobiles and trucks	Diary	2-week period
16280-16460	Automobiles and trucks operation
16280	Registration fees (including insurance if part of registration)	Interview	Last 12 months
16290	Private and public vehicle insurance premiums	Interview	Last payment
16300-16320	Tires, batteries, and other automotive parts and supplies	Diary	2-week period
16330-16400	Maintenance and repair	Diary	2-week period
16410	Vehicle security and communication services	Interview	Last payment
16420	Gas and other fuels	Diary	2-week period
16430	Other automobile and truck operation services	Diary	2-week period
16440	Parking costs excluding parking fees at the place of residence for renters and traffic and parking tickets	Interview	Last month
16450-16460	Miscellaneous Vehicle-related expenses
16450	Drivers' licences and tests	Interview	Last 12 months
16460	Driving lessons	Interview	Last 12 months
16470-16530	Public transportation services
16470	City or commuter bus, subway, street car and commuter train	Interview	Last 3 months
16480	Taxi (including tips)	Interview	Last 3 months
16490	Other local passenger transportation	Interview	Last 3 months
16500	Airplane	Interview	Last 12 months
16510	Highway bus	Interview	Last 12 months
16522-16524	Other inter-city passenger transportation services	Interview	Last 12 months
16530	Household moving, storage and delivery services	Interview	Last 12 months
17060-17250	Health Care
17060-17190	Direct costs to household
17060	Medicines, drugs and pharmaceutical products prescribed	Interview	Last 3 months
17070-17080	Other medicines and pharmaceutical products and health care supplies	Diary	2-week period
17090-17120	Health care services
17092-17094	Health care practitioners	Interview	Last 12 months
17100	Physicians' care	Interview	Last 12 months
17110	Weight control programs, quit-smoking programs and other medical services	Interview	Last 12 months
17120	Hospital care, nursing homes and other residential care facilities	Interview	Last 12 months
17160-17180	Eye-care goods and services
17160	Prescription eye wear	Interview	Last 12 months
17170-17175	Other eye care goods and non-prescribed eyewear	Diary	2-week period
17180	Eye care services (e.g., surgery, exams)	Interview	Last 12 months
17190	Dental services	Interview	Last 12 months
17210-17250	Health insurance premiums
17210	Public hospital, medical and drug plans	Interview	Last 12 months
17230-17250	Private health insurance plans
17230	Private health care plans	Interview	Last 12 months
17240	Dental plans sold as separate policies	Interview	Last 12 months
17250	Accident or disability insurance	Interview	Last 12 months
18020-18140	Personal Care
18020-18100	Personal care preparations
18020	Hair care products	Diary	2-week period
18030-18040	Makeup, skin care, manicure and fragrance products
18030	Makeup, skin care and manicure products	Diary	2-week period
18040	Fragrance products	Diary	2-week period
18050	Personal deodorants	Diary	2-week period
18060	Body soaps	Diary	2-week period
18070	Oral hygiene products	Diary	2-week period
18080	Disposable diapers	Diary	2-week period
18090	Electric hair-styling and personal care appliances	Diary	2-week period
18100	Other personal care supplies and equipment	Diary	2-week period
18110-18140	Personal care services
18110	Hair grooming services	Diary	2-week period
18130-18140	Other personal care services (including spa and massages)	Diary	2-week period
19050-19770	Recreation
19050-19290	Recreation equipment and associated services
19050-19060	Sports and athletic equipment and services associated	Diary	2-week period
19070	Playground equipment, above-ground pools and accessories	Diary	2-week period
19080	Toys and children's vehicles	Diary	2-week period
19090	Video game systems and parts (excluding for computers)	Diary	2-week period
19100	Artists' materials, handicraft and hobby craft kits and materials	Diary	2-week period
19140-19170	Computer equipment and supplies
19140	Computer hardware	Interview	Last 12 months
19150-19160	Computer software	Diary	2-week period
19170	Computer supplies and other equipment	Diary	2-week period
19220-19240	Photographic goods and services
19220-19230	Cameras and accessories	Diary	2-week period
19240	Photographic services	Interview	Last 3 months
19250	Musical instruments, parts and accessories	Diary	2-week period
19260	Expenses for collectors' items (stamps, coins)	Interview	Last 12 months
19270	Camping, picnic equipment and accessories (excluding BBQ's)	Diary	2-week period
19280	Supplies and parts for recreational equipment	Diary	2-week period
19290	Rental, maintenance and repairs of recreational equipment	Diary	2-week period
19300-19395	Home entertainment equipment and services
19300-19370	Home entertainment equipment
19300-19310	Audio equipment	Interview	Last 12 months
19320	Blu-Ray DVD players	Interview	Last 12 months
19330	Other DVD players	Interview	Last 12 months
19340	Televisions and any of these types of video equipment and accessories	Interview	Last 12 months
19350	Home theatre systems	Interview	Last 12 months
19360-19365	Pre-recorded media and music download	Diary	2-week period
19370	Blank audio and video tapes, CD, DVD	Diary	2-week period
19380-19395	Home entertainment services
19380	Rental of videotapes and DVDs and video games	Diary	2-week period
19390	Rental of home entertainment, computer and communications equipment and other services	Diary	2-week period
19395	Maintenance and repair of audio, video, computer and communications equipments	Diary	2-week period
19400-19530	Recreation services
19400-19450	Entertainment
19400	Movie theatres	Diary	2-week period
19410-19420	Live sports and performing arts events	Diary	2-week period
19430	Admission to museums and other activities	Diary	2-week period
19440-19450	Rental of cablevision and satellite services
19440	Rental of cablevision services (including any installation, service and pay TV charges)	Interview	Last payment
19450	Rental of satellite TV or radio services (including installation, service and pay TV charges)	Interview	Last payment
19490-19510	Use of recreation facilities
19490	Single usage and membership fees and dues for sports and recreation facilities	Interview	Last 12 months
19500	Video, pinball and carnival games	Diary	2-week period
19510	Children's camps	Interview	Last 12 months
19520	Package travel tours	Interview	Last 12 months
19530	Other recreational services	Diary	2-week period
19630-19770	Recreational Vehicles
19630-19660	Purchase of recreational vehicles
19630	Motorcycles & Snowmobiles	Interview	Last 12 months
19640	All-terrain vehicles	Interview	Last 12 months
19650	Other recreational vehicles	Interview	Last 12 months
19660	Bicycles, parts and accessories	Interview	Last 12 months
19700-19770	Operation of recreational vehicles	Interview
19700	Insurance premiums	Interview	Last 12 months
19710	Registration fees and licences	Interview	Last 12 months
19720	Expenses for rented or leased recreational vehicles	Interview	Last 12 months
19730	Supplies and parts for recreational vehicle	Diary	2-week period
19750-19770	Other expenses for operation of recreational vehicles	Diary	2-week period
19800-19880	Education
19800-19840	Tuition fees
19800	Tuition fees for kindergarten, nursery, elementary and secondary	Interview	Last 12 months
19810	Tuition fees for post-secondary studies	Interview	Last 12 months
19820	Tuition fees for other post-secondary education (college, trade and professional courses)	Interview	Last 12 months
19830	Other educational services	Interview	Last 12 months
19840	Other courses and lessons (excluding driving lessons)	Interview	Last 12 months
19850-19860	Supplies	Diary	2-week period
19870-19880	Textbooks	Diary	2-week period
20010-20050	Reading Materials and Other Printed Matter
20010	Newspapers	Diary	2-week period
20020	Magazines and periodicals	Diary	2-week period
20030	Books and pamphlets (excluding school books)	Diary	2-week period
20040	Maps, sheet music and other printed matter	Diary	2-week period
20050	Services related to reading materials (e.g., duplicating, library fees)	Diary	2-week period
21000-21050	Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages
21000-21010	Tobacco products and smokers' supplies
21000	Cigarettes	Diary	2-week period
21010	Other tobacco products and smokers' supplies	Diary	2-week period
21020-21050	Alcoholic beverages
21020-21030	Alcoholic beverages served on licensed premises and in restaurants	Diary	2-week period
21040	Alcoholic beverages purchased from stores	Diary	2-week period
21050	Self-made alcoholic beverages	Diary	2-week period
22010-22040	Games of Chance
22010	Government-run lotteries	Diary	2-week period
22020-22040	Other games of chance
22020	Casinos, slot machines, and video lottery terminals	Diary	2-week period
22030	Bingos	Diary	2-week period
22040	Non-government lotteries and raffle tickets	Diary	2-week period
22070-22310	Miscellaneous Expenses
22070-22100	Financial services
22070	Service charges for banks and other financial institutions	Interview	Last 12 months
22080	Stock and bond commissions	Interview	Last 12 months
22090	Administration fees	Interview	Last 12 months
22100	Other financial services	Interview	Last 12 months
22150-22310	Other miscellaneous goods and services
22150	Forfeit of deposits, fines, and money lost or stolen	Interview	Last 12 months
22160	Legal services not related to dwellings	Interview	Last 12 months
22170	Dues to unions and professional associations	Interview	Last 12 months
22180	Contributions and dues for social clubs and other organizations	Interview	Last 12 months
22190	Funeral services	Interview	Last 12 months
22200	Government services	Interview	Last 12 months
22210	Wholesale/retail memberships	Interview	Last 12 months
22212-22214	Other goods and services	Diary	2-week period
22220-22260	Discount and refund	Diary	2-week period
22270-22300	Recycling fees and other environmental fees	Diary	2-week period
22310	Other general expenditures	Diary	2-week period
23000	Income taxes		Taxation year prior to reference year
23020-23070	Personal insurance payments and pension contributions
23020	Employment insurance premiums	Administrative source	Taxation year prior to reference year
23040-23050	Retirement and pension fund payments	Administrative source	Taxation year prior to reference year
23060	Annuity contracts and transfers to RRIFs	Interview	Taxation year prior to reference year
23070	Premiums on life, term and endowment insurances	Interview	Taxation year prior to reference year
23100-23150	Money Gifts and Contributions
23100-23120	Money and support payments
23100	Gifts of money and support payments to persons living inside Canada	Interview	Last 12 months
23110	Gifts money and support payments to persons living outside Canada	Interview	Last 12 months
23120	Alimony and child support	Interview	Taxation year prior to reference year
23140-23150	Contributions to charity	Interview	Last 12 months

The food statistics program relies on supply-disposition analysis. The stocks at the beginning of a period are combined with the flows in during that period to estimate total supplies. Total disposition is computed as flows out during the period, while ending stocks represent the total supply minus the total disposition. Consequently, the total supply for a given commodity in a given time period must equal the total disposition plus ending stocks for the same period. And, the ending stocks of one period must equal the beginning stocks of the next period. In reality, it is unusual for all stocks and flows to be measured directly. However, using the basic principles, a missing component can be derived residually.

On the disposition side, exports, manufacturing and waste are displayed followed by ending stocks. Domestic disappearance or food available for consumption is derived by subtracting the flows out plus ending stocks from the total supply. The domestic disappearance is viewed as the total amount of food available at the retail level.

Domestic disappearance is divided by the Canadian population as of July 1st of the year depicted to calculate the food available per person, per year, at the retail level. It is normally expressed on a weight basis in kilograms unless that is inappropriate, as is the case with beverages.

The data are sometimes displayed on a different basis depending on the commodity. For example, processed fruits and vegetables are displayed on a retail basis and fresh equivalent basis. The different basis for the retail weight is displayed simply to provide additional information for analytical purposes.

The information required to produce the food statistics is extensive and varied. The sources of data often reach deeply into the agricultural statistics program relying on surveys conducted by the Agriculture Division (AD). A few other divisions in Statistics Canada such as the International Trade Division (ITD) or the Manufacturing and Energy Division (MED) contribute crucial components of the data set. Trade statistics used are those produced on a customs basis which is derived from the administrative records of the Canada Border Services Agency and the United States Customs Border Protection. These trade statistics cover the physical movement of goods. Considerable administrative data from organisations such as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), provincial departments and industry groups are also invaluable.

Beginning stocks represent the physical inventory of fresh and frozen products held in storage of a particular commodity at the beginning of the year. They equal the previous year’s ending stocks. This item has a fairly small impact on domestic disappearance because the magnitude of changes in inventories is typically small. There are numerous commodities for which inventory data are not available; however, given the small impact of these data, the effect of this type of data gap is considered minor. Due to confidentiality, some inventory data are not displayed but they are used in the calculation.

Production represents the amount of a particular commodity that is produced during the reference year. The data are often based on independent surveys of farms and food processors. Many of the surveys are conducted by AD.

Imports include all goods which have crossed Canada's territorial boundary, whether for immediate consumption in Canada or stored in bonded custom warehouses.

Total supply is the sum of beginning stocks plus production plus imports. This number represents the total supply of a particular commodity that is available for any use.

Exports include goods grown, extracted or manufactured in Canada, including goods of foreign origin which have been materially transformed in Canada. Re-exports are exports of goods of foreign origin which have not been materially transformed in Canada, including foreign goods withdrawn for export from bonded customs warehouses. Total exports are the sum of domestic exports and re-exports.

Manufacturing data include requirements for processing, seed, animal feed and industrial use. If data are available at a more detailed level, then an important component of manufacturing is the amount used for processing. At the same time, the processed commodities need to be accounted for. For instance, apples contain an amount for processing and processed apples, be they canned, dried, frozen, made into apple sauce or pie filling, are accounted for as individual commodities. If detailed data are not available for processed products, then the commodity is accounted for at a less processed level even though it might often be used as an input into further processing. For instance, wheat flour is accounted for but the wheat flour products from breads to cookies are not accounted for. Consequently, there is no deduction from wheat flour to account for further processing.

Waste factors attempt to account for quantities removed during processing or that are lost in storage. They do not allow for losses at the retail level, in households, restaurants or institutions during storage and preparation, or for unconsumed food.

Ending stocks represent the physical inventory of fresh and frozen products held in storage of a particular commodity at the end of the year. They equal the following beginning stocks. This item has a fairly small impact on net supply because it is truly the change in inventories that has any impact. There are numerous commodities for which inventory data are not available; however, given the small impact of these data, the effect of this type of data gap is considered minor. Due to confidentiality, some inventory data are not displayed but they are used in the calculation.

Domestic disappearance is derived by subtracting other uses and ending stocks from the total supply. The other uses include exports, manufacturing and waste. Domestic disappearance represents the total food available for human consumption from the Canadian food supply chain.

Food available per person is calculated by dividing the domestic disappearance by the Canadian population as of July 1st of the reference year.

The food available per person is presented in a number of ways.

Retail weight – This is the volume of food available per person, for consumption, at the retail level. It is viewed as the most important number as it displays levels and trends for individual foods. It allows for easy comparisons of one type of food to another and within or between food groups. Furthermore, it is the number on which all other calculations are based including different ways of displaying the data and estimates of loss-adjusted food available. Processed fruits and vegetables or selected beverages are displayed on a fresh equivalent basis. Dairy products are depicted on a milk solids basis. Estimates based on the sugar content are provided for sugar products such as refined sugar, honey or maple syrup, while estimates for oils and fats include those based on the fat content. Red meats are displayed on a boneless and carcass basis, while poultry is provided on an eviscerated and boneless basis. Fish data are provided on an edible weight basis. In the case of alcoholic beverages, the data are estimated for two population groups. One estimate is based on the total Canadian population. The other represents the population of Canadians who are 15 years of age and older.

Adjusted for losses –Losses occur in the storage, preparation and cooking of the food, as well as the food that makes it to the plate but not consumed, or plate loss. These losses can occur in the retail store, home, restaurants or institutions. The losses are deducted from the food available for consumption at retail weight to derive food available for consumption adjusted for losses. The objective is to provide a proxy of fork-level consumption based on food supply data. Factors used to adjust the food available data are estimates themselves and caution should be used when working with the data, as they are based on a static model. The factors are taken from the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

The waste factors that account for quantities removed during processing or lost in storage at the industrial level are removed before domestic disappearance is calculated and therefore do not appear in the retail weight available per person.

Perspective by food group

Cereal products

The food available for consumption value on a per capita or per person basis for cereal products describes what is available after the products leave the mills and therefore, further processing is not included under the manufacturing category. For wheat flour, rye flour, oatmeal and rolled oats, production and stocks data are derived from a monthly survey of Canadian millers, conducted by the Crops Section of the Agriculture Division. Data for imports and exports of these products are obtained from ITD. Included in wheat production are Canadian western red spring, red winter wheat, soft white spring wheat, and amber durum wheat; and Ontario and Quebec winter and spring wheat.

Per capita food available figures are provided for pot and pearl barley, corn flour and meal; however, some calculation components are hidden because of confidentiality restrictions.

Nearly all of the domestic supply of rice is imported. Production data represent Canadian wild rice production, as provided by the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario departments of agriculture. Import data includes that for wild rice. Stocks data are not available for rice.

For breakfast foods, the data include prepared, ready-to-serve breakfast foods, unprepared oatmeal and rolled oats and other unprepared cereals. The volume of oatmeal and rolled oats is removed from the production and trade data to avoid double counting. Historically, the production of breakfast foods was based on shipments data provided by MED.

Sugars and syrups

The per capita availability of refined sugar includes all sugar destined for domestic and commercial uses (baking, confectionery). It is provided in retail weight (the weight of the product itself) and on a sugar content (the quantity of sugar in a product) basis.

In the past, Manufacturing Division collected information on the production and stocks of refined sugar through surveys of all known Canadian refiners of raw sugar. Manufacturing inputs in refineries include cane or beet sugar, chemically pure sucrose in solid form and liquid sucrose. Imported sugar products include granulated, cubed, brown and confectioner's sugar. Exports consist of refined cane and beet sugar. Stocks and production data are now provided by the Canadian Sugar Institute.

In 2005, following consultations with the Canadian Sugar Institute, the food supply-disposition for refined sugar was modified to include imports and exports of sugar containing products. Canada increasingly exports more sugar containing products than it imports.

Production data of maple products for Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are collected by AD through a producer survey while production and stocks data for the province of Quebec are provided by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec. Production is recorded in units of maple syrup, but all maple products (taffy, butter, syrup) are converted to a maple sugar equivalent. Artificially produced maple items are not counted, only farm produced maple sugar. All trade data are converted to a maple sugar equivalent in order to maintain consistent units throughout the supply-disposition tables. These tables are reported on a crop year basis (April-March).

Estimates of honey production are derived from a survey of beekeepers. Beginning stocks (if there are any) and imports are added to production to obtain total supply. Ending stocks (where applicable) and exports are deducted to produce a domestic disappearance figure. The food available data for honey is reported in retail weight and on a sugar content basis.

Meats

The procedure used to calculate the food available for beef, veal, pork, mutton and lamb is basically the same. Animals slaughtered include federally inspected slaughtering provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and estimates for those slaughtered in commercial establishments not under federal inspection as well as on-farm slaughtering. The total warm dressed carcass weight is obtained from information collected by AAFC on animals slaughtered under federal inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

To convert to a cold dressed basis, beef is reduced by 1.5% to allow for shrinkage and 2.04 kg per carcass are added to account for head meat recovery. Veal is reduced by 15% to allow for shrinkage and removal of the hide, 0.23 kg per carcass is subtracted to account for kidney which is weighted in the carcass and 0.36 kg per carcass is added to account for head meat recovery.

Mutton and lamb are reduced by 3% for shrinkage, 0.09 kg per carcass is subtracted for kidney and 0.18 kg per carcass is added to account for head meat recovery.

In 1988, a new methodology was developed for estimating pork available on a carcass basis in order to reflect the trend towards leaner hogs. Warm carcass weight is reduced by 3% for shrinkage to arrive at a cold carcass weight. A further 0.68 kg per carcass is deducted for kidney and tongue which is left in the carcass. The result is pork carcass production. Previously, 17% of cold carcass weight had been subtracted to account for larding fat. This however, is no longer done.

The retail conversion factor for pork is similar to that developed for beef. It is calculated on the portion of the carcass that is available for consumption after removing the skin, bone and trimmed fat. The average cold dressed carcass weight is obtained by dividing the cold dressed weight for federally inspected slaughter by the number of animals slaughtered under federal inspection. This average cold dressed carcass weight is then multiplied by the total number of animals slaughtered to obtain a total cold dressed carcass weight. From the total supply, exports and ending stocks are subtracted to arrive at the domestic disappearance. For pork, manufacturing and waste are removed from the supply to arrive at domestic disappearance.

Exports of meats are collected and published by ITD. Conversion factors are applied to these exports to bring them to a cold dressed carcass basis.
Offal includes variety meats such as liver, heart, kidney, tongue, sweetbreads, oxtail and edible tripe and is calculated on a specific weight per carcass basis. The procedure for calculating the per capita availability of offal is basically the same as described for other meats.

Poultry

Production and beginning stocks are added to imports to derive total supply. From total supply, exports and ending stocks are deducted to produce domestic disappearance. Live imports and exports are converted to an eviscerated basis (dressed, ready for sale). Since the supply-disposition is calculated on an eviscerated weight basis, no further manufacturing or waste factor calculation is applicable. The available data are expressed in terms of eviscerated weight.

Fish

Data are available for four categories: fresh and frozen seafish, processed seafish, total shellfish and freshwater fish. Production data are provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for the commercial fishery and aquaculture survey data are obtained from AD. Information on stocks is not available. Imports and exports data are obtained from ITD. Initially all the data are converted to an edible weight basis due to the variety of species, products, sources and conversion factors. Therefore, the food available information is provided only on an edible weight basis.

Eggs

Total egg production includes all eggs sold for consumption, consumed by producers, sold for hatching, and leakers and rejects. Production from registered, non-registered and hatchery supply flocks are included in these estimates. Egg production is derived using average layer numbers and their estimated rates of lay. Administrative data from AAFC and the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency and information from surveys conducted by AD are used when compiling these estimates. Data on beginning and ending stocks are obtained from a monthly survey conducted by AD in conjunction with AAFC, while information on imports and exports is provided by ITD. The manufacturing figure represents domestically produced eggs used for hatching and is therefore not included in the amount available for human consumption.

Processed eggs are not included in manufacturing but are converted to shell egg equivalent and are incorporated into the supply-disposition. The waste figure contains the leakers and rejects, those eggs which did not meet quality control standards.

Pulses

Agriculture Division reports production on pulses such as peas, lentils, mustard seed, canary seed, sunflower seed and chickpeas on a field-run basis through a producer survey. The product is removed from the field and the total weight-harvested is reported as production with no allowances made for spoilage. Import and export data are provided by ITD. Imports are added to production to obtain total supply; there is no information available for stocks. All imports and exports are converted to a whole pea equivalent to allow trade data, which includes split peas, to be incorporated. Data for dry peas and dry beans are presented on a crop year basis (August - July). The manufacturing figure includes seed requirements and quantity used by manufacturers. Approximately 2% of production is removed to account for waste. Dry peas used for manufacturing include feed and seed requirements as well as processing.

Nuts

The bulk of Canada's supply of nuts is imported. There is some limited production of filberts and hazelnuts in British Columbia. The British Columbia Department of Agriculture provides information on this production. Imports and exports are reported by ITD and most trade data are reported on a shelled weight basis. Where appropriate, commodities are converted to shell weight. The supply of tree nuts is comprised of imports such as almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans and walnuts, and does not include oil-producing nuts (such as beechnuts).

Dairy products

Information on dairy products is obtained from several sources. Fluid milk and cream production data are derived mainly from administrative data supplied by the milk marketing boards in each province, based on the sales by dairies. The waste figure, which accounts for milk lost in transfer and shrinkage, is incorporated into the sales data. Since there are no stocks, imports, exports or other waste deductions for fluid milk and cream, production constitutes the domestic disappearance for these items. Information for other dairy products and by-products such as cheddar, processed and variety cheese, condensed and powdered milk, ice cream, cottage cheese, sherbet, milkshake, ice milk, yogurt and sour cream, originates from   provincial marketing boards and departments of agriculture and is compiled by AD. Production and stocks data are released on a quarterly basis and import and export information is obtained from ITD and the Canadian Dairy Commission for a few exported products. Most of these products are considered as final products not requiring further processing and therefore manufacturing data are not reported. A waste figure is incorporated into the production data. This value is also expressed in terms of milk solids (i.e., the portion of the product which comprises butterfat and non-fat solids such as protein and calcium, etc). The milk solid values are calculated on a weight basis rather than a volume basis.

Oils and Fats

There are four categories of oils and fats. They include: butter, margarine, salad (or vegetable) oils, along with shortening and shortening oils. The data depicting the amounts available for consumption are presented on a retail weight and fat content basis.

Butter is estimated independently with information that originates from provincial marketing boards and departments of agriculture and is compiled by AD. Trade data for butter are obtained from the ITD and the Canadian Dairy Commission.
 
The other three categories are treated as a group. To backtrack a little, prior to 1994, production data on margarine, salad oils, shortening and shortening oils were based on sales to retail and commercial outlets, therefore no stock information was required. Trade data for these products were obtained from the ITD. They were considered as final products not requiring further processing and therefore, manufacturing data were not reported. A waste figure had already been accounted for in the production data, so no additional waste factor was applied.

In July 1995, the survey of oils and fats, conducted by MED, underwent some revisions in co-operation with the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association. Prior to July 1995, the target population was intended to cover 100% of the production of deodorized oils and fats. Also included were purchases of Canadian deodorized oils and fats for those reporting establishments. From July 1995 on, emphasis was placed on production and the purchasing aspect was dropped, reducing the number of companies surveyed in the last half of 1995. However, the annual figures for 1995 still included the data from those companies that were eliminated from the last half of the year.

With the changes in methodology in 1995, MED cautioned users when comparing data prior to 1995 with data from 1995 on. An earlier break in the series occurred in 1988 when a new descriptive coding system was introduced.

In 1995, the degree of estimation for non-response was 1.8%. By 2001, the last year for this survey, estimation for non-response had grown to 37.3%. After 2001, manufacturing data no longer existed making it necessary to find an alternative source. Until this new source could be found and tested, trend analysis was used as a substitute.

The series related to oils and fats underwent a major review in 2003, partially due to a loss of manufacturing data and partially to ensure the data were reasonable due to the large increase in the amounts available over time. The oils are currently worked as a group and then distributed to three categories. The categories include margarine, salad oils, along with shortening and shortening oils.

The current method relies on supply-disposition calculations for canola oil, soybean oil and other oils. Canola and soybean oil provide the largest contribution to the estimates. Confidential beginning and ending stocks are provided by the Grain Marketing Unit, Agriculture Division. Production data originate with the Crushing Survey conducted by the Unit. Technically, the data are obtained from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association due to a cooperative agreement between the Unit and the Association. Small adjustments are made to the data to adjust it to a crude basis. Trade data are provided by ITD. Using ratios, pet food and chemical use of oils are deducted before the net use is residually derived.

Other oils are based on trade data as they are not produced in Canada. Exports are netted from imports for numerous oils including palm, peanut, olive, sesame, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed and corn oil. Trade in margarine and shortening are also taken into account.

Once the total amount available for all oils is derived, it is distributed to the components of butter, margarine, salad oils and shortening. After butter is accounted for, the residual is distributed amongst the other three items based on proportions established historically.

Fresh fruits

Production of fresh fruits is provided by AD. Information is gathered through producer surveys or directly from the representatives of various provincial departments of agriculture. Stocks data for apples are obtained from AFFC. The import and export data, based on a calendar year basis, originate from ITD. For several commodities the total supply is imported (avocados, bananas, coconuts, dates, figs, guavas and mangoes, muskmelons and cantaloupes, winter melons, papayas, prunes, plums and sloes, pineapples, quinces). The quantity of each commodity acquired by processors or used as manufacturing inputs is reported under manufacturing. This may be the amount reported by processors. Manufacturing inputs are removed from the domestic disappearance of fresh items to avoid double counting. The information is obtained from AD and MED.

Citrus fruits

Information on citrus fruits is obtained from the import and export data available from ITD. Since there are no stocks or domestic production of these commodities, imports constitute domestic disappearance for these items. In 1988, the data for mandarins became available and have been added to this table. However, they continue to be included with fresh oranges in order to maintain a consistent historical time series.

Processed fruits

Historically, the production of processed fruit products was reported by manufacturers to MED. Data on stocks of canned and frozen fruits were available from MED. Import and export data based on a calendar year basis originate from ITD. Processed products are considered as end products so there is no further manufacturing component.

Fresh vegetables

Production of fresh vegetables is reported by AD. Information is gathered through producer surveys or directly from the representatives of various provincial departments of agriculture. Stocks of fresh vegetables are reported by AAFC. These commodities include cabbage, carrots, onions and shallots, white potatoes, rutabagas and turnips. The import and export data originate from ITD. For several commodities the total supply is imported (artichokes, Chinese cabbage, other edible root vegetables, eggplant, kohlrabi, manioc, okra, olives, other leguminous vegetables, rapini, and sweet potatoes).

Agriculture Division produces six estimates including: potatoes, white; potatoes, fresh; potatoes, processed; potatoes, frozen; potatoes, chips; and potatoes, processed, other. Potatoes, white are a sum of fresh and processed potatoes while potatoes, processed are a sum of the three categories of processed potatoes.

The calculation to estimate the volume of fresh potatoes available for consumption starts with the January 1 stocks of fresh potatoes provided by AAFC, plus that year's estimate of production from AD and the imports of fresh potatoes as reported by ITD, minus the volume of fresh potatoes that is diverted to processing, cattle feed, exported or used for seed. We also subtract the fresh stocks at the end of the year to estimate domestic disappearance.

Processed vegetables

The production of processed vegetable products was reported by manufacturers to MED. Import and export data on a calendar year basis originate from ITD. As processed products are considered as end products, there is no further manufacturing component.

For processed potato products, supply estimates start with the volume of processed product estimated to be held in storage at the beginning of the year. Then the volume of potatoes diverted to manufacturing from the fresh potato supply and the imports of processed product are added in. The exports of processed product and estimated volume of processed stocks held in storage at the end of the year are subtracted to estimate domestic disappearance.

It is important to note that these calculations are all done in fresh equivalents, so the imports and export data is converted to fresh equivalents based on industry factors.

The volume of potatoes available for manufactured products is allocated to frozen, chips and other, based on the processing usage for each of those products by province. Due to the number of processors, some of the data are considered confidential and cannot be displayed.

Juices

The information on grapefruit, grape, lemon, orange and pineapple juices is obtained from the import and export data available from ITD. Since there are no stocks or data on domestic production of these commodities, imports constitute domestic disappearance for these items. In the case of apple and tomato juices, information on production and stocks was available from MED. Fruit juices are measured in terms of weight not volume. Once converted to kilograms, frozen and unfrozen concentrates are converted to a single strength basis. Then all juice products can be referenced as single strength juice which can be converted to a fresh equivalent weight. Two available figures are published - one in kilograms and one in litres.

Beverages, non-alcoholic

Tea, coffee and cocoa

All components of the supply-disposition reported for tea are in tea leaf equivalent and litres. Coffee is reported in bean equivalent and litres. Cocoa is expressed in bean equivalent. There is no domestic production of these commodities; imports and beginning stocks represent the total supply. The per capita disappearance of coffee is based on adjusted domestic retail sales data. These commodities are converted to weight for comparability purposes.

Soft drinks

Domestic disappearance is based on total domestic sales, as provided by the Canadian Soft Drink Association. Included in the imports and exports are data for mineral and aerated waters, which contain added sugars, other sweeteners, or flavours. The data on imports and exports are provided for information only and are not used in the calculation.

Bottled water

Bottled water data were calculated using the domestic sales information provided by the Canadian Bottled Water Association. These data represent sales of bottled water, which includes spring water, mineral water, well water, artesian water, purified water and carbonated bottled water. Bottled water cannot contain sweeteners or chemical additives and must be calorie free and sugar free. Soda water, seltzer water and tonic water are not considered bottled water. Currently, there is no source of data for this commodity.

Alcoholic beverages

Domestic disappearance along with trade data are the only components of the supply-disposition tables that are provided. Current preliminary sales data are provided by the Canadian Brewers' Association for beer, by the Association of Canadian Distillers for liquor and wine. Data based on sales from the Public Sector Statistics Division, Statistics Canada are used to update these preliminary figures. The data used to calculate the estimates are comprised of three parts: 1) sales by liquor authorities to final consumers and holders of licenses to resell; 2) sales by wineries and breweries to holders of licenses to resell; 3) sales by winery and brewery retail outlets to final consumer. However, these data do not contain information on sales generated by those establishments which offer either "brew on premises" services or sell products for "at home" production of beer and wine.

There are two estimates published for alcoholic beverage availability. One estimate is based on the total Canadian population. The other represents the population of Canadians who are15 years of age and older.

4^th Quarter 2011

Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division

This report covers the period from: month 2011 to month 2011

Confidential when completed

Respondent company

• Legal Name
• Operating Name
• Contact Person
• Job Title
• Street
• City
• Province
• Postal Code
• Telephone
• Fax
• E-mail
• Website

Correct as required

• Legal Name
• Operating or Trade Name (if different from legal name)
• Contact person responsible for this survey (please print clearly)
• Job Title
• Street
• City
• Province
• Postal Code
• Telephone
• Fax
• E-mail
• Website

Information for Respondents

Survey Purpose

This survey collects financial and operating data for the statistical measurement and analysis of the telecommunications industry. These data will be aggregated to produce national estimates of activity by industry. Those estimates are used by government, the private sector, international telecommunications organizations, academics, analysts, and the general public to better understand this sector's role in the social and economic fabric of Canada.

Authority

This quarterly survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, Chapter S19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this Act.

Confidentiality

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

Data Sharing Agreements

To reduce response burden and to ensure more uniform statistics, Statistics Canada has entered into a data sharing agreement under section 12 of the Statistics Act to share information from all respondents with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Subsection 12(2) of the Statistics Act provides that where a respondent gives notice in writing to the Chief Statistician that the respondent objects to the sharing of the information by Statistics Canada, the information not be shared with the department or corporation unless the department or corporation is authorized by law to require the respondent to provide the information.

The CRTC is authorized by law to require the respondent to provide the information under section 37 of the Telecommunications Act. Information provided to the CRTC will be treated in accordance with the requirements of section 39 of the Telecommunications Act.

Planned Record Linkage

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

Return Procedures

Please return the completed questionnaire(s) within 30 days of receipt. If you anticipate difficulty in making this deadline, please inform Statistics Canada of your expected filing date. Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or other electronic transmission. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Reporting Instructions

Please complete all questions that pertain to your operations.

To reduce the chances of call-backs to verify data, please record "N/A" for those items that are not relevant to your company.

Detailed instructions and definitions of terms used in the questionnaire are found in the Reporting Guide.

Assistance

If you require assistance, please contact:
Jo Anne Lambert
Telephone: (613) 951-6673
Facsimile: (613) 951-9920
E-mail: joanne.lambert@statcan.gc.ca

Thank you for your co-operation

Revenues (in thousands for the quarter)

1. Telecommunications operating revenues

1. Local and access (include basic local service, optional local features, contribution, equipment, and other local and access)
2. Long distance (include settlement)
3. Data
4. Private line
5. Internet
6. Mobile and paging
   • Retail
   • Wholesale
7. Broadcast distribution (basic and non-basic programming)
8. Other operating revenues

• Total operating revenues

Network and subscribers (in thousands at quarter end)

2. Number of fixed network lines by market (Voice-grade equivalents) - Access dependent and independent

1. Residential
2. Business
3. Wholesale
4. Lines for internal use (OTS)

• Total network lines

3. Number of mobile and paging subscriptions

1. Retail (Residential and business)
2. Wholesale

• Total mobile and paging subscriptions

4. Number of Internet subscriptions

1. Dial-up
2. High speed - Cable modem
3. High speed - Digital subscriber line (DSL)
4. High speed - Other

• Total number of Internet subscriptions

5. Number of multi-channel video services subscriptions

1. By phone line
2. By cable
3. By satellite
4. Other

• Total multi-channel video services subscriptions

Volume (in thousands at quarter end)

6. Long distance minutes - Fixed

1. Retail
   • October
   • November
   • December
   • Total
2. Wholesale
   • October
   • November
   • December
   • Total

• Total long distance minutes
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • Total

Note: Please include Domestic, US, and International long distance minutes.

7. Number of short message service (SMS)

1. To mobile devices
2. From mobile devices

• Total number of short message service (SMS)

8. Mobile voice minutes

1. Toll minutes (Long distance)
2. Non-toll minutes (Basic voice)

• Total mobile voice minutes

Capital expenditures (in thousands for the quarter)

9. Capital expenditures

Remarks

Certification

Please print the name of the person responsible for this return:

Signature:

I certify that the information provided in this report is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge.

• Phone no.
• Position
• Date