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Consultation objectives

In April 2012, Statistics Canada launched its multi-year New Dissemination Model project to modernize the methods for disseminating data on its website. The key objective is to create a user-centric website and to increase coherency, consistency and simplicity in dissemination activities.

As part of this project, Statistics Canada consulted with Canadians in April and May 2014. The consultation was designed to evaluate the website's ease of use and navigation as well as user satisfaction with the new design. The sessions tested the functionality and intuitiveness of tables and charts, the analysis section and archived content, as well as the reference subcategory labels.

Consultation methodology

Statistics Canada held in-person usability consultations. Participants were asked to complete a series of tasks and to provide feedback on the proposed website.

How to get involved

The consultation is now closed.

Individuals who wish to obtain more information or to take part in a consultation may contact Statistics Canada by sending an email to consultations@statcan.gc.ca.

Please note that Statistics Canada selects participants for each consultation to ensure feedback is sought from a representative sample of the target population for the study. Not all applicants will be asked to participate in a given consultation.

Statistics Canada is committed to respecting the privacy of consultation participants. All personal information created, held or collected by the Agency is protected by the Privacy Act. For more information on Statistics Canada's privacy policies, please consult the Privacy notice.

Results

What Worked

Participants liked the clear and simple tables, datasets and charts. The label "Add/Remove Data – For Advanced Customization" was intuitive and useful for obtaining more complex data. All participants used the drop-down menus and the checkboxes at the top of the pick lists correctly and modified the charts with either the left-hand side bar or by clicking on the "Customize" button.

Accessing the "Analysis" page was intuitive, and all participants used the keyword search box. Lastly, when asked to categorize different publications into the correct "Analysis" sub-categories, participants were successful.

Areas of Improvement

  • Participants wanted to be able to display all age groups in the simple table.
  • While some participants successfully copied the chart into a document, most selected the wrong link when putting the chart data into a spreadsheet.
  • The "Archived" box, under the "Analysis" section, was not intuitive.
  • Participants struggled with identifying which result page corresponded to which "Reference" section.

Recommendations

  • Keep the simple table view as the default.
  • Keep the "Add/Remove data – for advanced customization" button.
  • Place the "Modify chart" options to the left of the chart.
  • Under "Analysis", place the "Archived" box under the "Year of publication" in the left-hand side bar. Wording requires further testing.
  • The "Reference" sub-categories were not intuitive and require further testing.

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Price Report

Statistics Canada - Producer Prices Division

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Collected 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.

Month

Survey purpose

The prices you report are essential to the production of indexes measuring the movement of prices in the Canadian economy. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

The reporting form sets out our request for price information for the period shown. We urge you to read the instructions carefully and fill in the requested information.

If necessary, please make address label corrections below.

Company
Attn:
Street
City, Province
A1A 1A1

Statistics Canada, Producer Prices Division, 170, Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Should you require further information with respect to this report, please contact the Producer Prices Division Contact indicated on the reverse side. Please feel free to call collect or call 1-888-951-4550 for general enquiries.

The information and data pre-coded on this form reflects the respondent's preference.

Confidentiality

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

Record Linkage

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

Fax or other electronic transmission disclosure
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.

Respondent:

Contact :

Commodity Specialist

(613) 951-

To complete this Price Report:

1) In Box A enter the transaction price in effect on the 15th of the month indicated.

2) In Box B enter “NS” if no sales occurred and give an estimate in Box A for the transaction prices.

3) If there is any change in the description of product and/or transaction description please amend.

Product ID

  • Commodity Description:
  • Description of Product:
  • Transaction Description:
    • C1:
    • C3:
    • C2:
    • C4:

Date of last reported price change :
2010-01

C1 to C4 Transaction description as specified above
Circle reasons for price change
Further explanation of price change
(pertinent market information)

Date:

  • A
  • B
  • C1
  • C2
  • C3
  • C4
  • D
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7

Reasons for price change :

  1. Material costs
  2. Labour costs
  3. Competitive factors
  4. Physical content
  5. Terms of sale
  6. Exchange rate
  7. Others - describe

General information

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information from this survey which would identify a person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent 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.

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

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

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

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

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

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

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

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.

Thank you for completing this questionnaire. Please retain a copy for your records.

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Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

Confidential when completed.

Information for Respondents

Authority

This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.

Objective

This survey was designed to produce national statistics on public policing personnel and operating expenditures for Canada. The information collected is widely used by federal and provincial policy makers as well as municipal police service and municipal government personnel. The data are also widely disseminated by the media for the purposes of general public information. The information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business or organisation, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.

Information from this survey will be used for statistical purposes only.

Record linkages

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

A.  Number of Police Officer Hirings/Departures within the year by Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer

(Select one) Calendar Year 2013, Fiscal Year 2013/2014

Hirings (By Overall Years of Service for each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

Departures (By Overall Years of Service for each of the following categories: Retirements, Hired by other serviceNote1, Other)

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer as a Police Officer

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

Note

  1. If the number of officers who were hired by another police service upon departure is not available, please report all officers who left your police service for any reason other than retirement under the category Other. In the Comments section on the last page of the Main survey form, please indicate that you are unable to report officers hired by another police service.

Police Officers Eligible to Retire as of Calendar or Fiscal Year-End (By Overall Years of Service)

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

B1. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer

  • 11. Less than 5 years
  • 12. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 13. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 14. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 15. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 16. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 17. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 18. 35 years and over
  • 19. Information not available
  • 20. Total (sum lines 11 to 19)*

* Note: The total number of police officers, which equals the total of both experienced police officers and recruit graduates, must be the same as the number you reported for Police Officer Total (line 4 of the Blue Form).

B2. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Age Group (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Age Group

  • 21. Less than 20 years
  • 22. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 23. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 24. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 25. 35 to less than 40 years
  • 26. 40 to less than 45 years
  • 27. 45 to less than 50 years
  • 28. 50 to less than 55 years
  • 29. 55 to less than 60 years
  • 30. 60 years and over
  • 31. Information not available
  • 32. Total (sum lines 21 to 31)*

C. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring

  • 33. High school diploma
  • 34. College, CEGEP or other certificate or diploma
  • 35. University Undergraduate degree
  • 36. University Graduate degree (i.e. master’s degree, Ph.D)
  • 37. Other
  • 38. Information not available
  • 39. Total (sum lines 33 to 38)*

D. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Visible Minority and Aboriginal Populations (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Visible Minority Status

  • 40. Aboriginal Peoples (First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit)
  • 41. Visible Minority (persons other than Aboriginal persons who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour)
  • 42. Not a Visible Minority or Aboriginal Person (Caucasian in race or white in colour, regardless of place of birth)
  • 43. Information not available
  • 44. Total (sum lines 40 to 43)

E. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Official Languages Spoken (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Official languages spoken

  • 45. English only
  • 46. French only
  • 47. Both English and French
  • 48. Information not available
  • 49. Total (sum lines 45 to 48)*

F. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th speaking Non-Official Languages (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Non-official languages spoken

  • 50. Speak non-official languages
  • 51. Do not speak non-official languages
  • 52. Information not available
  • 53. TOTAL (sum lines 50 to 52)

G. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Non-Official Languages Spoken (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Note: You can select multiple languages per officer in this table.

Non-official languages spoken

  • 54. Chinese languages
  • 55. Italian
  • 56. German
  • 57. Punjabi
  • 58. Spanish
  • 59. Arabic
  • 60. Tagalog
  • 61. Portuguese
  • 62. Other
  • 63. Information not available

Comments and/or Explanations

Instructions

For all tables please include:

  • Permanent full-time (works 37.5 hours per week or more) and part-time (works less than 37.5 hours per week) employees (police officer and recruits) on the personnel roster over the past calendar year.
  • Police officers who are paid from external agencies through full or partial cost-recovery agreements, (e.g. airport policing contracts).
  • Police officer personnel actively replacing, (or ‘backfilling’ the positions held by), police officers on long-term leave from the police service, and who are paid by the police service’s annual budget.

For all tables please exclude:

  • Contract or casual workers who are not employed on a permanent basis.
  • Police officers on long-term leave (educational, disability, ‘secondment-out’) who are not being paid by the police service’s annual budget.

*Convert permanent part-time employees to a full-time equivalent. For example, four permanent part-time workers who each work ten hours a week would be considered one full-time employee.

Table A – Number of Police Officer Hirings/Departures within the year by Overall Years of Service As a Police Officer

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer: Please report the number of years of service as a police officer. Depending on your source for this information, ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of policing experience. For example, many Human Resource Records Management Systems rely on the concept of pensionable years of service when reporting actual years of service. In some cases, systems may not carry over years of service an officer acquired during previous employment with a different police service. Additionally, not all systems distinguish between prior years of service as a civilian employee and prior years of service as a police officer. In both these cases, please report the number of years of service that is available in your system.
Note: Reasons other than the ones mentioned above may exist for why ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of experience for police officers. However, in all cases, please report your data as accurately as possible within the limits of these constraints and exclusions and indicate the nature of and reason for these constraints in the comments.

If information on the years of service accumulated by officers who were hired by or departed your police service during the past calendar or fiscal year is unavailable, please provide the number of officers who were hired or who departed in both Line 9 (Information not available) and Line 10 (Total).

Experienced Police Officers include: Senior Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Constables who achieved the status of a fully-sworn police officer prior to the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Recruit Graduates include: Paid personnel who successfully graduated from a training program during the previous calendar year or fiscal year and have achieved the status of fully-sworn police officer.
Note: This category excludes personnel currently engaged in training programs intended to enable them to achieve the status of fully-sworn officer, but who have not yet achieved that status.

Hirings/Departures: Number of Police Officers who were either hired by your police service or who departed from your police service in the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Retirements: Number of police officers who retired in the previous calendar year or fiscal year based on age and/or years of service.

Eligible to retire: Number of police officers who were eligible to retire with a full pension as of your previous year’s calendar or fiscal year-end, based on age and/or years of service. Do not include police officers who did retire within the calendar or fiscal year.

Calendar year: Refers to January 1 to December 31 of the previous year.

Table B – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Overall Years of Service As a Police Officer and Age Group

Overall Years of Service as a Police Officer: Please report the number of years of service as a police officer. Depending on your source for this information, ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of policing experience. For example, many Human Resource Records Management Systems rely on the concept of pensionable years of service when reporting actual years of service. In some cases, systems may not carry over years of service an officer acquired during previous employment with a different police service. Additionally, not all systems distinguish between prior years of service as a civilian employee and prior years of service as a police officer. In both these cases, please report the number of years of service that is available in your system.
Note: Reasons other than the ones mentioned above may exist for why ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of experience for police officers. However, in all cases, please report your data as accurately as possible within the limits of these constraints and exclusions and indicate the nature of and reason for these constraints in the comments.

Total Police officers include: Senior Officers, Non- Commissioned Officers and Constables.

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table B refers to Total Police Officers, Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date, whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Table C – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring

Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring: Educational attainment at time of hiring as of the May 15th snapshot date. Please include the highest level of education completed. For example, if only one year of undergraduate education was completed, the highest level of education completed in its entirety would be either “High school diploma” or “College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma.”

Please do not provide information on the most recent level of education completed (such as in the case of a police officer obtaining a university undergraduate degree during the course of their career as a police officer). If information about highest level of education completed at time of hiring is unknown, please indicate “Information not available.”

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table C refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table D – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Visible Minority and Aboriginal Populations

Aboriginal Peoples: Refers to whether the police officer is an Aboriginal person of Canada, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit.

Visible Minority: Refers to the visible minority group to which the respondent belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as ‘persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour’.

Not a Visible Minority: Refers to persons who are Caucasian in race or white in colour, regardless of place of birth.

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table D refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table E – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Official Languages Spoken

Official Languages Spoken: Number of police officers who were able to speak with the public in the official languages listed

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table E refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table F - Number of Police Officers as of May 15th speaking Non-Official Languages

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table F refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table G - Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Non-Official Languages Spoken

Non-official Languages Spoken: Number of police officers who were able to speak with the public in the non-official languages listed.

Note: More than one non-official language can be indicated for each officer.

Chinese languages includes: Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien and Shanghainese, as well as a residual category (Chinese languages not otherwise specified).

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table G refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

Confidential when completed.

A.  Number of Police Officer Hirings/Departures within the year by Overall Years of Service

(Select one) Calendar Year 2012, Fiscal Year 2012/2013

Hirings (By Overall Years of Service for each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Overall Years of Service

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

Departures (By Overall Years of Service for each of the following categories: Retirements, Hired by other serviceNote1, Other)

Overall Years of Service

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

Note

  1. If the number of officers who were hired by another police service upon departure is not available, please report all officers who left your police service for any reason other than retirement under the category Other. In the Comments section on the last page of the Main survey form, please indicate that you are unable to report officers hired by another police service.

Police Officers Eligible to Retire as of Calendar of Fiscal Year-End (By Overall Years of Service)

Overall Years of Service

  • 1. Less than 5 years
  • 2. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 3. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 4. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 5. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 6. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 7. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 8. 35 years and over
  • 9. Information for years of service not available
  • 10. Total (sum lines 1 to 9)

B1. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Overall Years of Service

Overall Years of Service

  • 11. Less than 5 years
  • 12. 5 to less than 10 years
  • 13. 10 to less than 15 years
  • 14. 15 to less than 20 years
  • 15. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 16. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 17. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 18. 35 years and over
  • 19. Information not available
  • 20. Total (sum lines 11 to 19)*

* Note: This number must be the same as the number you reported for Police Officer Total (line 4 of the Blue Form).

B2. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Age Group (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Age Group

  • 21. Less than 20 years
  • 22. 20 to less than 25 years
  • 23. 25 to less than 30 years
  • 24. 30 to less than 35 years
  • 25. 35 to less than 40 years
  • 26. 40 to less than 45 years
  • 27. 45 to less than 50 years
  • 28. 50 to less than 55 years
  • 29. 55 to less than 60 years
  • 30. 60 years and over
  • 31. Information not available
  • 32. Total (sum lines 21 to 31)

C. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Education Level

  • 33. High school diploma
  • 34. College, CEGEP or other certificate or diploma
  • 35. University Undergraduate degree
  • 36. University Graduate degree (i.e. master’s degree, Ph.D)
  • 37. Other
  • 38. Information not available
  • 39. Total (sum lines 33 to 38)

D. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Visible Minority and Aboriginal Populations (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Visible Minority Status

  • 40. Aboriginal Peoples (First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit)
  • 41. Visible Minority (persons other than Aboriginal persons who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour)
  • 42. Not a Visible Minority or Aboriginal Person (Caucasian in race or white in colour, regardless of place of birth)
  • 43. Information not available
  • 44. Total (sum lines 40 to 43)

E. Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Official and Non-Official Languages Spoken (For each of the following categories: Experienced Police Officers, Recruit Graduates)

Language Spoken

Official languages

  • 45. English only
  • 46. French only
  • 47. Both English and French
  • 48. Information not available
  • 49. Total (sum lines 45 to 48)

Non-official languages

Note: Among all police officers reported (line 49), what additional non-official languages were spoken?
You can select multiple languages per officer in this table.

  • Chinese languages
  • Italian
  • German
  • Punjabi
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • Tagalog
  • Portuguese
  • Other
  • Information not available

Comments and/or Explanations

Instructions

For all tables please include:

  • Permanent full-time (works 37.5 hours per week or more) and part-time (works less than 37.5 hours per week) employees (police officer and recruits) on the personnel roster over the past calendar year.
  • Police officers who are paid from external agencies through full or partial cost-recovery agreements, (e.g. airport policing contracts).
  • Police officer personnel actively replacing, (or ‘backfilling’ the positions held by), police officers on long-term leave from the police service, and who are paid by the police service’s annual budget.

For all tables please exclude:

  • Contract or casual workers who are not employed on a permanent basis.
  • Police officers on long-term leave (educational, disability, ‘secondment-out’) who are not being paid by the police service’s annual budget.

*Convert permanent part-time employees to a full-time equivalent. For example, four permanent part-time workers who each work ten hours a week would be considered one full-time employee.

Table A – Number of Police Officer Hirings/Departures within the year by Overall Years of Service

Overall Years of Service: Please report the number of years of service as a police officer. Depending on your source for this information, ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of policing experience. For example, many Human Resource Records Management Systems rely on the concept of pensionable years of service when reporting actual years of service. In some cases, systems may not carry over years of service an officer acquired during previous employment with a different police service. Additionally, not all systems distinguish between prior years of service as a civilian employee and prior years of service as a police officer. In both these cases, please report the number of years of service that is available in your system.
Note: Reasons other than the ones mentioned above may exist for why ‘overall years of service’ may exclude prior years of experience for police officers. However, in all cases, please report your data as accurately as possible within the limits of these constraints and exclusions.

If information on the years of service accumulated by officers who were hired by or departed your police service during the past calendar or fiscal year is unavailable, please provide the number of officers who were hired or who departed in both Line 9 (Information not available) and Line 10 (Total).

Experienced Police Officers include: Senior Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Constables who achieved the status of a fully-sworn police officer prior to the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Recruit Graduates include: Paid personnel who successfully graduated from a training program during the previous calendar year or fiscal year and have achieved the status of fully-sworn police officer.
Note: This category excludes personnel currently engaged in training programs intended to enable them to achieve the status of fully-sworn officer, but who have not yet achieved that status.

Hirings/Departures: Number of Police Officers who were either hired by your police service or who departed from your police service in the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Retirements: Number of police officers who retired in the previous calendar year or fiscal year based on age and/or years of service.

Eligible to retire: Number of police officers who were eligible to retire with a full pension as of your previous year’s calendar or fiscal year-end, based on age and/or years of service. Do not include police officers who did retire within the calendar or fiscal year.

Calendar year: Refers to January 1 to December 31 of the previous year.

Table B – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Overall Years of Service and Age Group

Total Police officers include: Senior Officers, Non- Commissioned Officers and Constables.

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table B refers to Total Police Officers, Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date, whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Table C – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Highest Level of Education Completed at Time of Hiring

Education level: Educational attainment at time of hiring as of the May 15th snapshot date.

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table C refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table D – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Visible Minority and Aboriginal Populations

Aboriginal Peoples: Refers to whether the police officer is an Aboriginal person of Canada, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit.

Visible Minority: Refers to the visible minority group to which the respondent belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as ‘persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour’.

Not a Visible Minority: Refers to persons who are Caucasian in race or white in colour, regardless of place of birth.

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table D refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Table E – Number of Police Officers as of May 15th by Official and Non-Official Languages Spoken

Languages Spoken: Number of police officers who were able to speak with the public in the languages listed
Note: More than one non-official language can be indicated for each officer.

Chinese languages includes: Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien and Shanghainese, as well as a residual category (Chinese languages not otherwise specified).

Note: Please follow instructions for Table A regarding definitions for Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates. Table E refers to Experienced Police Officers and Recruit Graduates as of the May 15th snapshot date whereas Table A refers to counts based on the previous calendar year or fiscal year.

Please report data even if this information is provided by police officers on a voluntary basis.

Notes on Trade of Arms and Ammunition

Context

Statistics relating to the export of military goods and technology, including conventional arms and ammunition, can be found in the "Report on Exports of Military Goods from Canada" published by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. This information is based on the export of military goods and technology as identified in the Munitions List (Group 2) of Canada’s Export Control List, which reflect (i) commitments made in the multilateral Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, (ii) and commitments made in the Organization of American States, as well as (iii) certain additional unilateral controls implemented by Canada. Canada’s export control regime, including the Export Control List, is established and administered under the authority of Canada's Export and Import Permits Act.

Export statistics

Supplementary information relating to the export of arms and ammunitions can be found on other government sites such as Industry Canada's "Trade Data On-Line" and Statistics Canada’s "Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database". These data are compiled based on categories of items negotiated at the World Customs Organization for the purpose of applying global customs tariff codes, though each product is assigned a specific classification code. The Harmonized System (HS) codes support the compilation and uses of trade statistics.

The statistics in Chapter 93 "Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof" defined by the HS do not completely align with information for the export of conventional arms and ammunition as defined in the Export and Import Permits Act. As a result, the "Arms and Ammunitions" category of items negotiated via the World Customs Organization does not in most cases reflect what is generally understood as conventional arms and ammunition. For example, goods such as flare guns used in oil and gas drilling, ammunition to frighten birds at airports, etc. may be listed under the "Arms and Ammunition" coding.

Other sources of information outside of Statistics Canada

The Canadian Commercial Corporation also generates their own export data based on contracts between Canadian suppliers and military end-users. Again, these statistics may include items which are not strictly military in nature, such as storage containers.

Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) training

The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) is a microsimulation tool specifically designed for analyzing the tax and transfer system in Canada. It is a complex multidisciplinary analytical tool which, while easily used, requires significant experience to master. Statistics Canada is committed to working with licensees of the SPSD/M in order to help them get the maximum benefit from the model and to do so in a flexible way that is most beneficial to individual client's research and personnel needs. The SPSD/M training will assist those interested in analyzing financial interactions of federal/provincial governments and individuals in Canada. To this end we have two training options to help develop the knowledge and skills to effectively employ the model and provide advice on how to best apply the SPSD/M to approach your policy research questions.

Target participants

Individuals who are interested in using microsimulation to analyze Canadian tax and transfer policies. Participants should have some understanding of the Canadian tax and transfer system.

This tool is specifically designed for analyzing the tax and transfer policies in Canada and can't be used to analyze policies for other countries. Please contact us directly if you have questions.

Training seminars

These courses are offered in English and French twice per year. A minimum number of participants is required to hold a course (courses will be cancelled if there is not enough registrations less than 10 working days prior to the date of the course). This training can also be given at a client's site if suitable facilities are available.

To register, simply send an e-mail message to spsdm@statcan.gc.ca
(Please note that, generally, our seminars are offered in the spring and fall of each year.)

Course descriptions

Course description for SPSD/M Black Box training

This is an introductory seminar directed primarily towards persons who will be hands-on users of the SPSD/M, although the seminar is also of value to all persons who will be analyzing and interpreting SPSD/M results. The course provides a detailed understanding of the components of the product and how to use key features such as controlling scenarios, creating new variables and customized tables. Case studies are presented and participants have an opportunity for hands-on experience. Persons planning on attending the seminar are strongly advised to have worked through the examples presented in the Introduction and Overview manual. The following is an outline of the major topics covered in the course.

  • Microsimulation fundamentals
  • SPSD/M components and structure
  • Key concept: Static database aging
  • Key concept: Unit of analysis
  • Key concept: Accounting framework
  • Social Policy Simulation Model (SPSM) parameters
  • SPSM installation & operation
  • Selection and sampling
  • Custom tables with the crosstabulator
  • SPSD/M database and variables
  • SPSM algorithms
  • SPSM facilities
  • Creating new variables
  • Example simulations and case studies

Course description for SPSD/M Glass Box training

This is an advanced seminar directed towards persons who are already hands-on users of the SPSD/M. The course provides an understanding of how to create glass box executables by modifying the Social Policy Simulation Model (SPSM) algorithms which are written in C++. Case studies are presented and participants have an opportunity for more hands-on experience.

Prerequisites: Persons planning on attending the seminar should already be familiar with the use of the SPSD/M in Black box mode. They should know how to create new user variables and custom tables at various family levels.

The following is an outline of the major topics covered in the course.

  • SPSM algorithms
  • Visual Studio .NET
  • Building a glass box
  • SPSD/M file structure
  • Creating new parameters
  • Creating new variables
  • Debugging

The next scheduled courses

SPSD/M Black Box Training for Beginners (English)

Course description Black Box training course (next scheduled course in English)

Language:

English

Dates:

Course duration is 4 days: September 12 2025 (10:30pm-4:30pm), September 15 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), September 16 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), September 19 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm). Eastern Time.

Location:

MS Teams

Course cost:

$800.00 + HST

SPSD/M Black Box Training Intermediate (English)

Course description Black Box training course (next scheduled course in English)

Language:

English

Dates:

Course duration is 4 days: August 26 2025 (10:30am -4:30pm), August 28 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), September 2 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), October 2 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm). Eastern Time.

Location:

MS Teams

Course cost:

$800.00 + HST

SPSD/M Black Box Training for Beginners (French)

Course description for Black Box Training

Language:

French

Dates:

Course duration is 4 days: October 15 2025 (10:30pm-4:30pm), October 16 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), October 22 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm), October 23 2025 (10:30am-4:30pm). Eastern Time.

Location:

MS Teams

Course cost:

$800.00 + HST

SPSD/M Glass Box Training (English)

Course description for Glass Box Training

Language:

English

Dates:

Course duration is 8 days: Every Tuesday and Thursday, November 18 2025 until December 11 2025. 1pm-4:30pm Eastern time.

Location:

MS Teams

Course cost:

$1600 + HST

Prerequisites:

Persons planning on attending the seminar should already be familiar with the use of the SPSD/M in Black box mode. They should know how to create new user variables and custom tables at various family levels.

SPSD/M Glass Box Training (French)

Course description for Glass Box Training

Language:

French

Dates:

TBD

Location:

MS Teams

Course cost:

$1600 + HST 

Prerequisites:

Persons planning on attending the seminar should already be familiar with the use of the SPSD/M in Black box mode. They should know how to create new user variables and custom tables at various family levels.

In-house training

If an organization or individual has either a special project they wish to use the model for, or a specific advanced aspect of model use they wish to master (i.e. stochastic imputation) arrangements can be made for one-on-one training. In most of these cases an analyst works with our microsimulation team in Ottawa. The access to a group of microsimulation and quantitative policy analysis oriented professionals is an added benefit of this type of training. It is also possible for a Statistics Canada microsimulation analyst to visit a client's site.

Update of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011

July 30, 2013 (Previous notice)

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) is currently being updated. The updated NOC will be available in 2016.

At this time, Statistics Canada is soliciting input from data producers and data users to ensure their needs continue to be met by NOC, and from individuals, user groups, industry representatives and occupational experts to ensure that the descriptive information contained in the NOC remains current. Proposals for changes to NOC should be submitted to standards-normes@statcan.gc.ca. Guidelines for submissions are presented below to assist you in providing your input.

Input is requested by January 15, 2014 but will be accepted until June 30, 2014. Decisions on proposed updates will be made between April 2014 and April 2015, jointly with Employment and Social Development Canada. To enable us to fully consider your suggestions in time for inclusion in this update, please send them early in the consultation period. You may send more than one submission, if that enables you to comment earlier.

Guidelines

This is an update of the classification only. It is not a revision. Accordingly, no new unit groups will be added; no unit groups will be moved within the classification; no unit groups will be merged and no content will be moved between unit groups.

Updates that will be considered include:

  • Suggestions of new job titles to be added. When making such proposals, please suggest to which existing NOC unit group the title should be added. Please also include any information available concerning the duties/tasks performed by persons with that job title and the education, training or other qualifications they may need.
  • Proposals for updating occupational unit group definitions.
  • Proposed updates to the Main duties listed for a particular occupational unit group. These may, for example, be new or changed duties arising from technological change or from change in the scope of activities performed in the occupation.
  • Proposed updates to the Employment Requirements for a particular occupational unit group. Please include any available supporting information, such as information on new training programs.
  • Proposed updates to the Additional information section of a particular occupational unit group.

Proposals should include supporting information on the rationale for the change suggested.
Submissions may be in either official language. They should contain contact information to allow follow up with the submitter to obtain further information or clarification, if required.

NOC 2011 may be viewed on the Statistics Canada website at:  National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 or on the website of Employment and Social Development Canada at: National Occupational Classification 2011.

Criteria for updates to NOC content

Please consider the following criteria when preparing your input to the update of the National Occupational Classification.

Proposed changes should:

  1. Be consistent with classification principles of mutual exclusivity, exhaustiveness, and homogeneity within unit groups.
  2. Be relevant, that is, the updates must be of analytical interest, result in enhanced data useful to users and be based on appropriate statistical research or subject matter expertise.

Notice of information sharing

All consultation input received will be shared with Employment and Social Development Canada with whom Statistics Canada will be working jointly on the update of the National Occupational Classification for 2016.

Industry classifications

The industry classifications include the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada and the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Some of the industry classifications from other countries are listed under "Other".

Canada

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

Other

Trilateral website for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

    North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) United States

    Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte (SCIAN) México

    Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)

    United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

    Data quality, concepts and methodology: Construction union wage rates and indexes

    (Table 327-0045: 2007=100 Wage Rate Indexes monthly 1971 to present; Table 327-0003: Wage Rates monthly 1971 to present)

    Introduction

    These series measure changes over time in the current collective agreement rates for 16 trades engaged in building construction in 22 metropolitan areas. Union wage rates by trade are also published for 22 metropolitan areas for both the basic rates and rates including selected supplementary payments. Indexes are provided for those cities where a majority of trades are covered by current collective agreements.

    Characteristics

    General

    Two rates are indexed: basic rates, indicating the straight time hourly compensation; and basic rates including supplements, such as vacation pay, statutory holiday pay and employers’ contribution to pension plans, health and welfare plans, industry promotion and training funds.

    Prices used

    Wage rates used for these indexes are derived mainly from those published by the various construction labour relations associations across the provinces. Summaries of the signed agreements are provided to Statistics Canada.

    Adjustments to prices

    None. Rates used are those published in the collective agreements.

    Weight base

    The weights used for the 2007 based indexes were derived from the 2006 census data. As before, a fixed- basket Laspeyres index formula is used for the 2007 based indexes.

    Index formula

    Price indexes are base-weighted.

    Revisions

    Wage rates and indexes are subject to revisions for 30 months.

    Historical data

    Details on rates (1971 onwards) and indexes (1971 onwards) for individual trades are available monthly on CANSIM. For the 1981=100, 1986=100 and 1992=100 series, composite indexes by major trade group and region are also generated and stored on CANSIM. The databank numbers are available in the CANSIM directory or on request.

    Reference documents and further reading

    CANSIM Tables 281-0023 to 281-0049
    Employment, earnings and hours

    For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca).

    Table 1 Concordance of numbers for selected index series

    Table summary
    This table displays the results of Concordance of numbers for selected index series. The information is grouped by CANSIM Vector # for old table 327-0004 (appearing as row headers), CANSIM Vector # for new table 327-0045 (appearing as column headers).
    CANSIM Vector # for old table 327-0004 CANSIM Vector # for new table 327-0045
    v734336 v52012895
    v734338 v52012897
    v734339 v52012898
    v734340 v52012899
    v734342 v52012901
    v734343 v52012902
    v734344 v52012903
    v734346 v52012905
    v734347 v52012906
    v734348 v52012907
    v734349 v52012908
    v734350 v52012909
    v734351 v52012910
    v734352 v52012911
    v734353 v52012912
    v734354 v52012913
    v734356 v52012915
    no concordance v52012916
    no concordance v52012917
    v734357 v52012918
    v734358 v52012919
    v734360 v52012921
    v734361 v52012922
    v734362 v52012923
    v734364 v52012925
    v734365 v52012926
    v734366 v52012927
    v734368 v52012929
    v734369 v52012930
    v734370 v52012931
    v734372 v52012933
    v734373 v52012934
    v734374 v52012935
    v734375 v52012936
    v734376 v52012937
    v734377 v52012938
    v734378 v52012939
    v734379 v52012940
    v734380 v52012941
    v734382 v52012943
    no concordance v52012944
    no concordance v52012945
    v734383 v52012946
    v734384 v52012947
    v734386 v52012949
    v734387 v52012950
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