Introduction
Survey Purpose
This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs. For more information on this survey, please access www.statcan.gc.ca/survey-enquete/index-eng.htm.
Information on confidentiality, data-sharing agreements and record linkages can be found on the second page of this questionnaire.
Please correct name, address and establishment coverageif necessary
Confidential when completed
Collected under the authority of theStatistics Act, Revised Statutes ofCanada,1985, Chapter S19.
If you need assistance, please call telephone number included.
Instructions
- When values are not available by the due date, estimates are
acceptable. - Do not report cumulative or year−to−date values.
- Leave blank spaces only where values are not normally reported.
Please provide the dollar value for the following (omit cents)
1. Sales (in dollars)
- Sales of goods manufactured.
- Sales of goods purchased for resale, as is
Please provide the total of the above items
2. Inventories (in dollars)
- Raw materials, fuel, supplies
- Goods/Work in Process
- Finished goods manufactured
- Goods purchased for resale, as is
Please provide the total of the above items
3. Orders (in dollars)
Please provide the dollar value of "Unfilled orders at month end".
4. Period
Please provide the Closing date of the accounting period covered.
Additional information
Confidentiality
Your answers are confidential.
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. 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 records from Statistics Canada.
Information from this survey will be used for statistical purposes only and will be published in 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, who must 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 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 agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.