Transport Canada in brief

Detailed information for 2016

The purpose of this program is to provide a dissemination vehicle for some of the data that is collected by Transport Canada under their regulations.

Data release - March 26, 2019

• Description
• Data sources and methodology
• Data accuracy

Description

This program includes the following components:

1. Transport Canada: Annual report data

Transport Canada publishes every year an report entitled "Transportation in Canada", accompanied by an Addendum.

Some of the tables in this Addendum contain federal, provincial/territorial and municipal government expense and revenue data.

This data is now available in the form of six tables, published on Statistics Canada's website. These tables will be updated on an annual basis.

2. Transport Canada: Transportation activity and performance indicators

Transport Canada's activity and performance indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. These indicators are currently released on the Transportation Data and Information Hub, available on the Statistics Canada website.

These data will be made available in the near future in the form of three tables, published on Statistics Canada's website. The tables will be updated on a monthly basis.

3. Transport Canada: Safety and Security Program Oversight Delivery Dashboard

The Safety and Security Program Oversight Delivery Dashboard is comprised of detailed data that is collected by Transport Canada's Safety and Security Program. Data include the number of forecasted and completed inspections and the oversight costs, broken down by programs, activities and administrative regions.

This data will be made available in the near future in the form of a table, published on Statistics Canada's website. The data in this table will be updated on a quarterly basis.

Reference period: Month, quarter or year, depending on the data.

Collection period: During the month/quarter/year following the reference month/quarter/year, depending on the data.

Subjects

• Transportation

Data sources and methodology

Target population

This item does not apply to this statistical program.

Instrument design

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Sampling

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Data sources

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

The data is collected and validated by Transport Canada before transferring the data to Statistics Canada.

Error detection

Data are verified by Transport Canada to ensure integrity and identify any inconsistencies. Programs are asked to clarify any questionable data.

The corrected data replaces the erroneous data.

Imputation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Estimation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Quality evaluation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Disclosure control

The data are collected through a combination of Transport Canada regulations, the authority of the Statistics Act, and agreements with several stakeholders of the transportation sector.

Revisions and seasonal adjustment

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Data accuracy

Data is extracted directly from programs at Transport Canada and is presumed to be highly accurate.

Response rate:
The response rate is 100%.

Non-sampling error:
While the possibility of measurement error exists as the information is entered manually, the risk of inaccurate numbers is considered low.