Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey
Detailed information for 2014
Status:
Active
Frequency:
Occasional
Record number:
5175
The objective of this survey is to collect information about the sales of prepared foods and non-alcoholic beverages by different establishments in Ontario and to collect information on the percentage of those sales that are exempt from the Ontario portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The results of this survey are important in order to determine the allocation of tax revenues between the Ontario and federal governments.
Data release - July 3, 2015
Description
Statistics Canada, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Finance, conducts the Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey. The objective of the survey is to collect information about the sales of prepared foods and non-alcoholic beverages by different establishments and to collect information on the percentage of those sales that are exempt from the Ontario Retail Sales Tax. This information is used by the Ontario Ministry of Finance and Finance Canada to determine how revenue collected under the Ontario HST will be split between the provincial and federal governments.
Reference period: Calendar year
Subjects
- Accommodation and food
- Business, consumer and property services
- Income, pensions, spending and wealth
- Personal and household taxation
Data sources and methodology
Target population
The target population includes establishments in Ontario that sell prepared food and beverages (i.e., restaurants, mobile food services, traveler accommodations, retail food businesses, etc.). These establishments are classified according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2012) and include NAICS 311811, 445110, 445120, 445291, 447110, 454210, 512130, 711111, 711112, 711120, 711130, 711190, 711211, 711213, 711218, 711311, 711319, 712111, 712115, 712119, 712120, 712130, 712190, 713110, 713120, 713210, 713299, 713910, 713920, 713930, 713940, 713950, 713990, 721111, 721112, 721113, 721114, 721191, 721192, 721198, 722310, 722330, 722410, 722511, 722512, 813410.
Instrument design
The Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey questionnaire was designed in co-operation with the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Finance Canada and Statistics Canada's HST secretariat. It is used to collect information on the proportion of sales of prepared food and non-alcoholic beverages which are exempt from the provincial portion of the HST.
The Electronic questionnaire was field-tested with potential respondents in 2014 and their comments on the design and content have been incorporated.
Sampling
This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.
The Business Register is the survey frame. The statistical unit is the establishment.
To select the sample, the following parameters were considered:
- Target size of 2,050 units
- Desired response rate of 60%
- Coefficients of Variation (CVs) targeted by domain: 4.0% for industry groups Convenience stores, Food service contractors, and Private or social clubs or legion halls; 4.5% for industry groups Cocktail lounges, taverns and bars, and Hotels and motels; 5.0% for industry groups Bakeries, Chip wagons, hot dog stands, coffee stands, mobile food services, and Snack bars, and Vending machines; 5.5% for industry groups Full-service restaurants, and Grocery stores; 6.0% for industry groups Cafeterias, coffee shops, doughnut shops, fast food restaurants, soup and sandwich shop, take-out restaurants.
The domains are the following:
1. Bakeries (NAICS 311811 and 445291)
2. Cafeterias, coffee shops, doughnut shops, fast food restaurants, soup and sandwich shop, take-out restaurants (NAICS 722512)
3. Chip wagons, hot dog stands, coffee stands, mobile food services (NAICS 722330)
4. Cocktail lounges, taverns and bars (NAICS 722410)
5. Convenience stores (NAICS 445120 and 447110)
6. Food service contractors (NAICS 722310)
7. Full-service restaurants (NAICS 722511)
8. Grocery stores (NAICS 445110)
9. Hotels and motels (NAICS 721111, 721112, 721113, 721114, 721191, 721192, 721198)
10. Private or social clubs or legion halls (NAICS 813410)
11. Snack bars (NAICS 512130, 711111, 711112, 711120, 711130, 711190, 711211, 711213, 711218, 713110, 713120, 712111, 712115, 712119, 712120, 712130, 712190, 711311, 711319, 713210, 713299, 713910, 713920, 713930, 713940, 713950, 713990)
12. Vending machines (NAICS 454210), only vending machine operators that sold meals were included in the frame.
Data sources
Data collection for this reference period: 2015-04-01 to 2015-05-08
Responding to this survey is mandatory.
Data are collected directly from survey respondents.
The respondent is sent a letter ahead of time in order to help him/her respond to an electronic questionnaire.
View the Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s) .
Error detection
Edits based on ratios were applied to detect errors and inconsistencies in the reported survey data following collection. Outlier detection was also used to identify extreme values requiring imputation.
Imputation
Nearest neighbor donor imputation was used to correct for partial non-responses. This imputation method involves replacing one or more missing values from a respondent, called receiver, by values provided by one or more respondents, called donors. The donor has to be in the same imputation class as the recipient. In addition, the revenue on the Business Register for both units must be similar. Statistics Canada's generalized system Banff was used for imputation.
Estimation
A complete file of weighted micro data was created for all sampled establishments in the survey population for which data were reported or imputed. Weights were adjusted by a factor to account for total non-response so that the final estimates would be representative of the entire survey population. Weighted estimates were produced using the Generalised System of Estimation (GES).
Quality evaluation
The survey results were compared with data from other Statistics Canada sources. In addition, under a work-in-progress agreement, the Ontario Ministry of Finance reviewed the survey results to ensure that they were consistent with other tax revenue information from both federal and provincial government sources.
Disclosure control
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.
In order to prevent any data disclosure, confidentiality analysis is done using the Statistics Canada Generalized Disclosure Control System (G-Confid). G-Confid is used for primary suppression (direct disclosure) as well as for secondary suppression (residual disclosure). Direct disclosure occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of or dominated by few enterprises while residual disclosure occurs when confidential information can be derived indirectly by piecing together information from different sources or data series.
Revisions and seasonal adjustment
This methodology does not apply to this survey.
Data accuracy
The data accuracy indicators used for the Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey are the standard error and the coefficient of variation. The standard error is a commonly used statistical measure indicating the error of an estimate associated with sampling. The coefficient of variation is the standard error expressed as a percentage of the estimate.
The unweighted response rate at collection is 77.0%. The overall imputation rates were 0.7%, 1.0% and 1.0% for the survey questions on the total net sales, sales that were exempt from the provincial portion of the HST and percentage estimate of sales that were exempt from the provincial portion of the HST respectively.
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