Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act, Part 1 - Corporations (CALURA)

Detailed information for 1996

The purpose of the survey is to collect financial and ownership information on the affairs of corporations carrying on activities in Canada.

Data release - October 22, 1998

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This annual survey collects information about the ownership of major corporations, that is, all corporations who belong to an enterprise whose gross revenue exceeds $15 million or whose assets exceed $10 million. Ownership information is then merged with financial information to evaluate the extent and effects of non-residential ownership and control on the Canadian economy.

Subjects

• Business ownership
• Business performance and ownership

Data sources and methodology

Sampling

This is a sample survey.

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.