Survey of Growing Innovative Firms

Detailed information for 1999

This survey was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Data release - September 15, 1999

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This survey was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Subjects

• Business adaptation and adjustment
• Business performance and ownership
• Innovation
• Science and technology

Data sources and methodology

Sampling

This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.

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.