Quarterly Survey of Municipal Short Term Debt

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General Information

General Information

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Short term debt transactions (borrowings and repayments) should be shown for the General Funds of the municipality i.e. both Current (Operating) and Capital e.g., borrowing pending issuance of debentures.
2. For ease of reporting, please use a separate form for each type of currency.
3. There is a primary need to identify short term debt secured by treasury bills - the remainder should be shown according to type of lender.
4. There is need to identify inter-governmental (and government agency) borrowings. Other Municipalities should include "regional" type municipalities as well as regional boards and agencies e.g., regional health districts and conservation authorities.

Purpose

The objective of this program is the publication of financial statistics concerning the federal government, the provincial, territorial, and local governments, Government Business Enterprises, health and education institutions and the Canada and Quebec pension plans.

The objective of this program is the consolidation of the financial asset and liability data of the federal government, the provincial and territorial general governments and non-autonomous pension plans, and local governments. The financial asset and liability data of the Canada and Quebec pension plans are also presented.

Authority

The collection of this information is authorized by the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.

COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT.

Confidentiality

Confidential when completed.

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, which 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 information pertaining to public sector entities 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 information pertaining to public sector entities located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Return procedures

Please return one completed form by the 15th of the month following the period under review to:

Statistics Canada
170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Operations and Integration Division, JT2-B15
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6

Retain one completed form for your records. Please return the questionnaire in the enclosed envelope.

Assistance

If any questions should arise regarding the completion of this form, please call the Institutional Statistics Section at 1-866-351-2587, facsimile 613-951-0709 / 1-800-755-5514, (E-mail piu/uip@statcan.gc.ca).

Thank you

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Definitions

1. "Short term" debt is defined as marketable and non-marketable securities and loans having an original maturity of one year or less.

2. Bankers' Acceptances: Bankers' acceptances are short-term debt instruments issued at a discount and guaranteed by the customer's bank for a fee.

3. Treasury Bills: Instruments described as negotiable bearer notes with an original term to maturity of one year or less issued at a discount without coupons. Treasury bills are issued by governments only.

4. Promissary Notes: An unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaged to pay, on demand or at a fixed time, a specific amount of money, to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.

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