Capital Expenditures - Preliminary Estimate for 2008 and Intentions for 2009 - Form F2
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Introduction
Purpose
This survey collects data on capital and repair* expenditures in Canada. The information is used by Federal and Provincial governments and agencies, trade associations, universities and international organizations for policy development and as a measure of regional activity. *Organizations reporting in the preliminary actual, intentions were not asked for repair expenditures.
Authority
Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this Act. Confidential when completed.
Confidentiality
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable business. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in strict confidence. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation.
Data-sharing agreements
Statistics Canada has entered into agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies for the sharing of data. The data are kept confidential and used for statistical purposes only. Your responses are not shared with Canada Revenue Agency.
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 business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
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Return procedures
Please mail the completed questionnaire to Investment and Capital Stock Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, or by Facsimile: (613) 951-0196 or toll free at 1 800 606-5393.
Assistance
Instructions, definitions and examples can be found in the reporting guide. Reading these before completion can save you both time and effort in filling out this questionnaire. For additional information, please call us at (613) 951-9815, toll free at 1 800 345-2294 or by e-mail at Invest@statcan.gc.ca.
Reporting instructions
Dollar Amounts and Percentages
- All dollar amounts reported should be rounded to THOUSANDS OF CANADIAN DOLLARS
(e.g., $6,555,444.00 should be rounded to $6,555);
- Percentages should be rounded (e.g., 37%, 76%, 94%);
- Your best estimates are acceptable when precise figures are not available;
- Pre-printed cell numbers 055 to 904 are for identification purposes only.
Definitions
What are Capital Expenditures?
Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others.
Include:
- cost of all new buildings, engineering, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
- modifications, additions and major renovations
- capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
- subsidies
- capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
- work done by own labour force
- additions to work in progress
How to Treat Leases
- include assets acquired for lease to others, either as a capital, financial or as an operating lease
- exclude assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital, financial or an operating lease from others
Information for Government Departments
The following applies to government departments only:
- include all capital expenditures without taking into account the capitalization threshold of your department
- grants and/or subsidies to outside entities (e.g., municipalities, agencies, institutions or businesses) are not to be included
- departments are requested to exclude from reported figures budgetary items pertaining to any departmental agency and proprietary crown corporation as they are surveyed separately
- federal departments are to report expenditures paid for by the department, regardless of which department awarded the contract
- provincial departments are to include any capital expenditures on construction (exclude outlays for land) and/or machinery and equipment, for use in Canada, financed from revolving funds, loans attached to revolving funds, other loans, the Consolidated Revenue Fund or special accounts
Pre-printed information
Please correct pre-printed label information, if necessary;
- a: Legal Name
- b: Business Name
- c: Location
- d: Principal Activity
- e: Type of Ownership*
- f: Mail Contact Name
- g: Title
- h: Mail Address
- i: Telephone Number (ext)
- j: Fax Number
- k: E-Mail
Reporting period information
For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the FINAL DAY occurs on or between April 1, (YYYY)* and March 31, (YYYY)* for (YYYY)* and April 1, (YYYY)* and March 31, (YYYY)* for (YYYY)*.
Please indicate below the period covered by this report*
- 1: Preliminary Estimate From (YYYYMM) To (YYYYMM)
- 2: Intentions From (YYYYMM) To (YYYYMM)
Respondent identification
Person completing this questionnaire;
- a: First Name and Last Name
- b: Title
- c: Telephone Number, Ext
- d: Fax Number
- e: Signature (I certify that the information contained herein is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge)
- f: Date completed (YYYY MM DD)
Preliminary Estimate (YYYY)*
Section A: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress)
Section A: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:1.
Please report for Land;
- a: Total cost
Section A: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:2.
Please report for Residential Construction;
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
Section A: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:3.
Please report for Non-Residential Construction (including for lease to others);
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
- c: Total Capital Expenditures (sum of response a, b above)
Section A: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:4.
Please report for Machinery and Equipment (including for lease to others);
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
- c: Total Capital Expenditures (sum of response a, b above)
- d: What percentage of response A, is for the purchase of software?
Section B Capacity Utilization (Manufacturing companies only)
Section B Capacity Utilization (Manufacturing companies only) - Question identifier:1.
For (YYYY)*, this plant has been operating at what percentage of its capacity (Preliminary Estimates)?
(If the year is not complete when you fill in this questionnaire, report for the year to date)
Capacity is defined as maximum production attainable under normal conditions. With regard to normal conditions, please follow the company's operating practices with respect to the use of production facilities, overtime, workshifts, holidays, etc. When any of your facilities permit the substitution of one product for another, use a product mix at capacity which is most similar to the composition of your (YYYY)* output.
Section B Capacity Utilization (Manufacturing companies only) - Question identifier:2.
If this plant has been operating at less than capacity during (YYYY)* what is the principal reason? (Please select the appropriate choices)
- 1: Insufficient orders
- 2: Insufficient labour available
- 3: Lack of materials or supplies
- 4: Strike or work stoppage
- 5: Plant shutdown
- 6: Start-up of new operation
- 7: Sufficient inventory
- 8: Other reasons (please specify)
Section B Capacity Utilization (Manufacturing companies only) - Question identifier:3.
If this plant has been operating at more than capacity during (YYYY)* , what is the principal reason? (Please select the appropriate choices)
- a: Stronger demand for product
- b: Insufficient inventory
- c: Other reasons (Please specify)
Section B Capacity Utilization (Manufacturing companies only) - Question identifier:4.
Has the production capacity of this plant changed in (YYYY)* ?
(Change in resources e.g. plants, equipment, workforce, etc.)
Please select:
- a: Increased
- b: Decreased
- c: No change
Intentions (YYYY)*
Section C: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress)
Section C: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:1.
Please report for Land;
- a: Total cost
Section C: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:2.
Please report for Residential Construction;
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
Section C: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:3.
Please report for Non-Residential Construction (including for lease to others);
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
- c: Total Capital Expenditures (sum of response a, b above)
Section C: Capital Expenditures (thousands of dollars)
(include acquisitions to work in progress) - Question identifier:4.
Please report for Machinery and Equipment (including for lease to others);
- a: New Assets, Renovation, Retrofit (include used fixed assets if imported)
- b: Purchase of Used Canadian Assets
- c: Total Capital Expenditures (sum of response a, b above)
- d: What percentage of response A, is for the purchase of software?
Section D: Year over Year Variation of Capital Expenditures
Fiscal year (YYYY)* over fiscal year (YYYY)*
Non-residential Construction
Increase (Please select)
- 1: Launched new major project (s)
- 2: Expanded existing project (s)
- 3: Project restarted/resumed
- 4: Increased cost of project (s)
- 9: Other (s) Please specify:
Decrease (please select)
- 5: Project(s) on hold (temporary or not)
- 6: Project(s) cancelled/abandoned
- 7: Project(s) completed
- 8: Reduced size of existing project(s)/Extended project(s) timeline
- 9: Other(s) Please specify:
Machinery and Equipment
Increase (Please select)
- 1: Launched new major project (s)
- 2: Expanded existing project (s)
- 3: Project restarted/resumed
- 4: Increased cost of project (s)
- 9: Other (s) Please specify:
Decrease (please select)
- 5: Project(s) on hold (temporary or not)
- 6: Project(s) cancelled/abandoned
- 7: Project(s) completed
- 8: Reduced size of existing project(s)/Extended project(s) timeline
- 9: Other(s) Please specify:
Section E: Capital Expenditures Plans
Intentions (YYYY)*
Non-residential construction
Please select the appropriate choices.
- 1: No major plans for this year
- 2: Reduction in previously planned project(s)
- 3: Introduced additional project(s)
- 4: Increase in previously planned project(s)
- 5: Carry over from previous year(s)
- 6: Revised reporting procedures (e.g., change in year end) Please specify:
- 7: Other(s)
Machinery and Equipment
Please select the appropriate choices.
- 1: No major plans for this year
- 2: Reduction in previously planned project(s)
- 3: Introduced additional project(s)
- 4: Increase in previously planned project(s)
- 5: Carry over from previous year(s)
- 6: Revised reporting procedures (e.g., change in year end) Please specify:
- 7: Other(s)
*Please see reporting guide/questionnaire
Information
How much time was spent compiling data and completing this questionnaire?
- 1: Please report in hour(s) and minute(s)
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