Annual Survey of the Aquaculture Industry - 2014

Annual Survey of the Aquaculture Industry - 2014
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Introduction

Purpose

The Annual Survey of the Aquaculture Industry collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Additional information

This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.

The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

Calculating each province and territory's fair share of federal-provincial transfer payments for health, education and social programs;
Establishing government programs to assist businesses;
Assisting the business community in negotiating contracts and collective agreements;
Supporting the government in making informed decisions about fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies;
Indexing social benefit programs and determining tax brackets;
Enabling academics and economists to analyze the economic performance of Canadian industries and to better understand rapidly evolving business environments.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

You are legally required to complete this questionnaire according to the Statistics Act.

In cases where information is reported on an amalgamated basis and relates to operations in more than one province or territory, Statistics Canada may allocate a portion of the reported information to these provincial or territorial operations. The allocated information will be shared in accordance with the Section 11 or 12 agreements of the Statistics Act, as described above.

In cases where there is a separate head office, Statistics Canada may adjust the reported revenues of that head office so that those revenues more fully reflect the value of the services the head office provides. In such cases, there will be a corresponding adjustment to the reported expenses of the units served. The adjusted information will be shared in accordance with the Section 11 or 12 agreements of the Statistics Act, as described above.

Authority

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

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. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

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 have agreed to 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, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments 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, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Care of Roland Boudreau
Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at: Roland.Boudreau@statcan.gc.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

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

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or email. However upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Note: Our online questionnaires are secure, there is no risk of data interception when responding to Statistics Canada online surveys.

Business and contact information

Business and contact information - Question identifier:1

Please verify the business name and correct where needed.

Legal name:

Operating name:

Business and contact information - Question identifier:2

Please verify the information for this business's contact person and correct where needed. - The contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name:

Last name:

Title:

Email address:

Address (number and street):

City:

Province, territory or state:

Postal code/ZIP code:

Country:

  • 1: Canada
  • 2: United States

Telephone number (including area code):

Extension number (if applicable):

Fax number (including area code):

Preferred language of communication:

  • 1: English
  • 2: French

Business Status

Business Status - Question identifier:1

Is this business currently in operation?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No, seasonal operations
  • 3: No, ceased all operations
  • 4: No, sold all operations
  • 5: No, amalgamated with (an) other business(es)
  • 6: No, temporarily inactive but will re-open
  • 7: No, no longer operating due to other reason(s)

Business Status - Question identifier:2

When did this business close for the season?

Business Status - Question identifier:3

When does this business expect to resume operations?

Business Status - Question identifier:4

When did this business cease all operations?

Business Status - Question identifier:5

Why did this business cease all operations?

  • 1: Bankruptcy
  • 2: Liquidation
  • 3: Dissolution
  • 4: Other reason - specify:

Business Status - Question identifier:5

Why did this business cease all operations? specify:

Business Status - Question identifier:6

When was this business sold?

Business Status - Question identifier:7

What is the legal name of the buyer?

Business Status - Question identifier:8

When did this business amalgamate?

Business Status - Question identifier:9

What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business?

Business Status - Question identifier:10

What is (are) the legal name(s) of the other amalgamated business(es)?

Business Status - Question identifier:11

When did this business become temporarily inactive?

Business Status - Question identifier:12

When does this business expect to resume operations?

Business Status - Question identifier:13

Why is this business temporarily inactive?

Business Status - Question identifier:14

When did this business cease operations?

Business Status - Question identifier:15

Why did this business cease operations?

Business activity

Business activity - Question identifier:1

According to our records, this business's main activity, which typically generates the most revenue, is classified as: (Business Activity). Is this correct?

  • 1: Yes, this is the main activity.
  • 2: No, this is a secondary activity.
  • 3: No, this is not applicable.

Business activity - Question identifier:2

Was this business's main activity, which typically generates the most revenue, ever classified as (Business Activity)?

Business activity - Question identifier:3

When did the main business activity change?

Business activity - Question identifier:4

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business's main activity. This is the main economic activity (typically generating the most revenue). e.g., Breakfast cereal manufacturing or Shoe store or Software development.

Business activity - Question identifier:5

Press the Search button below.

Select this business's sector (optional) This will search a database for the classification that best matches the description you provided. If desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting this business's activity sector.

Business activity - Question identifier:5

Search keywords

Business activity - Question identifier:6

Please select an activity (industry description)

Business activity - Question identifier:6

Please select an activity (industry code)

Business activity - Question identifier:7

You have indicated that the main activity of this business is:(Business Activity). Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business's revenue?

  • 1: Yes, there are other activities.
  • 2: No, that is the only significant activity.

Business activity - Question identifier:8

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business's secondary activity. e.g., 'Breakfast cereal manufacturing' or 'Shoe store' or 'Software development'.

Business activity - Question identifier:9

Approximately what percentage of this business's revenue is generated by each of the following business activities? Estimates are acceptable.

Business activity - Question identifier:a)

Main Business Activity

Business activity - Question identifier:b)

Secondary Business Activity

Business activity - Question identifier:c)

All other business activities

Business activity - Question identifier:d)

Total percentage

Reporting period information

Reporting period information - Question identifier:1

What are the start and end dates of this business' most recently completed fiscal year? Note: For this survey, the end date should fall between YYYY MM DD and YYYY MM DD.

Reporting period information - Question identifier:a)

Fiscal Year Start date

Reporting period information - Question identifier:b)

Fiscal Year-End date

Reporting period information - Question identifier:2

What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year? Select all that apply.

  • 1: Seasonal operations
  • 2: New business
  • 3: Change of ownership
  • 4: Temporarily inactive
  • 5: Change of fiscal year
  • 6: Ceased operations
  • 7: Other reason - specify:
  • 8: Other reason - specify: Description

Revenue

Revenue - Question identifier:1

For the reporting period of YYYY MM DD to YYYY MM DD, what was this business's revenue from each of the following sources? Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars

Revenue - Question identifier:a)

Sales of goods and services Include: sales of finfish, molluscs, aquaculture services, aquaculture by products, seed, sales of goods purchased for resale and consulting revenue.

Revenue - Question identifier:b)

Rental and leasing Report only if this is a secondary revenue source.

Revenue - Question identifier:c)

Commissions Report only if this is a secondary revenue source.

Revenue - Question identifier:d)

Subsidies (government assistance to offset certain eligible current expenses or to supplement current revenue) Include: grants, donations and fundraising

Revenue - Question identifier:e)

Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees

Revenue - Question identifier:f)

Dividends

Revenue - Question identifier:g)

Interest

Revenue - Question identifier:h)

Other revenue - specify: Include: intracompany transfers

Revenue - Question identifier:h)

Other revenue - specify (description) Include: intracompany transfers

Total revenue

Expenses

Expenses - Question identifier:1

For the reporting period of YYYY MM DD to YYYY MM DD, what were this business's expenses for the following items?

Expenses - Question identifier:a.

Purchases Include: feed, therapeutants, purchases of fish eggs, live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for grow-out or processing and purchases of goods for resale. Exclude: change in inventories.

Expenses - Question identifier:b. i.

Employment costs and expenses - Salaries, wages and commissions Include: all employees who were issued a T4.
Exclude: commissions paid to non-employees. Report in sub-question c).

Expenses - Question identifier:b. Ii.

Employment costs and expenses - Employee benefits Refer to the ?Help button for the list of inclusions and exclusions.

Expenses - Question identifier:c.

Subcontracts Include: commissions paid to non-employees.
Exclude: research and development.

Expenses - Question identifier:d.

Research and development fees exclude: in-house R&D.

Expenses - Question identifier:e.

Professional and business fees e.g., legal, accounting, consulting, scientific fees.

Expenses - Question identifier:f.

Utilities e.g., electricity, water, gas.

Expenses - Question identifier:g.

Office and computer-related expenses e.g., office supplies, postage, computer upgrades.

Expenses - Question identifier:h.

Telephone, internet and other telecommunications

Expenses - Question identifier:i.

Business taxes, licences and permits e.g., beverage tax, business tax, licence fees, property taxes.

Expenses - Question identifier:j.

Royalties, franchise fees and memberships Exclude: Crown royalties.

Expenses - Question identifier:k.

Crown charges. (for logging, mining and energy industries only).

Expenses - Question identifier:l.

Rental and leasing. Include: land, buildings, equipment, vehicles.

Expenses - Question identifier:m.

Repair and maintenance Include: buildings, equipment, vehicles.

Expenses - Question identifier:n.

Amortization and depreciation

Expenses - Question identifier:o.

Insurance

Expenses - Question identifier:p.

Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Expenses - Question identifier:q.

Travel, meetings and conventions

Expenses - Question identifier:r.

Financial services e.g., bank charges, transaction fees.

Expenses - Question identifier:s.

Interest expense

Expenses - Question identifier:t.

Other non-production-related costs and expenses Include: bad debts, loan losses, donations, political contributions and inventory write-down.

Expenses - Question identifier:u.

All other costs and expenses - specify: Include: intracompany expenses, management fees, transportation, shipping, warehousing, storage, postage and courier, processing services and veterinary fees.

Expenses - Question identifier:u.

All other costs and expenses - specify (description): Include: intracompany expenses, management fees, transportation, shipping, warehousing, storage, postage and courier, processing services and veterinary fees.

Total expenses

Industry characteristics

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:1

What were this business's sales for each of the following goods and services? Include all revenue within or outside Canada recorded in your accounts for sales to other businesses and for transfers to other units of your business. Exclude: GST/HST, PST and TVQ.

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:a)

Whole fish dressed, fresh or chilled Exclude: fillets

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:b)

Fish eggs and live fish for grow-out

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:c)

Whole fish live Exclude: fish sold for grow-out

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:d)

Whole fish dressed and frozen Exclude: frozen fillets

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:e)

Fish fillets, fresh or frozen and other fish meat

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:f)

Fish, dried, smoked or in brine

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:g)

Oysters

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:h)

Mussels

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:i)

Clams

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:j)

Scallops

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:k)

Aquaculture services

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:l)

Sales of goods purchased for resale (in the same condition as purchased)

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:m)

Consulting revenue

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:n)

Sales of all other goods and services produced e.g., other molluscs, aquaculture
by-products, seed

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:n)

Sales of all other goods and services produced - specify: e.g., other molluscs, aquaculture by-products, seed

Total sales of goods and services

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:2

What were this business's expenses for each of the following goods and services? Include: all expenses within or outside Canada recorded by this business unit. Exclude: GST/HST, PST, and QST.

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:a)

Feed

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:b)

Therapeutants e.g., pesticides, drugs, vaccinations

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:c)

Purchases of fish eggs, live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for grow-out

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:d)

Purchases of fish eggs, live fish, mollusc seed, spat and live larvae for processing

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:e)

Purchases of goods for resale (in the same condition as purchased)

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:f)

All other purchases - specify:

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:g)

Management fees or any other service fees paid to head office and other business support units e.g., legal, advertising, insurance, warehouses, sales centres, trucking facilities

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:h)

Transportation, shipping (contracted out), warehousing, storage, postage and courier

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:i)

Processing services e.g., gutting, cleaning, slitting, shelling of product,
by another firm

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:j)

Veterinary fees

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:3

What were this business's inventories for each of the following goods? - Inventories are to be reported at book value (i.e., the value maintained in the accounting records). Include: inventory owned by this business unit within or outside Canada (including inventory held at any warehouse, selling outlet, in transit, or on consignment). Exclude: inventory held on consignment for others.

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:a)

Value of opening inventory - Raw materials e.g., feed

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:a)

Value of closing
inventory Raw materials e.g., feed

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:b)

Value of opening inventory - Goods in process e.g., in pools, pens, on beaches and on grow-out sites

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:b)

Value of closing
inventory Goods in process e.g., in pools, pens, on beaches and on grow-out sites

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:c)

Value of opening
inventory Finished products e.g., finfish, molluscs and crustacea ready for market

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:c)

Value of closing
inventory Finished products e.g., finfish, molluscs and crustacea ready for market

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:d)

Value of opening inventory - Goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:d)

Value of closing inventory - Goods purchased for resale in the same condition as purchased

Value of opening inventory - Value of total inventory

Value of closing inventory - Value of total inventory

Industry characteristics - Question identifier:4

What was the average number of people employed during the reporting period? Include: full-time, part-time and temporary employees and employees absent with pay. Exclude: contract workers who are not part of your payroll.

Reporting changes and events that affected the business

Indicate any changes or events that may have affected the reported values for this business compared to the last reporting period.

  • 1: Strike or lock-out
  • 2: Exchange rate impact
  • 3: Price changes in goods or services sold
  • 4: Contracting out
  • 5: Organisational change
  • 6: Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • 7: Natural disaster
  • 8: Recession
  • 9: Change in product line
  • 10: Sold business units
  • 11: Expansion
  • 12: New/lost contract
  • 13: Plant Closures
  • 14: Acquisition of business units
  • 15: Other change or event - specify:
  • 16: Other description
  • 17: No changes or events

Contact person

Contact person - Question identifier:1

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

First name:

Last name:

Title:

Email address:

Telephone number (including area code):

Extension number (if applicable):

Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

Feedback - Question identifier:1

How long did it take to complete this questionnaire? Include time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours

Minutes

Feedback - Question identifier:2

Statistics Canada reviews all feedback. We invite your comments about this questionnaire.

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