Survey of Environmental Goods and Services, 2008
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Introduction
Purpose
The purpose of the survey is to produce estimates of the production of environmental goods and services by industry. This survey collects data on sales of environmental goods and services.
Additional information
These data will be aggregated with information from other sources to produce
official estimates of national and provincial/territorial economic activity related to environmental protection.
The results of this survey will be published in the Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16F0008XIE.
For more information on this survey, please access www.statcan.gc.ca.
Authority
This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.
Confidentiality
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey relating to any identifiable business. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in strict confidence.
Security of emails and faxes
Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or other electronic transmission. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada guarantees the level of protection afforded to all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.
Return procedures
Please return the completed questionnaire to Statistics Canada within 60 days of receipt in the enclosed envelope or fax it to 1-800-755-5514.
Lost the return envelope or need help?
Call us at 1-800-387-0479 or mail to:
Statistics Canada, Operations and Integration Division,
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6.
Introduction statement
What is the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services and why is it important?
The Survey of Environmental Goods and Services (formerly known as the Environment Industry Survey) is conducted every second year. Statistics Canada conducts this survey to obtain detailed and accurate data on environmental goods and services, which are recognized as being an important contributor to the Canadian economy. The data from the survey are aggregated with information from other sources to produce official estimates of national and provincial/territorial economic activity related to environmental protection. (Your responses are important to produce reliable statistics that may be used by businesses, non-profit organizations and all levels of government to make informed decisions in many areas).
The information from this survey can be used by your business to plan marketing strategies or to prepare business plans for investors. Governments may use the data to develop national and regional economic policies and to develop programs to promote domestic and international competitiveness. The data may also be used by trade associations, business analysts and investors to study the economic performance and characteristics of your industry.
How is the sample for the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services selected?
Establishments believed to manufacture or import any of the selected environmental goods or provide the environmental services described in this questionnaire are being asked to complete this survey.
To protect the confidentiality of data provided by respondents, only data in aggregate form are available for use.
Your assistance in completing this survey is vital to the estimation of Canadian economic activity in the area of environmental protection.
Is it a legal requirement to complete this survey?
Yes. The Survey of Environmental Goods and Services is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. This Act stipulates that the completion of questionnaires issued under the Act is mandatory. You can consult a copy of the Statistics Act on our website (www.statcan.gc.ca).
Is the information provided kept confidential?
Yes. Under the provisions of the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing or releasing outside Statistics Canada, in any manner, any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey relating to any identifiable business without the previous written consent of that business.
The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in strict confidence, used for statistical purposes only, and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation.
Coverage
Please include in this questionnaire the data for the establishment identified above.
Instructions
Complete only the questions that apply to the establishment identified on the label.
When figures are not readily available, please provide your best estimate.
Report all monetary values in Canadian funds.
Establishment covered by this questionnaire
Please report the data for the establishment specified on the label on the front page of the questionnaire.
Note: an establishment is the smallest operating unit in your company that can report the following items:
- Value of sales;
- Cost of materials and supplies purchased;
- Opening and closing inventories;
- Number of employees and their salaries and wages.
Generally, an establishment corresponds to a plant, mill or factory. However, it may comprise more than one plant or location when your accounting records do not permit separate reporting of these items. If your company has more than one establishment, a separate questionnaire should be completed for each establishment that is involved in the production or importing of environmental goods or the provision of environmental services.
If you are in doubt about the best way to report, or you are not sure what questionnaires are being completed by other establishments in your company, please telephone for assistance at 1-800-387-0479.
A - Reporting Period Information
1. Please report information for this establishment's 12-month fiscal period (normal business year) ending between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Please indicate the reporting period covered by this questionnaire.
2. Please check the appropriate box to indicate any operational changes.
B - Total Revenue
3. Total revenue is the sum of the value of sales (before royalties, taxes and other charges) and all other revenues, except contributions from owners.
When precise figures are not available please provide your best estimates.
Report all monetary values in Canadian funds.
C1 - Sales of Selected Environmental Goods (Machinery, Equipment, and Products)
Only selected environmental goods are covered in this questionnaire.
Sales of environmental goods are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods (cash or credits) falling within a business's ordinary activities.
Sales should be reported net of excise and federal, provincial or territorial sales taxes.
Include:
- Sales (domestic sales and export sales) of goods manufactured at a Canadian location
- Sales of goods manufactured outside Canada and imported into Canada for resale
C2 - Sales of Selected Environmental Services
Only selected environmental services are covered in this questionnaire.
Sales of environmental services are defined as amounts derived from the provision of environmental services, falling within a business's ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of excise and federal, provincial or territorial sales taxes.
Include:
- goods sold as part of a service delivered
- domestic and export sales of services provided at a Canadian location
C3 - Total Sales
Total sales of environmental goods and services should include sales of all goods (machinery, equipment, products) and services (sum of questions 4 to 10).
D - Exports
This section is intended to measure the value of exports of selected environmental goods and services to clients/customers outside Canada.
SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES - QUESTIONNAIRE
A - Reporting period information
A - Reporting period information - Question identifier:1.
Please report information for this establishment's fiscal period ending between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009.
Please indicate below the reporting period covered by this questionnaire.
Example: If your 12-month fiscal period ends September 30, please report for the year starting October 1, 2007 and ending September 30, 2008.
A - Reporting period information - Question identifier:2.
If the fiscal year reported for this establishment is less than a full year, please check the reason(s) below:
- 01: Seasonal operations
- 02: New business
- 03: Change of fiscal year
- 04: Change of ownership
- 05: Ceased operations
- 06: Temporarily inactive
B - Total revenue
B - Total revenue - Question identifier:3.
Total revenue. Include sales of goods and services, other operating revenue and non-operating revenue.
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products)
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:4.
Renewable energy production (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): WIND
- 1: Wind turbines (nacelle and blades)
- 2: Wind turbine towers
- b): BIOMASS
- 1: Domestic woodstoves
- 2: Biomass-fired industrial boilers
- 3: Anaerobic digesters
- c): EARTH
- 1: Heat pumps
- d): WATER
- 1: Turbines (Francis, Kaplan, Pelton, propeller), including components
- 2: Generators, including components
- 3: Valves
- 4: Gates
- 5: Transformers
- 6: Switchgear
- e): SUN
- 1: Active solar heating equipment (glazed flat plate
collectors, glazed evacuated tubes/collectors,
unglazed panels/collectors for heating pools,
perforated cladding for solar air heating) - 2: Active solar-power generation equipment
(concentrating mirrors, receivers) - 3: Photovoltaic energy equipment (photovoltaic cells,
modules, panels/arrays, inverters for solar
photovoltaic systems) - f): TOTAL
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:5.
Management of non-hazardous waste (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): COLLECTION
- 1: Collection vehicles for non-hazardous waste,
recycling and organics - 2: Household containers for collection of recycled
materials and household organics, backyard
composters, yard waste bags - b): SEPERATING AND SORTING
- 1: Air classifier, magnetic separator, eddy current separator
- c): COMPACTION
- 1: Balers, densifiers, compactors, shredders, granulators
- d): CENTRALIZED BIOLOGICAL REPROCESSING
- 1: Centralized composters (turned-windrow, aerated static pile, mechanically agitated in-vessel)
- e): DISPOSAL
- 1: Equipment for landfill leachate collection and containment
- 2: Equipment for landfill gas management
- 3: Equipment for thermal treatment (rotary kiln incinerator, mass burning, starved air incinerator, fluidized bed)
- f): TOTAL
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:6.
Management of industrial air pollution or flue gas (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Filters (membrane, baghouse, granular bed), cyclones
- 2: Electrostatic precipitator
- 3: Scrubbers (Venturi, spray tower, mechanical, plate tower, packed tower)
- 4: Waste gas absorber, waste gas flare/incinerator
- 5: Industrial catalytic converter
- 6: Pollutant recovery condenser
- 7: Adsorbers
- b): TOTAL
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:7.
Industrial wastewater treatment and municipal sewage treatment (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
- 1: Tanks (including components) for dilution/equalization, neutralization, sedimentation, chemical precipitation
- 2: Oil separator/skimmer
- 3: Ion exchange bed
- 4: Air stripping tank/column
- 5: Liquid extraction column
- 6: Micro-porous membrane adsorber
- 7: Equipment for advanced chemical oxidation/UV radiation
- 8: Pre-treatment filters
- b): CENTRALIZED PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL AND BIIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SEWAGE
- 1: Intake screen
- 2: Air sparging grit chamber
- 3: Oil separator/skimmer
- 4: Tanks (including components) for sedimentation, chemical precipitation/flocculation, aerobic biological treatment, aeration, clarification, disinfection
- 5: Membrane bioreactor
- 6: Trickling filter
- 7: Anaerobic digester
- c): TOTAL
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:8.
Remediation of ground water, surface water and leachate (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): IN SITU BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Enhanced bioremediation, phytoremediation
- b): EX SITU BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Bioreaction
- c): IN SITU PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Air sparging, bioslurping, chemical oxidation, directional wells, dual phase extraction, thermal treatment, hydrofracturing enhancements, in-well air stripping, passive/reactive treatment walls
- d): EX SITU PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENTS (ASSUME PUMPING)
- 1: Adsorption/absorption, advanced oxidation, air stripping, ion exchange, precipitation/flocculation/coagulation, separation, sprinkler irrigation
- e): CONTAINMENT
- 1: Physical barriers, deep well injection
- f): AIR EMISSIONS/OFF-GAS TREATMENT
- 1: Oxidation, scrubbing, vapour phase carbon adsorption
- g): TOTAL
C1 - Sales of selected environmental goods (machinery, equipment and products) - Question identifier:9.
Remediation of soil, sediment and sludge (Exclude monitoring and analysis equipment)
Sales of machinery, equipment and products
- 01: Manufactured in Canada (CAN$)
- 02: Manufactured outside Canada and imported for resale in Canada (CAN$)
- a): IN SITU BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Bioventing, enhanced bioremediation, phytoremediation
- b): EX SITU BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Biopiles, composting, landfarming, slurry phase biological treatment
- c): IN SITU PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Chemical oxidation, fracturing, soil flushing, soil vapour extraction, solidification/stabilization
- d): EX SITU PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT
- 1: Chemical extraction, chemical reduction/oxidation, dehalogenation, separation, soil washing, solidification/stabilization
- e): IN SITU THERMAL TREATMENT
- 1: Hot air injection, electrical resistance
- f): EX SITU THERMAL TREATMENT
- 1: Incineration, pyrolysis, thermal desorption
- g): CONTAINMENT
- 1: Landfill cap, landfill cap enhancements/alternatives
- h): TOTAL
C2 - Sales of selected environmental services
C2 - Sales of selected environmental services - Question identifier:10.
Site remediation services and environmental emergency response services
Sales of services (CAN$)
- a): In situ remediation of soil, sediment, sludge
- b): Ex situ remediation of soil, sediment, sludge
- c): In situ remediation of ground water, surface water, and leachate
- d): Ex situ remediation of ground water, surface water, and leachate
- e): Remediation of air or off-gas
- f): Control, containment and monitoring services (air, water, soil)
- g): Environmental emergency response services
- h): TOTAL
C3 - Total sales of environmental goods and services
C3 - Total sales of environmental goods and services - Question identifier:11.
Total sales of environmental goods and services. Include sales of all goods (machinery, equipment, products) and services(sum of sales reported in questions 4 to 10) (CAN$)
D - Exports
D - Exports - Question identifier:12.
Did this establishment receive revenue from clients outside Canada for the export of environmental goods and/or services?
- 01: Yes - Go to question 13
- 02: No - Go to question 15
D - Exports - Question identifier:13.
Total Exports: Please report sales of exported goods and/or services included in Total sales reported in question 11. (CAN$)
D - Exports - Question identifier:14.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of exports by country. (percentage %)
- a): United States
- b): Mexico
- c): Other countries (please specify)
- d): Total
E - Additional information
E - Additional information - Question identifier:15.
Are there other establishments in your company?
- 01: Yes - Go to question 16
- 02: No - Go to question 17
E - Additional information - Question identifier:16.
Please provide the name and address of other establishments in your company that are operating in Canada and are involved in manufacturing or importing environmental goods or providing environmental services.
E - Additional information - Question identifier:17.
Please list any environmental goods or services that should be added to this survey.
F - Administration
F - Administration - Question identifier:18.
How long did you spend collecting the data and completing the questionnaire?
- 01: Hour(s)
- 02: Minute(s)
G - Comments
G - Comments - Question identifier:19.
We invite your comments below. Please be assured that we review all comments with the intent to improve the survey.
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