Annual Trucking Survey, 2010

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Confidential when completed.

Collected under authority of Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this act.

Si vous préférez ce questionnaire en français, veuillez nous appeler au numéro sans frais :   1-800-386-1273.

A – Introduction

Survey purpose
The purpose of this survey is to measure the size, structure and economic performance of the trucking industry and to analyze its impact on the Canadian economy.

Confidentiality
The Statistics Act protects the confidentiality of information collected by Statistics Canada. For more detail, please consult the last page of this questionnaire.

Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government departments for the sharing of data. The data will be kept confidential and used for statistical purposes only by these organizations.

For further details on data-sharing agreements and data linkage, please consult the last page of this questionnaire.

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

Coverage
Please report for all of the trucking operations of this business that are located in Canada.

Please return the questionnaire within 30 days of receipt.

Please mail the completed questionnaire in the enclosed envelope or fax it to Statistics Canada at 1-888-883-7999.

Lost the return envelope or need help? Call us at 1-800-386-1273 or mail to:
Statistics Canada, Business Survey Section/Central Region, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Visit our website at www.statcan.gc.ca.

If necessary, please make address label corrections in the boxes below.

Legal name
Business name
Title of contact
First name of contact
Last name of contact
Address (number and street)
City
Province/territory or state
Country
Postal code/zip code
Language preference

1. English
2. French

5-5403-149.1: 2010-12-29 STC/TRA-400-75218

General Reporting Instructions

1. Please report all dollar amounts in Canadian dollars (CAN$).
2. All revenue and expense figures should exclude GST/HST, PST and TVQ.
3. Please print in ink.
4. When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.
5. If necessary, please see the enclosed reporting guide for more detailed explanations and definitions.

Main Business Activity

Please check the main activity, at this business unit, which most accurately describes the principal source of revenue.

1. Transportation by truck of general and/or specialized freight (local or long distance trucking)
2. Other activity, please specify

Note: If you responded "Other activity", please call 1-800-386-1273 for further instructions.

Reporting Period

Please report for the period January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. If your fiscal year is different from the calendar year, please report for the most recent fiscal year ending between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

Please indicate below the period covered by this questionnaire:

From: (yyyy/mm/dd)
To: (yyyy/mm/dd)

Business Type

Is this an owner operator business (lease operator, broker, independent)?

• Yes
• no - Please go to Section B – Revenue
• Don’t know - Please go to Section B – Revenue

If you have answered Yes, please indicate, as percentages, the distribution of your total revenue generated from your work on behalf of:

1. For-hire carriers
2. Private carriers (private trucking)
3. Others, please specify: (e.g., freight forwarders, brokers, agents, etc.)
4. Total (sum of questions 1 to 3) = 100%

B – Revenue

Please report your revenue earned during the reporting period (in dollars). Can$

1. Operating revenue from trucking
2. All other operating revenue
   Exclude interest and dividend income. Please report this amount at question 4.
3. Total operating revenue (sum of questions 1 and 2)
4. Investment revenue (e.g., interest and dividend income)
5. Total revenue (sum of questions 3 and 4)

C – Trucking revenue by type of movement

Please report the distribution of your trucking revenue according to where your business moved shipments during the reporting period (as percentages, decimals are acceptable).

1. Domestic movements within a province or territory (intraprovincial shipments)
2. Domestic movements between provinces or territories (interprovincial shipments)
3. International movements into Canada (e.g., from the United States or Mexico)
4. International movements out of Canada (e.g., to the United States or Mexico)
5. Total (sum of questions 1 to 4) = 100%

D – Trucking revenue by region of pick-up

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick
5. Quebec
6. Ontario
7. Manitoba
8. Saskatchewan
9. Alberta
10. British Columbia
11. Yukon
12. Northwest Territories
13. Nunavut
14. Outside Canada
15. Total (sum of questions 1 to 14) = 100%

E – Trucking revenue by type of product hauled

Please report the distribution of your trucking revenue during the reporting period by type of product hauled (as percentages, decimals are acceptable).

1. Bulk liquids and bulk gases
2. Dry bulk
3. Climate-controlled boxed, palletized and other packed goods, including intermodal containers
4. Not climate-controlled boxed, palletized and other packed goods, including intermodal containers
5. Automobiles and light-duty trucks
6. Live animals
7. Waste, without collection
8. All other goods
9. Moving services (i.e., household, office and institutional goods)
10. Total (sum of questions 1 to 9) = 100%

F – Expenses

Please report your expenses incurred during the reporting period (in dollars). Can$

1. Salaries, wages and benefits
   (for employees who have been issued a T4 statement)
2. Payments to owner operators
3. Purchased transportation services (e.g., road, rail, etc.), warehousing and storage expenses
4. Vehicle fuel
5. Repairs and maintenance
6. Rental and leasing (e.g., vehicles, equipment, buildings)
7. Insurance premiums (e.g., liability, vehicles, equipment, buildings)
8. Utilities and telecommunications
9. Depreciation of tangible and intangible assets
   (e.g., vehicles, equipment,buildings)
10. All other operating expenses (e.g., financial and professional service fees, property and business taxes, licences and permits, office supplies, etc.)
    Exclude interest expenses. Please report this amount at question 12.
11. Total operating expenses (sum of questions 1 to 10)
12. Other expenses (e.g., interest expenses such as interest on loans to buy vehicles and equipment and interest portion of mortgage payment)
13. Total expenses (sum of questions 11 and 12)

G – Employment

Please report the average number of people employed during the reporting period.
Include full-time, part-time and temporary employees and employees absent with pay.

1. Salaried drivers (exclude owner operators)
2. All other salaried employees (exclude owner operators)
3. Total salaried employees (sum of questions 1 and 2)
4. Owner operators (do not count yourself)

H – Fleet and Equipment

Please report the number of vehicles and equipment in service at the end of the reporting period.
Include units owned and/or leased by your business. exclude vehicles owned by owner operators.

Powered Units

1. Straight trucks

2. Road tractors

3. All other powered units

4. Total powered units (sum of questions 1 to 3)

Non-powered Units

5. Vans and/or semi-trailers, non-climate controlled

6. Vans and/or semi-trailers, climate controlled (e.g., reefers)

7. Flat decks

8. Tanks

9. All other non-powered units

10. total non-powered units (sum of questions 5 to 9)

I – Contact Information

Person primarily responsible for completing this questionnaire, if different from the label.

• Mr.
• Mrs.
• Miss
• Ms

Last name
First name
Title
E-mail address
Signature
Telephone number
Extension number
Fax number
Website address
Date (yyyy/mm/dd)

I certify that the information contained herein is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge.

J – Comments

1. How long did you spend collecting the data and completing this questionnaire? (e.g., 1 hour 30 minutes)

2. We invite your comments below. If necessary, please attach a separate page. Please be assured that we review all comments with the intent of improving the survey.

K – General Information

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.
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, who 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.

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, as well as the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, the Quebec Department of Transportation, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Alberta Ministry of Transportation.

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

Statistics Canada has also entered into a Section 12 agreement with Transport Canada whereby the information collected will be provided to Transport Canada pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act and the Carriers and Transportation Undertakings Information Regulations. In this case, respondents do not have the right to object to sharing their information since the party to the Agreement is authorized by law to require the respondent to provide the information.

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

Please note that Statistics Canada does not share any individual survey information with the Canada revenue agency.

For more information about these data-sharing agreements, please contact Statistics Canada at 1-800-386-1273 or visit our website at www.statcan.gc.ca.

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.

Please retain a copy for your records.