Unified Enterprise Survey - Annual
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This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2009 Survey of Service Industries. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
Help Line: 1-888-881-3666
Your answers are confidential.
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information from this survey which would identify a person, business, or organization, without their prior consent. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. The Canada Revenue Agency cannot access identifiable survey data from Statistics Canada.
These survey data will only be used for statistical purposes and will be published in an aggregate form only.
B - Main business activity
C - Reporting period information
D - Revenue
E - Expenses
F - Industry characteristics
G - Personnel
H - Sales by type of client
I - Sales by client location
J - International transactions
General information
Survey purpose
Data-sharing agreements
Record linkages
1. Please describe the nature of your business.
To ensure that you have received the appropriate questionnaire, you are asked to describe the nature of your business. The description should briefly state the main activities of your business unit.
2. Please check the one main activity which most accurately represents your main source of revenue.
Below is a description of each main activity.
Engineering services
This industry comprises business units primarily engaged in applying principles of engineering in the design, development and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems. The assignments undertaken by these establishments may involve any of the following activities: the provision of advice, the preparation of feasibility studies, the preparation of preliminary and final plans and designs, the provision of technical services during the construction or installation phase, the inspection and evaluation of engineering projects, and related services.
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If none of the above activities describes your main source of revenue, please call 1-888-881-3666 for further instructions.
Please report information for your fiscal year (normal business year) ending between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. Please indicate the reporting period covered by this questionnaire.
A detailed breakdown may be requested in other sections.
1. Sales of goods and services (e.g., rental and leasing income, commissions, fees, admissions, services revenue) Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business’s ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.
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2. Grants, subsidies, donations and fundraising
Please report contributions received during the reporting period.
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3. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.
Please include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.
4. Investment income (dividends and interest)
Investment income is defined as the portion of a company’s income derived from its investments, including dividends and interest on stocks and bonds.
Include interest from:
Exclude:
5. Other revenue (please specify)
Include:
6. Total revenue
The sum of questions 1 to 5.
1. Salaries and wages of employees who have been issued a T4 statement
Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.
Include:
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2. Employer portion of employee benefits
Include contributions to:
3. Commissions paid to non-employees
Please report commission payments to outside workers without a T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid.
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4. Professional and business services fees
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5. Subcontract expenses (include contract labour, contract work and custom work)
Subcontract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.
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6. Charges for services provided by your head office
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7. Cost of goods sold, if applicable (purchases plus opening inventory minus closing inventory)
Report cost of purchased goods that were resold during the reporting period. If applicable, report cost of goods and material used in manufacturing of sold products.
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8. Office supplies
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9. Rental and leasing (include rental of premises, equipment, motor vehicles, etc.)
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10. Repair and maintenance (e.g., property, equipment, vehicles)
Include expenses for the repair and maintenance of:
Also include janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.
11. Insurance (include professional liability, motor vehicles, etc.)
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Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.
12. Advertising, marketing and promotions (report charitable donations at question 22)
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13. Travel, meals and entertainment
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14. Utilities and telecommunications expenses (include gas, heating, hydro, water, telephone and Internet expenses)
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15. Property and business taxes, licences and permits
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16. Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees
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17. Delivery, warehousing, postage and courier
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18. Financial service fees
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19. Interest expenses
Please report the cost of servicing your company’s debt.
Include interest on:
20. Amortization and depreciation of tangible and intangible assets
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21. Bad debts
A bad debt is the portion of receivables deemed uncollectible, typically from accounts receivable or loans.
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Bad debt recoveries are to be netted from bad debt expenses.
22. All other expenses (please specify)
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23. Total expenses
The sum of questions 1 to 22.
24. Corporate taxes, if applicable
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25. Gains (losses) and other items
Include:
26. Net profit/loss after tax and other items
Total revenue less Total expenses minus Corporate taxes plus Gains (losses) and other items.
Sales by type of service
Please provide a breakdown of your sales.
Please indicate if you are reporting in either Canadian dollars or percentage of total sales by ticking the appropriate box.
Engineering services
1. Residential building engineering projects
All engineering services related to new and existing homes, row housing, apartments, etc., and mixed-use buildings that are predominantly used for residential housing.
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2. Commercial, public and institutional building engineering projects
All engineering services related to new and existing commercial, public, and institutional buildings, including mixed-use buildings that are predominantly used for commercial, public, or institutional purposes.
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Industrial and manufacturing engineering projects
3. Mining and metallurgical plant and process engineering projects
All engineering services related to mining and metallurgical facilities and processes.
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4. Petroleum and petrochemical plant and process engineering projects
All engineering services related to petroleum and petrochemical facilities and processes, such as oil and gas platforms, refineries, pipelines, and petrochemical plants.
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5. Pulp and paper plant and process engineering projects
All engineering services related to pulp and paper facilities and processes, such as pulp and paper mills.
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6. Industrial machinery engineering design projects
All engineering services related to the design of industrial machinery.
Include machinery design for industries such as:
7. Electronic and electrical equipment engineering design projects
All engineering services related to the design of electronic and electrical equipment.
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8. Transportation equipment engineering design projects
All engineering services related to the design of transportation equipment.
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9. Other industrial and manufacturing engineering projects
All engineering services related to the design of industrial and manufactured products not elsewhere classified.
10. Transportation engineering projects (e.g., road, rail, air, marine)
All engineering services related to highways, roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, subways, airports, harbours, canals and locks, and other transportation infrastructure.
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11. Municipal utility engineering projects
All engineering services related to municipal utilities.
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12. Power generation, transmission and distribution engineering projects
All engineering services related to power generating units, power transmission and distribution lines, and related infrastructure.
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13. Telecommunications and broadcasting engineering projects
All engineering services related to systems for the transmission or distribution of voice, data, and programming.
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14. Hazardous and industrial waste engineering projects
All engineering services related to systems for the collection, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and industrial waste and the control of pollution.
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15. Engineering advisory services (e.g., expert witness, forensic investigation, etc.)
The provision of advice, studies, and reports on engineering matters, except when the advice relates to a specific project. Advice, studies, and reports provided in conjunction with a project are classified based on the project type.
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16. Other engineering projects or services
Other projects or services provided by engineering firms that are not classified elsewhere.
Secondary activities
17. Project management services
Planning, supervising, and co-ordinating the activities involved in carrying out a project, with regard to time, cost, performance requirements, and other constraints. May also include the arrangement of finances for a project, and procurement of equipment and subcontractors. Project management services refer only to situations in which project management is offered as a stand-alone service.
18. Construction services (including design-build contracts)
Constructing, repairing and renovating buildings and engineering works, as well as subdividing and developing land, through prime contracts or sub contracts.
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19. Environmental consulting services
The provision of objective information, advice, and guidance to clients concerning the preservation of air, water, and soil quality; natural resource development; waste management; pollution control; and other environmental issues.
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20. Other sales
All other engineering services not defined above.
21. Total sales
The sum of questions 1 to 20 above.
Sales by type of revenue
Please indicate if you are reporting in either Canadian dollars or percentage of total sales by ticking the appropriate box.
1. Fee income
Revenues collected by the company for professional service fees rendered.
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2. Sub-contracts
Please report the value of sub-contracts awarded by you to other firms or consultants.
3. Reimbursables
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5. Total sales
The sum of questions 1 to 4 above.
Environment – related projects
This section collects data on sales of selected environmental engineering services:
a) All engineering services related to facilities that generate electrical power from the following sources of renewable energy: sun, wind, water, earth’s heat or biomass.
b) All engineering services related to systems for the treatment of municipal waste water.
c) All engineering services related to municipal garbage collection and disposal systems, including recycling facilities, composting facilities, transfer stations, resource recovery facilities, and landfill sites.
d) All engineering services related to remediation of contaminated site, including remediation of the air, soil, ground and/or surface water (fresh or salt).
e) All engineering services related to programs for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of industrial air, water and solid wastes, generally to a level such that the remaining waste stream can be safely released to the natural environment or ordinary municipal systems.
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To fully measure the contribution of all human capital in this industry, we require information on the number of partners and proprietors as well as the number and classification of workers.
1. Number of partners and proprietors, non-salaried (if salaried, report at question 2 below)
For unincorporated businesses, please report the number of partners and proprietors for whom earnings will be the net income of the partnership or proprietorship.
2. Paid employees
a) Average number of paid employees during the reporting period
To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12).
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b) Percentage of paid employees (from question 2a) who worked full time
Full-time employment consists of persons who usually work 30 hours or more per week. Please specify the percentage of paid employees who have been working full time by rounding the percentage to the nearest whole number.
3. Number of contract workers for whom you did not issue a T4, such as freelancers and casual workers (estimates are acceptable)
Contract workers are not employees, but workers contracted to perform a specific task or project in your organization for a specific duration, such as self-employed persons, freelancers and casual workers. These workers are not issued a T4 information slip. Please report the number of contract workers employed by your organization during the fiscal year.
This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
1. Clients in Canada
a) Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
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b) Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.
c) Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
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2. Clients outside Canada
Please report the share of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
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Please provide a percentage breakdown of your total sales by client location (first point of sale).
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.
The percentage in question 14 must equal question 2 in section H.
This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, and royalties and licences fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.
Statistics Canada conducts this survey to obtain detailed and accurate data on this industry, which is recognised as being an important contributor to the Canadian economy. Your responses are critically important to produce reliable statistics 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 benchmark your performance against an industry standard, to plan marketing strategies or to prepare business plans for investors. Governments use the data to develop national and regional economic policies and to develop programs to promote domestic and international competitiveness. The data are also used by trade associations, business analysts and investors to study the economic performance and characteristics of your industry.
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 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.
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.
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 1-888-881-3666 or visit our website at
www.statcan.gc.ca/survey-enquete/index-eng.htm.
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