Survey of Service Industries: Film, Television and Video Production (PROD)

Detailed information for 2023

This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

• Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s)
• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This survey collects data required to produce economic statistics for the film, television and video production industry in Canada.

Statistical activity

The survey is administered as part of the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). The IBSP has been designed to integrate approximately 200 separate business surveys into a single master survey program. The IBSP aims at collecting industry and product detail at the provincial level while minimizing overlap between different survey questionnaires. The redesigned business survey questionnaires have a consistent look, structure, and content.

The integrated approach makes reporting easier for firms operating in different industries because they can provide similar information for each branch operation. This way they avoid having to respond to questionnaires that differ for each industry in terms of format, wording and even concepts. The combined results produce more coherent and accurate statistics on the economy.

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This survey is part of the Service Industries Program. The survey data gathered are used to compile aggregate statistics for over thirty service industry groupings. Financial data, including revenue, expense and profit statistics are available for all of the surveys in the program. In addition, many compile and disseminate industry-specific information.

Reference period: The calendar year, or the 12-month fiscal period for which the final day occurs on or between April 1st of the reference year and March 31st of the following year.

Subjects

• Business, consumer and property services
• Business performance and ownership
• Culture and leisure
• Film and video
• Financial statements and performance
• Information and culture

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The target population consists of all establishments classified to the code 512110 - Motion picture and video production according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2017 during the reference year.

The observed population consists of all establishments classified to the code 512110 - Motion picture and video production according to the NAICS 2017 found on Statistics Canada Business Register as of the last day of the reference year (including establishments active for a part of the reference year).

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Instrument design

The survey questionnaire contains generic modules designed to cover several service industries. These include revenue and expense modules.

In order to reduce response burden, most of the firms receive a characteristic questionnaire (shortened version) that is industry-specific which does not include the revenue and expense modules. This shortened version is designed to collect both financial and non-financial characteristics, while revenue and expense data are extracted from administrative files.

Sampling

SAMPLING FOR OPERATING REVENUE AND OPERATING EXPENSES
Operating revenue and expenses are calculated using a census with a longitudinal design.

Data are collected for all units of the target population, therefore no sampling is done.

SAMPLING FOR INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
This survey is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.

The Business Register is a repository of information reflecting the Canadian business population and exists primarily for the purpose of supplying frames for all economic surveys in Statistics Canada. It is designed to provide a means of coordinating the coverage of business surveys and of achieving consistent classification of statistical reporting units. It also serves as a data source for the compilation of business demographic information.

The major sources of information for the Business Register are updates from the Statistics Canada survey program and from Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Business Number account files. This CRA administrative data source allows for the creation of a universe of all business entities.

Sampling unit:
The sampling unit is the enterprise, as defined on the Business Register.

Stratification method:
Prior to the selection of a random sample, enterprises are classified into homogeneous groups (i.e., groups with the same North American Industry Classification System codes and same geography) based on the characteristics of their establishments. Then, each group is divided into sub-groups (i.e. small, medium or large) called strata based on the annual revenue of the enterprise.

Sampling and subsampling:
Following stratification, a sample, of a predetermined size, is allocated into each stratum, with the objective of optimizing the overall quality of the survey while respecting the available resources. The sample allocation can result in two kinds of strata: take-all strata where all units are sampled with certainty, and take-some strata where a sample of units are randomly selected.

The total sample size for this survey is approximately 830 enterprises.

Data sources

Data collection for this reference period: 2024-03-11 to 2024-08-12

DATA SOURCES FOR OPERATING REVENUE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

Data extracted for this reference period: 2022-12-29

Data are extracted from administrative files.

Data extracted from administrative files are supplied by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and aggregated to the estimated domains. Data are analyzed for erroneous figures, and data confidentiality analysis is conducted to ensure confidentiality of each enterprise.

DATA SOURCES FOR INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
Data are collected primarily through electronic questionnaire, while providing respondents with the option of receiving a paper questionnaire, replying by telephone interview or using other electronic filing methods. Follow-up for non-response and for data validation is conducted by email, telephone or fax.

Administrative data
A strategy to replace survey data with tax data has been introduced to reduce the respondent burden and survey costs. The strategy involves using tax data instead of survey data for some simple units (for example, a single location and a single activity). As part of the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP), T1 tax data are used for unincorporated businesses and T2 tax data for incorporated businesses. Data replacement may be used to correct outliers or to replace partially or completely missing data. Tax data may also be used to reconcile survey data.

Data integration combines data from multiple data sources including survey data collected from respondents, administrative data from CRA or other forms of auxiliary data when applicable. During the data integration process, data are imported, transformed, validated, aggregated and linked from the different data source providers into the formats, structures and levels required for IBSP processing. Administrative data are used in a data replacement strategy for a large number of financial variables for most small and medium enterprises and a select group of large enterprises to avoid collection of these variables. Administrative data are also used as an auxiliary source of data for editing and imputation when respondent data is not available.

View the Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s) .