Annual Survey of Water Carriers
For Information onlyThis is an electronic survey example for information purposes only. This is not a working questionnaire.
Introduction
Purpose
The survey collects financial and operational data from Canadian-domiciled water carriers.
Authority
Mandatory survey collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19
Confidentiality
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable business. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes 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.
Data-sharing agreements
In order to avoid the duplication of data collection and to provide consistent
statistical information, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements under sections 11 and 12 of the Statistics Act. Under section 11 there are agreements with the Newfoundland Statistics Agency and the Quebec Bureau of Statistics. Statistics Canada only enters into section 11 agreements with provincial statistical agencies that have statistics acts similar to the federal act.
These agencies have the authority to collect this information and the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of information as the Federal Statistics Act. Under section 12 there are agreements with the Newfoundland Department of Works, Services and Transportation, the Nova Scotia Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities, the Quebec Department of Transportation, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Transport Canada.
The agreements we have with these agencies require that they keep the information confidential and only use it for statistical and research purposes. Under section 12, respondents may object to the sharing of their information by giving notice in writing to the Chief Statistician and returning their letter of objection along with the completed questionnaire in the enclosed envelope. Further to the section 12 agreement with Transport Canada, the following applies to federally regulated carriers. Statistics Canada is collecting the information for itself pursuant to the Statistics Act and on behalf of 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.
Return procedures
Please return the questionnaire within 60 days of receipt. If you are unable to do so, please inform us of expected completion date. If you receive more than one questionnaire under different identification numbers asking for a report on the same business, please complete only one, and attach and return the duplicate questionnaire(s).
Assistance
If you require assistance in the completion of this questionnaire or have any questions regarding the survey, please address all inquiries to:
Transportation Division
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6
In all correspondence concerning the questionnaire, please quote the identification number appearing on the address label. For communication by telephone, call (613) 951-0291 (call collect), by fax at (613) 951-0579.
Coverage
All Canadian-domiciled business entities legally registered in Canada involved in water transportation activities. It includes all companies owning or chartering vessels even though they don't operate vessels. It must also include off-shore (foreign) water transportation activities if the revenues raised from these activities are reported by the Canadian-domiciled entities.
Reporting instructions
Please report for your most recent financial period (normal business year)ending any time between April 1 of the last year and March 31 of the current year.
Period covered by this report:
From: Day Month Year
To: Day Month Year
Definitions
The survey collects essential data for the statistical analysis of the Marine Industry and the impact of this industry on the Canadian economy. These data are used by Transport Canada to monitor the economics of this major industry and related policies and regulations governing the marine industry and into Canada's System of National Accounts for calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Part I - Ownership
Part I - Ownership - Question identifier:A.
What is the form of ownership of your business? (check one)
- Sole proprietorship - Incorporated company - Crown corporation - Government - Other (specify)
Part I - Ownership - Question identifier:B.
Does your enterprise own or control any other business(es) engaged in domestic or foreign marine activities?
- Yes - No (go to C) (If Yes) Please list the name and address of the business(es) and the nature of the control (e.g. wholly owned, controlling interest, etc.) and are the financial or operating data consolidated in this report?
Part I - Ownership - Question identifier:C.
Is your enterprise directly or indirectly owned or controlled by any other
company(ies)?
- Yes - No (go to Part II) (IF Yes) Please list the name and address of the company(ies) that control(s) your enterprise and the nature of that control (e.g. wholly owned, controlling interest, etc.) and are financial or operating data consolidated in this report?
Part II - Employees
Include part-time and full-time employees for which you submitted a T4 Slip to Revenue Canada. Include also overtime paid, but exclude bonuses and contract workers. Please note that workers hired through an employer association must be declared in the sub-section C below. In sub-sections B and C, report all amounts in Canadian dollars ($ CDN).
Part II - Employees - Question identifier:A.
Employees engaged by your company
Type of occupation (see glossary)
1. Officers
2. Crew Members
3. Dock and Warehouse
4. Office and Administration
5. Others (specify)
Total number of employees based on annual average gross Payroll $CDN (omit cents)
- Canadian (see glossary)
- Foreign (see glossary)
Part II - Employees - Question identifier:B.
Contributions made by employer for the benefit of your employees
- Total mandatory employer's contributions $ (see glossary)
- Total non-mandatory employer's contributions $ (see glossary)
Part II - Employees - Question identifier:C.
Positions filled by employees hired from external associations
- Annual average number of positions filled with employees from Employer Associations or other
- Total cost associated with these external employees $
Part III - Fuel and Lubricating Oil
Please report fuel and lubricating oil consumption relating to vessel operations only.
Type:
1. Fuel oil (include bunker 'C' diesel oil, gas oil)
2. Gasoline
3. Lubricating oil
4. Other (specify)
5. Unit of measure
6. Quantity consumed (Purchased in Canada) and (Purchased abroad)
7. Total Cost (include non-refundable taxes only)
8. Purchased in $CDN (omit cents)
9. Purchased abroad
Part IV - Type of Operation
Please report the percentage of total vessel operating revenues (or costs for government business enterprises) from water carrier operations for each type of operation listed below.
Type of operation:
1. Commercial marine carrier (owned or chartered vessels) engaged in the transport of commodities or passengers for compensation or reward.
2. Private or industrial marine carrier engaged mainly in the transport of its own commodities (or passengers) or those of its parent or sister company.
3. Chartering undertaking engaged in the charter or sub-charter to others of vessels on a bareboat, time or voyage basis for compensation or reward.
4. Government business enterprise - any Federal, Provincial, Territorial or Municipal enterprise engaged in the transport of commodities or passengers.
Total Percentage: 100%
If you reported in PART IV - TYPE OF OPERATION that all your operations are under the government business enterprise, skip the Part V sections A and B and complete sections C through E.
Part V - Financial Statistics
Please report domestic and international revenues where applicable (if you provide both you don't need to fill the total revenue column). If revenues are not available, provide the total revenue and a percentage breakdown between domestic and international traffic.
A. Operating Revenues
Type of Service:
A. Operating Revenues - Question identifier:i)
Vessel operating revenue by type of traffic (Domestic and International) in $CDN (omit cents) or %:
1. Transport of Commodities (exclude all types of towing operations)
2. Towing of Commodities and log booms
3. Transport of passengers (exclude sightseeing)
4. Sightseeing
5. Chartering (bareboat charter to others and time or voyage charter to others)
6. Cost compensation from parent companies
7. Water transport subsidies
A. Operating Revenues - Question identifier:ii)
Other water transportation revenue:
8. Docking, turning or towing of self propelled vessels
9. Other (specify)
A. Operating Revenues - Question identifier:iii)
Revenue from activities incidental to water transportation (include terminal operations, storage, agency fees, stevedoring, marine salvaging, yarding, etc.)
A. Operating Revenues - Question identifier:iv)
Revenue from other transportation activities (include railway, trucking, etc.) (see glossary)
A. Operating Revenues - Question identifier:v)
Non-transportation revenue:
10. Revenues from food services (see glossary)
11. Interest on investments or accounts receivable
12. Other revenues not mentioned previously (specify)
Total revenue
B. Activity Distribution by Region of Operation
Please report (where applicable) the percentage of total domestic and international traffic revenue by type of activity generated in each area. If no revenue is earned and a transportation service is provided (e.g. private) use the percentage of vessel operating costs to designate area(s) of operation. If you have traffic between two different areas, split the revenue generated by that traffic equally between the areas.
Type of Service:
B. Activity Distribution by Region of Operation - Question identifier:1.
Transport of commodities (exclude towing)
Domestic:
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
- Others
International:
- Between Canadian and U.S. great lakes ports
- Between Canadian ports and other U.S. ports
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between two foreign ports
Total: 100%
B. Activity Distribution by Region of Operation - Question identifier:2.
Towing of Commodities (include log booms)
Domestic:
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
- Others
International:
- Between Canadian and U.S. great lakes ports
- Between Canadian ports and other U.S. ports
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between two foreign ports
Total: 100%
B. Activity Distribution by Region of Operation - Question identifier:3.
Transport of Passengers (exclude sightseeing)
Domestic:
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
- Others
International:
- Between Canadian and U.S. great lakes ports
- Between Canadian ports and other U.S. ports
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between two foreign ports
Total: 100%
B. Activity Distribution by Region of Operation - Question identifier:4.
Sightseeing
Domestic:
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
- Others
International:
- Between Canadian and U.S. great lakes ports
- Between Canadian ports and other U.S. ports
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between two foreign ports
Total: 100%
C. Operating Expenses
Notice that the Terminal cost and Management expenses sub-sections have been aggregated in this questionnaire (prior to 1995 these two sub-sections were reported separately).
C. Operating Expenses - Question identifier:i)
Vessel Operating Cost $CDN (omit cents):
1. Vessel Crew remuneration (include gross payroll, mandatory and non mandatory contributions)
2. Fuel and Lubricating oil (include non-refundable taxes)
3. Vessel Insurance (hull and machinery, etc.)
4. Cargo Insurance (e.g. Package Freight Policy premiums)
5. Agency fees, commissions and brokerage
6. Berthage and port dues (e.g. wharfage, anchorage, buoyage and dockage)
7. Pilotage
8. Canal Tolls
9. Marine service fees (e.g. Seaway fees, Coast Guard fees, etc.)
10. Vessel maintenance and repairs (include provision for ship's survey, annual overhaul, lay-up or fit-out)
11. Depreciation (vessels and floating equipment)
12. Purchased transportation services
- bareboat charter hire
- time and/or voyage charter
- towage
- other purchased transport (specify)
- in Canada
- Abroad
13. Food and provisions
14. Communications expenses (e.g. radar, radio, satellite, computer,
cellular phone, etc.)
15. Other vessel operating costs (specify)
C. Operating Expenses - Question identifier:ii)
Terminal and Office expenses $CDN (omit cents):
16. Communications expenses (see glossary)
17. Office and terminal employees remuneration (include gross payroll, mandatory and non-mandatory contributions)
18. Cost paid for positions filled by external workers (provided by employers' associations)
19. Maintenance and repairs
20. Depreciation (buildings, terminals and equipment)
21. Insurance (exclude vessel and cargo insurance)
22. Interest on loans or accounts payable
23. Rental of buildings or offices
24. Other (specify)
C. Operating Expenses - Question identifier:iii)
Other transportation expenses: (include railway, trucking, etc)
C. Operating Expenses - Question identifier:iv)
Non-transportation expenses:
25. Marketing, advertising and travel expense
26. Damages (paid to a third party but not covered by insurance)
27. Other interest expenses
28. Other (specify)
Total expenditures:
Provision for income tax:
D. Capital Assets
Please report in sections D and E values corresponding to the reporting period covered by this questionnaire. In section D, report all amounts in thousands of dollars.
Are values for capital assets and balance sheet (sections D and E) consolidated?
- Yes - No
Property accounts $CDN (milliers de dollars):
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:1.
Vessels and onboard machinery and equipment:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:2.
Buildings and related machinery and equipment:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:3.
Terminals and related machinery and equipment:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:4.
Equipment used for intermodal transportation:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:5.
Leasehold improvements:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:6.
Other equipment:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:7.
Land:
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
D. Capital Assets - Question identifier:8.
Other (specify)
- Balance at beginning of period (a)
- Additions (b)
- Disposals (c)
- Balance at end of period (a) + (b) - (c) (d)
- Provision for depreciation (e)
- Net book value (d) - (e) (f)
E. Balance Sheet
Assets $CDN (omit cents):
1. Cash and deposits
2. Accounts receivable and accrued revenue
3. Inventories
4. Investments in and claims on parent, subsidiaries and affiliates
5. Portfolio investments
6. Loans
7. Capital assets
8. Other assets (specify)
Total Assets $CDN (omit cents):
Liabilities $CDN (omit cents):
9. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
10. Loans and accounts on parent, subsidiairies and affiliates
11. Borrowings
12. Deferred taxes
13. Other liabilities (specify)
Total liabilities $CDN (omit cents):
Owner's equity $CDN (omit cents):
Part VI - Operating Statistics
If you are not involved in the transportation of containers or passengers, please skip this part.
A. Operational Information
Please report volume and /or revenues earned for the activities listed below. Include activities performed by your business when the vessel(s) was (were) time/voyage chartered to others.
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:i)
Containerized freight (see glossary):
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:1.
Number of T.E.U. (see glossary):
Domestic:
- Between two Canadian ports
- Between Canadian ports and U.S. ports
International:
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between foreign ports
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:2.
Revenue ($CDN):
Domestic:
- Between two Canadian ports
- Between Canadian ports and U.S. ports
International:
- Between Canadian ports and foreign ports
- Between foreign ports
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:ii)
Ferry and Sightseeing services:
Type of Service:
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:A)
Ferry services:
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:1.
Passenger vehicles:
Atlantic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Pacific (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway:
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Other (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Arctic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:2.
Commercial vehicles:
Atlantic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Pacific (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway:
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Other (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Arctic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:3.
Passengers (where charged separately):
Atlantic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Pacific (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway:
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Other (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Arctic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:B)
Sightseeing services:
A. Operational Information - Question identifier:1.
Passenger (exclude ferry passengers):
Atlantic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Pacific (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway:
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Other (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Arctic (see glossary):
- No. of fares
- No. of trips
Cirtification
(I certify that the information contained herein is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.)
Signature of authorized person:
Title:
Date:
Name of person to contact for further information (if different from above):
Telephone number (Area code):
Poste:
Fax number (Area code):
Please return completed form by mail or fax to:
Transportation Division
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Fax: (613) 951-0579
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
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