Fruit and Vegetables Survey, 2011
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General Information
Purpose
This survey collects data to provide estimates of the total cultivated area, harvested area, total production, marketed production and farm gate value of selected fruits and vegetables grown in Canada.
Authority
This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, c. S-19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.
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.
Data-sharing agreements
To avoid duplication of enquiry, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial statistical agencies, 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 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 farm operations may not object to the sharing of their data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to farm operations located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal and provincial 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 at the address below. Please specify the name of the survey and the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.
Statistics Canada
Chief Statistician
R. H. Coats Building, 26th Floor, Section A
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the Prince Edward Island statistical agency, the New Brunswick Agriculture and Aquaculture department, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
For agreements with provincial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to farm operations located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.
Record linkage
To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Reporting instructions
1. This questionnaire is to assist you in answering a telephone survey. Complete this form and keep it by your telephone. An interviewer from Statistics Canada will telephone you for this information. DO NOT MAIL this questionnaire, it is for your records.
2. Please answer all questions that apply to your operation.
3. Use your records, if possible. Otherwise, enter your best estimate.
4. Thank you for your cooperation.
Section A:
Review the information on the label. If any information is incorrect or missing, please make the necessary corrections in the boxes below.
- a: Farm Name (if applicable)
- b: Corporation Name (if applicable)
Section A: - Question identifier:1.
Main Operator
- a: Surname or Family Name
- b: Usual First Name and Initial
- c: Telephone Number
- d: Fax Number
- e: Cell or Other Telephone Number
- f: Number and Street Name
- g: Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
- h: Province
- i: Postal Code
- j: Email Address (if applicable)
Section A: - Question identifier:2.
Partner
- a: Partner's Surname or Family Name
- b: Partner's Usual First Name and Initial
- c: Telephone Number
- d: Fax Number
- e: Cell or Other Telephone Number
- f: Number and Street Name
- g: Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
- h: Province
- i: Postal Code
Section A: - Question identifier:3.
Partner
- a: Partner's Surname or Family Name
- b: Partner's Usual First Name and Initial
- c: Telephone Number
- d: Fax Number
- e: Cell or Other Telephone Number
- f: Number and Street Name
- g: Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
- h: Province
- i: Postal Code
Section B:
Will you grow any fruit and/or vegetables for sale in 20XX? Do not include greenhouse fruit and vegetables.
- a: Yes
- b: No - temporarily out of fruit and/or vegetable production
- c: No - permanently out of fruit and/or vegetable production
- d: No - never in fruit or vegetable production
If you answered YES: Are the fruit and/or vegetables grown on your farm certified organic?
- a: Yes
- b: No
If you answered YES: Please provide us with the name of your certifying agency
Section C: LAND UNITS
Will you be reporting the land area figures in:
- a: Acres
- b: Hectares
- c: Arpents
Section D: FRUIT AREA (GROWN FOR SALE)
Will you grow any fruit for sale in 20XX? (Do not include fruit grown for home use.)
- a: Yes
- b: No
If you answered YES: For the following fruit, please give the total area and give the producing areas grown for the fresh market and for processing separately. Exclude fruits grown for home use.
Section D: FRUIT AREA (GROWN FOR SALE) - Question identifier:1.
Total area (Producing and non-producing, include rented area)
Section D: FRUIT AREA (GROWN FOR SALE) - Question identifier:2.
Producing area: (i)for fresh market (ii)for processing
- a: Apples
- b: Apricots
- c: Blueberries - Highbush
- d: Blueberries - Lowbush
- e: Cherries - Sweet
- f: Cherries - Sour
- g: Cranberries
- h: Grapes - Labrusca (Table)
- i: Grapes - Vinifera, French Hybrid (Wine)
- j: Kiwis
- k: Nectarines
- l: Peaches (Fresh and Clingstone)
- m: Pears
- n: Plums and Prunes
- o: Raspberries
- p: Saskatoon Berries
- q: Strawberries
- r: Other Fruit (specify):
- u: TOTAL FRUITS
Section E: VEGETABLE AREA (GROWN FOR SALE)
Will you grow any vegetables for sale in 20XX? Do not include greenhouse vegetables.
- a: Yes
- b: No
If you answered YES: For the following crops, what is the area you have planted or will plant for sale in 20XX? Please give the areas planted for the fresh market and for processing separately. Exclude vegetables grown for home use.
Section E: VEGETABLE AREA (GROWN FOR SALE) - Question identifier:1.
Total area (Producing and non-producing, include rented area)
Section E: VEGETABLE AREA (GROWN FOR SALE) - Question identifier:2.
Producing area: (i)for fresh market (ii)for processing
Section F:
Are you still operating a farm? (Answer this Question only if you answered "No" to Question B)
- a: Yes - Skip to Section G below.
- b: No, out of business - Please complete the following questions for "Out of Business".
- c: No, operator changed - please complete the following questions for "CHANGE OF OPERATOR".
- d: No, other reason - Explain in the "Comments" Section. Skip to Section G.
OUT OF BUSINESS
Section F: - Question identifier:1.
Why is the farm out of business?
Section F: - Question identifier:2.
Does the operator plan to resume operating the farm in the future?
- a: Yes - When: Year/Month
- b: No
- c: Don't know
CHANGE OF OPERATOR
Section F: - Question identifier:3.
Why has the farm changed operators? (Please indicate one only)
- a: sold
- b: rented/leased (period (years))
- c: farm operator retired
- d: farm operator passed away
- e: other (specify)
Section G: RESPONDENT INFORMATION
Information on this questionnaire provided by: (Indicate with one only)
- a: farm operator (OPER1)
- b: partner (OPER2 or OPER3)
- c: spouse (if different from partner)
- d: hired hand
- e: other (specify relation to OPER1)
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