| Behind The Store Front
Prepared for the Retail Council of Canada in partnership with Industry Canada By Jacobson Consulting Inc.
Data Sources and Notes |
Data Sources for the Report
A discussion of the material used in the report
Integration of diverse data sets is one of challenges in presenting a comprehensive picture of the retail sector. This section outlines the major data sources used in the report. With minor exceptions, all data are sourced from Statistics Canada. Most of the data analysis is based on special tabulations and products that are not part of the standard publication program. Some of the datasets are based on surveys of individuals (household surveys), others are based on business surveys and some elements utilize administrative data obtained from government filings by businesses.
| Publication | Survey | Notes |
| 63-005 — Retail Trade | 2406 — Retail Trade Survey (Monthly) | NAICS |
| Annual Retail Trade (Released in the daily) | 2446 — Retail Store Survey 2447 — Annual Retail Chain Survey |
NAICS from 1999 on |
| 71-001 — Labour Force Survey | 3701 — Labour Force Survey | Household survey |
| 72-002 — Employment, Payroll and Hours | 2612 — Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours (SEPH) | Establishment/enterprise data produced from the Business Payroll Survey results and the payroll deductions administrative data received from Canada Revenue Agency |
| 71-585-XIE — Workplace and Employee Survey compendium | 2615 — Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) | Linked employers and employees at the workplace level |
| 62-202-XIE — Spending Patterns in Canada | 3508 — Survey of Household Spending | Household survey |
| 61F0040XCB — Canadian Business Patterns (CBP) | administrative data | SIC80 and NAICS |
| Various Tabulations | Census of Canada | NAICS, SIC80 |
2007, Retail Council of Canada — The Voice of Retail