Appendix 11B Data sources for commercial services

Balance of Payments Division Surveys

  • International Transactions in Commercial Services – BP-21SQ (quarterly)
  • Transactions Between Canada and Other Countries – BP-21 (annual)
  • Transactions Between Canada and Other Countries – BP-21A (quarterly)
  • International Transactions Between Insurance Brokers in Canada and their Foreign Affiliates, Agents, and Other Companies or Persons Outside Canada – BP-17 (annual)
  • Transactions Between Canadian Incorporated Insurance Companies and their Foreign Affiliates, Agencies and Bank Accounts and Other Companies or Persons Outside Canada – BP-27 (annual)
  • Transactions Between Canadian Branches of Foreign Insurance Companies in Canada and Head or Other Offices, Companies or Persons Outside Canada – BP-28 (annual)
  • Report by Trust and Mortgage Loan Companies in Canada on Transactions with Non-residents – BP-29 (annual)
  • Canada's International Transactions in Securities – BP-30 (monthly)

Enterprise Survey Division

  • Survey of Head Office and Other Business Support Units

Environment Accounts and Statistics Division

  • Environment Industry Survey

Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division

  • Annual Survey of Telecommunications
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Survey
  • Research and Development in Canadian Industry

Service Industries Division

  • Annual Survey of Advertising and Related Services
  • Annual Survey of Architectural Services
  • Annual Survey of Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
  • Annual Survey of Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
  • Annual Survey of Consumer Goods Rental
  • Annual Survey of Engineering Services
  • Annual Survey of Internet Service Providers and Related Services
  • Annual Survey of Personal Services
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Accounting Services
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Book Publishers
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Database, Directory and Specialty Publishers
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Employment
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Film and Video Distribution, and Wholesaling of Pre-recorded Videos
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Film, television and video post-production
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Film, Television and Video Production
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Newspaper Publishers
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Performing Arts
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Repair and Maintenance Services
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Sound Recording
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Specialized Design
  • Annual Survey of Service Industries: Surveying and Mapping
  • Annual Survey of Software Development and Computer Services
  • Survey of Service Industries: Amusement and Recreation

Federal government administrative sources

  • Tax forms T-106, GST, and NR-4 (withholding taxes)
  • Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  • Bank of Canada
  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (federal)

Other governments and Crown corporations Administrative sources

  • Public Accounts of Crown Corporations (federal and provincial), with supplementary data obtained directly from selected corporations
  • Film and tourism authorities (provincial)
  • Power utilities (provincial)

Others

  • Regular correspondence with corporations engaged in international communications, air and rail transportation, consulting, etc.
  • U.S. Department of Commerce data (with annual reconciliations of U.S. current account data)
  • foreign embassies
  • World Bank
  • Patent agents
  • International organizations operating in Canada
  • Canadian banks
  • Benchmark studies on sports and other entertainment
  • Annual reports of individual companies engaged in international transactions
  • Media

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