Creating Statistics Canada surveys

Payroll Year

Specify the year the report is generated. The year must be within the last 20 years from the current data.

Month

Specify the reporting month.

Payment Schedule

Specify the payment schedule to run the report.

Run Option

Select a run option.

• Report All: The default value. Select this option to process all employees associated with the payment schedule specified in the action parameters.
• Legal Entity: Select this option to filter and process employees within the selected legal entity.

  You must select a legal entity.

• Legal Establishment: Select this option to filter and process employees within the selected legal establishment.

  You must select a legal establishment.

Residence Province

Optionally, specify the two-digit province code.

The system includes employees who reside in the selected province.

Payroll Account Number

Optionally, specify the employee's payroll account number.

The system filters employees based on legal establishments linked to the specified account number.

Quebec Enterprise Number

Optionally, specify the employee's Quebec enterprise number.

The system filters employees based on legal establishments linked to the specified Quebec Enterprise Number.

Deduction Class

Optionally, specify a deduction class to report on as part of the population selection criteria.

File Creation Setup

Select the file creation setup to use for the report.

This field contains the most recent active file creation setup. This setup is used to generate the CSV file which contains the survey data.

Mask Social Insurance Number

Select this check box to display only the last three digits of the employee's social security number in the CSV file. The first six digits are replaced with X.

Clear this check box to keep the MaskedSocialInsuranceNumber column in the CSV file as blank.

All

Select a value to report on specific subgroups of salaried and hourly employees.

The system filters employees based on the selected eligibility group.

Other Employees

Specify the subsets of employees who do not follow regular schedules, such as employees paid by commission, piece rate, mileage, or similar methods. These employees are reported exclusively under the Other Employees category.

• To include a special employee populations, such as on-call employees, which is not covered by the parameter selection criteria, you must set up an employee group for that purpose.
• If the selected employee group includes a working owner, that employee is included in the Working Owner’s section.

The system includes employees in the part-time count when the average hours in the last pay period fall below the defined thresholds:

• Weekly Paid: Less than 30 hours
• Biweekly Paid: Less than 60 hours
• Semimonthly Paid: Less than 65 hours
• Monthly Paid: Less than 130 hours

Regular

Specify the pay class that represents regular earnings.

Note: You must select at least one pay class. If all fields are left blank, the system displays an error message.

Overtime

Specify the pay class that represents overtime earnings.

Special Payments

Specify the pay class for special payments, which includes work compensation or entitlements that meet these conditions:

• The payments are not exclusively tied to the last pay period of the month.
• The payments may be issued at any time during the month.
• The payments are not considered part of regular wages or salaries.

Period Covered

Specify the date range that represents the period to which the special payments apply.