| Industry | Challenge | Small and Medium Establishments | Large Establishments | All Establishments | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question | QI | Number of Businesses per Response | QI | Percentage of Businesses per Response | QI | Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question | QI | Number of Businesses per Response | QI | Percentage of Businesses per Response | QI | Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question | QI | Number of Businesses per Response | QI | Percentage of Businesses per Response | QI | ||
| Food (NAICS 311) | Not a challenge at all | 958 | B | 327 | C | 34 | C | 207 | C | 78 | D | 38 | D | 1165 | A | 405 | C | 35 | C |
| A small challenge | 958 | B | 179 | D | 19 | D | 207 | C | 25 | C | 12 | D | 1165 | A | 204 | D | 18 | D | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 958 | B | 261 | D | 27 | D | 207 | C | 49 | B | 24 | C | 1165 | A | 310 | C | 27 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 958 | B | 162 | D | 17 | D | 207 | C | 48 | E | 23 | E | 1165 | A | 210 | D | 18 | D | |
| An extreme challenge | 958 | B | F | F | 207 | C | 6 | E | 3 | E | 1165 | A | 35 | E | 3 | E | |||
| Wood product (NAICS 321) | Not a challenge at all | 583 | B | 262 | C | 45 | B | 176 | D | 90 | D | 51 | D | 759 | A | 353 | B | 46 | B |
| A small challenge | 583 | B | 201 | C | 34 | C | 176 | D | F | 25 | E | 759 | A | 245 | C | 32 | C | ||
| Somewhat of a challenge | 583 | B | 89 | D | 15 | D | 176 | D | F | F | 759 | A | 126 | D | 17 | D | |||
| A significant challenge | 583 | B | F | F | 176 | D | 3 | E | 2 | E | 759 | A | F | F | |||||
| An extreme challenge | 583 | B | F | F | 176 | D | F | F | 759 | A | F | F | |||||||
| Paper (NAICS 322) | Not a challenge at all | 232 | A | 109 | B | 47 | B | 152 | A | 51 | B | 34 | B | 384 | A | 160 | B | 42 | B |
| A small challenge | 232 | A | 81 | C | 35 | C | 152 | A | 59 | B | 39 | B | 384 | A | 140 | B | 36 | B | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 232 | A | 26 | D | 11 | D | 152 | A | 34 | D | 23 | C | 384 | A | 60 | C | 16 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 232 | A | 16 | E | 7 | E | 152 | A | 7 | D | 5 | D | 384 | A | 23 | D | 6 | D | |
| An extreme challenge | 232 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 152 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 384 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Petroleum and Coal Products (NAICS 324) | Not a challenge at all | 47 | C | 25 | D | 53 | D | 31 | C | 15 | E | 47 | D | 78 | B | 39 | D | 51 | C |
| A small challenge | 47 | C | 11 | E | 24 | E | 31 | C | F | 34 | E | 78 | B | 22 | D | 28 | D | ||
| Somewhat of a challenge | 47 | C | F | F | 31 | C | 6 | E | F | 78 | B | 15 | E | 19 | E | ||||
| A significant challenge | 47 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 31 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 78 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| An extreme challenge | 47 | C | F | F | 31 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 78 | B | F | F | |||||
| Chemical (NAICS 325) | Not a challenge at all | 450 | A | 232 | B | 52 | B | 149 | C | 84 | D | 56 | C | 599 | A | 315 | B | 53 | B |
| A small challenge | 450 | A | 125 | C | 28 | C | 149 | C | 25 | D | 16 | D | 599 | A | 150 | C | 25 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 450 | A | 70 | D | 16 | D | 149 | C | 31 | E | 21 | E | 599 | A | 101 | D | 17 | D | |
| A significant challenge | 450 | A | F | F | 149 | C | 10 | E | 7 | E | 599 | A | F | F | |||||
| An extreme challenge | 450 | A | F | F | 149 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 599 | A | F | F | |||||
| Primary Metal (NAICS 331) | Not a challenge at all | 147 | B | 88 | C | 60 | B | 90 | A | 40 | C | 45 | C | 237 | A | 128 | B | 54 | B |
| A small challenge | 147 | B | 35 | D | 24 | D | 90 | A | 37 | C | 41 | C | 237 | A | 73 | C | 31 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 147 | B | 24 | E | 16 | E | 90 | A | 11 | E | 12 | E | 237 | A | 34 | D | 15 | D | |
| A significant challenge | 147 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | 90 | A | F | F | 237 | A | F | F | |||||
| An extreme challenge | 147 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | 90 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 237 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Machinery (NAICS 333) | Not a challenge at all | 991 | A | 523 | B | 53 | B | 111 | C | 51 | D | 46 | C | 1102 | A | 574 | B | 52 | B |
| A small challenge | 991 | A | 254 | C | 26 | C | 111 | C | 43 | D | 39 | D | 1102 | A | 297 | C | 27 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 991 | A | 147 | D | 15 | D | 111 | C | 14 | D | 12 | D | 1102 | A | 160 | D | 15 | D | |
| A significant challenge | 991 | A | F | F | 111 | C | F | F | 1102 | A | F | F | |||||||
| An extreme challenge | 991 | A | 40 | E | 4 | E | 111 | C | F | F | 1102 | A | 42 | E | 4 | E | |||
| Computer and Electronics (NAICS 334) | Not a challenge at all | 347 | A | 154 | B | 44 | B | 67 | B | 22 | D | 33 | D | 414 | A | 176 | B | 42 | B |
| A small challenge | 347 | A | 89 | C | 26 | C | 67 | B | 26 | D | 39 | C | 414 | A | 115 | C | 28 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 347 | A | 91 | C | 26 | C | 67 | B | 14 | E | 21 | E | 414 | A | 105 | C | 25 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 347 | A | F | F | 67 | B | F | F | 414 | A | 17 | E | 4 | E | |||||
| An extreme challenge | 347 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 67 | B | F | F | 414 | A | F | F | |||||
| Automotive (NAICS 3361-3) | Not a challenge at all | 307 | A | 172 | B | 56 | B | 165 | A | 79 | C | 48 | B | 473 | A | 250 | B | 53 | B |
| A small challenge | 307 | A | 89 | C | 29 | C | 165 | A | 42 | C | 26 | C | 473 | A | 132 | C | 28 | B | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 307 | A | 33 | D | 11 | D | 165 | A | 31 | D | 19 | D | 473 | A | 64 | D | 13 | D | |
| A significant challenge | 307 | A | F | F | 165 | A | 11 | E | 7 | E | 473 | A | 25 | D | 5 | D | |||
| An extreme challenge | 307 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 165 | A | F | F | 473 | A | F | F | |||||
| Aerospace (NAICS 3364) | Not a challenge at all | 54 | B | 26 | D | 48 | D | 41 | A | 22 | C | 53 | C | 95 | A | 48 | C | 50 | C |
| A small challenge | 54 | B | 24 | D | 45 | D | 41 | A | 9 | E | 21 | E | 95 | A | 33 | D | 34 | D | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 54 | B | F | F | 41 | A | F | F | 95 | A | F | F | |||||||
| A significant challenge | 54 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | 41 | A | 7 | E | 16 | E | 95 | A | 7 | E | 7 | E | |
| An extreme challenge | 54 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | 41 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 95 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Grand Total | Not a challenge at all | 4116 | A | 1918 | A | 47 | A | 1190 | A | 532 | B | 45 | A | 5306 | A | 2449 | A | 46 | A |
| A small challenge | 4116 | A | 1089 | B | 26 | B | 1190 | A | 321 | B | 27 | B | 5306 | A | 1410 | A | 27 | A | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 4116 | A | 753 | B | 18 | B | 1190 | A | 231 | B | 19 | B | 5306 | A | 984 | B | 19 | B | |
| A significant challenge | 4116 | A | 272 | C | 7 | C | 1190 | A | 93 | D | 8 | D | 5306 | A | 365 | C | 7 | C | |
| An extreme challenge | 4116 | A | 84 | D | 2 | D | 1190 | A | 13 | D | 1 | D | 5306 | A | 97 | D | 2 | D | |
Symbols:
… not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
A - D acceptable or better
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note: Data may not add to totals as a result of rounding
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada-United States Border Survey, Question 53
