| 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 | 235 | D | 24 | D | 207 | C | 83 | E | 40 | D | 1165 | A | 317 | C | 27 | C |
| A small challenge | 958 | B | 245 | D | 26 | D | 207 | C | 30 | C | 14 | D | 1165 | A | 274 | C | 24 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 958 | B | 364 | C | 38 | C | 207 | C | 71 | B | 35 | C | 1165 | A | 435 | C | 37 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 958 | B | 99 | E | 10 | E | 207 | C | 20 | D | 10 | D | 1165 | A | 119 | D | 10 | D | |
| An extreme challenge | 958 | B | F | F | 207 | C | F | F | 1165 | A | F | F | |||||||
| Wood product (NAICS 321) | Not a challenge at all | 583 | B | 234 | C | 40 | C | 176 | D | 76 | E | 43 | D | 759 | A | 310 | C | 41 | B |
| A small challenge | 583 | B | 171 | C | 29 | C | 176 | D | 31 | E | 18 | E | 759 | A | 202 | C | 27 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 583 | B | 129 | D | 22 | D | 176 | D | 57 | E | 32 | E | 759 | A | 186 | D | 24 | D | |
| A significant challenge | 583 | B | 49 | E | 8 | E | 176 | D | F | F | 759 | A | 61 | E | 8 | E | |||
| An extreme challenge | 583 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | 176 | D | 0 | A | 0 | A | 759 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Paper (NAICS 322) | Not a challenge at all | 232 | A | 71 | C | 30 | C | 152 | A | 30 | C | 20 | C | 384 | A | 101 | C | 26 | C |
| A small challenge | 232 | A | 92 | C | 40 | C | 152 | A | 72 | B | 48 | B | 384 | A | 164 | B | 43 | B | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 232 | A | 61 | C | 26 | C | 152 | A | 45 | C | 30 | C | 384 | A | 106 | B | 28 | B | |
| A significant challenge | 232 | A | F | F | 152 | A | 4 | E | 3 | E | 384 | A | 13 | E | 3 | E | |||
| 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 | 18 | E | 38 | E | 31 | C | 13 | E | 42 | D | 78 | B | 31 | D | 39 | D |
| A small challenge | 47 | C | 22 | E | 47 | D | 31 | C | 13 | E | 41 | E | 78 | B | 35 | D | 45 | D | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 47 | C | F | F | 31 | C | F | F | 78 | B | F | F | |||||||
| A significant challenge | 47 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 31 | C | F | F | 78 | B | F | F | |||||
| An extreme challenge | 47 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 31 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 78 | B | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Chemical (NAICS 325) | Not a challenge at all | 450 | A | 146 | C | 32 | C | 149 | C | 60 | D | 40 | D | 599 | A | 206 | C | 34 | B |
| A small challenge | 450 | A | 132 | C | 29 | C | 149 | C | 36 | C | 24 | D | 599 | A | 168 | C | 28 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 450 | A | 123 | C | 27 | C | 149 | C | 37 | D | 25 | D | 599 | A | 160 | C | 27 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 450 | A | 45 | E | 10 | E | 149 | C | F | F | 599 | A | 62 | D | 10 | D | |||
| 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 | 64 | C | 43 | C | 90 | A | 24 | D | 27 | D | 237 | A | 88 | C | 37 | C |
| A small challenge | 147 | B | 31 | D | 21 | D | 90 | A | 36 | C | 40 | C | 237 | A | 67 | C | 28 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 147 | B | 43 | D | 29 | D | 90 | A | 14 | D | 16 | D | 237 | A | 58 | C | 24 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 147 | B | F | F | 90 | A | 16 | D | 18 | D | 237 | A | 25 | D | 11 | D | |||
| 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 | 423 | B | 43 | B | 111 | C | 50 | D | 45 | C | 1102 | A | 474 | B | 43 | B |
| A small challenge | 991 | A | 323 | C | 33 | C | 111 | C | 35 | D | 31 | D | 1102 | A | 357 | B | 32 | B | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 991 | A | 197 | C | 20 | C | 111 | C | 24 | E | 21 | D | 1102 | A | 220 | C | 20 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 991 | A | 41 | E | 4 | E | 111 | C | F | F | 1102 | A | 43 | E | 4 | E | |||
| An extreme challenge | 991 | A | F | F | 111 | C | 0 | A | 0 | A | 1102 | A | F | F | |||||
| Computer and Electronics (NAICS 334) | Not a challenge at all | 347 | A | 130 | C | 37 | C | 67 | B | 22 | D | 32 | D | 414 | A | 151 | B | 36 | B |
| A small challenge | 347 | A | 100 | C | 29 | C | 67 | B | 22 | D | 32 | D | 414 | A | 121 | C | 29 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 347 | A | 108 | C | 31 | C | 67 | B | 19 | D | 28 | D | 414 | A | 127 | C | 31 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 347 | A | F | F | 67 | B | F | F | 414 | A | F | F | |||||||
| 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 | 127 | C | 41 | B | 165 | A | 59 | C | 35 | C | 473 | A | 186 | B | 39 | B |
| A small challenge | 307 | A | 91 | C | 29 | C | 165 | A | 53 | C | 32 | C | 473 | A | 144 | B | 30 | B | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 307 | A | 67 | D | 22 | D | 165 | A | 47 | C | 28 | C | 473 | A | 114 | C | 24 | C | |
| A significant challenge | 307 | A | 22 | E | 7 | E | 165 | A | F | F | 473 | A | 29 | E | 6 | D | |||
| An extreme challenge | 307 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 165 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | 473 | A | 0 | A | 0 | A | |
| Aerospace (NAICS 3364) | Not a challenge at all | 54 | B | F | F | 41 | A | 11 | E | 26 | D | 95 | A | 22 | D | 24 | D | ||
| A small challenge | 54 | B | 28 | D | 52 | D | 41 | A | 14 | D | 34 | D | 95 | A | 42 | D | 44 | C | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 54 | B | F | F | 41 | A | 8 | E | 18 | E | 95 | A | 18 | E | 19 | E | |||
| A significant challenge | 54 | B | F | F | 41 | A | 9 | D | 22 | E | 95 | A | 13 | E | 14 | 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 | 1459 | A | 35 | A | 1190 | A | 427 | B | 36 | B | 5306 | A | 1886 | A | 36 | A |
| A small challenge | 4116 | A | 1233 | B | 30 | B | 1190 | A | 341 | B | 29 | B | 5306 | A | 1574 | A | 30 | A | |
| Somewhat of a challenge | 4116 | A | 1109 | B | 27 | B | 1190 | A | 325 | B | 27 | B | 5306 | A | 1435 | A | 27 | A | |
| A significant challenge | 4116 | A | 287 | C | 7 | C | 1190 | A | 91 | D | 8 | D | 5306 | A | 378 | C | 7 | C | |
| An extreme challenge | 4116 | A | F | F | 1190 | A | 6 | E | 1 | E | 5306 | A | 34 | E | 1 | E | |||
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 54
