It's considered a survey by Statistics Canada because it has a response rate of over 70%. It was not built as a longitudinal survey, so we have made a lot of effort to follow companies throughout because a company might answer in 1999 and then for some bizarre reason not answer the survey in 2001 and then come back in 2003 or 2005. I call it a quasi longitudinal survey because it's a bit like an emmenthal.
On May 17th, 2012. See this statement in context.