This survey is conducted on behalf of the Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS) and the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT). It aims to collect data on job-related training in Québec and to identify actions that will help promote skills development and recognition. The information collected will be used to guide the Québec government’s strategies and initiatives more effectively.
Frequently asked questions
The Institut de la statistique du Québec is a government agency whose mission is to produce, analyze and disseminate official, objective and high-quality statistics on various aspects of Québec society.
- Preliminary stage
First, we will ask you to provide the contact information of the person in your organization who will be able to answer the survey questionnaire, which includes questions about the profile of the responding organization and structured training activities in 2025. This preliminary stage will only take a few minutes.
For the preliminary stage, you must:
- Go to the form at statistique.quebec.ca/swtpq
- Enter the identifier found in the letter you received
- Create a password
An email will be sent to the person you have identified so they can complete the questionnaire. This person will have two weeks to complete it.
- Survey questionnaire
To access the survey questionnaire, the identified person will have to:
- Go to statistique.quebec.ca/swtpq
- Enter the identifier provided in the email they received or in the invitation letter sent to the organization.
- Create a password.
This person can then start completing the survey. If necessary, they can exit the questionnaire and return to finish it later.
The Institut de la statistique du Québec will call those who have not submitted their online questionnaire to obtain their answers by telephone. If the person identified is not available when we call, they can let us know what time would be more convenient for them.
Please contact the Institut de la statistique du Québec by phone at 1-800-561-0213 or by email at formation@stat.gouv.qc.ca.
You will have to mention the name of the survey indicated on the invitation letter sent to the organization or in the email you received, your name, and your contact information.
We will respond to your request within 24 business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For quality and training purposes, telephone interviews with Institut de la statistique du Québec agents are recorded. If you don’t want the interview to be recorded, simply notify the agent at the beginning of the call.
Your organization was chosen from the file produced based on Revenu Québec’s Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions. The Institut de la statistique du Québec always selects its samples randomly. However, in making this selection, it must take into account the regions, organization sizes and industries for which results are expected. In addition, in some surveys, the input from larger organizations is so important that several of them must be selected to obtain reliable results. If your organization has been selected several times for this survey, it’s either because it is either very large, because it is in an industry or region where there are few organizations, or because it has been selected several times completely at random.
Yes. The participation of your organization is essential to ensure that organizations of all sizes and in all the industry sectors covered by this survey are represented.
As set out in section 11 of the Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec, the Chief Statistician has the right to determine which requests for information are to be considered mandatory if he deems that such information is necessary to produce reliable statistics. It was determined by the Chief Statistician that this survey should be mandatory.
As a result, your organization is legally obligated to take part in the survey. Under the Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec, anyone asked to provide the Institut de la statistique du Québec with information deemed mandatory must do so by the prescribed deadline and in the prescribed format.
The Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec is available on Publications Québec’s website.
The Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec guarantees that your answers will be kept confidential and will only be used for statistical purposes. All Institut employees have been sworn in before a commissioner and are bound to maintain secrecy and confidentiality.
This survey is conducted in accordance with the Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec. The Institut has entered into an agreement with the Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS) and the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT). The information collected will be sent to them (except for your organization’s name and contact information) unless we receive a written notice of refusal from you by December 11, 2026. Rest assured that your answers will be kept confidential and will only be used for statistical purposes. This is guaranteed under the Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
When the survey results are published, the data will be aggregated so that participants remain anonymous.
You can call the Institut de la statistique du Québec toll-free at 1-800-561-0213.
For more information about the survey, please contact the Direction de la gestion de la collecte by email at formation@stat.gouv.qc.ca or by phone (toll-free) at 1-800-561-0213. You will have to provide the name of the survey indicated on the invitation letter sent to your organization or in the email you received, as well as your name, file number, and contact information.
You can reach us Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.