Innovation in Canadian businesses, 2020 to 2022
Release date: March 12, 2024
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Description: Innovation in Canadian businesses, 2020 to 2022
About 7 in 10 Canadian businesses (71.9%) introduced innovations during the 2020–2022 period, down from 8 in 10 businesses (79.8%) during the 2017–2019 period.
Product innovation and business process innovation decreased in the 2020-2022 period, compared with the 2017-2019 period.
2017–2019 | 2020–2022 | |
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Percentage of innovative businesses | ||
Product innovationTable 1 Note 1 | 52.7% | 46.6% |
Business process innovationTable 1 Note 2 | 72.7% | 63.0% |
Any type of innovation | 79.8% | 71.9% |
Top 3 obstacles to innovation reported by businesses
Percentage of businesses | |
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Impacts caused by COVID-19 | 29.4% |
Lack of skills | 28.5% |
Uncertainty and risk | 28.1% |
Most common types of intellectual property (IP) protection filed by innovative businesses that developed new products
Percentage of businesses | |
---|---|
Non-disclosure agreements | 45.0% |
Trademarks | 43.7% |
Patents | 33.0% |
Note: The percentages represent the proportion of businesses that developed new products and filed for their protection through these different types of IP. |
Among all businesses, recipients of government support for their innovation-related activities were more innovative
All types of businesses | Proportion of innovative businesses | |
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Recipients of government support for innovation | 34.1% | 83.3%Table 4 Note 3 |
Non-recipients of government support for innovation | 65.9% | 66.0% |
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy, 2022.
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