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Biotechnology spending by the federal government
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Science and technology (S&T) spending on biotechnology was up 1.8% in 2006/2007 to $880 million, accounting for 9% of total federal S&T expenditures of $9.7 billion.
The higher education sector continued to be the major recipient of the federal government's S&T spending on biotechnology in 2006/2007, receiving 55% or $481 million of the $880 million total.
Federal S&T data on biotechnology comprise spending on research and development and related scientific activities for both in-house performers and those outside government, such as business enterprises and the higher education sector. Data also cover spending on full-time equivalent personnel associated with S&T activities.
At $602 million, the majority (68%) of federal S&T spending on biotechnology was allocated outside government with the lion's share, or $481 million, going to the higher education sector. The remaining $278 million (32%) was allocated to in-house S&T activities in biotechnology.
The vast majority (95%) of federal S&T biotechnology spending, about $833 million, was dedicated to research and development.
In 2006/2007, 1,929 full-time equivalent personnel were dedicated to federal in-house biotechnology S&T activities, up 3.3% over the previous year.
Of this total, 8 out of 10 full-time equivalents were dedicated to research and development activities.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 4212.
The article "Biotechnology scientific activities in federal government departments and agencies, 2006/2007" is now available online in the service bulletin Science Statistics, Vol. 32, no. 2 (88-001-XWE, free), from the Publications module of our website.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods of data quality of this release, contact Monia Bergeron (613-951-6423; monia.bergeron@statcan.gc.ca) or Marc Nadeau (613-951-2541; marc.nadeau@statcan.gc.ca), Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division.
