Table 3 
Federal government personnel engaged in science and technology, by type of science 

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Federal government personnel engaged in science and technology, by type of science
  2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2015/2016 to 2016/2017
  full-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positions % change
Total personnel, all sciences 38,594 39,189 36,982 35,366 35,496 36,045 36,153 0.3
Scientific and professional personnel 20,341 20,489 20,045 19,346 19,583 19,953 20,320 1.8
Technical personnel 8,255 8,055 7,776 7,503 7,796 7,798 7,587 -2.7
Other personnel 9,998 10,645 9,161 8,517 8,117 8,294 8,247 -0.6
Total personnel, natural sciences and engineering 27,073 27,163 26,851 25,688 25,774 25,890 25,568 -1.2
Scientific and professional personnel 12,888 13,167 13,229 12,852 13,067 13,253 13,137 -0.9
Technical personnel 7,404 7,163 7,113 6,765 6,953 6,923 6,802 -1.7
Other personnel 6,781 6,834 6,509 6,072 5,755 5,714 5,629 -1.5
Total personnel, social sciences and humanities 11,521 12,026 10,131 9,678 9,722 10,156 10,585 4.2
Scientific and professional personnel 7,453 7,322 6,816 6,494 6,516 6,701 7,183 7.2
Technical personnel 851 892 663 738 844 875 785 -10.3
Other personnel 3,217 3,811 2,652 2,446 2,362 2,581 2,617 1.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 358-0147.
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