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Gross domestic expenditures on research and development in Canada (1967 to 2015)

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millions of Canadian dollars 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Funder: total, all sectorsFunder: total, all sectors Funder: federal government sectorFunder: federal government sector
Source(s):
CANSIM table 358-0001.

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Gross domestic expenditures on research and development in Canada (1967 to 2015), millions of Canadian dollars
  Funder: total, all sectors Funder: federal government sector
1968 910 456
1969 986 481
1970 1,069 508
1971 1,285 589
1972 1,372 625
1973 1,470 673
1974 1,689 744
1975 1,901 793
1976 2,071 855
1977 2,322 936
1978 2,609 1,028
1979 3,044 1,064
1980 3,575 1,195
1981 4,415 1,473
1982 5,198 1,775
1983 5,517 1,977
1984 6,273 2,265
1985 6,985 2,283
1986 7,546 2,368
1987 7,950 2,411
1988 9,045 2,534
1989 9,517 2,646
1990 10,260 2,859
1991 10,767 2,946
1992 11,338 3,109
1993 12,184 3,156
1994 13,341 3,094
1995 13,754 2,989
1996 13,817 2,814
1997 14,635 2,813
1998 16,088 2,830
1999 17,637 3,216
2000 20,555 3,546
2001 23,132 4,083
2002 23,534 4,234
2003 24,693 4,512
2004 26,680 4,635
2005 28,022 5,242
2006 29,079 5,214
2007 30,038 5,482
2008 30,751 5,709
2009 30,129 5,951
2010 30,412 6,328
2011 31,705 6,094
2012 32,580 5,928
2013 32,440 6,010
2014 34,496 6,154
2015 33,930 6,154
2016 33,906 6,180
Source(s):
CANSIM table 358-0001.
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