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
  2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2016/2017 to 2017/2018
  full-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positionsfull-time equivalent positions % change
Total personnel, all sciences 35,496 33,925 34,854 34,594 -0.7
Scientific and professional personnel 19,583 18,989 19,376 19,343 -0.2
Technical personnel 7,796 6,951 7,066 6,948 -1.7
Other personnel 8,117 7,985 8,413 8,303 -1.3
Total personnel, natural sciences and engineering 25,774 23,410 23,949 23,871 -0.3
Scientific and professional personnel 13,067 12,147 12,323 12,353 0.2
Technical personnel 6,953 5,971 6,076 5,986 -1.5
Other personnel 5,755 5,292 5,550 5,531 -0.3
Total personnel, social sciences, humanities and the arts 9,722 10,514 10,904 10,723 -1.7
Scientific and professional personnel 6,516 6,842 7,053 6,990 -0.9
Technical personnel 844 980 989 962 -2.7
Other personnel 2,362 2,692 2,862 2,772 -3.1
Source(s):
CANSIM table 358-0147.
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