Table 1 
Share of enterprises using advanced or emerging technologies, 2017 

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Share of enterprises using advanced or emerging technologies, 2017
  Enterprises using advanced technologies in 20171 Enterprises using emerging technologies in 20172 Enterprises using advanced or emerging technologies in 20173
  %%%
Total 42.8 18.9 46.1
Size      
Small 40.6 17.6 44.0
Medium-sized 51.0 23.2 53.3
Large 60.2 29.1 63.0
Region      
Atlantic Canada 35.3 12.3 37.3
Quebec 42.4 21.7 46.7
Ontario 42.9 21.1 46.6
Rest of Canada 44.4 15.1 46.5
Industry      
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 37.6 22.3 44.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 39.2 21.8 45.7
Utilities 67.3 36.7 70.6
Construction  36.3 19.9 39.8
Manufacturing 52.8 15.5 54.7
Total selected services 41.9 19.2 45.2
Wholesale trade 52.9 18.9 56.5
Retail trade 28.7 11.0 29.9
Transportation and warehousing 45.6 16.1 48.4
Information and cultural industries 59.8 35.2 62.8
Finance and insurance excluding monetary authorities 54.8 28.4 57.2
Real estate and rental and leasing 37.7 11.2 38.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 56.1 38.4 63.8
Management of companies and enterprises 33.0 9.4 34.5
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 36.4 17.5 41.5
Source(s):
Table 27-10-0367-01.

Table note 1

Percentage of enterprises using advanced technology in 2017 includes enterprises that used at least one of the following advanced technologies: material handling, supply chain or logistics technologies; design or information control technologies; processing or fabrication technologies; clean technologies; security or advanced authentication systems; business intelligence technologies; or other types of advanced technologies.

Table note 2

Percentage of enterprises using emerging technology in 2017 includes enterprises that used at least one of the following emerging technologies: nanotechnology; biotechnology; geomatics or geospatial technologies; artificial intelligence; integrated Internet of Things systems; blockchain technologies; or other types of emerging technologies.

Table note 3

Percentage of enterprises using advanced or emerging technologies in 2017 includes enterprises that used at least one type of advanced or emerging technology.
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