Chart 2
Total outsourced R&D spending, 2014 to 2021

billions of dollars 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Source(s):
2019 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry (4201).

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Total outsourced R&D spending, 2014 to 2021
  billions of dollars
2014 3.2
2015 4.0
2016 4.2
2017 5.0
2018 4.9
2019 4.2
2020 3.8
2021 4.2
Source(s):
2019 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry (4201).
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