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1. Women in scientific occupations in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114643
Description:
This article provides information on women aged 25 to 64 in natural and applied science occupations in Canada (i.e. scientific occupations), using data from the 1991 and 2001 censuses and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). The employment conditions of men and women in these occupations are also examined, based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Release date: 2016-06-24
2. Research and development (R&D) personnel in Canada, 1996 to 2005 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X200800110603
Description:
Canada's economic competitiveness depends on scientific and technological development and also on the people responsible for this development, especially those engaged in R&D. In an earlier Science statistics bulletin, we published the gross domestic expenditures on R&D in Canada (GERD). This issue presents a supplementary measure to the GERD, the number of personnel who perform Canada's R&D activities.
Release date: 2008-05-06
3. Cities and Growth: The Left Brain of North American Cities: Scientists and Engineers and Urban Growth Archived
Articles and reports: 11-622-M2008017
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper examines the growth of human capital in Canadian and U.S. cities. Using pooled Census of Population data for 242 urban centres, we evaluate the link between long run employment growth and the supply of different types of skilled labour. The paper also examines whether the scientific capabilities of cities are influenced by amenities such as the size of the local cultural sector.
The first part of the paper investigates the contribution of broad and specialized forms of human capital to long-run employment growth. We differentiate between employed degree holders (a general measure of human capital) and degree holders employed in science and cultural occupations (specific measures of human capital). Our growth models investigate long-run changes in urban employment from 1980 to 2000, and control for other factors that have been posited to influence the growth of cities. These include estimates of the amenities that proxy differences in the attractiveness of urban areas.
The second part of the paper focuses specifically on a particular type of human capital'degree holders in science and engineering occupations. Our models evaluate the factors associated with the medium- and long-run growth of these occupations. Particular attention is placed on disentangling the relationships between science and engineering growth and other forms of human capital.
Release date: 2008-01-08
4. Science and Engineering PhDs: A Canadian Portrait Archived
Articles and reports: 11-621-M2007063
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study profiles scientists and engineers with doctorates at the beginning of the millennium. Using data from the 2001 Census, it analyzes the geographical distribution of this important Canadian workforce, together with the industrial sector where they work and their earnings.
Release date: 2007-10-24
5. Where Are the Scientists and Engineers? Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2007002
Description:
PhDs are an important and vital asset in Canada's labour force because not only do they represent the highest educational attainment level in a knowledge-based economy, but they are also highly skilled industrial researchers and innovators, teachers and professors, along with being scientists and engineers. The study examines what industries are employing scientists and engineers and in what occupations, along with other labour market characteristics such as income and unemployment, age, gender and geographic location. The report also examines the differences between Canadian born and non-Canadian born scientists and engineers.
Release date: 2007-04-16
6. Returns to education: Median employment income comparisons of 35 to 44 years old science and engineering doctorates and non-NSE doctorates working full year, full time in 2000 Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060029242
Geography: Canada
Description:
There is a growing supply of scientists and engineers with doctorates in the natural and applied sciences occupation but, on the other hand, there is a potential for future shortages of university professors concludes a forthcoming Statistics Canada study entitled Where are the Scientists & Engineers? One reason for the lower replacement numbers for university professors is that PhDs may be turning away from educational services towards higher paying industries for employment.
Release date: 2006-06-27
7. Innovation Capabilities: Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and U.S. Cities Archived
Articles and reports: 11-622-M2006012
Geography: Canada
Description:
In recent years, cities have become increasingly interested in their ability to generate, attract and retain human capital. One measure of human capital is employment in science- and engineering-based occupations. This paper provides a comparison of the employment shares of these specialized occupations across Canadian and U.S. cities by using data from the Canadian and the U.S. censuses from 1980-1981 and 2000-2001. The paper, therefore, provides a perspective on how Canadian cities performed relative to their U.S. counterparts over a twenty-year period. It also seeks to evaluate how cities of different sizes have performed, because large cities may be advantaged over smaller cities in terms of factors influencing both the demand for, and supply of, scientists and engineers.
Release date: 2006-05-11
8. Innovation Capabilities: Science and Engineering Employment in Canada and the United States Archived
Articles and reports: 11-622-M2006011
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper compares the size and composition of science and engineering employment in Canada and the United States. It examines the share of paid employment and paid earnings accounted for by the science and engineering workforce in both countries. Our tabulations distinguish between a core group and a related group of science and engineering workers. The core group includes computer and information scientists, life and related scientists, physical and related scientists, social and related scientists, and engineers. The related group includes workers in health-related occupations, science and engineering managers, science and engineering technologists and technicians, a residual class of other science and engineering workers, and post-secondary educators in science and engineering fields. We examine the employment and earnings shares of science and engineering workers over the 1980/1981 to 2000/2001 period. Detailed industry comparisons are reported for 2000/2001.
Release date: 2006-05-04
9. Canada's Investments in Science and Innovation: Is the Existing Concept of Research and Development Sufficient? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0027M2005032
Geography: Canada
Description:
Estimates of GDP are sensitive to whether a business expenditure is treated as an investment or an intermediate input. Shifting an expenditure category from intermediate expenditures to investment expenditures increases GDP. While the international guide to measurement (the SNA (93)) recognizes that R&D has certain characteristics that make it more akin to an investment than an intermediate expenditure, it did not recommend that R&D be treated as an investment because of problems in finding a "clear criteria for delineating [R&D] from other activities".
This paper examines whether the use of the OECD Frascati definition is adequate for this purpose. It argues that it is too narrow and that attempts to modify the National Accounts would not be well served by its adoption. In particular, it argues that the appropriate concept of R&D that is required for the Accounts should incorporate a broad range of science-based innovation costs and that this broader R&D concept is amenable to measurement.
Finally, the paper argues that failing to move in the direction of an expanded definition of R&D capital will have consequences for comparisons of Canadian GDP to that of other countries - in particular, our largest trading partner, the United States. It would provide a biased estimate of Canada's GDP relative to the United States. If all science-based innovation expenditures are to be capitalized, GDP will increase. But it appears that Canada's innovation system is directed more towards non-R&D science-based expenditures than the innovation systems of many other countries. If Canada were to only capitalize the narrow Frascati definition of R&D expenditures and not a broader class of science-based innovation expenditures, we would significantly bias estimates of Canadian GDP relative to those for other countries, such as the United States, whose innovation systems concentrate more on traditional R&D expenditures.
Release date: 2005-04-12
10. Scientific and Technological Activities of Provincial Governments, 1994/95 to 2002/2003 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2004011
Description:
The information in this document is intended primarily to be used by scientific and technological (S&T) policy makers, both federal and provincial, largely as a basis for inter-provincial and inter-sectoral comparisons. The statistics are aggregates of the provincial government science surveys conducted by Statistics Canada under contract with the provinces, and cover the period 1994/95 to 2002/03.
Release date: 2004-06-30

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11. The provincial research organizations, 2001 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20040057866
Description:
Statistics presented are derived from seven Provincial Research Organizations All of these organizations have been established by their respective provincial and territorial governments, with a variety of enabling legislation and powers, to provide technical support to primary and secondary industries, to assist in the exploitation of provincial and territorial natural resources and to enhance the economy of their provinces and territories.
Release date: 2004-05-20
12. Provincial Distribution of Federal Expenditures and Personnel on Science and Technology, 1994-95 to 2000-2001 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2003008
Description:
This document presents the geographical distribution of Federal Government expenditures on science and technology (S&T) for the years 1994/95 to 2000/2001.
Release date: 2003-05-05
13. Scientific and Technological Activities of Provincial Governments, 1993-1994 to 2001-2002 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2003004
Description:
The statistics in this document are aggregates of the provincial government science surveys conducted by Statistics Canada under contract with the provinces, and cover the period 1993/94 to 2001/02.
Release date: 2003-03-17
14. Characteristics and evolution of human resources in Canadian biotechnology firms Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030016475
Geography: Canada
Description:
Data from the 2001 Biotechnology Use and Development Survey show that human resources in biotechnology increased substantially between 1999 and 2001. In this article, we attempt to answer two questions: What are the characteristics of the human resources engaged in the biotechnology field in Canada? Moreover, what are the main factors that contributed to the growth of these human resources in 2001?
Release date: 2003-02-18
15. The provincial research organizations, 2000 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20020087887
Description:
Statistics presented are derived from a survey of eight Provincial Research Organizations (PRO): All of these organizations have been established by their respective provincial governments, with a variety of enabling legislation and powers, to provide technical support to primary and secondary industries, to assist in the exploitation of provincial natural resources and to enhance the economy of their provinces. Small and medium-sized companies with limited inhouse technical capability use the services of the provincial research organizations.
Release date: 2002-12-16
16. Biotechnology scientific activities in selected federal government departments and agencies, 2000-2001 Archived
Articles and reports: 88-001-X20020027902
Description:
Statistics presented are derived from a survey of eight Provincial Research Organizations (PRO): the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council: the "Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ)": the Industrial Technology Centre (Manitoba) (formerly the Economic Innovation and Technology Council): the Saskatchewan Research Council: the Alberta Research Council: the Yukon Research Institute: the NUNAVUT Research Institute (formerly the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories), and the Aurora Research Institute (Aurora College N.W.T).
Release date: 2002-04-12
17. Scientific and Technological Activities of Provincial Governments 1992-1993 to 2000-2001 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002005
Description:
The information in this document is intended primarily to be used by scientific and technological (S&T) policy makers, both federal and provincial, largely as a basis for interprovincial and intersectoral comparisons.
The statistics are aggregates of the provincial government science surveys conducted by Statistics Canada under contract with the provinces, and cover the period 1992-1993 to 2000-2001.
Release date: 2002-04-10
18. The provincial research organizations, 1999 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20020017903
Description:
Statistics presented are derived from a survey of eight Provincial Research Organizations (PRO): the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council: the "Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ)": the Industrial Technology Centre (Manitoba) (formerly the Economic Innovation and Technology Council): the Saskatchewan Research Council: the Alberta Research Council: the Yukon Research Institute: the NUNAVUT Research Institute (formerly the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories), and the Aurora Research Institute (Aurora College N.W.T).
Release date: 2002-02-14
19. Research and development (R&D) expenditures of private and non-profit (PNP) organizations, 2000 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20010107909
Description:
This release provides data on the research and development activities of the private non-profit sector. Although the contribution of this sector to the national R&D effort is small in dollar terms, its impact, particularly in the university sector, is significant. Questionnaires were mailed to 95 private non-profit organizations thought to be supporting research and development activities. Twenty-two organizations reported performing research and development.
Release date: 2001-12-05
20. Federal Government Expenditures and Personnel in the Natural and Social Sciences, 1991-1992 to 2000-2001 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2001008
Description:
This document presents historical tables displaying Federal Government expenditures and personnel in the Natural and Social Sciences, 1991-92 to 2000-2001. Expenditures and personnel for each fiscal year to 1998-99 are actual while the data for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 are forecasts and estimates respectively.
Release date: 2001-05-23

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1. Standard Occupational Classification Archived
Classification: 12-565-X
Description:
The Standard Occupational Classification provides a systematic classification structure to identify and categorize the entire range of occupational activity in Canada. This up-to-date classification is based upon, and easily related to, the National Occupational Classification. It consists of 10 broad occupational categories which are subdivided into major groups, minor groups and unit groups. Definitions and occupational titles are provided for each unit group. An alphabetical index of the occupational titles classified to the unit group level is also included.
Release date: 1993-08-23

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