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61. Characteristics of Growth Firms Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2006003
Description:
The objective of this study was to continue the investigation into growth factors initiated by the previous project: The characteristics of firms that grow from small to medium size in collaboration with the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). Twenty five interviews augmented the original 25 with a more heterogeneous mix of Canadian technology-based firms led to the development of a framework for assessing the technology phase of small companies (or business lines in larger companies).
Release date: 2006-05-11
62. 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
63. Global Links: The Benefits to Domestically-controlled Plants from Inward Direct Investment - The Role of Vertical Linkages Archived
Articles and reports: 11-622-M2006010
Geography: Canada
Description:
Using data on manufacturing plants operating in Canada for the period 1981 to 1997, we estimate the effect of changes in the level of foreign control upon labour productivity in domestically-controlled plants. We distinguish between foreign control in own industry of domestically-controlled plants and foreign control in industries linked by their supply or use of intermediate inputs. We find that foreign control increases productivity growth in domestically-controlled plants in a way that is consistent with the transfer of technology from foreign suppliers to domestically-controlled plants. The positive productivity effects of foreign control are more pronounced for those plants that outsource more intermediates, and who purchase science-based intermediate inputs (i.e., electronics, machinery and equipment, and chemicals).
Release date: 2006-04-13
64. Provincial Distribution of Federal Expenditures and Personnel on Science and Technology, 1997/1998 to 2003/2004 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2006001
Description:
This document presents the geographical distribution of Federal Government expenditures on science and technology. Included in this report are tables presenting expenditures and staff of federal government scientific establishments for the fiscal year 2003/2004. The statistics presented in this report are supplements of data published in the Service Bulletin "Science Statistics" Vol. 30, No. 1, Catalogue No. 88-001XIE.
Release date: 2006-04-13
65. Business Dynamics in Canada Archived
Table: 61-534-X
Description:
This publication describes the evolution of the Canadian business environment in light of economic changes in Canada from 1991 to 2001. The publication shows business and employment dynamics in Canada during this period. It provides (1) statistics that show the direct impact of these changes on business creation (firm births) and business destruction (firm deaths); (2) the relative share and distribution of businesses and employment across various categories of firms (Size - small, medium and large size firms, Industry - low-knowledge, medium-knowledge and high-knowledge industries, as well as goods and services industries and by Geography-Province); and (3) it examines survival rates of newly created businesses (lifespan of new businesses).
Release date: 2006-03-10
66. Biotechnology scientific activities in federal government departments and agencies, 2004/2005 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20060029114
Description:
Data on science and technology (S&T) expenditures and full-time equivalent allocated to biotechnology for the fiscal year 2004/2005 were collected from selected federal departments and agencies. Survey results contribute to the work of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy. The S&T data collected for biotechnology are composed of expenditures on research and development (R&D) and related scientific activities (RSA) for both intramural and extramural performers and also the full-time equivalent associated with these activities.
Release date: 2006-03-09
67. We're still learning Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060019100
Geography: Canada
Description:
In the January 2002 issue, we reviewed the many new findings reported in the previous four years of the Innovation Analysis Bulletin. This article continues that tradition. We again discuss the insights that would not have been possible without the continued efforts of Statistics Canada's Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division with its Director, Dr. Fred Gault.
Release date: 2006-02-27
68. Why conduct research and development? Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060019105
Geography: Canada
Description:
While it may seem like a question that doesn't need asking in some circles, we don't always have all the reasons in a handy list. Furthermore, the longer-term outcomes are more difficult to attribute to any specific activity. While Statistics Canada's framework of Science and Technology Activities and Impacts has guided us for the past seven years, we have agreed that it is time to improve our understanding of the impacts and outcomes.
Release date: 2006-02-27
69. "Blue Sky II 2006" - What indicators for science, technology and innovation policies in the 21st century? Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060019106
Geography: Canada
Description:
In September, 2006, Statistics Canada will be hosting the Blue Sky II 2006 Forum. This forum will examine new areas for indicator development and set a broad agenda for future work on science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators. The Forum will emphasise indicators of outcomes and impacts that support monitoring, benchmarking, foresight activity, and evaluation, applied to policies and programs, and their economic and social impacts.
Release date: 2006-02-27
70. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology by province and territories, 2003/2004 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20060019091
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures. Data on federal government expenditures on science and technology are found in Volume 29, No. 7 of this publication series, released in December 2005. Science and technology (S&T) expenditures are the sum of expenditures on research and development (R&D) and on related scientific activities (RSA).
Release date: 2006-02-10

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1. Land use, land tenure and management practices Archived
Thematic map: 95-634-X201700154903
Description:
This second set of thematic maps, based on the 2016 Census of Agriculture data, present the following theme: land use, land tenure and management practices. It includes maps about land use, land tenure, agricultural practices, land inputs, technologies used on the operation and renewable energy production on the operation.

Release date: 2018-01-25
2. PUMF 2012 - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Archived
Public use microdata: 89-555-X2013002
Description:
The public use microdata file (PUMF) from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) provides data on three skills that are essential to processing information: literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving in technology-rich environments (referred to as PS-TRE). Data are based on interviews with approximately 27,000 respondents, which allows for reliable estimation at the national, provincial and territorial level.
The file provides information about the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills for the Canadian population aged 16 to 65. It provides results for Canada as a whole, as well as for all the provinces and territories. In addition, it provides skills proficiency information and a range of socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, level of education) across the entire Canadian population. It also provides information on the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills of Aboriginal populations, immigrants, and official-language minority communities.
Release date: 2013-10-18
3. Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006: Tables (Part II) Archived
Table: 89-628-X2008006
Description:
The Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is Canada's national survey that gathers information about adults and children whose daily activities are limited by a physical, mental, or other health-related condition or problem. This report presents a series of tables on the use and need for assistive technology for people with disabilities as well as sources of payment and reasons for not having this technology.
Release date: 2008-06-03
4. Business Dynamics in Canada Archived
Table: 61-534-X
Description:
This publication describes the evolution of the Canadian business environment in light of economic changes in Canada from 1991 to 2001. The publication shows business and employment dynamics in Canada during this period. It provides (1) statistics that show the direct impact of these changes on business creation (firm births) and business destruction (firm deaths); (2) the relative share and distribution of businesses and employment across various categories of firms (Size - small, medium and large size firms, Industry - low-knowledge, medium-knowledge and high-knowledge industries, as well as goods and services industries and by Geography-Province); and (3) it examines survival rates of newly created businesses (lifespan of new businesses).
Release date: 2006-03-10
5. Energy in Canada Archived
Table: 16-201-X20040007444
Description: Canadians live in a vast country with an abundance of energy resources. This natural resource wealth has played an important role in our economy, enabling us to meet our own energy needs and at the same time become one of the world's leading exporters of energy.
Canadians are concerned about the supply of energy and available alternatives the impacts of energy use on the environment government action to address energy-related issues.

This article creates a statistical portrait of Canada's energy resources to examine these concerns.
Release date: 2004-10-27
6. International Trade in Environmental Goods and Services: A Canada - U.S. Comparison Archived
Table: 16F0009X
Description:
Often identified as an emerging sector, the environment industry continues to evolve into a complex industry that offers a wide range of technologies and services aimed at protecting the environment and improving environmental quality. This paper analyses Canada's trade in environmental goods and services and compares it with the trade profile of the world's largest environmental market, the United States. What is Canada's trade balance among the different segments of the environment industry? What are the market drivers for environmental goods and services? The relevance of this research is magnified by the current focus on environmental technologies and their key sub-sectors such as climate change technologies, water and wastewater systems and hazardous waste management. The government recently identified these sectors as targeted growth areas for Canada.
Release date: 2000-07-14

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121. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology, by province and territories, 1999-2000 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X20010127904
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures. Data on federal government expenditures on science and technology are found in Volume 25 No. 9 of this publication series, released in November 2001. In both this and the earlier bulletin, science and technology (S&T) expenditures are the sum of expenditures on research and development (R&D) and on related scientific activities (RSA).
Release date: 2001-12-21
122. Radio listening maintains its audience, fall 2000 Archived
Articles and reports: 87-004-X20010026041
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article focusses on trends in radio listening, with an emphasis on fall 2000.
Release date: 2001-12-19
123. Information and Communications Technologies in Canada Archived
Journals and periodicals: 56-506-X
Description:
Information and communications technologies in Canada is designed to profile the growth and development of the Canadian information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. The publication provides a statistical overview of the ICT sector on the basis of key economic variables, including production, employment, international trade, revenue and research and development expenditures.
Statistics Canada's first quantification of the ICT sector appeared in the compendium publication entitled Networked Canada: beyond the information highway, catalogue no. 56-504-XIE. This publication updates these estimates with the most recent data, while providing improved industrial coverage and in-depth analysis of Canada's ICT sector.
Many different data sources have been used throughout the project, and while all efforts have been made to maximize the amount of data available, it has not been possible in all instances to consistently report for all ICT industries and all relevant variables. The conversion to the new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) has largely contributed to these difficulties, and it is expected that a greater range of data will be available once all of the survey programs begin reporting on the basis of this new industry classification.
Release date: 2001-12-17
124. Wired young Canadians Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X20010036003
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article examines access to and use of the Internet by young Canadians aged 15 to 24. It explores their motivations and their concerns about security and privacy.
Release date: 2001-12-11
125. Older surfers Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X20010036004
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study explores Internet use among Canadians aged 60 and over, specifically, why and how they use it, and how they developed their computer skills. It also examines barriers to use.
Release date: 2001-12-11
126. Connected to the Internet, still connected to life? Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X20010036005
Geography: Canada
Description:
The article investigates whether Internet users spend less time with other people or on other activities.
Release date: 2001-12-11
127. Interpreting innovation indicators Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20010035967
Geography: Canada
Description:
In 1997, 41% of engineering services firms identified themselves as innovators, but only 4% of them had introduced breakthrough products or processes that had the potential of putting these firms in the role of global leaders. There's more than meets the eye in interpreting the myriad of indicators describing the "system of innovation".
Release date: 2001-10-31
128. Selected strategies and practices of Canadian biotechnology firms: Results from the Biotechnology Use and Development Survey - 1999 Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20010035971
Geography: Canada
Description:
Biotechnology firms are generally flexible and innovative in their approaches to survival and growth in Canada and also on the world stage. Read an overview of some of the business strategies and practices used by biotechnology firms to conduct research and development and for some, commercialization of their products.
Release date: 2001-10-31
129. Tourism and the trend towards consolidation: The airline, hotel and distribution industries Archived
Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015904
Geography: Canada
Description:
The phenomenon of consolidation, characterized by mergers, acquisitions and alliances, is an excellent means of responding to globalization, and constitutes an increasingly common way for companies to position themselves on the global chessboard.
Release date: 2001-10-12
130. Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001174
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change by examining the take-up of advanced technologies and how it is related to the stochastic growth process in the plant population. Its framework is grounded in the view that growth is a stochastic process that involves learning. Experimentation with new technologies rewards some firms with superior growth and profitability. Examining how growth is associated with the choice of different technology strategies indicates which of these is being rewarded.
The evolution of this process is studied by examining the relationship between the uptake of advanced technologies and the performance of plants in the manufacturing sector. This is done by using cross-sectional data on advanced technology use and by combining it with longitudinal panel data on plant performance. In particular, the paper examines the relationship between the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and the growth in a plant's market share and its relative productivity.
The study finds that a considerable amount of market share is transferred from declining firms to growing firms over a decade. At the same time, the growers increase their productivity relative to the losers. Those technology users that were using communications technologies or that combined technologies from different classes increased their relative productivity the most. In turn, gains in relative productivity were accompanied by gains in market share. Other factors that were associated with gains in market share were the presence of R&D facilities and other innovative activities.
Release date: 2001-10-03

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1. Dairy Farming Goes High Tech Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004029
Description:
This activity looks at changes in technology and how they affect the dairy industry.
Release date: 2005-01-28
2. The Rise and Fall of Fall Rye Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004014
Geography: Geographical region of Canada
Description:
This activity looks at declining demand for fall rye and the resultant decline in the amount grown on the Prairies. Using rye as a case study, we see how changes in agricultural practices and changes in the population affect what farmers grow.
Release date: 2004-08-30
3. Data collection methods for the 2001 Census of Agriculture Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X20010016234
Description:
This paper discusses in detail issues dealing with the technical aspects of designing and conducting surveys. It is intended for an audience of survey methodologists.
With the goal of obtaining a complete enumeration of the Canadian agricultural sector, the 2001 Census of Agriculture has been conducted using several collection methods. Challenges to the traditional drop-off and mail-back of paper questionnaires in a household-based enumeration have led to the adoption of supplemental methods using newer technologies to maintain the coverage and content of the census. Overall, this mixed-mode data collection process responds to the critical needs of the census programme at various points. This paper examines these data collection methods, several quality assessments, and the future challenges of obtaining a co-ordinated view of the methods' individual approaches to achieving data quality.
Release date: 2002-09-12
4. Youth in Transition Survey - Project Overview Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-588-X
Description:
The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is a longitudinal survey designed to provide policy-relevant information about school-work transitions and factors influencing pathways. YITS will provide vehicle for future research and analysis of major transitions in young people's lives, particularly those between education, training and work. Information obtained from, and research based on, the survey will help clarify the nature and causes of short and long-term challenges young people face in school-work transitions and support policy planning and decision making to help prevent or remedy these problems.
Objectives of the Youth in Transition Survey were developed after an extensive consultation with stakeholders with an interest in youth and school-work transitions. Content includes measurement of major transitions in young people's lives including virtually all formal educational experiences and most labour-market experiences. Factors influencing transitions are also included family background, school experiences, achievement, aspirations and expectations, and employment experiences.
The implementation plan encompasses a longitudinal survey for each of two age cohorts, to be surveyed every two years. Data from a cohort entering at age 15 will permit analysis of long-term school-work transition patterns. Data from a cohort entering at ages18-20 will provide more immediate, policy-relevant information on young adults in the labour market.
Cycle one for the cohort aged 15 will include information collected from youth, their parents, and school principals. The sample design is a school-based frame that allows the selection of schools, and then individuals within schools. This design will permit analysis of school effects, a research domain not currently addressed by other Statistics Canada surveys. Methods of data collection include a self-completed questionnaire for youth and school principals, a telephone interview with parents, and assessment of youth competency in reading, science and mathematics as using self-completed test booklets provided under the integration of YITS with the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). A pilot survey was conducted in April 1999 and the main survey took place in April-May 2000. Interviews were conducted with 30,000 students aged 15 from 1,000 schools in Canada. A telephone interview with parents of selected students took place in June 2000.
The sample design for the cohort aged 18-20 is similar to that of the Labour-Force survey. The method of data collection is computer-assisted telephone interviewing. The pilot survey was conducted in January 1999. In January-February 2000, 23, 000 youth participated in the main survey data collection.
Data from both cohorts is expected to be available in 2001. Following release of the first international report by the OECD/PISA project and the first national report, data will be publically available, permitting detailed exploration of content themes.
Release date: 2001-04-11
5. Statistical processing in the next millennium Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X19990015640
Description:
This paper states how SN is preparing for a new era in the making of statistics, as it is triggered by technological and methodological developments. An essential feature of the turn to the new era is the farewell to the stovepipe way of data processing. The paper discusses how new technological and methodological tools will affect processes and their organization. Special emphasis is put on one of the major chances and challenges the new tools offer: establishing coherence in the content of statistics and in the presentation to users.
Release date: 2000-03-02
6. Utilization of Document Imaging Technology by the 1996 Canadian Census of Agriculture Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 21-601-M1998034
Description:
This paper describes the experiences, the issues and the expectations of the many different players involved in the implementation of document imaging for the Canadian Census of Agriculture.
Release date: 2000-01-13
7. Electronic Publications Pilot 1996 - 1997: Final Report Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-534-X
Description:
This report describes the Electronic Publications Pilot (EPP) which was conducted to gather knowledge on how library staff and their clients are adjusting to the Internet. The pilot was conducted from September 1996 to September 1997 as a joint initiative of Statistics Canada and the Depository Services Program (DSP), in partnership with the depository library community. The objective of the pilot was to assess the impact of replacing print publications with electronic equivalents via the Internet in DSP libraries. This objective was based on an assumption that the electronic medium will complement print rather than replace it entirely and that departments will continue to produce some print publications in the future. The major conclusions of the pilot cover resources and training, web site feedback, selection of publications for conversion to electronic format, web site access and security, publication functionality and access and archiving.
Release date: 1999-01-28

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