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  • 1,071. Research and Development in the Higher Education Sector
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5216
    Description: This survey collects information related to research and development (R&D) in post secondary institutions in Canada, in particular information related to faculty teaching, research, administration and service. The data from the survey is an important component in estimating higher education research and development expenditures (HERD).
  • 1,072. Survey of Intellectual Property Awareness and Use
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5291
    Description: This survey measures the general familiarity of owners and managers of enterprises across selected industries with intellectual property (IP). The purpose of collecting this information is to help evaluate impacts of Canadian Government programs to educate and raise awareness on the value of intellectual property.
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  • 41. The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020017
    Description:

    This study examines how employment and organizations have changed in response to robot adoption. As robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) become increasingly used by firms as the next engine of innovation and productivity growth, their effects on labour, firm practices and productivity have become a subject of growing importance. The study provides the most comprehensive evidence possible at the level of individual businesses on the employment and organizational effects of robot investments.

    Release date: 2020-11-02
  • 42. How to Build a Robots! Database
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2020004
    Description:

    Recent advances in artificial intelligence have rekindled ancient fears that robots will replace humans in the economy. Previous waves of automation changed but did not reduce labour’s role, but robots’ human-like flexibility could make this time different. Whether or not it will is an empirical question that has lacked suitable data to answer. This paper describes the creation of a dataset to fill the evidence gap in Canada. Robots! is firm-level panel data on robot adoption created using Canadian import data. The data identify a substantial amount of the robot investment in the Canadian economy from 1996 to 2017. Although many robots are imported by robotics wholesalers or programmers for resale, the majority of them can be attributed to their final (direct) adopting firm. The data can be used to study the impact of robot adoption at the economic region, industry or firm-level.

    Release date: 2020-11-02
  • 43. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 9, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202000100009
    Description: As the ninth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation by 2030. This 2020 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the ninth Sustainable Development Goal in support of industry, innovation and infrastructure, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2020-10-20
  • 44. Statistical standards: A national research and development standard Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020072
    Description:

    This infographic provides an overview of the Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC), a national standard jointly developed by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and Statistics Canada.

    Release date: 2020-10-05
  • 45. Automation and the Sexes: Is Job Transformation More Likely Among Women?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020015
    Description:

    Recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies have fuelled fears of potential job losses among some workers. While the net impact of new technology on total jobs can be negative, positive or neutral, some workers may be more affected than others depending on how easily robots and algorithms can replace them, or how easily their skills complement the new technology. In the case of women and men, it is not clear who is likely to be most affected. This study estimates the risk of job transformation as a result of automation technology faced by women and men.

    Release date: 2020-09-24
  • 46. Automation, workers and COVID-19 Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100033
    Description:

    Over the past few decades, computer technology has gradually changed workplaces, leading to a reduction of routine and manual job tasks, and an increase in non-routine, cognitive tasks. More recent developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning could be even more far-reaching, as they are designed to execute tasks that were traditionally considered non-automatable.

    Release date: 2020-06-29
  • 47. Study: Automation and job transformation in Canada: Who is at risk? Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202018122563
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-06-29
  • 48. Automation and Job Transformation in Canada: Who’s at Risk?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020011
    Description:

    The recent development of several artificial intelligence applications—such as driverless vehicles, robo-writers and computer-aided medical diagnostics—has led to concerns about the role of human workers in the future workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to these concerns, as businesses may turn to new artificial intelligence technologies to perform work activities not traditionally regarded as automatable, such as social tasks. While previous studies have estimated the share of Canadian workers at high risk of automation-related job transformation, this study is the first to examine in great detail the automation risks faced by different groups of workers.

    Release date: 2020-06-29
  • 49. Study: Innovation in immigrant-owned firms in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202016122586
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-06-09
  • 50. Innovation in Immigrant-owned Firms in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020009
    Description:

    The main objective of this paper is to determine whether the immigration status of the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) affects the likelihood of a company implementing an innovation. This paper uses data from a survey of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and asks whether immigrant-owned SMEs were more likely to innovate during the three years prior to the survey than those owned by Canadian-born individuals.

    Release date: 2020-06-09
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  • 21. Survey of Biotechnology Use in Canadian Industries
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4221
    Description: The purpose of this survey was to measure and develop a better understanding of the emerging contribution of biotechnology to the Canadian economy.
  • 22. Survey of Intellectual Property Commercialization in the Higher Education Sector
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4222
    Description: The objective of the survey is to assure the availability of pertinent information to monitor science and technology related activities and to support the development of science and technology policy.
  • 23. Survey of Advanced Technology
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4223
    Description: The objective of the Survey of Advanced Technology is to collect important information about the extent to which Canadian enterprises use advanced technologies.
  • 24. Survey of Innovation, Advanced Technologies and Practices in the Construction and Related Industries
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4224
    Description: The objective of the survey is to provide information on innovation, advanced technology and advanced practices being used in the construction and related industries.
  • 25. Biotechnology Use and Development Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4226
    Description: The survey provides information on companies developing new products and processes using biotechnologies.
  • 26. Survey of Knowledge Management Practices
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5001
    Description: This survey is being conducted to measure the extent to which knowledge management practices are used or will be used by Canadian businesses.
  • 27. Human Genetic Material Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5021
    Description: The objective of the survey is to produce new statistical information on the collection, use and disclosure of human genetic material in Canada.
  • 28. Functional Foods and Natural Health Products Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5038
    Description: The objectives of the survey are to produce statistical information on the functional food and natural health product sector and a profile of firms engaged in functional food and/or natural health product related activities in Canada.
  • 29. Survey on Innovation in the Food Processing Industry
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5072
    Description: The objective of this survey is to collect new statistical information on the nature and extent of product, process, marketing and organizational innovations in the Canadian food processing industry and on other emerging issues in the food processing industry;
  • 30. Bioproducts Production and Development Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5073
    Description: The 2015 Bioproducts Production and Development Survey collects information on the characteristics and activities of businesses in Canada that develop and/or produce bioproducts and that collect, separate or refine biomass used in bioproducts.

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