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  • 21. Services offered to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0166-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that offered specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 22. Expansion of capacity for services to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0167-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that expanded capacity for specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 23. Number of competitors in the main geographical market, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0174-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that faced a specific number of competitors in the main geographical market, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 24. Changes in the main geographical market, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0176-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises for which specific events occurred in the main geographical market, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific events include entry of new competitor(s), exit of competitor(s), increase in competitive behaviour from existing competitors, and decrease in competitive behaviour from existing competitors.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 25. Response to change in competition in the main geographical market, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0177-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that implemented specific changes in response to change in competition in the main geographical market, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific changes include change in quality of goods or services (products), adoption of new technology or a new process, change in marketing expenditures or marketing strategy, introduction or acceleration of the introduction of new goods or services (products), change in prices of goods or services (products), and take other actions.

    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 26. Regular use of business practices, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0193-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that regularly used specific business practices, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Business practices include product and control management practices – concurrent engineering (simultaneous design), cross-functional design teams, electronic work arrangement, distribution resource planning (DRP), practices related to user or customer engagement and intelligence, and product data management (PDM); quality management practices – continuous improvement (including total quality management [TQM]), business certification or certification renewals, and quality management systems (QMS); other business practices – competitive technological intelligence (CTI) or benchmarking, sustainable development strategy or environmental stewardship plan (ESP), life cycle management (LCM), and intellectual property management.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 27. Strategic focus regarding business processes, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0298-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that had specific strategic focus with respect to business processes (core activities to produce products and all support business activities) over the next five years, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size. Strategic focus with respect to business processes include maintenance on current business processes, optimization of current business processes, introduction of new or improved business processes, downsize of current business processes to focus on areas of advantage.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 28. Required skills, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0299-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that required skills in specific areas, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific areas include basic digital, computer science, information technology, general data science and analytics, natural sciences and engineering, management, business, international business, skilled trades, design, coaching and mentoring skills to meet the needs of the business, and e-commerce or digital trade.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 29. Skill shortages, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0300-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that encountered skill shortages in specific areas, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific areas include basic digital, computer science, information technology, general data science and analytics, natural sciences and engineering, management, business, international business, skilled trades, design, coaching and mentoring skills to meet the needs of the business, and e-commerce or digital trade.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 30. Ownership of intellectual property assets, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0758-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that owned any of intellectual property assets in Canada or outside of Canada, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size. Intellectual property assets include patents, trademarks, industrial design, trade secrets, copyrights, non-disclosure agreements, and other types of intellectual property.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
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  • 21. Regular use of business practices, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0193-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that regularly used specific business practices, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Business practices include product and control management practices – concurrent engineering (simultaneous design), cross-functional design teams, electronic work arrangement, distribution resource planning (DRP), practices related to user or customer engagement and intelligence, and product data management (PDM); quality management practices – continuous improvement (including total quality management [TQM]), business certification or certification renewals, and quality management systems (QMS); other business practices – competitive technological intelligence (CTI) or benchmarking, sustainable development strategy or environmental stewardship plan (ESP), life cycle management (LCM), and intellectual property management.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 22. Strategic focus regarding business processes, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0298-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that had specific strategic focus with respect to business processes (core activities to produce products and all support business activities) over the next five years, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size. Strategic focus with respect to business processes include maintenance on current business processes, optimization of current business processes, introduction of new or improved business processes, downsize of current business processes to focus on areas of advantage.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 23. Required skills, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0299-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that required skills in specific areas, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific areas include basic digital, computer science, information technology, general data science and analytics, natural sciences and engineering, management, business, international business, skilled trades, design, coaching and mentoring skills to meet the needs of the business, and e-commerce or digital trade.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 24. Skill shortages, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0300-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that encountered skill shortages in specific areas, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Specific areas include basic digital, computer science, information technology, general data science and analytics, natural sciences and engineering, management, business, international business, skilled trades, design, coaching and mentoring skills to meet the needs of the business, and e-commerce or digital trade.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 25. Ownership of intellectual property assets, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0758-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that owned any of intellectual property assets in Canada or outside of Canada, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size. Intellectual property assets include patents, trademarks, industrial design, trade secrets, copyrights, non-disclosure agreements, and other types of intellectual property.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 26. Corporate diversity strategy, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0759-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that have a corporate diversity strategy, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size.
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 27. Census of Environment Geospatial Explorer
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024003
    Description: The Census of Environment Geospatial Explorer is web GIS application that lets users visualize thematic maps of Statistics Canada data tables published in the context of the Census of Environment. The application reads statistical data from the Common Output Data Repository (CODR) using Statistics Canada Web Data Services (WDS) and joins them with geospatial data to build and display thematic maps to the user.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 28. Personnel engaged in research and development by performing sector and occupational category
    Table: 27-10-0022-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Personnel engaged in research and development, by performing sector, occupational category and type of science for Canada from 2000 to today.
    Release date: 2024-03-12
  • 29. Personnel engaged in research and development, by geography
    Table: 27-10-0023-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Provincial distribution of personnel engaged in research and development, by performing sector and occupational category for provinces and territories from 2000 to today.
    Release date: 2024-03-12
  • 30. Value or potential value created by Generative AI, first quarter of 2024
    Table: 33-10-0785-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Value or potential value created by Generative AI, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, first quarter of 2024.
    Release date: 2024-02-26
Analysis (529)

Analysis (529) (0 to 10 of 529 results)

  • 1. The Canadian Research and Development Pharmaceutical Sector, 2021
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024006
    Description: This study examines the economic footprint created by the Canadian research and development pharmaceutical sector on the Canadian economy in 2021, including a focus on the contribution of Innovative Medicines Canada’s members. While the impact of the sector’s medical research is well known, less known are the economic impacts of the sector on the Canadian economy, such as the value generated, the jobs supported and the investments made.
    Release date: 2024-06-10
  • 2. Innovation in focus: Exploring trends in the development of advanced technology through patent applications
    Articles and reports: 22-20-00012024002
    Description: This article explores trends in patent applications made by Canadian-resident businesses for advanced technologies from 2001 to 2019, drawing on Eurostat's aggregation of high-tech patents. Approximately one-third of applications fall under high-tech categories, the bulk of which were associated with Communication, Computer, and Automated business equipment technologies. While these fields saw growth until 2012, a subsequent decline occurred, notably in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing. Biotechnology, Semiconductors, and Lasers showed limited dynamism, while aviation technology applications surged by nearly twentyfold over the period.
    Release date: 2024-05-21
  • 3. Direct and Indirect Support for Innovation in Canada
    Articles and reports: 18-001-X2024003
    Description: This study compares the Government of Canada’s direct and indirect measures to support R&D, as captured by business innovation and growth support (BIGS) programs and the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program. BIGS and SR&ED are two central instruments that the Canadian government uses to stimulate R&D expenditures in the business sector.
    Release date: 2024-05-17
  • 4. Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241214881
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-30
  • 5. Impact assessment of business innovation and growth support programs on firm performance in Canada using the CDM model
    Articles and reports: 18-001-X2024002
    Description: This study examined the impact of federal business innovation and growth support (BIGS) programs on firm financial performance measured using revenue, profit and employment metrics. Using Statistics Canada’s Business Linkable File Environment data, the study observed the effects of BIGS on exporting versus non-exporting firms and Canadian- versus U.S.-owned firms from 2015 to 2020. Unlike previous studies that relied mainly on survey data, one significant aspect of this research was the use of a new dataset, enabling panel data structures and models to be employed. To assess the impact of BIGS and research and development spending on three interrelated measures of firm financial performance, the CDM (Crépon et al., 1998) framework was adopted.
    Release date: 2024-04-25
  • 6. Federal business innovation and growth support to Canadian exporters, 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024011
    Description: This infographic examines Canadian exporters in 2021 that have been funded by the federal government through Business Innovation and Growth Support (BIGS) programs. Data is presented by program, countries of export, industry and comparison highlights.
    Release date: 2024-03-15
  • 7. Innovation in Canadian businesses, 2020 to 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024013
    Description: This infographic focuses on product and business process innovation introduced by Canadian businesses during the 2020-2022 period, based on data from the 2022 Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy. It presents the rate of innovation among Canadian businesses, the most common obstacles to innovation reported by businesses, the prevalent types of intellectual property (IP) protection filed by innovation businesses that developed new products, and the role of government support for innovation.
    Release date: 2024-03-12
  • 8. A profile of women inventors in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400200001
    Description: This paper presents a profile of Canadian women inventors who patent in Canada, based on a rigorous matching methodology and a comprehensive linked dataset that allows examination of not only patent applications, but also various demographic and business characteristics associated with inventors. Using data on patent applications from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, linked to the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database from 2005 to 2019, this research seeks to answer the following questions: Who are the women inventors in Canada? What are their demographic characteristics? In what types of businesses do they work? How many are entrepreneurs?
    Release date: 2024-02-28
  • 9. Chipping away at economic growth: Jobs, gross domestic product, and research in the semiconductor industry
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023016
    Description: This research study examines the economic impact of the semiconductor industry in Canada in 2020 as it relates to several economic concepts, such as sales and revenue, employment, research and development, and international trade. The study is based on a custom list of 561 firms in the industry provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 10. Energy-related research and development expenditures 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202327216344
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-09-29
Reference (43)

Reference (43) (30 to 40 of 43 results)

  • 31. Federal Science Expenditures Intended to Benefit Developing Countries
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5096
    Description: This pilot survey will provide information about federal science expenditures towards developing countries by type of relevant activities in science and technologies and about obstacles and cooperative arrangements with foreign partners.
  • 32. Research and Development in Canadian Industry Intended to Directly Benefit Developing Countries
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5097
    Description: The statistical information collected by this survey is useful for better understanding the measurement of the effort invested by Canada in research and development directed toward developing countries. The data collected by this survey contribute to the federal research and development strategy and are covered in an agreement signed with the Office of the National Science Advisor.
  • 33. Higher Education Research and Development Estimates
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5109
    Description: Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Estimates are funding based investments in sponsored research and development (R&D) expenditures in the higher education sector in Canada.
  • 34. Health Research and Development Expenditures by Therapeutic Class
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5113
    Description: The survey collects expenditure data on health research and development activities by therapeutic class in the Canadian business enterprise sector.
  • 35. Survey on the Commercialisation of Innovation
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5140
    Description: Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division is engaged in a joint project with Industry Canada to investigate the commercialization of innovation process in Canadian firms of small and medium size.
  • 36. Survey on Small R&D Performers
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5154
    Description: The objective of this survey is to better understand the issues and difficulties encountered by enterprises performing research and development (R&D) work, at low levels of expenditures.
  • 37. Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5171
    Description: Statistics Canada has undertaken this survey to provide statistical information on the strategic decisions, innovation activities and operational tactics used by Canadian enterprises. The survey also collects information on the involvement of enterprises in global value chains.
  • 38. Survey of Intellectual Property Management
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5183
    Description: The survey of intellectual property management (SIPM) provides statistical information on the use and management of Intellectual Property (IP) by Canadian enterprises in selected industry groups.
  • 39. Federal Patents, Licences and Royalties Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5188
    Description: Results from this survey will assist in the formulation of key intellectual property (IP) indicators for the federal government. The data collected will be used by federal science policy analysts.
  • 40. Research and Development Personnel
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5193
    Description: Research and Development (R&D) personnel data are essential to assure the availability of pertinent statistical information to monitor science and technology (S&T) related activities in Canada and to support the development of science and technology policy.

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