Science and technology

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This interactive data visualization dashboard provides a comprehensive picture of research and development (R&D) activities in Canadian industry. Users will find extensive coverage of characteristics on R&D activities in Canadian industry. The dashboard features information on in-house as well as outsourced R&D expenditures, statistics on energy-related R&D expenditures by area of technology and details on intellectual property product commerce.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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This table contains 225 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (75 items: Total all industries; Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; Agriculture (except aquaculture) and support activities for crop production and animal production; Forestry, logging and support activities for forestry; ...);  Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign).

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This table contains 75 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (75 items: Total all industries; Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; Agriculture (except aquaculture) and support activities for crop production and animal production; Forestry, logging and support activities for forestry; ...).

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This table contains 2925 series, with data for years 2014 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (75 items: Total all industries; Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; Agriculture (except aquaculture) and support activities for crop production and animal production; Forestry, logging and support activities for forestry; ...) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) In-house research and development expenditure types (13 items: Total in-house research and development expenditures; Total current in-house research and development expenditures; Wages and salaries; Other current costs; ...).

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This table contains 30 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) Revenue groups (10 items: Total revenue groups; Less than $250,000; $250,000 to $999,999; $1,000,000 to $1,999,999; ...).

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This table contains 33 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) Employment size (11 items: Total employment size; 1 to 4 employees; 5 to 9 employees; 10 to 19 employees; ...).

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This table contains 24 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) Research and development expenditure groups (8 items: Total research and development expenditure groups; Less than $50,000; $50,000 to $99,999; $100,000 to $249,999; ...).

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This table contains 1800 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (75 items: Total all industries; Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; Agriculture (except aquaculture) and support activities for crop production and animal production; Forestry, logging and support activities for forestry; ...) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) Occupational category (8 items: Total in-house research and development personnel; Researchers and research managers; Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers; Senior research managers; ...).

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This table contains 30 series, with data for years 2014 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) Country of control (3 items: Total country of control; Canada; Foreign) Revenue groups (10 items: Total revenue groups; Less than $250,000; $250,000 to $999,999; $1,000,000 to $1,999,999; ...).

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, communication frequency of key production performance indicators, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, performance resolution practices for production of goods or delivery of services, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, average number of key production performance indicators monitored, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, time frame of production performance targets for highest selling good or service, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, average number of profit centres, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, business decisions made by enterprises, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, business activities undertaken by enterprises, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, changes to business activities in Canada in the last three years, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2007/2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, business activities outside of Canada in the last three years, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2007/2009 to today.

Description: Survey of innovation and business strategy, business activities in support of operations outside of Canada in the last three years, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and regions from 2007 to today.

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This document provides recent information on the performance and funding of Federal Government Expenditures on Scientific Activities, 1998-99.

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In April 1996, the Economic Innovation and Technology Council (Manitoba) restructured its activities so that its three technical centres could work more effectively with the private sector.

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This article seeks to shed light on the early careers of science and engineering graduates over the last decade in Canada. It examines the evolution of employment patterns, earnings levels and other employment indicators of recent graduates, as well as their ability to find meaningful and satisfying work and to set out on rewarding and productive careers. The analysis is based on three cohorts of the National Graduates Survey (NGS) databases, which consist of large, representative samples of Canadian university graduates who completed their programs in 1982, 1986 and 1990 respectively. Each group was interviewed two and five years after graduation.

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This release provides data on the Research and development activities of the private non-profit sector.

Description: Industrial R&D expenditures for environmental protection represented 2% of total R&D expenditures in 1995. This small share, which has been maintained since 1990, is likely to be an underestimate due to those R&D investments mainly undertaken to improve production efficiency. In such cases, R&D expenditures on environmental protection would not be reported despite the additional benefits to the environment that may be achieved.

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The analysis presented in this report is a joint project of the Bio-Industries Branch of Industry Canada and the Science and Technology Redesign Project of Statistics Canada.

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Canada's economic competitiveness depends on scientific and technological development and also on the people responsible for this development, especially those engaged in research and development.

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The debate over the appropriate function of government policy for research and development (R&D) subsidies brings into focus the different roles that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different tendencies to use R&D facilities than large firms and, therefore, require the development of special programs that are directed at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large firms, and how R&D intensity and efficacy varies across different size classes. It investigates the contribution that R&D makes to success in the small and medium-sized population and the types of policies that small firms feel are the most appropriate to reduce the impediments to innovation that they face.

The paper finds a number of differences between large and small firms in the tendency to innovate and to use R&D facilities. Small firms can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of firms that resemble large firms in that they perform R&D and generate new products and processes primarily through their own efforts. The second are those who rely upon customers and suppliers for their sources of ideas for innovation. Large firms, by way of contrast, tend to rely more heavily on R&D. While they too rely on networks for ideas, their networks focus more heavily on relationships with other firms that belong to the same firm.

Most of the differences between small and large firms are explained by the fact that firms of different sizes specialize in different parts of the production process. Firms of different sizes serve different niches; they each have their own advantages. Small firms are more flexible but can suffer from cost disadvantages due to scale. They overcome their disadvantages by networking with their customers and by showing the same flexibility in their R&D process that they exhibit elsewhere. They rely less on dedicated R&D facilities and more on the flexible exploitation of R&D as opportunities arise. They also network with customers in order to adopt their suggestions for new innovations.

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The Higher Education sector is composed of "all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status.

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Research and development is defined as creative work undertaken on a systematic basis to increase the stock of scientific and technical knowledge and to use this knowledge in new applications.

Description: The purpose of this survey was to measure and develop a better understanding of the emerging contribution of biotechnology to the Canadian economy.

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.

Description: The objective of the Survey of Advanced Technology is to collect important information about the extent to which Canadian enterprises use advanced technologies.

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.

Description: The survey provides information on companies developing new products and processes using biotechnologies.

Description: This survey is being conducted to measure the extent to which knowledge management practices are used or will be used by Canadian businesses.

Description: The objective of the survey is to produce new statistical information on the collection, use and disclosure of human genetic material in Canada.

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.

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;

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.