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  • 61. Most critical government program for the business's innovation activities, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0280-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises for which a specific type of government program was the most critical for the business's innovation activities, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Government programs include tax incentive or tax credit programs, grants and contributions programs, training and hiring programs, procurement, and other government programs.

    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 62. Introduction of different types of innovation, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0361-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that introduced product (good or service), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Product innovation includes new or improved goods and new or improved services. Business process innovation is a new or improved process for one or more business activities or functions that differs significantly from this business’s previous business processes and that has been brought into use by this business in its internal or outward-facing operations.

    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 63. Obstacles to innovation and measures taken, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0364-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that had obstacles to innovation, that took measures to overcome obstacles to innovation, that took measures that were successful in mitigating specific obstacles to innovation and that made use of government programs to overcome specific obstacles to innovation, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Obstacles to innovation include market size, external financing, internal financing, lack of skills, finding and reaching agreements with external collaborators, uncertainty and risk, regulatory or government competition policy, intellectual property protection, and other obstacles to innovation.

    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 64. Innovations with environmental benefits, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0402-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that introduced product or process innovations with environmental benefits from production through efficient use of resources, or environmental benefits related to increased environmental protection activities and to the end user or consumer, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and certain provinces.
    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 65. Environmental benefits from product or process innovations that were new to one of the business's markets, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0403-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that introduced product, process, organizational or marketing innovations that were new to one of their markets with environmental benefits from production through efficient use of resources, or environmental benefits related to increased environmental protection activities and to the end user or consumer, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and certain provinces.
    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 66. Savings resulting from the introduction of business process innovations, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 33-10-0804-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of enterprises that had cost of production of goods or services savings, or expenditure on support business functions savings resulting from the introduction of business process innovations, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and certain provinces.
    Release date: 2024-02-20
  • 67. Private non-profit organization in-house research and development expenditures, by expenditure types
    Table: 27-10-0323-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains 13 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) 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; ...).

    Release date: 2024-02-09
  • 68. Private non-profit organization in-house research and development personnel, by occupational category
    Table: 27-10-0324-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains 8 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) Occupational Category (8 items: Total in-house research and development personnel; Researchers and research managers; Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers; Senior research managers; ...).

    Release date: 2024-02-09
  • 69. Private non-profit organization in-house research and development characteristics by provinces and territories
    Table: 27-10-0325-01
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains 98 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 (14 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; ...) Research and development characteristics (7 items: Total in-house research and development expenditures; Total current in-house research and development expenditures; Total capital in-house research and development expenditures; Total in-house research and development personnel; ...).

    Release date: 2024-02-09
  • 70. Private non-profit organization in-house research and development expenditures, by source of funds
    Table: 27-10-0326-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains 17 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) Source of funds (17 items: Total sources of funds; Canadian private non-profit organizations; Responding Canadian private non-profit organizations; Other Canadian private non-profit organizations; ...).

    Release date: 2024-02-09
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  • 71. Commercialization of intellectual property in the higher education sector 2009 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X2012229206
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2012-08-16
  • 72. Intellectual property management in federal science-based departments 2010/2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20121374093
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2012-05-16
  • 73. Results from Statistics Canada's Bioproducts Production and Development Survey 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2011001
    Description:

    This working paper profiles Canadian firms involved in the development and production of Bioproducts. It provides data on the number and types of Bioproducts firms in 2009, covering bioproducts revenues, research and development, use of biomass, patents, products, business practices and the impact of government regulations on the sector.

    Release date: 2011-12-23
  • 74. Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division Working Papers
    Journals and periodicals: 88F0006X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Statistics Canada is engaged in the "Information System for Science and Technology Project" to develop useful indicators of activity and a framework to tie them together into a coherent picture of science and technology (S&T) in Canada. The working papers series is used to publish results of the different initiatives conducted within this project. The data are related to the activities, linkages and outcomes of S&T. Several key areas are covered such as: innovation, technology diffusion, human resources in S&T and interrelations between different actors involved in S&T. This series also presents data tabulations taken from regular surveys on research and development (R&D) and S&T and made possible by the project.

    Release date: 2011-12-23
  • 75. Industrial Research and Development, 2007 to 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201100411613
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This survey collects data to monitor science and technology related activities in Canada and to support the development of science and technology policy.

    Release date: 2011-12-09
  • 76. Estimates of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201100311576
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The higher education sector is composed of all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of postsecondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status. It also includes all research institutes, experimental stations and clinics operating under the direct control of, or administered by, or associated with higher education establishments.

    Release date: 2011-10-26
  • 77. Scientific and technological activities of provincial governments and provincial research organizations, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201100211590
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This bulletin reports on scientific and technological (S&T) activities involving the generation, dissemination and application of new scientific and technological knowledge for the provincial governments of New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

    Release date: 2011-10-21
  • 78. Research and Development Personnel, 1999 to 2008 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201100111392
    Geography: Canada
    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: 2011-02-02
  • 79. Industrial Research and Development, 2006 to 2010 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201000611361
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This survey collects data to monitor science and technology related activities in Canada and to support the development of science and technology policy.

    Release date: 2010-12-08
  • 80. Estimates of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X201000511240
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The higher education sector is composed of all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of postsecondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status. It also includes all research institutes, experimental stations and clinics operating under the direct control of, or administered by, or associated with higher education establishments.

    Release date: 2010-09-08
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  • 41. Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5198
    Description: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) is a statistical series, constructed by adding together the intramural expenditures on research and development (R&D) as reported by the performing sectors.
  • 42. 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).
  • 43. 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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