Science and technology

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This document presents historical tables displaying federal government expenditures and personnel in the natural and social sciences, 1991-92 to 2000-2001. Expenditures and personnel for each fiscal year to 1998-99 are actual while the data for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 are forecasts and estimates respectively.

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In the spring of 1999, the Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division of Statistics Canada (SIEID) decided to review the methods it uses to estimate Higher Education R&D Expenditures (HERD) and Health Gross Expenditures on R&D (Health GERD). The manner in which research is performed and funded in Canadian universities and research hospitals has evolved in recent years, and current methodologies may not take these changes into account. By improving HERD, the health GERD estimates will also benefit. It may be possible to improve them yet again by building upon recent work at Statistics Canada on biotechnology R&D in Canadian Industry.

In September 1999, an initial study and its recommendations generated a positive reaction from a group of professionals in the university and health research fields. SIEID then created a Working Group and hired a facilitator to examine current estimation methods, to recommend revisions where appropriate, and to produce a framework for an improved program in this area. This document is the final report written by the facilitator, Mireille Brochu.

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This document presents historical tables displaying Federal Government expenditures and personnel in the Natural and Social Sciences, 1991-92 to 2000-2001. Expenditures and personnel for each fiscal year to 1998-99 are actual while the data for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 are forecasts and estimates respectively.

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Data on science and technology (S&T) expenditures and person-years allocated to biotechnology for the year 1999-2000 were collected from selected federal departments and agencies. The criterion for selection was significant activity in this field. Survey results contribute to the work of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy.

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Biotechnology is an enabling technology - one that has been compared to electricity or microelectronics - because it has the potential to transform production processes, products and services in a wide range of sectors of the economy. At present, major applications of biotechnology are taking place in health, agriculture and agrifood, and natural resources (e.g. forestry and mining). This survey is intended to quantify the level of industrial activity in biotechnology research and development by sector of application and to reveal trends in spending.

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With revenues of almost $2 billion, what are the characteristics and activities of firms that use or develop biotechnology as an important part of their firm's activities? Human Health biotechnology dominates both the revenue and spending in the biotechnology sector. Read this enlightening article for further details including dicussion on the geographic location and size of Canadian biotechnology firms.

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Findings from the Survey of innovation 1999 provide insights into the percent of innovative firms in manufacturing, why these firms innovate, their obstacles to innovation, and the impacts of innovation.

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This document presents the provincial distribution of federal government expenditures on science and technology (S&T). The statistics presented in this report are supplements of data published in the service bulletin "Science statistics" Vol. 25, no. 1, catalogue no. 88-001XIB.

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Canadian health research is conducted in universities, teaching hospitals, business enterprises, government laboratories and private non-profit organizations. This research is funded from a variety of sources including public, private, domestic and foreign. This is the second time Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division (SIEID) of Statistics Canada has published an estimate of health R&D spending in Canada.

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Canadian health research is conducted in universities, teaching hospitals, business enterprises, government laboratories and private non-profit organizations. This research is funded from a variety of sources including public, private, domestic and foreign.

Description: This dashboard shows traffic count data that is obtained from traffic camera imagery using a computer vision-based system developed at the Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) at Statistics Canada. The system periodically pulls traffic imagery from the Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs) of municipal and provincial traffic camera programs. Vehicle detection was implemented using the open source You Only Look Once version 3 (YOLOv3) object detection model that was trained on the Common Objects in Context (COCO) dataset. The output of the model is used to generates real-time counts of the detected vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles).

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.

Description: Personnel engaged in research and development, by performing sector, occupational category and type of science for Canada from 2000 to today.

Description: Provincial distribution of personnel engaged in research and development, by performing sector and occupational category for provinces and territories from 2000 to today.

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.

Description: Annual international imports and exports estimates of the environmental and clean technology products sector, per trading partner, for Canada, provinces and territories.

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Percentage of enterprises that co-operated on innovation activities with other businesses or organizations, located in Canada, the United States of America or the rest of the world by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Innovation co-operation is active participation with other businesses or organizations on innovation activities. These activities do not need to have commercial benefit, and exclude contracting out. Innovation co-operation partners include parent, affiliated or subsidiary businesses; suppliers of equipment, materials, components or software; clients or customers from the private sector; clients or customers from the public sector; competitors or other businesses in the sector; consultants and commercial laboratories; universities, colleges or other higher education institutions; government, public or private research institutes; and other co-operation partners.

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Percentage of enterprises for which a specific type of innovation co-operation partner 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. Innovation co-operation partners include parent, affiliated or subsidiary businesses; suppliers of equipment, materials, components or software; clients or customers from the private sector; clients or customers from the public sector; competitors or other businesses in the sector; consultants and commercial laboratories; universities, colleges or other higher education institutions; government, public or private research institutes; and other co-operation partners.

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Percentage of enterprises that made use of government programs to aid innovation-related 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.

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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.

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.

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.

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?

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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.

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

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Description: This analysis provides a first-ever snapshot of the businesses performing clean technology activities that have been funded by the federal government through Business Innovation and Growth Support (BIGS) programs.

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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.

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.

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.

Description: The survey collects expenditure data on health research and development activities by therapeutic class in the Canadian business enterprise sector.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.