Table 2
Output and employment shares of foreign-controlled plants, and export intensity, by industry sector and region

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Output and employment shares of foreign-controlled plants, and export intensity, by industry sector and region
  Foreign-controlled Average export intensity ratio
Employment share Output share
  percent
Industry sector  
Resource-intensive 34.62 45.46 14.67
Labour-intensive 24.44 36.19 15.90
Scale-based 48.38 64.78 26.45
Product-differentiated 46.86 65.14 24.55
Science-based 39.60 44.49 23.64
Region  
Atlantic region 1 31.69 34.85 21.88
Quebec 28.01 36.29 16.44
Ontario 52.50 66.88 26.25
Prairie provinces 2 37.58 61.48 14.07
British Columbia 34.87 48.01 19.73
1.
The Atlantic region includes the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
2.
The Prairie provinces include Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Source(s):
Annual Survey of Manufactures (1999).
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