Federal business innovation and growth support for clean technology, 2020

Release date: May 9, 2023
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Description: Federal business innovation and growth support for clean technology, 2020

The Canadian government supports businesses through business innovation and growth support (BIGS) programs. These include programs that exclusively support clean technologyNote 1 initiatives.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (appearing as column headers).
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Clean technology programs 3 4 10 13 15
Clean technology program beneficiaries 436 814 826 1,178 1,335

In 2020:

15 of the 123 BIGS programs were clean technology programs

9% of all BIGS funding went to clean technology initiatives ($394 million)

5% of all BIGS program beneficiaries received support for clean technology initiatives (1,335 businesses)

14% of employees of all BIGS program beneficiaries worked for businesses that received clean technology support (625,000 employees)

10% of the revenue of all BIGS program beneficiaries came from businesses that received clean technology support ($187 billion)


The western provinces and territories received over two-fifths of clean technology support
Table summary
This table displays the results of The western provinces and territories received over two-fifths of clean technology support. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Distribution of the value of support (%) (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Distribution of the value of support (%)Note 2
Clean technology programs All BIGS programs
Atlantic provinces 9% 10%
Quebec 17% 25%
Ontario 31% 36%
Manitoba 2% 2%
Saskatchewan 6% 3%
Alberta 10% 11%
British Columbia and territories 23% 13%

The services-producing sector received more clean technology support than the goods-producing sector
Table summary
This table displays the results of The services-producing sector received more clean technology support than the goods-producing sector. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Distribution of the value of support (%) (appearing as column headers).
Industry Distribution of the value of support (%)
Clean technology programs All BIGS programs
Utilities 16% 2%
Manufacturing 16% 18%
Other goods-producing industries 7% 4%
Professional, scientific and technical services 29% 25%
Public administration 8% 3%
Other services-producing industries 24% 48%

Clean technology program beneficiaries saw higher growth in revenue than all BIGS program beneficiaries
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This table displays the results of Clean technology program beneficiaries saw higher growth in revenue than all BIGS program beneficiaries Support program beneficiaries (%) (appearing as column headers).
Support program beneficiaries (%)
Clean technology programs All BIGS programs
Zero or negative growth 33% 43%
More than 0% to 10% growth 63% 54%
More than 10% growth 4% 3%

Sources: Statistics Canada, Business Innovation and Growth Support and Business Linkable File Environment, 2023.

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