Table 2
R&D expenditure, Canadian manufacturing firms, 2004 to 2009

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Table 2
R&D expenditure, Canadian manufacturing firms, 2004 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of R&D expenditure Extramural
R&D from ASM , Extramural
R&D from RDCI and Intramural
R&D from RDCI, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Extramural R&D from ASM Extramural R&D from RDCI Intramural R&D from RDCI
percent
Proportion of firms with R&D expenditure  
All firms 72.91 11.58 25.01
By export status  
Non-exporters 70.43 6.89 16.69
Exporters 75.17 15.91 32.69
By industrial sectors  
Natural resources 70.52 9.76 20.59
Labour intensive 68.61 7.82 18.28
Scale based 72.77 10.92 23.52
Product differentiated 78.69 15.26 34.23
Science based 84.44 25.89 48.76
R&D intensity  
All firms 0.52 0.40 1.92
By export status  
Non-exporters 0.65 0.53 2.02
Exporters 0.51 0.39 1.91
By industrial sectors  
Natural resources 0.10 0.17 0.71
Labour intensive 0.34 0.29 1.75
Scale based 0.18 0.38 0.84
Product differentiated 1.11 0.49 3.08
Science based 2.66 1.39 8.66
Notes: The proportion is calculated as the ratio of firms with positive research and development (R&D) spending to the total number of firms in the ASM. Extramural R&D is purchased from domestic and foreign suppliers. Intramural R&D is performed in-house.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) and Research and Development in Canadian Industry (RDCI) databases.
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