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Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) by sector, Canada and jurisdictions, G-7, leading Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, 2005

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  Government Federal Provincial Business enterprise University1 Private non-profit7 All sectors
percentage
Canada 9.8 8.7 1.1 55.4 34.4 0.4 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 12.4 10.5 1.9 32.2 55.4 .. 100.0
Prince Edward Island 44.4 44.4 0.0 12.7 42.9 .. 100.0
Nova Scotia 15.5 14.2 1.3 20.3 64.2 .. 100.0
New Brunswick 12.3 10.7 1.6 34.2 53.5 .. 100.0
Quebec2 6.3 5.1 1.2 58.2 35.5 .. 100.0
Ontario2 3.5 3.2 0.3 64.5 32.0 .. 100.0
Manitoba 15.0 14.3 0.7 34.0 51.0 .. 100.0
Saskatchewan 18.4 15.1 3.3 33.3 48.3 .. 100.0
Alberta 11.0 5.7 5.3 46.9 42.1 .. 100.0
British Columbia 4.4 3.7 0.7 58.9 36.7 .. 100.0
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut3 75.0 75.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 .. 100.0
G-7  
Canada 9.8 8.7 1.1 55.4 34.4 0.4 100.0
France 17.6 … … 62.6 18.6 1.3p 100.0
Germany4 14.1 … … 69.3 16.5 .. 100.0
Italy 17.3 … … 50.4 30.2 2.1 100.0
Japan 8.3 … … 76.5 13.4 1.9 100.0
United Kingdom 10.6 … … 61.6 25.6 2.2 100.0
United States5 12.0p … … 69.7p 14.1p 4.3p 100.0
Leading OECD countries  
Finland 9.6 … … 70.8 19.0 0.6 100.0
Iceland 23.5 … … 51.5 22.0 3.0 100.0
Sweden6 4.7 … … 74.1 20.9 0.3 100.0
Total OECD 11.8p … … 68.0p 17.7p 2.6p 100.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
p preliminary
1. OECD guidelines request that R&D in the entire postsecondary sector be reported; however, data for Canada are limited to R&D activities in universities and affiliated institutions as data on R&D in colleges and similar institutions are not being collected as part of the current data program at Statistics Canada.
2. Quebec and Ontario figures exclude federal government expenditures allocated in the National Capital Region. Canada includes federal government expenditures contributed in the National Capital Region.
3. Data not available by individual territory.
4. Government category includes other classes. Private non-profit included elsewhere.
5. Government category includes federal or central government only. Business enterpise, university and private non-profit categories exclude most or all capital expenditures.
6. Data for 2005 represent break in series with previous year for which data is available.
7. Expenditures on R&D by the private non-profit sector are no longer distributed provincially as of 2002.
Data sources: Statistics Canada. 2008. Gross Deomestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada and the Provinces, National Estimates 1996 to 2007, Provincial Estimates, 2001 to 2005. Catalogue No. 88-221-X vol. 1 no.1.
Main Science and Technology Indicators, No. 2, DSTI, OECD 2007, Tables 17-20.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated June 16, 2008.
Date Modified: 2011-07-11

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