Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) by performing sector, Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 2007

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  Government, total Federal government Provincial governments Business enterprise Higher education1 Private
non-profit2		 All sectors
percent
Canada3 10.0 8.7 1.3 54.4 34.9 0.6 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 12.6 10.7 1.9 34.4 53.4 .. 100.0
Prince Edward Island 22.4 22.4 0.0 19.0 58.6 .. 100.0
Nova Scotia 15.4 15.4 0.0 19.6 65.3 .. 100.0
New Brunswick 18.5 14.6 3.8 35.7 45.9 .. 100.0
Quebec4 6.4 5.2 1.2 60.3 33.4 .. 100.0
Ontario4 12.1 11.6 0.4 56.2 31.7 .. 100.0
Manitoba 15.6 14.5 1.0 33.0 51.6 .. 100.0
Saskatchewan 16.8 14.3 2.5 30.8 52.2 .. 100.0
Alberta 10.7 4.8 5.9 47.5 41.8 .. 100.0
British Columbia 4.7 3.7 1.0 58.4 36.9 .. 100.0
G-7 countries
Canada3 10.0 8.7 1.3 54.4 34.9 0.6 100.0
France 15.8p ... ... 63.2p 19.8p 1.2p 100.0
Germany5, 6 13.9 ... ... 70.0 16.1 .. 100.0
Italy 14.5 ... ... 51.9 30.1 3.5 100.0
Japan 7.8 ... ... 77.9 12.6 1.7 100.0
United Kingdom7 8.8 ... ... 63.4 25.6 2.2 100.0
United States8 10.8 ... ... 72.2 13.1 3.8 100.0
Leading OECD countries
Finland 8.5 ... ... 72.3 18.7 0.6 100.0
Japan 7.8 ... ... 77.9 12.6 1.7 100.0
Sweden9 4.8 ... ... 73.7 21.3 0.2 100.0
Republic of Korea10 11.7 ... ... 76.2 10.7 1.5 100.0
Total OECD11 10.9 ... ... 69.6 17.0 2.4 100.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
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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. The "higher education" sector was labelled "university" in previous editions of Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). Higher education covers postsecondary educational institutions and affiliated teaching and research facilities. This change is part of an initiative to facilitate international comparisons.
2. The private non-profit (PNP) sector appears in the performing sector for the gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD) for Canada. Beginning with reference year 2000, the data for the private non-profit sector performing research and development are not distributed by provinces or territories. The national totals of research and development by performing sector include the PNP sector.
3. Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
4. As of 2007, Quebec and Ontario figures include federal government expenditures on research and development performed in the National Capital Region.
5. Government category includes other classes. Private non-profit category included elsewhere.
6. National estimate or projection.
7. Government category - national estimate or projection.
8. Government category includes federal or central government only. Government, business enterprise, university and private non-profit categories exclude most or all capital expenditures.
9. Busines enterprise category - Secretariat estimate or projection based on national sources. In 2007, for the private non-profit, there is a break in the series with the previous years for which data are available.
10. Prior to 2007, social sciences and humanities were excluded from the R&D data, which creates a break in the series with the previous years for which data are available.
11.OECD Secretariat estimate or projection based on national sources.
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2009. Main Science and Technology Indicators, Vol. 2009/2, Tables 17-20.
Statistics Canada. 2009. Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), and the Provinces: National Estimates 1998 to 2009 and Provincial Estimates 2003 to 2007. Catalogue No. 88-221-X, Vol. 2, no. 1. Table 4-1 (for Canada and the provinces).
Updated June 15, 2010.
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