Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) expenditure by performing sector, Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 2010

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Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage of total research and development (r&d) expenditure by performing sector government, total, federal government, provincial governments, business enterprise, higher education, private non-profit and all sectors, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Government, total Federal government Provincial governmentsNote 1 Business enterprise Higher educationNote 2 Private
non-
profitNote 3		 All sectors
percent
CanadaNote 4 11.2 10.0 1.2 50.3 38.0 0.4 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 8.5 8.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 27.7 63.8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Prince Edward Island 21.5 18.5 3.0 15.5 62.7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Nova Scotia 13.2 13.2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 15.8 71.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
New Brunswick 12.9 11.9 1.0 35.2 51.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
QuebecNote 5 5.2 3.9 1.3 58.9 35.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
OntarioNote 5 16.4 16.0 0.4 49.8 33.8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Manitoba 17.3 15.8 1.5 31.0 51.8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Saskatchewan 18.1 11.2 6.9 24.9 57.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Alberta 8.1 3.7 4.4 48.4 43.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
British Columbia 3.7 3.1 0.6 53.5 42.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
G-7 countries  
CanadaNote 4 11.2 10.0 1.2 50.3 38.0 0.4 100.0
France 16.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 61.7 20.7 1.2 100.0
GermanyNote 6 14.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.6 17.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Italy 13.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 53.3 30.3 3.3 100.0
Japan 9.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 75.8 13.4 1.6 100.0
United KingdomNote 7 9.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 60.4 27.9 2.5 100.0
United StatesNote 8 11.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 70.3 13.5 4.4Note p: preliminary 100.0
Leading OECD countries  
IsraelNote 9 4.0Note p: preliminary Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 79.6Note p: preliminary 13.2Note p: preliminary 3.2Note p: preliminary 100.0
Finland 9.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 71.4 18.9 0.6 100.0
SwedenNote 10 4.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 70.4 25.1 0.1 100.0
Korea 13.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 74.3 11.1 1.6 100.0
OECD totalNote 11 11.9Note p: preliminary Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.3Note p: preliminary 18.1Note p: preliminary 2.6Note p: preliminary 100.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
p preliminary
Note 1.

Includes provincial research councils and foundations. In 2009, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia did not participate in Statistics Canada's survey of provincial scientific activities; therefore, data for these provinces are not included.

Note 2.

"Higher education' (previously labelled "university") covers postsecondary educational institutions and affiliated teaching and research facilities. This change is part of an initiative to facilitate international comparisons. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (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 at Statistics Canada.

Note 3.

The private non-profit sector appears both in the performing sector and as a source of funds 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.

Note 4.

Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Note 5.

As of 2007, Quebec and Ontario figures include federal government expenditures on research and development performed in the National Capital Region.

Note 6.

"Government" includes other classes. "Private non-profit" included elsewhere.

Note 7.

National estimate or projection adjusted, if necessary, by the OECD Secretariat to meet OECD norms.

Note 8.

"Government" includes federal or central government only. The following categories exclude most or all capital expenditures: Government, Business enterprise, Higher education and Private non-profit.

Note 9.

Defence excluded (all or mostly). "Higher education" excludes R&D in the social sciences and humanities.

Note 10.

"Private non-profit" represents a break in the series with the previous year for which data are available; underestimated or based on underestimated data.

Note 11.

OECD Secretariat estimate or projection based on national sources.

Note: For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2012, Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), and the Provinces: National Estimates 2002 to 2012 / Provincial Estimates 2006 to 2010, Catalogue number 88-221-X, Volume 4, number 1, Table 4-1 (for Canada and the provinces).
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), StatExtracts, Main Science and Technology Indicators, MSTI 2012/2.
Updated May 1, 2013.
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