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, 2012

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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, 2012
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 education Private
non-
profitNote 2		 All sectorsNote 3
percent
CanadaNote 4 9.2 8.2 1.1 51.6 38.6 0.5 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.7 4.7 0.0 26.2 69.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Prince Edward Island 22.2 19.0 3.2 38.1 38.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Nova Scotia 9.5 9.5 0.0 16.1 74.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
New Brunswick 14.1 13.0 1.1 26.3 59.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Quebec 4.5 3.4 1.2 57.8 37.7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Ontario 12.8 12.4 0.4 51.2 36.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Manitoba 17.9 16.9 1.1 32.7 49.2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Saskatchewan 20.1 16.3 3.8 32.5 47.2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Alberta 7.0 3.0 4.0 56.6 36.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
British Columbia 3.9 3.2 0.7 53.1 42.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
G-7 countries  
CanadaNote 4 9.2 8.2 1.1 51.6 38.6 0.5 100.0
France 13.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 64.6 20.9 1.4 100.0
Germany 14.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 68.0 17.7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0
Italy 14.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 54.2 28.0 3.0 100.0
Japan 8.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 76.6 13.4 1.4 100.0
United Kingdom 8.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 63.3 26.7 1.9 100.0
United States 12.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 69.8 13.8 4.0Note p: preliminary 100.0
Leading OECD countries  
Israel 2.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 82.4 14.4 1.1 100.0
Finland 9.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 68.7 21.6 0.7 100.0
Sweden 4.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.8 27.1 0.3 100.0
Korea 11.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 77.9 9.5 1.3 100.0
OECD totalNote 5 11.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.9 18.1 2.4 100.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
p preliminary
Note 1.

Includes provincial research councils and foundations. Data for the provincial government performing sector is currently modelled based on responses from the 2010 Provincial Scientific Activities Survey. This release includes 2012 data on R&D activities performed by the provincial governments of Alberta and Quebec as they conducted their own survey and provided this information to Statistics Canada.

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Note 2.

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.

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Note 3.

Components may not add to totals due to rounding.

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Note 4.

Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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Note 5.

OECD Secretariat estimate or projection based on national sources.

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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, 2014, Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), the Provinces and Territories: National Estimates 2004 to 2014 / Provincial and Territorial Estimates 2008 to 2012, Catalogue number 88-221-X, CANSIM table 358-0001.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2014/2, Tables 17 to 20.
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