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Table 5-1Provincial distribution of gross domestic expenditure on research and development — By performing sector, 2005

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By performing sector, 2005: Part 1
	Total Canada ¹	Newfoundland and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	Quebec	Ontario
	percent
Canada total as a percentage
All sectors	100.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	0.9	26.0	44.9
Federal government	100.0	1.2	1.2	2.7	1.1	15.2	16.4
Provincial governments ²	100.0	1.6	0.0	2.0	1.3	28.3	14.0
Business enterprise	100.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.5	27.2	52.3
Higher education	100.0	1.6	0.3	3.1	1.4	26.9	41.8
Private non-profit institutions	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Provincial total as a percentage
All sectors	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Federal government	8.7	10.5	44.4	14.2	10.7	5.1	3.2
Provincial governments ²	1.1	1.9	0.0	1.3	1.6	1.2	0.3
Business enterprise	55.4	32.2	12.7	20.3	34.2	58.2	64.5
Higher education	34.4	55.4	42.9	64.2	53.5	35.5	32.0
Private non-profit institutions	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
	millions of dollars
All sectors	27,699	267	63	464	243	7,193	12,447
Federal government	2,414	28	28	66	26	368	395
Provincial governments ²	300	5	0	6	4	85	42
Business enterprise	15,356	86	8	94	83	4,183	8,030
Higher education	9,518	148	27	298	130	2,557	3,980
Private non-profit institutions	112	..	..	..	..	..	..

By performing sector, 2005: Part 2
	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia	National Capital Region
	percent
Canada total as a percentage
All sectors	2.1	1.6	8.3	8.9	4.1
Federal government	3.4	2.8	5.4	3.8	46.5
Provincial governments ²	1.3	5.0	40.7	5.7	0.0
Business enterprise	1.3	1.0	7.0	9.4	0.0
Higher education	3.1	2.3	10.1	9.5	0.0
Private non-profit institutions	..	..	..	..	..
As a percentage of the provincial total
All sectors	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Federal government	14.3	15.1	5.7	3.7	100.0
Provincial governments ²	0.7	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.0
Business enterprise	34.0	33.3	46.9	58.9	0.0
Higher education	51.0	48.3	42.1	36.7	0.0
Private non-profit institutions	..	..	..	..	..
	millions of dollars
All sectors	577	450	2,286	2,462	1,123
Federal government	83	68	130	91	1,123
Provincial governments ²	4	15	122	17	0
Business enterprise	196	150	1,073	1,450	0
Higher education	294	217	961	904	0
Private non-profit institutions	..	..	..	..	..

Includes the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Includes provincial research councils and foundations.

Note(s):

Quebec and Ontario figures exclude federal government expenditures on research and development performed in the National Capital Region. The private non-profit (PNP) sector appears in both the performing and funding sector for the gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) for Canada. Commencing with reference year 2000 the data for the private non-profit sector performing research and development are not distributed by provinces, territories or the National Capital Region. The national totals of research and development by performing sector include the PNP sector. The data for the private non-profit sector funding research and development continue to be distributed by provinces, territories and the National Capital Region.