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Intentions 2008 and 2009, actual 1998 to 2007

Spending intentions on research and development (R&D) in the health field were $6.4 billion in 2009, virtually unchanged from 2008 in current dollars (table 1-1).

R&D spending on health continues to account for about one-fifth of total gross domestic expenditures on R&D (table 1-1).

Intentions for 2009 cover both the amount of money each sector spent on R&D in health and the amount that it funded such spending. The higher education sector continued to lead both health R&D performance, spending $4.1 billion, and health R&D funding at $1.8 billion (table 1-2).

Business enterprises were in second place. They spent $1.9 billion on R&D in health and provided $1.5 billion in funding (table 1-2).

The higher education sector accounted for 64% of all health R&D performed in Canada in 2009, up from 55% in 1998. Over the same period, the proportion for the business enterprise sector declined from 38% to 30% (table 1-5).

In 2009, the same two sectors accounted for half of total health R&D funding - higher education (27%) and business enterprise (23%) (table 1-5).