Table C
Sector definitions

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Sector definitions
  Definition
HERD categories Components from the CAUBO survey
Federal government Federal government agencies: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (1); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research 
Council (3); Canadian Institutes of Health Research (4); Canada Foundation for Innovation (5); and Canada Research Chairs (6)
 Federal departments and other: Health Canada (2); other federal (7).
Provincial governments Provincial (8), other provincial sources (10) and municipal (9) governments.
Higher education sector It is estimated from a combination of CAUBO data and faculty data provided by the Centre for Education Statistics.
Business enterprises Donations including bequests from individuals (15), and business enterprises (16); grants and contracts from individuals (18); business 
enterprises (19); and a portion of miscellaneous (24).
Private non-profit Donations including bequests from not-for-profit organizations (17); grants; contracts from not-for-profit organizations (20); and a portion
 of miscellaneous (24).
Foreign Foreign (11).
Note(s):
Numbers in parentheses refer to row numbers in CAUBO Table 1.