Table 1
Provincial indicators, 2008

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Provincial indicators, 2008


Table summary
This table displays the results of provincial indicators population, provincial gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditures on research and development, gross domesticexpenditures on research and development over provincial gross domestic product and gross domestic expenditures on research and development over capita, calculated using thousands, millions of dollars, ratio and dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  PopulationNote 1 Provincial Gross Domestic ProductNote 2 Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and DevelopmentNote 3 Gross DomesticExpenditures
on Research and Development over Provincial Gross Domestic ProductNote 3		 Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development over Capita
  thousands millions of dollars ratio dollars
CanadaNote 4 33,103 1,599,608 29,894 1.87 903
Newfoundland and Labrador 507 31,671 278 0.88 548
Prince Edward Island 139 4,650 64 1.38 462
Nova Scotia 936 34,041 515 1.51 550
New Brunswick 746 27,376 300 1.10 402
QuebecNote 5 7,717 302,748 7,895 2.61 1,023
OntarioNote 5 12,852 584,460 13,874 2.37 1,080
Manitoba 1,199 51,048 567 1.11 473
Saskatchewan 1,008 65,425 528 0.81 524
Alberta 3,545 291,577 2,877 0.99 812
British Columbia 4,346 197,728 2,804 1.42 645
Note 1.

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Note 2.

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Note 3.

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development in Canada and the provinces, national estimates 2000 to 2010, provincial estimates 2004 to 2008.

Note 4.

Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Note 5.

Quebec and Ontario Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development figures now include federal government expenditures in the National Capital Region.

Note(s): Components may not add to total due to rounding.
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1.
CANSIM table 051-0005
2.
CANSIM table 384-0002
3.
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development in Canada and the provinces, national estimates 2000 to 2010, provincial estimates 2004 to 2008.
4.
Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
5.
Quebec and Ontario Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development figures now include federal government expenditures in the National Capital Region.
Note(s):
Components may not add to total due to rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 051-0005 and 384-0002.