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Table 1
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), Canada, 2008p

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Funding sector Performing sector
Government Business Higher education Private non-profit organizations Total R&D
millions of dollars
Government 2,702 376 3,558 52 6,686
Business 84 13,461 826 15 14,386
Higher education 0 0 4,532 0 4,532
Private non-profit organizations 0 0 793 58 850
Foreign 0 2,479 128 7 2,616
Total R&D 2,786 16,316 9,837 132 29,071
Data source: Statistics Canada, Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD) and the Provinces, 1997 to 2008, Catalogue no. 88-221-X.
Table source: Statistics Canada, Innovation Analysis Bulletin, 2009, Catalogue no. 88-003-X, Vol. 11, no. 1.