Table 1-3
Federal expenditures — On research and development, by major departments and agencies

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On research and development, by major departments and agencies


Table summary
This table displays the results of on research and development 2007/2008,  2008/2009, 2009/2010 , 2010/2011  and 2011/2012 , calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2007/2008  2008/2009 2009/2010  Note r: revised 2010/2011  Note r: revised 2011/2012  Note p: preliminary
  millions of dollars
Total 6,602 6,655 7,456 7,592 7,133
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 307  Note 1 329 363  Note 2 364 350
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited 329 393 470  Note 3 634  Note 4 491  Note 4
Canada Foundation for Innovation 310 385 392  Note 5 467  Note 5 558  Note 5
Canadian Institutes of Health
Research		 970 957 957 1,012 976
Canadian Space Agency 276 285 208 246 285
Environment Canada 240 270 266  Note 6 264  Note 6 218  Note 6
Health Canada 161 155 166 169 160
Industry Canada 477  Note 7 384 737  Note 8 639  Note 8 469
National Defence 307 326 288 268 310
National Research Council Canada 772 719 967  Note 9 807  Note 9 655
Natural Resources Canada 276 282 338 490  Note 10 471  Note 10
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada		 891  Note 11 896 911 930 923
Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada		 540  Note 12 559  Note 13 555  Note 14 558  Note 15 549  Note 15
Total of major departments
and agencies		 5,857 5,942 6,619 6,848 6,415
Other 745 713 837 744 718
p preliminary
r revised
1.
Includes funding of the new Business Risk Management Suite which replaces the Agriculture Income Stabilization Program by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
2.
Includes $8 million for the Cost shared Growing Forward programs, and $13 million for the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP).
3.
Includes cost of repairs to AECL's research reactor (the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor).
4.
Includes cost related to Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) development and licensing.
5.
Includes funds for the Research Hospital Fund (RHF) Project.
6.
Includes additional funding for new initiatives such as the Clean Air Agenda, the Chemicals Management Plan, the Action Plan on Freshwater, Species at Risk and a grant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology (SDTC) towards the Next Generation Biofuels Fund.
7.
Includes several Centres of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR) funded by Industry Canada.
8.
Includes $831 million allocated to S&T activities from the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), a $2 billion two-year program which started in 2009/2010.
9.
Includes about $140 million to fund various programs under the Economic Action Plan.
10.
Includes $795 million for the Clean Energy Fund Program, a 5 year program starting in 2010/2011.
11.
Includes several Centres of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR) funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
12.
Includes $300 million for indirect costs of university research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
13.
Includes $315 million for indirect costs of university research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
14.
Includes $325 million for indirect costs of university research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
15.
Includes $322 million for indirect costs of university research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Note(s):
Represents departments and agencies that contributed 2% or more to the total 2009/2010 expenditures. Due to rounding, components may not add to the totals.