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Table 4-2
Provincial distribution of gross domestic expenditures on research and development — By funding sector, 2007

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By funding sector, 2007
  Canada 1 Newfound-
land and Labrador
Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saska-
tchewan
Alberta British Columbia
  millions of dollars
All sectors 29,170 262 58 501 314 7,824 13,601 585 441 2,403 2,935
Federal government 5,491 81 26 160 84 1,272 2,719 163 136 350 451
Provincial governments 2 1,454 11 2 7 17 382 432 26 28 336 182
Business enterprise 13,946 92 11 117 114 4,161 6,748 185 127 1,178 1,146
Higher education 4,574 71 19 170 87 1,155 1,983 142 117 400 431
Private non-profit organizations 968 5 0 29 9 185 399 37 13 63 148
Foreign 2,736 2 0 18 2 669 1,319 32 20 75 577
  percent
Canada total as a percentage  
All sectors 100.0 0.9 0.2 1.7 1.1 26.8 46.6 2.0 1.5 8.2 10.1
Federal government 100.0 1.5 0.5 2.9 1.5 23.2 49.5 3.0 2.5 6.4 8.2
Provincial governments 2 100.0 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.2 26.3 29.7 1.8 1.9 23.1 12.5
Business enterprise 100.0 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.8 29.8 48.4 1.3 0.9 8.4 8.2
Higher education 100.0 1.6 0.4 3.7 1.9 25.3 43.4 3.1 2.6 8.7 9.4
Private non-profit organizations 100.0 0.5 0.0 3.0 0.9 19.1 41.2 3.8 1.3 6.5 15.3
Foreign 100.0 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.1 24.5 48.2 1.2 0.7 2.7 21.1
Provincial total as a percentage  
All sectors 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal government 18.8 30.9 44.8 31.9 26.8 16.3 20.0 27.9 30.8 14.6 15.4
Provincial governments 2 5.0 4.2 3.4 1.4 5.4 4.9 3.2 4.4 6.3 14.0 6.2
Business enterprise 47.8 35.1 19.0 23.4 36.3 53.2 49.6 31.6 28.8 49.0 39.0
Higher education 15.7 27.1 32.8 33.9 27.7 14.8 14.6 24.3 26.5 16.6 14.7
Private non-profit organizations 3.3 1.9 0.0 5.8 2.9 2.4 2.9 6.3 2.9 2.6 5.0
Foreign 9.4 0.8 0.0 3.6 0.6 8.6 9.7 5.5 4.5 3.1 19.7
Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Includes provincial research councils and foundations.
Note(s):
Components may not add to totals due to rounding. Quebec and Ontario figures now include federal government expenditures on research and development performed in the National Capital Region. The private non-profit (PNP) sector appears in both the performing and funding sector for the gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) for Canada. Commencing with reference year 2000 the data for the private non-profit sector performing research and development are not distributed by provinces or territories. The national totals of research and development by performing sector include the PNP sector. The data for the private non-profit sector funding research and development continue to be distributed by provinces and territories. The provincial and territorial distribution by sources of funds of the business enterprise sector R&D expenditures is derived through a modeling system, which prorates values based on reported business enterprise provincial and territorial R&D. Data for the National Capital Region (NCR) are now available in Appendix 1 at the end of this publication.
Source(s):
CANSIM, table 358-0001.