Table 1
Enterprises performing business activities inside or outside of Canada, by enterprise size, all surveyed industries

Enterprises performing business activities inside or outside of Canada, by enterprise size, all surveyed industries
	2009 – All enterprises	2012 – All enterprises	2009 – Small enterprises (20 to 99 employees)	2012 – Small enterprises (20 to 99 employees)	2009 – Medium-sized enterprises (100 to 249 employees)	2012 – Medium-sized enterprises (100 to 249 employees)	2009 – Large enterprises (250 or more employees)	2012 – Large enterprises (250 or more employees)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Production activities
Performed in Canada1	93.0^A	87.3^A	93.7^A	86.8^B	90.7^B	88.0^B	88.0^E	92.8^A
Performed outside of Canada2	10.1^A	13.7^A	8.2^A	12.2^A	16.8^E	13.9^A	21.9^B	37.7^B
Technical activities
Performed in Canada1	71.2^B	73.7^B	69.6^B	72.9^B	71.2^E	73.3^B	92.4^B	86.8^B
Performed outside of Canada2	10.3^A	10.1^A	7.4^A	7.4^A	19.3^B	17.0^B	F	38.5^B
Support activities
Performed in Canada1	89.8^B	94.6^A	88.7^B	95.1^A	92.9^B	90.0^B	97.9^A	96.4^A
Performed outside of Canada2	15.1^A	12.9^A	11.4^A	9.4^A	27.5^E	21.4^B	F	48.9^B

very reliable (standard error between 0% and 2.49%)

reliable (standard error between 2.50% and 7.49%)

use with caution

too unreliable to be published

Note(s):

Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS) 2012 estimates are provided as percentages accompanied by quality indicators. Data quality indicators are based on the standard error (SE) and number of observations in the estimates. Quality indicators for SIBS are the following: A is very reliable (SE between 0% and 2.49%); B is reliable (SE between 2.50% and 7.49%); E is use with caution (SE between 7.50% and 14.99%); and F is too unreliable to be published (SE greater than or equal to 15.00%). Categories are not mutually exclusive and do not add up to 100%.

Date modified:: 2014-03-10

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Table 1
Enterprises performing business activities inside or outside of Canada, by enterprise size, all surveyed industries

Table 1 Enterprises performing business activities inside or outside of Canada, by enterprise size, all surveyed industries

Table 1
Enterprises performing business activities inside or outside of Canada, by enterprise size, all surveyed industries