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Business enterprise sector spending on research and development, by region, 1979 to 2013

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% 0 20 40 60 80 100 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 Atlantic provincesAtlantic provinces QuebecQuebec OntarioOntario Manitoba and SaskatchewanManitoba and Saskatchewan AlbertaAlberta British Columbia and the territoriesBritish Columbia and the territories
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CANSIM table 358-0001.

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Business enterprise sector spending on research and development, by region, 1979 to 2013, %
  Atlantic provinces Quebec Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia and the territories
1979 3.2 24.8 53.0 2.2 11.2 5.5
1980 0.8 23.6 54.5 3.2 12.4 5.5
1981 1.1 22.6 53.4 2.4 13.2 7.2
1982 0.8 23.1 56.6 2.8 10.8 5.9
1983 0.9 22.6 60.1 2.5 8.0 5.9
1984 1.2 24.1 57.7 2.5 8.1 6.4
1985 1.7 23.9 58.3 2.2 7.5 6.4
1986 1.7 23.5 59.5 2.1 6.4 6.7
1987 1.5 25.5 60.5 1.8 5.2 5.4
1988 3.2 25.1 58.4 1.6 5.5 6.0
1989 2.7 26.1 57.1 1.8 6.0 6.3
1990 1.7 27.4 55.0 1.9 6.9 7.2
1991 1.3 28.4 55.1 2.2 6.5 6.5
1992 1.3 28.6 54.4 2.4 5.9 7.4
1993 1.5 28.1 54.6 2.3 6.2 7.3
1994 1.6 27.2 54.3 2.3 6.7 7.8
1995 1.6 28.5 54.1 2.1 6.1 7.5
1996 1.7 29.9 53.2 1.9 6.6 6.7
1997 1.2 28.8 55.3 2.0 6.2 6.5
1998 1.2 28.5 55.7 1.8 6.4 6.3
1999 1.2 29.3 55.8 2.2 4.7 6.9
2000 1.1 29.4 55.3 1.7 4.7 7.8
2001 1.1 29.1 55.4 1.8 5.0 7.6
2002 1.3 30.7 52.2 2.0 5.8 8.1
2003 1.3 29.6 52.8 1.7 6.3 8.3
2004 1.4 28.6 51.7 1.9 7.5 8.8
2005 1.9 26.7 52.5 2.3 7.7 9.0
2006 2.0 29.3 49.5 2.2 8.6 8.4
2007 2.0 29.1 48.1 2.4 8.6 9.7
2008 2.0 28.8 47.4 2.0 9.7 10.2
2009 2.1 29.7 46.0 2.3 9.8 10.1
2010 1.7 30.1 45.5 2.4 9.7 10.5
2011 1.7 29.3 45.6 2.5 10.9 10.0
2012 1.6 28.1 45.1 2.7 13.0 9.5
2013 1.4 29.1 43.7 3.2 12.5 10.2
Source(s):
CANSIM table 358-0001.
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