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Chart 2
Growth in research and development expenditure and gross domestic product

The title of the graph is "Chart 2 Growth in research and development expenditure and gross domestic product ."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0.00800000000000002 and ends at 350.008 with ticks every 50 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "Index 1981 = 100."
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from (others) 1981 to (quarters) 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Business research and development."
The minimum value is 84.838 occurring in 1983.
The maximum value is 300.93 occurring in 2004.
The title of series 2 is "Government research and development."
The minimum value is 96.626 occurring in 1987.
The maximum value is 211.457 occurring in 2007.
The title of series 3 is "Gross domestic product growth."
The minimum value is 96.978 occurring in 1982.
The maximum value is 206.605 occurring in 2011.
This chart has a note which reads "Source: Statistics Canada. Authors' compilation based on data from CANSIM tables 380-0064 and 380-0068.."

Chart 2 Growth in research and development expenditure and gross domestic product , Index 1981 = 100
Table summary
This table contains data from the chart titled: "Chart 2 Growth in research and development expenditure and gross domestic product , Index 1981 = 100." This information concerns the following subjects: "Business research and development", "Government research and development" and "Gross domestic product growth." Time ranges from 1981 to 2011.
  Business research and development Government research and development Gross domestic product growth
1981 100 100 100
1982 92.457 103.839 96.978
1983 84.838 106.628 99.477
1984 90.697 110.891 105.032
1985 97.712 106.244 109.957
1986 99.874 102.586 112.390
1987 93.136 96.626 116.946
1988 94.342 109.962 122.506
1989 101.006 105.678 125.442
1990 105.155 109.254 125.624
1991 104.777 109.719 122.964
1992 100.880 104.223 124.041
1993 116.595 116.266 127.288
1994 137.214 104.728 133.099
1995 147.649 108.588 136.749
1996 158.713 116.407 139.052
1997 136.661 104.445 144.997
1998 153.935 116.084 151.097
1999 182.525 141.948 158.907
2000 238.169 144.393 167.047
2001 283.958 160.618 169.962
2002 275.685 177.551 174.756
2003 285.165 187.755 178.240
2004 300.930 205.840 183.893
2005 288.886 206.587 189.612
2006 297.536 208.628 194.640
2007 260.020 211.457 198.703
2008 271.561 200.707 200.879
2009 233.895 189.048 195.254
2010 209.505 175.773 201.436
2011 226.528 180.198 206.605

Source: Statistics Canada. Authors' compilation based on data from CANSIM tables 380-0064 and 380-0068.