Table 12.2
Federal government research and development expenditures by socio-economic objective

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Federal government research and development expenditures by socio-economic objective: Part 1
  Intramural 1
1998/1999  1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002  2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005  2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008
  millions of dollars
Total 1,627 1,734 1,957 2,000 2,075 1,976 1,983 2,298 2,391 2,421
Exploration and exploitation of the Earth 179 186 207 125 141 85 98 110 98 102
Infrastructure and general planning of land use  
Transport 38 42 37 71 65 56 53 58 50 52
Telecommunications 32 24 28 44 37 35 43 52 51 44
Other 50 42 48 30 39 38 38 46 40 44
Control and care of the environment 98 122 143 142 174 178 181 216 188 203
Protection and improvement of human health 87 103 116 152 186 196 203 210 217 258
Production, distribution and rational utilization of energy 170 171 187 248 214 245 199 229 339 387
Agricultural production and technology  
Agriculture 308 334 333 345 287 275 269 336 340 337
Fishing 42 43 51 47 55 42 44 47 47 45
Forestry 74 77 83 75 74 72 71 75 76 61
Industrial production and technology 123 137 165 164 189 189 174 198 196 203
Social structures and relationships 125 50 53 47 61 60 62 59 81 100
Exploration and exploitation of space 92 68 187 175 179 121 125 162 163 123
Non-oriented research 54 150 150 181 202 206 208 219 219 239
Other civil research 13 14 16 15 14 14 15 23 24 18
Defence 136 167 150 134 152 157 191 245 261 205
Other 4 4 3 5 6 6 10 13 ... ...
Federal government research and development expenditures by socio-economic objective: Part 2
  Extramural 2
1998/1999  1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002  2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005  2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008
  millions of dollars
Total 1,835 2,030 2,070 2,887 2,737 3,379 3,371 3,628 3,577 4,071
Exploration and exploitation of the Earth 29 99 46 69 59 75 55 78 58 72
Infrastructure and general planning of land use  
Transport 28 23 20 24 25 19 27 28 26 33
Telecommunications 35 34 15 23 24 27 30 31 21 28
Other 15 16 20 25 28 31 28 28 29 33
Control and care of the environment 83 88 112 148 141 171 155 185 175 198
Protection and improvement of human health 318 390 519 709 866 960 988 1,106 1,160 1,364
Production, distribution and rational utilization of energy 65 68 64 117 75 210 181 103 89 107
Agricultural production and technology  
Agriculture 44 67 70 75 90 86 79 102 130 128
Fishing 10 13 14 15 16 23 26 25 19 21
Forestry 24 43 27 27 41 56 49 44 46 65
Industrial production and technology 406 398 518 741 657 778 732 884 831 875
Social structures and relationships 90 87 106 130 149 170 189 203 196 228
Exploration and exploitation of space 270 269 154 193 179 197 190 164 179 208
Non-oriented research 229 256 188 365 213 376 428 496 535 609
Other civil research 2 1 17 17 2 1 2 4 10 10
Defence 120 121 119 142 100 116 94 93 72 91
Other 68 57 62 67 72 82 119 54 ... ...
1.
The research and development intramural expenditures are managed and carried out primarily by federal government employees. Non-program (indirect costs) are excluded.
2.
The management and conduct of the research and development extramural expenditures are entrusted to a non-federal organization.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Science, Business Special and Technologie Statistics Division, Science Statistics, Catalogue no. 88-001-X, various issues.
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