Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) by performing sector, Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 2008

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Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) by performing sector, Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 2008
  Government, total Federal government Provincial governments Business enterprise Higher education1 Private
non-profit2		 All sectors
percent
Canada3 10.0 8.7 1.3 52.8 36.6 0.6 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 8.6 6.8 1.8 38.8 52.5 .. 100.0
Prince Edward Island 21.9 21.9 .. 20.3 57.8 .. 100.0
Nova Scotia 15.0 15.0 .. 18.3 66.6 .. 100.0
New Brunswick 16.3 12.0 4.3 33.7 50.0 .. 100.0
Quebec4 6.4 5.2 1.2 58.2 35.4 .. 100.0
Ontario4 12.4 12.0 0.4 54.5 33.0 .. 100.0
Manitoba 16.8 15.0 1.8 28.2 55.0 .. 100.0
Saskatchewan 15.3 12.1 3.2 25.0 59.5 .. 100.0
Alberta 9.6 4.4 5.2 51.4 39.0 .. 100.0
British Columbia 4.5 3.3 1.2 55.0 40.5 .. 100.0
G-7 countries  
Canada3 10.0 8.7 1.3 52.8 36.6 0.6 100.0
France 16.1p … … 63.0p 19.7p 1.2p 100.0
Germany5,6 13.8 … … 69.9 16.2 .. 100.0
Italy 13.2p … … 50.9p 32.6p 3.3p 100.0
Japan 8.3 … … 78.5 11.6 1.6 100.0
United Kingdom 9.2 … … 62.0 26.5 2.4 100.0
United States7 10.6 … … 72.6p 12.8p 3.9 100.0
Leading OECD countries  
Sweden6 4.4 … … 74.1 21.3 0.2 100.0
Finland 8.0 … … 74.3 17.2 0.5 100.0
Japan 8.3 … … 78.5 11.6 1.6 100.0
Korea8 12.1 … … 75.4 11.1 1.4 100.0
Total OECD9 11.0 … … 69.8 16.8 2.4 100.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
p preliminary
1. Previously labelled "university", Higher education covers postsecondary educational institutions and affiliated teaching and research facilities. This change is part of an initiative to facilitate international comparisons. OECD guidelines request that R&D in the entire postsecondary sector be reported; however, data for Canada are limited to R&D activities in universities and affiliated institutions, as data on R&D in colleges and similar institutions are not being collected at Statistics Canada.
2. The private non-profit (PNP) sector appears in the performing sector for the gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD) for Canada. Beginning 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.
3. Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
4. As of 2007, Quebec and Ontario figures now include federal government expenditures on research and development performed in the National Capital Region.
5. Government category includes other classes. Private non-profit category included elsewhere.
6. National estimate or projection.
7. Government category includes federal or central government only. Government, business enterprise, higher education, and private non-profit categories exclude most or all capital expenditures.
8. Break in the series with the previous years for which data are available.
9. OECD Secretariat estimate or projection based on national sources.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2010, Main Science and Technology Indicators, Vol. 2010/1,Tables 17-20.
Statistics Canada, 2010, Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), and the Provinces: National Estimates 2000 to 2010 and Provincial Estimates 2004 to 2008, Catalogue no.88-221-X, Vol. 3, no.1. Table 4-1 (for Canada and the provinces).
Updated April 29, 2011.
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