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Activities of multinationals in Canada, as a share of the total economy, 2017

Imports and exports of technological services Imports and exports of merchandise Imports and exports of commercial services In-house R&D expenditures¹ R&D personnel¹ Gross domestic product at basic prices (value added) Number of jobs 0 20 40 60 80 100 % Foreign multinationalsForeign multinationals Canadian multinationalsCanadian multinationals Non-multinational enterprisesNon-multinational enterprises Non-corporate sectorNon-corporate sector
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Data on in-house research and development (R&D) expenditures and R&D personnel are available for the corporate sector only.
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Activities of multinationals in Canada, as a share of the total economy, 2017, %
  Foreign multinationals Canadian multinationals Non-multinational enterprises Non-corporate sector
Imports and exports of technological services 73.4 16.8 8.5 1.4
Imports and exports of merchandise 64.7 18.4 16.4 0.5
Imports and exports of commercial services 51.0 20.7 25.5 2.8
In-house R&D expenditures¹ 39.7 32.4 27.9 0.0
R&D personnel¹ 34.3 28.2 37.4 0.0
Gross domestic product at basic prices (value added) 15.1 17.6 32.4 34.9
Number of jobs 12.2 11.0 44.0 32.8
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Data on in-house research and development (R&D) expenditures and R&D personnel are available for the corporate sector only.
Source(s):
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