If you're a millennial, you've been immersed in information technology since your early childhood; your reality is very different from what your parents experienced at the same age. You spend a lot of time on mobile devices, the Internet and social media, and you may be wondering about their impact on your health and the place they should occupy in your life.

Adapting to a changing world

The increased use of technology poses new challenges. Addiction to video games or social media is a growing problem, as is bullying, which now takes many forms. In the past five years, 15% of young people 15 to 34 years of age say they have experienced cyberbullying or cyberstalking.¹

At the same time, young people must adapt to many situations, such as the divorce of their parents, lone-parent families or stepfamilies, and moving away for school. Given today's very competitive environment, they may put pressure on themselves regarding their studies or their parents' or employer's expectations. When you add in financial troubles, climate change, political conflicts and the desire to project the ‘perfect image,' it's not surprising that some young people have trouble adapting.

When problems arise

In this context, serious mental health problems can arise, ranging from mood disorders to substance use problems, depression and suicidal thoughts. About 50% of youth who have had a mood disorder have also had suicidal thoughts in their lifetime.² This means that if nothing is done, problems can keep coming.

The importance of asking for help

Despite some openness to mental health issues, talking about them is still hard. For example, less than half of young people with depression or suicidal thoughts sought professional help.³

If you identify with this or recognize people close to you in this situation, there are many people available to listen and help you see more clearly. Don't keep your problems to yourself! Talk to people you can trust, health professionals or suicide prevention organizations. Accept the help available and take the time to restore your health!

Also read: Youth mental health: Tips for maintaining balance

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Purpose

This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

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The data collected are used by federal and provincial science policy analysts, and are also part of the gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD). Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

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ISTD - FSEP - Introduction

This introduction is intended to provide an overview of the process of collecting science expenditure data; definitions of and explanatory notes on natural sciences and engineering, social sciences, humanities and the arts, scientific and technological activities, performance sectors, and other terms used are given in subsequent sections.

The collection of science expenditure data is organized by the Investment, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) of Statistics Canada. This exercise was formerly conducted under the aegis of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat but is now solely a Statistics Canada survey.

Collection is undertaken to gather essential data describing the recent, current and proposed state of the federal resources allocated to science. Federal science expenditures data are provided to Industry Canada who in turn use the data in the development of advice to the Assistant Deputy Ministers' Steering Committee on the Management of S&T, their Minister and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, as well as in policy development and in monitoring the implementation of science policies. Statistics Canada maintains historical expenditure series in natural sciences and engineering dating back to 1963 and to 1971 in the social sciences, humanities and the arts. These data are available through the Investment, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) or through special requests.

The basic reporting unit is the budgetary program of a department or agency. Each budgetary program forms the subject of separate scientific expenditure reports for the natural and for the social science activities within it. Both the program and the program activities within it may be scientific in whole or in part only. Only expenditures on the scientific components of a program or its activity are reported. In some programs it will be difficult to distinguish between the natural and social sciences. However, some allocation must be made and in determining this allocation, the dominant orientation of the projects and the area of expertise of the personnel involved must be considered. Detailed definitions are given on the following pages.

On the questionnaires, the identified expenditures are looked at from several different viewpoints and in various subdivisions. Expenditures on research and development (R&D) and related scientific activities (RSA) are subdivided to provide an indication of the "what" of a department's scientific effort. Expenditures in each category of scientific activity are further subdivided into "current" and "capital" segments. Current expenditures are additionally subdivided by sector, to indicate the "where" and "by whom" the activity is performed (e.g., in business enterprise, in higher education).

The human resources allocated to scientific activities are summarized in terms of the involved categories of personnel (scientific and professional, technical, etc.) and the principal focus of their efforts (R&D, RSA and, administration of extramural programs).

When completed, checked for consistency with previous reports, entered into the database and totaled along the various dimensions, these data provide snapshots of the federal resources allocated to science, supporting not only the work of central agencies but also the submissions of departments and agencies requesting resources.

Purpose

This survey collects financial and operating data on expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel on the scientific activities of Federal Government Public Administration in Canada.

1. Federal government expenditures

General

The natural sciences and engineering consist of disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring, developing or utilizing the natural world. Included are the engineering and technology, mathematical, computer and information sciences, physical sciences, medical and health sciences, and agricultural sciences, veterinary sciences and forestry.

Expenditures by activity and performer

Scientific and technological (S&T) activities can be defined as all systematic activities which are closely concerned with the generation, advancement, dissemination and application of scientific and technology knowledge in all fields of science and technology, that is the natural sciences and engineering, and the social sciences, humanities and the arts.

The central activity is scientific research and experimental development (R&D). In addition there are a number of activities closely related to R&D, and are termed related scientific activities (RSA). Those identified as being appropriate for the federal government in the natural sciences are: scientific data collection, information services, special services and studies and education support.

The performer is equivalent to the sector in which the scientific activity is conducted. The basic distinction is between intramural and extramural performance. Extramural payments are classified on the basis of the performance sectors to which they are made. The appropriate extramural performers are business enterprise, higher education, Canadian non-profit institutions, provincial and municipal government, and foreign performers.

I. Performers

lntramural activities include all current expenditures incurred for scientific activities carried out by in-house personnel of units assigned to the program; the related gross fixed capital expenditures (acquisition of land, buildings, machinery and equipment for scientific activities); the administration of scientific activities by program employees; and, the purchase of goods and services to support in-house scientific activities (include royalties or licences for the use of patents and other intellectual property rights, the lease of capital goods (machinery and equipment, etc.) and the rental of buildings to support scientific activities performed by the statistical unit in the reference year).

The intramural expenditures reported for scientific activities are those direct costs, including salaries, associated with scientific programs. The costs should include that portion of a program's contribution to employee benefit plans (e.g., superannuation and compensation) which is applicable to the scientific personnel within the program. The summation of intramural R&D activity is synonymous with the performance of R&D for the entire economy (GERD).

Extramural performers are groups being funded by the federal government sector for S&T activities. In this survey the extramural performers include:

Business enterprise – business and government enterprises including public utilities and government-owned firms. Both financial and non-financial corporations are included. Incorporated consultants or unincorporated individuals providing scientific and engineering services are also included. Industrial research institutes located at Canadian universities are considered to be in the higher education sector.

Higher education – comprises all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status. It also includes teaching hospitals (non-teaching hospitals are in the Canadian non-profit sector) all research institutes, centers, experimental stations and clinics that have their scientific activities under the direct control of, or administered by, or associated with, the higher education establishments.

Canadian non-profit institutions – charitable foundations, voluntary health organizations, scientific and professional societies, non-teaching hospitals (teaching hospitals are in the higher education sector) and other organizations not established to earn profits. Non-profit institutions primarily serving or controlled by another sector should be included in the controlling sector.

Provincial and municipal governments – departments and agencies of these governments as well as provincial research organizations. Government enterprises, such as provincial utilities are included in the business enterprise sector, and non-teaching hospitals in the Canadian non-profit institutions sector.

Foreign performers – all foreign government agencies, foreign companies (including foreign subsidiaries of Canadian firms), international organizations, non-resident foreign nationals and Canadians studying or teaching abroad.

II. Research and experimental development (R&D)

Research and experimental development (R&D) – comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

R&D activities may be aimed at achieving either specific or general objectives. R&D is always aimed at new findings, based on original concepts (and their interpretation) or hypotheses. It is largely uncertain about its final outcome (or at least about the quantity of time and resources needed to achieve it), it is planned for and budgeted (even when carried out by individuals), and it is aimed at producing results that could be either freely transferred or traded in a marketplace.

For an activity to be an R&D activity, it must satisfy five core criteria:

1. To be aimed at new findings (novel);
2. To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypothesis (creative);
3. To be uncertain about the final outcome (uncertainty);
4. To be planned and budgeted (systematic);
5. To lead to results that could be possibly reproduced (transferable/or reproducible).

Examples of R&D:

1. A special investigation of a particular mortality to establish the side effects of certain cancer treatment is R&D.
2. The investigation of new methods of measuring temperature is R&D, as is the study and development of new models for weather prediction.
3. Investigation on the generics of the species of plants in a forest in an attempt to understand natural controls for disease or pest resistance.
4. The development of new application software and substantial improvements to operating systems and application programs.

R&D is generally carried out by specialized R&D units. However, an R&D project may also involve the use of non R&D facilities (e.g., testing grounds), the purchase or construction of specialized equipment and materials, and the assistance of other units. Costs of such items, attributable to the project, are to be considered R&D costs.

R&D may also be carried out by units normally engaged in other functions (e.g. a marine survey ship used for hydrological research, a geological survey team may be directed to work in a certain area in order to provide data for a geophysical research project). Such effort is part of an R&D project and, again, so far as is practical, the costs should be assigned to R&D expenditures.

On the other hand, R&D units may also be engaged in non R&D activities such as technical advisory services, testing, and construction of special equipment for other units. So far as is practical, the effort devoted to such operations should be included in the related scientific activities (RSA).

Item 1. In-house R&D – R&D performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include R&D carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.

In-house R&D activities include all current expenditures incurred for scientific activities carried out by in-house personnel of units assigned to the program, the purchase of goods and services to support in-house scientific activities (include royalties or licences for the use of patents and other intellectual property rights, and the rental of buildings to support scientific activities performed by the statistical unit in the reference year). Also include expenses of persons who provide ancillary services such as security, cleaning and maintenance work, finance and administration that are related and proportional to the R&D being conducted. However, the personnel providing these services are not to be included in the in-house personnel counts (see Section 2. Personnel).

Include the costs of self-employed individuals, consultants and researchers not employed by the statistical unit's R&D activities, who are working on-site on the departments' R&D projects.

The intramural expenditures reported to R&D are those direct costs, including salaries, associated with scientific programs. The cost should include that portion of a program's contribution to employee benefit plans (e.g., superannuation and compensation) which is applicable to the scientific personnel within the program.

Item 2. R&D contracts – R&D contracts to an outside institution or individual to fund R&D performed by the institution or individual. The criterion is: would the performer report the R&D contract as in-house (intramural) R&D that is government-funded? If the answer is yes the activity would be an R&D contract. If no, and the funding is to provide goods and services necessary to support the in-house R&D of the federal government it should be reported as In-house R&D (Item 1).

Contracts to other federal government departments should be reported as a transfer of funds in question 3A (i) and 3A (ii) of the questionnaire.

Item 3. R&D grants and contributions – awards to organizations or individuals for the conduct of R&D and intended to benefit the recipients rather than provide the program with goods, services or information. These funds are normally identical to that portion of the budgetary "grants and contributions" line object of expenditure which is devoted to R&D activities.

Item 4. Research fellowships – awards to individuals for advanced research training and experience. Awards intended primarily to support the education of the recipients should be reported as "education support".

Item 5. Administration of extramural programs – the costs of identifiable units engaged in the administration of contracts and grants and contributions for scientific activities that are to be performed outside the federal government. These expenditures should be broken down by the type of scientific activity supported, i.e. R&D or RSA.

Item 6. Capital expenditures – the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly or continuously in the performance of scientific activities for more than one year. They should be reported in full for the period when they took place, whether acquired or developed in house, and should not be registered as an element of depreciation.

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

• Land and buildings
• Machinery and equipment
• Capitalized computer software
• Other intellectual property products

III. Related scientific activities

Related scientific activities (RSA) are all systematic activities which are closely concerned with the generation, advancement, dissemination and application of scientific and technological knowledge. The types of related scientific activities for the natural sciences and engineering are described below.

• Scientific data collection – the gathering, processing, collating and analyzing of data on natural phenomena. These data are normally the results of surveys, routine laboratory analyses or compilations of operating records.
• Information services – all work directed to collecting, coding, analyzing, evaluating, recording, classifying, translating and disseminating scientific and technological information as well as museum services. Included are the operations of scientific and technical libraries, S&T consulting and advisory services, the Patent Office, the publication of scientific journals and monographs, and the organizing of scientific conferences. Grants for the publication of scholarly works are also included.
• General purpose information services or information services directed primarily towards the general public are excluded, as are general departmental and public libraries. When individual budgets exist, the costs of libraries which belong to institutions otherwise entirely classified to another activity, such as R&D, should be assigned to information services. The costs of printing and distributing reports from another activity, such as R&D, are normally attributed to that activity.
• Sub category under Information services:
• Museum services – the collecting, cataloguing and displaying of specimens of the natural world or of representations of natural phenomena. The activity involves a systematic attempt to preserve and display items from the natural world; in some ways it could be considered an extension of information services. The scientific activities of natural history museums, zoological and botanical gardens, aquaria, planetaria and nature reserves are included. Parks which are not primarily restricted reserves for certain fauna or flora are excluded. In all cases the costs of providing entertainment and recreation to visitors should be excluded (e.g. restaurants, children's gardens and museums).
• When a museum also covers not only natural history but also aspects of human cultural activities, the museum's resources should be appropriated between the natural and social sciences. However, museums of science and technology, war, etc., which display synthetic or artificial objects and may also illustrate the operations of certain technologies, should be considered as engaged in museum services in social sciences.
• Special services and studies – work directed towards the establishment of national and provincial standards for materials, devices, products and processes; the calibration of secondary standards; non-routine quality testing; feasibility studies and demonstration projects.
• Sub categories under Special services and studies include:
• Testing and standardization – concerns the maintenance of national standards, the calibration of secondary standards and the non-routine testing and analysis of materials, components, products, processes, soils, atmosphere, etc. These activities are related scientific activities (RSA). The development of new measures for standards, or of new methods of measuring or testing, is R&D. Exclude routine testing such as monitoring radioactivity levels or soil tests before construction.
• Feasibility studies – technical investigations of proposed engineering projects to provide additional information required to reach decisions on implementation. Besides feasibility studies, the related activity of demonstration projects are to be included. Demonstration projects involve the operation of scaled-up versions of a facility or process, or data on factors such as costs, operational characteristics, market demand and public acceptance. Projects called "demonstration projects" but which conform to the definition of R&D should be considered R&D. Once a facility or process is operated primarily to provide a service or to gain revenue, rather than as a demonstration, it should no longer be included with feasibility studies. In all demonstration projects, only the net costs should be considered.
• Education support – grants to individuals or institutions on behalf of individuals which are intended to support the post-secondary education of students in technology and the natural sciences. General operating or capital grants are excluded. The activity includes the support of foreign students in their studies of the natural sciences at Canadian or foreign institutions. Grants intended primarily to support the research of individuals at universities are either R&D grants or research fellowships.
• Awards intended primarily to support the education of the recipients should be reported as "education support".
• Item 7. In-house RSA – RSA performed by personnel of the reporting program. It may include RSA carried out on behalf of another program or federal government department.
• In-house RSA activities include all current expenditures incurred for scientific activities carried out by in-house personnel of units assigned to the program; the purchase of goods and services to support in-house scientific activities (include royalties or licences for the use of patents and other intellectual property rights, and the rental of buildings to support scientific activities performed by the statistical unit in the reference year). Also include expenses of persons who provide ancillary services such as security, cleaning and maintenance work, finance and administration that are proportional to the RSA being conducted. However, the personnel providing these services are not to be included in the in-house personnel counts (see Section 2. Personnel).
• The intramural expenditures reported to RSA are those direct costs, including salaries, associated with scientific programs. The cost should include that portion of a program's contribution to employee benefit plans (e.g., superannuation and compensation) which is applicable to the scientific personnel within the program. Also include the costs of self-employed individuals, consultants and researchers who are working on-site on the departments' RSA projects.
• Item 8. RSA contracts – contracts to an outside institution or individual to fund RSA performed by the institution or individual. The criterion is: would the performer report the RSA contract as in-house (intramural) RSA that is government-funded? If the answer is yes the activity would be an RSA contract. If no, and the funding is for the purchase goods and services to support the in-house RSA of the federal government department, it should be reported as In-house RSA (Item 7).
• Contracts to other federal government departments should be reported as a transfer of funds in question 3A (i) and 3A (ii) of the questionnaire.
• Item 9. RSA grants and contributions – awards to organizations or individuals for the conduct of RSA and intended to benefit the recipients rather than provide the program with goods, services or information. These funds are normally identical to that portion of the budgetary "grants and contributions" line object of expenditure which is devoted to RSA.

Item 10. Administration of extramural programs – the costs of identifiable units engaged in the administration of contracts and grants and contributions for scientific activities that are to be performed outside the federal government. These expenditures should be broken down by the type of scientific activity supported, i.e. R&D or RSA.

Item 11. Capital expenditures – the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly or continuously in the performance of scientific activities for more than one year. They should be reported in full for the period when they took place, whether acquired or developed in house, and should not be registered as an element of depreciation.

The most relevant types of assets used for capital expenditures are:

• Land and buildings
• Machinery and equipment
• Capitalized computer software
• Other intellectual property products

2. Personnel

Personnel data are collected for intramural scientific activities only. A head count of personnel working on intramural scientific activities is not requested, rather the amount of time a worker dedicates to scientific and technological activities during a specific reference period as a percentage of the total number of hours conventionally worked in the same period. This is noted as full-time equivalent research and development personnel or full-time equivalent related scientific activity personnel. For example, an employee who is engaged in scientific activities for half a year has a full-time equivalence of 0.5. Personnel data reported should be consistent with expenditure data.

Most intramural scientific activities are performed primarily by persons employed by the department or agency. Extramural personnel contributing directly to the intramural scientific activities of the department or agency that are located on site should also be included in the personnel counts.

Not all of the personnel contributing to or facilitating the performance of scientific activities are to be included in the personnel totals. Individuals undertaking indirect support or ancillary activities are excluded. For example specific services to R&D or RSA provided by central computer department and libraries; services by central finance and human resources departments dealing with R&D or RSA projects; provision of services for security, cleaning, maintenance, canteens, etc. to R&D or RSA performing units. These services are not included in the intramural scientific activities personnel totals, however their related costs should be included with in-house expenditures.

Scientific and professional – researchers and professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They require at least one academic degree or nationally recognized professional qualification, as well as those with equivalent experience.

Technical – technicians and equivalent staff are persons whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in one or more fields of engineering, the physical and life sciences, or the social sciences, humanities and the arts. They perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers.

Other – other supporting staff include skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in science and technology projects or directly associated with such projects.

3. Source of funds

3A (i). Transfers for natural sciences and engineering activities

Include payments or recipients for contracts, transfers and joint programs from/to other federal government departments. Please identify the amount and names of the origination and recipient programs.

3A (ii). Sources of funds for total scientific and technological activities

This question identifies the sources of funds for expenditures on scientific activities reported for all three years. It will help to ensure that work funded from outside the department is not overlooked.

Departmental S&T budget – that portion of the total departmental budget which was spent on natural science and engineering activities.

Revenues to / from other federal departments – money transferred from this program to another federal department or money transferred into this program from another federal department for activities in the natural sciences and engineering.

Provincial government departments – all funds from the provincial government used for natural science and engineering activities. The funds are referred to as payments, contributions, transfers, etc. Also include provincial portions of federal-provincial cost sharing programs performed by the department program.

Business enterprises – all funds from business enterprises used for natural science and engineering activities performed by the department.

Other – all funds for natural sciences and engineering activities from other sources not specified above.

4. Scientific and technological expenditures by socio-economic objectives

Socio-economic objectives allow departments to classify their S&T resource allocations according to the purpose for which the expenditure is intended. The objectives are listed in the questionnaire at the highest level of aggregation with sub-levels given here for clarification of categories. In many cases, projects have multiple objectives and a department should assign its expenditures consistent with the stated objectives of the department. Care must be taken to avoid "double counting".

The objectives are based on the European Union classification adopted by Eurostat for the Nomenclature for the Analysis and Comparison of Scientific Programmes and Budgets (NABS) at the one-dig level. Note that as of the 2019/2020 survey cycle, some of the socio-economic objectives have been updated to comply with the most recent version of NABS.

1. Exploration and exploitation of the Earth
   Exploration and exploitation of the Earth - covers scientific activities with objectives related to the exploration of the earth's crust and mantle, seas, oceans and atmosphere, as well as for scientific activities on their exploitation. It also includes climatic and meteorological research, polar exploration and hydrology. It does not include scientific activities related to soil improvement (objective 4), land use or fishing (objective 8), or pollution (objective 2).
2. Environment
   Environment - covers scientific activities aimed at improving the control of pollution, including the identification and analysis of the sources of pollution and their causes, and all pollutants, including their dispersal in the environment and the effects on humans, species (fauna, flora, micro-organisms) and the biosphere.
   The development of monitoring facilities for the measurement of elimination and prevention of all forms of pollution in all types of environment.
3. Exploration and exploitation of space
   Exploration and exploitation of space - covers all civil space scientific activities relating to the scientific exploration of space, space laboratories, space travel and launch systems. Although civil space scientific activities is not in general concerned with particular objectives, it frequently has a specific goal, such as the advancement of knowledge (e.g. astronomy) or relates to particular applications (e.g. telecommunications satellites or earth observation). This chapter does not include corresponding scientific activities for defence purposes.
4. Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures
   Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures - covers scientific activities aimed at infrastructure and land development, including the construction of buildings. More generally, this objective covers all scientific activities relating to the general planning of land use. This includes scientific activities into protection against harmful effects in town and country planning but not research into other types of pollution (objective 2). This objective also includes scientific activities related to transport systems; telecommunication systems; general planning of land use; the construction and planning of buildings; civil engineering; and water supply.
5. Energy
   Energy - covers scientific activities aimed at improving the production, storage, transportation, distribution and rational use of all forms of energy. It also includes scientific activities on processes designed to increase the efficiency of energy production and distribution, and the study of energy conservation. It does not include scientific activities related to prospecting (objective 1) or scientific activities into vehicle and engine propulsion (objective 6).
6. Industrial production and technology
   Industrial production and technology - covers scientific activities aimed at the improvement of industrial production and technology, including scientific activities on industrial products and their manufacturing processes, except where they form an integral part of the pursuit of other objectives (e.g. defence, space, energy, agriculture).
7. Health
   Health - covers scientific activities aimed at protecting, promoting and restoring human health broadly interpreted to include health aspects of nutrition and food hygiene. It ranges from preventive medicine, including all aspects of medical and surgical treatment, both for individuals and groups, and the provision of hospital and home care, to social medicine and paediatric and geriatric research.
8. Agriculture (include forestry and fisheries)
   Agriculture - covers all scientific activities aimed at the promotion of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and foodstuff production, or furthering knowledge on chemical fertilisers, biocides, biological pest control and the mechanisation of agriculture, as well as concerning the impact of agricultural and forestry activities on the environment. This also covers scientific activities aimed at improving food productivity and technology. It does not include scientific activities on the reduction of pollution (objective 2); on of buildings; on the improvement of rural rest and recreation amenities and agricultural water supply (objective 4); on energy measures (objective 5); or on the food industry (objective 6).
9. Education
   Education - includes scientific activities aimed at supporting general or special education, including training, pedagogy, didactics, and targeted methods for specially gifted persons or those with learning disabilities. This objective applies to all levels of education, from pre- and primary school through to tertiary education, as well as to subsidiary services to education.
10. Culture, recreation, religion and mass media
    Culture, recreation, religion and mass media - includes scientific activities aimed at improving the understanding of social phenomena related to cultural activities, religion and leisure activities so as to define their impact on life in society, as well as to racial and cultural integration and on socio-cultural changes in these areas. The concept of "culture" covers the sociology of science, religion, art, sport and leisure, and also comprises inter alia scientific activities on the media, the mastery of language and social integration, libraries, archives and external cultural policy.
    This objective also includes scientific activities related to: recreational and sporting services; cultural services; broadcasting and publishing services; and religious and other community services.
11. Political and social systems, structures and processes
    Political and social systems, structures and processes - includes scientific activities aimed at improving the understanding of and supporting the political structure of society; public administration issues and economic policy; regional studies and multi-level governance; social change, social processes and social conflicts; the development of social security and social assistance systems; and the social aspects of the organisation of work. This objective also includes scientific activities related to gender-related social studies, including discrimination and familiar problems; the development of methods of combating poverty at local, national and international level; the protection of specific population categories on the social level (immigrants, delinquents, "drop outs", etc.), on the sociological level, i.e. with regard to their way of life (young people, adults, retired people, disabled people, etc.) and on the economic level (consumers, farmers, fishermen, miners, the unemployed, etc.); and methods of providing social assistance when sudden changes (natural, technological or social) occur in society.
    This objective does not include scientific activities related to industrial health, the health control of communities from the organisational and socio-medical point of view, pollution at the place of work, the prevention of industrial accidents and the medical aspects of the causes of industrial accidents (objective 7).
12. Defence
    Defence - covers scientific activities for military purposes. It may also include basic research and nuclear and space research when financed by ministries of defence. Civil research financed by ministries of defence, for example in the fields of meteorology, telecommunications and health, should be classified in the relevant objectives.

5. Expenditures and personnel of scientific and technological establishment engaged in activities in the natural sciences and engineering, by region

Since 1978, Statistics Canada has been collecting detailed expenditure and person year data on intramural scientific activities of federal government departments and agencies by region. These data, coupled with data from other surveys, have been used by policy planners in federal and provincial governments, research managers and the media to assess the provincial distribution of science activities in Canada.

Again this year, we are asking for the information at the regional level. We are also asking for information in both natural science and engineering establishments as well as those performing activities in the social sciences, humanities and the arts, as international gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD) statistics include activities in both science fields.

The Canada total expenditures and personnel reported for the actual year must be consistent with data reported on intramural expenditures in question 1A, and total personnel in question 2A.

Status

The North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada (Provisional Version 0.1) has been replaced by the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012.

The North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) is a classification that organizes goods and services throughout the economy in a systematic fashion. The portion of NAPCS which is presented here represents the products of selected service-producing industries. These classes are considered provisional but are currently being used in the collection of product data in the annual service industry surveys and provide the basis of the commodity dimension of the revised Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA).

The development of NAPCS has been a joint project of the national statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The purpose of the project has been to develop a unified standard for products which would allow comparisons of data among the three participating countries. It will also facilitate integration of data at Statistics Canada.

Scope

NAPCS will eventually become an economy-wide classification covering both goods and services. This provisional version of NAPCS includes the products that are characteristic outputs of a range of service-producing industries, specifically those in NAICS Sectors 48-49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72 and 81.

Products can be described as services, tangible goods, or intangible goods^{Footnote 1}. Services include such things as legal representation, real estate rentals, and haircuts. They are transactions between buyer and seller that benefit the buyer by improving the buyer's state, but cannot be stored or transferred to third parties.

Goods, whether tangible or intangible, are entities over which ownership rights can be established, which can be traded, and which can be stored. Intangible goods include such things as scientific inventions, and "originals" such as the words in a book manuscript or the images stored on a film master. While they have no physical presence, ownership rights exist for them (established with patents and copyrights), they can be stored, and their ownership transferred. Intellectual property is an important category of intangible good. NAPCS includes products that represent the sale and licensing of the right to use intangible goods. It also includes some classes for the originals themselves.

Tangible goods are those with a physical presence. Most tangible goods are not included in this version of NAPCS. Those that are included, such as newspapers, music CD's, and movie DVD's, are the physical expression of intangible goods that can be copyrighted. For other tangible goods, the reader is referred to existing product classifications for tangible goods used in Statistics Canada statistical programs.

Development

NAPCS has been developed through a series of three-country working groups, which have constructed lists of classes from a set of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries, as mentioned above.

For more information on implementation of NAPCS in the United States: North American Product Classification System. Information includes products used on questionnaires of the Economic Censuses of 2002 and 2007. For information on the product catalogue used in Mexico's Economic Census of 2004, see the Internet site of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI). These products include NAPCS-based products developed during the first phase of the three-country project.

Implementation

NAPCS will be the basis for the product dimension in the CSNA and in Statistics Canada surveys. Implementation of NAPCS has begun in various survey programs, leading up to implementation in the CSNA for reference year 2007. The reference year for implementation in price indexes is under discussion. The implementation of NAPCS is intended to improve coherence in the accounts, and to provide detail which will better reflect the importance of services in the Canadian economy.

As a product classification, NAPCS will typically be used to classify the detailed revenues and expenses of businesses, governments and households, except those involving taxes, transfers, or income. At present, the implementation of NAPCS classes for revenues (production) is in progress, while implementation for expenses (service inputs) is under development.

It should be noted that NAPCS will not be used for collecting data on international trade in goods and services. By international agreement, trade statistics for goods use classifications based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), while statistics for international trade in services use the Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS). Concordances between these classifications are now being developed.

Relationship to the Canadian System of National Accounts

The NAPCS Output Groups shown here have a level of detail that is similar, though not identical, to that of the commodities in the input-output accounts of the CSNA.

There are several reasons why the NAPCS Output codes are not exactly the same as the Input-Output Commodity Classification (IOCC). First, in certain areas the data for inputs does not support an Input-Output commodity at the required level of detail, so in these areas the IOCC code will be more aggregated than the NAPCS Output code. Second, in other areas, production data are not available on a NAPCS basis; in education and health, for example, the input-output accounts will continue to be based on an institutional sector approach until NAPCS-based data are available. Third, in still other areas, the CSNA is bound by international agreement to employ concepts other than those of NAPCS; for example, the financial services commodities will continue to be based on the Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) approach. Fourth, there are other areas in which for practical and operational reasons the IOCC may not yet correspond to the NAPCS Output Groups. For example, IOCC classes for professional services will be aggregates of NAPCS Output codes for the foreseeable future.

Presentation

The NAPCS Canada product classes are presented in two ways. The first is a numeric list of NAPCS Output Groups, as described above. The Group to which products have been assigned is based on the industry which typically produces them. The second is a list of broad subject areas, that correspond to the product groupings developed through the three-country development process.

Coding System

The coding system is based on a six-character code, called an Output Group. The first three digits represent the NAICS industry which typically produces most of the product. The final three digits provide unique detailed codes ordered in a logical sequence.

The detailed product codes used in this presentation of NAPCS are provisional. A "Dewey decimal" type of format is used to indicate the hierarchy, in which level is separated by a period.

The coding system used to organize this presentation has been developed for Canadian purposes.

Future Steps

Statistics Canada is doing further work to turn NAPCS into an economy-wide classification. There are several activities underway. One is to complete the coverage of the classification. This entails adding products characteristic of the agriculture, mining, utilities, construction, manufacturing, retail, wholesale and public administration industries. The basis for tangible goods will be the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) List of Goods. These will be supplemented by goods produced by other industries, such as mining, and by services produced by the industries listed above.

Further work will take place on some special subjects, such as intellectual property, assets, and cultural goods.

In addition, an aggregation structure based on demand will be developed.

These additional products and structures will be developed in cooperation with the United States and Mexico. Ultimately, the objective is a comprehensive North American product classification for use by the three countries.

Resources

• Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. announced it had entered into definitive agreements to sell its Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business in the Montney, Peace River Arch, Horn River and Liard basins in British Columbia and Alberta to Brookfield Infrastructure of Toronto for a cash purchase price of $4.31 billion. The company said the transaction involving the sale of provincially-regulated facilities is expected to close in 2018, while the transaction involving the sale of federally-regulated facilities is anticipated to close in mid-2019, both subject to customary closing adjustments and receipt of regulatory approvals.
• On July 9^th, Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. provided an update on the Syncrude Oil Sands facility, noting that all process units at the facility had been brought down due to a power disruption on June 20^th. Suncor said the power and steam systems have been fully restored and the safe and staged return to operations has begun. The company said one coker is expected to return to service during the second half of July while a second coker is expected to return to service during the first half of August. Suncor also said that Syncrude will investigate advancing some of the planned maintenance on the remaining coker that had been originally scheduled for the fall of 2018 and spring of 2019.
• The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) announced on July 23^rd it had granted approval to Calgary-based BP Canada Energy Group ULC to recommence drilling operations following a suspension of operations after an unauthorized discharge of drilling mud was reported on June 22^nd, 2018.
• Calgary-based Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC announced it had filed a six month outlook summary schedule for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project with the National Energy Board outlining construction activities planned for 2018. The company said work in Alberta will begin in August, and in late September in the North Thompson region of British Columbia. Trans Mountain also said additional construction is planned in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and that work at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, underway since September 2017, will continue.
• Saskatoon-based Cameco Corporation announced it will extend the suspension of production at McArthur River and Key Lake for an indeterminate duration, resulting in the permanent layoff of approximately 550 site employees, including those currently on temporary layoff since January of this year. The company said a reduced workforce of approximately 200 employees will remain at the two sites to keep the facilities in a state of safe care and maintenance. Cameco also said the workforce at its corporate office will be reduced by approximately 150 positions including employees and vacancies.

Manufacturing

• France-based Michelin and Camso of Magog, Quebec, announced they had reached an agreement whereby Michelin will acquire Camso for an enterprise value of USD $1.7 billion.

Finance and Insurance

• RBC Royal Bank, BMO Bank of Montreal, CIBC, National Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, and TD Canada Trust announced on July 11^th that they had increased their prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.70%, effective July 12^th, 2018.
• Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. of Ohio announced they had entered into a definitive agreement under which a Brookfield real estate investment fund will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Forest City in an all-cash transaction valued at USD $11.4 billion, including Forest City's proportionate share of consolidated and unconsolidated debt. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to certain closing conditions, including the approval of Forest City's stockholders.
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Greystone Capital Management Inc. (GCMI) of Regina announced a definitive agreement whereby TD will acquire GCMI for a net purchase price of $792 million. The companies said the purchase of GCMI is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
• Texas-based Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of Chesapeake Energy's Utica Shale oil and gas assets in Ohio for a total consideration of USD $2.0 billion in cash. The company said that, in support of this acquisition, Toronto-based Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) will invest approximately USD $1.0 billion in EAP and will own approximately 98% of the partnership. EAP said the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Other news

• The Bank of Canada raised the target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 1.50% on July 11^th. The last change in the target for the overnight rate was a 25 basis-point increase announced in January 2018.
• The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources said that as of the evening of Monday, July 30^th, 2018, there were 41 active forest fires across the Northeast Region of Ontario, 15 of which were not yet under control. The Ministry also said that there were 104 active fires in the Northwest Region of the province, 31 of which were not under control.
• Toronto-based Greyhound Canada Transportation ULC announced it had notified all proper authorities of its intention to discontinue service – both passenger and freight – effective October 31^st, 2018 in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The company added that all routes in British Columbia will cease except for Vancouver to Seattle, and that all routes in Ontario and Quebec will continue unchanged, aside from the Trans-Canada service west of Sudbury in northern Ontario, which the company will exit.
• Oakville, Ontario-based Tim Hortons Inc. announced it had entered into an exclusive master franchise joint venture agreement with Cartesian Capital Group of New York to develop and open more than 1,500 Tim Horton's restaurants throughout China over the next ten years.
• Washington-based Amazon.com Inc. announced plans for a new fulfillment centre in Ottawa, creating more than 600 full-time jobs. The company also announced plans for a new fulfillment centre in the Greater Toronto Area, in the Town of Caledon, which will create more than 800 full-time jobs.

United States and other international news

• The European Central Bank (ECB) left the interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem unchanged at 0.00%, and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.25% and -0.40%, respectively. The ECB also said that net asset purchases will continue at a monthly pace of €30 billion until the end of September 2018, after which the monthly pace of net asset purchases will be reduced to €15 billion until the end of December 2018 and then end.
• The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced it will continue to apply a -0.1% interest rate to the Policy-Rate Balances in current accounts held by financial institutions at the BoJ. The BoJ also said it would continue to purchase Japanese government bonds (JGB) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around zero percent.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia maintained the cash rate at 1.50%. The last change in the cash rate was a 25 basis point reduction in August 2016.
• Sweden's Riksbank left its main interest rate, the repo rate, unchanged at -0.5%. The last change in the repo rate was a 15 basis point cut in February 2016.
• On July 11^th, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) confirmed that as of July 6^th, the U.S. began imposing tariffs of 25% on approximately USD $34 billion worth of Chinese imports and that these tariffs will eventually cover up to USD $50 billion in Chinese imports. The USTR said that as a result of China's retaliation, the President had ordered the USTR to begin the process of imposing tariffs of 10% on an additional USD $200 billion of Chinese imports. The USTR said it will proceed with a public notice and comment process prior to the imposition of final tariffs and that a public hearing will be convened in August, 2018.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will authorize up to USD $12 billion in programs to assist agricultural producers meet the costs of disrupted markets. The USDA said it will use specific programs to: provide payments incrementally to producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy, and hogs; purchase unexpected surplus of affected commodities such as fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, beef, pork and milk for distribution to food banks and other nutrition programs; and assist in developing new export markets for farm products.
• The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it had launched an investigation into whether the present quantity and circumstances of uranium ore and product imports into the United States threaten to impair national security.
• The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it was revoking the countervailing duty (CVD) order on supercalendered paper from Canada, effective July 5^th 2018.
• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on July 28^th, 2018 that federal emergency aid had been made available to the state of California to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by a wildfire beginning on July 23^rd, 2018 and continuing.
• New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp. announced it had ordered 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft – previously called the Bombardier CS300 – for delivery beginning in 2020, with an option for 60 additional aircraft beginning in 2025. JetBlue said the A220 aircraft will be assembled in Mobile, Alabama.
• Illinois-based The Boeing Company and Embraer S.A. of Brazil announced they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a strategic partnership whereby Boeing will hold an 80% ownership stake in the joint venture and Embraer will own the remaining 20% stake. The companies said the transaction values 100% of Embraer's commercial aircraft operations at USD $4.75 billion and that the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
• UK-based BP PLC announced it had agreed to acquire a portfolio of unconventional oil and gas assets in the Permian-Delaware, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville basins from Australia-based BHP Billiton Limited for a total consideration of USD $10.5 billion. The company said the transaction is anticipated to complete by the end of October 2018, subject to regulatory approvals.
• California-based Mattel, Inc. announced a reduction of over 2,200 positions, representing 22% of its global non-manufacturing workforce, as well as a planned sale of its manufacturing sites in Mexico.

Financial market news

• Crude oil (West Texas Intermediate) closed at USD $68.76 on July 31^st, down from $74.15 at the end of June. The Canadian dollar closed at 76.82 cents U.S. on July 31^st, up from 75.94 cents U.S. on June 29^th. The S&P/TSX closed at 16,434.01 on July 31^st, up from a closing value of 16,277.73 at the end of June.

Why do we conduct this survey?

This survey collects information on scientific activities of Canadian businesses. The research and development expenditures and personnel information is used by federal, provincial and territorial governments and agencies, academics, trade associations and international organizations for statistical analyses and policy purposes. These data also contribute to national totals of research and development activities. The payments and receipts information is used by these agencies to monitor knowledge flows across international borders and between Canadian businesses.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Provincial and territorial statistical agencies

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information on in-house research and development expenditures (Question 14) and in-house research and development personnel (Question 72) pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esdhelpdesk-dsebureaudedepannage.statcan@statcan.gc.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

Other data-sharing agreement

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The shared data will be limited to information on in-house research and development expenditures (Question 14) and in-house research and development personnel (Question 72) pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Natural Resources Canada

For respondents with expenditures on energy-related research and development in technology (fossil fuels, renewable energy resources, nuclear fission and fusion, electric power, hydrogen and fuel cells, energy efficiency, other energy-related technologies), Statistics Canada will also share survey data with the Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) of Natural Resources Canada. The shared data will be limited to information on Energy Research and Development Expenditures by Area of Technology (Questions 22 to 69).

Business or organization and contact information

1. Please verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name
The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name
The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

• Legal name
• Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

• First name
• Last name
• Title
• Preferred language of communication
  • English
  • French
• Mailing address (number and street)
• City
• Province, territory or state
• Postal code or ZIP code
• Country
  • Canada
  • United States
• Email address
• Telephone number (including area code)
• Extension number (if applicable)
• Fax number (including area code)

3. Please verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

• Operational
• Not currently operational

Why is this business or organization not currently operational?

Seasonal operations

• When did this business or organization close for the season? Date
• When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date

Ceased operations

• When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
• Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  • Bankruptcy
  • Liquidation
  • Dissolution
  • Other
    Specify the other reasons for ceased operations

Sold operations

• When was this business or organization sold? Date
• What is the legal name of the buyer?

Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations

• When did this business or organization amalgamate? Date
• What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
• What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?

Temporarily inactive but will re-open

• When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive? Date
• When does this business or organization expect to resume operations? Date
• Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?

No longer operating due to other reasons

• When did this business or organization cease operations? Date
• Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Please verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.

The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.

The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.

Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

• This is the current main activity.
• This is not the current main activity.

Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as:?

• Yes
  When did the main activity change? Date
• No

6. Please search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

• Farming or logging operation
• Construction company or general contractor
• Manufacturer
• Wholesaler
• Retailer
• Provider of passenger or freight transportation
• Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
• Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
• Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
• Provider of health care or social services
• Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
• Other sector

Reporting period

1. What is the end date of this business's fiscal year?

Note: For this survey, this business's fiscal year end date should fall on or before March 31, 2018.

Here are some examples of fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017
July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018
April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018

• Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2017 throughout the questionnaire.

Business status

2. What is this business's GST number (9-digit business number)?

GST number (9-digit business number)

In-house research and development ( R&D ) expenditures

Before you begin,
differences between Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program and this survey
Include the following expenditures in this survey:

• capital R&D expenditures
• R&D expenditures in the social sciences and humanities
• payments for R&D performed by other organizations outside Canada.

For this survey
'In-house R&D ' refers to
Expenditures within Canada for R&D performed within this business by:

• employees (permanent, temporary or casual)
• self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects.

'Outsourced R&D ' refers to
Payments made within or outside Canada to other companies, organizations or individuals to fund R&D performance:

• grants
• fellowships
• contracts.

In-house research and development ( R&D ) expenditures

3. In 2017, did this business have expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9.

In-house refers to R&D which is performed on-site or within the business's establishment. Exclude R&D expenses performed by other companies or organizations. A later question will collect these data.

Research and experimental development ( R&D ) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

R&D is performed in the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. There are three types of R&D activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development.

Research work in the social sciences
Include if projects are employing new or significantly different modelling techniques or developing new formulae, analyzing data not previously available or applying new research techniques, development of community strategies for disease prevention, or health education.
Exclude:

• routine analytical projects using standard techniques and existing data
• routine market research
• routine statistical analysis intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

• Yes
• No

4. In 2017, what were this business's expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In-house R&D expenditures are composed of current in-house R&D expenditures and capital in-house R&D expenditures.

Current in-house R&D expenditures
Include:

• wages, salaries, benefits and fringe benefits, materials and supplies
• services to support R&D, including on-site R&D consultants and contractors
• necessary background literature
• minor scientific equipment
• associated administrative overhead costs.

a. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
Include benefits and fringe benefits of employees engaged in R&D activities. Benefits and fringe benefits include bonus payments, holiday or vacation pay, pension fund contributions, other social security payments, payroll taxes, etc.

b. Services to support R&D
Include:

• payments to on-site R&D consultants and contractors working under the direct control of your business
• other services including indirect services purchased to support in-house R&D such as security, storage, repair, maintenance and use of buildings and equipment
• computer services, software licensing fees and dissemination of R&D findings.

c. R&D materials
Include:

• water, fuel, gas and electricity
• materials for creation of prototypes
• reference materials (books, journals, etc.)
• subscriptions to libraries and data bases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
• cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
• materials for laboratories (chemicals, animal, etc.)
• all other R&D -related materials.

d. All other current R&D costs including overhead
Include administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, post and telecommunications, internet, insurance), prorated if necessary to allow for non- R&D activities within the business.
Exclude:

• interest charges
• value-added taxes (goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST)).

Capital in-house expenditures are the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly, or continuously in the performance of R&D for more than one year. Report capital in-house expenditures in full for the period when they occurred.
Include costs for software, land, buildings and structures, equipment, machinery and other capital costs.
Exclude capital depreciation.

e. Software
Include applications and systems software (original, customized and off-the-shelf software), supporting documentation and other software-related acquisitions.

f. Land acquired for R&D including testing grounds, sites for laboratories and pilot plants.

g. Buildings and structures that are constructed or purchased for R&D activities or that have undergone major improvements, modifications, renovations and repairs for R&D activities.

h. Equipment, machinery and all other capital
Include major equipment, machinery and instruments, including embedded software, acquired for R&D activities.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
2017 - Current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
Services to support R&D
R&D materials
All other current R&D costs
2017 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
2017 - Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
Software
Land
Buildings and structures
Equipment, machinery and all other capital
2017 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
2017 - Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada

5. In 2018 and 2019, does this business plan to have expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 11.

Select all that apply.

In-house R&D expenditures are composed of current in-house R&D expenditures and capital in-house R&D expenditures.

Research and experimental development ( R&D ) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge

Inclusions

Prototypes

• Include design, construction and operation of prototypes, provided that the primary objective is to make further improvements or to undertake technical testing.
• Exclude if the prototype is for commercial purposes.

Pilot plants

• Include construction and operation of pilot plants, provided that the primary objective is to make further improvements or to undertake technical testing.
• Exclude if the pilot plant is intended to be operated for commercial purposes.

New computer software or significant improvements/modifications to existing computer software
Includes technological or scientific advances in theoretical computer sciences; operating systems e.g., improvement in interface management, developing new operating system of converting an existing operating system to a significantly different hardware environment; programming languages; and applications if a significant technological change occurs.

Contracts
Include all contracts which require R&D. For contracts which include other work, report only the R&D costs.

Research work in the social sciences
Include if projects are employing new or significantly different modelling techniques or developing new formulae, analyzing data not previously available or applying new research techniques.

Exclusions

Routine analysis in the social sciences including policy-related studies, management studies and efficiency studies
Exclude analytical projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies, principles and models of the related social sciences to bear on a particular problem (e.g., commentary on the probable economic effects of a change in the tax structure, using existing economic data; use of standard techniques in applied psychology to select and classify industrial and military personnel, students, etc., and to test children with reading or other disabilities).

Consumer surveys, advertising, market research
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for commercialization of the results of R&D.

Routine quality control and testing
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies not intended to create new knowledge, even if carried out by personnel normally engaged in R&D.

Pre-production activities such as demonstration of commercial viability, tooling up, trial production, trouble shooting
Although R&D may be required as a result of these steps, these activities are excluded.

Prospecting, exploratory drilling, development of mines, oil or gas wells
Include only if for R&D projects concerned with new equipment or techniques in these activities, such as in-situ and tertiary recovery research.

Engineering
Exclude engineering unless it is in direct support of R&D.

Design and drawing
Exclude design and drawing unless it is in direct support of R&D.

Patent and licence work
Exclude all administrative and legal work connected with patents and licences.

Cosmetic modifications or style changes to existing products
Exclude if no significant technical improvement or modification to the existing products has occurred.

General purpose or routine data collection
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

Routine computer programming, systems maintenance or software application
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support on-going operations.

Routine mathematical or statistical analysis or operations analysis
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

Activities associated with standards compliance
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support standards compliance.

Specialized routine medical care such as routine pathology services
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.

• In 2018
• In 2019
• No planned in-house R&D expenditures

6. In 2018, what are this business's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 11.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
2018 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
2018 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada

7. In 2019, what are this business's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 11.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
2019 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
2019 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

8. In 2017, did this business have outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

• funding or grants provided to other organizations to perform R&D
• contracted out expenditures for R&D.

Exclude services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects, which should be reported in question 4.

Select all that apply.

• Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures are payments made through contracts, grants and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase R&D activities.
• Within Canada
• Outside Canada
• No payment made to others to perform R&D

9. In 2017, what were this business's outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

• funding or grants provided to other organizations to perform R&D
• contracted out expenditures for R&D.

Exclude services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects, which should be reported in question 4.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Include payments made through contracts, grants, donations and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.
Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

• Parent and subsidiary companies are companies connected to each other through majority ownership of the subsidiary company by the parent company. Affiliated companies are companies connected to a parent through minority ownership of the affiliated companies by the parent.
• Companies include all incorporated for-profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.
• Private non-profit organizations include voluntary health organizations, private philanthropic foundations, associations and societies and research institutes. They are not-for-profit organizations that serve the public interest by supporting activities related to public welfare (such as health, education, the environment).
• Industrial research institutes or associations include all non-profit organizations that serve the business sector, with industrial associations frequently consisting of their membership.
• Federal government includes all federal government departments and agencies. It excludes federal government business enterprises providing products in the market.
• Provincial or territorial governments include all provincial or territorial government ministries, departments and agencies. It excludes provincial or territorial government business enterprises providing products in the market.
• Provincial or territorial research organizations are organizations created under provincial or territorial law which conduct or facilitate research on behalf of the province or territory.
• Other organizations - individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments including ministries, departments and agencies of foreign governments.

CAPTION
 

	Within Canada CAN$ '000	Outside Canada CAN$ '000
Parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
Other companies
Private non-profit organizations
Industrial research institutes or associations
Hospitals
Universities
Federal government departments and agencies
Provincial or territorial government departments, ministries and agencies
Provincial or territorial research organizations
Other organizations
2017 - Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

10. In 2018 and 2019, does this business plan to outsource (contract out or grant) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

• funding or grants provided to other organizations to perform R&D
• contracted out expenditures for R&D.

Exclude services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects, which should be reported in questions 6 and 7.

Select all that apply.

• Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures are payments made through contracts, grants and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase R&D activities.

• In 2018
• In 2019
• No planned payments to others to perform R&D

11. In 2018 and 2019, what are this business's planned outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

• funding or grants provided to other organizations to perform R&D
• contracted out expenditures for R&D.

Exclude services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects, which should be reported in questions 6 and 7.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Include payments made through contracts, grants, donations and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.
Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

CAPTION
 

	Within Canada CAN$ '000	Outside Canada CAN$ '000
2018
2019

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2017 to 2019

12. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2017 to 2019

CAPTION
 

	2017 CAN$ '000	2018 CAN$ '000	2019 CAN$ '000
Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures
Total R&D expenditures

Geographic distribution of in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2017

13. In 2017, in which provinces or territories did this business have expenditures for R&D performed in-house?

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
• capital depreciation.

Select all that apply.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Prince Edward Island
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

14. In 2017, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house distributed by province or territory?

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
• capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For in-house R&D activities on federal lands, please include in the closest province or territory.

CAPTION
 

	Current in-house R&D expenditures CAN$ '000	Capital in-house R&D expenditures CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
2017 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures
2017 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2017

15. In 2017, what were the sources of funds for this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house?

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9.
• capital depreciation.

Select all that apply.

Funds from this business
Amount contributed by this business to R&D performed within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development ( SR&ED ) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
Amount received from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies used to perform R&D within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development ( SR&ED ) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

R&D contract work for other companies
Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.

Federal government grants or funding
Grants or funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Federal government contracts
Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Provincial or territorial government grants or funding
Grants or funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Provincial or territorial government contracts
Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
Funds received from non-profit organizations to perform R&D on their behalf.

Other sources
Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

• Funds from this business
  Include interest payments, other income and funding or tax credits from tax incentives.
• Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
• Federal government grants or funding
  Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding.
• Federal government contracts
  Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.
• R&D contract work for other companies
• Provincial or territorial government grants or funding
  Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding.
  From which province or territory did this business receive provincial or territorial government R&D grants or funding?
  Select all that apply.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
• Provincial or territorial government contracts
  Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.
  From which province or territory did this business receive provincial or territorial government R&D contracts?
  Select all that apply.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
• R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
• Other sources
  e.g., universities, foreign governments, individuals

16. In 2017, what were the sources of funds for this business's total expenditures of $ ###### for R&D performed in-house?

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
• capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Funds from this business
Amount contributed by this business to R&D performed within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development ( SR&ED ) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
Amount received from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies used to perform R&D within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development ( SR&ED ) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

R&D contract work for other companies
Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.

Federal government grants or funding
Grants or funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Federal government contracts
Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Provincial or territorial government grants or funding
Grants or funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

Provincial or territorial government contracts
Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
Funds received from non-profit organizations to perform R&D on their behalf.

Other sources
Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

CAPTION
 

	From within Canada CAN$ '000	From outside Canada CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
Federal government grants or funding
Federal government contracts
R&D contract work for other companies
Business 1 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Business 2 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Business 3 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Business 4 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Other sources
Provincial or territorial government grants or funding Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Provincial or territorial government contracts Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
Organization 1 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Organization 2 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Organization 3 GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number) Legal name
Other sources
2017 - Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin
2017 - Total in-house R&D expenditures (Canadian and foreign sources)
Total in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4

Fields of research and development for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2017

17. In 2017, in which field(s) of research and development did this business have R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
• capital depreciation.

Select all that apply.

Natural and formal sciences: physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth and related environmental sciences, biological sciences, other natural sciences.

Engineering and technology: civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, medical engineering, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, nanotechnology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technology: software engineering and technology, computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics.

Medical and health sciences: basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, medical biotechnology, other medical sciences.

Agricultural sciences: agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences, animal and dairy sciences, veterinary sciences, agricultural biotechnology, other agricultural sciences.

Social sciences and humanities: psychology, educational sciences, economics and business, other social sciences, humanities.

• Natural and formal sciences
  Exclude computer sciences, information sciences and bioinformatics.
• Engineering and technology
  Exclude software engineering and technology.
• Software-related sciences and technology
• Medical and health sciences
• Agricultural sciences
• Social sciences and humanities

18. In 2017, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada of $ ###### distributed by field(s) of research and development?

Exclude:

• payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
• capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Natural and formal sciences

• Mathematics: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.
• Physical sciences: atomic, molecular and chemical physics, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, condensed matter physics, solid state physics and superconductivity, particles and fields physics, nuclear physics, fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics), optics (including laser optics and quantum optics), acoustics, astronomy (including astrophysics, space science).
• Chemical sciences: organic chemistry, inorganic and nuclear chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science and plastics, electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, metal corrosion, electrolysis), colloid chemistry, analytical chemistry.
• Earth and related environmental sciences: geosciences, geophysics, mineralogy and palaeontology, geochemistry and geophysics, physical geography, geology and volcanology, environmental sciences, meteorology, atmospheric sciences and climatic research, oceanography, hydrology and water resources.
• Biological sciences: cell biology, microbiology and virology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biochemical research, mycology, biophysics, genetics and heredity (medical genetics under medical biotechnology), reproductive biology (medical aspects under medical biotechnology), developmental biology, plant sciences and botany, zoology, ornithology, entomology and behavioural sciences biology, marine biology, freshwater biology and limnology, ecology and biodiversity conservation, biology (theoretical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), evolutionary biology.
• Other natural sciences: other natural sciences.

Engineering and technology

• Civil engineering: civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.
• Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology: electrical and electronic engineering, robotics and automatic control, micro-electronics, semiconductors, automation and control systems, communication engineering and systems, telecommunications, computer hardware and architecture.
• Mechanical engineering: mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, thermodynamics, aerospace engineering, nuclear-related engineering (nuclear physics under Physical sciences), acoustical engineering, reliability analysis and non-destructive testing, automotive and transportation engineering and manufacturing, tooling, machinery and equipment engineering and manufacturing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineering and manufacturing.
• Chemical engineering: chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.
• Materials engineering: materials engineering and metallurgy, ceramics, coating and films (including packaging and printing), plastics, rubber and composites (including laminates and reinforced plastics), paper and wood and textiles, construction materials (organic and inorganic).
• Medical engineering: medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials which should be reported under Industrial biotechnology).
• Environmental engineering: environmental and geological engineering, petroleum engineering (fuel, oils), energy and fuels, remote sensing, mining and mineral processing, marine engineering, sea vessels and ocean engineering.
• Environmental biotechnology: environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).
• Industrial biotechnology: industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bio-derived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).
• Nanotechnology: nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).
• Other engineering and technologies: food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technologies

• Software engineering and technology: computer software engineering, computer software technology, and other related computer software engineering and technologies.
• Computer sciences: computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and other related computer sciences.
• Information technology and bioinformatics: information technology, informatics, bioinformatics, biomathematics, and other related information technologies.

Medical and health sciences

• Basic medicine: anatomy and morphology (plant science under Biological science), human genetics, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, toxicology, physiology and cytology, pathology.
• Clinical medicine: andrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiac and cardiovascular systems, haematology, anaesthesiology, orthopaedics, radiology and nuclear medicine, dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, dermatology, venereal diseases and allergy, rheumatology, endocrinology and metabolism and gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, and oncology.
• Health sciences: health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.
• Medical biotechnology: health-related biotechnology, technologies involving the manipulation of cells, tissues, organs or the whole organism, technologies involving identifying the functioning of DNA, proteins and enzymes, pharmacogenomics, gene-based therapeutics, biomaterials (related to medical implants, devices, sensors).
• Other medical sciences: forensic science, other medical sciences.

Agricultural sciences

• Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.
• nimal and dairy sciences: animal and dairy science, animal husbandry.
• Veterinary sciences: veterinary science (all).
• Agricultural biotechnology: agricultural biotechnology and food biotechnology, genetically modified (GM) organism technology and livestock cloning, diagnostics (DNA chips and biosensing devices), biomass feedstock production technologies and biopharming.
• Other agricultural sciences: other agricultural sciences.

Social sciences and humanities

• Psychology: cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, psychometrics and quantitative psychology, and other fields of psychology.
• Educational sciences: education, training and other related educational sciences.
• Economics and business: micro-economics, macro-economics, econometrics, labour economics, financial economics, business economics, entrepreneurial and business administration, management and operations, management sciences, finance and all other related fields of economics and business.
• Other social sciences: anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography, geography (human, economic and social), planning (town, city and country), management, organisation and methods (excluding market research unless new methods/techniques are developed), law, linguistics, political sciences, sociology, miscellaneous social sciences and interdisciplinary, and methodological and historical science and technology activities relating to subjects in this group.
• Humanities: history (history, prehistory and history, together with auxiliary historical disciplines such as archaeology, numismatics, palaeography, genealogy, etc.), languages and literature (ancient and modern), other humanities (philosophy (including the history of science and technology)), arts (history of art, art criticism, painting, sculpture, musicology, dramatic art excluding artistic "research" of any kind), religion, theology, other fields and subjects pertaining to the humanities, and methodological, historical and other science and technology activities relating to the subjects in this group.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Natural and formal sciences
Mathematics
Physical sciences
Chemical sciences
Earth and related environmental sciences
Biological sciences
Other natural sciences
Total natural and formal sciences
Engineering and technology
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology
Mechanical engineering
Chemical engineering
Materials engineering
Medical engineering
Environmental engineering
Environmental biotechnology
Industrial biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Other engineering and technologies
Total engineering and technology
Software-related sciences and technology
Software engineering and technology
Computer sciences
Information technology and bioinformatics
Total software-related sciences and technology
Medical and health sciences
Basic medicine
Clinical medicine
Health sciences
Medical biotechnology
Other medical sciences
Total medical and health sciences
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences
Animal and dairy sciences
Veterinary sciences
Agricultural biotechnology
Other agricultural sciences
Total agricultural sciences
Social sciences and humanities
Psychology
Educational sciences
Economics and business
Other social sciences
Humanities
Total social sciences and humanities
2017 - Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada by field of research and development
Total in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4

19. Summary of 2017 total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Total natural and formal sciences
Total engineering and technology
Total software-related sciences and technology
Total medical and health sciences
Total agricultural sciences
Total social sciences and humanities
Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada by fields of research and development

Nature of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2017

20. In 2017, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada of $ ###### distributed by nature of R&D?

Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.

Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective.

Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

CAPTION
 

	Percentage of total in-house R&D expenditures
Basic research
Applied research
Experimental development
Total percentage

Results of R&D expenditures from 2015 to 2017

21. During the three (3) years 2015, 2016 and 2017, did this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada or outside Canada lead to new or significant improvements to the following?

Goods
Goods developed through new knowledge from research discoveries include determination of effectiveness of existing treatment protocols, establishment of new treatment protocols (including diagnostic procedures, tests and protocols), and creation of new service delivery models and reference tools (including electronic applications).

CAPTION
 

	Yes	No
Goods
Services
Methods of manufacturing or producing goods and services
Logistics, delivery or distribution methods for this business's inputs, goods or services
Supporting activities for this business's processes, such as maintenance systems or operations for purchasing, accounting or computing

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

22. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy-related R&D in the following categories?

a. Fossil fuels: crude oils and natural gas exploration, crude oils and natural gas production, oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management, refining, processing and upgrading, coal production, separation and processing, transportation of fossil fuels.

b. Renewable energy resources: solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications, solar heating and cooling, wind energy, bio-energy - biomass production, bio-energy - biomass conversion to fuels, bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity, and other bio-energy, small hydro (less than MW), large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW), other renewable energy.

c. Nuclear: materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.

d. Electric power: generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.

e. Hydrogen and fuel cells: hydrogen production for process applications, hydrogen production for transportation applications, hydrogen transport and storage, other hydrogen, fuel cells, both stationary and mobile.

f. Energy efficiency: industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.

g. Other energy-related technologies: carbon capture, transportation and storage for fossil fuel production and processing, electric power generation, industry in end-use sector, energy systems analysis, all other energy-related technologies.

CAPTION
 

	Yes	No
Fossil fuels
Renewable energy resources
Nuclear fission and fusion
Electric power
Hydrogen and fuel cells
Energy efficiency
Other energy-related technologies

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Fossil fuels

23. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include fossil fuels-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Crude oils and natural gas exploration:
Includes development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.

Crude oil and natural gas production (including enhanced recovery) and storage:
Includes on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.

Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management:
Includes surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD), tailings management.

Refining, processing and upgrading:
Includes processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.

Coal production, separation and processing:
Includes coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.

Transportation of fossil fuels:
Includes transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation, safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.

• Crude oils and natural gas exploration
• Crude oils and natural gas production and storage
  Include enhanced recovery natural gas production.
• Oil sands and heavy crude oil surface and sub-surface production and separation of bitumen, tailings management
• Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels
• Coal production, separation and processing
• Transportation of fossil fuels
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

24. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas exploration?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Crude oils and natural gas exploration:
Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?

Include enhanced recovery.

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Crude oil and natural gas production (including enhanced recovery) and storage:
Include on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of off-shore platforms.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on oil sands and heavy crude oil surface and sub-surface production and separation of bitumen, tailings management?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management:
Include surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD), tailings management.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Refining, processing and upgrading:
Include processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Coal production, separation and processing:
Include coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on transportation of fossil fuels?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Transportation of fossil fuels:
Include transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation, safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Renewable energy resources

30. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include renewable energy resources-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Solar photovoltaics (PV):
Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.

Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications:
Include solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.

Solar heating and cooling:
Include daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.

Wind energy:
Include technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.

Bio-energy - Biomass production/supply and transport:
Include improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, biogas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.

Bio-energy - Biomass conversion to fuels:
Include conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.

Bio-energy - Biomass conversion to heat and electricity:
Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP).
Exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.

Other bio-energy:
Include recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.

Small hydro - (less than 10 MW):
Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.

Large hydro - (greater than or equal to 10 MW):
Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.

Other renewable energy:
Include hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.

• Solar photovoltaics (PV)
• Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications
• Solar heating and cooling
• Wind energy
• Bio-energy - biomass production and transportation
• Bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel
• Bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity
• Other bio-energy
• Small hydro (less than 10 MW)
• Large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)
• Other renewable energy
  Include ocean and geothermal.
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

31. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Solar photovoltaics (PV):
Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications:
Include solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar heating and cooling?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Solar heating and cooling:
Include daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on wind energy?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Wind energy:
Include technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass production and transport?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Bio-energy - Biomass production/supply and transport:
Include improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, biogas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Bio-energy - Biomass conversion to transportation fuel:
Include conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Bio-energy - Biomass conversion to heat and electricity:
Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP).
Exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other bio-energy?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other bio-energy:
Include recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Small hydro - (less than 10 MW):
Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Large hydro - (greater than or equal to 10 MW):
Include plants with capacity of 10 MW or greater.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other renewable energy?

Include ocean and geothermal.

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other renewable energy:
Include hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Nuclear fission and fusion

42. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include nuclear fission and fusion-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management:
Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.

Nuclear reactors:
Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.

Other fission:
Include nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.

Fusion:
Include all types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).

• Nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management
• Nuclear reactors
• Other fission
• Fusion
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

43. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management:
Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear reactors?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Nuclear reactors:
Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other fission?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other fission:
Include nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on fusion?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Fusion:
Include all types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Electric power

47. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include electric power-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Electric power generation in utility sector:
Include conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.

Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings:
Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.

Electricity transmission, distribution and storage:
Include solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.

• Electric power generation in utility sector
• Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings
• Electricity transmission, distribution and storage
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

48. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power generation in utility sector?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Electric power generation in utility sector:
Include conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings:
Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electricity transmission, distribution and storage?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Electricity transmission, distribution and storage:
Include solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Hydrogen and fuel cells

51. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include hydrogen and fuel cells-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Other hydrogen:
Include end uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).

Stationary fuel cells:
Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.

Mobile fuel cells:
Include portable applications.

• Hydrogen production for process applications
• Hydrogen production for transportation applications
• Hydrogen transport and storage
• Other hydrogen
• Stationary fuel cells
• Mobile fuel cells
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

52. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for process applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for transportation applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen transport and storage?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other hydrogen?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other hydrogen:
Include end uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Stationary fuel cells:
Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Mobile fuel cells:
Include portable applications.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Energy efficiency

58. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy efficiency-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Energy efficiency for industry:
Include reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.

Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial:
Include space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.

Energy efficiency for transportation:
Include analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, includes air emission reduction, other.

Other energy efficiency:
Include waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.

• Energy efficiency applications for industry
• Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors
• Energy efficiency for transportation
• Other energy efficiency
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

59. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency applications for industry?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Energy efficiency for industry:
Include reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial:
Include space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for transportation?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Energy efficiency for transportation:
Include analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, air emission reduction and other.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy efficiency?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other energy efficiency:
Include waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Energy-related R&D by area of technology - Other energy-related technologies

63. In 2017, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include other energy-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

Carbon capture end-use:
Include industry in the end-use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc. (exclude fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production).

Energy system analysis:
Include system analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.

All other energy technologies:
Include energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.

• Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
• Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
• Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector
• Energy system analysis
• All other energy-related technologies
• None of the above

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

64. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Carbon capture end-use:
Include industry in the end-use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc. (exclude fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production).

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy system analysis?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Energy system analysis:
Include system analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Report all 2017 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2017, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Other energy-related technologies:
Include energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.

CAPTION
 

	CAN$ '000
Funds from this business
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
All other Canadian sources of funds
All foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced R&D

Summary of energy-related and total R&D expenditures

69. Summary of total 2017 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures

CAPTION
 

	Total energy-related R&D	Total R&D
Total funds from this business
Total funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)
Total all other Canadian sources of funds
Total all foreign sources of funds
Total in-house R&D expenditures
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D
Total R&D expenditures

In-house R&D personnel in 2017

70. In 2017, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this business have in the following R&D occupations?

Full-time equivalent (FTE)
R&D may be carried out by persons who work solely on R&D projects or by persons who devote only part of their time to R&D and the balance to other activities such as testing, quality control and production engineering. To arrive at the total effort devoted to R&D in terms of personnel, it is necessary to estimate the full-time equivalent of these persons working only part-time in R&D.

Full-time equivalent (FTE) = Number of persons who work solely on R&D projects + the time of persons working only part of their time on R&D.

Example calculation: If out of four scientists engaged in R&D work, one works solely on R&D projects and the remaining three devote only one quarter of their working time to R&D, then: FTE = 1 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1.75 scientists.

R&D personnel

Include:

• permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
• independent on-site R&D consultants and contractors working in your business's offices, laboratories, or other facilities
• employees engaged in R&D -related support activities.

Researchers and research managers are composed of:

• Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
• Senior research managers plan or manage R&D projects and programs. They may be certified by provincial educational authorities, provincial or national scientific or engineering associations.

R&D technical, administrative and support staff are composed of:

• Technicians and technologists and research assistants are persons whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in one or more fields of engineering, the physical and life sciences, or the social sciences, humanities and the arts. They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts, operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
• Other R&D technical, administrative support staff include skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in R&D projects or directly associated with such projects.

On-site R&D consultants and contractors are individuals hired 1) to perform project-based work or to provide goods at a fixed or ascertained price or within a certain time or 2) to provide advice or services in a specialized field for a fee and, in both cases, work at the location specified and controlled by the contracting company or organization.

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CAPTION
 

	Number of full-time equivalents (FTE)
Researchers and research managers
Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers
Senior research managers
Total researchers and research managers
R&D technical, administrative and support staff
Technicians, technologists and research assistants
Other R&D technical, administrative and support staff
Total R&D technical, administrative and support staff
Other R&D occupations
On-site R&D consultants and contractors
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada

71. Of this business's total in-house R&D personnel reported above, what percentage performed software-related activities?

Software-related sciences and technologies

• Software engineering and technology: computer software engineering, computer software technology and other related computer software engineering and technologies.
• Computer sciences: computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography and other related computer sciences.
• Information technology and bioinformatics: information technology, informatics, bioinformatics, biomathematics and other related information technologies.

Percentage of software-related activities

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72. In 2017, how were the total in-house R&D personnel distributed by province or territory?

Please report in full time equivalents (FTE).

R&D personnel

Include:

• permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
• independent on-site R&D consultants and contractors working in your business's offices, laboratories, or other facilities
• employees engaged in R&D -related support activities.

Researchers and research managers are composed of:

• Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
• Senior research managers plan or manage R&D projects and programs. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.

R&D technical, administrative and support staff are composed of:

• Technicians and technologists and research assistants are persons whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in one or more fields of engineering, the physical and life sciences, or the social sciences, humanities and the arts. They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts, operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
• Other R&D technical, administrative support staff include skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in R&D projects or directly associated with such projects.

On-site R&D consultants and contractors are individuals hired 1) to perform project-based work or to provide goods at a fixed or ascertained price or within a certain time or 2) to provide advice or services in a specialized field for a fee and, in both cases, work at the location specified and controlled by the contracting company or organization.

Full-time equivalent (FTE)

R&D may be carried out by persons who work solely on R&D projects or by persons who devote only part of their time to R&D, and the balance to other activities such as testing, quality control and production engineering. To arrive at the total effort devoted to R&D in terms of personnel, it is necessary to estimate the full-time equivalent of these persons working only part-time in R&D.

FTE (full-time equivalent): Number of persons who work solely on R&D projects + the time of persons working only part of their time on R&D.

Example calculation: If out of four scientists engaged in R&D work, one works solely on R&D projects and the remaining three devote only one quarter of their working time to R&D, then: FTE = 1 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1.75 scientists.

CAPTION
 

	Number of researchers and research managers	Number of R&D technical, administrative and support staff	Number of on-site R&D consultants and contractors
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada
Total R&D personnel previously reported from question 70

Technology and technical assistance payments in 2017

73. In 2017 , did this business make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?

Technology or technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window)

a. Patent
Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.

b. Copyright
Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.

c. Trademark
A word, symbol or design, or combination of these, used to distinguish goods or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.

d. Industrial design
Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.

e. Integrated circuit topography
Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.

f. Original software
Computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.

g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.

h. Databases
Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data.

CAPTION
 

	Made Payments	Received Payments	Both made and received payments	Not applicable
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Integrated circuit topography
Original software
Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Databases
Other technology and technical assistance

74. In 2017, how much did this business pay to other organizations for technology and technical assistance?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '1' for payments made between $1 and $999.

Technology or technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window)

a. Patent
Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.

b. Copyright
Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.

c. Trademark
A word, symbol or design, or combination of these, used to distinguish goods or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.

d. Industrial design
Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.

e. Integrated circuit topography
Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.

f. Original software
Computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.

g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.

h. Databases
Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data.

CAPTION
 

	Payments made within Canada CAN$ '000	Payments made outside Canada CAN$ '000
Payments made to parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Integrated circuit topography
Original software
Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Databases
Other technology and technical assistance
Total payments made to parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies
Payments made to other companies, organizations or individuals
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Integrated circuit topography
Original software
Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Databases
Other
Total payments made to other companies, organizations or individuals
Total payments made to other organizations for technology and technical assistance

Technology or technical assistance payments in 2017

75. In 2017, how much did this business receive from other organizations for technology and technical assistance?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '1' for payments received between $1 and $999.

Technology or technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window)

a. Patent
Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.

b. Copyright
Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.

c. Trademark
A word, symbol or design, or combination of these, used to distinguish goods or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.

d. Industrial design
Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.

e. Integrated circuit topography
Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.

f. Original software
Computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.

g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.

h. Databases
Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data.

CAPTION
 

	Payments received from within Canada CAN$ '000	Payments received from outside Canada CAN$ '000
Payments received from parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Integrated circuit topography
Original software
Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Databases
Other technology and technical assistance
Total payments received from parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies
Payments received from other companies, organizations or individuals
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Integrated circuit topography
Original software
Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Databases
Other technology and technical assistance
Total payments received from other companies, organizations or individuals
Total payments received from other organizations for technology and technical assistance

Changes or events

76. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

• Outsourcing of R&D project(s)
• Initiation of new R&D project(s)
• Completion of existing R&D project(s)
• Major change in funding of R&D project(s) (loss of funding)
• Major change in funding of R&D project(s) (increase in funding)
• Organizational change that affected R&D activities (expansion, reduction, restructuring)
• Economic change that affected R&D activities
• Lack of availability of qualified R&D personnel
• Other
  • Specify the other changes or events
• No changes or events

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