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National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination - Q4 2024

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination, Q2 2024
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Trip Destination (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Person-Trips in Thousands (× 1,000) and C.V. as a units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Trip Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Trip Destination
Total Canada United States Overseas
Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V. Person-Trips (x 1,000) C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 80,347 A 71,038 A 6,608 A 2,701 A
Holiday, leisure or recreation 26,046 A 21,499 B 2,817 B 1,731 B
Visit friends or relatives 34,528 A 32,470 B 1,388 B 670 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 1,426 C 1,359 C 51 E 16 E
Shopping, non-routine 5,798 B 4,515 B 1,280 C 3 F
Other personal reasons 5,248 B 4,752 B 364 D 132 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 2,548 B 2,184 B 320 C 45 D
Other business 4,752 C 4,260 C 389 E 103 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 48,250 A 45,063 A 3,188 B ..  
Holiday, leisure or recreation 13,496 B 12,445 B 1,051 C ..  
Visit friends or relatives 19,822 B 19,391 B 431 D ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 825 D 804 D 21 F ..  
Shopping, non-routine 5,481 B 4,273 B 1,208 C ..  
Other personal reasons 3,924 B 3,675 B 249 D ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,185 C 1,159 C 26 F ..  
Other business 3,517 D 3,315 D 202 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 32,097 A 25,976 A 3,420 A 2,701 A
Holiday, leisure or recreation 12,550 B 9,054 B 1,766 B 1,731 B
Visit friends or relatives 14,706 B 13,079 B 957 B 670 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 602 C 555 C 30 E 16 E
Shopping, non-routine 317 D 241 D 73 D 3 F
Other personal reasons 1,325 B 1,078 C 115 E 132 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,363 B 1,024 C 294 C 45 D
Other business 1,235 B 945 B 187 D 103 E
..
data not available

Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.
F
too unreliable to be published

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures - Q4 2024

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, including expenditures at origin and those for air commercial transportation in Canada, in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Expenditures (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Visit-Expenditures in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000) and c.v. as units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Visit Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Expenditures
Total Canada United States Overseas
$ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 28,051,228 A 16,218,338 B 5,623,669 B 6,209,220 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 13,880,033 B 5,900,712 B 3,571,876 B 4,407,444 B
Visit friends or relatives 6,897,971 B 5,266,149 B 674,231 C 957,591 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 573,157 C 423,841 C 61,099 E 88,217 E
Shopping, non-routine 1,136,284 C 916,431 C 216,030 E 3,823 E
Other personal reasons 1,451,673 C 955,399 B 184,842 E 311,433 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,916,150 B 1,185,961 B 614,882 C 115,307 D
Other business 2,195,960 C 1,569,846 C 300,710 E 325,404 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 5,272,120 B 4,790,565 B 464,029 C 17,525 D
Holiday, leisure or recreation 1,552,089 B 1,358,811 B 176,156 D 17,122 D
Visit friends or relatives 1,489,593 B 1,443,568 B 45,624 D 400 F
Personal conference, convention or trade show 107,745 D 97,573 D 10,171 F ..  
Shopping, non-routine 991,618 C 814,456 C 177,159 E 3 F
Other personal reasons 448,905 B 424,170 B 24,734 E ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 214,805 D 209,270 D 5,535 F ..  
Other business 467,366 D 442,716 D 24,649 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 22,779,109 A 11,427,773 B 5,159,640 B 6,191,696 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 12,327,944 B 4,541,901 C 3,395,720 B 4,390,322 B
Visit friends or relatives 5,408,379 B 3,822,580 B 628,607 C 957,192 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 465,412 C 326,268 C 50,927 E 88,217 E
Shopping, non-routine 144,666 C 101,975 D 38,871 D 3,820 E
Other personal reasons 1,002,769 C 531,228 C 160,107 E 311,433 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,701,346 B 976,691 C 609,347 C 115,307 D
Other business 1,728,594 D 1,127,129 C 276,061 E 325,404 E
..
data not available

Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.
F
too unreliable to be published

National Travel Survey Q4 2024: Response Rates

National Travel Survey: Response Rate - Q4 2024
Table summary
This table displays the results of Response Rate. The information is grouped by Province of residence (appearing as row headers), Unweighted and Weighted (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage unit of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province of residence Unweighted Weighted
Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador 16.6 12.8
Prince Edward Island 19.1 16.2
Nova Scotia 21.1 17.0
New Brunswick 20.2 16.9
Quebec 21.6 18.5
Ontario 20.7 19.0
Manitoba 21.1 17.7
Saskatchewan 21.4 15.9
Alberta 19.4 16.8
British Columbia 19.3 17.6
Canada 20.4 18.1

Canadian Economic News, May 2025 Edition

This module provides a concise summary of selected Canadian economic events, as well as international and financial market developments by calendar month. It is intended to provide contextual information only to support users of the economic data published by Statistics Canada. In identifying major events or developments, Statistics Canada is not suggesting that these have a material impact on the published economic data in a particular reference month.

All information presented here is obtained from publicly available news and information sources, and does not reflect any protected information provided to Statistics Canada by survey respondents.

Wildfires

  • On May 13th, the Government of Manitoba announced that, with wildfire conditions continuing to escalate, it had declared a state of local emergency for Nopiming, Wallace Lake, South Atikaki and Manigotagan River provincial parks and issued an evacuation order for Nopiming Provincial Park. The Government said these parks would remain closed to the public until conditions improve. On May 14th, the Government announced it was closing Whiteshell Provincial Park until conditions improve. On May 28th, the Government of Manitoba declared a provincewide state of emergency, effective for 30 days. The Government also said that in addition, the city of Flin Flon and the First Nations of Pimicikimak and Mathias Colomb had issued mandatory evacuation orders.
  • On May 29th, the Government of Saskatchewan declared a provincial State of Emergency due to the wildfires affecting communities across Saskatchewan. The Government said the state of emergency would be in effect for 30 days.

Resources

  • Texas-based Sunoco LP and Parkland Corporation of Calgary announced they had entered into a definitive agreement whereby Sunoco will acquire all outstanding shares of Parkland in a cash and equity transaction valued at approximately USD $9.1 billion, including assumed debt. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions, including approval by Parkland's shareholders and customary regulatory and stock exchange listing approvals.
  • France-based TotalEnergies SE announced it had signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Ksi Lisims LNG for the purchase of 2 Mtpa (million tonnes per annum) of LNG for 20 years from the future liquefaction plant located on the northwest coast British Columbia. The company said that, in parallel, it acquired a 5% stake in Texas-based Western LNG LLC, the developer, shareholder, and future operator of the Ksi Lisims LNG project.
  • Calgary-based Strathcona Resources Ltd. announced it had entered into definitive agreements to sell substantially all of its Montney assets for approximately $2.84 billion to ARC Resources Ltd. and Tourmaline Oil Corp.
  • Calgary-based Vermilion Energy Inc. announced it had entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Saskatchewan and Manitoba assets for cash proceeds of $415 million. Vermillion said the transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
  • Vancouver-based Pan American Silver Corp. and MAG Silver Corp. announced they had entered into a definitive agreement whereby Pan American will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of MAG for total consideration of approximately USD $2.1 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including shareholder approval, clearance under Mexican anti-trust laws, and approval of the listing of the Pan American common shares to be issued under the transaction on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The Government of Ontario announced it had approved Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) plan to begin construction on the first of four small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington nuclear site. The Government said the SMR will produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 300,000 homes.

Canada's internal trade

  • The Government of Manitoba announced it had signed an agreement with the Ontario government to boost the flow of goods, services, investment and workers in both provinces. The Government said the premiers signed a memorandum of understanding to signal the provinces' intention to work together to knock down interprovincial trade barriers including direct-to-consumer alcohol sales and improved labour mobility between Manitoba and Ontario.
  • The Government of Nova Scotia announced it was removing more interprovincial trade barriers by introducing legislative changes to enhance the new Traffic Safety Act in the fall that would allow more types of commercial trucks and other passenger vehicles to enter and operate in the province, supporting the movement of goods and services across the country. The Government also said it plans to amend the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations to allow factory-built (modular) buildings that meet the National Building Code to be installed in the province without having to meet additional Nova Scotia-specific standards.
  • The Government of Quebec announced it had tabled a Bill to promote trade in products and the mobility of labour from other provinces and territories of Canada, in order to stimulate interprovincial trade by improving the free movement of goods and skilled workers.

Other news

  • The Government of Canada announced that it was moving forward with the proposal to deliver tax relief for Canadians by reducing the lowest marginal personal income tax rate from 15% to 14%, effective July 1, 2025.
  • The Government of Alberta announced it was freezing the industrial carbon price at the current rate of $95 per tonne of emissions to keep industry competitive and defend jobs in response to the uncertainty caused by United States' tariffs.
  • On May 15th, the Government of Ontario released its 2025 Budget, which included support for workers and businesses, the creation of a new Critical Minerals Processing Fund, and investments in infrastructure, skills training, housing, health, and education. The Government forecasts a $14.6 billion deficit in 2025-26 and real GDP growth of 0.8% in 2025 and 1.0% in 2026.
  • The Government of Ontario announced its plan to permanently cut the gasoline and fuel tax rates, keeping the provincial rates of tax at nine cents per litre, which the Government said would save households, on average, about $115 per year going forward. The Government also said it was proposing to remove tolls from the provincially owned Highway 407 East, which the Government said is expected to save daily commuters an estimated $7,200 annually.
  • Quebec's minimum wage increased from $15.75 to $16.10 per hour on May 1st.
  • The Government of the Yukon announced that the 2025 rent index would be set at 2.0%.
  • Toronto-based Canadian Tire Corporation announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to become the home of Canadian brands and other intellectual property of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), including the HBC Stripes and various company names, logos, designs, coat of arms and brand trademarks, for $30 million. Canadian Tire said the transaction is expected to close later this summer, subject to court approval and other customary terms and conditions.
  • In a court filing with the Superior Court of Ontario, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) said that by June 1, 2025, it will have terminated approximately 8,347 or approximately 89% of its employees. HBC said the remaining 1,017 include Distribution Centre employees, and that the Distribution Centres are expected to close June 15, 2025.
  • Toronto-based TD Bank Group announced it had initiated a new restructuring program in the second quarter of 2025 to reduce its cost base, including savings from an approximate 2% workforce reduction.
  • Vancouver-based Telus Corporation announced it was investing more than $70 billion over the next five years to expand and enhance its network infrastructure and operations, including bringing TELUS PureFibre connectivity to homes and businesses across British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario; deploying enhancements to its 5G and LTE services; and launching two Sovereign AI Factories in Kamloops and Rimouski.
  • Montreal-based BCE Inc. announced Bell AI Fabric, an investment that will create a national network starting with a data centre supercluster in British Columbia that will aim to provide upwards of 500 MW of hydro-electric powered AI compute capacity across six facilities. Bell said the first facility would come online in June 2025, in Kamloops BC with a second facility opening in Merritt, BC, by the end of 2025.
  • Waterloo Ontario-based Definity Financial Corporation announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the Travelers Companies, Inc. of New York to acquire Canadian operations of Travelers for cash consideration of approximately $3.3 billion. Definity said the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

United States and other international news

  • The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.50%. The last change in the target range was a 25 basis points cut in December 2024. The Committee also said that it would continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities.
  • The Bank of Japan announced it will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.50%. The last change in the uncollateralized overnight call rate was a 25 basis points increase in January 2025.
  • The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to reduce the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%. The last change in the Bank Rate was a 25 basis points cut in February 2025.
  • The Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee of Norway's Norges Bank left the policy rate unchanged at 4.5%. The last change in the policy rate was a 25 basis points increase in December 2023.
  • The Executive Board of Sweden's Riksbank left the repo rate unchanged at 2.25%. The last change in the repo rate was a 25 basis points reduction in January 2025.
  • The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%. The last change in the cash rate target was a 25 basis points cut in February 2025.
  • The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lowered the Official Cash Rate (OCR), its main policy rate, by 25 basis points to 3.25%. The last change in the OCR was a 25 basis points cut in April 2025.
  • U.S. President Donald J. Trump and United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced on May 8th a trade deal – the U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) – to remove barriers to make it easier for American and British businesses to operate, invest and trade in both countries.
  • The White House announced on May 12th that U.S. President Donald J. Trump had reached an agreement with China whereby the United States would remove the additional tariffs it imposed on China on April 8 and April 9, 2025, but would retain all duties imposed on China prior to April 2, 2025. The White House said China would remove the retaliatory tariffs it announced since April 4, 2025, and would also suspend or remove the non-tariff countermeasures taken against the United States since April 2, 2025. President Trump said the suspension of tariffs would be for a period of 90 days.
  • Moody's Ratings announced it had downgraded the Government of United States of America's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed the outlook from stable to negative. Moody's said the downgrade reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns.
  • Virginia-based Boeing and Qatar Airways announced the carrier would purchase up to 210 widebody jets, including 130 787 Dreamliners, 30 777-9s, and options for an additional 50 787 and 777X airplanes. Boeing said the order would support nearly 400,000 jobs in the U.S.
  • The eight OPEC+ countries - Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman - which previously announced additional voluntary adjustments in April and November 2023, announced they would implement a production adjustment of 411 thousand barrels per day, equivalent to three monthly increments, in June 2025.
  • Japan-based Nissan Motor Co., Ltd announced a recovery plan with a cost reduction target of ¥250 billion. Nissan said it will consolidate its vehicle production plants from 17 to 10 by fiscal year 2027 and reduce its workforce by a total of 20,000 employees between fiscal years 2024 and 2027, which includes a previously announced reduction of 9,000.

Financial market news

  • West Texas Intermediate crude oil closed at USD $60.79 per barrel on May 30th, up from a closing value of USD $58.21 at the end of April. Western Canadian Select crude oil traded in the USD $44 to $52 per barrel range throughout May. The Canadian dollar closed at 72.68 cents U.S. on May 30th, up from 72.40 cents U.S. at the end of April. The S&P/TSX composite index closed at 26,175.05 on May 30th, up from 24,841.68 at the end of April.

2024 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry – Industrial Non-Profit Organizations Reporting Guide

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2024 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry – Industrial Non-Profit Organizations. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-877-949-9492

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which 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 information from this survey for statistical purposes.

NOTE:

  1. If this organization performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
  2. If this organization performs in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-6, 9-22.
  3. If this organization outsources (R&D) and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-4, 6-8, 13, 17-22.
  4. If this organization does not perform in-house (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-4, 6, 13, 17, 18 & 20-22.

For this survey

'In-house R&D' refers to

Expenditures within Canada for R&D performed within this organization by:

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

'Outsourced R&D' refers to

Payments made within or outside Canada to other organizations, businesses or individuals to fund R&D performance:

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

Reporting period information

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

  • May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
  • July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
  • October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024
  • January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
  • February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
  • April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2023 to September 15, 2024 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (e.g., a newly opened organization)

Definitions and Concepts

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.

Activities included and excluded from R&D

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.

Clinical Trials

Include clinical trial phases 1, 2, and 3. Include clinical trial phase 4 only if it brings about a further scientific or technological advance.

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 or 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, 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.

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, and 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 license work

Exclude all administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses.

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 where results do not further scientific, technological advance, or understanding of the effectiveness of a technology.

In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q5 – Q8)

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 contactors
  • 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 organization
  • 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 databases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
  • cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
  • materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.)
  • all other R&D-related materials.

d. All other current R&D costs including overhead

Include administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, lease/rent, post and telecommunications, internet, legal expenditures, insurance), prorated if necessary to allow for non-R&D activities within the organization.

Exclude:

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

Capital in-house R&D expenditures

Capital in-house R&D 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 R&D 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.

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q9 – Q12)

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.

  1. Companies include all incorporated for-profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.
  2. 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).
  3. Industrial research institutes or associations include all non-profit organizations that serve the business sector, with industrial associations frequently consisting of their membership.
  4. Universities include hospitals and clinics when they are affiliated with a university and provide education services or when R&D activity is under the direct control of a university.
  5. Federal government includes all federal government departments and agencies. It excludes federal government business enterprises providing products in the market.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Other organizations – individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments including ministries, departments and agencies of foreign governments.

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2024 (Q17)

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude:

  • payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 10
  • capital depreciation.
  1. Funds from this organization

    Amount contributed by this organization to R&D performed within Canada (include interest payments and other income, land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).

  2. Funds from member companies or affiliates

    Amount received from member organizations and affiliated organizations used to perform R&D within Canada (include annual fees and sustaining grants, land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).

  3. Federal government grants or funding

    Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  4. Federal government contracts

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

  5. R&D contract work for companies

    Funds received from companies to perform R&D on their behalf.

  6. Provincial or territorial government grants or funding

    Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  7. 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.

  8. R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations

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

  9. Other sources

    Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

Fields of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2024 (Q19)

Exclude:

  • payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 10
  • capital depreciation.

Natural and formal sciences

Mathematics, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth and related environmental sciences, biological sciences, other natural sciences.

Exclude computer sciences, information sciences and bioinformatics (to be reported at lines s. and t).

  1. Mathematics: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Other natural 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.

Exclude software engineering and technology (to be reported at line r).

  1. Civil engineering: civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Chemical engineering: chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.
  5. 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).
  6. Medical engineering: medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials, which should be reported under Industrial biotechnology).
  7. 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.
  8. Environmental biotechnology: environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).
  9. Industrial biotechnology: industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bioderived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).
  10. Nanotechnology: nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).
  11. Other engineering and technologies: food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technology

Software engineering and technology, computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics.

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

Medical and health sciences

Basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, medical biotechnology, other medical sciences.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Health sciences: health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.
  4. 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).
  5. Other medical sciences: forensic science, other medical sciences.

Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences, animal and dairy sciences, veterinary sciences, agricultural biotechnology, other agricultural sciences.

  1. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.
  2. Animal and dairy sciences: animal and dairy science, animal husbandry.
  3. Veterinary sciences: veterinary science (all).
  4. 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.
  5. Other agricultural sciences: other agricultural sciences.

Social sciences and humanities

Psychology, educational sciences, economics and business, other social sciences, humanities.

  1. Psychology: cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, psychometrics and quantitative psychology, and other fields of psychology.
  2. Educational sciences: education, training and other related educational sciences.
  3. 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.
  4. Other social sciences:anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography, geography (human, economic and social), planning (town, city and country), management, organization 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.
  5. 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.

In-house R&D personnel in 2024 (Q71 - Q73)

R&D personnel

Include:

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

Researchers and research managers are composed of:

  1. 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.
  2. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Technology and technical assistant payments in 2024 (Q74 - Q76)

Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  1. Patent

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

  2. Copyright

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

  3. 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.

  4. Industrial design

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

  5. Integrated circuit topography

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

  6. 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.

  7. Packaged or off-the-shelf software

    Packaged software purchased for organizational use, excluding software with customization.

  8. Databases

    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data including access clinical trial registries and administrative health data for research purposes. Includes partnerships supporting the development of databases, such as patient or clinical trial registries or biobanks, to be used for research purposes (e.g., developing a national bladder cancer patient registry with Bladder Cancer Canada for future research).

  9. Other technology and technical assistance

    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how including technology transfer and know how such as batch pilot production, method develop, and validation related to technology or manufacturing transfer.

Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q23 - Q70)

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.

  1. Crude oils and natural gas exploration

    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and offshore prospecting.

  2. Crude oil and natural gas production and storage, include enhanced recovery natural gas production

    Include on-shore and offshore 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, offshore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.

  3. 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.

  4. Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels

    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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

Renewable energy resources

Solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications, solar heating and cooling, wind energy, bio-energy – biomass production and transport, 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.

  1. Solar photovoltaics (PV)

    Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.

  2. Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications

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

  3. 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.

  4. Wind energy

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

  5. Bio-energy – Biomass production 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.

  6. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to transportation fuel

    Include conventional biofuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.

  7. 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.

  8. Other bio-energy

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

  9. Small hydro (less than 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.

  10. Large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.

  11. 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.

Nuclear fission and fusion

Materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.

  1. Nuclear materials 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.

  2. Nuclear reactors

    Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.

  3. 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.

  4. Fusion

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

Electric Power

Generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.

  1. 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.

  2. Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings

    Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.

  3. 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.

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.

  1. Hydrogen production for process applications
  2. Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  3. Hydrogen transport and storage
  4. Other hydrogen

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

  5. Stationary fuel cells

    Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.

  6. Mobile fuel cells

    Include portable applications.

Energy efficiency

Industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.

  1. Energy efficiency applications 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.

  2. Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors

    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.

  3. Energy efficiency for transportation

    Includes 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, other.

  4. 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.

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.

  1. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  2. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  3. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector

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

  4. 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.

  5. All other energy technologies

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

Environmental and clean technology R&D expenditures in 2024

Air pollution management

Activities aimed at reducing the emissions of pollutants (including greenhouse gases) to the atmosphere. Include pollution abatement and control (i.e., end-of-pipe processes) and pollution prevention (i.e., integrated processes), as well as related measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Solid waste management

Activities related to the collection, treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling of all domestic, industrial, non-hazardous and hazardous waste (including low-level radioactive waste). Include monitoring activities. Exclude radioactive waste and mine tailings handling and treatment (to be reported under Protection against radiation and Wastewater management, respectively).

Wastewater management

Activities aimed at pollution reduction or prevention through the abatement of pollutants or the reduction of the release of wastewater. Include measures aimed at reducing pollutants before discharge, reducing the release of wastewater, septic tanks, treatment of cooling water, handling and treatment of mine tailings, etc.

Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water

Activities aimed at the prevention of pollution infiltration: remediation or cleaning up of soils and water bodies; protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation; monitoring, control, laboratories and the like. Exclude management of wastewater released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems or soil, or injected underground (to be reported under Wastewater management) and protection of biodiversity and habitat (to be reported under Protection of biodiversity and habitat).

Protection of biodiversity and habitat

Activities related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity, and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity. Include related environmental measurements, monitoring, control, laboratories and the like.

Noise and vibration abatement

Activities aimed at controlling or reducing industrial and transport noise and vibration for the sole purpose of protecting the environment. Include preventive in-process modifications at the source, construction of anti-noise/vibration facilities, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Protection against radiation

Activities aimed at preventing, reducing, or eliminating the negative consequences of radiation on the environment. This includes all handling, transportation, and treatment of radioactive waste (i.e. waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation due to high radionuclide content), the protection of ambient media, measurement, control, laboratories and the like, as well as any other activities related to the containment of radioactive waste. Exclude activities and measures related to low-level radioactive waste (to be reported under Solid waste management), the prevention of technological hazards (e.g., external safety of nuclear power plants), and measures taken to protect workers.

Heat or energy savings and management

Activities aimed at reducing the intake of energy through in-process modifications (such as adjustment of production processes or heat and electricity co-generation), as well as reducing heat and energy losses. This includes insulation activities, energy recovery, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Renewable energy

Energy obtained from resources that naturally replenish or renew within a human lifespan (i.e. the resource is a sustainable source of energy). This includes wind, solar, aero-thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases.

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2026 Census - Form 2A-L

Message from the Chief Statistician of Canada

Thank you for participating in the 2026 Census. The information you provide is used to produce statistics that communities, businesses, and governments rely on to plan services, develop programs, and make informed decisions about employment, schools, public transportation, hospitals and more.

Your answers are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act and kept strictly confidential. By law, your household must complete a 2026 Census of Population questionnaire.

Statistics Canada makes use of existing sources of information, such as immigration, income tax and benefits data, to reduce the response burden placed on households.

The information you provide may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes or may be combined with other survey or administrative data sources.

Count yourself into Canada’s statistical portrait—complete your census questionnaire today.

Thank you,
André Loranger
Chief Statistician of Canada

Confidential when completed

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-19.

Step A

1. What is your telephone number?

2. What is the address of this dwelling?

  • Number (and suffix, if applicable)
    (e.g., 302, 151 B, 16 1/2)
  • Street name, street type (e.g., DR = Drive), direction (e.g., N = North)
  • Apartment or unit
  • City, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve
  • Province or territory
  • Postal code

3. What is the mailing address of this dwelling, if different from above?
(e.g., Rural Route, PO Box, General Delivery)

Step B

1. Including yourself, how many persons usually live at this address on May 12, 2026?

Include all persons who have their main residence at this address, even if they are temporarily away.

See the instructions on page 3 (joint custody, students, landed immigrants, secondary residence, etc.).

  • Number of persons

2. Including yourself, list all persons who usually live here on May 12, 2026.

Important: Begin the list with an adult followed, if applicable, by that person's spouse or common-law partner and by their children. Continue with all other persons who usually live at this address.

  • Person 1: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 2: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 3: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 4: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 5: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 6: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 7: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 8: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 9: Family name(s), Given name(s)
  • Person 10: Family name(s), Given name(s)

Step C

Did you leave anyone out of step B because you were not sure the person should be listed?

For example, a student, a child in joint custody, a person temporarily away, a person who lives here temporarily, a resident from another country with a work or study permit, a refugee claimant, etc.

  • No
  • Yes
    • Please refer to the instructions on page 3 to determine if this person should be listed.
    • If they should be listed, please add them to step B.

Step D

Copy the names in Step B to question 1, at the top of page 4.

Keep the same order.

If more than five persons live here, you will need an extra questionnaire; call 1-833-663-2026.

  1. Whom to include in Step B
    • All persons who have their main residence at this address on May 12, 2026, including newborn babies, roommates and persons who are temporarily away
    • Canadian citizens, landed immigrants (permanent residents), persons who have claimed refugee status (asylum seekers), persons from another country with a work or study permit and family members living here with them
    • Persons staying at this address temporarily on May 12, 2026 who have no main residence elsewhere.
  2. Where to include persons with more than one residence
    • Children in joint custody should be included in the home of the parent where they live most of the time. Children who spend equal time with each parent should be included in the home of the parent with whom they are staying on May 12, 2026.
    • Students who return to live with their parents during the year should be included at their parents' address, even if they live elsewhere while attending school or working at a summer job.
    • Spouses or common-law partners temporarily away who stay elsewhere while working or studying should be listed at the main residence of their family, if they return periodically.
    • Persons in an institution for less than six months (for example, in a home for the aged, a hospital or a prison) should be listed at their usual residence.

If this address is:

  • secondary residence (for example, a cottage) for all persons who stayed here on May 12, 2026 (all these persons have their main residence elsewhere in Canada), mark this circle.
  • dwelling occupied only by residents of another country visiting Canada (for example, on vacation or on a business trip), mark this circle.
  • the home of a government representative of another country (for example, an embassy or a high commission) and family members, mark this circle.
    • Print your name and your telephone number
      • Name
      • Telephone number

Do not answer other questions.

Mail this questionnaire in the enclosed envelope today.

1. Name

In the spaces provided, copy the names in the same order as in step B. Then answer the following questions for each person.

Person 1

  • Family name
  • Given name

The following questions refer to each person's situation on May 12, 2026, unless otherwise specified.

2. What are this person's date of birth and age?

If exact date of birth is not known, enter best estimate. For children less than 1 year old, enter 0 for age.

  • Day
  • Month
  • Year
  • Age

3. What is this person's gender?

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man (or a boy), a woman (or a girl), or a person who is not exclusively a man (or a boy) or a woman (or a girl), for example, non-binary, agender, gender fluid, queer or Two-Spirit.

  • Man (or boy)
  • Woman (or girl)
  • Or please specify this person's gender:

4. What was this person's sex at birth?

Sex at birth refers to the sex recorded on a person's first birth certificate. It is typically observed based on a person's reproductive system and other physical characteristics.

  • Male
  • Female

5. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1?

Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple and who are not married, regardless of the duration of the relationship.

Person 1

  • No answer required for Person 1

Person 2

  • Married spouse of Person 1
  • Common-law partner of Person 1
  • Child of Person 1 and another person living at this address
  • Child of Person 1 only (mark if no other legal parent of this person lives at this address)
  • Stepchild of Person 1
  • Parent of Person 1
  • Grandchild of Person 1
  • Spouse or partner of child of Person 1
  • Parent of spouse or partner of Person 1
  • Sibling of Person 1
  • Foster child of Person 1
  • Roommate, lodger or boarder of Person 1
  • Other relationship — specify:

Persons 3-5

  • Married spouse of Person 1
  • Common-law partner of Person 1
  • Child of Person 1 and Person 2
  • Child of Person 1 and another person living at this address
  • Child of Person 1 only (mark if no other legal parent of this person lives at this address)
  • Stepchild of Person 1
  • Parent of Person 1
  • Grandchild of Person 1
  • Spouse or partner of child of Person 1
  • Parent of spouse or partner of Person 1
  • Sibling of Person 1
  • Foster child of Person 1
  • Roommate, lodger or boarder of Person 1
  • Other relationship — specify:

Questions 6. and 7. are asked only for persons aged 15 years and older (born before May 12, 2011).

6. What is this person's marital status?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Never legally married
  • Legally married (and not separated)
  • Separated, but still legally married
  • Divorced
  • Widowed

7. Is this person living with a common-law partner?

Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple and who are not married, regardless of the duration of the relationship.

  • Yes
  • No

8. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • English only
  • French only
  • Both English and French
  • Neither English nor French

9. a) What language(s) does this person speak on a regular basis at home?

  • English
  • French
  • Other language(s) — specify:

If this person indicates only one language in question 9. a), go to question 10.

9. b) Of these languages, which one does this person speak most often at home?

Indicate more than one language only if they are spoken equally at home.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

10. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?

If this person no longer understands the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

The following questions collect information in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to support education programs in English and French in Canada.

11. Is this dwelling located in Quebec?

  • No
    • Continue with question 12.
  • Yes
    • Go to question 15.

12. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in French in Canada (including immersion)?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes (previously or currently attending)
  • No
    • Go to question 17.

13. In which type of program was this schooling in French done?

  • regular French program in a French-language school
  • French immersion program in an English-language school
    • Go to question 17.
  • Both types of programs
  • Other program — specify:

14. For how many years did this person attend a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada?

  • Number of years in primary schooling (including kindergarten and middle school)
    • Number of years
      • Go to question 17.
  • Number of years in secondary schooling
    • Number of years
      • Go to question 17.

15. Did this person do any of their primary or secondary schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes (previously or currently attending)
  • No
    • Go to question 17.

16. For how many years did this person do their schooling in an English-language school in Canada (including immersion)?

  • Number of years in primary schooling (including kindergarten)
    • Number of years
  • Number of years in secondary schooling
    • Number of years

Activities of daily living

The following question is about difficulties a person may have doing certain activities. Only difficulties or long-term conditions that have lasted or are expected to last for six months or more should be considered.

17. a) Does this person have any difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or contact lenses)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

17. b) Does this person have any difficulty hearing (even when using a hearing aid)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

17. c) Does this person have any difficulty walking, using stairs, using their hands or fingers or doing other physical activities?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

17. d) Does this person have any difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

17. e) Does this person have any emotional, psychological or mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, anorexia, etc.)?

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

17. f) Does this person have any other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more?

Exclude: any health problems previously reported in questions 17. a) to 17. e) above.

  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always

General Health

The following question is about the general health status of members of this household.

18. In general, how is this person's health?

Health means not only the absence of disease or injury but also, physical, mental and social well-being.

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Excellent
  • Very good
  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor

Sociocultural information

19. Where was this person born?

Specify one response only, according to present boundaries.

  • Born in Canada
    • N.L.
    • P.E.I.
    • N.S.
    • N.B.
    • Quebec
    • Ontario
    • Manitoba
    • Sask.
    • Alberta
    • B.C.
    • Yukon
    • N.W.T.
    • Nunavut
  • Born outside Canada — specify country:

20. Where were this person's parents born?

Specify the country or countries according to present boundaries.

  • All parents born in Canada
  • All parents born outside Canada
    • Specify the country of birth of each parent:
  • One parent born in Canada AND one parent born outside Canada
    • Specify the country of birth outside Canada:

21. a) Is this person a Canadian citizen?

"Canadian citizen by naturalization" refers to an immigrant who was granted citizenship of Canada under the Citizenship Act.

  • Yes, a Canadian citizen by birth
  • Yes, a Canadian citizen by naturalization
  • No, not a Canadian citizen

21. b) Is this person a citizen of a country other than Canada?

Indicate more than one country of citizenship, if applicable.

  • No other countries of citizenship
  • Yes, other countries of citizenship
    • Specify the country or countries of citizenship:

22. What language(s), other than English or French, does this person know well enough to conduct a conversation?

If applicable, include sign languages.

  • None
  • OR
    • Other language(s) — specify:

23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?

Ancestors refer to the people from whom one is descended (grandparents, great grandparents, etc.)

For examples of ethnic or cultural origins, visit www12.statcan.gc.ca/ancestry

  • Specify as many origins as applicable using capital letters.

24. Is this person First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

Note: First Nations includes Status and non-Status individuals.

If "Yes", mark "x" the circle(s) that best describe(s) this person now.

  • No, not First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
  • OR
  • Yes, First Nations
  • Yes, Métis
  • Yes, Inuk (Inuit)

The following question collects information to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural and economic life of Canada.

25. Which population group or groups best describe this person?

Mark "x" all groups that apply, or specify another group, if applicable.

  • White
  • South Asian (e.g., Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
  • First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
  • Chinese
  • Black
  • Filipino
  • Arab
  • Latin American
  • Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai)
  • West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan)
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Or please specify another group:

26. Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada)?

The term "Indian" is used in this question as a legal term within current legislation.

  • No
  • Yes, Status Indian (Registered or Treaty)

27. Is this person a member of a First Nation?

Include self-governing First Nations.

If "Yes", which First Nation?

For example, Westbank First Nation, Atikamekw of Manawan, Red Rock Indian Band.

  • No
  • Yes, member of a First Nation
    • Specify name of First Nation:

28. Is this person a registered member or citizen of a Métis government, organization or Settlement?

If "Yes", which Métis government, organization or Settlement?

Mark "x" one circle only or specify.

  • No
  • Yes, registered member or citizen of a Métis government, organization or Settlement
    Name of Métis government, organization or Settlement
    • Métis Nation of Ontario
    • Manitoba Métis Federation
    • Métis Nation — Saskatchewan
    • Métis Nation of Alberta (Opitemisiwak Métis Government)
    • Métis Nation British Columbia
    • Or specify Métis organization or Alberta Metis Settlement:

29. Is this person enrolled under, or a beneficiary of, an Inuit land claims agreement?

Please indicate the agreement, rather than the representative organization. For example, mark "Nunavut Agreement" rather than specifying Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI).

  • No
  • Yes
    Which Inuit land claims agreement?
    • Inuvialuit Final Agreement
    • Nunavut Agreement (Nunavut Land Claims Agreement)
    • James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (Nunavik)
    • Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (Nunatsiavut)
    • Or specify Inuit land claims agreement:

Religion

30. What is this person's religion?

For example, Roman Catholic, Muslim, United Church, Anglican, Hindu, Sikh, Baptist, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, etc.

For additional examples of denominations and religions, visit www12.statcan.gc.ca/religion-e

Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group.

  • Specify one denomination or religion only.
  • OR
  • No religion

Canadian military experience

31. Has this person ever served in the Canadian military?

Do not include service as a Cadet (youth program).

  • Yes, currently serving in the Canadian military
    What type of service is this?
    Mark all that apply.
    • Regular Force
    • Reserve Force
    • Specify other type of service:
  • Yes, but no longer serving in the Canadian military
    What type of service was this?
    Mark all that apply.
    • Regular Force
    • Reserve Force
    • Specify other type of service:
  • No Canadian military service

Mobility

32. Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 12, 2025?

Mark "x" one circle only.

Note: 
For those who mark the fourth circle:

Please give the name of the city or town rather than the metropolitan area of which it is a part.
For example:

  • Saanich rather than Victoria (metropolitan area)
  • St. Albert rather than Edmonton (metropolitan area)
  • Laval rather than Montréal (metropolitan area).
  • Born after May 12, 2025
  • Lived at the same address as now
  • Lived at a different address in the same city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve
  • Lived in a different city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve in Canada
    • Specify the name of the city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve of residence 1 year ago.
      • Province or territory
      • Postal code
  • Lived outside Canada
    • Specify the country of residence 1 year ago.

33. Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 12, 2021?

Mark "x" one circle only.

Note: 

For those who mark the fourth circle: 

Please give the name of the city or town rather than the metropolitan area of which it is a part.

For example:

  • Saanich rather than Victoria (metropolitan area)
  • St. Albert rather than Edmonton (metropolitan area)
  • Laval rather than Montréal (metropolitan area).
  • Born after May 12, 2021
  • Lived at the same address as now
  • Lived at a different address in the same city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve
  • Lived in a different city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve in Canada
    • Specify the name of the city, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve of residence 5 years ago.
      • Province or territory
      • Postal code
  • Lived outside Canada
    • Specify the country of residence 5 years ago.

Homelessness

34. Considering homelessness experiences, over the past 12 months, has this person stayed in a shelter, on the street or in parks, in a makeshift shelter, in a vehicle, or in an abandoned building?

  • Yes
  • No

35. Considering other types of housing challenges, over the past 12 months, has this person lived temporarily with friends, family or others because they had nowhere else to live?

Include temporary living arrangements where the person did not have the resources to secure their own permanent housing (person facing financial difficulties, fleeing abuse, recently evicted, etc.).

Exclude stays for vacation, family visits, or other voluntary short-term stays.

  • Yes
    Is this person currently living in this household temporarily because they have nowhere else to live?
    • Yes
    • No
  • No

Questions 36 to 59 are asked only for persons aged 15 years and older (born before May 12, 2011).

This question collects information on sexual orientation to inform programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone living in Canada to share in its social, cultural, and economic life.

36. What is this person’s sexual orientation?

Sexual orientation refers to how a person describes their sexuality.

  • Heterosexual (i.e., straight)
  • Lesbian or gay
  • Bisexual or pansexual
  • Or please specify this person’s sexual orientation:

Education

37. Has this person completed a high school (secondary school) diploma or equivalent?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Examples of high school equivalency certificates are General Educational Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE).

High school diploma or certificate

  • Yes, high school diploma
  • Yes, high school equivalency certificate
  • No

38. a) Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Mark "x" all that apply.

For example, hairstyling, cooking, electrician, carpentry.

Registered Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma

  • Yes, Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification (Journeyperson's designation)
  • Yes, other trades certificate or diploma
  • No

38. b) Has this person completed a collegeCEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Exclude any certificates or diplomas reported in question 38. a) above.

Mark "x" all that apply.

For example, accounting technology, industrial engineering technology, legal assistant.

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma

  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of less than 3 months
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to less than 2 years
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a 2-year program
  • Yes, certificate or diploma from a program of more than 2 years
  • No

38. c) Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?

Include qualifications obtained in Canada or outside Canada.

Mark "x" all that apply.

University certificate, diploma or degree

  • Yes, university certificate or diploma below bachelor level
  • Yes, bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.A.(Hons.), B.Sc., B.Ed., LL.B.)
  • Yes, university certificate or diploma above bachelor level
  • Yes, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry (M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.V.M., O.D.)
  • Yes, master's degree (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., M.B.A.)
  • Yes, earned doctorate (e.g., Ph.D.)
  • No

39. What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed?

Please be specific.

For example, automobile mechanics, health care attendant, medical laboratory technology, civil engineering, agricultural economics.

Print in capital letters as follows: COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

  • Major field of study of highest certificate, diploma or degree
  • OR
    • No certificate, diploma or degree higher than high school
      • Go to question 41. a)

40. In what province, territory or country did this person complete their highest certificate, diploma or degree?

  • In Canada – specify province or territory:
  • OR
  • Outside Canada – specify country:

41. a) At any time between September 2025 and May 2026, was this person attending school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university?

Report only attendance for courses that can be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree. Distance learning for credit is included.

Attendance at any time between September 2025 and May 2026

  • Yes
    • Continue with the next question
  • No, was not attending school at any time between September 2025 and May 2026
    • Go to question 42.

41. b) What type of school was this person attending?

Mark "x" all that apply.

At any time between September 2025 and May 2026

  • Was attending elementary, junior high school or high school
  • Was attending college, CEGEP, business school, technical institute, trade school or other non-university institution
  • Was attending university

Note: Many of the following questions refer to the week from Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9, 2026.

Labour market activities

42. During the week of Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9, 2026, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment?

Please enter the total number of hours worked for pay or in self-employment at all jobs held during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026.

Exclude the number of hours:

  • away due to illness, on vacation or any other reasons.

Include the number of hours:

  • working for wages, salary, tips or commission
  • working overtime
  • working in their own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership
  • working directly towards the operation of a family farm or business without formal pay arrangements (e.g., assisting in seeding, doing accounts).
  • Number of hours (to the nearest hour)
    • Go to question 45.
  • OR
  • None
    • Continue with the next question

43. During the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from their job or business?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • No
  • No, retired
  • Yes, on temporary lay-off from a job with indication of being recalled within the next 6 months
  • Yes, on vacation, ill, on strike or locked out, or absent for other reasons

44. When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • In 2026
    • Continue with the next question
  • In 2025
    • Continue with the next question
  • Before 2025
    • Go to question 51.
  • Never
    • Go to question 51.

Note: Questions 45. to 50. refer to this person's job or business during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026. If this person held no job, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2025. If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

45. For whom did this person work?

Enter the full name of the company, business, government department or agency, or person.

For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter “self-employed”.

Print in capital letters as follows:

Name of firm, government department, etc.

ABC CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED

  • Specify who this person worked for

46. What kind of business, industry or service was this?

For example, new home construction, primary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, food wholesale, car parts factory, federal government, etc.

  • Kind of business, industry or service

47. What was this person's work or occupation?

For example, legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, secondary school teacher, computer programmer, etc.

  • Occupation

48. In this work, what were this person's main activities?

For example, prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, taught mathematics, developed software, etc.

  • Main activities

Note: Questions 49. to 50. refer to this person's job or business during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026. If this person held no job, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2025. If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

49. Was this person an employee or self-employed?

If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours. If this person held no job during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2025.

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Employee – Permanent position (no fixed end date)
    • Go to question 51.
  • Employee – Fixed-term position (1 year or more)
    • Go to question 51.
  • Employee – Casual, seasonal or short-term position (less than 1 year)
    • Go to question 51.
  • Unpaid family worker (without pay or salary) for their spouse or another relative in a family business or farm
    • Go to question 51.
  • Self-employed without paid employees (alone or in partnership)
  • Self-employed with paid employees (alone or in partnership)

50. Was this person's farm or business incorporated?

  • No
  • Yes

Questions 51. to 53. are asked for persons aged 15 years and older who did not work during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026. If this person was aged 65 years and older, answered "No, retired" in question 43. and answered "Before 2025" in question 44., go to question 60.

51. Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 12 to May 9, 2026?

For example, did this person contact an employment centre, check with employers, place or answer Internet ads, etc.?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • No
  • Yes, looked for full-time work
    • Go to question 53.
  • Yes, looked for part-time work (less than 30 hours per week)
    • Go to question 53.

52. During the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks?

  • No
  • Yes

53. Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9, 2026, had one been available?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Yes, could have started a job
  • No, already had a job
  • No, because of illness or disability
  • No, because of personal or family responsibilities
  • No, going to school
  • No, other reasons

Note: Questions 54. a) and 54. b) refer to this person's job or business during the week of May 3 to May 9, 2026. If this person held no job, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2025. If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

54. a) In this job, what language(s) did this person use on a regular basis?

  • English
  • French
  • Other language(s) — specify:

If this person indicates only one language in question 54. a), go to question 55.

54. b) Of these languages, which one did this person use most often in this job?

Indicate more than one language only if they were used equally at work.

  • English
  • French
  • Other language — specify:

These questions are only for persons aged 15 years and older with a job or absent from their job or business during the week of Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9, 2026.

55. In a usual workweek, at which of the following locations does this person work?

Mark "x" all that apply.

If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which they worked the most hours.

For persons with a workplace location outside their home, provide the address. If the street address is unknown or if the address is a post office box, specify the building or nearest street intersection. Do not give a post office box number.

If the address of work is different than the address of the employer, please provide the address where this person actually works. For example, school teachers should provide the address of their school, not the address of the school board.

Example: 365 Laurier Ave. West

  • Number
  • Name
  • Type
  • Direction
  • Worked at home (including farms)
    • Go to question 58.
  • Worked outside Canada
    • Go to question 58.
  • No fixed workplace location
    • Continue to the next question
  • Worked at a fixed workplace location outside the home specified below:
    • Street address (see example)
    • City, municipality, town, village or First Nations reserve
    • Province or territory
      • N.L.
      • P.E.I.
      • N.S.
      • N.B.
      • Quebec
      • Ontario
      • Manitoba
      • Sask.
      • Alberta
      • B.C.
      • Yukon
      • N.W.T.
      • Nunavut
    • Postal code

56. a) In a usual workweek, what modes of commuting does this person use to get to work?

Hybrid workers respond for the days they commute to work.

Mark "Subway or elevated rail" for:

  • Vancouver SkyTrain
  • Toronto subway
  • Montréal Metro.

Mark "Light rail, streetcar or commuter train" for:

  • Vancouver West Coast Express
  • Calgary CTrain
  • Edmonton LRT
  • Toronto streetcars
  • Toronto GO Train
  • Ottawa O-Train
  • Montréal commuter trains
  • Montréal REM
  • Kitchener-Waterloo ION LRT.

Mark "x" as many circles as applicable.

  • Car, truck or van — as a driver
  • Car, truck or van — as a passenger
  • Bus
  • Subway or elevated rail
  • Light rail, streetcar or commuter train
  • Passenger ferry
  • Walked to work
  • Bicycle, electric bike or electric scooter
  • Motorcycle, motorized scooter or moped
  • Other method

56. b) In a usual workweek, what main mode of commuting does this person use to get to work?

Mark "x" one circle only.

Hybrid workers respond for the days they commute to work.

If this person uses more than one mode of commuting to get to work, mark the one used for most of the travel distance.

  • Car, truck or van — as a driver
    • Go to question 56. c)
  • Car, truck or van — as a passenger
    • Go to question 56. c)
  • Bus
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Subway or elevated rail
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Light rail, streetcar or commuter train
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Passenger ferry
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Walked to work
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Bicycle, electric bike or electric scooter
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Motorcycle, motorized scooter or moped
    • Go to question 57. a)
  • Other method
    • Go to question 57. a)

56. c) How many workers, including this personusually ride in this car, truck or van to work?

  • 1 worker
  • 2 workers
  • 3 or more workers

57. a) What time does this person's trip to work usually begin?

Hybrid workers respond for the days they commute to work.

  • Usual time
    • Specify the usual time this person leaves for work
      • hour
      • min
      • a.m.
      • p.m.
  • No usual time (e.g., shift worker)

57. b) How many minutes does this person's trip to work usually last?

Hybrid workers respond for the days they commute to work.

  • Number of minutes
  • OR
  • No usual duration

58. How many weeks did this person work for pay or in self-employment in 2025?

A year has 52 weeks.

Include:

  • paid vacation and sick leave paid by the employer
  • weeks worked part time, even for a few hours.

Exclude:

  • weeks absent and not paid by the employer, such as maternity, parental or disability leave, etc.
  • None
    • Go to question 60.
  • OR
    • Number of weeks worked (including paid vacation and sick leave paid for by the employer and excluding absences unpaid by the employer, such as maternity, parental or disability leave, etc.)
      • Continue with question 59. if you answered 1 week or more for this person.

59. In 2025, did this person work mostly full time or part time?

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • Full time (30 hours or more per week)
  • Part time (less than 30 hours per week)

Question 60. is asked only for persons aged 13 years and younger (born after May 12, 2012).

60. In 2025, did this person usually attend any child care arrangement (e.g., a daycare centre, a home-based child care, or other arrangement with or without costs)?

Include before or after school programs and care provided by a relative or a non-relative used on a regular basis.

Exclude child care provided by parent or guardian, school attendance, occasional child care arrangements for school holidays and homeschooling.

  • Yes
    • Specify the total amount paid by your household for this child care arrangement in 2025.
      • Do not double count any amounts that were already reported.
      • If your household used child care without incurring any costs (fully subsidized daycare, child care provided by a relative, etc.), mark "$0 – used child care with no payment".
      • Total amount paid for child care in 2025
    • OR
    • $0 – used child care with no payment
  • No

Questions 61. and 62. are asked only for persons aged 15 years and older (born before May 12, 2011).

61. In 2025, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a former spouse or partner?

Support payments are covered by an agreement to pay a fixed amount on a regular basis. Exclude all other gifts or transfers of money. Include only support payments actually paid.

Answer "Yes" or "No". If "Yes", also enter the total amount for 2025.

  • Yes
    • $
  • No

62. Does this person pay, partly or entirely, the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc. for this dwelling?

Mark "x" "Yes" if this person pays the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc. for this dwelling, even if more than one person contributes to such payments.

A dwelling is a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance from the outside or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building. This entrance should not be through someone else's living quarters.

Exclude payments for other dwellings (the school residence of a child, the residence of a former spouse, another dwelling that you may own or rent, etc.).

  • Yes
  • No

Note: Turn the page and answer the questions about this dwelling.

Step E

Answer questions E1. to E8. about this dwelling.

The questions refer to May 12, 2026, unless otherwise specified.

A dwelling is a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance from the outside or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building. This entrance should not be through someone else's living quarters.

E1. Is this dwelling:

Mark "x" one circle only.

  • owned by you or a member of this household (even if it is still being paid for)?
  • rented (even if no cash rent is paid)?

E2. Is this dwelling part of a condominium development?

  • Yes
  • No

E3. a) How many rooms are there in this dwelling?

Count kitchen, bedrooms, finished rooms in attic or basement, etc.

Do not count bathrooms, halls, vestibules and rooms used solely for business purposes.

  • Number of rooms

E3. b) How many of these rooms are bedrooms?

Count all rooms designed as bedrooms, even if they are now used for something else. Also count basement bedrooms.

  • Number of bedrooms

E4. When was this dwelling originally built?

Mark the period in which the building was completed, not the time of any later remodelling, additions or conversions. If year is not known, give best estimate.

  • 1920 or before
  • 1921 to 1945
  • 1946 to 1960
  • 1961 to 1970
  • 1971 to 1980
  • 1981 to 1990
  • 1991 to 1995
  • 1996 to 2000
  • 2001 to 2005
  • 2006 to 2010
  • 2011 to 2015
  • 2016 to 2020
  • 2021 to 2025
  • 2026

E5. Is this dwelling in need of any repairs?

Exclude desirable remodelling or additions.

  • No, only regular maintenance is needed (painting, furnace cleaning, etc.)
  • Yes, minor repairs are needed (missing or loose floor tiles, bricks or shingles; defective steps, railing or siding; etc.)
  • Yes, major repairs are needed (defective plumbing or electrical wiring; structural repairs to walls, floors or ceilings; etc.)

Answer questions E6. to E8. for this dwelling even if you own or rent more than one dwelling.

If the exact amount is not known, please give a best estimate.

E6. a) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for electricity?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • OR
    • $ per year

E6. b) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for oil, gas, coal, wood or other fuels?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • OR
    • $ per year

E6. c) For this dwelling, what are the yearly payments (last 12 months) for water and other municipal services?

  • None
  • Included in rent or other payments
  • OR
    • $ per year

For renters only, answer parts E7. a) and E7. b):

E7. a) What is the monthly rent paid for this dwelling?

  • Rented without payment of cash rent
  • OR
    • $ per month

E7. b) Is this dwelling subsidized?

Subsidized housing includes rent geared to income, social housing, public housing, government-assisted housing, non-profit housing, rent supplements and housing allowances.

  • Yes
  • No

For owners only, answer parts E8. a) through E8. e):

E8. a) What are the total regular monthly mortgage or loan payments for this dwelling?

  • None
    • Go to part c)
  • OR
    • $ per month

E8. b) Are the property taxes (municipal and school) included in monthly mortgage or loan payments indicated in the previous question?

  • Yes
    • Go to part d)
  • No

E8. c) What are the estimated yearly property taxes (municipal and school) for this dwelling?

  • None
  • OR
    • $ per year

E8. d) If you were to sell this dwelling now, for how much would you expect to sell it?

  • $

E8. e) What are the monthly condominium fees?

  • None
  • OR
    • $ per month

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2024 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry: Reporting Guide

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2024 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-877-949-9492

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which 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 information from this survey for statistical purposes.

NOTE:

  1. If this business performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
  2. If this business performs in-house R&D and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-5, 8-21.
  3. If this business outsources R&D and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5-7, 12 & 16-21.
  4. If this business does not perform in-house R&D and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5, 12, 16, 17 & 19-21.

Difference 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 businesses, organizations or individuals to fund R&D performance:

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

Reporting period information

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

  • May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
  • July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
  • October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024
  • January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
  • February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
  • April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025

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

  • September 18, 2023 to September 15, 2024 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (e.g., a newly opened business)

Definitions and Concepts

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.

Activities included and excluded from R&D

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.

Clinical Trials

Include clinical trial phases 1, 2, and 3. Include clinical trial phase 4 only if it brings about a further scientific or technological advance.

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 or 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, 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.

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, and 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 license work

Exclude all administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses.

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, where results do not further scientific, technological advance, or understanding of the effectiveness of a technology.

In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q4 - Q7)

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 contactors
  • 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 databases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
  • cost of outsourced (contracted out or granted) small R&D prototypes or R&D models
  • materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.)
  • all other R&D-related materials.

d. All other current R&D costs including overhead

Include administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, lease/rent, post and telecommunications, internet, legal expenditures, 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 R&D expenditures

Capital in-house R&D 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 R&D 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.

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q8 - Q11)

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Companies include all incorporated for-profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.
  3. 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).
  4. Industrial research institutes or associations include all non-profit organizations that serve the business sector, with industrial associations frequently consisting of their membership.
  5. Universities include hospitals and clinics when they are affiliated with a university and provide education services or when R&D activity is under the direct control of a university.
  6. Federal government includes all federal government departments and agencies. It excludes federal government business enterprises providing products in the market.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Other organizations – individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments including ministries, departments and agencies of foreign governments.

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2024 (Q16)

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude:

  • payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D, which should be reported in question 9
  • capital depreciation.
  1. 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).

  2. 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).

  3. Federal government grants or funding

    Funds received from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  4. Federal government contracts

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

  5. R&D contract work for other companies

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

  6. Provincial or territorial government grants or funding

    Funds received from the provincial or territorial government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.

  7. 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.

  8. R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations

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

  9. Other sources

    Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.

Fields of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2024 (Q18)

Exclude:

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

Natural and formal sciences

Mathematics, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth and related environmental sciences, biological sciences, other natural sciences.

Exclude computer sciences, information sciences and bioinformatics (to be reported at lines s. and t.)

  1. Mathematics: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Other natural 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.

Exclude software engineering and technology (to be reported at line r).

  1. Civil engineering: civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Chemical engineering: chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.
  5. 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).
  6. Medical engineering: medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials, which should be reported under Industrial biotechnology).
  7. 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.
  8. Environmental biotechnology: environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).
  9. Industrial biotechnology: industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bioderived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).
  10. Nanotechnology: nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).
  11. Other engineering and technologies: food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technology

Software engineering and technology, computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics.

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

Medical and health sciences

Basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, medical biotechnology, other medical sciences.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Health sciences: health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.
  4. 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).
  5. Other medical sciences: forensic science, other medical sciences.

Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences, animal and dairy sciences, veterinary sciences, agricultural biotechnology, other agricultural sciences.

  1. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.
  2. Animal and dairy sciences: animal and dairy science, animal husbandry.
  3. Veterinary sciences: veterinary science (all).
  4. 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.
  5. Other agricultural sciences: other agricultural sciences.

Social sciences and humanities

Psychology, educational sciences, economics and business, other social sciences, humanities.

  1. Psychology: cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, psychometrics and quantitative psychology, and other fields of psychology.
  2. Educational sciences: education, training and other related educational sciences.
  3. 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.
  4. Other social sciences: anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography, geography (human, economic and social), planning (town, city and country), management, organization 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.
  5. 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.

In-house R&D personnel in 2024 (Q70 - Q72)

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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.

Technology and technical assistant payments in 2024 (Q73 - Q75)

Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  1. Patent

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

  2. Copyright

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

  3. 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.

  4. Industrial design

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

  5. Integrated circuit topography

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

  6. 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.

  7. Packaged or off-the-shelf software

    Packaged software purchased for organizational use, excluding software with customization.

  8. Databases

    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data including access clinical trial registries and administrative health data for research purposes. Includes partnerships supporting the development of databases, such as patient or clinical trial registries or biobanks, to be used for research purposes (e.g., developing a national bladder cancer patient registry with Bladder Cancer Canada for future research).

  9. Other technology and technical assistance

    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how including technology transfer and know how such as batch pilot production, method develop, and validation related to technology or manufacturing transfer.

Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q22 - Q69)

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.

  1. Crude oils and natural gas exploration

    Include development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and offshore prospecting.

  2. Crude oil and natural gas production and storage, include enhanced recovery natural gas production

    Include on-shore and offshore 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, offshore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.

  3. 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.

  4. Refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels

    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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

Renewable energy resources

Solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications, solar heating and cooling, wind energy, bio-energy – biomass production and transport, 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.

  1. Solar photovoltaics (PV)

    Include solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.

  2. Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications

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

  3. 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.

  4. Wind energy

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

  5. Bio-energy – Biomass production 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.

  6. Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to transportation fuel

    Include conventional biofuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.

  7. 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.

  8. Other bio-energy

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

  9. Small hydro (less than 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity below 10 MW.

  10. Large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)

    Include plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.

  11. 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.

Nuclear fission and fusion

Materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.

  1. Nuclear materials 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.

  2. Nuclear reactors

    Include nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.

  3. 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.

  4. Fusion

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

Electric Power

Generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.

  1. 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.

  2. Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings

    Include industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.

  3. 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.

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.

  1. Hydrogen production for process applications
  2. Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  3. Hydrogen transport and storage
  4. Other hydrogen

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

  5. Stationary fuel cells

    Include electricity generation, other stationary end-use.

  6. Mobile fuel cells

    Include portable applications.

Energy efficiency

Industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.

  1. Energy efficiency applications 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.

  2. Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors

    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.

  3. Energy efficiency for transportation

    Includes 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, other.

  4. 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.

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.

  1. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  2. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  3. Carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector

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

  4. 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.

  5. All other energy technologies

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

Environmental and clean technology R&D expenditures in 2024

Air pollution management

Activities aimed at reducing the emissions of pollutants (including greenhouse gases) to the atmosphere. Include pollution abatement and control (i.e., end-of-pipe processes) and pollution prevention (i.e., integrated processes), as well as related measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Solid waste management

Activities related to the collection, treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling of all domestic, industrial, non-hazardous and hazardous waste (including low-level radioactive waste). Include monitoring activities. Exclude radioactive waste and mine tailings handling and treatment (to be reported under Protection against radiation and Wastewater management, respectively).

Wastewater management

Activities aimed at pollution reduction or prevention through the abatement of pollutants or the reduction of the release of wastewater. Include measures aimed at reducing pollutants before discharge, reducing the release of wastewater, septic tanks, treatment of cooling water, handling and treatment of mine tailings, etc.

Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water

Activities aimed at the prevention of pollution infiltration: remediation or cleaning up of soils and water bodies; protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation; monitoring, control, laboratories and the like. Exclude management of wastewater released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems or soil, or injected underground (to be reported under Wastewater management) and protection of biodiversity and habitat (to be reported under Protection of biodiversity and habitat).

Protection of biodiversity and habitat

Activities related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity, and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity. Include related environmental measurements, monitoring, control, laboratories and the like.

Noise and vibration abatement

Activities aimed at controlling or reducing industrial and transport noise and vibration for the sole purpose of protecting the environment. Include preventive in-process modifications at the source, construction of anti-noise/vibration facilities, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Protection against radiation

Activities aimed at preventing, reducing, or eliminating the negative consequences of radiation on the environment. This includes all handling, transportation, and treatment of radioactive waste (i.e. waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation due to high radionuclide content), the protection of ambient media, measurement, control, laboratories and the like, as well as any other activities related to the containment of radioactive waste. Exclude activities and measures related to low-level radioactive waste (to be reported under Solid waste management), the prevention of technological hazards (e.g., external safety of nuclear power plants), and measures taken to protect workers.

Heat or energy savings and management

Activities aimed at reducing the intake of energy through in-process modifications (such as adjustment of production processes or heat and electricity co-generation), as well as reducing heat and energy losses. This includes insulation activities, energy recovery, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Renewable energy

Energy obtained from resources that naturally replenish or renew within a human lifespan (i.e. the resource is a sustainable source of energy). This includes wind, solar, aero-thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases.

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2024 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry - Industrial Non-profit Organizations

Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects information on scientific activities of Canadian businesses and industrial non-profit organizations. 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:

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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.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

For this survey, Statistics Canada will share survey data with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The shared data will be limited to information on research and development expenditures (Questions 4 to 21) and in-house research and development personnel (Questions 70 to 72).

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. 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. 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)
    The maximum number of characters is 10.
  • Fax number (including area code)

3. 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. 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
    • Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity
    • e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development
  • This is not the current main activity

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

  • if desired, you can filter the search results by first selecting this business or organization's activity sector
  • enter keywords or a brief description that best describes this business or organization main activity
  • press the Search button to search the database for an activity that best matches the keywords or description you provided
  • then select an activity from the list.

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

Enter keywords or a brief description, then press the Search button

Additional reporting instructions

1. Throughout this questionnaire, please report financial information in thousands of Canadian dollars.

For example, an amount of $763,880.25 should be reported as: 764, CAN$ '000

I will report in the format above

Reporting period

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

Note: For this survey, this organization's fiscal year end date should fall on or before March 31, 2025.

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

  • May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
  • July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
  • October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024
  • January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
  • February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
  • April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025

Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2024 throughout the questionnaire

Organization status

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

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

Before you begin please be aware of the definitions for this survey
'In-house R&D ' refers to
Expenditures within Canada for R&D performed within this organization by:

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

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

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

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

3. In 2024, did this organization 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 organization'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 2024, what were this organization'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, lease/rent, post and telecommunications, internet, legal expenditures, 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.

In 2024, what were this organization's expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
2024 - Current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
a. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
Include fringe benefits.
 
b. Services to support R&D
Include services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects.
Exclude contracted out or granted expenditures to other organizations to perform R&D (report in question 9).
 
c. R&D materials  
d. All other current R&D costs
Include overhead costs.
 
2024 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2024 - Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada
e. Software
Exclude capital depreciation.
 
f. Land
Exclude capital depreciation.
 
g. Buildings and structures
Exclude capital depreciation.
 
h. Equipment, machinery and all other capital
Exclude capital depreciation.
 
2024 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2024 - Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

5. In 2025 and 2026, does this organization 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.

Clinical Trials
Include clinical trial phases 1, 2, and 3. Include clinical trial phase 4 only if it brings about a further scientific or technological advance.

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, development of community strategies for disease prevention, analysis of the effectiveness of health interventions, or health education.

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 where results do not further scientific, technological advance, or understanding of the effectiveness of a technology.

  • In 2025
  • In 2026
  • No planned in-house R&D expenditures

6. In 2025, what are this organization'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.

In 2025, what are this organization's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. 2025 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
b. 2025 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

7. In 2026, what are this organization'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.

In 2026, what are this organization's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. 2026 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
b. 2026 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

8. In 2024, did this organization 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 organization'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 2024, what were this organization'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 organization'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, consortia, accelerators, 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.

Universities include hospitals and clinics when they are affiliated with a university and provide education services or when R&D activity is under the direct control of a university.

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, for profit accelerators and incubators, foreign governments including ministries, departments and agencies of foreign governments.

In 2024, what were this organization's outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?
Table summary
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  Within Canada
CAN$ '000
Outside Canada
CAN$ '000
a. Companies    
b. Private non-profit organizations    
c. Industrial research institutes or associations    
d. Hospitals    
e. Universities    
f. Federal government departments and agencies    
g. Provincial or territorial government departments, ministries and agencies    
h. Provincial or territorial research organizations    
i. Other organizations
e.g., individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments
   
2024 - Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    

10. In 2025 and 2026, does this organization 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 organization'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 2025
  • In 2026
  • No planned payments to others to perform R&D

11. In 2025 and 2026, what are this organization'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 organization'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, licenses, grants, donations, endowments and fellowships to another company, university, hospital, consortia, organization or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.

Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

In 2025 and 2026, what are this organization's planned outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Within Canada
CAN$ '000
Outside Canada
CAN$ '000
a. 2025    
b. 2026    

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2024 to 2026

12. In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2024 to 2026

12. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2024 to 2026
Table summary
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  2024
CAN$ '000
2025
CAN$ '000
2026
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 2024

13. In 2024, in which provinces or territories did this organization 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 2024, how were this organization'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.

In 2024, how were this organization's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house distributed by province or territory?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Current in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000
Capital in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000
a. Newfoundland and Labrador    
b. Prince Edward Island    
c. Nova Scotia    
d. New Brunswick    
e. Quebec    
f. Ontario    
g. Manitoba    
h. Saskatchewan    
i. Alberta    
j. British Columbia    
k. Yukon    
l. Northwest Territories    
m. Nunavut    
2024 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures    
2024 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4    

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2024

15. In 2024, what were the sources of funds for this organization'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 organization
Amount contributed by this organization 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 companies
Funds received from 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 organization
    Include interest payments, other income and funding or tax credits from tax incentives.
  • Funds from member companies or affiliates (Include annual fees and sustaining grants)
  • Federal government grants or funding
    Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding. Do not include funds or tax credits from SR&ED tax incentives.
  • Federal government contracts
    Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.
  • R&D contract work for 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 organization 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 organization 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 companies
  • Other sources
    e.g., universities, foreign governments, individuals

16. In 2024, what were the sources of funds for this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] 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 organization
Amount contributed by this organization 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 member companies or affiliates
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 companies
Funds received from 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.

In 2024, what were the sources of funds for this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  From within Canada
CAN$ '000
From outside Canada
CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization
Include interest payments, other income and funding or tax credits from tax incentives.
   
b. Funds from member companies or affiliates    
c. Federal government grants or funding
Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding.
   
d. Federal government contracts    
R&D contract work for companies
e. Business 1
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
f. Business 2
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
g. Business 3
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
h. Business 4
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
i. Other contracts not listed above    
Provincial or territorial government grants or funding
Include R&D grants or funding or R&D portion only of other grants or funding.
j. Newfoundland and Labrador    
k. Prince Edward Island    
l. Nova Scotia    
m. New Brunswick    
n. Quebec    
o. Ontario    
p. Manitoba    
q. Saskatchewan    
r. Alberta    
s. British Columbia    
t. Yukon    
u. Northwest Territories    
v. Nunavut    
Provincial or territorial government contracts
Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.
w. Newfoundland and Labrador    
x. Prince Edward Island    
y. Nova Scotia    
z. New Brunswick    
aa. Quebec    
ab. Ontario    
ac. Manitoba    
ad. Saskatchewan    
ae. Alberta    
af. British Columbia    
ag. Yukon    
ah. Northwest Territories    
ai. Nunavut    
R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations
aj. Organization 1
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
ak. Organization 2
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
al. Organization 3
GST number (9-digit business number (BN) or charitable registration number)
Legal name
   
am. Other sources
e.g., universities, foreign governments, individuals
   
2024 - Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin    
2024 - Total in-house R&D expenditures (Canadian and foreign sources)    
Total in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4    

Fields of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2024

17. In 2024, in which field(s) of research and development did this organization 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 2024, how were this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada 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.

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.

Animal 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, pharmacoeconomics, 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.

In 2024, how were this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Natural and formal sciences
Exclude: computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics (to be reported at lines s. and t.)
a. Mathematics  
b. Physical sciences  
c. Chemical sciences  
d. Earth and related environmental sciences  
e. Biological sciences  
f. Other natural sciences  
Total natural and formal sciences  
Engineering and technology
Exclude: software engineering and technology (to be reported at line r.)
g. Civil engineering  
h. Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology  
i. Mechanical engineering  
j. Chemical engineering  
k. Materials engineering  
l. Medical engineering  
m. Environmental engineering  
n. Environmental biotechnology  
o. Industrial biotechnology  
p. Nanotechnology  
q. Other engineering and technologies  
Total engineering and technology  
Software-related sciences and technology  
r. Software engineering and technology  
s. Computer sciences  
t. Information technology and bioinformatics  
Total software-related sciences and technology  
Medical and health sciences
u. Basic medicine  
v. Clinical medicine  
w. Health sciences  
x. Medical biotechnology  
y. Other medical sciences  
Total medical and health sciences  
Agricultural sciences
z. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences  
aa. Animal and dairy sciences  
ab. Veterinary sciences  
ac. Agricultural biotechnology  
ad. Other agricultural sciences  
Total agricultural sciences  
Social sciences and humanities
ae. Psychology
af. Educational sciences  
ag. Economics and business  
ah. Other social sciences  
ai. Humanities  
Total social sciences and humanities  
2024 - 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 2024 total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development.

Summary of 2024 total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development.
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  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 2024

20. In 2024, how were this organization's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada of $ [Amount] 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.

(OECD. Frascati Manual: Proposed Standard for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development, 2015)

In 2024, how were this organization's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada of $ [Amount] distributed by nature of R&D?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Percentage of total in-house R&D expenditures
a. Basic research  
b. Applied research  
c. Experimental development  
Total percentage  

Results of R&D expenditures from 2022 to 2024

21. During the three (3) years 2022, 2023 and 2024, did this organization'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).

During the three (3) years 2022, 2023 and 2024, did this organization'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?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Yes No
a. Goods
Include goods developed through new knowledge from research discoveries
   
b. Services
Include on-going knowledge transfer to physicians, first responders, patients and the general public.
   
c. Methods of manufacturing or producing goods and services    
d. Logistics, delivery or distribution methods for this organization's inputs, goods or services    
e. Supporting activities for this organization's processes, such as maintenance systems or operations for purchasing, accounting or computing    

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

22. In 2024, did this organization's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy-related R&D in the following categories?

  1. 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.
  2. 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 10 MW), large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW), other renewable energy.
  3. Nuclear: materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.
  4. Electric power: generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.
  5. 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.
  6. Energy efficiency: industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.
  7. 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.
In 2024, did this organization's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy-related R&D in the following categories?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Yes No
a. Fossil fuels    
b. Renewable energy resources    
c. Nuclear fission and fusion    
d. Electric power    
e. Hydrogen and fuel cells    
f. Energy efficiency    
g. Other energy-related technologies    

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

23. In 2024, did this organization'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 off-shore 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 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

24. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas exploration?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on oil sands and heavy crude oil surface and sub-surface production and separation of bitumen, tailings management?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on transportation of fossil fuels?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

30. In 2024, did this organization'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 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

31. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar heating and cooling?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on wind energy?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass production and transport?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other bio-energy?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other renewable energy?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. 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 2024, did this organization'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 2024 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

43. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear reactors?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other fission?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2024, what were this organization'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).

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on fusion?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

47. In 2024, did this organization'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 2024 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

48. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electric power generation in utility sector?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electricity transmission, distribution and storage?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. 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 2024, did this organization'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 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

52. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for process applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for transportation applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen transport and storage?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2024, what were this organization'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).

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other hydrogen?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

58. In 2024, did this organization'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, 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 2024 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

59. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency applications for industry?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000  
a. Funds from this organization    
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)    
c. All other Canadian sources of funds    
d. All foreign sources of funds    
Total in-house R&D    
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada    
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada    
Total outsourced R&D    

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2024, what were this organization'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, other.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for transportation?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other energy efficiency?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. 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 2024, did this organization'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 2024 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

64. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2024, what were this organization'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).

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000  
a. Funds from this organization    
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)    
c. All other Canadian sources of funds    
d. All foreign sources of funds    
Total in-house R&D    
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada    
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada    
Total outsourced R&D    

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy system analysis?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2024 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2024, what were this organization'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.

In 2024, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
a. Funds from this organization  
b. Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
c. All other Canadian sources of funds  
d. All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
e. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
f. Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Summary of energy-related and total R&D expenditures

69. Summary of total 2024 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures

Summary of total 2024 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures
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  Total energy-related R&D Total R&D
Total funds from this organization    
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 expenditures    
Total R&D expenditures    

In-house R&D personnel in 2024

70. In 2024, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this organization 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 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.

In 2024, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this organization have in the following R&D occupations?
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  Men (FTEs) Women (FTEs) Non-binary persons (FTEs) Total (FTEs)
Researchers and research managers
a. Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers
Include software developers and programmers.
       
b. Senior research managers        
Total researchers and research managers        
R&D technical, administrative and support staff
c. Technicians, technologists and research assistants
Include software technicians.
       
d. Other R&D technical, administrative and support staff        
Total R&D technical, administrative and support staff        
Other R&D occupations
e. On-site R&D consultants and contractors        
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada        

71. Of this organization'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

72. In 2024, how were the [Amount] 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.

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.

In 2024, how were the [Amount] total in-house R&D personnel distributed by province or territory?
Table summary
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  Number of researchers and research managers Number of R&D technical, administrative and support staff Number of on-site R&D consultants and contractors
a. Newfoundland and Labrador      
b. Prince Edward Island      
c. Nova Scotia      
d. New Brunswick      
e. Quebec      
f. Ontario      
g. Manitoba      
h. Saskatchewan      
i. Alberta      
j. British Columbia      
k. Yukon      
l. Northwest Territories      
m. Nunavut      
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada      
Total R&D personnel previously reported from question 70      

Technology and technical assistance payments in 2024

73. In 2024, did this organization make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?

Technology and technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  • Patent
    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
  • Copyright
    Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.
  • 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.
  • Industrial design
    Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.
  • Integrated circuit topography
    Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.
  • 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.
  • Packaged or off-the-shelf software
    Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.
  • Databases
    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data including access clinical trial registries and administrative health data for research purposes. Includes partnerships supporting the development of databases, such as patient or clinical trial registries or biobanks, to be used for research purposes (e.g., developing a national bladder cancer patient registry with Bladder Cancer Canada for future research).
  • Other technology and technical assistance
    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how including technology transfer and know how such as batch pilot production, method develop, and validation related to technology or manufacturing transfer.
In 2024, did this organization make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Made Payments Received Payments Both made and received payments Not applicable
a. Patents        
b. Copyrights        
c. Trademarks        
d. Industrial designs        
e. Integrated circuit topography        
f. Original software        
g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software        
h. Databases
Useful life exceeding one year.
       
i. Other technology and technical assistance
Include technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
       

74. In 2024, how much did this organization 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 and technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  • Patent
    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
  • Copyright
    Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.
  • 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.
  • Industrial design
    Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.
  • Integrated circuit topography
    Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.
  • 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.
  • Packaged or off-the-shelf software
    Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.
  • Databases
    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data including access clinical trial registries and administrative health data for research purposes. Includes partnerships supporting the development of databases, such as patient or clinical trial registries or biobanks, to be used for research purposes (e.g., developing a national bladder cancer patient registry with Bladder Cancer Canada for future research).
  • Other
    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how including technology transfer and know how such as batch pilot production, method develop, and validation related to technology or manufacturing transfer.
In 2024, how much did this organization pay to other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Payments made within Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments made outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments made to members, affiliated companies or organizations
a. Patents    
b. Copyrights    
c. Trademarks    
d. Industrial designs    
e. Integrated circuit topography    
f. Original software    
g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
h. Databases
Useful life exceeding one year.
   
i. Other technology and technical assistance
Include technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
   
Total payments made to members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Payments made to other organizations, companies or individuals
j. Patents    
k. Copyrights    
l. Trademarks    
m. Industrial designs    
n. Integrated circuit topography    
o. Original software    
p. Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
q. Databases
Useful life exceeding one year.
   
r. Other technology and technical assistance
Include technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
   
Total payments made to other organizations, companies or individuals    
Total payments made to other organizations for technology and technical assistance    

75. In 2024, how much did this organization 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 and technical assistance payments
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

  • Patent
    Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
  • Copyright
    Legal protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works, computer programs, performer's performances, sound recordings, and communication signals.
  • 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.
  • Industrial design
    Legal protection against imitation of the shape, pattern, or ornamentation of an object.
  • Integrated circuit topography
    Three-dimensional configurations of the elements and interconnections embodied in an integrated circuit product.
  • 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.
  • Packaged or off-the-shelf software
    Packaged software purchased for organizational use and excludes software with customization.
  • Databases
    Data files organized to permit effective access and use of the data including access clinical trial registries and administrative health data for research purposes. Includes partnerships supporting the development of databases, such as patient or clinical trial registries or biobanks, to be used for research purposes (e.g., developing a national bladder cancer patient registry with Bladder Cancer Canada for future research).
  • Other
    Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how including technology transfer and know how such as batch pilot production, method develop, and validation related to technology or manufacturing transfer.
In 2024, how much did this organization receive from other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Payments received from within Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments received from outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments received from members, affiliated companies or organizations
a. Patents    
b. Copyrights    
c. Trademarks    
d. Industrial designs    
e. Integrated circuit topography    
f. Original software    
g. Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
h. Databases
Useful life exceeding one year.
   
i. Other technology and technical assistance
Include technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
   
Total payments received from members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Payments received from other organizations, companies or individuals
j. Patents    
k. Copyrights    
l. Trademarks    
m. Industrial designs    
n. Integrated circuit topography    
o. Original software    
p. Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
q. Databases
Useful life exceeding one year.
   
r. Other technology and technical assistance
Include technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
   
Total payments received from other organizations, companies or individuals    
Total payments received from other organizations for technology and technical assistance    

Environmental and clean technology R&D expenditures in 2024

76. In 2024, what percentage of this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada was related to research and development of environmental and clean technologies?

Environmental and clean technology is defined as any process, product, or service that reduces environmental impacts: through environmental protection activities that prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or any other degradation of the environment, resource management activities that result in the more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion; or the use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy- or resource-intensive than the industry standard

Report '0' for no environmental and clean technology R&D expenditures.

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Percentage of environmental and clean technology R&D

77. In 2024, in which of the following categories of environmental and clean technology did this organization perform R&D activities?

Select all that apply.

Air pollution management: Activities aimed at reducing the emissions of pollutants (including greenhouse gases) to the atmosphere. Include pollution abatement and control (e.g., end-of-pipe processes) and pollution prevention (e.g., integrated processes), as well as related measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Solid waste management: Activities related to the collection, treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling of all domestic, industrial, non-hazardous and hazardous waste (including low-level radioactive waste). Include monitoring activities. Exclude radioactive waste and mine tailings handling and treatment (to be reported under Protection against radiation and Wastewater management, respectively).

Wastewater management: Activities aimed at pollution reduction or prevention through the abatement of pollutants or the reduction of the release of wastewater. Include measures aimed at reducing pollutants before discharge, reducing the release of wastewater, septic tanks, treatment of cooling water, handling and treatment of mine tailings, etc.

Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water: Activities aimed at the prevention of pollution infiltration: remediation or cleaning up of soils and water bodies; protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation; monitoring, control, laboratories and the like. Exclude management of wastewater released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems or soil, or injected underground (to be reported under Wastewater management) and protection of biodiversity and habitat (to be reported under Protection of biodiversity and habitat).

Protection of biodiversity and habitat: Activities related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity, and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity. Include related environmental measurements, monitoring, control, laboratories and the like.

Noise and vibration abatement: Activities aimed at controlling or reducing industrial and transport noise and vibration for the sole purpose of protecting the environment. Include preventive in-process modifications at the source, construction of anti-noise/vibration facilities, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Protection against radiation: Activities aimed at preventing, reducing, or eliminating the negative consequences of radiation on the environment. This includes all handling, transportation, and treatment of radioactive waste (i.e. waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation due to high radionuclide content), the protection of ambient media, measurement, control, laboratories and the like, as well as any other activities related to the containment of radioactive waste. Exclude activities and measures related to low-level radioactive waste (to be reported under Solid waste management), the prevention of technological hazards (e.g., external safety of nuclear power plants), and measures taken to protect workers.

Heat or energy savings and management: Activities aimed at reducing the intake of energy through in-process modifications (such as adjustment of production processes or heat and electricity co-generation), as well as reducing heat and energy losses. This includes insulation activities, energy recovery, measurement, control, laboratories and the like.

Renewable energy: Energy obtained from resources that naturally replenish or renew within a human lifespan (i.e. the resource is a sustainable source of energy). This includes wind, solar, aero-thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases.

  • Air pollution management
    e.g., greenhouse gas control technologies or management services, physical or chemical treatment technologies, air pollution modeling and mapping services
  • Solid waste management
    e.g., collection of waste, recycling and organics, compaction-related technologies, landfill leachate collection and containment technologies
  • Wastewater management
    e.g., physical or chemical treatments of industrial wastewater, mine tailing handling and treatment, biological treatments of sewage
  • Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water
    e.g., in situ and ex situ biological, physical, chemical, thermal treatments, containment
  • Protection of biodiversity and habitat
  • Noise and vibration abatement
    Exclude R&D related to workers' health and safety.
  • Protection against radiation
    Exclude R&D related to workers' health and safety.
  • Heat and energy savings and management
    e.g., efficient equipment (advance insulation, high efficiency pumps or burners (Energy Star certified), etc.), energy storage technologies (flywheels, fuel cells, etc.), lighting upgrades, smart grid services and associated technologies
  • Fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods or technologies
    e.g., electric and hybrid vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuels, alternative fuel retrofits on existing vehicles, low-rolling resistance tires
  • Production of energy from renewable sources
    e.g., equipment, services, and technologies used to produce electricity or heat from renewable sources
  • Production of nuclear energy
    e.g., equipment, services, and technologies used to produce electricity or heat from nuclear energy
    Exclude the R&D on feedstock used to produce energy (such as uranium).
  • Other environmental protection or resource management activities
    Specify the other environmental protection or resource management activities

Organization status

78. In 2024, what were this organization's total expenditures within Canada?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

If precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.

Total expenditures represent the total budget for all operations of this organization in the fiscal period. If 'total expenditures' cannot be calculated, total funds (from members, government programs and all other sources of funds) or total revenues may be provided.

CAN$ '000

Notification of intent to extract web data

79. Does this organization have a website?

  • Yes
    • Specify the organization website address 1
    • e.g., www.example.gc.ca
    • Specify the organization website address 2
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    • Specify the organization website address 3
    • e.g., www.example.gc.ca
  • No

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Changes or events

80. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this 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

Contact person

81. Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

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  • Yes
  • No

Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?

  • First name:
  • Last name:
  • Title:
  • Email address:
  • Telephone number (including area code):
  • Extension number (if applicable):
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  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

82. How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

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83. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?