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 organizations.

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 15) and in-house research and development personnel (Question 73) pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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

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

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

Other data-sharing agreement

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The shared data will be limited to information on in-house research and development expenditures (Question 15) and in-house research and development personnel (Question 73) 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 5 to 22) and in-house research and development personnel (Questions 71 to 73).

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 23 to 70).

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 $763,880.25 should be reported as: CAN$ 764,000

I will report in the format above

Organization status

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, 2021.

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

  • May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
  • July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
  • October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
  • January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
  • February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
  • April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2020 throughout the questionnaire

Organization status

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

GST number (9-digit business number)

3. In 2020, 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

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

Before you begin, 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.

4. In 2020, 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 10.

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

5. In 2020, 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 10.

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 2020, what were this organization's expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
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  CAN$ '000
2020 - Current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees  
Services to support R&D  
R&D materials  
All other current R&D costs  
2020 — Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 — Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Software  
Land  
Buildings and structures  
Equipment, machinery and all other capital  
2020 — Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 — Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

6. In 2021 and 2022, 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 12.

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 2021
  • In 2022
  • No planned in-house R&D expenditures

7. In 2021, 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 12.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2021, what are this organization's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
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  CAN$ '000
2021 — Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2021 — Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

8. In 2022, 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 12.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2022, what are this organization's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
2022 — Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2022 — Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

9. In 2020, 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 5.

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

10. In 2020, 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 5.

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.

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 2020, what were this organization's outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?
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  Within Canada
CAN$ '000		 Outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Companies    
Private non-profit organizations    
Industrial research institutes or associations    
Hospitals    
Universities    
Federal government departments and agencies    
Provincial or territorial government departments, ministries and agencies    
Provincial or territorial research organizations    
Other organizations    
2020 — Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    

11. In 2021 and 2022, 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 7 and 8.

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 2021
  • In 2022
  • No planned payments to others to perform R&D

12. In 2021 and 2022, 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 7 and 8.

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 2021 and 2022, what are this organization's planned outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?
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  Within Canada
CAN$ '000		 Outside Canada
CAN$ '000
2021    
2022    

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2020 to 2022

13. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2020 to 2022
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  2020
CAN$ '000		 2021
CAN$ '000		 2022
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 2020

14. In 2020, 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 10
  • 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

15. In 2020, 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 10
  • 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 2020, how were this organization's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house distributed by province or territory?
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  Current in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000		 Capital in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
2020 — Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures    
2020 — Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 5    

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2020

16. In 2020, 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 10
  • capital depreciation.

Select all that apply.

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 ).

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 ).

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 and other income.
  • 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.
  • 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 private non-profit organizations
  • Other sources
    e.g., universities, foreign governments, individuals

17. In 2020, 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 10
  • 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 interest payments and other income, land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

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 ).

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 2020, what were the sources of funds for this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house?
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  From within Canada
CAN$ '000		 From outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization    
Funds from member companies or affiliates    
Federal government grants or funding    
Federal government contracts    
R&D contract work for companies    
Business 1    
Business 2    
Business 3    
Business 4    
Other contracts not listed above    
Provincial or territorial government grants or funding    
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
Provincial or territorial government contracts    
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations    
Organization 1    
Organization 2    
Organization 3    
Other sources    
Other sources    
2020 — Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin    
2020 — Total in-house R&D expenditures (Canadian and foreign sources)    
Total in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 5    

Fields of R&D for in-house R&D expenditures within Canada in 2020

18. In 2020, 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 10
  • 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

19. In 2020, 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 10
  • capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Natural and formal sciences

Mathematics: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.

Physical sciences: atomic, molecular and chemical physics, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, condensed matter physics, solid state physics and superconductivity, particles and fields physics, nuclear physics, fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics), optics (including laser optics and quantum optics), acoustics, astronomy (including astrophysics, space science).

Chemical sciences: organic chemistry, inorganic and nuclear chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science and plastics, electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, metal corrosion, electrolysis), colloid chemistry, analytical chemistry.

Earth and related environmental sciences: geosciences, geophysics, mineralogy and palaeontology, geochemistry and geophysics, physical geography, geology and volcanology, environmental sciences, meteorology, atmospheric sciences and climatic research, oceanography, hydrology and water resources.

Biological sciences: cell biology, microbiology and virology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biochemical research, mycology, biophysics, genetics and heredity (medical genetics under medical biotechnology), reproductive biology (medical aspects under medical biotechnology), developmental biology, plant sciences and botany, zoology, ornithology, entomology and behavioural sciences biology, marine biology, freshwater biology and limnology, ecology and biodiversity conservation, biology (theoretical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), evolutionary biology.

Other natural sciences: other natural sciences.

Engineering and technology

Civil engineering: civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology: electrical and electronic engineering, robotics and automatic control, micro-electronics, semiconductors, automation and control systems, communication engineering and systems, telecommunications, computer hardware and architecture.

Mechanical engineering: mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, thermodynamics, aerospace engineering, nuclear-related engineering (nuclear physics under Physical sciences), acoustical engineering, reliability analysis and non-destructive testing, automotive and transportation engineering and manufacturing, tooling, machinery and equipment engineering and manufacturing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineering and manufacturing.

Chemical engineering: chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.

Materials engineering: materials engineering and metallurgy, ceramics, coating and films (including packaging and printing), plastics, rubber and composites (including laminates and reinforced plastics), paper and wood and textiles, construction materials (organic and inorganic).

Medical engineering: medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials which should be reported under Industrial biotechnology).

Environmental engineering: environmental and geological engineering, petroleum engineering (fuel, oils), energy and fuels, remote sensing, mining and mineral processing, marine engineering, sea vessels and ocean engineering.

Environmental biotechnology: environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).

Industrial biotechnology: industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bio-derived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).

Nanotechnology: nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).

Other engineering and technologies: food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.

Software-related sciences and technologies

Software engineering and technology: computer software engineering, computer software technology, and other related computer software engineering and technologies.

Computer sciences: computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and other related computer sciences.

Information technology and bioinformatics: information technology, informatics, bioinformatics, biomathematics, and other related information technologies.

Medical and health sciences

Basic medicine: anatomy and morphology (plant science under Biological science), human genetics, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, toxicology, physiology and cytology, pathology.

Clinical medicine: andrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiac and cardiovascular systems, haematology, anaesthesiology, orthopaedics, radiology and nuclear medicine, dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, dermatology, venereal diseases and allergy, rheumatology, endocrinology and metabolism and gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, and oncology.

Health sciences: health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.

Medical biotechnology: health-related biotechnology, technologies involving the manipulation of cells, tissues, organs or the whole organism, technologies involving identifying the functioning of DNA, proteins and enzymes, pharmacogenomics, gene-based therapeutics, biomaterials (related to medical implants, devices, sensors).

Other medical sciences: forensic science, other medical sciences.

Agricultural sciences

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.

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 2020, 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?
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  CAN$ '000
Natural and formal sciences  
Mathematics  
Physical sciences  
Chemical sciences  
Earth and related environmental sciences  
Biological sciences  
Other natural sciences  
Total natural and formal sciences  
Engineering and technology  
Civil engineering  
Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology  
Mechanical engineering  
Chemical engineering  
Materials engineering  
Medical engineering  
Environmental engineering  
Environmental biotechnology  
Industrial biotechnology  
Nanotechnology  
Other engineering and technologies  
Total engineering and technology  
Software-related sciences and technology  
Software engineering and technology  
Computer sciences  
Information technology and bioinformatics  
Total software-related sciences and technology  
Medical and health sciences  
Basic medicine  
Clinical medicine  
Health sciences  
Medical biotechnology  
Other medical sciences  
Total medical and health sciences  
Agricultural sciences  
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences  
Animal and dairy sciences  
Veterinary sciences  
Agricultural biotechnology  
Other agricultural sciences  
Total agricultural sciences  
Social sciences and humanities  
Psychology  
Educational sciences  
Economics and business  
Other social sciences  
Humanities  
Total social sciences and humanities  
2020 — Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada by field of research and development  
Total in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 5  
20. Summary of 2020 total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development
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  CAN$ '000
Total natural and formal sciences  
Total engineering and technology  
Total software-related sciences and technologies  
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 2020

21. In 2020, how were this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada 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 2020, how were this organization's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada distributed by nature of R&D?
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  Percentage of total in-house R&D expenditures
Basic research  
Applied research  
Experimental development  
Total percentage  

Results of R&D expenditures from 2018 to 2020

22. During the three (3) years 2018, 2019 and 2020, 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 2018, 2019 and 2020, 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?
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  Yes No
Goods    
Services    
Methods of manufacturing or producing goods and services    
Logistics, delivery or distribution methods for this organization's inputs, goods or services    
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

23. In 2020, 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 2020, 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?
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  Yes No
Fossil fuels    
Renewable energy resources    
Nuclear fission and fusion    
Electric power    
Hydrogen and fuel cells    
Energy efficiency    
Other energy-related technologies    

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

24. In 2020, 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:
Include 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:
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

  • 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 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2020, 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.

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

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2020, 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 2020, 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?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

30. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on transportation of fossil fuels?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

31. In 2020, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar heating and cooling?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on wind energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass production and transport?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other bio-energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

42. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other renewable energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

43. In 2020, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear reactors?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other fission?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

47. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on fusion?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

48. In 2020, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electric power generation in utility sector?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

51. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on electricity transmission, distribution and storage?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

52. In 2020, 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 cell:
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 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for process applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for transportation applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen transport and storage?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other hydrogen?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

58. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

59. In 2020, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency applications for industry?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?
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
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for transportation?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

63. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other energy efficiency?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

64. In 2020, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2020, 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 2020, 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
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2020, 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 2020, 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
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy system analysis?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

69. In 2020, 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 2020, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this organization  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Summary of energy-related and total R&D expenditures

70. Summary of total 2020 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures

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Summary of total 2020 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 2020

71. In 2020, 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 organization'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 2020, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this organization have in the following R&D occupations?
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  Number of full-time equivalents (FTE)
Researchers and research managers  
Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers  
Senior research managers  
Total researchers and research managers  
R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Technicians, technologists and research assistants  
Other R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Total R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Other R&D occupations  
On-site R&D consultants and contractors  
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada  

72. 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

73. In 2020, how were the total [Amount] 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 organization'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 2020, how were the total [Amount] in-house R&D personnel distributed by province or territory?
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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
Newfoundland and Labrador      
Prince Edward Island      
Nova Scotia      
New Brunswick      
Quebec      
Ontario      
Manitoba      
Saskatchewan      
Alberta      
British Columbia      
Yukon      
Northwest Territories      
Nunavut      
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada      
Total R&D personnel previously reported from question 71      

Technology and technical assistance payments in 2020

74. In 2020, 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 Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window):

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, did this organization make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?
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  Made Payments Received Payments Both made and received payments Not applicable
Patents        
Copyrights        
Trademarks        
Industrial design        
Integrated circuit topography        
Original software        
Packaged or off-the-shelf software        
Databases        
Other technology and technical assistance        

75. In 2020, 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 Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window):

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, how much did this organization pay to other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
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  Payments made within Canada
CAN$ '000		 Payments made outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments made to members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial design    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments made to members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Payments made to other organizations, companies or individuals    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial design    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments made to other organizations, companies or individuals    
Total payments made to other organizations for technology and technical assistance    

76. In 2020, 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 Canadian Intellectual Property Office - opens in a new browser window):

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, how much did this organization receive from other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
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  Payments received from within Canada
CAN$ '000		 Payments received from outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments received from members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial design    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments received from members, affiliated companies or organizations    
Payments received from other organizations, companies or individuals    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial design    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
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 2020

77. In 2020, 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

78. In 2020, 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 for feedstock used to produce energy (such as uranium).
  • Other environmental protection or resource management activities
    Specify the other environmental protection or resource management activities

Changes in R&D activities due to COVID-19

COVID-19 has resulted in major economic changes, as businesses reacted to a general shutdown that started in Canada in mid-March 2021.

79. As a result of COVID-19, has this organization made any changes in research and development (R&D) activities or expenditures in 2020?

  • Yes
  • No

Changes in in-house R&D expenditures due to COVID-19

80. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this organization modify its in-house R&D expenditures in Canada in 2020?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased in-house R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures increased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • Yes, decreased in-house R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures decreased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • No change in in-house R&D expenditures due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects and sources of funds

81. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this organization perform in-house R&D on COVID-19 related R&D projects in 2020?

COVID-19 related R&D: e.g., R&D to create self-sterilizing work surfaces; R&D to develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test; R&D to adapt LEDs to UV for light-weight air purification system, etc.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Do not know

82. In 2020, how much funding did this organization receive from each of the following sources to undertake COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects?

Include self-funding.

Include COVID-19 related funds that have been applied for, which this business organization hopes to receive.

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

In 2020, how much funding did this business organization receive or does it expect to receive from each of the following sources to undertake COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects?
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  Amount of funding received CAN$ '000
All funding for COVID-19 projects by source  
Self-funded  
Companies  
Federal government  
Provincial and territorial government  
Private non-profit organizations  
Postsecondary institutions
e.g. universities colleges		  
Other Canadian sources  
Foreign sources  
Total funding for COVID-19 related R&D projects  

Changes in R&D personnel due to COVID-19

83. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, were there any net changes to the number of full-time equivalent (FTEs) R&D personnel employed or contracted in 2020 by this business?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased in FTEs

How many more R&D personnel (FTE)s were hired or contracted due to COVID-19?

Number of full-time equivalents

  • Yes, decreased in FTEs

How many fewer R&D personnel (FTE)s were employed due to COVID-19?

Number of full-time equivalents

  • No change in R&D personnel due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

Changes in outsourced R&D expenditures due to COVID-19

84. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this organization modify its outsourced R&D expenditures in 2020?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased outsourced R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures increased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • Yes, decreased outsourced R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures decreased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • No change in payments made to other organizations for R&D due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

Notification of intent to extract web data

85. Does this organization have a website?

Notification of intent to extract web data

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2021 submissions

General Social Survey on Families linkage to tax (001-2021)

General Social Survey on Families linkage to tax (001-2021)

Purpose: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. Each year the GSS focuses on a different topic, such as family, victimization, social support and aging, and time use. A specific topic is usually repeated approximately every 5 years. The 2017 GSS focused on Families: it is the sixth iteration of a series of surveys which began in 1990.

The 2017 GSS on Families was previously linked to 2016 tax records to add personal and household income (reference number 008-2017). The existing linkage will be enhanced to include additional variables from the 2016 tax records. Linking to the tax files will ensure better quality data, lower respondent burden and decreased costs.

Output: The availability of the updated 2017 GSS-T1FF Analytical Data File will be announced in The Daily. The file will be made available to Statistics Canada researchers and to deemed employees at the Statistics Canada Research Data Centres. All data will remain confidential and protected under the Statistics Act.

Linkage of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) to Adverse Health Outcomes and Cancer data (002-2021)

Linkage of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) to Adverse Health Outcomes and Cancer data (002-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this project is the creation of the dataset to be used to assess the links between exposure to environmental chemicals and health outcomes resulting from the CHMS survey files being linked to adverse health outcomes and cancer data. Specifically, for each environmental chemical measured in the CHMS and adverse health outcomes, the extent of the association will be examined. Such an outcome file currently does not exist and is much needed to identify and mitigate health risks to Canadians.

Output: nalytical datasets will be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following standard RDC approval process. The source datasets will be anonymized and will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g., hospital, vital statistics, cancer, tax files). Major findings will be used to create research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at workshops and conferences.

Predictors of Arsenic on Cancer Incidence within the Canadian Population (003-2021)

Predictors of Arsenic on Cancer Incidence within the Canadian Population (003-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to create a series of outcome files resulting from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) files being linked to cancer data. These files will be used to identify the status and predictors of arsenic, within the Canadian population using results from the CHMS survey. Additionally, this project aims to perform a linkage to the Canadian Cancer Registry to determine the relationship between cancer risk and circulating arsenic levels, stratifying by arsenic metabolite and cancer subtype.

Output: Only aggregate data that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Analytical datasets will be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following standard RDC approval process. The source datasets will be anonymized and will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g., hospital, vital statistics, cancer, tax files). Major findings will be used to create research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at workshops and conferences.

GaitWay: Algorithms Predicting Adverse Health Outcomes in Multimorbid Populations (004-2021)

GaitWay: Algorithms Predicting Adverse Health Outcomes in Multimorbid Populations (004-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to create an integrated analytical dataset that will enable researchers to develop a tool (i.e., algorithms) for predicting healthcare outcomes such as hospitalizations and death among older Canadians (aged 50 and older) living with two or more chronic diseases (i.e., multimorbid populations). Such a prediction tool would improve the way of studying chronic diseases together and provide a comprehensive view of the burden of multimorbidity in the population. The Canadian Health Measures Survey will be integrated with the Discharge Abstract Database and the Vital Statistics—Death Database to create the analytical dataset.

Output: The de-identified integrated data will be available to deemed employees to use in Research Data Centres. All data and analytical products to be released outside of Statistics Canada will conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act. To ensure maximum benefit to the public, findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and develop publicly accessible online calculators, hosted on the research team's knowledge translation platform ProjectBigLife.ca.

Canadian Forces Cancer and Mortality Study II (CF CAMS II) and the Veteran Suicide Mortality Study (VSMS) (005-2021)

Canadian Forces Cancer and Mortality Study II (CF CAMS II) and the Veteran Suicide Mortality Study (VSMS) (005-2021)

Purpose: Canadian Forces (CF) are tasked with protecting Canada and its citizens from threats to security. CF members may be involved in combat, peace-keeping and observer missions, post-conflict peace building and humanitarian assistance. The very nature of these operations can pose unusual and uncommon exposures with known and unknown risks. Adverse outcomes, including death, may be immediate or delayed. In order to identify risks, Department of National Defence (DND) and Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) must be able to conduct on-going analysis and interpretation of health information for CF personnel during and after their active military service period.

DND and VAC do not currently have access to complete information on mortality and cancer outcomes of serving and retired CF personnel.

The Canadian Forces Cancer and Mortality Study II, and the Veteran Suicide Mortality Study address major gaps in the health surveillance of CF personnel (serving and released). The general objectives of the studies are to describe the mortality and cancer experience in order to inform:

  • Health promotion and health protection policies and programs for serving personnel
  • Programs that deliver care for veterans (released), and their families.

Output: Only aggregate tabular statistics that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act and any applicable requirements of the Privacy Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada.

Findings from the Canadian Forces Cancer and Mortality Study, and the Veterans Suicide Mortality Study will be disseminated through DND and VAC publications, in peer-reviewed journals, through Veterans Associations publications and in scientific meetings/conferences. All information and reports will contain non-confidential aggregate statistics that will not result in the identification of individual members. If required, additional presentations of study results will be provided by the Canadian Forces Health Services Group at DND to CF leadership and employees; and by VAC's Research Directorate to the Department of Veterans Affairs' leadership and employees.

Profile of Homeless Shelters in Canada (006-2021)

Profile of Homeless Shelters in Canada (006-2021)

Purpose: This project will link Employment and Social Development Canada's (ESDC's) homeless shelters list (National Service Provider List- NSPL) to Statistics Canada's Linkable File Environment (LFE) and will produce a set of custom-designed tables that will profile the financial and other characteristics of homeless shelters in Canada.

Output: The output will be a set of custom-designed tables that will profile homeless shelters in Canada by geographical location, industry, size, non-profit vs for-profit status, employment and key financial characteristics such as revenues, assets, profit, etc.

Record linkages for the 2021 Census of Population (007-2021)

Record linkages for the 2021 Census of Population (007-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this linkage project is to obtain specific detailed information to supplement or replace the data collected through the 2021 Census questionnaires and to improve overall the data quality of the Census Program. This use of record linkage provides better-quality, detailed information for small communities and populations, saves time and money, and ensures that the census remains accurate, relevant and efficient. By expanding the use of administrative data in the 2021 Census through record linkage, the burden of response is also reduced as Canadians are spared from supplying the same information they have already provided elsewhere.

Output: The data from these linkages are integrated with collected census data and used to produce estimates for dissemination as part of the standard census product line. Outputs for the census include a wide range of analysis and standard data tables, as well as custom tabulations. Only aggregate statistical estimates and analyses conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act and any applicable requirements of the Privacy Act are released outside of Statistics Canada.

Linkage of emergency and recovery programs and other administrative files with individual and family characteristics from the 2016 Census and selected household surveys (008-2021)

Linkage of emergency and recovery programs and other administrative files with individual and family characteristics from the 2016 Census and selected household surveys (008-2021)

Purpose: This linkage project will help to measure the extent of income support provided during the pandemic. This project will benefit all Canadians on various levels.

Canadians will be better informed to discuss the context surrounding the measures. Furthermore, it will inform discussions about diversity and equity. In addition, it will provide relevant information to the academic community and policy-makers to better serve Canadians.

It will be possible to obtain the level of participation in the programs compared with all workers in the previous year. The integration of selected sociocultural characteristics, level of education and labour market activities that are not available in the administrative databases will enable the analysis to focus on vulnerable or discriminated populations as well as persons with a disability.

Output: To ensure compliance with the provisions of the Statistics Act and the Privacy Act, any data that will be published outside Statistics Canada and its network of Research Data Centres will first be assessed against pre-established confidentiality rules and will be censored to comply with these suppression criteria.

Once these statistical products are certified as compliant with the suppression rules, they will be verified with partner agencies and, where appropriate, published on the Statistics Canada's website.

The products will include a series of characteristic tables in spring 2021. Written analyses will follow.

Ontario Social Assistance Data Linkage Project (009-2021)

Ontario Social Assistance Data Linkage Project (009-2021)

Purpose: The Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services has elaborated a research plan focusing on a better understanding of the characteristics of social assistance recipients, the recipients' interactions with the social assistance and income security systems and the impact of social assistance across a range of recipient outcomes. The project focuses in particular on the earnings, income, and health trajectories of social assistance recipients and their dependents before, during, and after their time in Ontario's caseload. As part of this project, a linkage between the Ontario Social Assistance Member Information File to multiple administrative sources held by Statistics Canada will be performed. The development of analytical research projects are also expected to help researchers, the general public and government to understand and to improve assistance policies or programs.

Output: The analysis file, once identifiers are removed, and the linkage keys will be placed in the Research Data Centre (RDC) network where deemed employees will be able to conduct specific analyses.

All access to the linked microdata file will be restricted to Statistics Canada personnel (including Statistics Canada deemed employees) whose work activities require access. Research reports and presentations to various groups will be generated from the analysis files. Only non-confidential aggregate data or tables conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act and any applicable requirements of the Privacy Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada.

The impact of preterm birth on socioeconomic and educational outcomes of children and families (010-2021)

The impact of preterm birth on socioeconomic and educational outcomes of children and families (010-2021)

Purpose: To account for the complex nature of the data and outcomes, we will employ longitudinal methods, multistate models and parametric survival models. We will answer the following questions:

  1. What is the impact of preterm birth on short-term outcomes such as family income, maternal labor market participation, and maternal educational attainment?
  2. What is the impact of preterm birth on long-term outcomes such as the preterm-birth survivor's educational attainment and income?

Output: Only aggregate data that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Analytical datasets will be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following the standard RDC approval process. The source datasets will be anonymized and will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g., hospital, vital statistics, and tax files). Major findings will be used to create research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at workshops and conferences.

Addition of the Diversity and Skills Database (DSD) to the Linkable File Environment (LFE) of Statistics Canada (012-2021)

Addition of the Diversity and Skills Database (DSD) to the Linkable File Environment (LFE) of Statistics Canada (012-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of the project is to better understand the ownership and employee characteristics of Canadian enterprises, particularly those supported by the federal government. In the initial usage of this linkage, to be conducted by Statistics Canada's Economic Analysis Division in conjunction with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) of Canada at Statistics Canada's Business Data Access Centre, ownership and employee characteristics of government-supported enterprises in the Business Innovation and Growth Support (BIGS) program will be analysed. This will allow TBS and federal policy makers to determine if the demographic distribution of federal business funding is equitable, reasonable and fair, and how it should be adjusted to maximize the common good of all sectors of Canadian society.

Output: Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analysis that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside Statistics Canada.

These outputs will include aggregate statistical tabulations showing diversity and skills characteristics of owners and employees of enterprises in government support programs such as those included in the Business Innovation and Growth Support program conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of TBS. The characteristics currently in the DSD are gender, age, immigration status, and business experience.

Canadian Veteran Population Frame (013-2021)

Canadian Veteran Population Frame (013-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish, for the first time, a longitudinal population frame file that captures all Veterans who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces. This information will be used to expand the research and analysis on the socio-economic status of the entire Veteran population and their families.

Output: Only non-confidential data and analytical products, conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act and any applicable requirements of the Privacy Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada.

Alberta Interprovincial Talent Mobility (015-2021)

Alberta Interprovincial Talent Mobility (015-2021)

Purpose: The Alberta Interprovincial Talent Mobility project objective is to understand the current landscape of talent supply and retention in Alberta. In particular, the project will help quantify the talent exodus, if any, from Alberta and help inform interventions that are targeted towards retaining talented high school graduates in the Alberta post-secondary education system and the labour force. It will also inform the adequacy of current post-secondary education programming available to Albertans.

Output: The linked outcome file, with all identifiers removed, will be made available to the Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education in the Statistics Canada, Alberta Secure room, located in the Alberta Office of Statistics and information (OSI).

Linkage of APEX-AMI clinical cohort to hospitalization and socioeconomic data (016-2021)

Linkage of APEX-AMI clinical cohort to hospitalization and socioeconomic data (016-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to create a series of outcome files resulting from the APEX-AMI files being linked to DAD, CVSD, and T1FF data. The specific aims of this project are to study the:

  • Differences in characteristics of patients from Canada enrolled in a clinical trial known as the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) and not enrolled in the trial during the same time period (e.g. age, sex, urban/rural residence, marital status, socio-economic status (SES));
  • Differences in health care resource (e.g. number of hospitalizations, days in hospital, cardiovascular procedures) and long-term mortality among patients enrolled in the trial compared to those not enrolled in the trial;
  • Impact of marital status on long-term mortality in patients with a ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI); and
  • Impact of SES on long-term mortality in patients with a STEMI.

The integrated dataset will fill an existing data gap by examining enrollment in clinical trials through an equity, diversity, and inclusiveness (EDI) lens. For example, if we find the ratio of men to women enrolled in the trial is significantly different from the proportion of men to women who could have been enrolled in the trial, it would inform the design and conduct of future clinical trials. The integrated data will also be able to shed light on the long-term health outcomes of patients enrolled in the trial and compare them to those who were not enrolled in the trial. The linkage will allow for the examination of how social determinants of health (such as urban/rural residence, marital status, and socio-economic status) which were not captured as part of the trial, affect long-term outcomes in patients hospitalized with a STEMI.

Output:Only aggregate data that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Analytical datasets will be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following the Microdata Access Portal application process. Patient identifiers resulting from the linkage will be removed from the linked datasets and the datasets will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g. Discharge Abstract Database, Vital Statistics – Death Database, and T1 Family File). All linked datasets that will be produced will have their identifiers removed before they are placed in the RDCs. Major findings will be used to create research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at workshops and conferences.

The Impact of Surgery on Work and Earnings for those with Degenerative Conditions of the Spine, Hip and Knee (017-2021)

The Impact of Surgery on Work and Earnings for those with Degenerative Conditions of the Spine, Hip and Knee (017-2021)

Purpose: The specific aim of this project is to study the impact of surgery on employment and earnings for patients with osteoarthritis of the spine, hip and knee.

Our central hypothesis is that surgical intervention for end-stage osteoarthritis of the spine, hip and knee will result in elevated workforce participation and increased earnings. We will evaluate this using linked longitudinal health and earnings data. Healthcare data will be derived from the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). Earnings data will be obtained from the T1 Family File, which contains yearly tax returns for all Canadians.

Output:Only aggregate data that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Analytical datasets will be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following the standard RDC approval process. The source datasets will be anonymized and will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g., hospital, vital statistics, and tax files). All linked file(s) that will be produced will have their identifiers removed before they are placed in the RDC. Major findings will be used to create research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at workshops and conferences.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), on behalf of the Atlantic Trade and Investment Growth Strategy (ATIGS) Management Committee– Data for Performance Measurement Framework (018-2021)

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), on behalf of the Atlantic Trade and Investment Growth Strategy (ATIGS) Management Committee– Data for Performance Measurement Framework (018-2021)

Purpose: The goal of the project is to provide ACOA, on behalf of the ATIGS partners (Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island), with statistics to assess the effectiveness of the ATIGS programs and activities. These statistics/indicators will be used to establish baselines for comparison and for target setting in their ATIGS Performance Measurement Strategy. The ATIGS' ultimate objectives are to increase export activities and foreign direct investment in Atlantic Canada.

To develop these statistics, a list of ATIGS-assisted businesses will be linked to the Business Register, the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File and the Trade in Exporter Characteristics. The resulting linked data will be used to produce tabulations on businesses assisted and not-assisted by ATIGS.

Output:Non-confidential aggregate statistics on businesses assisted and not-assisted by ATIGS, including, the number of exporters, the value of export sales and the number of companies exporting to more than one global market by industry, province and revenue size of firm.

Atlantic Student Tracking System (ASTS) project (019-2021)

Atlantic Student Tracking System (ASTS) project (019-2021)

Purpose: The objective of the Atlantic Student Tracking System project is to understand the pathways of current and prospective students in the Atlantic provinces, from Kindergarten to Grade 12 through to postsecondary education.

In particular, the project will provide policy-relevant statistical information by identifying the pathways Atlantic K-12 students follow as they enter, move through and complete their postsecondary education as well as to the labour market. The project builds upon what is currently available in the Atlantic provinces by including postsecondary and apprenticeship enrolment of students in all Canadian provinces, so that movement of high school graduates outside the Atlantic provinces can be fully understood. It also allows study of graduate outcomes related to earnings and employment.

Output:The regional linked outcome file, with all identifiers removed, will be made available to the clients in the New Brunswick University Research Data Centre.

Graduate Outcome Indicators, Project (020-2021)

Graduate Outcome Indicators, Project (020-2021)

Purpose: The Graduate Outcome Indicators aims to provide policy-relevant statistical aggregates on students and graduates of Alberta's universities and colleges.

In particular, the project will focus on the outcomes and pathways of students and graduates.

The expected result is that Alberta will have a greater understanding of student pathways, transitions to the labour market and outcomes over time.

Output:The linked outcome file, with all identifiers removed, will be made available to the Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education in the Statistics Canada, Alberta Secure room, located in the Alberta Office of Statistics and information (OSI).

Mitacs Economic Impact Study: Measuring Mitacs' Impact on Partner Performance (022-2021)

Mitacs Economic Impact Study: Measuring Mitacs' Impact on Partner Performance (022-2021)

Purpose: The goal of the project is to estimate the effects of Mitacs' major programs on partner organizations' business performance and innovation outcomes, by identifying differences between Mitacs partners and comparable non-partner organizations. The findings will enhance Mitacs' understanding of the effectiveness of their services on the growth and innovation of its partners.

To undertake the project, a list of Mitacs partners will be linked to the Business Register and the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File. The resulting linked data will be used to compare the performance of Mitacs partners to a similar sample of firms that have not received Mitacs support.

Output:Statistics Canada will provide the following output to Mitacs:

1. A linkage report showing the percentage of Mitacs partners matched with the Business Register and the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File;

2. A document containing non-confidential tabulations based on the estimation results (i.e., from comparing the outcomes of Mitacs partners to non-partners); and

3. A methodology note describing the methods adopted, the stages of the analysis and the limitations of the study.

Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analyses that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada

Developing a Socio-Demographic Profile of Recipients of the Wage Earner Protection Program to Support Program Evaluation (023-2021)

Developing a Socio-Demographic Profile of Recipients of the Wage Earner Protection Program to Support Program Evaluation (023-2021)

Purpose: The main objective of this study is to develop a profile of key socio-demographic characteristics for recipients of the Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP). The linkage will provide information about income, employment, disability and ethnicity. The socio-demographic profile will be used to evaluate the demographics of individuals benefitting from the Wage Earner Protection Program in order to inform future policy decisions. The evaluation will be presented to ESDC's Performance Measurement and Evaluation Committee in 2022. Based on the analysis of the linked files, observations about the program will be made that could result in changes to how the program operates.

Output: All access to the linked microdata file will be restricted to Statistics Canada personnel (including Statistics Canada deemed employees) whose work activities require access. Only aggregate data that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. The linked outcome files will be made available in Statistics Canada's Research Data Centre. Findings will be used in research papers and in presentations at workshops and conferences. Statistics Canada will also explore opportunities to collaborate with the client, as well as other partners, on data releases on this topic.

Evaluation of Federally-Funded Drug Treatment Courts (2015-2018 Cohort) (024-2021)

Evaluation of Federally-Funded Drug Treatment Courts (2015-2018 Cohort) (024-2021)

Purpose: Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) are specialized problem-solving courts that provide individuals involved in non-violent crime related to substance use with an alternative to the conventional justice system by offering them the opportunity to complete a judicially-supervised substance use treatment program. The objective of this study is to estimate the extent to which federally funded DTCs are associated with reductions in re-contact with the criminal justice system compared to the conventional criminal justice process. The results will inform future criminal justice policy and program decisions aimed at improving public safety.

Output:Only non-confidential aggregate statistics and analyses that will not result in the identification of an individual person, business or organization will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Findings will be reported in the form of an analytical report, which may be published by the Department of Justice Canada.

Profiling Investment Readiness Program (IRP) Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries (026-2021)

Profiling Investment Readiness Program (IRP) Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries (026-2021)

Purpose: The purpose of the project is to better understand the financial and other characteristics of IRP applicants and beneficiaries that are representative of the social purpose organizations that Employment and Skills Development Canada (ESDC) is broadly targeting for financial support in capacity-building activities that enable them to access the social finance market. The project will also enable ESDC and the third parties administering program funding to refine the criteria for the selection of beneficiaries and to evaluate the impact of the program on different types of beneficiaries.

Output:Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analysis that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside Statistics Canada. The output will be custom designed tables and analysis of sources of funding, organizational capacity, as well as diversity and inclusion prior to applying to the IRP and, to the extent possible, during and after applying to the IRP funding. Indicators of change in performance over a three year period will be developed, along with estimates based on other data available in the Linkable File Environment (LFE) such as location, size, status, revenue, employment and diversity, among others.

A profile of the Canadian quantum sector (028-2021)

A profile of the Canadian quantum sector (028-2021)

Purpose: The goal of this project is to produce the first profile of the quantum computing sector in Canada. This first profile will serve as a baseline to assess the impact of the Government of Canada's National Quantum Strategy.

A list of businesses in the quantum sector in 2021 from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada will be linked to the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database to create a profile of the sector, specifically, on aspects pertaining to the business, such as revenue and employment, and on aspects of the workers, such as gender and age.

Output: Statistics Canada will provide the following output to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
1. A methodology report explaining the file matching processes, constraints and key issues related to the quality of the data;
2. A document containing non-confidential statistics for the quantum sector, such as: the total revenue; sales; net income; average number of years in business; total employment; as well as the number of workers by sex, age, income-level and geography.

Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analyses that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada

Improving residence information on Canadian Vital Statistics – Deaths Database (029-2021)

Improving residence information on Canadian Vital Statistics – Deaths Database (029-2021)

Purpose: The specific near-term aim of this project is to address the gaps in the understanding of COVID-19 mortality related to the characteristics of the decedent's residence and, in particular, better identify deaths occurring to residents of nursing and residential care facilities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will be performed by linking the decedent in the Canadian Vital Statistics – Deaths (CVSD) database to the Address Register (AR)/Statistical Building Register (SBgR), Business Register (BR), Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) data, and Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Survey (NRCFS) through the decedent's address of residence.

The demand for such information is high and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and other stakeholders have explicitly communicated this data need to Statistics Canada to help support their responses to the pandemic.

Additionally, in the longer term, the purpose of the linkage is to fill data gaps and improve knowledge related to:

  • The influence of collective or structural characteristics of the dwelling on broader mortality outcomes.
  • The influence of neighbourhood characteristics on mortality outcomes.

Output:

  • A derived categorical variable that describes, at a high level, the characteristics of the dwelling of the decedent will be added to the master file of the Canadian Vital Statistics – Deaths database.
  • Non-confidential aggregate statistics and analyses that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act intended for release outside of Statistics Canada.

Analytical datasets may also be placed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs) and access will be granted following the standard RDC approval process. The source datasets will be anonymized and will respect variable restrictions in effect for the source datasets (e.g., vital statistics).

Post-restructuring performance of firms (030-2021)

Post-restructuring performance of firms (030-2021)

Purpose: This project will enable an analysis of the population of firms that file and complete an insolvency proposal, allowing for a thorough assessment on the degree to which non-viable firms are being restructured in Canada. It relies on the linkage of business insolvency data from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy to the Business Register and the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File to track businesses at different stages of the insolvency process. Using business indicators derived from the linked data, such as industry, firm size and firm age, it will help to identify what factors drive insolvency and the post-restructuring performance.

Output:Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analyses that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. The information will be presented in the form of tables of regression results and summary statistics.

Linkage of Canadian Disability Savings Programs (CDSP) admin data to the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) (031-2021)

Linkage of Canadian Disability Savings Programs (CDSP) admin data to the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) (031-2021)

Purpose: The purposes of this data linkage is multi-fold:

  1. Provide the Canadian public with greater insight to better inform on the social and economic conditions of persons with disabilities. In particular, the additional data contained In the CDSP dataset will improve insight with regards to usage of some of Canada's key policies targeting persons with disabilities, in particular, allowing research on intersectionalities of Canadians who use the CDSP programs.
  2. By working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve and disseminate this new linked data, the final result will support and improve insight and decision-making by encouraging and facilitating more in depth policy analysis with regards to persons with disabilities and the Canadian Disability Savings Program.

In this context, a merge between the Canadian Survey on Disability and the Canadian Disability Savings Program represents a good strategy to learn more and make information available to the public.

Output: The output from the linkage will be a non-confidential microdata file (unique identifiers removed), and will be made available to Statistics Canada deemed employees following the standard approval process via Statistics Canada's, Research Data Centre's and Federal Research Data Centre. All analyses performed on the file will be assessed to ensure that they conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act.

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Pathways to Education Program on Health and Crime Outcomes of Eligible Participants (033-2021)

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Pathways to Education Program on Health and Crime Outcomes of Eligible Participants (033-2021)

Purpose: The study will examine the average outcomes of the Pathways to Education Canada (Pathways) program on its participants. It builds upon the previous studies focusing on the economic and academic outcomes of Pathways, and extends to other non-pecuniary outcomes, such as health and crime. Specifically, it will examine the channels through which Pathways improves the health and mitigates crime outcomes of its participants. This study will contribute to the academic literature on identifying the channels through which comprehensive interventions delivered at the high school level improve outcomes. The findings from the study will be used by ESDC to more accurately evaluate the Pathways program. More generally, they will enable the Department to better design and deliver the program in helping students in disadvantaged communities in Canada. In addition, the project will contribute to building the Department's capacity – as part of the departmental evaluation plan in 2022 – monitoring and evaluating early intervention and social partnership initiatives.

Output:Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analyses that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside of Statistics Canada. The information will be presented in the form of tables of regression results and summary statistics related to the project's goal of evaluating the Pathways program. Access to the analytical file by researchers who have become deemed employees of Statistics Canada, will be by following the approved standard procedures for access via Statistics Canada's Federal Research Data Centre or Research Data Centre.

The performance of businesses supported by the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (034-2021)

The performance of businesses supported by the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (034-2021)

Purpose: The goal of the project is to provide Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) with official statistics for pan-Atlantic performance and individual provinces to assess the effectiveness of the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF), an economic development program for the seafood sector in Atlantic Canada. The AFF seeks to transform and drive innovation in the Atlantic fish and seafood sector with the objective of realizing sustainable economic growth in the sector.

To develop these statistics, a list of AFF-assisted businesses will be linked to the Business Register and the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File. The resulting linked data will be used to produce tabulations on businesses assisted and not-assisted by the AFF.

Output: Non-confidential aggregate statistics on businesses assisted and not-assisted by the AFF, including, number of businesses, employment, gross profit, cost of goods sold and financial ratios.

Coverage of vulnerable populations in different statistical programs: an assessment of Canadian death records, the Census of Population and administrative data (035-2021)

Coverage of vulnerable populations in different statistical programs: an assessment of Canadian death records, the Census of Population and administrative data (035-2021)

Purpose: The linked data analyzed in this study will be used to estimate whether persons in the death records are absent from administrative datasets or the Census of Canada in the seven years preceding death. With this information, it will be possible to assess the population that "falls out" of the tax filing, foregoing government benefits that they may have used to improve their situation. It will also be possible to see persons who, before death, do not participate in civic activities, such as the census. Together these results will respond to a data gap by providing information that can be used as insight into better ways of delivering government benefits and better methods of assessments of the populations at risk of social exclusion.

Output: Only non-confidential statistical aggregates, which confirm to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act, will be released outside of Statistics Canada.

All products containing analytical text or data tabulations based on linked data will be disseminated in accordance with Statistics Canada's policies, guidelines and standards. Outputs from this linkage will include a range of analysis and data tables, as well as custom tabulations.

Linkage of the 2020 General Social Survey (cycle 35), T1FF, Emergency and Recovery Benefits (ERB) file, and Longitudinal Immigrant Database (IMDB) (037-2021)

Linkage of the 2020 General Social Survey (cycle 35), T1FF, Emergency and Recovery Benefits (ERB) file, and Longitudinal Immigrant Database (IMDB) (037-2021)

Purpose: This integrated analytical dataset will allow researchers to provide new insights into the impacts of the pandemic on diverse population groups. The linked dataset will be used to examine the role government transfer payments play in reducing inequality and the societal impacts of long-term economic exclusion (e.g., lack of social cohesion).

Output: The integrated data, which will not contain any direct personal identifiers, will be available to deemed employees to use in a Research Data Centre (RDC). Access will be granted following the standard RDC process. All data and analytical products to be released outside of Statistics Canada will conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act.

Linkage of the Canadian Correctional Services Survey to the Census of Population and the National Household Survey for Disaggregated Data Evaluation (038-2021)

Linkage of the Canadian Correctional Services Survey to the Census of Population and the National Household Survey for Disaggregated Data Evaluation (038-2021)

Purpose: The Canadian Correctional Service Survey (CCSS) collects comprehensive microdata from correctional service programs in Canada, including whether persons supervised self-report as Indigenous or to a racialized group. Over-representation of Indigenous persons and other racialized groups, in particular Black Canadians, is one of the most important issues facing the criminal justice system. To better understand Indigenous and Racialized group information being collected by correctional service programs, and whether or not there may be under-reporting in the correctional data, CCJCSS proposes a record linkage between the CCSS and the Census of Population. The project will identify individuals responding to both the corrections survey and the Census, to compare how consistently Indigenous and racialized group information is being reported overall between the two data collection mechanisms.

Output: Only non-confidential aggregated tables, conforming to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act, will be released outside of Statistics Canada. Confidentiality rules for the Census would be applied to all products before release.

Linkage of the Canadian Correctional Services Survey to the Census of Population and the National Household Survey for Disaggregated Data Evaluation (038-2021)

Addition of the Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSCSC) to the Linkable File Environment (LFE) of Statistics Canada (040-2021) 

Purpose: The proposed activity would link the enterprises in the Linkable File Environment (LFE) of the Centre for Special Business Projects (CSBP) to the Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSCSC) of Investment, Science and Technology Division (ISTD).

The initial usage of the linkage of CSCSC and LFE is a project between Investment, Science and Technology Division (ISTD), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and Public Safety Canada (PS) to address data gaps related to digital economy statistics by leveraging existing data holdings at Statistics Canada. One area that ISTD, ISED and PS have identified as a data gap is the lack of a granular understanding of the determinants of usage of digital technologies by enterprises, particularly technologies related to data protection and cyber security. In order to address that data gap, the requested linkage will help to obtain characteristics of enterprises which are suspected to be related to technology adoption. 

Output: Only non-confidential aggregate statistical outputs and analysis that conform to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act will be released outside Statistics Canada. The linked analysis file will made available for access by Statistics Canada deemed employees via the standard approved process of Statistics Canada’s Business Data Access Centre.

 These outputs will include data tables which provide more detailed descriptive statistics regarding the types of enterprises participating in the digital economy, and potentially data models to better understand all the determinants of adoption of digital technologies. ISED and PS will ultimately utilize these data products to build more tailored policies, programs and tools to help Canadian enterprises improve their cyber security resilience and grow Canada’s digital economy. 

Canadian Economic News, May 2021 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.

COVID-19 timeline

  • On May 6th, the Government of the Northwest Territories announced it had extended the State of Emergency in the City of Yellowknife until May 20th. On May 20th, the Government extended the State of Emergency until June 3rd.
  • On May 11th, the Government of the Northwest Territories announced it had extended the territory-wide Public Health Emergency until May 25th. On May 25th, the Government extended the Public Health Emergency until June 8th.
  • On May 11th, the Government of British Columbia announced it had formally extended the provincial state of emergency until May 25th. On May 25th, the Government extended the state of emergency until June 8th.
  • On May 14th, the Government if Nova Scotia announced it was renewing the state of emergency, effective May 16th, until May 30th. On May 28th, the Government renewed the state of emergency until June 13th.
  • On May 27th, the Government of Nunavut announced it had extended the territory's public health emergency until June 10th.
  • On May 27th, the Government of the Yukon announced it was extending the State of Emergency for up to 90 days.
  • On May 28th, the Government of Manitoba announced it was further extending the state of emergency for a period of 30 days.

Selected COVID-19 responses

  • The Government of the Northwest Territories announced on May 3rd that due to a recent outbreak at a school, new measures would be introduced, including:
    • Closing all schools in Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilǫ̨ and Behchokǫ̀ to in-class learning until further notice;
    • Suspending all extracurricular, club, and sports activities for kids under the age of 18; and
    • Recommending non-essential travel in and out of Yellowknife be cancelled or deferred at this time.
  • The Government said all daycare and day homes are able to stay open.
  • On May 12th, the Government announced it was removing the temporary COVID-19 restrictions put in place for school closures in Yellowknife, Ndilǫ̨, Dettah, and Behchokǫ̀ effective May 17th.
  • The Government of Nunavut announced on May 3rd it had suspended Nunavut's Common Travel Area with the Northwest Territories (NWT), effective immediately, and that anyone travelling to Nunavut from the NWT must isolate in Yellowknife for 14 days before returning into the territory.
  • The Government of Alberta announced on May 4th that effective May 5th the following mandatory health measures would apply to all communities with more than 50 cases per 100,000 people and with 30 or more active cases:
    • All outside social gatherings must be limited to no more than five people, a decrease from the previous 10-person limit;
    • All indoor social gatherings are still prohibited;
    • All indoor fitness must close;
    • No more than 10 people can attend funeral services, a decrease from the current limit of 20 people;
    • Retail services must limit customer capacity to 10%;
    • All post-secondary learning must shift to online learning only;
    • Working from home remains mandatory; and
    • Any workplace with transmission of three or more cases will be required by health officials to close for 10 days.
  • Effective May 7th:
    • All kindergarten to Grade 12 students will temporarily shift to at-home learning.
  • Effective May 9th:
    • In-person dining on patios is prohibited;
    • Hair salons, barbers, nail salons, estheticians, tattoos and piercing, must close;
    • All outdoor sports and recreation are now prohibited except with members of your household;
    • All indoor sport and recreation is prohibited; and
    • All indoor performance activity is prohibited.
  • On May 19th, the Government announced that kindergarten to Grade 12 students would return to classrooms in all regions except for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
  • On May 26th, the Government released its Open for Summer Plan, a three-stage road map to lifting health restrictions based on vaccination rates and COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Government said the province would enter Stage 1 on June 1st.
  • The Government of Quebec announced on May 4th the end of special emergency measures and the application of the maximum alert level (red) measures for the Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches, and the Outaouais regions, and that:
    • High school students will go back to school;
    • The curfew will begin at 9:30 p.m. rather the current 8:00 p.m. start; and
    • Non-essential businesses will be able to reopen.
  • On May 8th, the Government announced it would move the Estrie region to the maximum alert level (red) effective May 10th and that measures would include:
    • The closure of restaurants, except for delivery and take-out;
    • A limit of 25 people in places of worship;
    • Outdoor sports or leisure activities permitted only with people residing at the same address or by a group of 8 people with distancing;
    • The closure of gyms; and
    • Indoor sports and leisure activities are permitted with occupants of the same private residence including swimming pools, skating rinks and places for playing tennis and badminton.
  • The Government said primary and secondary schools will remain open.
  • On May 11th, the Government announced that effective May 17th, special emergency measures in the city of Gatineau and in the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais and Pontiac RCMs would end.
  • On May 19th, the Government announced that the special emergency measures in effect in the MRC du Granit (Estrie region), MRC des Etchemins, Beauce-Sartigan and Robert-Cliche (Chaudière-Appalaches region), and the MRCs of Kamouraska, Témiscouata, Rivière-du-Loup and Les Basques (Bas-Saint-Laurent region) may be lifted effective May 24th. The Government also said that effective May 28th, the following restrictions will take effect in all regions of Quebec:
    • The curfew will be lifted;
    • Outdoor private gatherings will be permitted on private grounds with a maximum of 8 people;
    • Outdoor terraces of restaurants will open to customers;
    • Travel between regions will be permitted; and
    • Large rooms and outdoor stadiums will be able to accommodate a maximum of 2,500 people.
  • On May 25th, the Government announced that the regions of the Capitale-Nationale, Laurentides, Lanaudière, Montérégie, Outaouais, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, and Estrie would move from the maximum alert level (red) to the orange level and that the following measures would now apply:
    • The reopening of restaurants, with restrictions;
    • The return to full-time class for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th secondary;
    • A maximum of 100 people in places of worship.
  • The Government of Canada announced on May 5th it authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children 12 to 15 years of age. On May 20th, the Government announced it was extending travel restrictions on non-essential international travel and non-essential travel with the United States until June 21st. On May 21st, the Government announced it was extending the suspension of all direct flights from India and Pakistan into Canada until June 21st.
  • The Government of Nova Scotia announced further restrictions on May 7th and that effective May 8th:
    • Nova Scotians will have to designate one shopper per household and retail stores that offer in-person shopping will impose a limit of one shopper per household; and
    • Retail stores that primarily offer products and services that are essential to the life, health or personal safety of people and animals can continue to provide limited in-person service only to a maximum of 25% of the store capacity.
  • The Government also said that new border measures would take effect on May 10th, including:
    • Nova Scotia's border will close to people intending to move here; and
    • The border will close to people coming from Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • On May 10th, the Government announced new border measures took effect and that only permanent residents of Nova Scotia and people travelling for essential reasons can enter the province.
  • On May 19th, the Government announced that current public health restrictions will remain in place across Nova Scotia until at least the second week of June and that public and private schools will continue at-home learning for the remainder of the school year.
  • On May 28th, the Government announced it will gradually reopen under a five-phase plan based on COVID-19 activity, public health and testing capacity, hospitalizations, and vaccination rates. The Government said restrictions would be easing effective June 2nd. The Government also said that in-person classes would resume on June 2nd at all Nova Scotia public and private schools outside of Halifax Regional Municipality and Sydney.
  • The Government on Manitoba announced on May 7th that the following additional public health order restrictions would be in effect from May 9th until May 30th:
    • Outdoor gatherings in public places that include people from multiple households are limited to a maximum of five people;
    • Restaurants, bars and patios will close to in-person dining but can still provide take-out and delivery services;
    • Gyms and fitness centres will close;
    • Casinos remain closed and VLTs will close;
    • Museums, galleries and libraries will close;
    • Indoor community, cultural, and religious gatherings are prohibited;
    • Personal services such as estheticians, barbers, salons, and tanning salons will close;
    • Indoor sports and recreation, including after-school activities, will close;
    • Outdoor sports and recreation activities will have a maximum of five participants and organized team games will not be permitted;
    • Dance, theatre, and music schools will close;
    • Day camps will close; and
    • Retail stores, markets, and garden centres will be able to open at 10% capacity and malls will be open to a maximum of 10% of the facility's capacity.
  • On May 9th, the Government announced that all kindergarten to Grade 12 schools in the City of Winnipeg and the City of Brandon will move to remote learning effective May 12th until May 30th.
  • On May 20th, the Government announced that the following additional restrictions would be in effect from May 22nd until May 26th:
    • Outdoor gatherings with anyone from outside a household are no longer allowed and this applies to all recreation spaces including playgrounds, golf courses, parks, and sports fields; and
    • Only one person per household will be allowed to enter a business.
  • On May 25th, the Government announced that the current public health orders that were put in place for the May long weekend would remain in effect until May 29th and include:
    • Indoor public gatherings are not permitted and visitors are not permitted on private property;
    • Outdoor gatherings with anyone from outside a household are not allowed and this applies to all recreation spaces including playgrounds, golf courses, parks, and sports fields;
    • Retail businesses may only operate at 10% and only one person per household will be allowed to enter a business; and
    • Many businesses and organizations will remain closed for in person service including gyms and fitness clubs, restaurants and bars, personal service businesses, museums, galleries, and libraries.
  • On May 27th, the Government announced the following public health orders would be put in place effective May 29th for the next two weeks:
    • Indoor public gatherings are not permitted;
    • Requirements for employers to allow employees to work from home as much as possible;
    • Outdoor gatherings with anyone from outside a household are not permitted;
    • Retail businesses may only operate at 10% capacity and only one person per household will be allowed to enter a business;
    • Increased requirements for malls to manage capacity and access to eliminate gatherings and ensure compliance with shopping; and
    • Many businesses and organizations will remain closed for in-person service, including gyms and fitness clubs, restaurants and bars, personal service businesses, museums, galleries, and libraries.
  • The Government also said that Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools currently learning remotely in the cities of Winnipeg and Brandon, and in the Red River Valley and Garden Valley school divisions, will continue until June 7th. Schools in Dauphin will continue remote learning until June 9th.
  • The Government of Saskatchewan announced on May 9th it had set May 30th as the target date for the commencement of Step One of the Re-Opening Roadmap, and that at that time the following changes would be made:
    • Restaurants and bars open with restrictions;
    • 30% capacity at places of worship;
    • Group fitness classes involving intense training, like aerobics and spin, can resume; and
    • Competition and game play for outdoor team sports can proceed.
  • On May 16th, the Government announced that effective May 17th, all Regina restaurants and licensed establishments would be able to resume in-person dining according to the guidance currently applicable province-wide.
  • On May 24th, the Government announced that the province had reached the Step Two threshold on the province's Re-Opening Roadmap and that effective June 20th Step Two would begin.
  • On May 13th, the Government of Ontario announced it had extended the Stay-at-Home Order until at least June 2nd and that all public health and workplace safety measures under the provincewide emergency brake would also remain in effect. On May 20th, the Government released its Roadmap to Reopen, a three-step plan to reopen the province and lift public health measures. The Government said it expects to enter Step One of the Roadmap the week of June 14th and that the provincewide emergency brake restrictions remain in effect while the province assesses when it will be moving to Step One.
  • The Government of Yukon on May 21st announced it would begin lifting public health restrictions on May 25th, including:
    • Fully vaccinated people will no longer need to self-isolate upon entry to the territory;
    • Bars and restaurants will be able to return to full capacity for table service;
    • Social bubbles can increase to 20 individuals;
    • Social gathering sizes can increase, with indoor gatherings rising to 20 individuals and outdoor gatherings up to 100 individuals;
    • Organized indoor and outdoor gatherings and events can increase to 200;
    • Funerals, weddings, and faith-based services can increase to 200 individuals;
    • Gyms and recreation centres can increase to 200 individuals; and
    • Camps and recreational programs can increase to 20 individuals indoors and 100 individuals outdoors.
  • The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced on May 24th that all communities along the Trans Canada Highway Route 1 from Gambo to Badger will move to Alert Level 4, as well as communities along the Trans Canada Highway Routes 320, 330, 340 and 350 and most of the branches of these routes. On May 30th, the Government said that communities in the St. George's – Stephenville – Port au Port area on the west side of the Trans Canada Highway would move to Alert Level 4.
  • The Government of British Columbia announced on May 25th that the province was moving forward with the first step of a four-step plan to restart and that the following restrictions would apply immediately:
    • Maximum of five visitors or one household allowed for indoor personal gatherings;
    • Maximum of 10 people for outdoor personal gatherings;
    • Maximum of 10 people for seated indoor organized gatherings;
    • Maximum of 50 people for seated outdoor organized gatherings;
    • Recreational travel only within travel region (travel restrictions extended);
    • Indoor and outdoor dining for up to six people;
    • Resume outdoor sports (games) with no spectators, low-intensity fitness;
    • Start gradual return to workplaces; and
    • Return of indoor in-person faith-based gatherings with reduced capacity.
  • The Government of Prince Edward Island on May 27th released its Moving Forward plan, a five-step approach to relaxing COVID-19 public health measures based on vaccine rates, disease transmission, outbreak risks, and health care system and public health capacity. The Government said Step 1 was projected for June 6th.
  • The Government of New Brunswick on May 27th announced guidelines outlining the path toward the Green level of the COVID-19 recovery plan, a three-phase approach to loosen restrictions, with target dates based on anticipated vaccination rates and low numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Government said the first phase is expected to come into effect on June 7th.

Resources

  • The Government of Canada announced it had approved the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) North Corridor System Expansion Project and that the proponent must comply with 37 binding conditions related to safety, environmental and wildlife protection, Indigenous engagement, and protection of Indigenous rights and interests.

Manufacturing

  • Oshawa-based General Motors of Canada announced it is accelerating the start of production of full-size trucks at Oshawa Assembly to the fourth quarter of this year, ahead of the previous target of January 2022. The company said the $1.3 billion investment is helping to create nearly 1,700 new jobs and indirect supplier jobs.
  • British Columbia-based Paper Excellence and Domtar Corporation of South Carolina announced they had entered into a strategic business combination under which the Paper Excellence group of companies will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Domtar common stock for an enterprise value of approximately USD $3.0 billion. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021, subject to regulatory and Domtar shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.

Transportation

  • Burlington, Ontario-based Greyhound Canada announced it had discontinued all operations on its remaining routes in Ontario and Quebec and will permanently close all services in Canada effective May 13th.
  • Toronto-based Porter Airlines Inc. announced it was resetting its tentative date for resuming flights to July 20th.
  • Montreal-based Air Transat announced that, due to continued travel restrictions both in Canada and in the destinations it serves, its operations are temporarily suspended until July 29th.

Other news

  • The Government of Canada announced on April 30th that Bill C-29 had received Royal Assent and that the general strike at the Port of Montreal will end and all port operations must resume effective May 1st.
  • The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced that, effective June 1, the revised calculation of the minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages (i.e., residential mortgages with a down payment of 20% or more) will be the greater of the contract rate plus 2.00% or 5.25%. The Government of Canada later announced that it will align with OSFI by establishing a new minimum qualifying rate for insured mortgages, subject to review and periodic adjustment.
  • Quebec's minimum wage increased from $13.10 per hour to $13.50 per hour on May 1st.
  • Washington State-based Amazon.com, Inc. announced it was hiring 75,000 people in its fulfilment and logistics network across the United States and Canada and that hiring is now underway.

United States and other international news

  • The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to maintain the Bank Rate at 0.1%. The MPC also voted to maintain the stock of sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases at £20 billion, and to continue with the existing programme of UK government bond purchases, maintaining the target for the stock of these government bonds at £875 billion and the total stock of asset purchases at £895 billion.
  • The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained the targets for the cash rate and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds at 0.10%. The last change in the target for the cash rate was a 15 basis points reduction in November 2020. The RBA also maintained the parameters of the Term Funding Facility and the government bond purchase program.
  • The Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee of Norway's Norges Bank decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 0.0%. The last change in the policy rate was a 25 basis points reduction in May 2020.
  • The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR), its main policy rate, unchanged at 0.25%. The last change in the OCR was a 75 basis points reduction in March 2020. The RBNZ also kept the Large Scale Asset Purchase and the Funding for Lending programmes unchanged.
  • On May 8th, Georgia, U.S.-based Colonial Pipeline Company announced it had been the victim of a cybersecurity attack and, as a result, took certain systems offline to contain the threat, resulting in the temporary halting of all pipeline operations. On May 12th, the company said it had initiated the restart of pipeline operations and on May 17th, the company said it was fully operational and transporting refined products (gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) at normal levels.
  • Texas-based AT&T Inc. and Discovery, Inc. of New York announced a definitive agreement to combine WarnerMedia's entertainment, sports, and news assets with Discovery's nonfiction and international entertainment and sports businesses to create a standalone global entertainment company. The companies said that under the terms of the agreement, AT&T would receive USD $43 billion and that the transaction is expected to close in mid-2022, subject to regulatory and Discovery shareholder approvals and customary closing conditions.

Financial market news

  • West Texas Intermediate crude oil closed at USD $66.32 per barrel on May 31st, up from a closing value of USD $63.58 at the end of April. Western Canadian Select crude oil traded in the USD $47 to $54 per barrel range throughout May. The Canadian dollar closed at 82.84 cents U.S. on May 31st, up from 81.40 cents U.S. at the end of April. The S&P/TSX composite index closed at 19,730.99 on May 31st, up from 19,108.33 at the end of April.

Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access

The Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access provides Statistics Canada with the appropriate guidance on data access, privacy and data governance to maintain and support the data needs of Canadians. The knowledge and experience that the members of the Advisory Council bring will benefit the agency as Statistics Canada works to facilitate access to anonymized microdata for researchers, improve data security, and risk management protocols. The council will meet twice a year and reports will be made available to the public. Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access members include the following esteemed participants.

Chantal Bernier

Co-chair, Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, Dentons Canada LLP

Chantal Bernier leads the Canadian Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at Dentons Canada LLP which she joined October 2014. Previously she guided the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) as Interim Privacy Commissioner and as Assistant Commissioner, Ms. Bernier has spearheaded both national and international privacy investigations in the public and private sectors, privacy audits, privacy impact assessment reviews as well as technological analyses, privacy policy development, and research.

Ms. Bernier has negotiated international conventions for Canada as part of the International and Constitutional Law Section of the Department of Justice. In previous senior and executive positions for the Government of Canada, she brings substantial governmental experience as Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Socio-Economic Development at Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada, as Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Community Safety and Partnerships at Public Safety Canada, and as Director of Operations for the Machinery of Government Secretariat of the Privy Council Office.

In 2012, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for her contribution and achievements.

Ms Bernier holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Sherbrooke and a Masters in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Len Garis

Researcher and Adjunct Professor

Len Garis is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice & Associate to the Centre for Social Research at the University of the Fraser Valley, a member of the Affiliated Research Faculty at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and a faculty member of the Institute of Canadian Urban Research Studies at Simon Fraser University. Recently was appointed as an Associate Research Scientist Emeritus at the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit. He has also been a member of the FIREfighting in Canada editorial advisory board since 2005. As Fire Chief (Ret) for the City of Surrey, British Columbia, his focus was on addressing public safety challenges through evidence-based decision making and innovation.

Mr. Garis regularly initiates scientific research and data collection with the objective of developing alternative methods to address public safety challenges and improve service delivery. He believes strongly that having a long-range vision, planning and innovation can reduce costs, improve efficiency and ultimately enhance services and public safety.

Several of these initiatives have garnered awards and recognition for the City of Surrey in the past decade, including the Union of B.C. Municipalities Community Excellence Awards (for four different programs), a Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award for Public Safety, recognition from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and in 2013 a Community Health and Safety Award from the International City / County Management Association (ICMA) and in 2016 a Professional Development Award from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) and an Award for Collaborative Excellence from the Canadian Collaborating Centre Injury Prevention (CCCIP). In 2013 Chief Garis was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to Canadians.

Robert (Bob) Gordon

Strategic Advisor, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange

Robert Gordon is a Strategic Advisor at the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX), Canada's only private sector cyber threat collaboration forum and source of cyber threat intelligence for organizations from all sectors and sizes. Prior to joining the CCTX, Bob held several senior leadership roles in the private and public sectors, including as a Director of Global Cyber Security at CGI (Conseillers en gestion et informatique CGI Inc.).

Previously, Mr. Gordon has enjoyed a long and successful career in the Government of Canada. In addition to being known as the architect of Canada's first Cyber Security Strategy, for which he received the Deputy Minister's Achievement Award, Mr. Gordon has applied his skills and expertise to several of Canada's security, intelligence and law enforcement organizations, such as: Public Safety Canada, the Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Bob has held senior executive positions, including at the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister level. He has provided operational leadership in investigating and analyzing the full range of threats to Canada's security, which included leading the CSIS Counter Terrorism program. Bob is also a member of the Board of Directors for Quantum Safe Canada.

David Robichaud

Associate Professor

David Robichaud is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, specialized in economic and social ethics and political philosophy. He has written and edited a number of books on political philosophy as well as many journal articles. Until recently, he was Director of Undergraduate Studies and co-editor of the journal Ethics and Economics. Since 2014, he has been an associate member of the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics Statistics in Belgium, as well as a member of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la normativité and of several evaluation committees of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) for research funding. He is the co-author of the essay La juste part : Repenser les inégalités, la richesse et la fabrication des grille-pains, and of several scientific articles on socioeconomic justice, linguistic justice and the nature of trust. Finally, he has been a member of the radio show Les Malins on ICI Radio-Canada Première since 2016, where he simplifies philosophy for listeners.

Dr. Ali Ghorbani

Cyber Security Chair, University of New Brunswick

Dr. Ghorbani has held various academic positions for the past 41 years. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, and founding director of the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity he established in 2017. In addition, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of New Brunswick from 2008 to 2017. He has spent over 25 years of his 41-year academic career conducting fundamental and applied research in machine learning, cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Dr. Ghorbani is the co-inventor on four awarded and one filed patent in Cybersecurity and Web Intelligence and has published over three hundred peer-reviewed articles during his career. He has supervised over 250 research associates, postdoctoral fellows, and students. His book, "Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems: Concepts and Techniques," was published by Springer in October 2010. Dr. Ghorbani developed several technologies adopted by high-tech companies and co-founded three start-ups, Sentrant Security, EyesOver Technologies, and Cydarien Security, in 2013, 2015, and 2019. Dr. Ghorbani's role in the success of Q1 Labs Inc. and its QRadar technology has been featured in the book Unicorn in the Woods by Cordon Pitts (2020).

Dr. Ghorbani co-founded the UNB-NRC Cybersecurity Collaboration Consortium and the National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) in 2019 and 2020, respectively. In addition, he co-founded the Privacy, Security, Trust (PST) Network in Canada and its annual international conference. Dr. Ghorbani served as the co-Editor-in-Chief of "Computational Intelligence: An International Journal" from 2007 to 2017. He is a past vice-president of the Canadian Association of Computer Science (CACS/AIC), served as a CIPS Professional Standards Advisory Council (PSAC) member, and was on NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) Committee on Safety and Security. Currently, he is a member of Statistics Canada's Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access and an associate member of the Digital Technology Supercluster.

Dr. Ghorbani is the recipient of the 2017 Startup Canada Senior Entrepreneur Award and Canadian Immigrant Magazine's RBC top 25 Canadian immigrants of 2019. In addition, he was named one of the 40 inspiring Canadians in the book ‘Forty Brilliant Canadians and their Vision for the Nation’ by Mark Bulgutch (2022).

Eran Tal

Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics, McGill University

Eran Tal is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University and Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto and an M.A. in history and philosophy of science from Tel Aviv University.

His research interests include the ethical dimensions of data collection, data analysis and data use in science, and the ethical and social implications of using big data and machine learning algorithms.

Dr. Tal is an expert in the philosophy of measurement, a field of philosophy of science that deals with concepts and problems related to the design, operation and interpretation of measurement procedures. His recent work includes the development of an innovative approach to dealing with problems of data ethics, centered around the idea of responsible measurement. He is currently pursuing research on a variety of themes, including algorithmic bias and fairness, the ethics of patient-reported health outcome measurement, and the governance of youth mental health data. 

Suzanne L. Morin

Vice President, Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer, Sun Life

Suzanne Morin is Vice President, Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer at Sun Life, a Canadian-based financial services organization. Ms. Morin is responsible for overall privacy leadership at Sun Life and its subsidiaries worldwide. Her mandate includes the company’s Code of Conduct program and evolving standards for the ethical use of data. Ms. Morin’s prior roles include leading the legal team in Quebec and compliance for IT.

Before joining Sun Life in 2015, she spent more than 20 years working in the communications industry, for businesses such as Bell Canada and BlackBerry.

Ms. Morin is actively involved with many organizations including the Canadian Bar Association’s National Privacy and Access Law Section, CANON – the Canadian Anonymization Network, the Information Accountability Foundation, and the Board of MediaSmarts, a leader in media and digital literacy. Ms. Morin also served as an appointed member of the Board of the Standards Council of Canada for over a decade.

Ms. Morin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages and Literature and a Bachelor of Common Law from the University of Ottawa. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.

Reports from the Advisory Council on Ethics and Modernization of Microdata Access

Publicly available reports from the council's biannual meetings are made available here:

Why are we conducting this survey?

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

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

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

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

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

Confidentiality

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

Record linkages

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

Data-sharing agreements

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

Provincial and territorial statistical agencies

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

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

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

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Statistics Canada
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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 business's fiscal year?

Note: For this survey, this business's fiscal year end date should fall on or before March 31, 2021.

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

  • May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
  • July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
  • October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
  • January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
  • February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
  • April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2020 throughout the questionnaire

Business status

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

GST number (9-digit business number)

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

Before you begin, differences between Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program and this survey

Include the following expenditures in this survey:

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

For this survey

'In-house R&D ' refers to

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

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

'Outsourced R&D ' refers to

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

  • grants
  • fellowships
  • contracts.

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

3. In 2020, did this business have expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

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

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

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

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

Research work in the social sciences

Include if projects are employing new or significantly different modelling techniques or developing new formulae, analyzing data not previously available or applying new research techniques, development of community strategies for disease prevention, or health education.

Exclude:

  • routine analytical projects using standard techniques and existing data
  • routine market research
  • routine statistical analysis intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.
    • Yes
    • No

4. In 2020, what were this business's expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

Current in-house R&D expenditures

Include:

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

a. Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees

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

b. Services to support R&D

Include:

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

c. R&D materials

Include:

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

d. All other current R&D costs including overhead

Include administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, 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 2020, what were this business'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
2020 - Current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Wages, salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees  
Services to support R&D  
R&D materials  
All other current R&D costs  
2020 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 - Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Software  
Land  
Buildings and structures  
Equipment, machinery and all other capital  
2020 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 - Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

5. In 2021 and 2022, does this business plan to have expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

Inclusions

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

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 2021
  • In 2022
  • No planned in-house R&D expenditures

6. In 2021, what are this business's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2021, what are this business'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
2021 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2021 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

7. In 2022, what are this business's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2022, what are this business'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
2022 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2022 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

8. In 2020, did this business have outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

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

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

Select all that apply.

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

  • Within Canada
  • Outside Canada
  • No payment made to others to perform R&D

9. In 2020, what were this business's outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Include payments made through contracts, grants, donations and fellowships to another company, organization or individual to purchase or fund R&D activities.

Exclude expenditures for on-site R&D contractors.

Parent and subsidiary companies are companies connected to each other through majority ownership of the subsidiary company by the parent company. Affiliated companies are companies connected to a parent through minority ownership of the affiliated companies by the parent.

Companies include all incorporated for-profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.

Private non-profit organizations include voluntary health organizations, private philanthropic foundations, associations, 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 2020, what were this business's 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
Parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies    
Other companies    
Private non-profit organizations    
Industrial research institutes or associations    
Hospitals    
Universities    
Federal government departments and agencies    
Provincial or territorial government departments, ministries and agencies    
Provincial or territorial research organizations    
Other organizations    
2020 - Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    

10. In 2021 and 2022, does this business plan to outsource (contract out or grant) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

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

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

Select all that apply.

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

  • In 2021
  • In 2022
  • No planned payments to others to perform R&D

11. In 2021 and 2022, what are this business's planned outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?

Include:

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

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Include payments made through contracts, 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 2021 and 2022, what are this business's planned outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures within Canada or outside Canada?
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  Within Canada
CAN$ '000		 Outside Canada
CAN$ '000
2021    
2022    

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2020 to 2021

12. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2020 to 2021
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  2020
CAN$ '000		 2021
CAN$ '000		 2022
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 2020

13. In 2020, in which provinces or territories did this business have expenditures for R&D performed in-house?

Exclude:

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

Select all that apply.

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

14. In 2020, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house distributed by province or territory?

Exclude:

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

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

In 2020, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house distributed by province or territory?
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  Current in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000		 Capital in-house R&D expenditures
CAN$ '000
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
2020 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures    
2020 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4    

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2020

15. In 2020, what were the sources of funds for this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house?

Include Canadian and foreign sources.

Exclude:

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. In 2020, what were the sources of funds for this business'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 business
Amount contributed by this business to R&D performed within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development ( SR-ED ) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR-ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D ).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 2020, what were the sources of funds for this business's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house?
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  From within Canada
CAN$ '000		 From outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Funds from this business    
Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies    
Federal government grants or funding    
Federal government contracts    
R&D contract work for other companies    
Business 1    
Business 2    
Business 3    
Business 4    
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.		    
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
Provincial or territorial government contracts
Include R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts.		    
Newfoundland and Labrador    
Prince Edward Island    
Nova Scotia    
New Brunswick    
Quebec    
Ontario    
Manitoba    
Saskatchewan    
Alberta    
British Columbia    
Yukon    
Northwest Territories    
Nunavut    
R&D contract work for private non-profit organizations    
Organization 1    
Organization 2    
Organization 3    
Other sources    
2020 - Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin    
2020 - 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 2020

17. In 2020, in which field(s) of research and development did this business have R&D performed in-house within Canada?

Exclude:

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

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. In 2020, how were this business'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 2020, how were this business's total expenditures of $ [Amount] for R&D performed in-house within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development?
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  CAN$ '000
Natural and formal sciences  
Mathematics  
Physical sciences  
Chemical sciences  
Earth and related environmental sciences  
Biological sciences  
Other natural sciences  
Total natural and formal sciences  
Engineering and technology  
Civil engineering  
Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology  
Mechanical engineering  
Chemical engineering  
Materials engineering  
Medical engineering  
Environmental engineering  
Environmental biotechnology  
Industrial biotechnology  
Nanotechnology  
Other engineering and technologies  
Total engineering and technology  
Software-related sciences and technology  
Software engineering and technology  
Computer sciences  
Information technology and bioinformatics  
Total software-related sciences and technology  
Medical and health sciences  
Basic medicine  
Clinical medicine  
Health sciences  
Medical biotechnology  
Other medical sciences  
Total medical and health sciences  
Agricultural sciences  
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences  
Animal and dairy sciences  
Veterinary sciences  
Agricultural biotechnology  
Other agricultural sciences  
Total agricultural sciences  
Social sciences and humanities  
Psychology  
Educational sciences  
Economics and business  
Other social sciences  
Humanities  
Total social sciences and humanities  
2020 - 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 2020 total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada distributed by field(s) of research and development.
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  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 2020

20. In 2020, how were this business'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 2020, how were this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada of $ [Amount] distributed by nature of R&D?
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  Percentage of total in-house R&D expenditures
Basic research  
Applied research  
Experimental development  
Total percentage  

Results of R&D expenditures from 2018 to 2020

21. During the three (3) years 2018, 2019 and 2020, did this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada or outside Canada lead to new or significant improvements to the following?

Goods

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

During the three (3) years 2018, 2019 and 2020, did this business's total expenditures for R&D performed in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada or outside Canada lead to new or significant improvements to the following?
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  Yes No
Goods    
Services    
Methods of manufacturing or producing goods and services    
Logistics, delivery or distribution methods for this business's inputs, goods or services    
Supporting activities for this business's processes, such as maintenance systems or operations for purchasing, accounting or computing    

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

22. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy-related R&D in the following categories?

  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 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy-related R&D in the following categories?
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  Yes No
Fossil fuels    
Renewable energy resources    
Nuclear fission and fusion    
Electric power    
Hydrogen and fuel cells    
Energy efficiency    
Other energy-related technologies    

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

23. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include fossil fuels-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

Crude oil and natural gas production (including enhanced recovery) and storage:
Includes on-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of 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 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

24. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas exploration?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas exploration?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?

Include enhanced recovery.

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on oil sands and heavy crude oil surface and sub-surface production and separation of bitumen, tailings management?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on oil sands and heavy crude oil surface and sub-surface production and separation of bitumen, tailings management?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading of fossil fuels?
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on transportation of fossil fuels?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on transportation of fossil fuels?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

30. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include renewable energy resources-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bio-energy - Biomass conversion to heat and electricity:
Include bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP).

Exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.

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

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

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

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

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

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

31. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar heating and cooling?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on solar heating and cooling?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on wind energy?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on wind energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass production and transport?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to transportation fuel?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other bio-energy?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other bio-energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other renewable energy?

Include ocean and geothermal.

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other renewable energy?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

42. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include nuclear fission and fusion-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

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

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

43. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear reactors?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear reactors?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other fission?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other fission?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on fusion?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on fusion?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

47. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include electric power-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

48. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power generation in utility sector?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power generation in utility sector?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electricity transmission, distribution and storage?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electricity transmission, distribution and storage?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

51. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include hydrogen and fuel cells-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

Mobile fuel cells:
Include portable applications.

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

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

52. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for process applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for process applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for transportation applications?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen production for transportation applications?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on hydrogen transport and storage?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other hydrogen?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

Mobile fuel cells:
Include portable applications.

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

58. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include energy efficiency-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

Energy efficiency for transportation:
Include analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, 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 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

59. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency applications for industry?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency applications for industry?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?
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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for transportation?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for transportation?
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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy efficiency?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy efficiency?
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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

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

63. In 2020, did this business's total in-house and outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures include other energy-related R&D in the following categories?

Select all that apply.

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

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

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

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

Energy-related R&D by area of technology

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

64. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on energy system analysis?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business'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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Report all 2020 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?

Exclude capital depreciation.

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Report '0' for no R&D expenditures.

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

In 2020, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?
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
Funds from this business  
Funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)  
All other Canadian sources of funds  
All foreign sources of funds  
Total in-house R&D  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada  
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada  
Total outsourced R&D  

Summary of energy-related and total R&D expenditures

69. Summary of total 2020 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 business    
Total funds from federal, provincial or territorial government(s)    
Total all other Canadian sources of funds    
Total all foreign sources of funds    
Total in-house R&D expenditures    
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) within Canada    
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) outside Canada    
Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    
Total R&D expenditures    

In-house R&D personnel in 2020

70. In 2020, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this business have in the following R&D occupations?

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

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

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

R&D personnel

Include:

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

Researchers and research managers are composed of:

  • Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. They may be certified by provincial or territorial educational authorities, provincial, territorial or national scientific or engineering associations.
  • Senior research managers plan or manage R&D projects and programs. They may be certified by provincial 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 2020, how many in-house R&D personnel within Canada did this business have in the following R&D occupations?
Table summary
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  Number of full-time equivalents (FTE)
Researchers and research managers  
Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers  
Senior research managers  
Total researchers and research managers  
R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Technicians, technologists and research assistants  
Other R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Total R&D technical, administrative and support staff  
Other R&D occupations  
On-site R&D consultants and contractors  
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada  

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

Software-related sciences and technologies

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

Percentage of software-related activities

72. In 2020, 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 2020, how were the [Amount] total in-house R&D personnel distributed by province or territory?
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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
Newfoundland and Labrador      
Prince Edward Island      
Nova Scotia      
New Brunswick      
Quebec      
Ontario      
Manitoba      
Saskatchewan      
Alberta      
British Columbia      
Yukon      
Northwest Territories      
Nunavut      
Total in-house R&D personnel within Canada      
Total R&D personnel previously reported from question 70      

Technology and technical assistance payments in 2020

73. In 2020, did this business 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 - opens in a new browser window)

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, did this business make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
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  Made Payments Received Payments Both made and received payments Not applicable
Patents        
Copyrights        
Trademarks        
Industrial designs        
Integrated circuit topography        
Original software        
Packaged or off-the-shelf software        
Databases        
Other technology and technical assistance        

74. In 2020, how much did this business pay to other organizations for technology and technical assistance?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

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

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, how much did this business 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 parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial designs    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments made to parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies    
Payments made to other companies, organizations or individuals    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial designs    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments made to other companies, organizations or individuals    
Total payments made to other organizations for technology and technical assistance    

75. In 2020, how much did this business receive from other organizations for technology and technical assistance?

Please report all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

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

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

  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 and excludes 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
    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 2020, how much did this business 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 parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial designs    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments received from parent, affiliated or subsidiary companies    
Payments received from other companies, organizations or individuals    
Patents    
Copyrights    
Trademarks    
Industrial designs    
Integrated circuit topography    
Original software    
Packaged or off-the-shelf software    
Databases    
Other technology and technical assistance    
Total payments received from other companies, organizations or individuals    
Total payments received from other organizations for technology and technical assistance    

Environmental and clean technology R&D expenditures in 2020

76. In 2020, what percentage of this business'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 2020, in which of the following categories of environmental and clean technology did this business 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

Changes in R&D activities due to COVID-19

COVID-19 has resulted in major economic changes, as businesses and organizations reacted to a general shutdown that started in Canada in mid-March 2020.

78. As a result of COVID-19, has this business made any changes in research and development (R&D) activities or expenditures in 2020?

  • Yes
  • No

Changes in in-house R&D expenditures due to COVID-19

79. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business modify its in-house R&D expenditures in Canada in 2020?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased in-house R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures increased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • Yes, decreased in-house R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures decreased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • No change in in-house R&D expenditures due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects and sources of funds

80. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business perform, in-house R&D on COVID-19 related R&D projects in 2020?

COVID-19 related R&D: e.g., R&D to create self-sterilizing work surfaces; R&D to develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test; R&D to adapt LEDs to UV for light-weight air purification system, etc.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Do not know

81. In 2020, how much funding did this business receive from each of the following sources to undertake COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects?

Include self-funding.

Include COVID-19 related funds that have been applied for, which this organization hopes to receive.

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

In 2020, how much funding did this organization receive or does it expect to receive from each of the following sources to undertake COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects?
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  Amount of funding received CAN$ '000
All funding for COVID-19 projects by source  
Self-funded  
Other businesses  
Federal government  
Provincial and territorial government  
Other private non-profit organizations  
Postsecondary institutions
e.g. universities colleges		  
Other Canadian sources  
Foreign sources  
Total funding for COVID-19 related R&D projects  

Changes in R&D personnel due to COVID-19

82. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, were there any net changes to the number of full-time equivalent (FTEs) R&D personnel employed or contracted in 2020 by this business?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased in FTEs

How many more R&D personnel (FTE)s were hired or contracted due to COVID-19?

Number of full-time equivalents

  • Yes, decreased in FTEs

How many fewer R&D personnel (FTE)s were employed due to COVID-19?

Number of full-time equivalents

  • No change in R&D personnel due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

Changes in payments to other organizations for R&D due to COVID-19

83. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business modify its outsourced R&D expenditures in 2020?

When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

  • Yes, increased outsourced R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures increased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • Yes, decreased outsourced R&D expenditures

Please indicate the amount expenditures decreased from previously planned expenditures due to COVID-19.

CAN$ '000

  • No change in payments made to other organizations for R&D due to COVID-19
  • Do not know

Notification of intent to extract web data

84. Does this business have a website?

Notification of intent to extract web data

Statistics Canada is piloting a web data extraction initiative, also known as web scraping, which uses software to search and compile publicly available data from business websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this business to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on businesses, as well as produce additional statistical indicators to ensure that our data remain accurate and relevant.

We will do our utmost to ensure the data are collected in a manner that will not affect the functionality of the website. Any data collected will be used by Statistics Canada for statistical and research purposes only, in accordance with the agency's mandate.

Please visit Statistics Canada's web scraping initiative page for more information.

Please visit Statistics Canada's transparency and accountability page to learn more.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Statistics Canada Client Services, toll-free at 1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-855-382-7745) or by email at infostats@statcan.gc.ca. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link: www.statcan.gc.ca/survey.

Changes or events

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

Select all that apply.

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

Contact person

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

Is the provided given names and the provided family name the best person to contact?

  • 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):
    The maximum number of characters is 5.
  • Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

88. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Geography-Way-In Consultation

Consultation Objectives

The Geography tab, located in the top menu on the Statistics Canada website, enables users to search for data by geographic region or area. Statistics Canada is re-designing the current page as a web portal, to help Canadians discover and use data, related products, and reference materials.

Statistics Canada held consultations with geography data users to seek input on the proposed redesign and ensure that the redesign meets users' needs.

Consultation Methodology

Statistics Canada conducted virtual group discussions in both official languages with participants from across the country. Participants were asked to complete a series of tasks and provide feedback on the redesigned web portal.

How to get involved

Individuals who wished to obtain more information on the consultation contacted us by email at statcan.consultations@statcan.gc.ca.

Statistics Canada is committed to respecting the privacy of consultation participants. All personal information created, held or collected by the agency is protected by the Privacy Act. For more information on Statistics Canada's privacy policies, please consult the privacy notice.

Results

Participants liked the following aspects of the new Geography page:

  • Updated thematic structure and layout.
  • Inclusion of a data dictionary.
  • Useful mapping and visualization features.

Participants suggested improvements on the following aspects of the Geography page:

  • Simplify terminology to suit a broader audience.
  • Give interactive mapping tools, such as the GeoSearch page, more visibility on the landing page.
  • Include the Focus on Geography series.
  • Update visuals with more descriptive images and a more modern colour palette.

After analysis, recommendations from the participants were incorporated in the newly launched Geography Portal. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Reduce the number of clicks needed to access the “GeoSearch” function.
  • Including new products, data and featured content in the “Features” carousel.
  • Using more descriptive titles for products included in the carousel, and ensure that titles match throughout the page.
  • Inclusion of additional links to interactive mapping products.
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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 2020

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Person-Trips by Duration of Trip, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Trip Destination, Q3 2020
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 34,967 A 34,447 A 308 C 213 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 11,481 A 11,316 A 103 E 62 D
Visit friends or relatives 11,894 B 11,720 B 41 E 133 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 101 E 99 E ..   2 E
Shopping, non-routine 3,463 B 3,383 B 81 E ..  
Other personal reasons 4,448 B 4,405 B 30 E 13 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 153 D 150 D 2 E ..  
Other business 3,427 B 3,374 B 51 E 3 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 24,620 A 24,424 A 196 D ..  
Holiday, leisure or recreation 7,235 B 7,140 B 95 E ..  
Visit friends or relatives 7,400 B 7,400 B ..   ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 74 E 74 E ..   ..  
Shopping, non-routine 3,352 B 3,272 B 81 E ..  
Other personal reasons 3,630 B 3,615 B 15 E ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 94 E 94 E ..   ..  
Other business 2,836 B 2,830 B 6 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 10,347 A 10,023 A 111 D 213 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 4,246 B 4,176 B 8 E 62 D
Visit friends or relatives 4,494 B 4,320 B 41 E 133 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 27 E 25 E ..   2 E
Shopping, non-routine 111 D 111 D ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 818 B 791 B 15 E 13 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 59 D 57 D 2 E ..  
Other business 591 C 544 C 45 E 3 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.

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures – Q4 2020

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, Q4 2020 in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
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 5,379,162 B 4,077,317 A 934,369 E 367,475 E
Holiday, leisure or recreation 2,179,219 B 1,659,121 B 329,731 E 190,366 E
Visit friends or relatives 1,103,623 B 905,883 B 51,768 E 145,972 D
Personal conference, convention or trade show 14,634 E 10,354 E ..   4,279 E
Shopping, non-routine 600,456 B 585,654 B 14,802 E ..  
Other personal reasons 510,588 B 467,792 B 23,525 E 19,271 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 36,180 E 35,689 E 491 E ..  
Other business 934,463 E 412,823 B 514,053 E 7,587 E
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 2,010,482 B 1,682,857 B 327,624 E ..  
Holiday, leisure or recreation 750,074 D 437,269 B 312,805 E ..  
Visit friends or relatives 283,343 B 283,343 B ..   ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 8,483 E 8,483 E ..   ..  
Shopping, non-routine 540,849 B 526,047 B 14,802 E ..  
Other personal reasons 221,124 B 221,124 B ..   ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 8,206 E 8,206 E ..   ..  
Other business 198,404 C 198,386 C 18 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 3,368,680 B 2,394,460 B 606,745 E 367,475 E
Holiday, leisure or recreation 1,429,145 B 1,221,852 B 16,926 E 190,366 E
Visit friends or relatives 820,280 B 622,540 B 51,768 E 145,972 D
Personal conference, convention or trade show 6,150 E 1,871 E ..   4,279 E
Shopping, non-routine 59,607 D 59,607 D ..   ..  
Other personal reasons 289,465 B 246,669 B 23,525 E 19,271 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 27,974 E 27,483 E 491 E ..  
Other business 736,058 E 214,437 C 514,035 E 7,587 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.

National Travel Survey: Response Rate at the estimation stage – Q4 2020

National Travel Survey Q4 2020: Response Rate at the estimation stage
Province of residence Unweighted Weighted
Percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador 15.0 12.2
Prince Edward Island 9.0 8.6
Nova Scotia 23.4 21.0
New Brunswick 21.8 19.6
Quebec 29.2 25.3
Ontario 28.5 25.2
Manitoba 21.8 18.3
Saskatchewan 17.7 14.9
Alberta 25.1 22.4
British Columbia 28.6 26.5
Canada 23.2 24.0
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