Data Visualization: An introduction

Catalogue number: 892000062020014

Release date: September 23, 2020 Updated: December 21, 2022

This video addresses the data visualization competency. By the end of this video, you should have a deeper understanding of data visualization and how it can be used to present data in an interesting and aesthetically pleasing way.

We will go over when it should be used, and give you some examples of the different types of data visualization techniques that exist.

Data journey step
Tell the Story
Data competency
  • Data visualisation
  • Storytelling
Audience
Basic
Suggested prerequisites
N/A
Length
10:54
Cost
Free

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Data Visualization: An introduction - Transcript

(The Statistics Canada symbol and Canada wordmark appear on screen with the title: "Data Visualization: An introduction")

Data Visualization: An introduction

Welcome to part one of a multi part series on data visualization. This video will provide an introductory overview of data visualization, and how to use it to tell your story.

Learning goals

This video addresses the data visualization competency. By the end of this video, you should have a deeper understanding of data visualization, and how it can be used to present data in an interesting and aesthetically pleasing way.

We will go over when it should be used, and we will give you some examples of the different types of data visualization techniques that exist.

Steps of the data journey

This diagram is a visual representation of the data journey. From collecting the data to cleaning, exploring, describing and understanding the data, to analyzing the data and lastly to communicating with others the story the data tell.

Step 4: Tell the story

Data visualization can occur at different steps of the data journey, depending on what you're using it for. In this video, we'll be focusing primarily on how to present data in a way that helps tell the story.

Data Visualization

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey: Step 1 - define, find, gather; Step 2 - explore, clean, describe; Step 3 - analyze, model; Step 4 - tell the story. The data journey is supported by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.)

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. It is a combination of art and science as it uses tools such as charts, graphs and maps to make trends and patterns that might be hidden in a large data set much easier to understand.

Why use data visualization?

But how does data visualization make trends and patterns easier to understand?

Vision is such an important part of how we experience the world. Perhaps because it's how we've always survived. How we've found food, avoided threats, created art that preserves our culture and histories. And since the brain absorbs and processes visual information faster than any other stimuli, presenting information through graphics can be incredibly effective.

So it only makes sense that as technology has evolved, so would the way we present information we're trying to share with the world.

Presenting data

(4 images where, starting from the left, an apple pie, cherry pie, blueberry pie and "other" pie are sorted with a squinting face with tongue out emoji as a 5th image on the far right.)

For example, think about the following question: What is the most popular kind of pie? If you really wanted to know the most popular type of pie in your hometown, you might decide to conduct a survey.

This survey would ask everyone in town what kind of pie is their favourite. Apple? Cherry? Blueberry? Some other flavour? And finally, an option for people who really just don't like pie at all. Once you've acquired your data, there's several ways to communicate the results.

Option 1: Text

The first option is text. You could consider creating a written report describing the figures that read something like "of the 100 people surveyed, 40 preferred apple pie. 30 preferred blueberry and 20 preferred cherry. Additionally, five people chose a flavor other than those in the list, and five said they didn't like pie at all."

Option 2: Table

(Image of a table where the left and right columns lists the different pie flavours and the count of respondents preferring said flavour, respectively: "apple = 40";"bleuberry = 30";"Cherry = 20";"Other = 5";"I don't like pie = 5";"Total = 100".)

In this situation, where we're just trying to find out the most popular pie flavor. We might decide that reading a full analysis of the results is unnecessary.

This is where the option to receive the exact same results in a table, could be preferable. When reading a table, it's all about the numbers. Here we can clearly see that most people prefer apple pie without having to take the time to read through a lot of text.

So, a good thing to note here is that when you're trying to compare more than two numbers, you will probably want to look into presenting your data in a more visual way, rather than textual.

Option 3: Visual

(A series of images with 4 apple pies; 3 bleuberry pies; 2 cherry pies & half a pie for those who like other pies and the other half for those who do not like pies.)

A third way to present the results of our pie survey is without many words or numbers at all. Option three is where data visualization comes in. From this picture it's instantly clear that apple pie is the most popular.

Types of data visualization

(Simplified image of a series of different types of data visualizations: (left) Graphics; Charts; Maps; Tables; Pictographs; Infographics; Dashboards (Right).)

There are many different ways of presenting data visually, such as, graphs, charts, maps, tables pictographs, infographs and dashboards. On the next few slides will look at what each one is best at showing.

Scatter plot

(Text on screen: Showing relationship between two things)

(Image of a Scatter plot on display with the titltle on top:"Total revenue from of ice-cream sales, 2019 ($CAD)".The vertical(y) and horizontal(x) axis represent the proportion of the revenue ($CAN) and temperture (Celsius), respectively.)

A scatter plot is great for showing the relationship between two values. In this graph we can clearly see the relationship between temperature on the horizontal axis and ice cream sales on the vertical axis. We can see how ice cream revenues increased with increasing temperatures.

Line graph

(Text on screen: Showing trends through time)

(Image of a line graph on display with the titltle on top:"Canada's official poverty line".The vertical(y) and horizontal(x) axis represent the proportion of the population (%) and year (year), respectively.)

A line graph is a good way to show how something changes over time. This one shows how Canada's official poverty line has been declining in recent years from 12.1% in 2015 to 8.7% in 2018.

Bar Chart

(Text on screen: Showing a comparison between several things)

(Image of a bar chart on display with the titltle on top:"Cannabis use in the past three months by age, Canada - Fourth quarter 2019".The vertical(y) and horizontal(x) axis represent the proportion of cannabis users (%) and age group (year), respectively. The left most bar to the right most bar, represent the age groups: "15 to 24"; "25 to 34"; "35 to 44"; "45 to 54"; "55 to 64" and "65 and over".)

A bar chart is better when you want to compare different groups of things. Here we compare the use of cannabis among Canadians by age group. The chart clearly shows that cannabis use is higher among those in the younger age groups compared with older age groups.

Pie chart

(Text on screen: Showing the composition of a whole)

(Image of a circular pie chart tittled on the top: Six provinces cultivated "vinifera and french hybrid" grapes for winemaking in 2018. The pie chart is composed of 3 asymetric slices.)

A pie chart is the perfect tool for showing the composition of a whole, or the distribution of something. Here, we see that in 2018 Ontario produced more grapes for winemaking than all the other provinces combined.

Maps

(Text on Screen: Putting data into geographical context)

(Image of the map of Canada where each province has a different gradient of bleu representing the unemployment rate where the darker bleus represent a higher unemployment rate in percentage points. Dark regions are areas with no data.)

Here is an example of a map being used as data visualization. It shows how the job vacancy rate differs across provinces. The job vacancy rate for each province in Canada is indicated by the shading on the map.

Tables

(Text on Screen: Used to show many categories, and provide more detail and precision than many other data visualization methods)

(Image of a table where the left most column represents the age group; the middle and right major columns represent "All families with children" and "Total children in all families", respectively. Both major columns contain sub columns representing the years 2015; 2016 and 2017.)

Tables are used to show many categories and provide more detail and precision than many other data visualization methods. In this table we see the number of families with children compared to the total number of children in all families for different age ranges of children.

Pictographs

(Text on Screen: Simple but instantly interpretable)

((Reuse of the pie survey) A series of images with 4 apple pies; 3 bleuberry pies; 2 cherry pies & half a pie for those who like other pies and the other half for those who do not like pies.)

This data visualization from the pie example is a pictograph. A pictograph is the representation of data using images. This is one of the simplest ways to represent statistical data. The popularity of different kinds of pie is represented by the number of pies. In this pictograph, each pie represents 10 individuals. While a pictograph has very low precision, our brains interpret the message instantly.

Infographics

(Text on Screen: Used to tell a comprehensive data story)

(An image containing an infograph Titled: "Family matters - information on the splitting of householde tasks. Who does what ?". Infograph contains facts and conclusions on the subject mater.)

An infographic is several data visualizations put together to tell a more comprehensive data story. Typically, an infographic portrays the state of something at a particular point in time. Like a poster.

In this example, several data points are put together to tell a story about who does the chores in a family. From this infographic we learn that some chores are done equally by men and women, like dishes, shopping and organizing the social life. While laundry and meal prep are more likely to be done by women, outdoor work is most likely done by men.

Finally, the infographic reveals that the distribution of tasks depends on who's in the labor force at the time.

Dashboards

(Text on Screen: Used to inform business decisions and are updated at regular intervals)

(An image containing a dashboard where tables, charts and graphics to display several issues related to human resources)

A dashboard is several data visualizations put together, often to inform business decisions. Dashboards are usually updated regularly and show changes over time. The colour, size, and position of the individual graphics are used strategically to focus attention on different aspects.

This dashboard for example uses tables, charts and graphics to display information to manage human resources.

How to choose the right visualization

The right visualization depends on several factors.

What type of data do you have? Are their relationships in the data? Or are they changing over time? Are you making comparisons or showing the composition of something? And who's your audience? What story do you want to tell them? Are differences by geographic region important to them? How much precision do they want or need? Is your audience making business decisions based on the information you're sharing? Or, is it simply to inform?

On the previous slides you saw some different types of data visualizations and what each one can be used for.

Recap of Key points

(Text on Screen: Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data.; Vision is an important part of how we experience the world.; There are many different ways of presenting data visually.)

In this video, you learned that data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data.

A picture truly is worth 1000 words. Just make sure you choose the right picture to accurately represent your data and effectively get your message across. Watch for more videos in this series featuring good practices for data visualization.

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The Data Journey: What you need to know for successful navigation

Catalogue number: 892000062020007

Release date: September 23, 2020 Updated: October 22, 2021

In this video you will learn about the steps and activities in the data journey, as well as the foundation supporting it.

No previous knowledge is required. The data journey represents the key stages of the data process. The journey is not necessarily linear. It is intended to represent the different steps and activities that could be undertaken to produce meaningful information from data. Not everyone who uses data will do all of these steps.

No previous knowledge is necessary.

Data journey step
Foundation
Data competency
  • Data discovery
  • Data management and organization
Audience
Basic
Suggested prerequisites
N/A
Length
04:37
Cost
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The Data Journey: What you need to know for successful navigation - Transcript

(The Statistics Canada symbol and Canada wordmark appear on screen with the title: "The Data Journey: What you need to know for successful navigation")

Data 101: Data Journey

The training videos in this series are organized around a data journey. This video tells you what you need to know for successful navigation.

Learning goals

In this video you'll learn about the steps and activities in the data journey as well as the foundation supporting it.

No previous knowledge is required.

Steps of a data journey

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey: Step 1 - define, find, gather; Step 2 - explore, clean, describe; Step 3 - analyze, model; Step 4 - tell the story. The data journey is supported by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.)

The data journey represents the key stages of the data process. The journey is not necessarily linear. It is intended to represent the different steps and activities that could be undertaken to produce meaningful information from data.

Not everyone who uses data will do all of these steps, for example. You might already have gathered and cleaned data ready for analysis. Therefore you might only need to do the last two steps.

Step 1: Define, find and gather

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on "Define, find, gather".)

(Text on screen: Showing relationship between two things)

The first step is to define the question you need to answer or data gap you need to fill. Next is to find the right data to answer that question, or fill that data gap. If such data doesn't exist, you may need to figure out a way to gather it, like through a new survey, for example. In this first step you will use one or more of the following competencies: data discover, data gathering and/or data management and organization.

Step 2: Explore, clean and describe

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on "Explore, clean, describe".)

Once you have defined the need and found the data, the next thing is to get to know it. If you're already familiar with the data, then you might know what to expect. On the other hand, if the data is new to you, then you should spend some time exploring the formats variables and looking for errors and missing values. It may be necessary to clean the data before using it for analysis. It is important to document what you found and what you did to clean the data.

The product at the end of this step is data ready for analysis. In this step you will use one or more of the following competencies: data cleaning and or data exploration.

Step 3: Analyse and model

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on "Analyze, model".)

If you were doing analysis to describe a phenomenon, draw conclusions about a population or make predictions about future events, then your data journey continues. The purpose of doing analysis and modeling is to use statistical techniques to turn the data into information to provide meaningful insights that address your previously determined information needs. In this step, you'll use one or more of the following competencies: data analysis, data modeling and/or evaluating decisions based on data.

Step 4: Tell the story

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on "Tell the story".)

The statistical information that comes from analysis and modeling is easier to digest if it is presented in some sort of story. It could be a research paper, an infographic, a briefing for management, or some combination of these and other data presentation methods. In this step, you'll use one or more of the following competencies: data interpretation, data visualization and/or storytelling.

Build your data journey on a solid foundation

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey. The data journey is supported by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.)

In order to successfully follow the steps of the data journey, it is essential to build your work on a solid foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.

Stewardship encompases all activities to govern, safeguard and protect data.

Metadata should describe all the processing and manipulation that the data has undergone.

Standard methods, practices and classifications should be applied throughout.

Quality should be proactively managed throughout the process and relevant quality indicators should accompany all deliverables.

Recap of key points

The data journey steps are: defined, find, gather; explore clean, describe; analyzing, model, and tell the story. Not everyone who uses data will do all these steps themselves. For example, you might get already gathered and clean data ready for analysis. The data journey is supported throughout by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.

Further learning

You are welcome to watch the videos in any order you choose. If you're not sure where to go next, we recommend Types of Data and Gathering Data.

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Types of Data: Understanding and exploring data

Catalogue number: 892000062020004

Release date: September 23, 2020 Updated: November 25, 2021

In this video, you will learn about data and statistical information, and explore the different types of data. After watching this video, you will be able to identify categorical and quantitative data, nominal and ordinal data, and discrete and continuous data.

Data journey step
Explore, clean, describe
Data competency
Data gathering
Audience
Basic
Suggested prerequisites
N/A
Length
10:58
Cost
Free

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Types of Data: Understanding and exploring data - Transcript

(The Statistics Canada symbol and Canada wordmark appear on screen with the title: "Data types")

Types of data: Understanding and exploring data

It's important to define the different types of data and understand them in order to choose the appropriate method for analyzing data and presenting the results.

Learning goals

In this video, you will learn about data and statistical information, and explore the different types of data. After completing this video, you will be able to identify categorical and quantitative data, nominal and ordinal data, and discrete and continuous data. This video is intended for learners who want to acquire a basic understanding of data's concepts and types.

Steps of a data journey

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey: Step 1 - define, find, gather; Step 2 - explore, clean, describe; Step 3 - analyze, model; Step 4 - tell the story. The data journey is supported by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.)

This diagram is a visual representation of the data journey from collecting the data to cleaning, exploring, describing and understanding the data to analyzing the data, and Lastly to communicating with others the story the data tell.

Step 2: Explore, clean and describe

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on Step 2 - explore, clean, describe.)

Exploring the different types of data is part of the explore, clean and describe step of the data journey. Understanding the various data types will help with the analyze and model steps.

Difference between data and statistical information: Data

Data are the raw material for making information. It can be, for example, in the form of numbers, texts, observations, or recordings. Data can be structured, meaning that they are organized into predefined categories or concepts such as lists, tables, datasets, databases or spreadsheets.

Data can also be unstructured, which means they're not organized. Unstructured data need to be processed or parsed to become structured before any further work can be done on them.

A paragraph of text is an example of unstructured data, since the main ideas have to be extracted or the phrases have to be parsed into smaller segments to use the text as data.

Satellite images are another example of unstructured data. The images have to be interpreted, encoded, such as type of crop or type of building.

Difference between data and statistical information: Statistical information

When we apply statistical methods to data, we produce statistical information such as means, totals, ratios, percentiles, frequency distributions, and parameter estimates. Data have meaning and value, but they're difficult to identify. Statistical methods are a way of summarizing the data so that the meaning becomes clear.

Turning data into statistical information

Statistical methods are applied to data to derive meaning or find relationships. The end product is statistical information which is interpreted and used to increase knowledge about the topic in question.

Data types

(Image of a tree diagram of the different types of data. the root of the tree diagram is "data" that branches out into "categorical"and "quantitative" data. Categorical data branches out into "nominal" and "ordinal" categorical data. Quantitative data branches out into "discrete" and "continuous" quantitative data.)

Data can be divided into 2 main categories. Categorical and quantitative. Categorical data can be further subdivided into nominal and ordinal data. Quantitative data can be discrete or continuous and are also known as numerical data. These concepts are explored further in the next few slides.

Categorical data

Categorical data represent characteristics such as gender languages, spoken type of diseases or clothing sizes.

For example, the languages spoken by a particular person could be French, English, German and Spanish. The categories are referred to as classes or classifications. Every possible value for a characteristic should be in one and only one category.

Categorical data: Nominal

When the categories have no inherent order, the data are called nominal. The data values in this situation are labels.

Examples of categories are types of diseases or languages spoken. Nominal data can be analyzed in summarized using frequencies, proportions, percentages, cross tabulations, and the mode, and they can be visualized using pie charts and bar graphs.

Categorical data: Ordinal

Ordinal values represent categorical data that can be ordered. Ordinal data are very similar to nominal data, but as the name implies, order is important. The categories follow some logical order such as size is categorized as small, medium and large. Similarly to nominal data, ordinal data can be analyzed, summarized and visualized. However, ordinal data can also be described using percentiles, medians and modes. If the ordinal data are numeric, interquartile ranges can also be used.

For example, you could look at the interquartile range of exam scores that are in percentages and arranged from lowest to highest, but it would not make any sense to try to find the interquartile range of clothing sizes that go from extra small to extra large. For an example of when to use interquartile range, check out the video on exploring measures of dispersion.

Quantitative data

Quantitative data, also called numerical data, can be either discrete or continuous. When the data values are distinct and separate, and they can take on certain values only, they're called discrete data. Discrete data can be only counted, not measured.

For example, the number of sheep on a farm. continuous data, on the other hand, represent measurements, not counts. Continuous data can take on an infinite number of values, but for practical reasons continuous data are measured using a discrete scale. Distance is an example of continuous data. It is continuous and that you could keep adding or removing small and the distance would change. However, centimeters or kilometers are used to measure distance on a discrete scale.

Exemple: How old are the people in a community ?

Let's look at an example of working with different types of data. Let's say we want to know how old the people in a community are so that we can plan appropriate services and activities for them. In our example we have the birth dates of the people in a particular community. Because time can be divided in an infinite number of ways, for example, every second or millisecond it is a continuous variable. However, for practical reasons, a hospital usually records the year, month, day, hour and minute of birth. For administrative purposes, we usually just report the year, month and day of birth, which means we're using a discrete representation of a continuous variable. To determine someone's age from their date of birth, we calculate the time between the current date and their date of birth. For convenience sake, let's round their age to the nearest year, which is also a discrete value.

If our community is very small, we could look at all the ages on a list and be able to interpret them. However, if there are a lot of people, it would be very hard to look at a list of ages and say anything meaningful about them, especially if they were in no particular order. When converting age data into statistical information, it's common practice to group the ages into categories. Let's use ranges of 10 years for our example. Now the data are ordinal because there is a particular order to the age categories.

Exemple: How old are the people in a community ?

(Image of a table where the left column called "Age category" representing the different age groups and the right column represents the "count of people". The following is the table content:

  • 0 to 10 years: 5
  • 11 to 20 years: 12
  • 21 to 30 years: 25
  • 31 to 40 years: 30
  • 41 to 50 years: 23
  • 51 to 60 years: 14
  • 61 to 70 years: 3
  • 71 to 80 years: 0
  • 81 years and older: 0)

Let's use the same example. Now that we have age categories, we want to know how many people are in each category. The statistical method we apply to the ordinal data produces a frequency distribution which is shown in the table on the right. Now it becomes quite clear that the community is relatively young. This table is statistical information that can be used by community planners and organizers to plan services and activities that are age appropriate for the community members. It's much easier to interpret the statistical information in this table than it would be to interpret a long list of birth dates.

Quantitative data: Be careful with Zero

There's one very important value to be careful with, in quantitative data. The value of 0, sometimes 0, means there is none of something. For example, zero apples means there are no apples. Sometimes 0 does mean something. For example, zero degrees Celsius means it's cold outside, not that there is no temperature. In some cases, negative values are valid. For example, if I have -$5, it means I owe $5. However, sometimes negative values are not valid. For example, there can't be minus five sheep on a farm. Be mindful of the meaning of 0 when working with quantitative data.

Quantitative data: Basic statistics

There are many basic statistics that can be used with Quantitative data. In fact, all of the basic statistics shown on this slide can be used in a meaningful way with quantitative data.

(Text on screen: Basic statistics include counts, ranks, means, totals and varainces. Other basic statistics include: Proportions, frequencies and cross-tabulations; mode, median, ranks and percentiles; means totals and variances.)

Data types

Remember that data can be categorical or quantitative. Categorical data can be nominal, labels only, or ordinal, having a particular order. Quantitative data can be discreet things we count or continuous, which are things we measure. The next slide provides examples of different types of data and you will have to determine the data type: nominal, ordinal, discrete or continuous.

Guided practice: What is the data type ?

Pause the video here and take the time you need to determine whether each example is nominal, ordinal, discrete or continuous. Continue to play the video to see the answers.

(Image on screen where 4 different examples need to be answered: 1) Names of instruments in an orchestra; 2) Temperature outside right now; 3) Number of pounds gained over the holidays; 4) Rank in a household based on age.)

Do you agree with our suggestions ?

The names of instruments in an orchestra are categorical, nominal data because they can be in any order. Although violin players would probably say they should come first.

Temperature is quantitative continuous data because it can be measured in small increments. We use degrees Celsius for convenience.

Number 3 is a trick question. Weight is measured in pounds in kilograms, which are continuous, but the question asked for the number of pounds gained, which is a count, meaning that these are quantitative discrete data.

Lastly, a person's rank in a household by age is categorical ordinal data because rank by age means putting households in order from youngest to oldest. How did you do?

Summary of key points

Data can be in the form of numbers, texts, observations or recordings. Statistical methods are applied to data to produce statistical information. Data can be nominal, which are categories, or ordinal which are categories in a particular order. Numerical or quantitative data can be continuous, in which case we need to take measurements or discrete, in which case we need to count. We also learned to be careful of the value of zero, which could mean different things depending on the nature of the data.

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What is Data? An Introduction to Data Terminology and Concepts

Catalogue number: 892000062020006

Release date: September 23, 2020 Updated: October 25, 2021

The data terminology and concepts covered in this video are datasets, databases, data protection, data variables, micro and macro data, and statistical information.

No previous knowledge is necessary.

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Foundation
Data competency
Data awareness
Audience
Basic
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Length
06:38
Cost
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What is Data? An Introduction to Data Terminology and Concepts - Transcript

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What's data? An introduction to data terminology and concepts

This video will introduce some basic terminology and concepts related to data.

Learning goals

The data terminology and concepts covered in this video are datasets, databases, data protection, data variables, micro and macro data, and statistical information. No previous knowledge is necessary.

Steps of a data journey

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey: Step 1 - define, find, gather; Step 2 - explore, clean, describe; Step 3 - analyze, model; Step 4 - tell the story. The data journey is supported by a foundation of stewardship, metadata, standards and quality.)

The data journey represents the steps data goes through on its way to telling a story. We will try to answer the question what is data by considering data at these different steps. First, let's consider what is data in the context of finding, gathering and protecting it.

What is data?

Data are facts or figures about an object or phenomenon. Objects simply exist and phenomena happen. People create data. We measure, count, observe, and describe the world around us. We record what we find using symbols and images. This is what data is.

Where does data come from?

Where do data come from? Data come from everywhere. For example, doctors gather data about our health and wellbeing, stores gather data about our purchases, surveys gather data about our habits, and scientists gather data about climate conditions such as temperature and wind speed. This is sometimes referred to as Earth observation data. These are just a few examples in the digital age, data is literally all around us.

How is data organized?

Data can be organized in structured formats such as tables, graphs, or Maps, or a data can also be unstructured, for example text and documents.

Data protection

Custodians of data have a responsibility to be good stewards and protect the privacy, confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information.

Personal identifiable information includes any information that could directly or indirectly identify an individual person, business, or organization.

Step 2: Explore, clean and describre

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on Step 2 - explore, clean, describe.)

Now let's consider what is data at the next step in the data journey. Once we have data were curious to explore it. If we find errors in the data, we try to correct them. What does data look like for this to happen?

Datasets and databases

Data is often organized in a table with rows and columns. In electronic format, this is known as a dataset. A dataset that is organized for a particular purpose, for example, hospital registrations is called a database. There are software packages for managing databases, such as Oracle, SQL and Microsoft Access.

relational databases

A relational database is an organized collection of datasets that relate to each other through key values.

For example, a relational database about the school system could have one data set of a list of schools. Another data set of classes within schools, and another data set of students within classes.

There's a way to connect up all the datasets in a relational database. In this example, an identification variable for the school could be on all three datasets so that you could find all the classes and all the students related to a particular school.

What's inside a dataset?

The actual data inside a dataset or database are arranged in variables. Some of the variables represent the measurements, counts, observations, or descriptions that we talked about earlier. Other variables served to identify to whom or what those measurements counts, observations or descriptions pertain data where one record or row represents one unit of observation is called Micro data. It's highly recommended to explore and clean micro data before doing any sort of analysis on it or using it for any other purpose.

To do this, basic statistical methods are applied to Microdata variables. For more information, see the videos on central tendency and dispersion.

Step 3: Analyze and model

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on Step 3 - analyze, model.)

To discover relationships between variables or to look for trends through time, we do analysis on cleaned Microdata. Other terms for doing analysis are modeling, deriving inference and data analytics. To learn more about data analysis, see the analysis one or one video series.

Different states of data

Here's a handy way to summarize the different states that data can be in. Microdata refers to a data set where one record represents one unit of observation. Microdata are the basic building block whether you're using data to provide services, enforce regulations, answer research questions, or build policy. Macro data refers to a data set where records have been rolled up or aggregated together.

Statistical analysis or data analytics can be performed uncleaned, microdata, or macro data. Metadata is the documentation or information that provides context It makes it easier to use the data appropriately.

Step 4: tell the story

(Diagram of the Steps of the data journey with an emphasis on Step 4 - Tell the story.)

Applying statistical analysis or a data analytics to data is a way to produce statistical information. The last step in the data journey is to tell the story that emerges from statistical information.

Statistical information

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Why are we conducting this survey?

This survey collects data on capital and repair expenditures in Canada. The information is used by federal and provincial government departments and agencies, trade associations, universities and international organizations for policy development and as a measure of regional economic activity.

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.

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 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

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as Environment and Climate Change Canada, Infrastructure Canada, the Canada Energy Regulator and Natural Resources Canada.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Åland Islands
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma (Myanmar)
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Republic of the
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland, Republic of
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, North
  • Korea, South
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao Special Administrative Region
  • Macedonia, Republic of
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Réunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Barthélemy
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Martin (French part)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Sark
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa, Republic of
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, United States
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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
      • Ceased operations
      • Sold operations
      • Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
      • Temporarily inactive but will re-open
      • No longer operating due to other reasons
    • When did this business or organization close for the season?
      • Date
    • When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
      • Date
    • 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 why the operations ceased
    • When was this business or organization sold?
      • Date
    • What is the legal name of the buyer?
    • 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?
    • 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?
    • 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
  • This is not 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

Main activity

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

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

  • Yes
  • No

When did the main activity change?

  • Date

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

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

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this organization's 2020 fiscal year?

Note: For this survey, the end date should fall between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 .

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
  • June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
  • July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
  • August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020
  • September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020
  • October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
  • November 1, 2019 to October 31, 2020
  • December 1, 2019 to November 30, 2020
  • January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
  • February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
  • March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021
  • April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 .

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

  • September 18, 2019 to September 15, 2020 ( e.g. , floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 ( e.g. , a newly opened business).

Fiscal Year Start date

Fiscal Year-End date

Reporting period information

2. What is the reason the reporting period does not cover a full year?

Select all that apply.

Seasonal operations

New business

Change of ownership

Temporarily inactive

Change of fiscal year

Ceased operations

Other reason - specify:

Other reason - specify:

Additional reporting instructions

3. 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$ '000

I will report in the format above

What are Capital Expenditures?

Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).

Fixed assets are also known as capital assets or property, plant and equipment. They are items with a useful life of more than one year and are not purchased for resale but rather for use in the entity's production of goods and services. Examples are buildings, vehicles, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, machinery, and computer software.

Include:

  • cost of all new buildings, engineering, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
  • modifications, additions and major renovations
  • capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
  • subsidies
  • capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
  • work done by own labour force
  • additions to capital work in progress.

Exclude:

  • transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
  • assets associated with the acquisition of companies
  • property developed for sale and machinery or equipment acquired for sale (inventory).

How to Treat Leases:

Include:

  • assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease
  • assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.

Exclude:

  • transfers from capital work in progress (construction-in-progress) to fixed assets accounts
  • assets associated with the acquisition of companies
  • property developed for sale and machinery or equipment acquired for sale (inventory)

Capital Expenditures - Preliminary Estimate 2020

4.  From January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 , what are this organization's preliminary estimates for capital expenditures?

Report your best estimate of capital expenditures expected for the full year.

Include:

  • the gross expenditures (including subsidies received) on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization
  • all capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees as well as work done by your own labour force
  • additions to work in progress
  • leasehold improvements with the assets being leased ( e.g. , office leasehold with non-residential construction).

Exclude asset transfers and business acquisitions.

Imported used fixed assets should be reported under New assets including financial leases.

Purchase of Used Canadian Assets

Definition: Used fixed assets may be defined as existing buildings, structures or machinery and equipment which have been previously used by another organization in Canada that you have acquired during the time period being reported on this questionnaire.

Explanation: The objective of our survey is to measure gross annual new acquisitions to fixed assets separately from the acquisition of gross annual used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole.

Hence, the acquisition of a used fixed Canadian asset should be reported separately since such acquisitions would not change the aggregates of our domestic inventory of fixed assets, it would simply mean a transfer of assets within Canada from one organization to another.

Imports of used assets, on the other hand, should be included with the new assets because they are newly acquired for the Canadian economy.

Work in Progress:

Work in progress represents accumulated costs since the start of capital projects which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

Typically capital investment includes any expenditure on an asset in which its' life is greater than one year. Capital items charged to operating expenses are defined as expenditures which could have been capitalized as part of the fixed assets, but for various reasons, have been charged to current expenses.

Land

Capital expenditures for land should include all costs associated with the purchase of the land that are not amortized or depreciated.

Residential Construction

Report the value of residential structures including the housing portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites.

Exclude:

  • buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities ( e.g. , some student and senior citizen residences)
  • the non-residential portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites
  • associated expenditures on services.

The exclusions should be included in non-residential construction.

Non-Residential Building Construction (excluding land purchase and residential construction)

Report the total cost incurred during the year of building construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others.

Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and of site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • townsite facilities, such as streets, sewers, stores, schools.

Non-Residential Engineering Construction

Report the total cost incurred during the year of engineering construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others.

Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and on site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • oil or gas pipelines, including pipe and installation costs
  • communication engineering, including transmission support structures, cables and lines, etc.
  • electric power engineering, including wind and solar plants, nuclear production plants, power distribution networks, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Report total cost incurred during the year of all new machinery, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Any capitalized tooling should also be included. Include progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made. Receipts from the sale of your own fixed assets or allowance for scrap or trade-in should not be deducted from your total capital expenditures. Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

Include:

  • automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances
  • computers (hardware and software), broadcasting, telecommunication and other information and communication technology equipment
  • motors, generators, transformers any capitalized tooling expenses
  • progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made
  • any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred
  • leasehold improvements.
  New Assets including financial leases Purchase of Used Canadian Assets Renovation Retrofit Refurbishing Overhauling Restoration Total Capital Expenditures
Land        
Residential Construction        
Non-Residential Building Construction        
Non-Residential Engineering Construction        
Machinery and Equipment        
Software        

Research and Development

5.  From January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 , did this organization perform scientific research and development in Canada of at least $10,000 or outsource (contract-out) to another organization scientific research and development activities of at least $10,000?

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

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

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations 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.

  • Yes
  • No

Capital Expenditures - Intentions 2021

6. For the 2021 fiscal year, what are this organization's intentions for capital expenditures?

Report the value of the projects expected to be put in place during the 2021 fiscal year.

Include:

  • the gross expenditures (including subsidies) on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others
  • all capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees as well as work done by your own labour force.

Imported used fixed assets should be reported under New assets including financial leases.

Purchase of Used Canadian Assets

Definition: Used fixed assets may be defined as existing buildings, structures or machinery and equipment which have been previously used by another organization in Canada that you have acquired during the time period being reported on this questionnaire.

Explanation: The objective of our survey is to measure gross annual new acquisitions to fixed assets separately from the acquisition of gross annual used fixed assets in the Canadian economy as a whole.

Hence, the acquisition of a used fixed Canadian asset should be reported separately since such acquisitions would not change the aggregates of our domestic inventory of fixed assets, it would simply mean a transfer of assets within Canada from one organization to another.

Imports of used assets, on the other hand, should be included with the new assets because they are newly acquired for the Canadian economy.

Work in Progress:

Work in progress represents accumulated costs since the start of capital projects which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.

Typically capital investment includes any expenditure on an asset in which its' life is greater than one year. Capital items charged to operating expenses are defined as expenditures which could have been capitalized as part of the fixed assets, but for various reasons, have been charged to current expenses.

Land

Capital expenditures for land should include all costs associated with the purchase of the land that are not amortized or depreciated.

Residential Construction

Report the value of residential structures including the housing portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites.

Exclude:

  • buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities ( e.g. , some student and senior citizen residences)
  • the non-residential portion of multi-purpose projects and of townsites
  • associated expenditures on services.

The exclusions should be included in non-residential construction.

Non-Residential Building Construction (excluding land purchase and residential construction)

Report the total cost incurred during the year of building construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others.

Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and of site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • townsite facilities, such as streets, sewers, stores, schools.

Non-Residential Engineering Construction

Report the total cost incurred during the year of engineering construction (contract and by own employees) whether for your own use or rent to others.

Include also:

  • the cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and on site-preparation
  • leasehold and land improvements
  • all preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
  • oil or gas pipelines, including pipe and installation costs
  • communication engineering, including transmission support structures, cables and lines, etc.
  • electric power engineering, including wind and solar plants, nuclear production plants, power distribution networks, etc.

Machinery and Equipment

Report total cost incurred during the year of all new machinery, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Any capitalized tooling should also be included. Include progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made. Receipts from the sale of your own fixed assets or allowance for scrap or trade-in should not be deducted from your total capital expenditures. Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.

Include:

  • automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances
  • computers (hardware and software), broadcasting, telecommunication and other information and communication technology equipment
  • motors, generators, transformers any capitalized tooling expenses
  • progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made
  • any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred
  • leasehold improvements.
  New Assets including financial leases Purchase of Used Canadian Assets Renovation Retrofit Refurbishing Overhauling Restoration Total Capital Expenditures
Land        
Residential Construction        
Non-Residential Building Construction        
Non-Residential Engineering Construction        
Machinery and Equipment        
Software        

Capital Expenditures - Intentions 2021

7. You have not reported any capital expenditure intentions for 2021.

Please indicate the reason.

  • Zero capital expenditure intentions for 2021
  • Figures not available but plans are for no change in capital expenditures for 2021
  • Figures not available but plans are for an increase in capital expenditures for 2021
  • Figures not available but plans are for a decrease in capital expenditures for 2021

Research and Development

8. For the 2021 fiscal year, does this organization plan on performing scientific research and development in Canada of at least $10,000 or outsourcing (contracting-out) to another organization scientific research and development activities of at least $10,000?

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

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

The term R&D covers three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations 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.

  • Yes
  • No

Notification of intent to extract web data

9. Does this business have a website?

  • Yes
  • No

Specify the business website address

e.g., www.example.ca

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 organizational websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this organization to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on organizations, 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: 1-800-363-7629)) or by email at infostats@canada.ca. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link:

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey: Preliminary Estimate for 2020 and Intentions for 2021

Changes or events

10. 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.

Labour shortages or employee absences

Disruptions in supply chains

Deferred plans to future projects on hold

Projects cancelled or abandoned

Strike or lock-out

Exchange rate impact

Price changes in goods or services sold

Contracting out

Organizational change

Price changes in labour or raw materials

Natural disaster

Recession

Change in product line

Sold business or business units

Expansion

New or lost contract

Plant closures

Acquisition of business or business units

Other
Specify the other changes or events:

No changes or events

Contact person

11. 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

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:

Minutes:

13. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements: Weighted Asset Response Rate - second quarter 2020

Weighted Asset Response Rate
Table summary
This table displays the results of Weighted Asset Response Rate. The information is grouped by Release date (appearing as row headers), 2019 Q2, Q3, Q4 and 2020 Q1, Q2, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Release date 2019 2020
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
quarterly (percentage)
August 25, 2020 86.0 80.0 67.4 80.0 57.8
June 9, 2020 86.0 80.0 67.4 67.8 ..
February 25, 2020 81.9 75.4 62.4 .. ..
November 26, 2019 80.1 64.9 .. .. ..
August 23, 2019 65.2 .. .. .. ..
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source: Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements (2501)

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, 2020.

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

  • May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019
  • July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019
  • October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019
  • January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
  • February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020
  • April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2019 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
2019 - 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  
2019 — Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2019 — Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Software  
Land  
Buildings and structures  
Equipment, machinery and all other capital  
2019 — Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2019 — Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

6. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020
  • In 2021
  • No planned in-house R&D expenditures

7. In 2020, 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 2020, what are this organization's planned expenditures for R&D performed in-house within Canada?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
2020 — Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 — Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

8. 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?
Table summary
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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  

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

9. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 — Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    

11. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020
  • In 2021
  • No planned payments to others to perform R&D

12. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020 and 2021, 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
2020    
2021    

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2019 to 2021

13. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2019 to 2021
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  2019
CAN$ '000
2020
CAN$ '000
2021
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 2019

14. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 — Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures    
2019 — Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 5    

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2019

16. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 — Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin    
2019 — 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 2019

18. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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  
2019 — 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 2019 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 2019

21. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2017 to 2019

22. During the three (3) years 2017, 2018 and 2019, 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 2017, 2018 and 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

30. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar photovoltaics (PV)?
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on solar thermal-power and high-temperature 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass production and transport?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

42. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

47. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

51. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

58. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors?
Table summary
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  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

63. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization'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 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to industry in end-use sector?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on energy system analysis?
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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

69. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this organization's energy R&D expenditures on other energy-related technologies?
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  

Summary of energy-related and total R&D expenditures

70. Summary of total 2019 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures

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Summary of total 2019 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 2019

71. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019

74. In 2019, 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 2019, did this organization 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 design        
Integrated circuit topography        
Original software        
Packaged or off-the-shelf software        
Databases        
Other technology and technical assistance        

75. In 2019, 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 2019, how much did this organization pay to other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Payments made within Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments made outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments made to members, affiliated companies or organizations    
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 2019, 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 2019, how much did this organization receive from other organizations for technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Payments received from within Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments received from outside Canada
CAN$ '000
Payments received from members, affiliated companies or organizations    
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 2019

77. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2020.

78. As a result of COVID-19, has this business made any changes or does it intend to make 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 or does it intend to 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, or does it expect to 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 or does it expect to 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 hopes to receive.

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

In 2020, how much funding did this business receive or does it expect to receive from each of the following sources to undertake COVID-19 related in-house R&D projects?
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.
  Amount of funding received CAN$ '000
All funding for COVID-19 projects by source  
Self-funded  
Other businesses  
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

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 outsourced R&D expenitures due to COVID-19

83. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this business modify or does it intend to 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 organization 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 organizational websites. As a result, we may visit the website for this organization to search for, and compile, additional information. This initiative should allow us to reduce the reporting burden on organizations, 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: 1-800-363-7629) or by email at infostats@statcan.gc.ca. Additional information about this survey can be found by selecting the following link:

Information for survey participants (ISP)

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?

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:

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

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

Other data-sharing agreement

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

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 $763,880.25 should be reported as: CAN$ 764, 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, 2020.

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

  • May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019
  • July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019
  • October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019
  • January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
  • February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020
  • April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Fiscal Year-End date

This fiscal year will be referred to as 2019 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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
2019 - 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  
2019 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2019 - Capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
Software  
Land  
Buildings and structures  
Equipment, machinery and all other capital  
2019 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2019 - Total in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

5. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020
  • In 2021
  • No planned in-house R&D expenditures

6. In 2020, 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 2020, 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
2020 - Total current in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  
2020 - Total capital in-house R&D expenditures within Canada  

7. 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  

Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures

8. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 - Total outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures    

10. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020
  • In 2021
  • No planned payments to others to perform R&D

11. In 2020 and 2021, 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 2020 and 2021, 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
2020    
2021    

In-house and Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures from 2019 to 2020

12. Summary of total R&D expenditures from 2019 to 2020
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  2019
CAN$ '000
2020
CAN$ '000
2021
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 2019

13. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures    
2019 - Total current and capital in-house R&D expenditures previously reported from question 4    

Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2019

15. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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    
2019 - Total in-house R&D expenditures by sources of funds by origin    
2019 - 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 2019

17. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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  
2019 - 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 2019 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 2019

20. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2017 to 2019

21. During the three (3) years 2017, 2018 and 2019, 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 2017, 2018 and 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

24. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

25. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on crude oils and natural gas production and storage?
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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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

26. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

27. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on refining, processing and upgrading 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  

Report all 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

28. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on coal production, separation and processing?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for fossil fuels within this reporting unit.

29. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

31. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

32. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

33. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

34. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

35. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

36. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

37. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on bio-energy - biomass conversion to heat and electricity?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

38. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

39. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on small hydro (less than 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

40. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW)?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for renewable energy resources within this reporting unit.

41. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

43. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

44. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

45. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for nuclear fission and fusion within this reporting unit.

46. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

48. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

49. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  CAN$ '000
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 2019 R&D expenditures for electric power within this reporting unit.

50. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

52. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

53. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

54. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

55. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

56. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on stationary fuel cells?
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 2019 R&D expenditures for hydrogen and fuel cells within this reporting unit.

57. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on mobile fuel cells?
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 - Energy efficiency

58. In 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

59. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

60. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

61. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for energy efficiency within this reporting unit.

62. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

64. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

65. In 2019, 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 2019, what were this business's energy R&D expenditures on carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production?
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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

66. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

67. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 R&D expenditures for other energy-related technologies within this reporting unit.

68. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019 energy-related R&D and total R&D expenditures
Table summary
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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 2019

70. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019

73. In 2019, 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 2019, did this business make or receive payments inside or outside Canada for the following technology and technical assistance?
Table summary
This table contains no data. It is an example of an empty data table used by respondents to provide data to Statistics Canada.
  Made Payments Received Payments Both made and received payments Not applicable
Patents        
Copyrights        
Trademarks        
Industrial designs        
Integrated circuit topography        
Original software        
Packaged or off-the-shelf software        
Databases        
Other technology and technical assistance        

74. In 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019

76. In 2019, 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 2019, 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.

79. As a result of COVID-19, has this organization made any changes or does it intend to make 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 or does it intend to 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 expendituresecreased 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, or does it expect to 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 or does it expect to 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.

82. 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?
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.
  Amount of funding received CAN$ '000
All funding for COVID-19 projects by source  
Self-funded  
Companies  
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

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 organization?

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

84. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, did this organization modify or does it intend to 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 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

86. 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

87. 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

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

  • Hours:
  • Minutes:

89. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?

Why do we conduct this survey?

The purpose of this survey is to collect information for producing national and provincial level estimates of potato production and value.

These estimates will be used to assess the economic health of the industry. Agricultural producers and industry analysts will work with this information to make production and marketing decisions, and government analysts will use it to develop agricultural policies in Canada.

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.

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 statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

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.

For this survey, there is a Section 12 agreement with the Prince Edward Island Statistical agency.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

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.

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information.

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)

Example: 123-123-1212

Extension number (if applicable)

Fax number (including area code)

Example: 123-123-1212

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).

Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including a detailed description of this activity complete with example activities and any applicable exclusions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description and examples

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

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity

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

Main activity

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

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

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

6. 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

7. You have indicated that the current main activity of this business or organization is:

Main activity

Are there any other activities that contribute significantly (at least 10%) to this business or organization's revenue?

  • Yes, there are other activities
    Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity
  • No, that is the only significant activity

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's secondary activity

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

8. Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?

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

Approximately what percentage of this business or organization's revenue is generated by each of the following activities?
  Percentage of revenue
Main activity  
Secondary activity  
All other activities  
Total percentage  

Area planted and harvested

1. What was the total area of potatoes planted in (current year)

Report for the entire operation.

Report the area of potatoes planted on land owned or rented by all partners in the operation.

Planted area refers to an area of land that potatoes were planted on during the spring of the reference year.

Total area planted

Unit of measure

  • Acres
  • Hectares

2. What was the total area of potatoes harvested in (current year)

Report for the entire operation.

Report the area of potatoes harvested on land owned or rented by all partners in the operation.

Total area harvested

Unit of measure

  • Acres
  • Hectares

Yield or production

3. For the potatoes harvested in (current year) would you prefer to report the average yield or total production?

Yield is the measure of a crop produced from single unit of land area.

To calculate: yield = production / harvested area of land

For example, if you produced 2,500 cwt of potatoes on 10 acres of land, yield is 250 cwt per acre.

Production is the amount of crop produced from all harvested land area.

To calculate: production = yield * harvested area of land

For example, if you produced 250 cwt per acre of potatoes and harvested 10 acres, production would be 2,500 cwt.

  • Average yield
  • Total production

Average field run yield

4. What was the average field run yield of harvested potatoes?

Report yield based on the harvested area only.

Include all harvested potatoes, not just the marketable yield.

Average yield

Unit of measure per

  • Metric tonnes
  • Hundredweight (cwt)
  • Imperial tons
  • Barrels (165 pounds)
  • Pounds

Total field run production

5. What was the total field run production of harvested potatoes?

Report the total production for the operation.

Include all harvested potatoes, not just the marketable production.

Total production

Unit of measure

  • Metric tonnes
  • Hundredweight (cwt)
  • Imperial tons
  • Barrels (165 pounds)
  • Pounds
  • 10 pound bag
  • 25 pound bag
  • 50 pound bag
  • 75 pound bag
  • Kilograms

Harvested crop grade

6. What percentage of your harvested crop do you expect to make grade?

Report the percentage that you expect to make grade for table, seed or processing as defined by the grading standard of the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency, your provincial grading standards or your processor.

Of the potatoes that were stored, the percentage that will be marketable are considered to 'make grade'.

For example: 100 pounds of potatoes were stored, however, only 90% of the potatoes will be marketable/make grade.

Report: 90%

Percentage

Agricultural production

7. Which of the following agricultural products are currently being produced on this operation?

Select all that apply.

  • Field crops
  • Hay
  • Summerfallow
  • Potatoes
  • Fruit, berries and nuts
  • Vegetables
  • Sod
  • Nursery products
  • Greenhouse products
  • Cattle or calves
  • Include beef or dairy.
  • Pigs
  • Sheep and lambs
  • Mink
  • Fox
  • Hens and chickens
  • Turkeys
  • Maple taps
  • Honey bees
  • Mushrooms
  • Other - Specify agricultural products:
  • Not producing agricultural products

Area in crops

8. What area of this operation is used for the following crops?

Report the areas only once, even if used for more than one crop type.

Exclude land used by others.

What area of this operation is used for the following crops?
  Area Unit of measure
Field crops    
Hay    
Summerfallow    
Potatoes    
Fruit, berries and nuts    
Vegetables    
Sod    
Nursery products    
List of unit measures
  • Acres
  • Hectares
  • Arpents

Greenhouse area

9. What is the total area under glass, plastic or other protection used for growing plants?

Total area

Unit of measure

  • square feet
  • square metres

Livestock (excluding birds)

10. How many of the following animals are on this operation?

Report all animals on this operation, regardless of ownership, including those that are boarded, custom-fed or fed under contract.

Include all animals kept by this operation, regardless of ownership, that are pastured on a community pasture, grazing co-op or public land.

Exclude animals owned but kept on a farm, ranch or feedlot operated by someone else.

How many of the following animals are on this operation?
  Number
Cattle and calves  
Pigs  
Sheep and lambs  
Mink  
Fox  

Birds

11. How many of the following birds are on this operation?

Report all poultry on this operation, regardless of ownership, including those grown under contract.

Include poultry for sale and poultry for personal use.

Exclude poultry owned but kept on an operation operated by someone else.

Report all poultry on this operation, regardless of ownership, including those grown under contract
  Number
Hens and chickens  
Turkeys  

Maple taps

12. What was the total number of taps made on maple trees last spring?

Total number of taps

Honey bees

13. How many live colonies of honey bees (used for honey production or pollination) are owned by this operation?

Include bees owned, regardless of location.

Number of colonies

Mushrooms

14. What is the total mushroom growing area (standing footage) on this operation?

Include mushrooms grown using beds, trays, tunnels or logs.

Total area

Unit of measure

  • square feet
  • square metres

Changes or events

1. 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.

  • Strike or lock-out
  • Exchange rate impact
  • Price changes in goods or services sold
  • Contracting out
  • Organizational change
  • Price changes in labour or raw materials
  • Natural disaster
  • Recession
  • Change in product line
  • Sold business or business units
  • Expansion
  • New or lost contract
  • Plant closures
  • Acquisition of business or business units
  • Other - Specify the other changes or events:
  • No changes or events

Contact person

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

Is Provided Given Names, 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):

Fax number (including area code):

Feedback

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

Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

Hours:

Minutes:

2. Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?