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R&D Profile
Total spending on industrial R&D in Canada
In 2006, Canada was expected to spend a total of Cdn$28.4 billion in research and development. Industrial research and development spending is expected to reach Cdn$14.9 billion.1 Communications equipment industry leads all industries in R&D spending (Cdn$1.58 billion). Information and cultural industries is a close second (Cdn$1.52 billion). The next largest industrial R&D spenders continue to be pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (Cdn$1.29 billion). Scientific research and development services (Cdn$1.14 billion) and computer system design and related services (Cdn$1.06 billion) are in fourth and fifth places.
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1 The statistics are derived from Statistics Canada’s 2004 survey of industrial R&D activities in Canada. The 2004 survey, conducted in 2005, collected data on actual R&D spending for 2004, on preliminary figures for 2005, and on spending intentions for 2006. The survey covers firms spending a million dollars or more on the performance or funding of R&D in Canada, and from the administrative data of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for firms which spend less than a million dollars on the performance or funding of R&D in Canada. R&D statistics are provided for 46 industries falling under six sub-groups. The industry breakdown is in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System Canada 2002 (NAICS). 
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