Friday, August 31, 2007

Spending on research and development in the higher education sector

Spending on research and development in the higher education sector, which includes all affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics, rose 5.1% from 2004/2005 to $9.5 billion in the fiscal year 2005/2006.

Higher education institutions, the largest contributors to research and development in this sector, increased their spending by 5.1% from 2004/2005 to $4.4 billion.

All fields of study saw increases in funding, with spending allocation remaining stable among social sciences and humanities, health sciences and other natural sciences and engineering in 2005/2006, compared with the previous year.

The Alberta government funded 19.0% of the research and development performed by the province's higher education institutions, the highest share of any province.

There is a strong regional pattern in the higher education sector's research and development expenditures, due to the heavy concentration of institutions in Quebec and Ontario. These two provinces accounted for most of the expenditures (69% or $6.5 billion).

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5109.

The service bulletin Science Statistics, Vol. 31, no. 4 (88-001-XWE, free) is now available from the Publications module of our website.

For more information, or to enquire about the methods, concepts or data quality of this release, contact Michael Lynch, (613-951-2201; michael.lynch@statcan.ca) or Louise Earl (613-951-2880; louise.earl@statcan.ca), Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division.

---

Send this article to another person
E-mail to:
Your name:
Your e-mail: