UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
Figure 4.6: Major Canadian federal science departments and agencies
by spending intentions for 2012
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council
Canadian Institutes for Health Research
National Research Council
Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council
Natural Resources Canada
Environment Canada
Statistics Canada
Health Canada
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Industry Canada
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Canadian International Development
Agency
Source: Government of Canada
0 200 400
R&D
Related
scientific
activities
600 800 1 000
Can$ millions
Table 4.3: Canadian federal S&T spending by socio-economic objective, 2011–2013
2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013
Intramural Extramural Intramural Extramural Intramural Extramural
CAN$ millions
Total 2 863 4 738 2 520 4 381 2 428 4 483
Exploration and exploitation of the Earth 90 77 86 92 59 93
Transport 64 56 60 58 51 49
Telecommunications 46 52 41 35 34 35
Other infrastructure and general
planning of land use
44 76 42 37 35 43
Control and care of the environment 200 227 208 225 121 251
Protection and improvement of human
health
Production, distribution and rational
utilization of energy
280 1 432 264 1 415 240 1 512
717 269 545 257 561 161
Agriculture 360 179 354 154 409 1603
Fisheries 7 29 7 21 6 17
Forestry 70 90 69 58 70 54
Industrial production and technology 206 801 182 799 153 937
Social structures and relationships 156 222 125 243 141 264
Space exploration and exploitation 78 228 74 268 61 195
Non-oriented research 247 938 240 641 211 636
Other civil research 21 4 14 2 16 1
Defence 276 57 211 76 258 71
Note: Federal S&T spending is the sum of spending on R&D and related scientific activities. Non-programme (indirect) costs are excluded from intramural expenditure.
Source: Statistics Canada, August 2014
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