Canada: total research and development personnel, by industry 2013

This statistic shows the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) research and development personnel in Canada in 2013, distinguished by industry. In 2013, the number of industrial R&D personnel amounted to 132,331 full-time equivalents, including 53,579 FTE personnel from the Canadian manufacturing industry.

Total research and development personnel in Canada in 2013, by industry

Characteristic	Number of personnel
Services	73,489
Manufacturing	53,579
Information and communications technologies*	47,086
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1,840
Utilities	1,328
Construction	1,072
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	1,024

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April 2015

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2013

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Full-time equivalent

Supplementary notes

* The information and communications technologies (ICT) sector is comprised of a subset of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes from various industries already included in this series and, therefore, should not be used in any calculations combining industries for totals since this would result in double counting in certain industries.

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