Title: Survey of innovation, 2003: statistical tables for selected service industries

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Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division

Producer: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division (88-524-XCB)

Date of creation: 2004-03-31

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Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2005-01-28

Access conditions/restrictions: University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.

Summary: The survey is part of an on-going program to measure innovation in Canada. To meet this objective the survey collects information on new and significantly improved products and processes introduced during a three year time period. The information collected by this survey provides information innovation and innovation activities of Canadian businesses and their characteristics. Some topics can include innovation activities, sources of information, problems and obstacles, impact of innovation, cooperative and collaborative arrangements for innovation, business success factors, intellectual property protection, and use of government support programs. The survey is conducted every 3-4 years, depending on need, and covers a 3-year reference period. Industries surveyed may vary from survey to survey. Coverage is largely determined by client sponsorship.

Keywords: business sector, information and communication technologies, machinery industries, natural resources, professional services, scientific and technical services, service sector, technological innovations, transport industries.

Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces and territories

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Date(s) of collection: 2003-09-15 to 2004-01-29

Universe: The target population for the survey was all establishments in selected service industries including selected knowledge-based Professional, Scientific and Technical Services industries; all ICT industries; selected Natural Resource Support Services; and selected Transportation Industries.

The requirement to produce sub-provincial statistics was a major criterion in defining the sampling unit. Accordingly, the establishment was chosen as the collection unit. To reduce the response burden on small businesses, only establishments with a gross business income of at least $250,000 and at least 15 employees were considered in sample selection.

Data type: aggregate statistics

Sample: This is a sample survey.

Frame Description: The sample was drawn from Statistics Canada's Business Register.

Sample unit: Establishment

Stratification: Thirty-five industries were identified based on three-, four or five-digit NAICS codes. The representative sample was randomly drawn from the population of establishments stratified by province and the 35 industries. To reduce the response burden on small businesses, only establishments with a gross business income of at least $250,000 and at least 15 employees were considered in sample selection.

All industries, with the exception of the Transportation Industries and Mining services were sampled with the following criterion:

• A census for Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut;
• Random sample for Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and BC.

  For the Transportation Industries,

• Random sample at national level.

  For Mining Services (NAICS 213117 and 213119)

• Census.