Canada - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Canada was 1,268 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,983 in 2007 and a minimum value of 1,105 in 1998.

Definition: The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 1,127
1997 1,108
1998 1,105
1999 1,119
2000 1,241
2001 1,313
2002 1,368
2003 1,463
2004 1,622
2005 1,642
2006 1,761
2007 1,983
2008 1,960
2009 1,789
2010 1,521
2011 1,555
2012 1,370
2013 1,378
2014 1,353
2015 1,456
2016 1,248
2017 1,268

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology