Statistics Canada reports there were 228,680 full-time equivalent personnel engaged in research and development (R&D) activities in Canada in 2007, up two per cent from the previous year.
The agency says the business enterprise sector employed the majority of R&D personnel in Canada at 65 per cent.
Higher education employed 26 per cent of the country's R&D workers, while government accounted for eight per cent and non-profit organizations employed one per cent.
StatsCan says about three-quarters of R&D personnel worked in Ontario (45 per cent) and Quebec (31).
Most of the remaining R&D personnel were working in British Columbia (10 per cent) and Alberta (seven).
Researchers accounted for 63 per cent of total R&D personnel, while technicians comprised 25 per cent and support staff 12.
