Regional Profiles

Facts and figures from across Canada

Want to know about biotechnology in specific regions in Canada? This is the place. Click on a province below for detailed regional facts.

• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan

National Biotechnology week is a celebration of the imagination and innovation of Canadian scientists from Vancouver to Halifax. And we have a lot to celebrate!

• Canada offers the most cost-competitive business environment in the G-7.(1)
  
• There are 13,400 employees with biotechnology-related activities within innovative biotechnology firms.(2)
  
• Canadian biotech companies invest a total of $1.7 billion in research & development.(3)
  
• We are FOURTH IN THE WORLD for acreage of biotech crops planted.(4)
  
• Canada has the THIRD HIGHEST tax credit rate for R&D.(5)

Distribution of biotech companies in Canada by Area of Expertise

Source: Canadian Life Sciences Database, February 2009

Canadian Biotech by Province

Source: Canadian Life Sciences Database, February 2009

Find out more about Canada’s leading companies, what the public thinks about biotechnology, and key industry challenges at www.biotech.ca.

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