APEC - Internationalization of industrial Science and Technology

IT & T sector

Table ITS 1: ICT Sector Revenues

Table ITS 2: ICT Statistics
1999 2000 2001

Share of GDP 8.52 .. 6.2

R&D expenditure .. .. 5.2

Revenues(estimated)($billion) 116 133 123

Share of private sector R&D(%) .. .. 46

Exports-ICT Goods & Services($billion) 31.5 42.7 31.2

Imports-ICT Goods & Services($billion) 51.4 61.2 50.9

*: including custom & prepackaged softwarwe (medium & content/royalties) incl news agency services, which are not part of the ICT definition
Source: Statistics Canada

Table ITS 2: ICT Statistics
	1999	2000	2001
Share of GDP	8.52	..	6.2
R&D expenditure	..	..	5.2
Revenues(estimated)($billion)	116	133	123
Share of private sector R&D(%)	..	..	46
Exports-ICT Goods & Services($billion)	31.5	42.7	31.2
Imports-ICT Goods & Services($billion)	51.4	61.2	50.9

Table ITS 3: Distribution of ICT Revenues by industry

Internet usage

Table ITS 4: IT Infrastructure

Table ITS 5: Business Use of Selected Technologies Over Time

Table ITS 6: Annual Average Expenditure for internet purchases

Canadians are among the best-connected in global tech survey with about 48% connected online.
Out of the 5.8 million households connected to the internet, 1.75 million or 30% were connected through the cable, while more than 4 million or 70% were connected through telephone lines. 6.2% of the internet users are broadband users with more cable modem users than DSL users.Read more in Internet usage statistics.
About 29% of businesses had a web site and these firms accounted for 81% of all gross business income.
11.5 per 100 inhabitants subscribe to broadband in 2002.
About 14% of enterprises had an intranet up from 12% in 2000.

E-commerce

Table ITS 7: E-commerce statistics

Canada's internet commerce per capita for 2001 was US$787 ranking it third after US and Japan.E-commerce statistics
Companies received $10.4 billion in customer orders over the internet in 2001, up 43.4% from 2000.
E-commerce is increasingly concentrated in large businesses.
Private sector estimates for E-commerce totalled 6.8% of them world estimates for 1999.
20% of e-consumers accounted for 80% of all online spending.
Government online services was 50% in 2000 and rose to 60% in 2002.
An estimated 2.2 million households spent almost $2 billion shopping on the internet in 2001, placing 13.4 million orders from various locations.
Concerns about security and privacy was still a predominant factor in online buying and selling.

Software scene

The Canadian software market was valued at US$3.5 billion in 1998. In 1999 this market was projected to be worth US$4.1 billion and was expected to grow at an annual rate of approximately 12-14 percent between 1999 to 2001. Software sales will be driven by continued growth in the use of the Internet, Intranets and deployment and development of associated applications.

Telecommunications

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Several major technological innovations are driving Canadian demand for telecommunications equipment, valued at approximately US$5 billion in 1996.

The fiber-optic cable/transmission sector is a growing segment of the Canadian telecommunications equipment industry. Canadian demand for fiber-optic cable was valued at US$179.1 million in 1996.

Hardware

Comprised of approximately 300 manufacturers, the Canadian computer and peripheral industry employs an estimated 14,000 people.