Industry Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Industry Canada Business Plan 2009–2010
— Long Descriptions

Map of Canada

This map shows the locations of major regional offices, sub-offices and district offices. These include:

  • Whitehorse
  • Yellowknife
  • Iqaluit
  • Kelowna
  • Penticton
  • Prince George
  • Surrey
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Calgary
  • Edmonton
  • Lethbridge
  • Regina
  • Saskatoon
  • Winnipeg
  • Acton
  • Belleville
  • Burlington
  • Hamilton
  • Kenora
  • Kitchener
  • London
  • Mississauga
  • North Bay
  • Ottawa
  • Parry Sound
  • Peterborough
  • Thunder Bay
  • Timmins
  • Toronto
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Sudbury
  • Windsor
  • Chicoutimi
  • Gatineau
  • Montréal
  • Québec
  • Saint-Rémi
  • Sherbrooke
  • Trois-Rivières
  • Fredericton
  • Moncton
  • Saint John
  • St. John's
  • Dartmouth
  • Halifax
  • Sydney
  • Charlottetown

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3 Key Strategies

This graphic illustrates that Industry Canada delivers its mandate through three interdependent and mutually reinforcing key strategies: advancing the marketplace; fostering the knowledge-based economy; and supporting business.

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This chart illustrates that Industry Canada's three strategic outcomes — the Canadian marketplace is efficient and competitive; science and technology, knowledge, and innovation are effective drivers of a strong Canadian economy; and competitive businesses are drivers of sustainable wealth creation — are driven by and contribute to the Government of Canada's desired outcomes: a fair and secure marketplace; an innovative and knowledge-based economy; strong economic growth; and a strong and mutually beneficial North America. Industry Canada's three strategic outcomes the result of the Department's three key strategies — advancing the marketplace; fostering the knowledge-based economy; and supporting business — which are delivered through various program activities and supported by strategic enablers such as people management, risk management, management accountability and other corporate functions.

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Spending Trend ($ millions)

This graph illustrates that Industry Canada's operating budget is forecasted to decrease in coming years.

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Total departmental human resources (full-time equivalents) by key strategy

This pie chart shows that departmental human resources are distributed among Industry Canada's three key strategies and the strategic enablers: 57 percent for advancing the marketplace (3017 full-time equivalents); 13 percent for fostering the knowledge-based economy (683 full-time equivalents); 13 percent for supporting business (679 full-time equivalents); and 17 percent for strategic enablers (895 full-time equivalents).

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Total planned departmental spending by key strategy

This pie chart shows that departmental spending is distributed among Industry Canada's three key strategies and the strategic enablers: 15 percent for advancing the marketplace ($181.2 million); 53 percent for fostering the knowledge-based economy ($652.1 million); 25 percent for supporting business ($297.8 million); and 7 percent for strategic enablers ($82.9 million).

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Departmental human resources (full-time equivalents) by program activity

This pie chart shows that human resources allocated to the key strategy "Advancing the marketplace" are distributed among four program activities: 59 percent for marketplace frameworks and regulations (1791 full-time equivalents); 25 percent for marketplace frameworks and regulations for spectrum, telecommunications and the online economy (751 full-time equivalents); 1 percent for consumer affairs (23 full-time equivalents); and 15 percent for competition law enforcement and advocacy (452 full-time equivalents).

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Total planned departmental spending by program activity

This pie chart shows that departmental spending under the key strategy "Advancing the marketplace" is distributed among four program activities: 26 percent for marketplace frameworks and regulations ($46.9 million); 48 percent for marketplace frameworks and regulations for spectrum, telecommunications and the online economy ($87.2 million); 2 percent for consumer affairs ($4.5 million); and 24 percent for competition law enforcement and advocacy ($42.6 million).

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Departmental human resources (full-time equivalents) by program activity

This pie chart shows that human resources allocated to the key strategy "Fostering the knowledge-based economy" are distributed among four program activities: 9 percent for Canada's research and innovation capacity (59 full-time equivalents); 58 percent for Communications Research Centre Canada (398 full-time equivalents); 19 percent for knowledge advantage in targeted Canadian industries (127 full-time equivalents); and 14 percent for Industrial Technologies Office (99 full-time equivalents).

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Total planned departmental spending by program activity

This pie chart shows that departmental spending under the key strategy "Fostering the knowledge-based economy" is distributed among four program activities: 41 percent for Canada's research and innovation capacity ($264.3 million); 5 percent for Communications Research Centre Canada ($35.4 million); 20 percent for knowledge advantage in targeted Canadian industries ($131.0 million); and 34 percent for Industrial Technologies Office ($221.4 million).

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Departmental human resources (full-time equivalents) by program activity

This pie chart shows that human resources allocated to the key strategy "Supporting business" are distributed among four program activities: 21 percent for entrepreneurial economy (142 full-time equivalents); 45 percent for global reach and agility in targeted Canadian industries (307 full-time equivalents); 33 percent for community, economic and regional development (221 full-time equivalents); and 1 percent for Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America — Canadian Secretariat (9 full-time equivalents).

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Total planned departmental spending by program activity

This pie chart shows that departmental spending under the key strategy "Supporting business" is distributed among four program activities: 32 percent for entrepreneurial economy ($95.7 million); 21 percent for global reach and agility in targeted Canadian industries ($61.4 million); 46 percent for community, economic and regional development ($138.5 million); and 1 percent for Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America — Canadian Secretariat ($2.2 million).

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Industry Canada Senior Executive Committee Structure

This chart is the governance chart for Industry Canada showing the Minister supported by the Deputy Minister and the Senior Associate Deputy Minister. The Deputy Minister chairs the Information Technology Strategic Management Committee and the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee has three sub-committees: Programs and Services Board, Deputy Minister's Policy Table and Management Committee, which is chaired by the Senior Associate Deputy Minister. Executive Committee also has a dotted line relationship to the Departmental Audit Committee.

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