Federal Science Expenditures and Personnel, Activities in the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences

Main expenditure estimates of institutional unit, value

Main expenditure estimates refers to the government's spending plan that will be included in an approbation bill for Parliament's approval.

Institutional unit refers to an economic entity that is capable, in its own right, of owning assets, incurring liabilities, and engaging in economic activities and in transactions with other entities. There is a hierarchical relationship between institutional units and establishments. An institutional unit contains one or more entire establishment(s); an establishment belongs to one and only one institutional unit. There are two main types of units in the real world that may qualify as institutional units, namely persons or groups of persons in the form of households, and legal or social entities.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at constant prices for a specific reference year
• Canadian dollar at current prices