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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

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Formed
  
1993

Deputy Minister responsible
  
John Knubley

Founded
  
1993

Jurisdiction
  
Canada

Number of employees
  
6,104

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Annual budget
  
CAD$ 4.9 billion (2015)

Ministers responsible
  
Navdeep Bains Kirsty Duncan Bardish Chagger

Website
  
www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development.html

Type of business
  
CRTC; Copyright Board of Canada; Canadian Intellectual Property Office; Regional Economic Development Agencies (Department responsible for)

Subsidiaries
  
Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Profiles

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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (French: Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada), or ISED, formerly Industry Canada, is the department of the Government of Canada with a mandate of fostering a growing, competitive, knowledge-based Canadian economy. The Department headquarters are located at the C.D. Howe Building at 235 Queen Street in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Upon the November 2015 installation of the 29th Canadian Ministry, led by newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the position of Minister of Industry was re-named Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, and Industry Canada was subsequently re-named Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Officials and structure

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  • Navdeep Bains
    • Minister of Science
  • Kirsty Duncan
    • Minister of Small Business and Tourism
  • Bardish Chagger

    • Agencies, boards and offices

    The Department oversees several agencies and boards including the :

  • Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
  • Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
  • Computers For Schools (CFS)
  • Copyright Board of Canada
  • Corporations Canada
  • Electronic Commerce Branch
  • FedNor
  • Measurement Canada
  • Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists
  • Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
  • Spectrum Management and Telecommunications: standards and certification for radio apparatus and equipment
  • The Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Statistics Canada
  • Canada Tourism Commission
  • Business Development Bank of Canada
  • National Research Council of Canada
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Standards Council of Canada
  • National broadband plans from around the world
  • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
  • Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
  • Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
  • Western Economic Diversification Canada
  • Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

    • Certifications and approvals

  • Technical Acceptance Certificate (TAC) for Category I radio and broadcasting equipment

    • References

    Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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