Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) 2020 Version 1.0

The Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) was developed conjointly by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Statistics Canada which is the custodian. This shared standard classification, inspired by the Frascati Model 2015 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will be used by the federal granting agencies and Statistics Canada to collect and disseminate data related to research and development in Canada. The CRDC first official version is the 2020 version 1.0 and it is composed of 3 main pieces: the type of activity or TOA (with 3 categories), the field of research or FOR (with 1663 fields at the lowest level) and socioeconomic objective or SEO (with 85 main groups at the lowest level).

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 21:14 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 15:59 (UTC)
contact_email	STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca
contact_person	{}
criticality_level	["business", "general_public", "scientists"]
data_dictionary	[]
geographic_scope	["0"]
open_canada_collection	primary
open_canada_date_published	2020-05-26 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Classification", "Classification des industries", "Codes de classification", "Systèmes de classification", "Statistiques entreprises", "Industrie - Classification types", "Recherche et Développement", "CCRD"], "en": ["Classification", "Classification codes", "Classification systems", "Industrial classification", "Business statistics", "Industry - Standard classifications", "Research and Development", "CRDC"]}
open_canada_subject	["economics_and_industry", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Classification canadienne de la recherche et développement (CCRD) 2020 version 1.0
update_frequency	as_needed