Industry Portfolio

Eleven federal departments and agencies make up the Industry Portfolio. Together, these organizations are uniquely positioned to further the government's goal of building a knowledge-based economy in all regions of Canada and to advance the government's jobs and growth agenda.

Industry Canada works in partnership with the members of the Industry Portfolio to leverage resources and exploit synergies in a number of specific areas:

• innovation through science and technology — helping firms and not-for-profit institutions more rapidly turn ideas into new products and services
• trade and investment — encouraging more firms in more sectors to export to more markets, and helping Canadian firms attract a larger share of foreign direct investment
• growth of small and medium-sized enterprises — providing access to capital, information and services
• economic growth of Canadian communities — fostering new approaches to community economic development, based on community strengths and information infrastructures

The Industry Portfolio includes:

• Business Development Bank of Canada
• Canadian Space Agency
• Canadian Tourism Commission
• Copyright Board Canada
• Industry Canada
• National Research Council Canada
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Registry of the Competition Tribunal
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Standards Council of Canada
• Statistics Canada

As well, the following organizations are associated with the Industry Portfolio:

• Canada Foundation for Innovation, an independent corporation established by the Government of Canada
• Canada Research Chairs, which reports through SSHRC
• Genome Canada, a not-for-profit independent organization
• Networks of Centres of Excellence, which reports through NSERC