It is from the 70th of the last century in Canada has begun an active state intervention in the process of becoming a national scientific and technological capabilities, inter alia, by improving the scientific infrastructure of Canadian universities, a public research centers and laboratories. In 1973 he created the National Research Council (National Research Council Canada), designed to coordinate the work of government centers and develop a common strategy for the development of scientific and technological potential of the country. In the research department of the federal government in 2001, has worked nearly 32 thousand employees, of whom 13 thousand - scientists and other professional staff, and in fact had been involved in research for more than 6 thousand public servants.