Culture of Innovation Index
Canadian innovations have made enormous contributions to our country and to the world. But how pervasive is innovation in our everyday culture? Canada’s Culture of Innovation Index is designed to find out.
“A culture of innovation doesn’t happen by accident, but by countless daily acts and sustained efforts over time. It happens because we make it happen. It happens because we believe that to be innovative lies at the heart of what it means to be Canadian. To ask, ‘How do we do things better?’—and then do just that—is part of the basic makeup of our country.” – The Right Honourable David Johnston, 28th Governor General of Canada and Chair of the Rideau Hall Foundation
About the Culture of Innovation Index
Developed by the Rideau Hall Foundation in partnership with Edelman Canada, Canada’s Culture of Innovation Index measures how we approach and value innovation in all spheres of our society. It includes perspectives from more than 2,900 Canadians, across all provinces and territories.
Now in its third year, RHF will uncover how the Index has continued to change and evolve over the past 3 years, in particular, among the current COVID-19 environment. We will deep dive into the top dimensions of Diversity and Collaboration with a particular focus on the impacts on these dimensions to better understand how recent experiences have impacted the way Canadian values related to innovation may have shifted.
Culture of Innovation Index
The overall Culture of Index score is based on how Canadians rate different dimensions that drive innovation. We define innovation as creating or improving new or different products, processes or ideas; adopting new technologies or procedures; or working with others to improve service or make something better in business, government, or in society.
Innovation Index Score
View how Canada’s Culture of Innovation has changed year over year, based on how Canadians value several key dimensions of innovation.
Correlation analysis, principal components analysis, and reliability analysis were run across these 40 statements to identify which have the strongest predictive value within each respective innovation input.
Two statements were identified as the most representative for each innovation input, and one statement from each input was identified as the predominant driver of the overall innovation index.
The average (mean) scores for each key statement were then used to calculate the innovation input indices.
The Index scores below indicate Canada’s overall Culture of Innovation and the dimensions that make up a Culture of Innovation in Canada.
*Small base size prohibited analysis among other ethnicities.
Dimensions of Innovation
Several different aspects drive a culture of innovation, from diversity and collaboration to creativity and curiosity, risk tolerance and openness to technology.
Dimensions Contributing to Culture of Innovation
View the strongest contributors to an overall culture of innovation based on Canadians’ opinions, and how those views have shifted year over year, and by age, gender, ethnicity, and region.
Canadians’ Openness to Risk
Openness or aversion to risk is an important measure for understanding Canada’s culture of innovation. See how Canadians perceive our country’s risk tolerance.
Risk Aversion in Canada
View how Canadians’ perception of our openness to risk has changed year-over-year.
Why Canadians Value Innovation
From improving health to bolstering our economy, Canadians have different reasons to value a culture of innovation. Discover the outcomes of innovation Canadians see as most important.
Top Desired Outcomes of Innovation
See how Canadians rank desired outcomes of innovation, and how that’s changed year over year.
Innovation Among Institutions
From the private sector to not-for-profits and government, different institutions all have a role to play in building a culture of innovation. View which institutions are considered leaders in innovation and which are perceived as lagging.
Ranking of Institutional Innovation
View which institutions Canadians perceive as Innovative, plus break down the data by year, age, gender, ethnicity and region.
Who’s Driving Innovation?
From individuals to institutions, there are many people in our society who can drive innovation. View who Canadians believe is responsible for fostering innovation in our society.
Responsibility for Innovation
View which groups Canadians perceive to be responsible for fostering innovation in our society, plus break down the data by year, age, gender, ethnicity and region.
Engagement in Innovation
There are many ways that Canadians can engage with innovation, from improving processes to seeing innovation in the news. View different ways that Canadians are engaging with innovation.
Engagement in Innovation
View how Canadians are engaging in innovation, plus break down the data by year, age, gender, ethnicity and region.
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