Future IT Trends and Projects: Canada Public Sector

Canada is a forward-looking country that wants to use technology to solve current environmental issues while improving the country’s economic climate. Catering to its citizens, especially those living in the country’s rural areas, is also extremely important to the government.



Report Highlights
This report includes detailed information on important vendors in the government, education and healthcare sectors in Canada as well as current IT projects underway. In addition, this industry focus report provides demographic and macroeconomic data necessary to evaluate international opportunities.


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DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
KEY TRENDS 2
Environmental sustainability is a top priority for Canada 2
Vendor solutions that are "green" will be more readily received by the Canadian public sector 2
The Canadian government is looking to improve the delivery of its services 2
Technology vendors must demonstrate that their solutions tangibly improve services 2
Technology will play a more significant role in Canada's healthcare system 2
Healthcare IT vendors will find a receptive market in Canada 3
PROFILE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 4
Significant IT initiatives, deals and vendors in Canada 4
Government initiatives impacting IT in the public sector 4
Selected ICT projects in Canada 4
Government 4
Healthcare 5
Procurement in Canada 5
Important vendors in Canada public sector 5
Hardware 5
Software 6
Services 6
Datamonitor forecasts for Canada 7
Government structure in Canada 8
Central Government 8
Elections 10
Local Government 10
Justice, Safety and Defense 10
Social Security/National Insurance Schemes 10
Healthcare 10
Education 11
Regional perspective 11
CANADA IN FIGURES 12
Core facts about Canada 12
Population 13
Economy 14
Technology use 15
APPENDIX 16
Further reading 16
Methodology 16
Abbreviations 16
References 17
Ask the analyst 17
Datamonitor consulting 17
Disclaimer 17

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Table 1: Canada demographic and government information 12
Table 2: General population statistics in Canada from 2000 to 2004 13
Table 3: Statistics about IT usage in Canada, Australia, UK and US (2005) 15



Figure 1: Enterprise Application Software Sales in Canada, Public Sector and Healthcare, 2005-2010 7
Figure 2: Expected changes to IT budgets from 2006 to 2007, Canadian government and healthcare organizations 8
Figure 3: Government spending by type as a percentage of total spending, 2007 9
Figure 4: Unemployment as a percentage of population from 2005 to 2010 for Canada, Australia, UK and US 14


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