| AAROM | Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management |
| ACOA | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency |
| AFN | Assembly of First Nations |
| AGF | Agtech Growth Fund |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ATIS | Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy |
| BDC | Business development centre |
| BIGS | Business Innovation and Growth Support |
| BRACE | Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise |
| CA | Census agglomeration |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar |
| CBDC | Community Business Development Corporation |
| CCTT | Centres collégiaux de transfert de technologies |
| CED | Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions |
| CEEDD | Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database |
| CEGEP | Collèges d’enseignement général et professionnel |
| CESAP | Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan |
| CFDC | Community Futures Development Corporation |
| CFO | Community Futures Organization |
| CFP | Community Futures Program |
| CIF | Community Imitative Fund |
| CMA | Census metropolitan area |
| CRA | Community Reinvestment Act |
| CSD | Unit of census subdivision |
| DUI | Doing-using-interacting |
| ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| ECJRC | European Commission’s Joint Research Centre |
| EDA | Economic Development Administration |
| EDGAR | Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research |
| EDI | Economic Development Initiative |
| FHQTC | File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council |
| FSDS | Federal Sustainable Development Strategy |
| FUA | Functional urban area |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GE | General Electric |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GI | Geographical indicator |
| GMF | Green Municipal Fund |
| GRA | Greater Regina Area |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IKRS | Indigenous Knowledge Research System |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IOIC | Input-output industry classification |
| IPCA | Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISED | Innovation, Science and Economic Development |
| ITC | Investment tax credit |
| LM | Labour market |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NEET | Not in employment, education or training |
| NII | Nuclear Innovation Institute |
| NL | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| NWT | Northwest Territories |
| OCI | Ontario Centre of Innovation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ON | Ontario |
| QC | Quebec |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RCM | Regional county municipality |
| RD&D | Research, development and demonstration |
| RDA | Regional development agency |
| RDPC | Regional Development Policy Committee |
| REGI | Regional Economic Growth through Innovation |
| RIC | Regional innovation centre |
| RIS | Regional innovation system |
| RM | Rural municipality |
| RNTA | Research and National Technical Assistance |
| SAT | Survey of Advanced Technology |
| SDTC | Sustainable Development Technology Canada |
| SES | Scenario Exploration System |
| SIBS | Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy |
| SK | Saskatchewan |
| SLA | Self-contained labour area |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SR&ED | Scientific Research and Experimental Development |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STI | Science, technology and innovation |
| TK | Traditional knowledge |
| UBCM | Union of British Columbia Municipalities |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UQ | Université du Québec |
| USDA | United States Department for Agriculture |
| WES | Women Entrepreneurship Strategy |
| YU | Yamagata University |