- Mission [1]
- NRC is responsible for: undertaking, assisting or promoting scientific and industrial research in different fields of importance
to Canada; establishing, operating and maintaining a national science library; publishing and selling or otherwise distributing
such scientific and technical information as the Council deems necessary; investigating standards and methods of measurement;
working on the standardization and certification of scientific and technical apparatus and instruments and materials used
or usable by Canadian industry; operating and administering any astronomical observatories established or maintained by the
Government of Canada; administering NRC's research and development activities, including grants and contributions used to
support a number of international activities; and providing vital scientific and technological services to the research and
industrial communities. This mandate is discharged to a great extent through the operation of the NRC Industrial Research
Assistance Program, the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information and the Canadian Technology Network.
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