Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Value of invested capital into business start-ups and business expansions
Number of business start-ups and business expansion arising from innovation activities (with metrics on start-ups owned by specific under-represented groups including Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, women, persons with disabilities, new immigrants)
Number of jobs created
Number of innovation activity participants (with metrics on participation of specific under-represented groups including Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, women, persons with disabilities, new immigrants)
Number and value of applied research projects
Number of technical solutions found
Number of business solutions resolved
Value of leveraged funding
Number of innovation activities supported / delivered
Impact of public relations exposure of rural innovation activities
Number of resources and infrastructures supported / started (e.g. maker spaces, incubators, etc.)
Number of businesses that cultivate confidence in others to create businesses

January 2019