Research organizations in Canada

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 1,280 research organizations in Canada.

Research organizations carry out scientific and applied research outside the university system, from national laboratories to independent institutes.

The largest concentrations are in Toronto (226), Ottawa (211) and Montreal (152).

Canada scores 69.8 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 15 of 117 economies.

See Canada on the IEPA ↗

1,280 research organizations

• Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton
  Research organization · Hamilton · hamiltoncas.com
• Children's Health Foundation
  Research organization · London · childhealth.ca
• Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
  Research organization · Winnipeg · goodbear.ca
• Choroideremia Research Foundation
  Research organization · Brantford · curechm.org
• Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada
  Research organization · Ottawa · cdpac.ca
• Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans
  Research organization · Hamilton · veteranschronicpain.ca
• Churchill Northern Studies Centre
  Research organization · Hudson Bay · churchillscience.ca
• Climate Equity Reference Project
  Research organization · Ottawa · climateequityreference.org
• CMC Research Institutes
  Research organization · Calgary · cmcghg.com
• CNIB Foundation
  Research organization · Toronto · cnib.ca
• Coalition des Organismes Communautaires Québécois de Lutte Contre le Sida
  Research organization · Montreal · cocqsida.com
• Coalition for Research in Women's Health
  Research organization · Toronto · crwh.org
• Cochrane
  Research organization · Cochrane · canada.cochrane.org
• College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
  Research organization · Edmonton · nurses.ab.ca
• College of Family Physicians of Canada
  Research organization · Mississauga · cfpc.ca
• College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
  Research organization · Vancouver · bcpharmacists.org
• Colorectal Cancer Canada
  Research organization · Westmount · colorectalcancercanada.com
• Communautique
  Research organization · Montreal · communautique.quebec
• Communitech
  Research organization · Waterloo · communitech.ca
• Community Based Research Centre
  Research organization · Vancouver · cbrc.net
• Community Foundation of Campbellford/Seymour and Northumberland
  Research organization · Campbellford · cfcsn.ca
• Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta
  Research organization · Lethbridge · cflsa.ca
• Community Foundations of Canada
  Research organization · Ottawa · communityfoundations.ca
• Community Living Welland Pelham
  Research organization · Welland · cl-wellandpelham.ca
• Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador
  Research organization · St. John's · communitysector.nl.ca
• Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation
  Research organization · Courtenay · cvhealthcarefoundation.com
• Companion Animal Health Fund
  Research organization · Saskatoon · cahfpets.ca
• Compute Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · computecanada.ca
• Compute Ontario
  Research organization · London · computeontario.ca
• Computer Research Institute of Montréal
  Research organization · Montreal · crim.ca
• Concordia University Press
  Research organization · Montreal · concordia.ca
• Conference Board of Canada
  Research organization · Ottawa · conferenceboard.ca
• Conférence Régionale des EluEs du Bas-Saint-Laurent
  Research organization · Rimouski · crebsl.com
• Conseil de l'industrie forestière du Québec
  Research organization · Québec · cifq.com
• Conseil Régional de l'Environnement du Bas-Saint-Laurent
  Research organization · Rimouski · crebsl.com
• Consortium For Research and Innovation In Aerospace In Quebec
  Research organization · Montreal · criaq.aero
• Construction Owners Association of Alberta
  Research organization · Edmonton · coaa.ab.ca
• Continuous Science Foundation
  Research organization · Canmore · continuousfoundation.org
• Corporation d’Aménagement et de Protection de la Sainte-Anne
  Research organization · Québec · capsa-org.com
• Cosmedica
  Research organization · Victoria · cosmedica.ca
• Council of Canadian Academies
  Research organization · Ottawa · scienceadvice.ca
• Council of Canadians with Disabilities
  Research organization · Winnipeg · ccdonline.ca
• Council of Forest Industries
  Research organization · Vancouver · cofi.org
• Council of Ontario Universities
  Research organization · Toronto · cou.on.ca
• Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries
  Research organization · Victoria · coppul.ca
• CRC Robotics
  Research organization · Montreal · robo-crc.ca
• CRÉ de Montréal
  Research organization · Montreal · credemontreal.qc.ca
• Creative Destruction Lab
  Research organization · Toronto · creativedestructionlab.com
• Crohn's and Colitis Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · crohnsandcolitis.ca
• Culex Environmental
  Research organization · Burnaby · culex.ca
• Cumulative Environmental Management Association
  Research organization · Fort McMurray · cemaonline.ca
• Cure Foundation
  Research organization · Mount Royal · curefoundation.com
• Cystic Fibrosis Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · cysticfibrosis.ca
• Dairy Farmers Of Canada
  Research organization · Ottawa · dairyfarmers.ca
• Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
  Research organization · Halifax · dmrf.ca
• Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art Science and Technology
  Research organization · Montreal · fondation-langlois.org
• David Suzuki Foundation
  Research organization · Vancouver · davidsuzuki.org
• De Veber
  Research organization · Toronto · deveber.org
• Deep River Science Academy
  Research organization · Deep River · drsa.ca
• Defeat Duchenne Canada
  Research organization · London · defeatduchenne.ca
• Desjardins
  Research organization · Lévis · desjardins.com
• Développement Economique Longueuil
  Research organization · Boucherville · delagglo.ca
• Diabetes Action Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · diabetesaction.ca
• Diabetes Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · diabetes.ca
• Diabetes Québec
  Research organization · Montreal · diabete.qc.ca
• DigiBC (Canada)
  Research organization · Vancouver · digibc.org
• Digital Health Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · digitalhealthcanada.com
• Digital Research Alliance of Canada
  Research organization · Ottawa · alliancecan.ca
• Dignitas International
  Research organization · Toronto · dignitasinternational.org
• Dinosaur Research Institute
  Research organization · Calgary · dinosaurresearch.com
• Disabled Sailing Association of British Columbia
  Research organization · Vancouver · disabledsailingbc.org
• Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation
  Research organization · North Vancouver · mowafaghianfoundation.com
• Donner Canadian Foundation
  Research organization · Toronto · donnerfoundation.org
• Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation
  Research organization · Ottawa · douglascoldwelllayton.ca
• Down Syndrome Research Foundation
  Research organization · Burnaby · dsrf.org
• Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre
  Research organization · St. John's · cancercarefoundation.nl.ca
• Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
  Research organization · Vancouver · drpeter.org
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
  Research organization · Stonewall · ducks.ca
• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · dystoniacanada.org
• Earthgen
  Research organization · Mississauga · earthgen.ca
• Echo Foundation
  Research organization · Montreal · fondationecho.ca
• EcoSpark
  Research organization · Toronto · ecospark.ca
• Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund
  Research organization · Edmonton · ececaf.ca
• Edmonton Community Foundation
  Research organization · Edmonton · ecfoundation.org
• Egale Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · egale.ca
• EJLB Foundation
  Research organization · Montreal · fondationecho.ca
• Elephant Thoughts
  Research organization · Collingwood · elephantthoughts.com
• Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
  Research organization · Montreal · elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org
• Emissions Reduction Alberta
  Research organization · Sherwood Park · eralberta.ca
• En'owkin Centre
  Research organization · Penticton · enowkincentre.ca
• Endocrine Research Society
  Research organization · Vancouver · endocrineresearchsociety.com
• Energi Simulation
  Research organization · Calgary · energisimulation.com
• Engineers Without Borders Canada
  Research organization · Toronto · ewb.ca
• Entomological Society of Canada
  Research organization · Winnipeg · esc-sec.ca
• Environmental Studies Association of Canada
  Research organization · Waterloo · esac.ca
• Epicure Foundation
  Research organization · Victoria · epicure.com
• Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
  Research organization · Montreal · equitas.org
• Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation
  Research organization · Calgary · manningawards.ca
• Érudit
  Research organization · Montreal · erudit.org
• Esperantic Studies Foundation
  Research organization · Montreal · esperantic.org
• Essays on Canadian Writing
  Research organization · Toronto · ecw.ca
• ETC Group - Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
  Research organization · Montreal · etcgroup.org
• Eye Disease Foundation
  Research organization · Québec · fondationdesmaladiesdeloeil.org
• Family Enterprise Foundation
  Research organization · Montreal · familyenterprisefoundation.org
• Fédération Canadienne de Démographie
  Research organization · Kingston · fcdweb.wordpress.com
• Fédération des cégeps
  Research organization · Montreal · fedecegeps.qc.ca
• Fédération des Comités de Parents du Québec
  Research organization · Québec · fcpq.qc.ca
• Fédération des Commissions Scolaires du Québec
  Research organization · Québec · fcsq.qc.ca
• Fédération des Maisons D'Hébergement pour Femmes
  Research organization · Montreal · fede.qc.ca
• Fédération des Plastiques et Alliances Composites
  Research organization · Boucherville · fepac.ca
• Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  Research organization · Ottawa · ideas-idees.ca
• Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Education Foundation
  Research organization · Toronto · fccpontario.com
• Fiducie de Recherche sur la Forêt des Cantons-de-l’Est
  Research organization · Québec · frfce.qc.ca
• Fife House
  Research organization · Toronto · fifehouse.org
• Film Studies Association of Canada
  Research organization · North York · filmstudies.ca
• FilmOntario
  Research organization · Toronto · filmontario.ca
• First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
  Research organization · Québec · cssspnql.com
• FIRST Robotics Canada
  Research organization · Pickering · firstroboticscanada.org
• Fishermen and Scientists Research Society
  Research organization · Halifax · fsrs.ns.ca
• Flax Council Of Canada
  Research organization · Winnipeg · flaxcouncil.ca

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Cities

• Research organizations in Toronto 226
• Research organizations in Ottawa 211
• Research organizations in Montreal 152
• Research organizations in Vancouver 86
• Research organizations in Québec 53
• Research organizations in Edmonton 51
• Research organizations in Calgary 46
• Research organizations in Winnipeg 44
• Research organizations in Halifax 23
• Research organizations in Saskatoon 22
• Research organizations in Victoria 20
• Research organizations in Guelph 15
• Research organizations in Hamilton 14
• Research organizations in London 14
• Research organizations in Regina 13
• Research organizations in Markham 11
• Research organizations in Mississauga 11
• Research organizations in Waterloo 11
• Research organizations in Burnaby 10
• Research organizations in Fredericton 9
• Research organizations in Kingston 9
• Research organizations in St. John's 8
• Research organizations in Westmount 8
• Research organizations in Rimouski 6
• Research organizations in Saint Catharines 5
• Research organizations in Kitchener 4
• Research organizations in Peterborough 4
• Research organizations in Boucherville 3
• Research organizations in Brantford 3
• Research organizations in Campbell River 3
• Research organizations in Chatham 3
• Research organizations in Kelowna 3
• Research organizations in Lethbridge 3
• Research organizations in Moncton 3
• Research organizations in North York 3
• Research organizations in Oakville 3
• Research organizations in Revelstoke 3
• Research organizations in Sherbrooke 3
• Research organizations in Sudbury 3
• Research organizations in Thunder Bay 3
• Research organizations in Trois-Rivières 3
• Research organizations in Windsor 3