Universities and research institutes in Canada
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 707 universities and research institutes in Canada.
Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.
The largest concentrations are in Montreal (95), Ottawa (67) and Toronto (62).
Canada scores 69.8 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 15 of 117 economies.
707 universities and research institutes
- Cégep de Lévis
University or research institute · Lévis · cegeplevis.ca - Cegep de Matane
University or research institute · Matane · cegep-matane.qc.ca - Cégep de Rimouski
University or research institute · Rimouski · cegep-rimouski.qc.ca - Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup
University or research institute · Rivière-du-Loup · cegeprdl.ca - Cegep de Saint Hyacinthe
University or research institute · Saint-Hyacinthe · cegepsth.qc.ca - Cegep de Saint Jerome
University or research institute · Saint-Jérôme · cstj.qc.ca - Cégep de Saint-Félicien
University or research institute · Saint-Félicien · cegepstfe.ca - Cégep de Saint-Laurent
University or research institute · Montreal · cegepsl.qc.ca - Cegep de Sainte Foy
University or research institute · Québec · cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca - Cegep de Sept Iles
University or research institute · Sept-Îles · cegep-sept-iles.qc.ca - Cégep de Sherbrooke
University or research institute · Sherbrooke · cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca - Cégep de Sorel-Tracy
University or research institute · Sorel-Tracy · cegepst.qc.ca - Cegep de Thetford
University or research institute · Thetford-Mines · cegepth.qc.ca - Cegep de Trois-Rivieres
University or research institute · Trois-Rivières · cegeptr.qc.ca - Cegep de Victoriaville
University or research institute · Victoriaville · cegepvicto.ca - Cégep du Vieux Montréal
University or research institute · Montreal · cvm.qc.ca - Cegep Edouard Montpetit
University or research institute · Longueuil · cegepmontpetit.ca - Cégep Garneau
University or research institute · Québec · cegepgarneau.ca - Cégep Gérald-Godin
University or research institute · Montreal · cgodin.qc.ca - Cégep Limoilou
University or research institute · Québec · cegeplimoilou.ca - Cégep Marie-Victorin
University or research institute · Montreal · collegemv.qc.ca - Cegep regional de Lanaudiere
University or research institute · Québec · collanaud.qc.ca - Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette
University or research institute · Joliette · cegep-lanaudiere.qc.ca - Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
University or research institute · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · cstjean.qc.ca - Centennial College
University or research institute · Toronto · centennialcollege.ca - Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations
University or research institute · Montreal · cirano.qc.ca - Center for Northern Studies
University or research institute · Québec · cen.ulaval.ca - Center of Excellence in Research on Orphan Diseases – Fondation Courtois
University or research institute · Montreal · cermofc.uqam.ca - Centre Azrieli de recherche sur l'autisme
University or research institute · Montreal · mcgill.ca - Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie
University or research institute · Québec · cerfo.qc.ca - Centre d'expertise et de recherche en infrastructures urbaines
University or research institute · Montreal · ceriu.qc.ca - Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec
University or research institute · Montreal · qcbs.ca - Centre de recherche de Montréal sur les inégalités sociales, les discriminations et les pratiques alternatives de citoyenneté
University or research institute · Montreal · cremis.ca - Centre de Recherche Dermatologique du Québec Métropolitain
University or research institute · Québec · crdq.ca - Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval
University or research institute · Québec · crchudequebec.ulaval.ca - Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement
University or research institute · Québec · crad.ulaval.ca - Centre de recherche en santé publique
University or research institute · Montreal · cresp.ca - Centre de Recherche en Sciences Animales de Deschambault
University or research institute · Québec · crsad.qc.ca - Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises
University or research institute · Montreal · crilcq.org - Centre de recherche sur l'aluminium – REGAL
University or research institute · Québec · regal-aluminium.ca - Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement
University or research institute · Sherbrooke · cdrv.ca - Centre de Recherche sur les Biotechnologies Marines
University or research institute · Rimouski · crbm-mbrc.com - Centre de recherche sur les innovations et les transformations sociales
University or research institute · Ottawa · innovationsocialeusp.ca - Centre de recherches mathématiques
University or research institute · Montreal · crmath.ca - Centre for Advanced Studies - Atlantic
University or research institute · Fredericton · unb.ca - Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
University or research institute · Vancouver · advancinghealth.ubc.ca - Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
University or research institute · Toronto · cabhi.com - Centre for Applied Genomics
University or research institute · Toronto · tcag.ca - Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
University or research institute · Guelph · biodiversitygenomics.net - Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre For Cold Ocean Resources Engineering
University or research institute · Ottawa · c-core.ca - Centre for Contemporary Writing
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Centre for Criminal Justice Studies and Policing Research
University or research institute · Saint John · unb.ca - Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation
University or research institute · Toronto · cdpr-research.org - Centre for Drug Research and Development
University or research institute · Vancouver · cdrd.ca - Centre for Earth Observation Science
University or research institute · Winnipeg · umanitoba.ca - Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre for Global Mental Health
University or research institute · Halifax · medicine.dal.ca - Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics
University or research institute · Ottawa · ottawahealthlaw.ca - Centre for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology
University or research institute · Montreal · cirmmt.org - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation
University or research institute · Montreal · crir.ca - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre for Jewish Studies
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Centre for Law, Technology and Society
University or research institute · Ottawa · techlaw.uottawa.ca - Centre for Nuclear Energy Research
University or research institute · Fredericton · unb.ca - Centre for Nursing Studies
University or research institute · St. John's · cns.easternhealth.ca - Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Québec
University or research institute · Montreal · craq-astro.ca - Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Centre for Research on Brain Language and Music
University or research institute · Montreal · crblm.ca - Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre for Research on Health and Nursing
University or research institute · Ottawa · crssi-crhn.ca - Centre for Sustainable Soil Management
University or research institute · Halifax · sustainablesoils.ca - Centre for the Study of Security and Development
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Centre for Transformative Nursing and Health Research
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Centre for Water Resources Studies
University or research institute · Halifax · centreforwaterresourcesstudies.dal.ca - Centre in Green Chemistry and Catalysis
University or research institute · Montreal · ccvc-cgcc.ca - Centre interuniversitaire d'études et de recherches autochtones
University or research institute · Québec · ciera-recherches.ca - Centre Léa-Roback
University or research institute · Montreal · centrelearoback.ca - Centre Nutrition, santé et société
University or research institute · Québec · nutriss.ulaval.ca - Centre of Social Innovation in Agriculture
University or research institute · Victoriaville · cisainnovation.com - Centre on Governance
University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca - Centre on International Policy Studies
University or research institute · Ottawa · cips-cepi.ca - Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels
University or research institute · Montreal · cqmf-qcam.ca - CentrEau - Quebec Water Management Research Centre
University or research institute · Québec · centreau.org - Champlain Regional College
University or research institute · Sherbrooke · admin.crc-sher.qc.ca - Charlottetown Research and Development Centre
University or research institute · Charlottetown · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca - Child and Family Research Institute
University or research institute · Vancouver · cfri.ca - CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center
University or research institute · Montreal · recherche.chusj.org - CIRAIG
University or research institute · Montreal · ciraig.org - CIS Scientific
University or research institute · Brossard · cissolar.com - Clean Technologies Research Institute
University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca - Clinical Evaluation Research Unit
University or research institute · Kingston · ceru.ca - Coast Mountain College
University or research institute · Terrace · coastmountaincollege.ca - College Ahuntsic
University or research institute · Montreal · collegeahuntsic.qc.ca - Collège Boréal
University or research institute · Sudbury · collegeboreal.ca - Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick
University or research institute · Miramichi · ccnb.ca - Collège d'Alma
University or research institute · Alma · collegealma.ca - Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal
University or research institute · Montreal · osteopathie-canada.ca - Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne
University or research institute · Montreal · bdeb.qc.ca - Collège de Maisonneuve
University or research institute · Montreal · cmaisonneuve.qc.ca - Collège de Rosemont
University or research institute · Montreal · crosemont.qc.ca - Collège de Valleyfield
University or research institute · Québec · colval.qc.ca - Collège Gérald-Godin
University or research institute · Québec · cgodin.qc.ca - Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
University or research institute · Montreal · brebeuf.qc.ca - Collège Laflèche
University or research institute · Trois-Rivières · clafleche.qc.ca - Collège Lionel Groulx
University or research institute · Sainte-Thérèse · clg.qc.ca - Collège MacDonald
University or research institute · Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue · mcgill.ca - Collège Mérici
University or research institute · Québec · merici.ca - Collège Montmorency
University or research institute · Laval · cmontmorency.qc.ca - College of New Caledonia
University or research institute · Prince George · cnc.bc.ca - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
University or research institute · Toronto · cpso.on.ca - College of the North Atlantic
University or research institute · Stephenville · cna.nl.ca - College of the Rockies
University or research institute · Cranbrook · cotr.bc.ca - College of Veterinarians of British Columbia
University or research institute · North Vancouver · cvbc.ca - Collège Shawinigan
University or research institute · Shawinigan · collegeshawinigan.ca - Columbia Bible College
University or research institute · Abbotsford · columbiabc.edu - Columbia College
University or research institute · Vancouver · columbiacollege.ca - Commission Scolaire des Hautes Rivières
University or research institute · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · csdhr.qc.ca
Cities
- Universities and research institutes in Montreal 95
- Universities and research institutes in Ottawa 67
- Universities and research institutes in Toronto 62
- Universities and research institutes in Halifax 42
- Universities and research institutes in Québec 38
- Universities and research institutes in Vancouver 28
- Universities and research institutes in Fredericton 23
- Universities and research institutes in Edmonton 22
- Universities and research institutes in Calgary 21
- Universities and research institutes in Winnipeg 16
- Universities and research institutes in Sherbrooke 15
- Universities and research institutes in Hamilton 13
- Universities and research institutes in London 11
- Universities and research institutes in Victoria 11
- Universities and research institutes in Saskatoon 8
- Universities and research institutes in Windsor 8
- Universities and research institutes in Rimouski 7
- Universities and research institutes in Sudbury 7
- Universities and research institutes in Guelph 6
- Universities and research institutes in Kingston 6
- Universities and research institutes in Waterloo 6
- Universities and research institutes in Burnaby 5
- Universities and research institutes in Saint-Hyacinthe 5
- Universities and research institutes in St. John's 5
- Universities and research institutes in Regina 4
- Universities and research institutes in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 4
- Universities and research institutes in Abbotsford 3
- Universities and research institutes in Brandon 3
- Universities and research institutes in Charlottetown 3
- Universities and research institutes in Etobicoke 3
- Universities and research institutes in Gatineau 3
- Universities and research institutes in Iqaluit 3
- Universities and research institutes in Kelowna 3
- Universities and research institutes in Laval 3
- Universities and research institutes in Lethbridge 3
- Universities and research institutes in New Westminster 3
- Universities and research institutes in Niagara Falls 3
- Universities and research institutes in Saguenay 3
- Universities and research institutes in Saint John 3
- Universities and research institutes in Sault Ste. Marie 3
- Universities and research institutes in Thunder Bay 3
- Universities and research institutes in Trois-Rivières 3