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.

See Canada on the IEPA ↗

707 universities and research institutes

• Observatoire global du Saint-Laurent (OGSL)
  University or research institute · Rimouski · ogsl.ca
• Obvia
  University or research institute · Québec · obvia.ca
• Occupational Cancer Research Centre
  University or research institute · Toronto · occupationalcancer.ca
• Ocean Frontier Institute
  University or research institute · Halifax · ofi.ca
• Ocean Networks Canada Society
  University or research institute · Victoria · oceannetworks.ca
• Ocean Tracking Network
  University or research institute · Halifax · oceantrackingnetwork.org
• Off-site Construction Research Centre
  University or research institute · Fredericton · unb.ca
• Okanagan College
  University or research institute · Kelowna · okanagan.bc.ca
• Okanagan University College
  University or research institute · Dormant · Kelowna · ouc.bc.ca
• Olds College
  University or research institute · Olds · oldscollege.ca
• Ontario Clinical Oncology Group
  University or research institute · Hamilton · ocog.ca
• Ontario College of Art and Design
  University or research institute · Toronto · ocadu.ca
• Ontario Council of University Libraries
  University or research institute · Toronto · ocul.on.ca
• Ontario Drug Policy Research Network
  University or research institute · Toronto · odprn.ca
• Ontario Forest Research Institute
  University or research institute · Sault Ste. Marie · ontario.ca
• Ontario Tech University
  University or research institute · Oshawa · ontariotechu.ca
• Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
  University or research institute · Toronto · otru.org
• Ontario Universities’ Application Centre
  University or research institute · Guelph · ouac.on.ca
• Ontario Veterinary College
  University or research institute · Guelph · ovc.uoguelph.ca
• Ottawa Heart Institute
  University or research institute · Ottawa · ottawaheart.ca
• Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
  University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca
• Ottawa Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Ottawa · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
  University or research institute · Victoria · pics.uvic.ca
• Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
  University or research institute · Vancouver · pims.math.ca
• Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society
  University or research institute · Burnaby · sfu.ca
• Paracel Laboratories
  University or research institute · Ottawa · paracellabs.com
• PBR Laboratories
  University or research institute · Edmonton · pbr.ca
• Pearson Coal Petrography
  University or research institute · Victoria · coalpetrography.com
• Perimeter Institute
  University or research institute · Waterloo · perimeterinstitute.ca
• Pest Management Centre
  University or research institute · Ottawa · agriculture.canada.ca
• Plant Biotechnology Institute
  University or research institute · Saskatoon · nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• Polar Libraries Colloquy
  University or research institute · Edmonton · polarlibraries.org
• Polytechnique Montréal
  University or research institute · Montreal · polymtl.ca
• Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
  University or research institute · Toronto · pims.ca
• Portage College
  University or research institute · Lac La Biche · portagecollege.ca
• Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute
  University or research institute · Humboldt · pami.ca
• Prairie Bible Institute
  University or research institute · Three Hills · prairie.edu
• Prism Eye Institute
  University or research institute · Mississauga · prismeyeinstitute.com
• Probity Medical Research
  University or research institute · Waterloo · probitymedical.com
• Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health Research Institute
  University or research institute · Hamilton · path-hta.ca
• Prostate Centre’s Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development
  University or research institute · Vancouver · pctriadd.com
• PROTEO
  University or research institute · Québec · proteo.ca
• Providence Health Care Research Institute
  University or research institute · Vancouver · providenceresearch.ca
• Providence University College and Theological Seminary
  University or research institute · Winnipeg · providenceuc.ca
• Provincial Laboratory of Public Health
  University or research institute · Calgary · provlab.ab.ca
• Public Law Centre
  University or research institute · Ottawa · publiclawdroitpublic.ca
• Q & T Research
  University or research institute · Sherbrooke · qtresearch.com
• Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
  University or research institute · Iqaluit · qaujigiartiit.ca
• Quebec - Clinical Research Organization in Cancer
  University or research institute · Québec · qcroc.ca
• Quebec Network for Research on Aging
  University or research institute · Montreal · rqrv.com
• Quebec Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Québec · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Québec-Océan
  University or research institute · Québec · quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca
• Queen's University
  University or research institute · Kingston · queensu.ca
• Quest University Canada
  University or research institute · Vancouver · questu.ca
• Raincoast Conservation Foundation
  University or research institute · Victoria · raincoast.org
• Red Crow Community College
  University or research institute · Cardston · redcrowcollege.com
• Red Deer Polytechnic
  University or research institute · Red Deer · rdpolytech.ca
• Red River College
  University or research institute · Winnipeg · rrc.mb.ca
• Redeemer University
  University or research institute · Ancaster · redeemer.ca
• Regent College
  University or research institute · Vancouver · regent-college.edu
• Regroupement Québécois sur les Matériaux de Pointe
  University or research institute · Québec · rqmp.ca
• Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Sciences
  University or research institute · North Saanich · ropos.com
• Research & Development Corporation
  University or research institute · Dormant · St. John's · rdc.org
• Research Canada
  University or research institute · Ottawa · researchcanada.org
• Research Centre on the Future of Cities
  University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca
• Research Institute for Indigenous studies
  University or research institute · Ottawa · uottawa.ca
• Research Institute in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  University or research institute · Fredericton · unb.ca
• Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology
  University or research institute · Winnipeg · umanitoba.ca
• Réseau Québec maritime
  University or research institute · Rimouski · rqm.quebec
• Robarts Clinical Trials
  University or research institute · London · robartsclinicaltrials.ca
• Robarts Research Institute
  University or research institute · London · robarts.ca
• Rocky Mountain College
  University or research institute · Calgary · rockymountaincollege.ca
• Rotman Research Institute
  University or research institute · Toronto · baycrest.org
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  University or research institute · Ottawa · royalcollege.ca
• Royal Military College of Canada
  University or research institute · Kingston · rmc-cmr.ca
• Royal Military College Saint-Jean
  University or research institute · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca
• Royal Roads University
  University or research institute · Victoria · royalroads.ca
• Saint Mary's University
  University or research institute · Halifax · smu.ca
• Saint Paul University
  University or research institute · Ottawa · ustpaul.ca
• Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Saint-Hyacinthe · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• SAIT Polytechnic
  University or research institute · Calgary · sait.ca
• Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory
  University or research institute · Regina · saskatchewan.ca
• Saskatchewan Polytechnic
  University or research institute · Saskatoon · saskpolytech.ca
• Saskatoon Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Saskatoon · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Sault College
  University or research institute · Sault Ste. Marie · saultcollege.ca
• Schroeder Arthritis Institute
  University or research institute · Toronto · uhn.ca
• Selkirk College
  University or research institute · Castlegar · selkirk.ca
• Séminaire de Sherbrooke
  University or research institute · Sherbrooke · seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca
• Seneca Polytechnic
  University or research institute · Toronto · senecapolytechnic.ca
• Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Sherbrooke · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Sheridan College
  University or research institute · Oakville · sheridancollege.ca
• Sickkids Research Institute
  University or research institute · Toronto · sickkids.ca
• Simon Fraser University
  University or research institute · Burnaby · sfu.ca
• Snolab
  University or research institute · Sudbury · snolab.ca
• Solutions for Kids in Pain
  University or research institute · Halifax · kidsinpain.ca
• Southeast College
  University or research institute · Weyburn · southeastcollege.org
• SPECTRAL Spatial Computing Research Centre
  University or research institute · Fredericton · unb.ca
• St. Boniface Hospital
  University or research institute · Winnipeg · saintboniface.ca
• St. Clair College
  University or research institute · Windsor · stclaircollege.ca
• St. Francis Xavier University
  University or research institute · Antigonish · stfx.ca
• St. Jerome's University
  University or research institute · Waterloo · sju.ca
• St. John's Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · St. John's · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• St. Lawrence College
  University or research institute · Kingston · stlawrencecollege.ca
• St. Mary's University
  University or research institute · Calgary · stmu.ca
• St. Stephen's University
  University or research institute · St. Stephen · ssu.ca
• St. Thomas More College
  University or research institute · Saskatoon · stmcollege.ca
• St. Thomas University
  University or research institute · Fredericton · stu.ca
• Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
  University or research institute · Ottawa · steacie.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• Steinbach Bible College
  University or research institute · Steinbach · sbcollege.ca
• Summerland Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Summerland · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Summit Pacific College
  University or research institute · Abbotsford · summitpacific.ca
• Sunnybrook Research Institute
  University or research institute · Toronto · sunnybrook.ca
• Swift Current Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Swift Current · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Takuvik Joint International Laboratory
  University or research institute · Québec · takuvik.ulaval.ca
• TAV College
  University or research institute · Montreal · tav.ca
• Taylor College and Seminary
  University or research institute · Edmonton · taylor-edu.ca
• Terry Fox Research Institute
  University or research institute · Vancouver · tfri.ca
• The Audio Recording Academy
  University or research institute · Halifax · tara.ca
• The Clairmont Centre for Community Safety Research
  University or research institute · Halifax · dal.ca

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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