Canada innovation ecosystem

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 4,306 innovation ecosystem organizations in Canada, including 1,339 corporate R&D centers, 1,280 research organizations and 707 universities and research institutes.

The largest concentrations are in Toronto (537), Ottawa (450) and Montreal (447).

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

See Canada on the IEPA ↗

4,306 organizations

• Brain Repair Centre
  University or research institute · Halifax · brainrepair.ca
• Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
  Research organization · London · braintumour.ca
• Brampton Civic Hospital
  Health research · Brampton · williamoslerhs.ca
• Branch Out Neurological Foundation
  Research organization · Calgary · branchoutfoundation.com
• Brandan's Eye Research Foundation
  Research organization · Concord · visionclub.ca
• Brandon Regional Health Authority
  Health research · Brandon · pmh-mb.ca
• Brandon Research and Development Centre
  University or research institute · Brandon · profils-profiles.science.gc.ca
• Brandon University
  University or research institute · Brandon · brandonu.ca
• Brantford Energy (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Brantford · brantfordenergy.com
• Breast Cancer Society of Canada
  Research organization · Sarnia · bcsc.ca
• Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute
  University or research institute · Winnipeg · bmbri.ca
• Bridgepoint Active Healthcare
  Health research · Toronto · bridgepointhealth.ca
• Briercrest College and Seminary
  University or research institute · Moose Jaw · briercrest.ca
• Brighten Optics (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Richmond · brightenoptics.com
• Brilliant Catalyst
  Incubator · ontariotechbrilliant.ca
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Montreal · bmscanada.ca
• British American Tobacco (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Montreal · bat.com
• British Columbia Academic Health Science Network
  Research organization · Vancouver · bcahsn.ca
• British Columbia Arts Council
  Government or public body · Victoria · bcartscouncil.ca
• British Columbia Blueberry Council
  Government or public body · Abbotsford · bcblueberry.com
• British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Commission
  Research organization · Abbotsford · bcbhec.com
• British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
  Research organization · Vancouver · cewh.ca
• British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
  Research organization · Vancouver · bccsu.ca
• British Columbia Dairy Association
  Research organization · Burnaby · bcdairy.ca
• British Columbia Dental Hygienists' Association
  Research organization · Burnaby · bcdha.com
• British Columbia Easter Seals Society for Children with Disabilities
  Research organization · Vancouver · easterseals.ca
• British Columbia Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network
  Research organization · Vancouver · bceohrn.ca
• British Columbia Institute of Technology
  University or research institute · Burnaby · bcit.ca
• British Columbia Lung Association
  Research organization · Vancouver · bc.lung.ca
• British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society
  Research organization · Vancouver · bcmos.org
• British Columbia Rehabilitation Foundation
  Research organization · Vancouver · bcrehab.com
• British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association
  Research organization · Campbell River · bcsalmonfarmers.ca
• British Columbia Scholarship Society
  Research organization · Victoria · bcscholarshipsociety.ca
• Broadcom (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Richmond · broadcom.com
• Broadway Theatre
  Science or technology park · Saskatoon · broadwaytheatre.ca
• Brock University
  University or research institute · Saint Catharines · brocku.ca
• Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
  University or research institute · Hamilton · bimr.ca
• Brookfield
  Investor or fund · Toronto · brookfield.com
• Bruce Peninsula National Park
  Organization · Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada · pc.gc.ca
• Bruce Power (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Kincardine · brucepower.com
• Bruker (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Milton · bruker.com
• Bruyère
  Health research · Ottawa · bruyere.org
• Bruyere Health Research Institute
  University or research institute · Ottawa · bruyere.org
• Buckland & Taylor (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · North Vancouver · b-t.com
• Bunge (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Montreal · bunge.com
• Burcon (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Winnipeg · burcon.ca
• Bureau de Coopération Interuniversitaire
  University or research institute · Montreal · bci-qc.ca
• Burman University
  University or research institute · Lacombe · burmanu.ca
• Burnaby Hospital
  Health research · Burnaby · fraserhealth.ca
• Burnbrae Farms (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Brockville · burnbraefarms.com
• Burton Cummings Theatre
  Science or technology park · Winnipeg · burtoncummingstheatre.ca
• Business Development Bank of Canada
  Research organization · Montreal · bdc.ca
• Butchart Gardens
  Science or technology park · Central Saanich · fr.butchartgardens.com
• Bytown Cat Hospital
  Health research · Ottawa · cathospitals.net
• C-Com Satellite Systems (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Ottawa · c-comsat.com
• C-Therm Technologies (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Fredericton · ctherm.com
• C17 Council
  Research organization · Edmonton · c17.ca
• C4i (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Calgary · c4ic.com
• CAAN Communities, Alliances & Network
  Research organization · Fort Qu'Appelle · caan.ca
• CAE (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Montreal · cae.com
• Calcul Québec
  Research organization · Montreal · calculquebec.ca
• Caldic (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Mississauga · caldic.ca
• Calgary Construction Association
  Research organization · Calgary · cca.cc
• Calgary Foundation
  Research organization · Calgary · calgaryfoundation.org
• Calgary Laboratory Services
  University or research institute · Calgary · calgarylabservices.com
• Cambrian College
  University or research institute · Sudbury · cambriancollege.ca
• Cambridge Cardiac Care Centre
  Health research · Cambridge · cambridgecardiaccare.com
• Cambridge Memorial Hospital
  Health research · Cambridge · cmh.org
• Cameco (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Saskatoon · cameco.com
• Camosun College
  University or research institute · Victoria · camosun.ca
• Campbell Scientific (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Edmonton · campbellsci.ca
• Campbellford Memorial Hospital
  Health research · Quinte West · cmh.ca
• Campion College
  University or research institute · Regina · campioncollege.ca
• Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy
  University or research institute · Québec · cndf.qc.ca
• Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal
  Government or public body · Ottawa · cart-crac.gc.ca
• Canada Auto Workers
  Research organization · Hamilton · caw.ca
• Canada Bread (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Etobicoke · canadabreadfoodservice.ca
• Canada Council for the Arts
  Government or public body · Ottawa · canadacouncil.ca
• Canada East Spine Centre
  University or research institute · Saint John · canadaeastspine.com
• Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  Government or public body · Montreal · dec-ced.gc.ca
• Canada Energy Regulator
  Government or public body · Calgary · cer-rec.gc.ca
• Canada Excellence Research Chairs
  Research organization · Ottawa · cerc.gc.ca
• Canada First Research Excellence Fund
  Government or public body · Ottawa · cfref-apogee.gc.ca
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
  Research organization · Ottawa · innovation.ca
• Canada Grain Commission
  Government or public body · Winnipeg · grainscanada.gc.ca
• Canada Health Infoway
  Research organization · Montreal · infoway-inforoute.ca
• Canada Malting (Canada)
  Corporate R&D · Calgary · canadamalting.com
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  Government or public body · Ottawa · cmhc-schl.gc.ca
• Canada Research Chairs
  Government or public body · Ottawa · chairs-chaires.gc.ca
• Canada Water Agency
  Government or public body · Winnipeg · canada.ca
• Canada West Ski Areas Association
  Research organization · Kelowna · cwsaa.org
• Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
  Research organization · Montreal · ecofiscal.ca
• Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
  Research organization · Vancouver · bcgsc.ca
• Canada's National Ballet School
  Research organization · Toronto · nbs-enb.ca
• Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
  Research organization · Calgary · cosia.ca
• Canadian Academic Accounting Association
  Research organization · Toronto · caaa.ca
• Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine
  Research organization · Ottawa · casem-acmse.org
• Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute
  Research organization · Ottawa · casi.ca
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
  Research organization · Ottawa · cadth.ca
• Canadian Agricultural Economics Society
  Research organization · Victoria · caes-scae.ca
• Canadian AIDS Society
  Research organization · Ottawa · cdnaids.ca
• Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
  Research organization · Toronto · catie.ca
• Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
  Government or public body · Ottawa · catsa.gc.ca
• Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation
  Research organization · Ottawa · allergyfoundation.ca
• Canadian Anesthesia Research Foundation
  Research organization · Toronto · mycarf.ca
• Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
  Research organization · Toronto · cas.ca
• Canadian Animal Health Institute
  Research organization · Guelph · cahi-icsa.ca
• Canadian Anthropology Society
  Research organization · Baie-D'Urfé · cas-sca.ca
• Canadian Apheresis Group
  Research organization · Ottawa · cagcanada.ca
• Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
  Research organization · Ottawa · carc.org
• Canadian Armed Forces
  Research organization · Ottawa · forces.gc.ca
• Canadian Army
  Government or public body · Ottawa · canada.ca
• Canadian Arthritis Network
  Research organization · Toronto · arthritisnetwork.ca
• Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
  Research organization · Neuville · arthritispatient.ca
• Canadian Asian Studies Association
  Research organization · Victoria · casa-acea.ca
• Canadian Association for Business Economics
  Research organization · Ottawa · cabe.ca
• Canadian Association for Co-operative Education
  University or research institute · Toronto · cafce.ca
• Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
  Research organization · Regina · caclals.ca
• Canadian Association for Girls in Science
  Research organization · Mississauga · cagis.ca
• Canadian Association for Graduate Studies
  Research organization · Ottawa · cags.ca

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Categories

• Corporate R&D centers in Canada 1,339
• Research organizations in Canada 1,280
• Universities and research institutes in Canada 707
• Health research organizations in Canada 376
• Government and public bodies in Canada 265
• Science and technology parks in Canada 146
• Other organizations in Canada 89
• Incubators in Canada 48
• Fab labs and makerspaces in Canada 42
• Investors and funds in Canada 6
• Companies in Canada 4

Cities

• Toronto 537
• Ottawa 450
• Montreal 447
• Vancouver 265
• Québec 184
• Calgary 163
• Edmonton 143
• Winnipeg 121
• Mississauga 102
• Halifax 94
• Victoria 72
• Saskatoon 59
• Burnaby 56
• Hamilton 55
• London 55
• Waterloo 53
• Fredericton 51
• Guelph 39
• Markham 36
• Sherbrooke 34
• Regina 33
• Laval 31
• St. John's 31
• Kingston 30
• Richmond 27
• Kitchener 24
• Burlington 21
• Oakville 21
• Windsor 19
• Gatineau 18
• Rimouski 17
• Sudbury 16
• Charlottetown 14
• Longueuil 14
• Peterborough 14
• Surrey 14
• Brampton 13
• Vaughan 13
• Cambridge 12
• Thunder Bay 12
• Trois-Rivières 12
• Dartmouth 11
• Lévis 11
• Moncton 11
• Saint John 11
• Westmount 11
• Whitehorse 11
• Abbotsford 10
• Etobicoke 10
• North Vancouver 10
• Pointe-Claire 10
• Saint Catharines 10
• Saint-Hyacinthe 10
• Boucherville 9
• Brantford 9
• Kelowna 9
• Oshawa 9
• Saguenay 9
• Yellowknife 9
• Lethbridge 8
• Richmond Hill 8
• Sarnia 8
• Dorval 7
• Niagara Falls 7
• North York 7
• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 7
• Sault Ste. Marie 7
• Sydney 7
• Brossard 6
• Campbell River 6
• Inuvik 6
• Kamloops 6
• Shawinigan 6
• Belleville 5
• Canmore 5
• Chatham 5
• Delta 5
• Iqaluit 5
• Milton 5
• New Westminster 5
• Prince George 5
• Revelstoke 5
• Sackville 5
• Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 5
• St Laurent 5
• Alma 4
• Ancaster 4
• Barrie 4
• Brandon 4
• Coquitlam 4
• Cornwall 4
• Drummondville 4
• Gaspé 4
• Granby 4
• Moose Jaw 4
• North Bay 4
• Rivière-du-Loup 4
• Sept-Îles 4
• St. Albert 4
• Varennes 4
• Vernon 4
• Arnprior 3
• Baie-Comeau 3
• Banff 3
• Blainville 3
• Boisbriand 3
• Bromont 3
• Collingwood 3
• Florenceville-Bristol 3
• Fort McMurray 3
• Hudson Bay 3
• Joliette 3
• Kirkland 3
• Lacombe 3
• Langley 3
• Leduc 3
• Mount Royal 3
• Nanaimo 3
• Newmarket 3
• Ontario 3
• Pickering 3
• Prince Albert 3
• Red Deer 3
• Rosemère 3
• Rouyn-Noranda 3
• Sainte-Julie 3
• Sherwood Park 3
• Ste. Anne de la Pocatière 3
• Summerside 3
• Swift Current 3
• Terrace 3
• Thetford-Mines 3
• Victoriaville 3
• Woodstock 3