Canadian university scientific research organizations
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Expenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006.

Research in the natural and social sciences in Canada, with a few important exceptions, is almost exclusively funded by the Canadian taxpayer and is distributed to universities by five important federal funding agencies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is a Canadian government agency that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering. Its mandate is to promote and assist research....

 (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. It aims to create new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world...

 (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Additional monies are also provided by the Canada Research Chairs organization which provides financing for the staffing of research personnel at Canadian universities and the Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Created by the Government of Canada in 1997, the Canada Foundation for Innovation strives to build our nation’s capacity to undertake world-class research and technology development to benefit Canadians...

 which supports the acquisition of scientific research infrastructure by Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions.

In 2006 total spending on scientific and industrial research in Canada amounted to C$28.067 billion or about 2 percent of GDP. In 2006 Canadian universities spent C$10.890 billion on research and development, representing about 40 percent of all R&D spending in Canada and about .66 percent of Canada's GDP.

Below are the names of those university institutions that carry out both natural and social science research, although the emphasis here is on the former. The largest part of funding from NSERC, is received by 15 universities, not surprisingly the largest in the country, which have formed an association named the U15. The list below ranks the members of this group in order of NSERC grant size. A number of thematically specialized virtual university research organizations, the Networks of Excellence, have been established and are listed here. Also included are the names of some particular research organizations and projects notable for their large size or for other characteristics. This is followed by a brief description of the expenditures on scientific research and development by sector. Finally the list includes those support organizations that fund scientific research at the university level or contribute to its success in other ways.

University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 

Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

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NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 54,264

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 245

Research Institutes
  • Natural Science Research
    • Institute for Aerospace Studies,
    • Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
    • Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research,
    • Canadian Drosophila Microarray Centre,
    • Centre for Environment,
    • The Fields Institute(Mathematics),
    • Proteomics Research Centre
  • Engineering Research
    • Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies,
    • Centre for Applied Power Electronics,
    • Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering,
    • Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute
    • Emerging Communications Technology Institute
    • Energenius Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology
    • Hitachi Survey Research Centre
    • Intelligent Transportation Systems
    • Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology,
    • Centre for Landscape Research InterNetwork,
    • Lassonde Institute (Engineering Geoscience)
    • Centre for Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging,
    • Molecular Design and Information Technology Center (MDIT)
    • Centre for Nuclear Engineering,
    • Positron Emission Tomography Centre
    • Pulp and Paper Centre
  • Medical Research
    • Sunnybrook Research Institute
    • Institute of Medical Science,
    • Sunnybrook Centre for studies in Aging
    • Banting and Best Diabetes Centre
    • Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine,
    • Centre for Health Promotion,
    • Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre for Cardiovascular Research
    • Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging,
    • Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine,
    • R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine,
    • Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress,
    • Centre for research in Neurodegenerative Diseases,
    • U of T Centre for the Study of Pain,
    • Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology,
  • Social Science Research
    • Joint Centre for Bioethics,
    • Clarkson Centre for Business Effectiveness and Board Effectiveness,
    • Capital Markets Institute
    • CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre
    • Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity,
    • Centre of Criminology,
    • Centre for research in Education (Medical),
    • International Centre for Educational Change,
    • G8 Information Centre
    • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
    • Centre for Industrial Relations,
    • Centre for research into Information Studies,
    • Centre for Innovation Law and Policy,
    • Centre for Integrative and Anti-Racism Studies,
    • Institute for International Business,
    • Centre for International Studies,
    • Knowledge Media and Design Institute
    • Laidlaw Centre (Institute of Child Study)
    • Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship,
    • Centre for Media and Culture in Education,
    • Centre for Modern Language,
    • Multimedia Centre for Learning in the Humanities
    • Munk Centre for International Studies
    • Institute for Policy Analysis,
    • Centre for Centre de Recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne,
    • Centre for Applied Social Research,
    • Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development,
    • Imperial Oil Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education,
    • Centre for Study of Education and Work,
    • Centre for the Study of the United States,
    • Centre for Teacher Development,
    • Centre for Technology and Social Development,
    • Transformative Learning Centre
    • Centre for Urban and Community Studies,
    • Centre for Research in Women's Health,
    • Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies,
    • Centre for Women's Studies in Education,

University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 

Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

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NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 43,004

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 148

Research Institutes
  • Land & Food Systems
    • Avian Research Centre
    • UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre
    • UBC Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research (CAER)
    • Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
    • Soil-Water Environmental Laboratory
    • UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
    • Wine Research Centre
  • Natural Science and Engineering
    • Institute for Aboriginal Health,
    • Institute for Applied Mathematics (IAM),
    • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
    • Institute of Health Promotion Research,
    • Institute of Mental Health,
    • Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
    • Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
      Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
      Founded in 1991, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies is the senior research institute at the University of British Columbia. It supports basic research through collaborative, interdisciplinary initiatives...

    • Rick Hansen Institute (RHI)
    • Robotics & Intelligent Systems, (IRIS)
    • Sustainable Development Research Institute (SDRI)
    • Institute for Systems Biology,(ISB)
  • Social Science
    • Institute of Asian Research,
    • Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI)
    • English Language Institute (ELI)
    • Institute for European Studies,
    • Human Early Learning Partnership
    • Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Institute for Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)


UBC also operates 65 research centres

University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

 

Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

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NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 36,291

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 100

Centres and Institutes
  • Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
    • Alberta Poultry Research Centre
    • Alberta Veterinary Research Institute (AVRI)
    • Centre for Enhanced Forest Management (EFM)
    • Dairy Research and Technology Centre (DRTC)
    • Environmental Research and Studies Centre
    • Material Culture Institute (MCI)
  • Engineering
    • Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science
    • Construction Research Institute for Canada (CIRC)
    • Imperial Oil Centre for Oil Sands Innovation
  • Health Sciences Council
    • Alberta Centre on Aging
    • Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition
    • Community-University Partnership (CUP)
    • The John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
  • Medicine and Dentistry
    • Alberta Asthma Centre
    • Alberta Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases
    • Alberta Diabetes Research Institute
    • Alberta Institute for Viral Immunology (AIVI)
    • Alberta Peptide Institute (API)
    • Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC)
    • Canadian VIGOUR Centre
    • Centre for Health Evidence
    • Centre for Neuroscience
    • Digestive Health Care Centre for Colon Cancer (DHCCC)
    • Glaxo Wellcome Heritage Research Institute
    • Magnetic Resonance Diagnostics Centre (MRDC)
    • Muttart Diabetes Research & Training Centre
    • Perinatal Research Group
    • Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)
  • Nursing
    • Institute for Philosophical Nursing Research
    • International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
    • International Nursing Centre
  • Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Centre for Community Pharmacy Research and Interdisciplinary Studies (c/COMPRIS)
    • Noujaim Institute
  • School of Public Health,
    • Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
    • Centre for Health Promotion Studies
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Centre for Studies in Clinical Education (CSCE)
    • Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR)
    • Rehabilitation Research Centre
  • Science
    • Alberta Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS)
    • Alberta Cooperative Conservation Research Unit
    • Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science
    • Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning
    • Applied Mathematics Institute
    • Centre for Mathematical Biology
    • Centre for Particle Physics
    • Institute for Geophysical Research (IGR)
    • Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology (ISSET)
    • Statistics Centre
    • Theoretical Physics Institute

McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

 

Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....



Number of Canada Research Chairs - 133

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 34,984

Research Facilities
  • Downtown campus
    • Animal Resources Centre
    • Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research
    • Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM)
    • Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR)
    • Montreal Neurological Institute
      Montreal Neurological Institute
      The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is an academic medical centre dedicated to neuroscience research, training and clinical care. The Institute is part of McGill University and the Hospital is one of the five teaching hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal,...

       (MNI)
    • Nanotools Facility
    • NMR Facility
    • Phytotron
    • Redpath Museum
    • Sheldon Biotechnology Centre
    • Trace Element Centre
  • Macdonald campus
    • Bioresource Engineering Machine Shop
    • CT Scanning Laboratory for Agricultural and Environmental Research
    • Ecological Agriculture Projects
    • Fermentation and Bioprocessing Laboratory
    • Flow Cytometry Core Facility
    • Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory
    • Macdonald Campus Farm
    • J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory
    • Mary Emily Clinical Nutrition Unit
    • McGill University Herbarium
    • Morgan Arboretum
    • Pilot Plant
    • Plant Science Field Research Facilities
    • Plant Science Research Greenhouses and Phytorium
    • Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
    • The Trace Metal Analysis Laboratory
  • Off campus
    • Bellairs Research Institute (Barbados)
    • Gault Nature Reserve (Mont-Saint-Hilaire)
    • Mont-Saint-Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre
    • McGill Arctic Research Station
    • McGill Sub-Arctic Research Station
    • Molson Nature Reserve (Ste-Anne de Bellevue)
    • Wilder and Helen Penfield Nature Reserve (Lake Memphrémagog)
  • Interuniversity/ Interinstitutional(based at McGill or elsewhere)
    • CLUMEQ
      CLUMEQ
      CLUMEQ is a Supercomputer Consortium Laval UQAM McGill and Eastern Quebec based in McGill University founded in 2001 and has received two successive grants from the Canada Foundation for innovation.-Past:Beowulf Cluster...

       Supercomputer Centre
    • Coriolis II (Rimouski)
    • Huntsman Marine Science Centre
      Huntsman Marine Science Centre
      The Huntsman Marine Science Centre is located on Lower Campus Road in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada...

    • McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre
    • Pulp and Paper Research Institute - Canada (PAPRICAN)
    • Quebec Interuniversity Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS)
    • Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP)

University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

 

Waterloo
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is a regional municipality located in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of the cities of Kitchener, Cambridge, and Waterloo, and the townships of Wellesley, Woolwich, Wilmot, and North Dumfries. It is often referred to as the Region of Waterloo or just...

, Ontario

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 29,763

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 48

Research Centres & Institutes
  • Canadian Centre of Arts & Technology (CCAT)
  • Canadian Centre for Cultural Innovation (CCCI)
  • Centre for Accounting Research & Education (CARE)
  • Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance (CASF)
  • Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies at Waterloo (CATT)
  • Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR)
  • Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (CBET)
  • Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry & Commerce (CCMIC)
  • Centre for Contact Lens Research (CCLR)
  • Centre for Cultural Management (CCM)
  • Centre for Education in Mathematics & Computing (CEMC)
  • Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR)
  • Centre for Molecular Beams & Laser Chemistry
  • Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience
  • Heritage Resource Centre
  • Institute for Computer Research (ICR)
  • Institute for Innovation Research (IIR)
  • Institute for Polymer Research (IPR)
  • Institute for Quantitative Finance & Insurance (IQFI)
  • Institute for Quantum Computing
    Institute for Quantum Computing
    The Institute for Quantum Computing, or IQC, located in Waterloo, Canada, is an affiliate research institute of the University of Waterloo with a multidisciplinary approach to the field of quantum information processing.-IQC's Mission:...

     (IQC)
  • Institute for Risk Research (IRR)
  • Institute for Vision Science & Technology (IVST)
  • Institute of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Institute of Insurance and Pension Research (IIPR)
  • Integrated Centre for Visualization, Design & Manufacturing (ICVDM)
  • Mid-Size City Research Centre (MCRC)
  • Nortel Networks Institute for Advanced Information Technology (NNI)
  • Schlegel - UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
  • Survey Research Centre (SRC)
  • Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE)
  • Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
  • Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR)
  • Waterloo Centre for German Studies
  • Waterloo Institute for Groundwater Research (WIGR)
  • Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research (WIHIR)
  • University of Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Group (WATMIMS)

Université Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

 

Québec
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

, Québec,

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 28,128

Network of Centres of Excellence
  • ArcticNet
  • Geoide
  • Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations


Number of Canada Research Chairs - 80

Instituts de recherche
  • Institut des nutraceutiques et des aliments fonctionnels (INAF)
  • Institut d'éthique appliquée (IDÉA)
  • Institut d'études anciennes (IEA)
  • Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (IHQEDS)
  • Institut québécois des hautes études internationales (IQHEI)
  • Institut sur le patrimoine culturel (IPAC)
  • Institut sur le vieillissement et la participation sociale des aînés (IVPSA)
  • Institut Technologies de l'Information et Sociétés (ITIS)


Centres de recherche
  • Centre d'analyse des politiques publiques (CAPP)
  • Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement (CRAD)
  • Centre de recherche en biologie de la reproduction (CRBR)
  • Centre de recherche en cancérologie (CRC)
  • Centre de recherche en économie agroalimentaire (CRÉA)
  • Centre de recherche en endocrinologie moléculaire et oncologique (CREMO)
  • Centre de recherche en géomatique (CRG)
  • Centre de recherche en horticulture (CRH)
  • Centre de recherche en infectiologie (CRI)
  • Centre de recherche en modélisation, information et décision (CERMID)
  • Centre de recherche en neurosciences (CRN)
  • Centre de recherche en rhumatologie et immunologie (CRRI)
  • Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules (CERSIM)
  • Centre de recherche en sciences et technologie du lait (STELA)
  • Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur la réussite scolaire (CRIRES)
  • Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur l'éducation et la vie au travail (CRIEVAT)
  • Centre de recherche Hôpital Laval
  • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux femmes (CRI-VIFF)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT)
  • Centre de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l'ingénierie des protéines (CREFSIP)
  • Centre de recherche sur l'adaptation des jeunes et des familles à risque (JEFAR)
  • Centre de recherche sur l'aluminium (REGAL-LAVAL)
  • Centre de recherche sur le bois (CRB)
  • Centre de recherche sur le cerveau, le comportement et la neuropsychiatrie (CRCN)
  • Centre de recherche sur le métabolisme énergétique (CREME)
  • Centre de recherche sur les infrastructures en béton (CRIB)
  • Centre de recherche sur les maladies lipidiques (CRML)
  • Centre de recherche sur les propriétés des interfaces et la catalyse (CERPIC)
  • Centre de recherche sur les technologies de l'organisation réseau (CENTOR)
  • Centre de recherche Université Laval-Robert-Giffard (CRULRG)
  • Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la Vieille-Capitale (CLSC Haute-Ville-Des-*** Rivières) (CSSSVC)
  • Centre d'édition et de documentation Fonds Gustave-Guillaume (FGG)
  • Centre d'étude de la forêt (CEF)
  • Centre d'études interaméricaines (CEI)
  • Centre d'études Marie-de-l'Incarnation (CEMI)
  • Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)
  • Centre d'excellence pour la santé buccodentaire et le vieillissement
  • Centre d'optique, photonique et laser (COPL)
  • Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec (CHA)
  • Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ)
  • Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS)
  • Centre interdisciplinaire de recherches sur les activités langagières (CIRAL)
  • Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le saumon atlantique (CIRSA)
  • Centre interuniversitaire d'études et de recherches autochthones (CIÉRA)
  • Centre interuniversitaire d'études québécoises (CIEQ)
  • Centre interuniversitaire d'études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions (CELAT)
  • Centre interuniversitaire en calcul mathématique algébrique (CICMA)
  • Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi (CIRPÉE)
  • Centre jeunesse de Québec (CJQ)

University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....



NSERC Funding 2006/7 C$M 26.5
All Research Funding 2006/7 C$M 140.6

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 40

Internal Research Centers and Institutes (partial list)
  • Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture
  • Centre for High Performance Computing
  • Institute For Computer and Information Technology
  • Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies
  • Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute
  • Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre
  • Subatomic Physics Institute
  • Toxicology Centre
  • Plasma Physics Laboratory
    Plasma Physics Laboratory (Saskatchewan)
    The Plasma Physics Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan was established in 1959 by H. M. Skarsgard. Early work centered on research with a Betatron.-STOR-1M:STOR-1M is Canada's first tokamak built in 1983...

  • Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory
  • Research Centers and Institutes Operating with Independent Boards from The University
  • Canadian Light Source Synchrotron
    Canadian Light Source Synchrotron
    The Canadian Light Source is a third-generation 2.9 GeV synchrotron located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It opened on October 22, 2004 after three years of construction and cost C$173.5 million. One of forty-two such facilities in the world, it occupies a footprint the size of a football...

     - Particle accelerator for the study of small scale phenomena.
  • Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, Inc.
  • Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
    Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
    The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a non-profit organization owned by the University of Saskatchewan and operates with financial support from the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta as well as Government of Canada and industry competitive grants...

    - Vaccine Research with Level 3 laboratory.

Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

 

Montreal, Quebec.

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 21,759

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 93

Centres de recherche
  • Agora Jules Dupuit (AJD)
  • Centre Canadien d'études allemandes et européennes (CCEAE)
  • Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM)
  • Centre d'études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM)
  • Centre d’étude des religions de l’Université de Montréal (CERUM)
  • Centre d’excellence en neuromique (CEN)
  • Centre d’excellence pour le développement des jeunes enfants (CEDJE)
  • Centre de droit des affaires et du commerce international (CDACI)
  • Centre de formation et d'expertise en recherche en administration des services infirmiers (FERASI)
  • Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP)
  • Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal (CREUM)
  • Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition (CERNEC)
  • Centre de recherche en reproduction animale (CRRA)
  • Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques (CRSN)
  • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux *** femmes (CRI-VIFF)
  • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les aggressions *** sexuelles (CRIPCAS)
  • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les technologies émergentes (CITÉ)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ/U.Montréal)
  • Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT)
  • Centre de recherche Léa-Roback sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal
  • Centre de recherche sur l’intermédialité (CRI)
  • Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement social (CPDS)
  • Centre de recherche sur les transports (CRT)
  • Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)
  • Centre des langues patrimoniales (CLP)
  • Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC)
  • Centre interuniversitaire d’études démographiques (CIED)
  • Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative CIREQ-CRDE
  • Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en toxicologie (CIRTOX)
  • Centre interuniversitaire québécois de statistiques sociales (CIQSS)
  • Centre Robert-Cedergren de l’Université de Montréal
  • Équipe de recherche et d’action en santé mentale et culture (ÉRASME)


Groupes de recherche
  • Groupe d'astrophysique de l'Université de Montréal
  • Groupe d'étude des protéines membranaires (GÉPROM)
  • Groupe d’étude et de recherche sur la sécurité internationale (GERSI)
  • Groupe de physique des particules (GPP)
  • Groupe de physique numérique (PhysNum)
  • Groupe de physique numérique des matériaux
  • Groupe de recherche DÉFI Apprentissage (GDA)
  • Groupe de recherche Diversité Urbaine (GRDU)
  • Groupe de recherche en architecture urbaine (GRAU)
  • Groupe de recherche en conception assistée par ordinateur (GRCAO)
  • Groupe de recherche en conservation de l’environnement bâti (GRCEB)
  • Groupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique
  • Groupe de recherche en gestion thérapeutique (GRGT)
  • Groupe de recherche en linguistique du texte (GRELT)
  • Groupe de recherche en médecine équine du Québec (GREMEQ)
  • Groupe de recherche en modélisation biomédicale (GRMB)
  • Groupe de recherche en physique et technologie des couches minces (GCM)
  • Groupe de recherche en sciences de la vision (GRSV)
  • Groupe de recherche en toxicologie humaine (TOXHUM)
  • Groupe de recherche et d’action sur la victimisation des enfants – Alliance de recherche *** pour le développement des enfants dans leur communauté (GRAVE-ARDEC)
  • Groupe de recherche et développement en gestion informatisée de la santé animale (DSA R&D)
  • Groupe de recherche IF (GRIF)
  • Groupe de recherche interdépartemental sur les conditions d'enseignement et d'apprentissage *** (GRICEA)
  • Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS)
  • Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en sciences infirmières de Montréal (GRISIM)
  • Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en tutoriel intelligent (GRITI)
  • Groupe de recherche Langage, Organisation et Gouvernance (LOG)
  • Groupe de recherche sur l'apprentissage et l'évaluation multimédias interactifs (GRAEMI)
  • Groupe de recherche sur l'avènement et la formation des institutions cinématographique et *** scénique (GRAFICS)
  • Groupe de recherche sur l’Amérique latine (GRAL)
  • Groupe de recherche sur l’inadaptation psychosociale chez l’enfant (GRIP)
  • Groupe de recherche sur la démographie québécoise (GRDQ)
  • Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux autonome (GRSNA)
  • Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central (GRSNC)
  • Groupe de recherche sur les animaux de compagnie (GRAC)
  • Groupe de recherche sur les aspects sociaux de la santé et de la prévention (GRASP)
  • Groupe de recherche sur les environnements de travail (GRET)
  • Groupe de recherche sur les jeunes et les médias (GRJM)
  • Groupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses du porc (GREMIP)
  • Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le médicament (GRUM)
  • Immigration et métropoles, Centre de recherche interuniversitaire de Montréal sur *** l’immigration, l’intégration et la dynamique urbaine


Institutes de recherche
  • Institut d’études européennes de l’Université de Montréal et de l'Université McGill
  • Institut de biotechnologie vétérinaire et alimentaire (IBVA)
  • Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV)
  • Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie de l’Université de Montréal (IRIC)
  • Institut international de recherche en éthique biomédicale (IIREB)


Laboratoires de recherche
  • Laboratoire d'intégration des technologies informatiques à l'enseignement médical (LITIEM)
  • Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle (LEAP)
  • Laboratoire de muséographie
  • Laboratoire de recherche et d'intervention portant sur les politiques et les professions en *** éducation (LABRIPROF)
  • Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde (LRMM)
  • Laboratoire de recherches métaboliques sur le foie et l'exercice
  • Laboratoire LexUM


Observatiores de recherche
  • Observatoire de linguistique Sens-Texte (OLST)
  • Observatoire du mont Mégantic (OMM)
  • Observatoire international de la création musicale (OICM)
  • Observatoire SITQ du développement urbain et immobilier
  • Observatoire sur la ville intérieure


Reseaux de recherche
  • Réseau Biocontrôle
  • Réseau de calcul et de modélisation mathématique (RCM2)
  • Réseau québécois de calcul de haute performance (RQCHP)
  • Réseau québécois de recherche en synthèse organique (RQRSO)
  • Unité de santé internationale (USI)


Centres de recherche hospitaliers
  • Centre de recherche de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (ICM)
  • Centre de recherche de l'Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal
    Philippe Pinel Institute
    The Philippe Pinel Institute is a mental institution for the criminally insane located in Montreal, Quebec. It is the only institution of its kind in Canada.-History:...

  • Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
  • Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur
  • Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’UdeM (CRCHUM)
  • Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
  • Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin de l'Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine
  • Centre de recherche Guy-Bernier Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
  • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR)
  • Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)
  • Laboratoire de génétique et médecine génomique en inflammation
  • Service de recherche de l'hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies

Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...

Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

, Ontario

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 21,571

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 54

University Centres and Institutes
  • Centre for Neuroscience Studies (formerly Centre for the Study of Molecular Neuroscience)
  • Centre for Water and the Environment
  • GeoEngineering Centre
  • High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory
    High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory
    HPCVL is the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory, a consortium of 5 universities and 3 colleges providing high performance computing to researchers at these institutions and across Canada. They include Queen's University, Royal Military College of Canada, University of Ottawa, Carleton...

     (HPCVL)
  • Human Mobility Research Centre
  • Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute
  • Southern African Research Centre


Faculty Centres and Institutes
  • Cancer Research Institute
  • (Cancer Clinical Trials Division)
  • (Cancer Biology & Genetics Division)
  • (Cancer Care & Epidemiology Division)
  • Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
  • Centre for International Relations Charles Pentland
  • Centre for Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics and Nanomaterials Vladimir Krstic
  • Centre for Studies in Primary Care Richard Birtwhistle
  • Centre for the Study of Democracy
  • Fuel Cell Research Centre
  • John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
  • Industrial Relations Centre
  • Institute for Intergovernmental Relations Thomas Courchene
  • The Monieson Centre Yolande Chan

McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 20,694 20,694

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 62

Research Institutes
  • Origins Institute
    Origins Institute
    The Origins Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute based in Hamilton, Ontario at McMaster University. It began its operations as an institute on July 1, 2004....

  • McMaster Institute for Applied Radiation Sciences(McIARS)
  • McMaster Institute for Energy Studies
  • McMaster Institute of Environment & Health
  • Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
  • McMaster Institute for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
  • McMaster Institute for Polymer Production Technology
  • McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute
  • McMaster Palaeogenetics Institute (MPI)
  • Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics & Population


Research Centres
  • Antimicrobial Research Centre
  • Bertrand Russell Research Centre
  • Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
  • Canadian Cochrane Centre
  • CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
  • Centre for Advanced Polymer Processing & Design
  • Centre for Electrophotonic Materials & Devices
  • Centre for Functional Genomics
  • Centre for Gene Therapeutics
  • Centre for Evaluation of Medicines
  • Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
  • Centre for Minimal Access Surgery
  • Centre for Peace Studies
  • Centre for Spatial Analysis
  • Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre (St. Joseph's Hospital)
  • Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
    Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
    The Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health is a world-renowned center for the investigation and treatment of respiratory diseases. Based out of St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the institute is a clinical facility with strong research directions...

  • Henderson Research Centre
  • Management of Innovation & New Technology Research Centre
  • Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences
  • McMaster Centre for Automotive Materials
  • McMaster Ancient DNA Centre
  • McMaster Centre for Pulp & Paper Research
  • McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC)
  • Network for Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies
  • Offord Centre for Child Studies
  • Population Health Research Institute
  • R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research
  • Research Centre for the Promotion of Women's Health
  • Statistics Canada Research Data Centre
  • Steel Research Centre
  • Surgical Outcomes Research Centre


Research Facilities
  • Adaptive Systems Laboratory
  • Applied Dynamics Laboratory
  • Canadian International Labour Network
  • Canadian Workers & Social Cohesion in a Global Era
  • Communications Research Laboratory
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Group
  • Ecowise: The McMaster Eco-Research Program for Hamilton Harbour
  • Flow Cytometry Facility
  • Generalized Electronic Learning Group
  • Geographical Information Systems Laboratory
  • Health & Social Services Utilization Research Unit
  • Health Information Research Unit
  • High Throughput Screening Laboratory
  • Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population
  • Intestinal Disease Research Program
  • Machining Systems Laboratory
  • McMaster Advanced Control Consortium
  • McMaster Experimental Economics Laboratory
  • McMaster Health Sciences International
  • McMaster Membrane Research Group
  • McMaster Nuclear Reactor
  • McMaster Working Group on the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • Mobix Lab
  • Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization & Outcomes Research Unit
  • Power Research Laboratory
  • Program for Educational Research and Development
  • Program in Policy Decision Making
  • Robotics and Manufacturing Research Laboratory
  • SHARCNET
  • Smooth Muscle Research Program
  • Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population
  • Software Engineering Research Group
  • Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit
  • Water Resources Environmental Information Systems Laboratory
  • Walter W. Smeltzer Corrosion Laboratory
  • William J. McCallion Planetarium
  • Work Function Unit at the School of Rehabilitation Science

University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...



NSERC Funding 2009/10 C$M 19.9

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 44

University Research Centres, Institutes, Facilities and Groups
  • Aerospace Materials Engineering Facility
  • Applied Electromagnetics Facility
  • Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (with St. Boniface General Hospital and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada)
  • Canadian Wheat Board Centre for Grain Storage Research
  • Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (with Health Sciences Centre)
  • Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.)
  • Centre for Defence and Security Studies
  • Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS)
  • Centre for Global Public Health
  • Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies
  • Centre for Hellenic Civilization
  • Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)
  • Centre for Human Models of Disease
  • Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
  • Centre for the Research and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
  • Centre on Aging
  • Crystallography and Mineralogy Research Facility
  • Digital Image Analysis Facility
  • Great-West Life Manitoba Breast Cancer Research and Diagnosis Centre (with CancerCare Manitoba)
  • Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute
  • Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences (with St. Boniface General Hospital)
  • Institute for the Humanities
  • Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
  • Internet Innovation Centre
  • Legal Research Institute
  • Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
  • Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology (with Health Sciences Centre)
  • Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology (with CancerCare Manitoba)
  • Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)
  • Manitoba Institute for Materials
  • Manitoba Regional Materials and Surface Characterization Facility
  • Manitoba Research Data Centre
  • National Centre for Livestock and the Environment
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
  • RESOLVE (Prairie Research Network on Family Violence)
  • Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN)
  • Spinal Cord Research Centre
  • Transport Institute
  • Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics (with University of Winnipeg)
  • W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory

Research groups include:
  • Aquatic Biology Research Group
  • Community Acquired Infections Research Group
  • Composite Materials and Structures Group
  • Developmental Health Research Group
  • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Group
  • Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Group


Centres of Excellence
  • Allergen
  • ArcticNet
  • Auto21
  • Canadian Arthritis Network
  • Canadian Stroke Network
  • Canadian Water Network
  • GEOIDE
  • Graphics, Animation and New Media Canada
  • PrioNet Canada
  • MITACS

University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...

Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta.

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 19,714

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 75

University Research Institutes and Centres
  • Alberta Global Forum
  • Calgary Centre for Financial Research - under development
  • Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology (CCIT)
  • Calgary Institute for the Humanities]
  • Canadian Centre for the Study of Higher Education
  • Centre for Advanced Technologies of Life Sciences (CAT)
  • Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education (CBRE)
  • Centre for Environmental Engineering Research and Education (CEERE)
  • Centre for Gifted Education
  • Centre for Health and Policy Studies (CHAPS)
  • Centre for Information Security and Cryptography
  • Centre for Innovation Studies, the (THECIS)
  • Centre for Mathematics in Life Sciences
  • Centre for Microsystems Engineering (CME)]
  • Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS)]
  • Centre for Public Interest Accounting (CPIA)
  • Centre for Research in the Fine Arts (CRFA)
  • Centre for Social Work Research and Development
  • iNFORMATICS Research Centre
  • Institute for Advanced Policy Research
  • Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics
  • Institute for Gender Research
  • Institute for Quantum Information Science
  • Institute for Space Research
  • Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy
  • Institute for United States Policy Research
  • Institute of Professional Communication (IPC)
  • International Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainable Studies (IRIS)
  • Kananaskis Field Stations
  • Language Research Centre
  • Latin American Research Centre (LARC)
  • Markin Institute for Public Health
  • Pipeline Engineering Centre (PEC)
  • Risk Studies Centre
  • World Tourism Education and Research Centre


Partnerships Institutes and Centres
  • Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute (includes the McCaig Centre for Joint Injury and Health Research)
  • Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
  • Alberta Gaming Research Institute (AGRI)]
  • Alberta Sulpher Research Ltd.
  • Alberta Synchrotron Institute (ASI)
  • Arctic Institute of North America
  • Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
  • Banff International Research Station]
  • Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)]
  • Canadian Institute of Resources Law]
  • Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family
  • Centre for Leadership and Learning
  • Hotchkiss Brain Institute
  • Institute of Health Economics (IHE)
  • Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
  • Institute of Maternal and Child Health
  • Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
    Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
    The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is a partnership between the Calgary Health Region and the University of Calgary. Its mandate comprises all cardiovascular research, education and service delivery, with a service area extending from Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta and Eastern British...

  • Macleod Institute for Environmental Analysis
  • Miistakis Institute for the Rockies
  • acific Institute for Mathematical Sciences]
  • Pine Creek Research Centre for Sustainable Water Resources
  • Prairie Regional Data Centre]
  • esearch and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse (RESOLVE)
  • Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute]
  • Telecommunications Research Laboratories (TRLabs)
  • Van Horne Institute for International Transportation
  • Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute, The (VRRI)


Centres of Excellence
  • AUTO21
  • Canadian Arthritis Network
  • Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network (CBDN)
  • Canadian Genetic Diseases Network (CGDN)]
  • [anadian Language & Literacy Research Network]
  • Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)
  • Canadian Water Network (CWN)
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
  • Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS)
  • Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
  • Micronet - Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems
  • PrioNet Canada
  • PENCE Inc. Protein Engineering Network
  • Stem Cell Network (STEMNet)
  • Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM)
  • TeleLearning Network

University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

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NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 17,288

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 61

Science Research Centres & Facilities
  • The Biotron
  • CCP Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Chemical Physics
  • ERW Environmental Research Western
  • ISW Interface Science Western
  • Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science
  • The Nanofabrication Laboratory
  • ORCCA Ontario Research Centre for Computer Algebra
  • POLARIS Portable Observatories for Litosphere Analysis and Research
  • SHARCNET Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network
  • SSW Surface Science Western
  • WINS Western Institute for Nanomaterials Science


Engineetring Research Centres
  • Advanced Fluid Mechanics Research Group
  • Biomaterials and Medical Devices Research Group BM2D
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory
  • Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre (CREC)
  • Concurrent Engineering and Agile Manufacturing
  • ECE Robotics and Real-Time Systems Lab
  • Environmental Research Western
  • Facility for Intelligent Decision Support (FIDS)
  • Geotechnical Research Centre
  • Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)
  • Multi-Disciplinary Accident Research Team
  • Optomechatronics Research Laboratory
  • SHARCNet
  • The Three Little Pigs Research Project at The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes
  • Western Fluidization Group


Health Science Research Facilities
  • Faculty Research Centres
    • National Centre for Audiology
    • Canadian Centre for Activity & Aging
    • www.uwo.ca/actage
    • www.ccaa-outreach.com
    • International Centre for Olympic Studies
  • Additional Research Facilities
    • Kid Skills Research Laboratory
    • National Rowing Centre
    • Nursing Research Unit
    • Western Qualitative Health Research Network
    • The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise & Pregnancy Laboratory (EPL)
  • Research Facilities
    • School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
    • School of Kinesiology
    • School of Nursing
    • School of Occupational Therapy
    • School of Physical Therapy
    • Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network (CLLRNet)


Social Science Research Centres and Research Groups
  • Aging and Health Research Centre
  • Allan O'Brien Multilevel Governance Laboratory
  • American Studies
  • Animal Cognition Research Group
  • Behavioural Neuroendocrinology Research Group
  • Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (collaborative)
  • Centre for Avian Physiology, Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Centre for the Brain and Mind
  • Centre for the Study of International Economic Relations (CSIER)
  • Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
  • Child Development Research Facility
  • CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project
  • CIHR Group for Action and Perception
  • Culture, Cognition and Behavior Research Group (a collaboration with Sociology and Anthropology)
  • Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
  • Intergroup Relations and Social Justice Research Group
  • Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group
  • Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy Research Group
  • Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group
  • Philosophy and Psychology Research Group (a collaboration with Philosophy)
  • Political Economy Research Group (PERG)
  • Population Studies Centre
  • Psychoneuroimmunology Research Group
  • Research Unit for Work and Productivity
  • RBC Financial Group Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI)
  • Self-Regulation Research Group (collaboration for Social, Development, Clinical and
  • Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience areas)
  • The Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium
  • Transition Economies Research Forum (TERF)
  • Workforce Aging in the New Economy


Affiliated Research Institutes
  • Robarts Research Institute
  • Lawson Health Research Institute
  • London Regional Cancer Program

Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

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NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 14,839

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 50

Research Centres / Institutes / Groups
  • Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
  • Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre
  • Atlantic Institute of Criminology
  • Atlantic Research Data Centre (ARDC)
  • Centre for African Studies
  • Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
  • Dalhousie Infectious Disease Research Alliance (DIDRA)
  • Dalhousie Inflammation Group
  • Dalhousie Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
  • Energy at Dalhousie
  • Health Law Institute
  • International Ocean Institute
  • Law and Technology Institute
  • Marine and Environmental Law Institute
  • Neuroscience Institute
  • Pediatric Pain Research Lab
  • Population Health Research Unit (PHRU)
  • Research in Materials, Institute for


Technical Research Facilities
  • Aquatron
  • Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre
  • Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT)
  • Canadian Residential Energy End-use Data and Analysis Center (CREEDAC)
  • Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS)
  • Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating Facility
  • Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC)
  • Nova Scotia CAD/CAM Centre (NSCCC)
  • Slowpoke Facility
  • Trace Analysis Research Centre (TARC)


Affiliated Research Organizations
  • IWK Health Centre
  • Global Information Networking Institute
  • The Nova Scotia Hospital,
  • QEII Health Sciences Centre
  • Saint John Regional Hospital

University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

 

Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 14,127

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 49

uOttawa Research Centres and Institutes
  • Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics (CAREG)
  • Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation
  • Centre for Hazard Mitigation and Emergency Management
  • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minority Studies (CIRCEM)
  • Centre for Neural Dynamics
  • Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • Centre for Research in Photonics
  • Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS)
  • Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology (CREM)
  • Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture
  • Centre on Governance
  • CGA Accounting Research Centre
  • CGA Tax Research Centre
  • Human Rights Research and Education Centre
  • Institute for the Prevention of Crime (IPC)
  • Institute of Canadian Studies
  • Institute of Population Health
  • Institute of the Environment
  • Institute of Women's Studies
  • Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society
  • University of Ottawa Centre for Neuromuscular Disease


Affiliated Research Institutes
  • Kidney Research Centre
  • Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI)
  • University of Ottawa Eye Institute
  • The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre
  • University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
  • Institute of Mental Health Research
  • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute

University of Guelph
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 39
UoG ranks 14th among the top 50 research Universities in Canada but is not a member of U15.

Research Centres, Institutes and Groups
  • Guelph-Waterloo Center for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry (GWC2)
  • Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute (GWPI)

  • Advanced Analysis Centre
  • Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)
  • Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems Lab
  • Agri-Technology Commercialization Centre
  • Aquaculture Centre
  • AquaSanitas - A Centre for Water Safety and Security
  • Arboretum Gene Bank
  • Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology
  • Bioconversion Network
  • Biophysics Interdepartmental Group (BIG)
  • Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
  • Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre
  • Business Development Office
  • Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
  • Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competetive Research Network
  • Canadian Arthritis Network Core Facility
  • Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre
  • Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
  • Canadian Pollination Initiative
  • Canadian Research Institute in Food Safety (CRIFS)
  • Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability
  • Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science
  • Centre for the Genetic Improvement of Livestock
  • Centre for Land and Water Stewardship
  • Centre for Nutrition Modelling
  • Centre for Psychological Services
  • Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses
  • Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility
  • Couple and Family Therapy Centre
  • Electrochemical Technology Centre
  • Food Safety Network
  • Genomics Facility/Advanced Analysis Centre
  • Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC)
  • Guelph Transgenic Plant Research Complex
  • Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI)
  • Hagen Aqualab
  • Health and Performance Centre
  • Human Nutraceutical Research Unit
  • Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation
  • Institute for Robotics & Intelligent Systems
  • International Leadership Research Network
  • Laboratory Services
  • Landscape Architecture Community Outreach Centre
  • Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
  • Metals in the Human Environment Research Network
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre
  • Organization and Management Solution
  • Ontario Rural Wastewater Centre
  • Poultry Welfare Centre
  • Research Programs (U of G / OMAFRA enhanced partnership)
  • Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network
  • Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
  • TransCanada Institute
  • Urban Systems Environment Design Centre
  • Veterinary Teaching Hospital
  • Weather Innovation Centre

Networks of centers of excellence

  • New Initiatives
    • Canadian Design Research Network - CDRN (2005–2007) - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia,
    • Canadian Obesity Network
      Canadian Obesity Network
      The Canadian Obesity Network-Réseau Canadien en l’Obésité is the primary Canadian network of obesity researchers, health professionals and others with a professional interest in obesity. In Canada, like in many other parts of the world, obesity funding, research, prevention and treatment...

       (2005–2009) - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
    • Emerging Dynamic Global Economies - EDGE (2005–2007)- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
    • National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly - NICE (2005–2009) - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
    • Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network - PREVNet (2005–2009) - Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and York University, Toronto, Ontario,
  • Advanced Technologies
    • Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations - CIPI (1999–2009) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec,
    • Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network - GEOIDE (1998–2009) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec,
    • Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems - Mitacs (1998–2009) - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia,
  • Engineering and Manufacturing
    • AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence (2000–2011) - University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario,
    • Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures - ISIS Canada (1995–2009) - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
  • Health, Human Development and Biotechnology
    • Advanced Foods and Materials Network - AFMNet (2003–2010) - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario,
    • Allergy, Genes and Environment Network - AllerGen (2004–2009) - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
    • Canadian Arthritis Network - CAN (1998–2009) - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
    • Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (2000–2008) - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,
    • Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - CANVAC (1999–2007) - Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec,
    • Canadian Stroke Network - CSN (1999–2010) - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario,
    • PrioNet Canada (2005–2009) - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia,
    • Stem Cell Network - SCN (2000–2011) - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Environment and Natural Resources
    • ArcticNet (2003–2010) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec,
    • Canadian Water Network - CWN (2000–2011) - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
    • Sustainable Forest Management Network - SFM (1995–2009) - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Some Notable University (Related) Research Organizations and Projects

  • Domestic
    • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
      Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
      Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is an independent, resident-based research institute devoted to foundational issues in theoretical physics located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Perimeter Institute was founded in 1999 by Mike Lazaridis...

       - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
      • Organization for the theoretical study of gravity, quantum mechanics and cosmology.
    • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
      Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
      The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research enables Canadian researchers to work on international research teams that are custom built to transform their fields of study...

       - HQ, Toronto, Ontario,
      • A virtual institute for the study of cosmology, gravity, geology, biology, nanotechnology and other advanced scientific topics,
    • Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
      Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
      The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a neutrino observatory located 6,800 feet underground in Vale Inco's Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The detector was designed to detect solar neutrinos through their interactions with a large tank of heavy water. The detector turned on in May 1999,...

       - Sudbury, Ontario,
      • Underground observatory for the study of neutrinos,
    • Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF)
      TRIUMF
      TRIUMF is Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. Its headquarters are located on the south campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. TRIUMF houses the world's largest cyclotron, source of 500 MeV protons, which was named an IEEE Milestone...

      - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
      • Particle accelerator for the study of mesons,
    • Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science (ROPOS)
      • Robotic study of Canada's Pacific ocean floor,
    • Lithoprobe
      Lithoprobe
      Lithoprobe is a Canadian national geoscience research project funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Its aim is to research and map the lithosphere structure and composition. Lithoprobe derives from "probing the lithosphere"....

      • Canada's largest earth sciences project involving researchers from universities, the private sector and the federal government.
    • Globec Canada
      • Project for the study of the effect of environmental change on ocean life.
    • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
      • A key medical research centre with a focus on cancer research
        Cancer research
        Cancer research is basic research into cancer in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatments and cure....

        , specifically the use of oncolytic viruses.

  • International
    • High Energy Physics - CERN (Geneva) the Large Hadron Collider and the Atlas Experiment
      • Canada's participation in the world's largest physics project coordinated by the TRIUMPH Particle Physics Research Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
    • The Gemini Project
      • Canada's participation in the construction of large astronomical telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.
    • Canada and the Ocean Drilling Project
      • Canada's participation in an international programme studying the Earth's crust under the oceans.
    • The North Water Project
      • Canada's participation in an international project studying open water areas of the Arctic Ocean

Research and Development Expenditures in Canada by Sector

Canadian Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) by Performing Sectors - 2006 Estimates, C$ Millions
  • Business Enterprises 14,850, 52.4%
  • Higher Education 10,890, 38.4%
  • Federal Government 2,145, 7.6%
  • Provincial Government 345, 1.2%
  • Provincial Research Organizations 127, 0.4%
  • Total 28,357, 100.0%
  • Source: Statistics Canada, Science Statistics September 2006 (2/2007)

Support Organizations

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
    The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is a Canadian government agency that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering. Its mandate is to promote and assist research....

      - Ottawa, Ontario (Federal government funding agency for Canadian university research)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. It aims to create new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world...

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada  - Ottawa, Ontario ((Federal government funding agency for Canadian university research)
  • Canada Research Chair  - Ottawa, Ontario ((Federal government funding agency for special Canadian university research staffing )
  • Canadian Foundation for Innovation - Ottawa, Ontario ((Federal government funding agency for research infrastructure for Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions)
  • CANARIE
    CANARIE
    CANARIE is a Canadian government-supported non-profit corporation, founded in 1993, which maintains a set of leased wide area network links for the transfer of very large data files. The core network consists of 19000 km of fibre optic cable capable of speeds as high as 100 Gbps but...

     Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education
  • Foundations in Canada
    Foundations in Canada
    This is a list of foundations in Canada. Foundations in Canada collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of $12.5 billion CAD, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion...

     - This is a list of philanthropic organizations in Canada. A number of these organization make financial contributions to university research in Canada.

See also

  • Canadian government scientific research organizations
    Canadian government scientific research organizations
    Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006...

  • Canadian industrial research and development organizations
    Canadian industrial research and development organizations
    Expenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....

  • U15 (universities)
  • List of Canadian nuclear facilities
  • Science and technology in Canada
    Science and technology in Canada
    Science and technology in Canada consists of three distinct but closely related phenomena:* the diffusion of technology in Canada,* scientific research in Canada* innovation, invention and industrial research in Canada...

  • Royal Society of Canada
    Royal Society of Canada
    The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...

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