Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006. These organizations are active in natural and social science research, engineering research, industrial research and medical research. Below is a list of Canadian Federal and Provincial Government scientific research organizations as of January 2008. In some cases the agency mentioned is dedicated exclusively to scientific research, a good example being the National Research Council Canada. In other cases the organization conducts scientific research within the framework of a much larger mandate, such as the transportation research undertaken by the Transportation Development Centre in Montreal which occurs as part on the general transportation regulatory function of Transport Canada. While most of the organizations mentioned here are "brick and mortar", some, such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, are "virtual" and consist of dedicated groups of researchers who are geographically dispersed but remain in close contact through electronic means. Total funding for the organizations listed below amounted to about C$2.5 billion in 2006, or about 10% of all scientific research and development spending in Canada.

Federal government organizations devoted exclusively to scientific research

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) is a Canadian federal Crown corporation and Canada's largest nuclear science and technology laboratory. AECL developed the CANDU reactor technology starting in the 1950s, and in October 2011 licensed this ...

- Ottawa, Ontario **

Chalk River Laboratories Chalk River Laboratories (french: Laboratoires de Chalk River; also known as CRL, Chalk River Labs and formerly Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, CRNL) is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, about north-west of Ottawa. CRL is ...

- Chalk River, Ontario ** Whiteshell Laboratories - Whiteshell, Manitoba *Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (virtual research institute) *

Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; french: Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada; IRSC) is a federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada. Comprising 13 institutes, it is the successor to the M ...

(virtual research institutes) ** Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health ** Institute of Aging ** Institute of Cancer Research ** Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health ** Institute of Gender and Health ** Institute of Genetics, ** Institute of Health Services and Policy Research ** Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health ** Institute of Infection and Immunity ** Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis ** Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction ** Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes ** Institute of Population and Public Health * Canadian Space Agency - St. Hubert, Quebec ** John H. Chapman Space Centre - St. Hubert, Quebec **

David Florida Laboratory The David Florida Laboratory is the Canadian Space Agency's spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre, in Shirleys Bay, just west of central Ottawa. It is operated by the Canadian Space Agency and rented out to Canadian and foreign aeros ...

- Ottawa, Ontario *

Defence Research and Development Canada Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC; french: Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada, ''RDDC'') is a special operating agency of the Department of National Defence (DND), whose purpose is to provide the Canadian Armed Force ...

- HQ Ottawa, Ontario ** Defence R&D Canada Suffield - Suffield, Alberta ** Defence R&D Canada Toronto - Toronto, Ontario ** Defence R&D Canada Ottawa - Ottawa, Ontario ** Defence R&D Canada Centre for Security Science - Ottawa, Ontario ** Defence R&D Canada Valcartier - Valcartier, Quebec ** Defence R&D Canada Atlantic - Halifax, Nova Scotia ** Defence R&D Canada Centre for Operational Research and Analysis - Ottawa, Ontario *

National Research Council of Canada The National Research Council Canada (NRC; french: Conseil national de recherches Canada) is the primary national agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to science and technology research & development. It is the largest federal research ...

- HQ Ottawa, Ontario **Scientific research *** NRC

Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre (NRC Herzberg, HAA) is the leading Canadian centre for astronomy and astrophysics. It is based in Victoria, British Columbia. The current Director-General, as of 2021, is Luc Simard. ...

(NRC-HIA) - Penticton and Victoria, British Columbia *** NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences (NRC-SIMS) - Ottawa (Sussex Drive) and Chalk River, Ontario *** NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (NRC-SIMS) - Chalk River, Ontario *** NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (NRC-NINT) - Edmonton, Alberta *** NRC Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NRC-NMR) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario *** NRC Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus) and Ottawa (Sussex Drive), Ontario *** NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI)- Montreal, Quebec *** NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) - Winnipeg, Manitoba: Calgary, Alberta: Halifax, Nova Scotia *** NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI) - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan *** NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB) - Halifax, Nova Scotia *** NRC Genomics and Health Initiative (NRC-GHI) *** NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health (NRC-INH) - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island **Engineering research *** NRC Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-IAR)- Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ottawa (Uplands Campus), Ontario: Montreal, Quebec *** NRC Centre for Surface Transportation Technology (NRC-CSTT) - Ottawa (Uplands Campus), Ontario *** NRC Canadian Hydraulics Centre (NRC-CHC)- Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario *** NRC Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC-IOT) - St.John's, Newfoundland *** NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences (NRC-IMS)- Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario *** NRC Industrial Materials Institute (NRC-IMI) - Boucherville, Quebec: London, Ontario: Saguenay (Chicoutimi), Quebec *** NRC Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology (NRC-ICPET) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario *** NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) - Vancouver, British Columbia *** NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario: Gatineau, Quebec: Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, New Brunswick *** NRC Construction Research Centre - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario: London, Ontario: Regina, Saskatchewan (Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research) *** NRC Imaging Network (Ottawa—based) **Support institutes *** NRC

Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information The National Science Library (NSL), formerly known as the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information or CISTI, began in 1917 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC is the Government of Canada's premier ...

(NRC-CISTI) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus) *** NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)- Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario and NRC-IRAP across Canada *** NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards (NRC-INMS) - Ottawa (Montreal Road Campus), Ontario

Federal government organizations conducting scientific research in support of a larger mandate

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC; sometimes Ag-Canada; french: Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada)''Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Agriculture ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario **Research organizations ***Agassiz Research and Development Centre - Agassiz, British Columbia *** Summerland Research and Development Centre - Summerland, British Columbia *** Lacombe Research and Development Centre -

Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard Lac ...

, Alberta *** Lethbridge Research and Development Centre - Lethbridge, Alberta *** Saskatoon Research and Development Centre -

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as th ...

, Saskatchewan *** Swift Current Research and Development Centre -

Swift Current Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 6.8% between 2011 and 2016, ending up at ...

, Saskatchewan *** Brandon Research and Development Centre -

Brandon Brandon may refer to: Names and people *Brandon (given name), a male given name *Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins Places Australia *Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales *Brandon, Q ...

, Manitoba *** Morden Research and Development Centre -

Morden Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester ...

, Manitoba *** London Research and Development Centre -

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

, Ontario *** Ottawa Research and Development Centre - Ottawa, Ontario *** Guelph Research and Development Centre -

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

, Ontario *** Harrow Research and Development Centre - Harrow, Ontario *** Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre -

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

(Lennoxville Sector), Quebec *** Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre -

Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ...

, Quebec *** Quebec Research and Development Centre -

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Quebec *** Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec *** Fredericton Research and Development Centre - Fredericton, New Brunswick *** Charlottetown Research and Development Centre - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island *** Kentville Research and Development Centre - Kentville, Nova Scotia *** St John's Research and Development Centre - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador *

Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; french: Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of ...

- Ottawa, Ontario ** National Centre For Animal Disease ** Area Laboratories Network - Atlantic ** Area Laboratories Network - Quebec ** Area Laboratories Network - Ontario ** Area Laboratories Network - Western *

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- Winnipeg, Manitoba ** Grain Research Laboratory * Canadian Polar Commission - Ottawa, Ontario *

Communications Security Establishment The Communications Security Establishment (CSE; french: Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications, ''CST''), formerly (from 2008-2014) called the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), is the Government of Canada's national ...

- Ottawa, Ontario **Cryptological research for Canadian government foreign signals intelligence gathering ***Canadian Forces Base Leitrim - Leitrim, Ontario ***Canadian Forces Base Masset - Masset, British Columbia ***Canadian Forces Base Alert - Alert, Nunavut * Environment Canada - HQ, Gatineau, Quebec ** Canadian Ice Service **

Canadian Wildlife Service The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (french: Service canadien de la faune), is a Branch of the Department of the Environment (Environment and Climate Change Canada), a department of the Government of Canada. November 1, 2012 marked the 65th ann ...

Meteorological Service of Canada The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC; french: Service météorologique du Canada – SMC) is a division of Environment and Climate Change Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings o ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; french: Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO), is a department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and sci ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario ** Canadian Hydrographic Service **Research institutes *** Institute of Ocean Sciences - Sidney, British Columbia *** Pacific Biological Station **** West Vancouver Laboratory *** Cultus Lake Salmon Research Laboratory - Cultus Lake, British Columbia *** Bayfield Institute -Burlington, Ontario *** Sea Lamprey Control Centre - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario *** Freshwater Institute Science Laboratory - Winnipeg, Manitoba ***

Experimental Lakes Area IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA, known as ELA before 2014) is an internationally unique research station encompassing 58 formerly pristine freshwater lakes in Kenora District Ontario, Canada. Previously run by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ...

- Kenora, Ontario *** Saqvaqjuac research camp - Kivalliq Region, Nunavut *** Resolute Bay Laboratories - Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories *** The Maurice Lamontagne Institute - Pointe aux Cenelles, Quebec *** St. Andrews Biological Station - St. Andrews, New Brunswick *** Bedford Institute of Oceanography - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia *** Otolith Research Laboratory *** Canadian Shark Research Laboratory *** Mactaquac Fish Culture Station - Mactaquac, New Brunswick * Industry Canada - HQ, Ottawa, Ontario **

Communications Research Centre Canada The Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC; french: Centre de recherches sur les communications Canada) is a Canadian government scientific laboratory for research and development in wireless technologies, with a particular focus on the effic ...

- Ottawa, Ontario *

International Development Research Centre The International Development Research Centre (IDRC; french: Centre de recherches pour le développement international, ''CRDI'') is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that funds research and innovation within and alongside developing regions ...

- Ottawa, Ontario *

Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; french: Ressources naturelles Canada; french: RNCan, label=none)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources (). is the dep ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario **Canadian Forest Service ***Research institutes **** Pacific Forestry Centre - Victoria, British Columbia **** Northern Forestry Centre - Edmonton, Alberta **** Great Lakes Forestry Centre - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario **** Laurentien Forestry Centre - Quebec, Quebec **** Atlantic Forestry Centre - Fredericton, New Brunswick **

Geological Survey of Canada The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; french: Commission géologique du Canada (CGC)) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country, developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the e ...

- Ottawa, Ontario ** Geomatics Canada - Ottawa, Ontario ** Polar Continental Shelf Project, Ottawa, Ontario ** CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Ottawa, Ontario *** CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Devon, Alberta *** CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Varennes, Quebec ** CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory - Hamilton, Ontario *

Public Health Agency of Canada The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC; french: Agence de la santé publique du Canada, ASPC) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness and response, and infectious and chronic dis ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario ** Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control - Ottawa, Ontario ** Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control - Ottawa, Ontario ** Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses - Guelph, Ontario **

National Microbiology Laboratory The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, health emergency preparedness and response, and infectious and chronic ...

- Winnipeg, Manitoba ** Centre for Health Promotion - Ottawa, Ontario *

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario ** Human Resources Assessment and Research - Ottawa, Ontario ** Forensic Science and Identification Services - Ottawa, Ontario * Statistics Canada - Ottawa, Ontario *

Transport Canada Transport Canada (french: Transports Canada) is the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of road, rail, marine and air transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transporta ...

- HQ, Ottawa, Ontario ** Transportation Development Centre - Montreal, Quebec

Provincial government scientific research organizations

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

* InnoTech Alberta (formerly

Alberta Research Council Alberta Innovates (AI) is an Alberta government provincial corporation whose appointed Board of Directors is accountable to the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation and is responsible for promoting innovation in the province. AI was created ...

) ** Advanced Materials Laboratories ** Analytical Chemistry Laboratory ** Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory ** Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory ** Waste Materials Engineering Laboratory ** Papermaking Laboratory *Telecommunications Research Laboratories - Research Areas **TRLabs

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

BCIT The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in Bur ...

Technology Centre - Vancouver, British Columbia

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* Food Development Centre * Internet Innovation Centre

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

*Atlantic Cool Climate Crop Research Centre *Centre for Cold-Ocean Research Engineering * Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland *Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

*Research and Productivity Council - Fredericton, New Brunswick

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

Research Nova Scotia
- Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

* Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation - Toronto, Ontario **Research organizations ***Ontario Centres of Excellence ****Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology ****Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies ****Centre of Excellence for Energy ****Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing ****Centre of Excellence for Photonics *** Ontario Institute for Cancer Research *** Regional Innovation Network Program ** Commercialization and funding organizations *** Early Researcher Awards *** The Health Technology Exchange *** Innovation Demonstration Fund *** International Strategic Opportunities Program *** Ontario Commercialization Investment Funds *** Ontario Fuel Cell Innovation Programme *** Ontario Research Commercialization Program *** Premiers Discovery Awards

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

* Atlantic Technology Centre * Food Technology Centre * Prince Edward Island Analytical Laboratories

* L'institut nationale de recherche scientifique (INRS) - Quebec, Quebec ** INRS Eau, Terre et Environnement ** INRS Energie, Materiaux et Telecommunications ** INRS Institut - Armand-Frappier ** INRS Urbanisation, Culture et Societe *Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

Saskatchewan Research Council The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is a provincial treasury board crown corporation engaged in research and technology development on behalf of the provincial government and private industry. It focuses on applied research and development pr ...

** 3D Virtual reality Centre ** SRC Analytical Laboratories ** Biofuels Test Centre ** Bova-Can Laboratories ** Fermentation Pilot Plant ** GenServe Laboratories ** Geoanalytical Laboratories ** Petroleum Analytical Laboratories ** Pipe Flow Technology Centre ** Transformer OilTesting Laboratory * Saskatoon Research Centre - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Northwest Territories * Aurora Research Institute - Inuvik, Northwest Territories Nunavut * Nunavut Research Institute ** Igloolik Research Centre ** Iqaliut Research Centre

Expenditures on scientific research and development in Canada by sector

Canadian gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) by performing sectors - 2006 estimates in 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% Statistics Canada, Science Statistics September 2006 (2/2007)

References

* Government of Canada public website - CBC.ca, CBC News
"Federal Science tech spending continues to decline"
11 Dec 2007 {{Politics of Canadian provinces * Government research

Federal government organizations devoted exclusively to scientific research

Federal government organizations conducting scientific research in support of a larger mandate

Provincial government scientific research organizations

Expenditures on scientific research and development in Canada by sector

See also

References