Incubators and Accelerators in Canada (Views: 21180)
Funding is a necessary component of any successful company but as an entrepreneur you should also try to surround yourself with knowledgeable people with whom to discuss your ideas. This is particularly important when starting up for the first time since more seasoned entrepreneurs will help you learn from their experience and steer clear from beginner mistakes.
Unfortunately for entrepreneurial newcomers, finding the right mentor can be difficult and starting up can seem impossible. Incubators and accelerators are there to help break down this entry barrier and provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals as well as veteran entrepreneurs that will help guide your endeavors.
Canada has an incredible amount of incubators to serve the start-up
community: some of which have government backing, while others are privately
run; some provide funding, while others provide only office space.
Here is an exhaustive list of establishments with
incubator-like services in Canada:
Alberta
Advanced Technology Centre - Edmonton
Food processing Development Centre - Leduc
Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator - Leduc
Innovate Calgary - Calgary
Duncan McNeil Centre for Innovation - Edmonton
Foothills Business Incubator - Okotoks
Northern Alberta Business Incubator - St-Albert
NRC Nation Institute for nanotechnology - Edmonton
Research Transition Facility Calgary - Calgary
TEC Center - Edmonton
British-Colombia
Accelerate Okanagan - Kelowna
Okanagan Research & Innovation Centre (ORIC) - Penticton
SFU Venture Labs Student Business Incubator - Surrey
Business Development Centre (SFU) - Vancouver
Centre for Growth (BCTIA) - Vancouver
Entrepreneurship@UBC - Vancouver
GrowLab - Vancouver
Institute B - Vancouver
NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation - Vancouver
The Network Hub - Vancouver
TIMES Ventures Innovation Incubator - Vancouver
NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics - Victoria
Entrepreneurship@UVIC - Victoria
University of Victoria Innovation & Development Corporation - Victoria
Vancouver Island Technology Park - Victoria
Wavefront - Vancouver
Discovery Parks Generator Program - Vancouver
Manitoba
Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc. (BCC) - Winnipeg
CDEM - Winnipeg
Eureka Project - Winnipeg
Genesys Venture Inc. - Winnipeg
NRC Institute for biodiagnostics - Winnipeg
Smart Virtual Incubation Winnipeg - Winnipeg
New-Brunswick
NRC Institute for Information Technology – Fredericton
Newfoundland & Labrador
Genesis Centre - St-Johns
NRC Institute for Ocean Technology - St-Johns
Nova-Scotia
Innovacorp Tech Innovation Centre - Dartmouth
Innovacorp Enterprise Centre - Halifax
NRC Institute for Marine Biology - Halifax
Ingeonuity - Annapolis Centre of Technology - Middleton
AgriTech Park - Truro
Ontario
Springboard Innovation Centre - Barrie
EASTCAT - Brockville
DreamBuilderStudios - Cornwall
Haliburton Creative Business Incubator - Haliburton
Hamilton Incubator of Technology - Hamilton
The Cossart Exchange - Hamilton
The McMaster Biosciences Incubation Centre - Hamilton
Lawson Health Research Institute - London
London Biotechnology Commercialization Centre - London
Communications Research Innovation Centre - Ottawa
Mercury Grove - Ottawa
NRC Institute for Information Technology - Ottawa
NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences - Ottawa
NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences - Ottawa
NRCan Innovation Acceleration Centre - Ottawa
OCRI Entrepreneurship Centre - Ottawa
The Code Factory - Ottawa
IDEAHUB - Port Hope
Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Centre - Sarnia
Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre - Sault Ste Marie
nGEN - St. Catharines
Innovation Centre for Entrepreneurs - St. Thomas
Northern Ontario Centre for Advanced Technology - Sudbury
Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre - Thunder Bay
The Venture Centre - Timmins
BioDiscovery Centre - Toronto
Centre for Social Innovation – Toronto
Digital Media Zone - Toronto
Incubes - Toronto
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund - Toronto
Mobile Experience Innovation Centre - Toronto
Toronto Business Development Centre - Toronto
Toronto Fashion Incubator - Toronto
Toronto Food Business Incubator - Toronto
Extreme University - Toronto
Accelerator Centre - Waterloo
Communitech Venture Services Program - Waterloo
Velocity - Waterloo
Prince-Edward-Island
LaunchPad Incubator - Atlantic Technology Centre - Charlottetown
NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health - Charlottetown
Québec
NRC Industrial Materials Institute - Boucherville
Technoparc Bromont - Bromont
Drummondville Economic Development Authority - Drummondville
Centre de développement d'entreprises technologiques - Gatineau
NRC Languages Technology Research Centre – Gatineau
Centre Québecois d'Innovation en Biotechnologie - Laval
Ag-Bio Centre - Lévis
TransBIOtec / reseau Transtech - Lévis
Incubateur industriel de la MRC de Maskinongé - Louiseville
FounderFuel - Montreal
Year one Labs - Montreal
Flow Ventures - Montreal
Bolidea - Montreal
Centech -Montréal
Centre d'entreprises et d'innovation de Montreal - Montréal
Incubateur J. -Armand-Bombardier - Montréal
Inno-Centre -Montréal
NRC Biotechnology Research Institute - Montréal
TandemLaunch Technologies Inc. - Montréal
TechBA - Montreal
L'incubateur bioalimentaire de La Pocatière - Pocatière
Entrepreneuriat Laval Inc - Québec
National Optics Institute - Québec
Agribionet - Saint-Hyacinthe
Centre de productique intégrée du Québec - Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke Biotechnology Development Centre - Sherbrooke
Saskatchewan
Springboard West Innovations - Regina
NRC Plant Biology Institute - Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Ideas Inc.- Saskatoon
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan inc. - Saskatoon
Outside of Canada but exclusively for Canadians
Plug And Play Startup Camp - Sunnyvale, California
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