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Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges 2023

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Rank College Sponsored Research Income Researchers Research Intensity Province Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s)
2022  2021  FY2022
$000
FY2021
$000
%
Change
2021-2022
2021-2022
#
$ per
Researcher
$000
1 2 Niagara College $32,031 $18,116 76.8 56 $572.0 ON Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre
2 1 Cégep de Trois-Rivières $26,236 $19,864 32.1 142 $184.8 QC Centre de Métallurgie du Québec, Innofibre, C2T3
3 3 Lambton College $16,095 $14,210 13.3 201 $80.1 ON Centre of Excellence in Energy & Bio-Industrial Technologies
4 10 Olds College $13,522 $7,564 78.8 58 $233.1 AB Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TACLP), Field Crop Development Centre
5 4 British Columbia Institute of Technology $12,794 $13,317 -3.9 115 $111.3 BC Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI)
6 5 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) $12,707 $12,964 -2.0 75 $169.4 AB Centre for Energy Research and Clean Unconventional Technology Solutions (CERCUTS)
7 12 Mohawk College $12,546 $7,414 69.2 152 $82.5 ON IDEAWORKS
8 7 NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology $11,928 $9,696 23.0 72 $165.7 AB
9 17 Saskatchewan Polytechnic $9,923 $5,890 68.5 270 $36.8 SK Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE), Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE)
10 25 Cégep de Thetford $9,442 $4,153 127.4 73 $129.3 QC COALIA, Kemitek
11 16 Lethbridge College $9,345 $7,078 32.0 47 $198.8 AB Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC)
12 6 Sheridan College $9,080 $10,340 -12.2 231 $39.3 ON Screen Industries Research and Training Centre
13 14 Cégep de La Pocatière $7,782 $7,351 5.9 153 $50.9 QC Solutions Novika, Biopterre et Optech
14 11 RRC Polytech $7,427 $7,426 0.01 116 $64.0 MB Prairie Research Kitchen (PRK), Technology Access Centre
15 22 Humber College $7,047 $5,074 38.9 437 $16.1 ON Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation
16 21 Seneca Polytechnic $6,951 $5,384 29.1 116 $59.9 ON Seneca Centre for Innovation in Life Sciences (SCILS)
17 15 Conestoga College $6,844 $7,083 -3.4 369 $18.5 ON SMART Centre; Conestoga Food Research and Innovation Lab; Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness, and Performance; Canadian Institute for Senior's Care
18 24 College of the North Atlantic $6,359 $4,400 44.5 53 $120.0 NL Centre for Innovative Mining Solutions (CIMS), Newfoundland and Labrador Workforce Innovation Centre
19 37 Durham College $5,813 $2,688 116.3 73 $79.6 ON AI Hub, Centre for Cybersecurity Innovation, The Mixed-Reality Capture (MRC) Studio
20 8 Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles $5,439 $8,609 -36.8 157 $34.6 QC CIRADD, Merinov, Nergica
21 23 Cégep de Saint-Jérôme $5,436 $4,948 9.9 66 $82.4 QC Institut du véhicule innovant, Centre de développement des composites du Québec
22 Cégep de Sept-Îles $5,406 $3,393 59.3 63 $85.8 QC Institut Technologique de Maintenance Industrielle (ITMI), Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation en Intelligence Énergétique (CR2ie), Centre d’Expertise Ferroviaire RAIL (CEFRAIL)
23 20 Centennial College $5,325 $5,563 -4.3 109 $48.9 ON Wearable Interactive Mobile Technologies Access Centre / Aerospace Innovation
24 18 Cégep de Shawinigan $5,245 $5,756 -8.9 39 $134.5 QC Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE)
25 NorQuest College $5,100 $1,914 166.5 98 $52.0 AB NorQuest Innovation Studio, Colbourne Institute for Inclusive Leadership
26 43 La Cité $5,028 $2,025 148.3 50 $100.6 ON Centre d'accès à la technologie en Bio-innovation (CAT-B)
27 9 George Brown College $4,897 $8,425 -41.9 91 $53.8 ON Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt)
28 35 Fleming College $4,858 $2,914 66.7 64 $75.9 ON CAWT, CIAP, CAMIIT
29 26 Cégep de Rimouski $4,351 $4,060 7.2 60 $72.5 QC SEREX, Innovation maritime
30 29 Selkirk College $4,306 $3,715 15.9 27 $159.5 BC Selkirk Technology Access Centre in Advanced Manufacturing
31 42 Aurora College $3,812 $2,077 83.5 54 $70.6 NT Aurora Research Institute
32 41 Nova Scotia Community College $3,726 $2,220 67.8 56 $66.5 NS SEATAC
33 31 Collège d'Alma $3,399 $3,324 2.3 33 $103.0 QC Agrinova
34 28 Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue $3,378 $3,717 -9.1 42 $80.4 QC Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI)
35 39 Holland College $3,272 $2,558 27.9 28 $116.9 PE Canada's Smartest Kitchen
36 44 Loyalist College $3,193 $2,023 57.8 27 $118.3 ON Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis
37 34 Cégep de Saint-Laurent $3,173 $2,917 8.8 48 $66.1 QC Cteau, Artenso
38 33 Lakeland College $3,098 $3,047 1.7 49 $63.2 AB G.N. Sweet Livestock Research Facility
39 Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup $2,865 $2,893 -1.0 47 $61.0 QC Groupe de recherche en environnement et biotechnologie (GREB), Le laboratoire en innovation ouverte (LLio)
40 40 Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick $2,575 $2,527 1.9 29 $88.8 NB CCNB-INNOV
41 36 Cambrian College $2,499 $2,763 -9.6 26 $96.1 ON Glencore Centre for Innovation & Centre for Smart Mining
42 Georgian College $2,238 $1,011 121.4 57 $39.3 ON Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (RIE)
43 38 Red Deer Polytechnic $2,084 $2,593 -19.6 201 $10.4 AB Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing - Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC), Energy Innovation Centre (EIC)
44 Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne $2,032 $1,808 12.4 32 $63.5 QC JACOBB - Centre d’intelligence artificielle appliquée
45 46 Algonquin College $1,850 $1,746 6.0 99 $18.7 ON Data Analytics Centre, Social Innovation Lab, Victimology Research Centre
46 47 New Brunswick Community College $1,775 $1,500 18.3 65 $27.3 NB Centre for Applied Research and Ubiquitous Computing
47 32 Camosun College $1,760 $3,073 -42.7 19 $92.6 BC Camosun Technology Access Centre
48 Bow Valley College $1,721 $783 119.8 70 $24.6 AB
49 Cégep de Drummondville $1,694 $1,158 46.3 22 $77.0 QC Centre collégial d'expertise en gérontologie (CCEG-CCTT)
50 45 Collège Boréal $1,647 $1,814 -9.2 36 $45.8 ON

Notes:
  1. Sponsored research income includes all funds to support research received in the form of a grant, contract or contribution from all sources external to the institution. Excludes funds from technical service agreements.
  2. Data were obtained through a survey of publicly-funded colleges.
  3. Fiscal 2021 figures may have been adjusted as more accurate information became available.
  4. Researcher headcounts include full and part-time faculty, teachers, researchers and technicians who conducted research in Fiscal 2022.
  5. Data are provided for the main college including affiliated research centres/institutes, where applicable.





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