CANADA'S INNOVATION LEADERS
CANADA'S INNOVATION LEADERS
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| Rank | College | Sponsored Research Income | Researchers | Research Intensity | Province | Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | FY2023 $000 |
FY2022 $000 |
% Change 2022-2023 |
2022-2023 # |
$ per Researcher $000 |
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| 1 | 1 | Niagara College | $40,526 | $32,031 | 26.5 | 57 | $711.0 | ON | Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) |
| 2 | 3 | Lambton College | $21,019 | $16,095 | 30.6 | 145 | $145.0 | ON | Bio-Industrial Process Research Centre, Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre, Lambton Water Centre, Centre for Industrial Material Development |
| 3 | 8 | NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology | $17,504 | $11,928 | 46.7 | 94 | $186.2 | AB | |
| 4 | 6 | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) | $17,479 | $12,707 | 37.6 | 88 | $198.6 | AB | CIRAMM, CERCUTS CIRUS, GBT |
| 5 | 15 | Humber Polytechnic | $16,897 | $7,047 | 139.8 | 103 | $164.0 | ON | Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation |
| 6 | 2 | Cégep de Trois-Rivières | $16,788 | $26,236 | -36.0 | 145 | $115.8 | QC | Centre de Métallurgie du Québec, Innofibre, C2T3 |
| 7 | 7 | Mohawk College | $16,078 | $12,546 | 28.2 | 134 | $120.0 | ON | IDEAWORKS |
| 8 | 18 | College of the North Atlantic | $12,308 | $6,359 | 93.6 | 48 | $256.4 | NL | Newfoundland and Labrador Workforce Innovation Centre, Reality Capture and Digitization Technology Access Centre |
| 9 | 13 | Cégep de La Pocatière | $10,161 | $7,782 | 30.6 | 141 | $72.1 | QC | Solutions Novika - Biopterre - Optech |
| 10 | 11 | Lethbridge Polytechnic | $9,355 | $9,345 | 0.1 | 51 | $183.4 | AB | IATC (Integrated Agriculture); START (Spatial Technologies); CPSAR (Public Safety); APHTC (Post-Harvest); MIRG (Irrigation) |
| 11 | 10 | Cégep de Thetford | $9,288 | $9,442 | -1.6 | 80 | $116.1 | QC | COALIA, Kemitek |
| 12 | 12 | Sheridan College | $8,448 | $9,080 | -7.0 | 280 | $30.2 | ON | Centre for Intelligent Manufacturing |
| 13 | 5 | British Columbia Institute of Technology | $8,105 | $12,794 | -36.6 | 115 | $70.5 | BC | Centre for Applied Research & Innovation (CARI) |
| 14 | 4 | Olds College | $7,715 | $13,522 | -42.9 | 59 | $130.8 | AB | Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production, Field Crop Development Centre |
| 15 | 25 | NorQuest College | $7,059 | $5,100 | 38.4 | 127 | $55.6 | AB | Colbourne Institute for Inclusive Leadership, Workforce Accessibility & Inclusion Centre, NorQuest Innovation Studio |
| 16 | 14 | RRC Polytech | $6,732 | $7,427 | -9.4 | 112 | $60.1 | MB | Prairie Research Kitchen (PRK) Technology Access Centre |
| 17 | 9 | Saskatchewan Polytechnic | $6,451 | $9,923 | -35.0 | 276 | $23.4 | SK | Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE), Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE) |
| 18 | Cégep de Victoriaville | $6,073 | $5,833 | 4.1 | 119 | $51.0 | QC | CETAB+, Inovem, CISA | |
| 19 | 17 | Conestoga College | $6,034 | $6,844 | -11.8 | 314 | $19.2 | ON | SMART Centre, CFRIL, CISWP, CHCRI |
| 20 | 23 | Centennial College | $5,808 | $5,325 | 9.1 | 145 | $40.1 | ON | Wearable Interactive Mobile Technologies Access Centre / Aerospace Innovation |
| 20 | 16 | Seneca Polytechnic | $5,808 | $6,951 | -16.4 | 91 | $63.8 | ON | Seneca Centre for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Seneca Centre for Innovation in Life Sciences |
| 22 | 22 | Cégep de Sept-Îles | $5,389 | $5,406 | -0.3 | 33 | $163.3 | QC | ITMI, RAIL, CR2IE |
| 23 | 24 | Cégep de Shawinigan | $5,102 | $5,245 | -2.7 | 42 | $121.5 | QC | CNETE - Centre national en électrochimie et en technologies environnementales |
| 24 | 19 | Durham College | $4,749 | $5,813 | -18.3 | 81 | $58.6 | ON | AI Hub, Centre for Cybersecurity Innovation, The Mixed-Reality Capture (MRC) Studio |
| 25 | 27 | George Brown College | $4,670 | $4,897 | -4.6 | 88 | $53.1 | ON | Food Innovation & Research Studio (FIRSt) |
| 26 | 29 | Cégep de Rimouski | $4,577 | $4,351 | 5.2 | 56 | $81.7 | QC | SEREX, Innovation maritime |
| 27 | 26 | La Cité | $4,526 | $5,028 | -10.0 | 42 | $107.8 | ON | Centre d'accès à la technologie en Bio-innovation (CAT-B) |
| 28 | 20 | Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles | $4,255 | $5,439 | -21.8 | 157 | $27.1 | QC | CIRADD, Merinov, Nergica, GREFON, CERPAV |
| 29 | 40 | Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick | $4,245 | $2,575 | 64.9 | 25 | $169.8 | NB | CCNB-INNOV |
| 30 | 33 | Collège d'Alma | $4,169 | $3,399 | 22.7 | 33 | $126.3 | QC | Agrinova |
| 31 | 28 | Fleming College | $4,103 | $4,858 | -15.5 | 53 | $77.4 | ON | CAWT, CAMIIT, CIAP |
| 32 | 37 | Cégep de Saint-Laurent | $3,940 | $3,173 | 24.2 | 61 | $64.6 | QC | Cteau, Artenso |
| 33 | Cégep de Lévis | $3,932 | $1,646 | 138.9 | 60 | $65.5 | QC | Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles (CRVI) | |
| 34 | 32 | Nova Scotia Community College | $3,900 | $3,726 | 4.7 | 57 | $68.4 | NS | SEATAC |
| 35 | 36 | Loyalist College | $3,486 | $3,193 | 9.2 | 36 | $96.8 | ON | Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis |
| 36 | 30 | Selkirk College | $3,420 | $4,306 | -20.6 | 22 | $155.5 | BC | Applied Research and Innovation Centre |
| 37 | 21 | Cégep de Saint-Jérôme | $3,355 | $5,436 | -38.3 | 63 | $53.3 | QC | Institut du véhicule innovant (IVI) |
| 38 | 41 | Cambrian College | $3,302 | $2,499 | 32.1 | 42 | $78.6 | ON | Glencore Centre for Innovation & Centre for Smart Mining |
| 39 | Langara College | $3,253 | $1,338 | 143.1 | 35 | $92.9 | BC | Applied Research Centre | |
| 40 | 34 | Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue | $3,211 | $3,378 | -4.9 | 29 | $110.7 | QC | Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI) |
| 41 | 31 | Aurora College | $2,675 | $3,812 | -29.8 | 41 | $65.2 | NT | Aurora Research Institute |
| 42 | 35 | Holland College | $2,395 | $3,272 | -26.8 | 29 | $82.6 | PE | Canada's Smartest Kitchen |
| 43 | 43 | Red Deer Polytechnic | $2,392 | $2,084 | 14.8 | 62 | $38.6 | AB | CIM-TAC, EIC, RCAR |
| 44 | 42 | Georgian College | $2,391 | $2,238 | 6.8 | 64 | $37.4 | ON | Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (RIE) |
| 45 | 39 | Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup | $2,317 | $2,865 | -19.1 | 36 | $64.4 | QC | Groupe de recherche en environnement et biotechnologie, Le laboratoire en innovation ouverte |
| 46 | 46 | New Brunswick Community College | $2,006 | $1,775 | 13.0 | 41 | $48.9 | NB | |
| 47 | 48 | Bow Valley College | $1,847 | $1,721 | 7.3 | 88 | $21.0 | AB | |
| 48 | 38 | Lakeland College | $1,803 | $3,098 | -41.8 | 21 | $85.9 | AB | G.N. Sweet Livestock Research Facility |
| 49 | Dawson College | $1,801 | $1,577 | 14.2 | 30 | $60.0 | QC | CRISPESH | |
| 50 | 50 | Collège Boréal | $1,778 | $1,647 | 8.0 | 25 | $71.1 | ON | |
