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Top 25 Engineering and technology research centers based in Canada

Name: Engineering and technology research centers based in Canada
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026 48 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 48 engineering and technology research centers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,483 professional contacts across them, including 625 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.

This list covers engineering and technology research centers headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 15, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest engineering and technology research centers based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 48 engineering and technology research centers based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to engineering and technology research centers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Saskatchewan Research Council SRC	Strong evidence	Saskatoon, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	330 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is one of Canada’s leading providers of applied research, development and demonstration (RD & D) and technology commercialization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2	Innotech Alberta	Strong evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	166 contacts →
	Strong evidence “InnoTech Alberta offers a diversified range of scientific, engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3	UBC Electrical And Computer Engineering	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ECE research teams are making discoveries essential for a healthy society, environment and economy, within a culture of integrity and ethical research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4	C2mi	Partial evidence	Bromont, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	81 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI) serves as a reference in the development and commercialization of components essential to digital technologies, being a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5	CMC Microsystems	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CMC Microsystems is a not-for-profit organization that accelerates research and innovation in advanced technologies including microelectronics, photonics, microelectromechanical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6	Innovation UBC	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovation UBC works with UBC’s researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real world impacts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7	CTA Aerospace Technology Centre	Strong evidence	Longueuil, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Aerospace Technology Center supports aerospace and defense companies in the development, validation, and optimization of concrete technological solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8	Goodlabs Studio	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded by serial technology entrepreneurs, GoodLabs Studio stands as a beacon of innovation, insight, and applied expertise, trusted by many Fortune 100 companies and prestigious…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9	Solutions Novika	Partial evidence	La Pocatière, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Novika (autrefois le CSTPQ) est l'un des plus grands centres collégiaux de transfert de technologie, reconnu depuis plus de trente-cinq ans comme un réel partenaire de l’industrie…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10	CTEAU	Partial evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Le Cteau - Centre des technologies de l'eau est reconnu par le gouvernement du Québec comme un centre collégial de transfert de technologie (CCTT) rattaché au Cégep de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11	Mcmaster Manufacturing Research Institute	Partial evidence	Hamilton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) is one of the country's most advanced and best-equipped research laboratories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12	Coalia	Partial evidence	Thetford Mines, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Historique Le Cégep de Thetford a été doté d’un Centre spécialisé en technologie minérale en 1984.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13	Smart Centre	Strong evidence	Cambridge, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Smart Manufacturing & Advanced Recycling Technologies (SMART) Centre was established in 2020 to support applied research, technical services, and training in the areas of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14	CIMEQ	Indirect evidence	Sainte-thérèse, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CIMEQ main fields of activities are conception of printed circuit board (PCB), firmware and interface programming.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15	Mcmaster Innovation Park	Partial evidence	Hamilton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As the centre of research excellence in advanced materials and manufacturing, nanotechnology and bioscience, McMaster Innovation Park is a place for connection, collaboration and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16	Bcit Applied Research & Innovation	Partial evidence	Burnaby, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1,001-5,000	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovative solutions to real-life problems Applied research at BCIT is exciting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17	CNETE	Partial evidence	Shawinigan, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Le Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE) est un centre collégial de transfert technologique (CCTT) et un chef de file canadien en recherche…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18	Laboratoire DE Recherche Lassena	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le LASSENA est une évolution du groupe de recherche GRNA que le professeur Landry a démarré en (sous le nom GRN).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19	Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research Dair	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DAIR is a not-for-profit whose mission is to revolutionize the collaboration environment by catalyzing innovation in aerospace and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20	Centre For Defence Advanced Materials Cdam - Ualberta	Indirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to the Centre for Design of Advanced Materials (CDAM) at the University of Alberta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21	Clean Energy Research Centre	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Providing safe, widespread, and equitable access to sustainable energy is one of the key challenges of our time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22	Centre For Advanced Studies Atlantic	Partial evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “By working in joint research relationships with commercial partners, valuable insights are discovered that might not be encountered in the university environment alone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23	Ualberta Geotechnical Centre	Partial evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their exceptional research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24	Pulets	Strong evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Piezoelectricity and Ultrasonics technologies Laboratory - PULETS - belongs to mechanical engineering department of École de Technologie Supérieure - ÉTS - based in Montreal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25	Western Research Parks	Strong evidence	London, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Western Research Parks is one of Canada's leading science & technology parks and is the catalyst for commercialization, partnership development, research translation, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: engineering and technology research centers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names engineering and technology research centers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of engineering and technology research centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name engineering and technology research centers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Engineering and technology research centers based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026

42.1%Verified-email coverage

30.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

16.7%Largest-city concentration · Montreal

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 48 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among engineering and technology research centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “engineering and technology research centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names engineering and technology research centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among engineering and technology research centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 625 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names engineering and technology research centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many engineering and technology research centers are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 48 engineering and technology research centers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Saskatchewan Research Council SRC, headquartered in Saskatoon, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most engineering and technology research centers?

Montreal leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Edmonton (6) and Vancouver (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 625 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 48 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.