Useful Links

 

Federal Government Resources

Industry Canada

Directory of all Canadian federal government employees, officials, departments etc 

Industry Canada – Investment Canada Act 

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada – Canadian Offices Abroad (embassies, consulates, high commissions and trade offices)

 

Federal Laboratories

The National Research Council (NRC) institutes dedicated to biotechnology:

1. Biotechnology Research Institute 
2. Institute for Biodiagnostics 
3. Institute for Biological Sciences 

 

NRC research facilities of interest to life science companies include:

• CARSLab (multimodal imaging)  
• Magnetoencephalography system(Halifax) (a laboratory for clinical magnetoencephalography)  

 

Financing Information

The Funding Portal

Ontario Securities Commission 

OSC’s Information for Small and Medium Enterprises  

Toronto Stock Exchange

Network of Angel Investors Ontario

Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

 

Health Research Networks

• Networks of Centres of Excellence (large-scale, academically-led virtual research networks involving partners from academia, industry, government and non-profit organizations):  
1. AllerGen  
2. Canadian Arthritis Network 
3. Canadian Stroke Network  
4. NeuroDevNet 
5. Stem Cell Network
   

• Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (centres to advance research and facilitate commercialization of technologies):  
1. Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine 
2. Centre for Drug Research and Development 
3. Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization 
4. Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization 
5. Centre for Surgical Invention & Innovation 
6. Cepmed 
7. Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie (in French only)  
8. MaRS Innovation 
9. PREVENT (Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise) 
10. Prevention of Organ Failure Centre of Excellence 
11. Prostate Centre's Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development
      

• Business-led Networks of Centres of Excellence (Large-scale, collaborative research networks led by the private sector, focused on specific research needs of industry):
1. Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery 
   

Industry Assocations

National

• BIOTECanada  
• Rx&D, Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies  
• Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association  
• Consumer Health Products Canada  
• MEDEC - Canada's Medical Technology Companies 
  

Provincial and Regional

• LifeSciences British Columbia   
• BioAlberta  
• Life Science Association of Manitoba   
• BIOQuébec 
• BiopolisQuébec  
• Groupement Provincial de l'Industrie du Médicament (in French only)  
• BioAtlantech 
• Bionova  
• PEI BioAlliance 
• Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries  

Canadian Research/Technology Transfer Associations

• ACCT Canada  
• Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations  
  

 

Information for Entrepreneurs

Incorporating a Company in Ontario

Canada Business Network – Government Services for Entrepreneurs

Canada Revenue Agency – GST/HST

 

Innovation Centers

Ontario Network of Excellence (a network of regional, sector-focused and provincial not-for-profit organizations)

MaRS Discovery District

Invest Toronto

Ontario Centers of Excellence

Tech Triangle

 

Intellectual Property

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

US Patent & Trademark Office

World IP Office

 

International Research Networks

Canadian research institutions and researchers participate in international research networks, including the following:

• Brain Network Recovery Group (Headquartered in Toronto)  
• Canada — Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity (Canadian headquarters located in Kingston, Ontario)  
• International Cancer Genome Consortium (Headquartered in Toronto)  
• International Centre for Infectious Diseases (Headquartered in Winnipeg)  
• International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks (Canadian headquarters located in Ottawa)  
• SGC (Structural Genomics Consortium) (Canadian headquarters located in Toronto)  
• Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet (Research conducted in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia)  
• Virtual Coordinating Center for Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research (Canadian coordinating office located in Edmonton)  

 

Regulatory

Health Canada – Drug, Health Products including Natural Health Products

 

Tax Credits

Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program 

Ontario Business Program Guide, the Ontario government’s free, online directory of tax incentives, tax credits and government support programs for business