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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