Toronto Region is a leading centre for research and innovation with a sophisticated research infrastructure

1. • Canada’s largest centre for research Top Private R&D Investors Headquartered
and education in the Toronto Region, 2008
• The headquarters for leading private
sector R&D investors in Canada
• One of the largest medical-hospital
complexes in North America
• The location of 79,700 science and
Company Rank CDN $
technology workplaces
• A dynamic hub of research with close to
Magna International 3 693,000
$656 million in research funding from
IBM Canada 5 397,000
the three major Canadian science
Research In Motion 6 384,000
granting councils (2008-2009)
Atomic Energy of Canada 7 329,000
• The source of 28% of all Canadian
Apotex 9 219,000
scientific publications (2009) and 30%
of Canada’s most highly-cited scientists
GlaxoSmithKline 13 150,000
OUTSTANDING R&D
Ericsson 14 126,000
• Home to more highly-cited scientists
per capita than United Kingdom, Israel,
Open Text Corporation 17 113,000
Germany or Japan
Aastra Technologies Limited 18 105,000
Biovail 20 99,000
AstraZeneca Canada Inc. 23 89,000
THE TORONTO REGION IS… HOW WE RANK...
Science Granting Councils Total Funding
Sources: Research InfoSource 2009
(Millions CAD), 2008- 2009
• 9 Universities
• 12 Academic Research Hospitals
• 8 Institutes of Technology and Colleges
• Over 300 Research Institutes
187.8 215.8
• 320,000 University and College Students
• 87,000 Graduating Students per Year
• 11,450 University and College Faculty Members
252.1
Natural Sciences &
Engineering Research
Council (NSERC)
Canada Foundation
for Innovation (CFI)
Canadian Institutes
for Health Research
(CIHR)
(Total: 655.78)
WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH AND
Sources: NSERC, CFI and CIHR
EDUCATION TORONTO REGION IS THE LEADING
RESEARCH CENTRE IN CANADA
April 2010 © Toronto Region Research Alliance

2. Dr. Alan Bernstein, Executive Director
of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
(New York)
Advanced Research Collaborations Perimeter Institute for
MaRS Centre Theoretical Physics
Innovation Synergy Centre in
Markham
• Future home of CanMET (MTL) Federal
Canadian Institute for Advanced
Materials Technology Laboratory and
GM Centre for Automotive Materials
Research Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
• Visionary 750,000 sq ft convergence facility • Spearheaded by RIM’s founder Mike Lazaridis and Corrosion
• Houses public and private research labs, • $175 million endowment
incubators, venture capitalists, and • 300-plus visiting scientists per year
Advanced Research Resources
support services • Shared knowledge agreements with
30 universities worldwide • Nonprofit business advisory hub to help
businesses with issues of growth and
Waterloo Acceleration Centre
“Toronto’s health research
development
Ontario Centres of Excellence
• Globally recognized • $142 million in funding by the Government
community is simply one of
• International, trans-disciplinary research of Ontario
the best anywhere.”
collaborations • Multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional
McMaster Innovation Park
• 300-plus of the world’s best scientists from collaboration on complex questions
• Canada Centre for Electron Microscopy
13 countries
• ORION/CANARIE – High bandwidth networks
• 21,000 sq ft site strategically located in the • The University of Toronto Structural
• 5 separate institutes University of Waterloo Research & Genomics Consortium
• Helping companies take discoveries to the Technology Park • Automotive Centre of Excellence at
marketplace University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Ontario Tumour Bank
• 555,000 sq ft innovation centre now under
Universities Research Hospitals
• Positron Emission Tomography Centre at the
construction
SPOTLIGHT ON…
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Fields Institute
McMaster University Baycrest Centre Institute for Quantum Computing
Ontario College of Art and Design Bloorview Kids Rehab Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Ryerson University Centre for Addiction and Mental Health McEwan Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Many Corporate Research Centres
University of Guelph Hamilton Health Sciences Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
including:
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Colleges/Institutes of Technology
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Mount Sinai Hospital
University of Toronto St. Joseph’s Healthcare Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
University of Waterloo St. Michael’s Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and
Biomolecular Research
Wilfrid Laurier University Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
York University The Hospital for Sick Children
Over 300 Leading Research Centres
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
including:
University Health Network (Toronto General,
Centennial College Bell Canada Wireless & Wireless Broadband
Toronto Western and Princess Margaret
Innovation Centre
Conestoga College – Institute of Technology hospitals)
and Advanced Learning IBM Toronto Software Lab
Women’s College Hospital
Durham College Lilly Research & Development Centre
George Brown College Xerox Research Centre Canada
Humber College Institute of Technology
and Advanced Learning Bell University Labs
Mohawk College of Applied Arts Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
and Technology Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology Emerging Communications Technology Institute
Sheridan College Institute of Technology
Contact the Toronto Region Research Alliance at 416-673-6670 or visit www.trra.ca