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Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges 2024

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Rank College Sponsored Research Income Researchers Research Intensity Province Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s)
2024  2022  FY2023
$000
FY2022
$000
%
Change
2022-2023
2022-2023
#
$ per
Researcher
$000
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

Notes:
  1. Sponsored research income includes all funds to support research received in the form of a grant, contract or contribution from all sources external to the institution. Excludes funds from technical service agreements.
  2. Data were obtained through a survey of publicly-funded colleges.
  3. Fiscal 2022 figures may have been adjusted as more accurate information became available.
  4. Researcher headcounts include full and part-time faculty, teachers, researchers and technicians who conducted research in Fiscal 2023.
  5. Data are provided for the main college including affiliated research centres/institutes, where applicable.





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