Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges 2022


Rank College Sponsored Research Income Researchers Research Intensity Province Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s)
2021  2020  FY2021
$000
FY2020
$000
%
Change
2020-2021
2020-2021
#
$ per
Researcher
$000
1 1 Cégep de Trois-Rivières $19,864 $19,521 1.8 131 $151.6 QC Centre de Métallurgie du Québec, Innofibre, C2T3
2 3 Niagara College $18,116 $13,917 30.2 61 $297.0 ON Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre
3 4 Lambton College $14,210 $12,527 13.4 174 $81.7 ON Centre of Excellence in Energy & Bio-Industrial Technologies
4 17 British Columbia Institute of Technology $13,317 $6,171 115.8 110 $121.1 BC Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI)
5 6 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) $12,964 $11,726 10.6 119 $108.9 AB Green Building Technologies (GBT)
6 11 Sheridan College $10,340 $8,237 25.5 214 $48.3 ON Centre for Elder Research
7 5 NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology $9,696 $12,252 -20.9 74 $131.0 AB
8 7 Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles $8,609 $9,761 -11.8 131 $65.7 QC CIRADD, Merinov, Nergica
9 8 George Brown College $8,425 $9,199 -8.4 79 $106.6 ON Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt)
10 42 Olds College $7,564 $2,364 220.0 55 $137.5 AB Olds College Centre for Innovation
11 14 RRC Polytech $7,426 $6,874 8.0 101 $73.5 MB Technology Access Centre for Aerospace & Manufacturing (TACAM)
12 10 Mohawk College $7,414 $8,493 -12.7 127 $58.4 ON IDEAWORKS
13 19 Collège de Maisonneuve $7,402 $5,527 33.9 68 $108.9 QC Centre d'études des procédés chimiques du Québec (CÉPROCQ)
14 13 Cégep de La Pocatière $7,351 $6,939 5.9 161 $45.7 QC Solutions Novika - Biopterre et Optech
15 16 Conestoga College $7,083 $6,348 11.6 221 $32.0 ON SMART Centre; Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness and Performance; Conestoga Food Research and Innovation Lab; Centre for Supply Chain Innovation
16 29 Lethbridge College $7,078 $3,479 103.4 65 $108.9 AB Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC), Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START) Centre, Centre for Public Safety Applied Research (CPSAR)
17 12 Saskatchewan Polytechnic $5,890 $7,023 -16.1 145 $40.6 SK Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE), Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE)
18 15 Cégep de Shawinigan $5,756 $6,513 -11.6 42 $137.0 QC Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE)
19 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit $5,680 $7,364 -22.9 54 $105.2 QC CTA, CEFIR
20 20 Centennial College $5,563 $4,959 12.2 101 $55.1 ON Wearable Interactive Mobile Technologies Access Centre / Aerospace Innovation
21 21 Seneca College $5,384 $4,494 19.8 121 $44.5 ON Seneca Centre for Innovation in Life Sciences (SCILS)
22 2 Humber College $5,074 $15,034 -66.2 469 $10.8 ON Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation
23 32 Cégep de Saint-Jérôme $4,948 $2,957 67.3 65 $76.1 QC Institut du véhicule innovant (IVI)
24 22 College of the North Atlantic $4,400 $4,264 3.2 48 $91.7 NL Centre for Innovative Mining Solutions (CIMS), Newfoundland and Labrador Workforce Innovation Centre
25 9 Cégep de Thetford $4,153 $8,639 -51.9 68 $61.1 QC COALIA, Kemitek
26 40 Cégep de Rimouski $4,060 $2,532 60.3 49 $82.9 QC SEREX, Innovation maritime
27 31 Cégep de Lévis $3,800 $3,003 26.5 43 $88.4 QC Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles (CRVI), TransBIOTech
28 30 Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue $3,717 $3,325 11.8 38 $97.8 QC Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI)
29 33 Selkirk College $3,715 $2,799 32.7 25 $148.6 BC Selkirk College Technology Access Centre
30 26 Cégep André-Laurendeau $3,537 $3,569 -0.9 66 $53.6 QC OPTECH, InnovLOG
31 25 Collège d'Alma $3,324 $3,813 -12.8 22 $151.1 QC Agrinova
32 50 Camosun College $3,073 $1,695 81.3 20 $153.7 BC Camosun Technology Access Centre
33 Lakeland College $3,047 $866 251.8 34 $89.6 AB G.N. Sweet Livestock Research Facility
34 46 Cégep de Saint-Laurent $2,917 $1,981 47.2 37 $78.8 QC Cteau, Artenso
35 38 Fleming College $2,914 $2,601 12.0 44 $66.2 ON CAWT, CAMIIT, CIAP
36 18 Cambrian College $2,763 $5,561 -50.3 90 $30.7 ON Glencore Centre for Innovation & Centre for Smart Mining
37 39 Durham College $2,688 $2,562 4.9 60 $44.8 ON Hub for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence for Business Solutions (The AI Hub)
38 Red Deer Polytechnic $2,593 $421 515.9 68 $38.1 AB CIM-TAC, EIC
39 37 Holland College $2,558 $2,622 -2.4 28 $91.4 PE Canada's Smartest Kitchen
40 28 Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick $2,527 $3,507 -27.9 29 $87.1 NB CCNB-INNOV
41 36 Nova Scotia Community College $2,220 $2,661 -16.6 52 $42.7 NS SEATAC
42 34 Aurora College $2,077 $2,789 -25.5 30 $69.2 NT Aurora Research Institute
43 23 La Cité $2,025 $4,001 -49.4 29 $69.8 ON Centre d'accès à la technologie en Bio-innovation (CAT-B)
44 35 Loyalist College $2,023 $2,735 -26.0 14 $144.5 ON Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis
45 Collège Boréal $1,814 $1,256 44.4 28 $64.8 ON
46 27 Algonquin College $1,746 $3,552 -50.8 59 $29.6 ON Data Analytics Centre, Social Innovation Lab, Victimology Research Centre
47 New Brunswick Community College $1,500 $1,308 14.7 43 $34.9 NB Centre for Applied Research and Ubiquitous Computing
48 Justice Institute of British Columbia $1,346 $777 73.2 36 $37.4 BC
49 Dawson College $1,268 $976 29.9 28 $45.3 QC CRISPESH
50 41 Fanshawe College $1,245 $2,468 -49.6 55 $22.6 ON Centre for Applied Research in Biotechnology (CARIB)

Notes:
  1. Sponsored research income includes all funds to support research received in the form of a grant, contribution or contract from all sources external to the institution. Excludes funds from technical service agreements and entrepreneurship operations/activities.
  2. Data were obtained through a survey of publicly-funded colleges and from financial statements.
  3. Fiscal 2020 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 2021.
  5. Data are provided for the main college including affiliated research centres/institutes, where applicable.

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