FedDev Ontario’s Pivotal Projects

Helping to grow the southern Ontario economy

We are proud to share some of the game-changing projects we are supporting. Our programming is meeting the needs of innovators, companies and job creators that are ready to scale up and invest in leading-edge technology, resulting in a range of pivotal projects that contribute to a stronger and more dynamic innovation ecosystem. These important investments will drive innovation and growth in the region, create and maintain highly skilled jobs and improve southern Ontario's competitiveness on the global stage for years to come.

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Community Futures Development Corporations – Regional Relief and Recovery Fund

Supporting local businesses in rural southern Ontario

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Toronto’s Elizabeth Fry

Provides training and support for marginalized women starting their own businesses

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Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad

Canada's first circular-economy-focused accelerator and test platform

Clean technology

WeavAir

A trans-Pacific partnership supporting Canadian women entrepreneurs

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

D2L

Supporting leaders of online learning

Foreign direct investment

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Venture13

Contributing to economic development and diversification in an age of digital transformation

Support for business and entrepreneurs

Foreign direct investment

Community economic development

McMaster iHub

Creating an integrated automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing network

Aerospace

Clean technology

Manufacturing

Research and development

Support for business and entrepreneurs

Invest WindsorEssex

Revving up Canada’s first automobility accelerator

Clean technology

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Manufacturing

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Axiom Group

Axiom provides world-class specialized manufacturing services in southern Ontario

 

Terra Cotta Foods Ltd.

From local classrooms to Canadian grocers – Terra Cotta Foods Ltd. continues to feed growth

Agri-food/Food science

Clean technology

Manufacturing

Food Cycle

Food Cycle Science is helping Canadians recycle towards a greener future

Agri-food/Food science

Clean technology

Manufacturing

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

Generating chemistry between Sarnia's biomass sector and up-and-coming clean-tech businesses

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Community economic development

Innovation ecosystems

Armstrong Monitoring Corporation

Detecting success

Clean technology

Community economic development

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Manufacturing

Digital Main Street Platform

Ontario businesses go digital

Community economic development

Covid-19/RRRF

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

CanHealth

Breaking through barriers to scale Canadian companies

Covid-19/RRRF

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Walton Wood Farm Corp.

The sweet, natural smell of success

Community economic development

La Cité Collégiale and La Factorie Desjardins

Inspiration, Innovation and Implementation

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

The Accelerator Centre

Southern Ontario tech companies get a JumpStart at the Accelerator Centre

Covid-19/RRRF

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Shaw's Ice Cream

Women-led ice cream producer scoops up success

Community economic development

Melitron Corporation

Guelph-based manufacturer revolutionizes the way we interact with digital display solutions

Clean technology

Covid-19/RRRF

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Manufacturing

Molded Precision Components

Shielding workers on the front line from COVID-19

Covid-19/RRRF

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Inclusive growth

Manufacturing

Communitech, MaRS Discovery District, Invest Ottawa

Growing the next generation of anchor firms in southern Ontario

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

The Municipality of Dysart et al

A more welcoming Head Lake Park in Haliburton

Community economic development

Tourism

Popsilos Inc.

Where art and agriculture collide

Community economic development

Tourism

Sheen Legend Packaging

Thinking outside the box

Clean technology

Inclusive growth

Manufacturing

Deep Trekker Inc.

Deep Trekker takes exploratory spirit and underwater tech to new places around the world

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Think Dirty

Cosmetic app teaching people how to Think Dirty and shop clean

Clean technology

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Stathletes Inc.

She shoots, she scores!

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Wellington Perforated Sheet & Plate Inc.

Expansion and technology updates will help rural metal manufacturer punch above its weight

Community economic development

Manufacturing

McMaster University

McMaster’s made-in-Hamilton solution for building the local economy

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Daisy Intelligence

Revolutionizing how retailers and insurance companies use AI to drive higher profits

Clean technology

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

BioConnect

Enabling trust in the connected world

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Niagara College

Niagara College’s SONAMI projects are stimulating local economies and supporting the innovators of tomorrow

Innovation ecosystems

Tri-Mach

Expanded facility conveys growth for small town manufacturer

Community economic development

Manufacturing

WE EDC

Windsor-Essex reinvents the wheel with new automobility innovation cluster

Clean technology

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Manufacturing

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

APAG Elektronik

Electronic company now plugged in to North American auto market

Foreign direct investment

Manufacturing

Nicoya

Nicoya is improving human lives by helping scientists to succeed

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Research and development

Global Plas

Fueling Ontario's automotive supply chain

Manufacturing

Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE)

One-of-a-kind Indigenous business incubator rising in Toronto

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Quantum Valley Ideas Lab

Canada's tech sector makes quantum leap with development of Ideas Lab

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Ryerson University

New cybersecurity hub takes collaborative approach to increasing safety in our digital world

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Bridgit

Building simplicity into construction project management platform

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Toronto Global

Rolling out the welcome mat for international investors

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Innovation ecosystems

Waterloo Region EDC

Realizing the vision of a locally rooted, internationally competitive and globally renowned Waterloo Region

Foreign direct investment

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Ontario Tech University

One-of-a-kind research facility to test vehicles of the future

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Manufacturing

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

ventureLAB

New hardware incubator and lab opens in York Region

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

CCRM

Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies is bridging the gap between research and commercialization

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Communitech

Fierce Founders program is helping open more doors for today's female entrepreneurs

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Greenhouse technology research program is cultivating positive food for thought

Agri-food/Food science

Clean technology

Community economic development

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Canadian Film Centre

Keeping our eyes on the future with leading-edge digital technology

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Inclusive growth

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

eSentire

Creating a safe cyberspace for businesses

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks

Creating innovative clean-tech solutions for the auto industry

Clean technology

Community economic development

Manufacturing

Noblegen Inc.

Raising the bar in food innovation

Agri-food/Food science

Clean technology

Health Ecosphere Innovation Pipeline

Improving the lives of Canadians with new healthcare advances

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

ThoughtWire Corp.

Machine intelligence software is seamlessly connecting staff with their environment

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

George Brown College – Green Building Centre

Promoting sustainable construction solutions

Clean technology

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

YMCAs of Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo

Promoting a wellness mindset in Waterloo Region

Community economic development

NOD Apiary Products

Creating a buzz around bee health

Agri-food/Food science

Community economic development

University of Waterloo

Stoking the fire for start-ups in Waterloo Region

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Southern Ontario Water Consortium

Working together to preserve a precious resource

Clean technology

Research and development

Brockville and Area Food Bank

New coolers provide fresh food options at local food bank

Agri-food/Food science

London and Middlesex Heritage Museum

Bringing local history to life at Fanshawe Pioneer Village

Tourism

Cooper Marsh Conservators Inc.

Restoring pathways to discovery in South Glengarry Township

Tourism

Miovision Technology Inc.

Engineering the transportation experience

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Flixel Photos Inc.

Picture this: Bringing photo software to life

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Clearpath Robotics Inc.

Keeping Canada in the driver's seat for autonomous vehicles

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Clearfit Inc.

Building better teams with predictive analytics

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Dejero Labs Inc.

Broadcasting innovation for reliable mobile connectivity

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

GH Manufacturing Inc.

Demonstrating prosperity in manufacturing sector

Manufacturing

Intellijoint Surgical Inc.

Shaping the future of surgery with medical innovation

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

CHAR Technologies through VentureStart (RIC Centre)

Harnessing the potential of emerging businesses

Clean technology

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Large-scale collaboration in research and innovation

Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech

Innovation ecosystems

Research and development

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters SMART Program

Enhancing productivity across southern Ontario

Innovation ecosystems

Manufacturing

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Queen's University and Niagara College

Driving innovation across southern Ontario

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Manufacturing

Research and development

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

Maksteel – Yves Landry Foundation (AIME Program)

Increasing opportunities in the automotive sector

Manufacturing

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

nGen

Fostering innovation in interactive media

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Innovation ecosystems

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs

YMCA of Western Ontario

Renewing infrastructure to serve communities

Community economic development

John G. Wilson Machine Limited

Improving productivity at industrial facilities

Manufacturing

St. Clair College

Improving skills and knowledge

Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity

Support for businesses and entrepreneurs