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.
Latest stories
Community Futures Development Corporations – Regional Relief and Recovery Fund
Supporting local businesses in rural southern Ontario
Toronto’s Elizabeth Fry
Provides training and support for marginalized women starting their own businesses
Featured stories
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Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad Canada's first circular-economy-focused accelerator and test platform |
Clean technology |
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A trans-Pacific partnership supporting Canadian women entrepreneurs |
Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Supporting leaders of online learning |
Foreign direct investment Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Contributing to economic development and diversification in an age of digital transformation |
Support for business and entrepreneurs Foreign direct investment Community economic development |
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Creating an integrated automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing network |
Aerospace Clean technology Manufacturing Research and development Support for business and entrepreneurs |
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Revving up Canada’s first automobility accelerator |
Clean technology Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Manufacturing Research and development Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Axiom provides world-class specialized manufacturing services in southern Ontario |
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From local classrooms to Canadian grocers – Terra Cotta Foods Ltd. continues to feed growth |
Agri-food/Food science Clean technology Manufacturing |
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Food Cycle Science is helping Canadians recycle towards a greener future |
Agri-food/Food science Clean technology Manufacturing |
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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 |
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Armstrong Monitoring Corporation Detecting success |
Clean technology Community economic development Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth Manufacturing |
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Ontario businesses go digital |
Community economic development Covid-19/RRRF Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Breaking through barriers to scale Canadian companies |
Covid-19/RRRF Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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The sweet, natural smell of success |
Community economic development |
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La Cité Collégiale and La Factorie Desjardins Inspiration, Innovation and Implementation |
Inclusive growth Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Southern Ontario tech companies get a JumpStart at the Accelerator Centre |
Covid-19/RRRF Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Women-led ice cream producer scoops up success |
Community economic development |
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Guelph-based manufacturer revolutionizes the way we interact with digital display solutions |
Clean technology Covid-19/RRRF Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Manufacturing |
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Shielding workers on the front line from COVID-19 |
Covid-19/RRRF Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech Inclusive growth Manufacturing |
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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 |
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The Municipality of Dysart et al A more welcoming Head Lake Park in Haliburton |
Community economic development Tourism |
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Where art and agriculture collide |
Community economic development Tourism |
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Thinking outside the box |
Clean technology Inclusive growth Manufacturing |
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Deep Trekker takes exploratory spirit and underwater tech to new places around the world |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth |
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Cosmetic app teaching people how to Think Dirty and shop clean |
Clean technology Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth |
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She shoots, she scores! |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth |
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Wellington Perforated Sheet & Plate Inc. Expansion and technology updates will help rural metal manufacturer punch above its weight |
Community economic development Manufacturing |
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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 |
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Revolutionizing how retailers and insurance companies use AI to drive higher profits |
Clean technology Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Enabling trust in the connected world |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech Innovation ecosystems |
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Niagara College’s SONAMI projects are stimulating local economies and supporting the innovators of tomorrow |
Innovation ecosystems |
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Expanded facility conveys growth for small town manufacturer |
Community economic development Manufacturing |
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Windsor-Essex reinvents the wheel with new automobility innovation cluster |
Clean technology Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Manufacturing Research and development Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Electronic company now plugged in to North American auto market |
Foreign direct investment Manufacturing |
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Nicoya is improving human lives by helping scientists to succeed |
Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech Research and development |
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Fueling Ontario's automotive supply chain |
Manufacturing |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Building simplicity into construction project management platform |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth |
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Rolling out the welcome mat for international investors Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
Innovation ecosystems |
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Realizing the vision of a locally rooted, internationally competitive and globally renowned Waterloo Region |
Foreign direct investment Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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One-of-a-kind research facility to test vehicles of the future |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Manufacturing Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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New hardware incubator and lab opens in York Region |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Keeping our eyes on the future with leading-edge digital technology |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Inclusive growth Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Creating a safe cyberspace for businesses |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Creating innovative clean-tech solutions for the auto industry |
Clean technology Community economic development Manufacturing |
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Raising the bar in food innovation |
Agri-food/Food science Clean technology |
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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 |
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Machine intelligence software is seamlessly connecting staff with their environment |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech |
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George Brown College – Green Building Centre Promoting sustainable construction solutions |
Clean technology Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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YMCAs of Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo Promoting a wellness mindset in Waterloo Region |
Community economic development |
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Creating a buzz around bee health |
Agri-food/Food science Community economic development |
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Stoking the fire for start-ups in Waterloo Region |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Research and development Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Southern Ontario Water Consortium Working together to preserve a precious resource |
Clean technology Research and development |
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New coolers provide fresh food options at local food bank |
Agri-food/Food science |
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London and Middlesex Heritage Museum Bringing local history to life at Fanshawe Pioneer Village |
Tourism |
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Cooper Marsh Conservators Inc. Restoring pathways to discovery in South Glengarry Township |
Tourism |
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Engineering the transportation experience |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Picture this: Bringing photo software to life |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Keeping Canada in the driver's seat for autonomous vehicles |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Building better teams with predictive analytics |
Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Broadcasting innovation for reliable mobile connectivity |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity |
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Demonstrating prosperity in manufacturing sector |
Manufacturing |
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Shaping the future of surgery with medical innovation |
Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech |
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CHAR Technologies through VentureStart (RIC Centre) Harnessing the potential of emerging businesses |
Clean technology Innovation ecosystems Research and development Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Diversifying and strengthening the region's economies |
Aerospace |
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Large-scale collaboration in research and innovation |
Health/Bio-sciences/Med Tech Innovation ecosystems Research and development |
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Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters SMART Program Enhancing productivity across southern Ontario |
Innovation ecosystems Manufacturing Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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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 |
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Maksteel – Yves Landry Foundation (AIME Program) Increasing opportunities in the automotive sector |
Manufacturing Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Fostering innovation in interactive media |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Innovation ecosystems Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |
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Renewing infrastructure to serve communities |
Community economic development |
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John G. Wilson Machine Limited Improving productivity at industrial facilities |
Manufacturing |
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Improving skills and knowledge |
Digitial technologies/Cybersecurity Support for businesses and entrepreneurs |