Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges 2021
| Rank | College | Sponsored Research Income | Researchers | Research Intensity | Prov | Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | FY2020 $000 |
FY2019 $000 |
% Change 2019-2020 |
2019-2020 # |
$ per Researcher $000 |
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| 1 | 1 | Cégep de Trois-Rivières | $19,521 | $15,827 | 23.3 | 119 | $164.0 | QC | Centre de Métallurgie du Québec, Innofibre, C2T3 |
| 2 | 6 | Humber College | $15,034 | $8,471 | 77.5 | 450 | $33.4 | ON | Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation |
| 3 | 8 | Niagara College | $13,917 | $7,828 | 77.8 | 38 | $366.2 | ON | Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre |
| 4 | 2 | Lambton College | $12,527 | $12,420 | 0.9 | 186 | $67.3 | ON | Centre of Excellence in Energy & Bio-Industrial Technologies |
| 5 | 3 | NAIT - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology | $12,252 | $11,754 | 4.2 | 62 | $197.6 | AB | |
| 6 | 7 | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) | $11,726 | $8,445 | 38.9 | 129 | $90.9 | AB | Centre for Innovation and Research in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (CIRAMM) |
| 7 | 12 | Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles | $9,761 | $7,058 | 38.3 | 123 | $79.4 | QC | CIRADD, Merinov, Nergica |
| 8 | 15 | George Brown College | $9,199 | $6,255 | 47.1 | 109 | $84.4 | ON | Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt) |
| 9 | 13 | Cégep de Thetford | $8,639 | $6,456 | 33.8 | 80 | $108.0 | QC | COALIA, Kemitek |
| 10 | 4 | Mohawk College | $8,493 | $10,884 | -22.0 | 246 | $34.5 | ON | IDEAWORKS |
| 11 | 14 | Sheridan College | $8,237 | $6,412 | 28.5 | 158 | $52.1 | ON | Centre for Mobile Innovation |
| 12 | 40 | Saskatchewan Polytechnic | $7,023 | $1,736 | 304.6 | 95 | $73.9 | SK | Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE) |
| 13 | 10 | Cégep de La Pocatière | $6,939 | $7,358 | -5.7 | 114 | $60.9 | QC | Solutions Novika |
| 14 | 5 | RRC Polytech | $6,874 | $9,303 | -26.1 | 150 | $45.8 | MB | Technology Access Centre for Aerospace & Manufacturing (TACAM) |
| 15 | 25 | Cégep de Shawinigan | $6,513 | $3,796 | 71.6 | 40 | $162.8 | QC | Centre national en électrochimie et en technologies environnementales (CNETE) |
| 16 | 18 | Conestoga College | $6,348 | $4,629 | 37.1 | 222 | $28.6 | ON | SMART (Smart Manufacturing and Advanced Recycling Technologies) Centre, Canadian Institute for Seniors Care |
| 17 | 9 | British Columbia Institute of Technology | $6,171 | $7,531 | -18.1 | 110 | $56.1 | BC | Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) |
| 18 | 24 | Cambrian College | $5,561 | $3,933 | 41.4 | 68 | $81.8 | ON | Glencore Centre for Innovation & Centre for Smart Mining |
| 19 | 21 | Collège de Maisonneuve | $5,527 | $4,442 | 24.4 | 62 | $89.1 | QC | Centre d'études des procédés chimiques du Québec (CÉPROCQ) |
| 20 | 19 | Centennial College | $4,959 | $4,480 | 10.7 | 69 | $71.9 | ON | Wearable Interactive Mobile Technologies Access Centre / Aerospace Innovation |
| 21 | 22 | Seneca College | $4,494 | $4,112 | 9.3 | 149 | $30.2 | ON | Seneca Centre for Innovation in Life Sciences (SCILS) |
| 22 | 16 | College of the North Atlantic | $4,264 | $6,151 | -30.7 | 47 | $90.7 | NL | Centre for Innovative Mining Solutions (CIMS), Newfoundland and Labrador Workforce Innovation Centre |
| 23 | 42 | La Cité | $4,001 | $1,619 | 147.1 | 22 | $181.9 | ON | Centre d'accès à la technologie en bio-innovation (CAT-B), Centre d'expertises en prototypage intelligent (CEPI) |
| 24 | Cégep de Sainte-Foy | $3,931 | $3,292 | 19.4 | 79 | $49.8 | QC | CIMMI, Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie (CERFO) | |
| 25 | 32 | Collège d'Alma | $3,813 | $2,742 | 39.1 | 33 | $115.5 | QC | Agrinova |
| 26 | Cégep André-Laurendeau | $3,569 | $3,335 | 7.0 | 82 | $43.5 | QC | OPTECH | |
| 27 | 37 | Algonquin College | $3,552 | $1,837 | 93.4 | 96 | $37.0 | ON | Data Analytics Centre, Social Innovation Lab, Victimology Research Centre |
| 28 | 28 | Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick | $3,507 | $3,466 | 1.2 | 33 | $106.3 | NB | Réseau CCNB-INNOV |
| 29 | 26 | Lethbridge College | $3,479 | $3,538 | -1.7 | 42 | $82.8 | AB | Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC), Spatial Technologies Applied Research & Training (START) Centre |
| 30 | 31 | Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue | $3,325 | $2,873 | 15.7 | 34 | $97.8 | QC | Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI) |
| 31 | 47 | Cégep de Lévis | $3,003 | $875 | 243.2 | 42 | $71.5 | QC | Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles (CRVI), TransBIOTech |
| 32 | 27 | Cégep de Saint-Jérôme | $2,957 | $3,481 | -15.1 | 61 | $48.5 | QC | CDCQ, IVI |
| 33 | 39 | Selkirk College | $2,799 | $1,769 | 58.2 | 28 | $100.0 | BC | Applied Research and Innovation Centre |
| 34 | 29 | Aurora College | $2,789 | $3,102 | -10.1 | 22 | $126.8 | NT | Aurora Research Institute |
| 35 | 46 | Loyalist College | $2,735 | $943 | 190.0 | 15 | $182.3 | ON | Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis |
| 36 | 20 | Nova Scotia Community College | $2,661 | $4,451 | -40.2 | 63 | $42.2 | NS | SEATAC |
| 37 | 34 | Holland College | $2,622 | $2,260 | 16.0 | 27 | $97.1 | PE | Canada's Smartest Kitchen |
| 38 | 23 | Fleming College | $2,601 | $4,000 | -35.0 | 25 | $104.0 | ON | Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies, Centre for Sustainable Municipalities |
| 39 | 41 | Durham College | $2,562 | $1,655 | 54.8 | 62 | $41.3 | ON | CCBI, The AI Hub, Centre for Cybersecurity Innovation, MRC Studio |
| 40 | 38 | Cégep de Rimouski | $2,532 | $1,833 | 38.1 | 45 | $56.3 | QC | SEREX, Innovation maritime |
| 41 | 35 | Fanshawe College | $2,468 | $2,087 | 18.3 | 42 | $58.8 | ON | Centre for Applied Research in Biotechnology (CARIB) |
| 42 | 33 | Olds College | $2,364 | $2,297 | 2.9 | 27 | $87.6 | AB | Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) |
| 43 | Cégep du Vieux Montréal | $2,256 | $573 | 293.7 | 26 | $86.8 | QC | Centre de recherche pour l'inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap (CRISPESH) | |
| 44 | 44 | Bow Valley College | $2,229 | $1,437 | 55.1 | 32 | $69.7 | AB | |
| 45 | 17 | Cégep de Jonquière | $2,051 | $4,712 | -56.5 | 47 | $43.6 | QC | |
| 46 | Cégep de Saint-Laurent | $1,981 | $1,843 | 7.5 | 32 | $61.9 | QC | Centre des technologies de l'eau (CTE), Centre Artenso | |
| 47 | 45 | Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup | $1,919 | $1,385 | 38.6 | 25 | $76.8 | QC | GREB, LLiO |
| 48 | 49 | Georgian College | $1,775 | $770 | 130.5 | 51 | $34.8 | ON | |
| 49 | Collège Lionel-Groulx | $1,746 | $1,342 | 30.1 | 28 | $62.4 | QC | Centre d'innovation en microélectronique du Québec (CIMEQ) | |
| 50 | 43 | Camosun College | $1,695 | $1,463 | 15.9 | 35 | $48.4 | BC | Camosun Technology Access Centre |
Notes:
- 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.
- Data were obtained through a survey of publicly-funded colleges and from financial statements.
- Fiscal 2019 figures may have been adjusted as more accurate information became available.
- Researcher headcounts include full and part-time faculty, teachers, researchers and technicians who conducted research in Fiscal 2020.
- Data are provided for the main college including affiliated research centres/institutes, where applicable.