Technology and Innovation

Technology and Innovation Info-Guide
This Info-Guide is designed to help you navigate through the technology-related federal and provincial government programs and resources available to businesses in Ontario that are interested in developing technology.

Financial Support

NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
NRC-IRAP provides a range of both technical and business oriented advisory services along with potential financial support to growth-oriented Canadian small and medium enterprises.

Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED;) Program
The federal government provides income tax incentives to Canadian taxpayers that conduct scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED).

Other Resources

Business Development Support for Information and Communications Technologies
Offers various support services to Canadian information and communications technologies companies interested in exporting their products and services.

Innovation and Research Centres in Ontario
This Fact Sheet provides information about Ontario-based innovation and research centres that focus on commercialization.

• NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (NRC-NINT)
• NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT)
• Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
• CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Devon (CETC-Devon) and National Centre for Upgrading Technology (NCUT)
• CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Ottawa (CETC-O)
• CANMET Energy Technology Centre-Varennes (CETC-Varennes)
• Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)
• CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL)
• CTT Group - Centre for Textile and Geosynthetic Technologies
• Transportation Energy Technologies - TRANSET