50 Canadian Foodtech Resources

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Read up on 50 organizations that are helping bring new technologies and innovations to the food sector.

Hey YODLers!

Canada has a growing number of research centres, food incubators, accelerators, and labs that are supporting food and beverage innovation across the country.

This post offers a one-stop shop for you to read up on 50 organizations that are helping bring new technologies and innovations to the food sector.

Atlantic Canada

BioFoodTech
Canada's Smartest Kitchen
Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development
David Sobey Centre
Emergence
NRC Marine Research Station
Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Propel
RPC Science & Engineering
Verschuren Centre
Venturepark Labs

Quebec

Biopterre
INAF Invitro Digestion Platform
InBe NomadLab
Innofibre
Kemitek
Merinov
Mycélium
National Center for Electrochemistry and Environmental Technologies, Shawinigan College
TransBIOtech

Ontario

Caddle
Canada's Advanced Manufacturing Cluster
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Cyber Science Lab
Fanshawe College Centre for Research and Innovation
Food and Beverage Innovation Centre at Niagara College
Food Innovation & Research Studio (FIRSt), George Brown College
Meat Science Lab at the University of Guelph
Technology Access Centre in Bio-Innovation at La Cité College
Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre
VenturePark Labs

Prairies

Ag-West Bio
Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI)
Food Processing Development Centre
Platform Calgary
Prairie Research Kitchen
Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research
Technology Access Centre for Aerospace & Manufacturing (TACAM), Red River College

BC

Alacrity Cleantech
BC Food Hub Network
BC Beverage Technology Access Centre
BC Food & Beverage Association
Centre of Seafood Innovation at Vancouver Island University
Food and Agricultural Institute, University of the Fraser Valley
Good to Grow
Innovate BC
Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC

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Hi,

Are these registered in some way? Because there are many more in Quebec, that are not in this list.

Regards,

Pierre

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Pierre,

i think the list might be from years ago, if you have others, add them so everyone is aware.

Merci,

Don

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We're always looking to expand our knowledge and listings. These are the ones we've had time to research thus far @Pierre Patenaude. Please let us know about other places doing food innovation that you think should be in our Resource Finder. Tag @Jairo Melo and @Jamil Karim in your post.

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Donna;

Thanks for putting the list together, I am sure others will also appreciate your hard work !!

Regards,

Don.

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Thanks for writing, Don! I can't take all the credit - this was a CFIN team effort :)

Have a great day!

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Hello @Dana McCauley @Jairo Melo @Jamil Karim

Here are some that come to mind that were not in your list:

Centre de recherche et de développement alimentaire (CRDA) - Product development - https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/fr/centre-recherche/centre-de-recherche-et-de-developpement-de-saint-hyacinthe

Centre de développement bioalimentaire du Québec (CDBQ) - Product development - https://www.cdbq.net/

Cintech - Product development - https://www.cintech.ca/

Solutions Novika - Processing equipment design - https://www.novika.ca/

Regards,

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Thank you! I know that some of these folks are already in our network but I'll let me team double check and make sure that when we roll out the next version of our Resource Finder that all of these places are represented.

Appreciate you being such a supportive member of our network.

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Hi Dana. Don't forget about NSF located in Guelph. We offer services from farm to fork across the entire agri-food industry, including our cutting edge R&D facility located in Guelph!