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Network Connections

See how 177 organizations cluster, overlap, and connect across industries, provinces, and services.

Industry Network

Each node represents an industry sector, sized by number of member organizations. Lines connect industries that share 3+ members. Hover to explore connections, click to see members.

177Organizations80General51Other41Clean Tech37Life Sci35Digital/Telecom26Agriculture24Adv. Mfg24Finance20Transport18Food & Bev18Education14Mining/O&G14Tourism12Consumer10Forestry

Most Connected

Organizations with the highest similarity scores across the network.

1

Bay & Co

North York, Ontario

10 industries·0 services
381 pts2

The Firehood

Toronto, Ontario

9 industries·0 services
350 pts3

Innovation UBC

Vancouver, British Columbia

12 industries·8 services
349 pts4

Be Pacific

North Vancouver, British Columbia

10 industries·0 services
342 pts5

Garage Incubation

Longueuil, Québec

13 industries·0 services
338 pts6

NORCAT

Sudbury, Ontario

9 industries·0 services
336 pts7

Startup Help

Aurora, Ontario

7 industries·0 services
335 pts8

Treefrog Accelerator

Newmarket, Ontario

9 industries·6 services
331 pts9

Brinc

Toronto, Ontario

7 industries·0 services
311 pts10

Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre

Thunder Bay, Ontario

6 industries·9 services
303 pts

Most Isolated

Organizations with unique industry or geographic positioning — potential partnership opportunities.

1

Platform Calgary

0 industries, 0 services

0 pts
2

ConnexionWorks

St. John's, New Brunswick

0 industries, 0 services

8 pts
3

Dal Innovates (Dalhousie University)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

0 industries, 0 services

10 pts
4

Red Deer Polytechnic

Red Deer, Alberta

0 industries, 0 services

30 pts
5

PEI BioAlliance

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

rare province: Prince Edward Island

40 pts

Cross-Industry Overlap

How often organizations span multiple industries. Diagonal shows total count per industry. Click a cell to see matching organizations.

GeneralOtherCleanLife SciDigitalAgriAdv. MfgFinTransportF&BEduMiningTourismRetailForest
General
80
18
1
2
1
Other
18
51
11
7
13
4
6
3
5
4
6
2
4
3
2
Clean
1
11
41
26
22
23
22
19
16
13
14
14
7
9
8
Life Sci
7
26
37
18
16
17
17
12
9
12
11
6
8
4
Digital
2
13
22
18
35
11
12
16
11
6
14
6
8
9
6
Agri
4
23
16
11
26
16
11
12
13
9
11
7
8
8
Adv. Mfg
6
22
17
12
16
24
12
10
9
9
11
4
5
7
Fin
3
19
17
16
11
12
24
11
5
10
8
6
8
4
Transport
5
16
12
11
12
10
11
20
7
9
8
8
7
6
F&B
1
4
13
9
6
13
9
5
7
18
7
6
6
6
7
Edu
6
14
12
14
9
9
10
9
7
18
7
7
7
6
Mining
2
14
11
6
11
11
8
8
6
7
14
4
5
5
Tourism
4
7
6
8
7
4
6
8
6
7
4
14
6
4
Retail
3
9
8
9
8
5
8
7
6
7
5
6
12
3
Forest
2
8
4
6
8
7
4
6
7
6
5
4
3
10

Province × Industry Heatmap

Geographic specialization patterns across Canada. Click a cell to see matching organizations.

GeneralOtherCleanLife SciDigitalAgriAdv. MfgFinTransportF&BEduMiningTourismRetailForest
ON
29
19
17
17
12
11
12
10
8
9
7
7
4
4
3
BC
19
12
8
6
12
7
5
6
8
4
6
4
3
4
5
QC
13
8
8
6
6
4
3
5
3
3
1
1
4
3
1
AB
8
5
4
4
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
NS
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
NB
2
1
1
PE
2
2
2
1
2
NL
2
1
YK
1
1
1
1
1
SK
2
MB
1
1
1
1
1
1

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