2016 tables: Institutions

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 325.20 799
2 McGill University, Canada 190.41 581
3 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 154.73 436
4 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 112.27 322
5 University of Waterloo, Canada 86.21 182
6 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 67.93 320
7 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 61.59 152
8 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 60.11 152
9 McMaster University, Canada 52.51 122
10 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Canada 47.84 130
11 Queen's University, Canada 39.53 79
12 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 36.69 92
13 Western University (UWO), Canada 34.14 113
14 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 33.29 105
15 Laval University (UL), Canada 31.06 142
16 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Canada 30.67 83
17 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 27.49 141
18 Dalhousie University, Canada 26.49 75
19 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 24.12 156
20 National Research Council (NRC), Canada 21.20 102
21 York University, Canada 21.13 104
22 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 20.66 84
23 University of Guelph, Canada 20.05 58
24 University of Manitoba, Canada 19.62 64
25 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 12.32 72
26 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 11.54 47
27 Concordia University, Canada 11.33 72
28 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 10.47 22
29 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 9.95 47
30 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 7.98 82
31 Carleton University, Canada 7.85 98
32 TRIUMF, Canada 7.10 97
33 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Canada 6.52 26
34 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 6.23 24
35 Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canada 5.95 17
36 Natural Resources Canada, Canada 5.30 23
37 Trent University, Canada 4.72 12
38 Health Canada (HC-SC), Canada 4.69 11
39 Brock University, Canada 4.69 16
40 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada 3.89 12
41 University of Lethbridge, Canada 3.87 9
42 Canadian Light Source Inc., Canada 3.81 23
43 Lakehead University, Canada 3.75 13
44 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada 3.75 14
45 University of Winnipeg, Canada 3.63 15
46 Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Canada 3.35 14
47 Laurentian University, Canada 3.30 13
48 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 3.14 11
49 Alberta Health Services (AHS), Canada 2.94 34
50 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 2.90 8
51 Unity Health Toronto, Canada 2.72 16
52 University of Quebec, Canada 2.67 16
53 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 2.57 5
54 University of Regina, Canada 2.47 31
55 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada 2.40 33
56 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 2.31 10
57 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada 2.23 24
58 Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada 1.76 9
59 Stantec Inc., Canada 1.72 7
60 Mount Allison University, Canada 1.54 6
61 Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Canada 1.34 18
62 Genome Canada, Canada 1.24 32
63 Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Canada 1.17 7
64 University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada 1.17 2
65 Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), Canada 1.16 11
66 Acadia University, Canada 1.12 4
67 Hydro-Québec, Canada 1.11 11
68 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 1.01 17
69 Royal Tyrrell Museum, Canada 1.00 1
69 Nova Scotia Department of Energy, Canada 1.00 1
69 Global Ecologic Environmental Consulting and Management Services Ltd., Canada 1.00 1
70 Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Canada 0.83 2
71 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada 0.82 27
72 FPInnovations, Canada 0.78 3
73 MacEwan University, Canada 0.70 2
74 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada 0.67 5
75 Trinity Western University (TWU), Canada 0.65 2
75 Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC), Canada 0.65 1
76 Canadian Solar, Inc., Canada 0.65 4
77 Wellington Laboratories Inc., Canada 0.65 2
78 Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Canada 0.63 2
79 Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), Canada 0.63 3
80 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada 0.62 5
81 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource, Canada 0.60 7
82 Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), Canada 0.54 5
83 Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Canada 0.52 3
84 Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp., Canada 0.50 1
84 Mount Royal University, Canada 0.50 1
84 Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI), Canada 0.50 1
84 Airzone One Ltd., Canada 0.50 1
84 Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Canada 0.50 1
84 Paraza Pharma Inc., Canada 0.50 1
85 Ballard Power Systems Inc., Canada 0.47 2
86 St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada 0.46 2
87 Savron Solutions, Canada 0.43 1
88 Génome Québec, Canada 0.42 27
89 Brandon University (BU), Canada 0.42 2
90 IWK Health Centre, Canada 0.40 8
91 MPB Technologies Inc., Canada 0.40 1
91 Alberta Geological Survey, Canada 0.40 1
91 AnorMed Inc., Canada 0.40 1
92 Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD), Canada 0.39 2
93 Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada 0.37 3
94 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Canada 0.37 2
95 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Canada 0.33 7
96 Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. (AFCC), Canada 0.33 1
96 Cégep de Granby, Canada 0.33 1
97 Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), Canada 0.31 2
98 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada 0.31 1
99 Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Canada 0.29 1
100 Institut National d'Optique (INO), Canada 0.29 1
101 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada 0.27 6
102 BC Hydro and Power Authority, Canada 0.26 6
102 British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Canada 0.26 6
103 Gouvernement du Québec, Canada 0.26 10
104 Nordion Inc., Canada 0.25 2
105 Animal Damage Control (ADC), Canada 0.25 1
105 Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA), Canada 0.25 1
105 Royal Alberta Museum, Canada 0.25 1
105 Teck Resources Limited, Canada 0.25 1
105 Yellow Island Aquaculture Limited, Canada 0.25 1
105 MRM Proteomics Inc., Canada 0.25 1
105 Hudbay Minerals Inc., Canada 0.25 1
106 Montreal Cancer Institute (ICM), Canada 0.24 1
107 Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., Canada 0.23 1
108 QKD Corporation, Canada 0.22 2
108 Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs) - Head Office, Canada 0.22 1
108 1-Material - Organic Nano Electronic, Canada 0.22 1
109 Government of Nunavut, Canada 0.20 2
110 Dawson College, Canada 0.20 1
110 Chemical Computing Group Inc., Canada 0.20 1
110 Lambton College (LC), Canada 0.20 1
110 inCTRL Solutions Inc., Canada 0.20 1
110 D-Wave Systems, Inc., Canada 0.20 1
110 LaBerge Environmental Services, Canada 0.20 1
110 Public Works Region of Peel, Canada 0.20 1
111 CReATe Fertility Centre, Canada 0.19 1
112 Bioinfo, Canada 0.19 3
113 Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group (TPIG), Canada 0.19 1
114 Barrick Gold Corporation, Canada 0.18 1
115 University of Moncton, Canada 0.17 2
116 Rogue Research Inc., Canada 0.17 1
116 Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment (SON Environment), Canada 0.17 1
116 Hakai Institute, Canada 0.17 1
116 Cape Breton University (CBU), Canada 0.17 1
116 MetaMixis, Inc., Canada 0.17 1
116 Enovex Technology Ltd., Canada 0.17 1
116 SRK Consulting, Canada 0.17 1
116 Procellaria Research and Consulting, Canada 0.17 1
117 Few-cycle Inc., Canada 0.15 2
118 Héma-Québec, Canada 0.15 3
118 Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon (CLL), Canada 0.15 3
119 Canadian Museum of History, Canada 0.15 2
120 St. Joseph's Health Care London, Canada 0.14 5
121 ANRis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Canada 0.14 1
121 Sander Geophysics Limited (SGL), Canada 0.14 1
121 KM Diamond Exploration Ltd., Canada 0.14 1
122 Arnot Research and Consulting Inc. (ARC), Canada 0.13 2
123 Canadian Blood Services, Canada 0.13 2
124 Canada Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Canada 0.13 1
124 Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources Naturelles, Canada 0.13 1
124 Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, Canada 0.13 1
125 Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Canada 0.11 1
126 Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI), Canada 0.11 1
126 Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Canada 0.11 2
126 Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Canada 0.11 1
126 Centre Hospitalier Régional de Rimouski, Canada 0.11 1
126 Envirotest Canada, Canada 0.11 1
126 Encycle Therapeutics Inc., Canada 0.11 1
126 Québec Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Canada 0.11 1
127 Alberta Innovates, Canada 0.11 2
128 Lianna Smith Consulting, Canada 0.10 1
128 Bombardier, Inc., Canada 0.10 1
129 Capital Health, Canada 0.10 1
130 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada 0.09 1
130 McGregor GeoScience Limited, Canada 0.09 1
130 TÉLUQ University, Canada 0.09 1
130 Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada 0.09 1
131 Spatio-Temporal Targeting and Amplification of Radiation Response Program (STTARR), Canada 0.08 2
131 Vynx Design Inc., Canada 0.08 1
131 Yukon Geoglogical Survey, Canada 0.08 1
131 Canada Department of National Defence (DND), Canada 0.08 1
132 Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP), Canada 0.08 2
133 Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC), Canada 0.07 1
133 Zecotek Photonics Inc., Canada 0.07 1
134 Eastern Health, Canada 0.06 3
135 Intrinsik Inc., Canada 0.06 1
135 Grand River Hospital, Canada 0.06 1
136 Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG), Canada 0.05 7
136 Manitoba Hydro, Canada 0.05 7
137 Providence Health Care, Canada 0.05 3
138 CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB), Canada 0.05 2
139 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Canada 0.05 4
140 Pancreas Centre BC, Canada 0.05 1
141 Sask Pulse Growers (SPG), Canada 0.05 3
142 Kairos Therapeutics, Canada 0.04 1
143 Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health, Canada 0.04 1
144 Quaternary Surveys, Canada 0.04 1
145 Cégep Garneau, Canada 0.04 1
145 Cégep de Thetford, Canada 0.04 1
146 OCAD University (OCAD U), Canada 0.03 1
146 Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Canada 0.03 1
147 Metlakatla First Nation, Canada 0.02 1
148 Institute of Particle Physics (IPP), Canada 0.02 21
149 Chicoutimi Hospital, Canada 0.01 1
150 Northwest Community College (NWCC), Canada 0.01 1
151 Ordre des dentistes du Québec, Canada 0.01 1
151 Sogedent Assurances Inc., Canada 0.01 1
151 Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Québec (ACDQ), Canada 0.01 1
152 International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada 0.01 1
152 The Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), Canada 0.01 1
153 Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), Canada 0.01 1
154 Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (MSSS), Canada 0.01 1
155 Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), Canada 0.00 1
156 Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), Canada 0.00 1
157 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada 0.00 3
158 MaRS Discovery District, Canada 0.00 1

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