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Connected Institutions

Twelve provincial and territorial network partners, together with CANARIE, collectively form Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). This powerful digital infrastructure connects Canadians to national and global data, tools, colleagues, and classrooms that fuel the engine of innovation in today’s digital economy.

CANARIE and its NREN partners connect more than:

  • 206 universities, 228 colleges, and 31 CEGEPS
  • 57 federal government research labs
  • 56 teaching and research hospitals
  • 11 business incubators/accelerators
  • Almost 5,500 K-12 schools
  • 12 provincial and territorial Regional Advanced Networks (RANs)
  • 100+ National Research and Education Networks around the world

See a list of the top 30 institutional users of CANARIE’s network, based on annual traffic (measured in TeraBytes, or TB) below:

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Provincial Connections

British Columbia

Through BCNET, CANARIE connects:

  • 55 universities, 76 colleges
  • 16 federal government research labs
  • 9 teaching and research hospitals
  • 1 business incubator/accelerator

Alberta

Through Cybera, CANARIE connects:

  • 17 universities, 11 colleges
  • 2 business incubators/accelerators
  • 1,364 K-12 schools

Saskatchewan

Through SRnet, CANARIE connects:

  • 7 universities, 4 colleges
  • 3 federal government research labs
  • 2 business incubators/accelerators
  • 844 K-12 schools

Manitoba

Through MRnet, CANARIE connects:

  • 10 universities, 17 colleges
  • 1 teaching and research hospital
  • 2 business incubators/accelerators
  • 689 K-12 schools

Ontario

Through ORION, CANARIE connects:

  • 28 universities, 22 colleges
  • 6 federal government research lab
  • 10 teaching and research hospitals
  • 2 business incubators/accelerators

Québec

Through RISQ, CANARIE connects:

  • 54 universities, 34 colleges, and 31 CEGEPS
  • 8 teaching and research hospitals
  • 1,906 K-12 schools

New Brunswick

Through our partners at the University of New Brunswick, CANARIE connects:

  • 11 universities, 14 colleges
  • 6 teaching and research hospitals

Nova Scotia

Through ACORN-NS, CANARIE connects:

  • 19 universities, 19 colleges
  • 3 federal government research labs
  • 13 teaching and research hospitals
  • 1 business incubator/accelerator
  • 455 K-12 schools

Prince Edward Island

Through our partners at the University of Prince Edward Island, CANARIE connects:

  • 1 university, 12 colleges
  • 1 federal government research lab

Newfoundland and Labrador

Through ACORN-NL, CANARIE connects:

  • 4 universities, 2 colleges
  • 1 federal government research lab

Northwest Territories

Through our partners at Aurora College, CANARIE connects:

  • 1 colleges
  • 1 federal government research lab
  • 1 teaching and research hospital
  • 13 K-12 schools

Yukon

Through our partners at Yukon University, CANARIE connects:

  • 1 university
  • 15 colleges

Click here for definitions of institution types.