Notes:
1. Research income includes all funds to support scholarly and applied research (direct
and indirect costs) received from all sources to the organization (internal and external).
2. Data were obtained through a survey of public-funded colleges.
3. Data are provided for the main college including their affiliated research institutes/
centres, where applicable.
*Head count of faculty/teaching staff and/or dedicated researchers conducting research.
(Does not include support staff or student researchers.)
na = not available
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Research
Rank Research Income Faculty* Intensity
%
Change 2011- per
FY2012 FY2011 2011- 2012 Faculty Main Research Institute(s)/
2012 2011 College $000 $000 2012 $000 Prov Centre(s)/Facilities
Canada’s
TOP 50 RESEARCH
COLLEGES 2013
November 8, 2013
Atlas Canada
Innovation
TM
1 12 SAIT Polytechnic $9,752 $2,611 273.5 53 $184.0 AB Enerplus Centre for Innovation
2 4 NAIT - Northern Alberta $6,334 $4,958 27. 8 60 $105.6 AB NAIT Boreal Research Centre
Institute of Technology
3 7 College of the North Atlantic $6,026 $3,358 79.5 25 $241.0 NL Centre for Agrifood Development
4 3 Yukon College $5,385 $5,097 5. 7 12 $448.8 YT Yukon Research Centre
5 1 British Columbia Institute $5,201 $6,080 - 14. 5 180 $28.9 BC Building Science Centre of Excellence
of Technology
6 6 Sheridan College $4,554 $3,520 29. 4 121 $37.6 ON Screen Industries Research &
Training Centre
7 2 Red River College $4,372 $6,038 - 27. 6 17 $257.2 MB Centre for Applied Research in
Sustainable Infrastructure
8 11 Seneca College $4,356 $2,632 65.5 82 $53.1 ON Centre for Development of
Open Technology
9 9 Collège Édouard-Montpetit $3,842 $2,805 37.0 32 $120.1 QC Centre technologique en aérospatiale
10 5 Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles $3,474 $4,014 - 13. 5 34 $102.2 QC Centre d’initiation à la recherche et
d’aide au développement durable
11 8 Cégep de Trois-Rivières $3,306 $2,891 14. 4 46 $71.9 QC Centre de métallurgie du Québec
12 24 Centennial College $3,277 $1,351 142.6 75 $43.7 ON Applied Research & Innovation Centre
13 10 Niagara College $3,246 $2,644 22. 8 89 $36.5 ON Canadian Food & Wine Institute
Research Centre
14 31 La Cité collégiale $2,948 $1,139 158.8 24 $122.8 ON Centre de recherche appliquée en
biovalorisation
15 46 Grande Prairie Regional College $2,556 $535 377.8 10 $255.6 AB National Bee Diagnostic Centre
16 30 Lambton College $2,405 $1,145 110.0 14 $171.8 ON Centre of Excellence in Energy &
Bio-Industrial Technologies
17 14 Cégep André-Laurendeau $2,390 $2,265 5. 5 17 $140.6 QC Optech
18 13 Justice Institute of $2,310 $2,270 1. 8 25 $92.4 BC Centre for Resilient Communities
British Columbia
19 33 Mohawk College $2,245 $1,088 106.3 18 $124.7 ON iDea WORKS
20 19 Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue $2,240 $1,760 27. 3 26 $86.2 QC Centre technologique des résidus
industriels
21 17 Nova Scotia Community College $2,117 $1,816 16. 6 57 $37.1 NS Applied Geomatics Research Centre
22 29 George Brown College $2,036 $1,182 72.3 75 $27.1 ON Food & Innovation Research Studio
23 21 Olds College $1,956 $1,647 18. 8 15 $130.4 AB Olds College Centre for Innovation
24 16 Cégep de Saint-Jérôme $1,852 $1,890 - 2.0 22 $84.2 QC Centre de développement des
composites du Québec
25 42 Durham College $1,691 $636 165.9 21 $80.5 ON
26 18 Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon $1,593 $1,763 - 9. 6 29 $54.9 QC Centre de robotique et de vision
industrielles
27 28 Collège Shawinigan $1,561 $1,191 31. 1 20 $78.1 QC Centre National en Électrochimie et
en Technologies Environnementales
28 22 Cégep de Jonquière $1,554 $1,590 - 2. 3 49 $31.7 QC Centre d’Étude des Conditions de
vie et des besoins de la population
29 41 Conestoga College $1,530 $644 137.6 51 $30.0 ON Centre for Entrepreneurship
30 39 NorQuest College $1,478 $740 99.7 21 $70.4 AB Centre for Intercultural Education
31 15 Algonquin College $1,471 $2,225 - 33. 9 40 $36.8 ON Design Centre
32 27 Cégep de Sainte-Foy $1,410 $1,193 18. 2 32 $44.1 QC Centre d’enseignement et de recherché
en foresterie de Sainte-Foy
33 20 Cégep de Thetford $1,400 $1,700 - 17. 6 21 $66.7 QC Centre de Technologie Minérale et
de Plasturgie
34 26 Collège de Maisonneuve $1,352 $1,252 8.0 20 $67.6 QC Centre d’études des procédés
chimiques du Québec
35 40 Cégep de Sherbrooke $1,301 $734 77.2 26 $50.0 QC Centre de productique intégrée du
Québec
36 37 Fleming College $1,224 $979 25.0 20 $61.2 ON Centre for Alternative Wastewater
Treatment
37 34 Cambrian College $1,117 $1,076 3. 8 22 $50.8 ON Northern Ontario Assessment
Resource Centre
38 32 Red Deer College $1,103 $1,129 - 2. 3 14 $78.8 AB Center for Innovation in Manufacturing
39 38 Lethbridge College $1,076 $754 42. 7 26 $41.4 AB Aquaculture Centre of Excellence
40 35 St. Lawrence College $1,062 $1,032 2. 9 20 $53.1 ON Sustainable Energy Applied
Research Centre
41 23 Collège communautaire du $1,037 $1,361 - 23. 8 13 $79.8 NB Centre pré-commercial de
Nouveau-Brunswick technologies en bioprocédés
42 44 Humber College $982 $584 68.2 13 $75.5 ON
43 Cégep de l’Outaouais $908 na 23 $39.5 QC Laboratoire en Énergie Durable
44 36 Dawson College $824 $990 - 16. 8 13 $63.4 QC Ctr. de recherche pour l’inclusion
scolaire et professionnelle des
étudiants en situation de handicap
45 25 Cégep de Sept-Îles $675 $1,350 - 50.0 13 $51.9 QC Inst. technologique de maintenance
industrielle
46 Lakeland College $640 $179 257.5 25 $25.6 AB Centre for Sustainable Innovation
47 49 Holland College $622 $375 65.9 30 $20.7 PE Canada’s Smartest Kitchen
48 47 Cégep de Saint-Laurent $600 $500 20.0 10 $60.0 QC Centre des technologies de l’eau
49 48 SIAST - Saskatchewan Institute $503 $479 5.0 27 $18.6 SK SIAST BioScience Applied Research
of Applied Science and Centre
Technology
50 43 Cégep de Rimouski $450 $608 - 26.0 3 $150.0 QC Innovation maritime
