46 Community, Education & Networks companies in Canada

National museum in Ottawa run by Ingenium — preserves and exhibits Canada's aviation and space history, including satellites and spacesuits.

Canadian professional society — serves aeronautics and space professionals, runs the ASTRO space conference series and publishes the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.

National professional society for remote sensing, photogrammetry and spatial information sciences — publishes the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.

Vancouver-based charity running Canada's CubeSat Design Challenge for universities and CanSat Design Challenge for secondary schools.

Canadian non-profit and charity — promotes Canadian involvement in the human exploration and development of the Solar System through outreach and projects.

Laval space science centre offering space exhibitions, virtual missions to Mars, camps and school programmes for families and youth.

Vancouver space science centre in Vanier Park — runs planetarium shows, space exhibits and astronomy education programmes for the public and schools.

Canadian non-profit — runs the national Launch Canada student rocketry challenge and propulsion projects to train the next aerospace workforce.

McGill University student rocketry team designing and launching high-power rockets; won the Spaceport America Cup Genesis Cup in 2018.

Montreal planetarium in the Olympic Park, part of Espace pour la vie, offering immersive astronomy shows and space science exhibitions.

Polytechnique Montréal student society building CubeSats and planetary rovers and running space-technology education activities.

Student design team at Queen's University in Kingston — builds planetary rovers and satellite projects for international space competitions.

Canadian national astronomy society with local centres across the country — promotes astronomy through publications, observing programs and outreach.

Concordia University student space program with rocketry, spacecraft, robotics and space-health divisions; launched a suborbital rocket in 2025.

Federally incorporated Canadian non-profit developing a Prairie-based suborbital platform (balloons, sounding rockets) to flight-validate space and dual-use tech.

Canadian student-run space non-profit — runs the CAN-RGX reduced-gravity experiment challenge and hosts the annual Canadian Space Conference.

Student design team at the University of Toronto — builds rockets and CubeSats such as the FINCH hyperspectral nanosatellite mission.

University of Waterloo student satellite design team — develops CubeSat hardware and open-source onboard flight software.

University of Waterloo student rocketry design team — builds liquid-propellant rockets; its Polaris rocket set an amateur liquid-rocket altitude record in 2026.

Canadian not-for-profit running the Zenith Fellowship — mentorship and internships placing students with Canadian space companies to retain talent.

University of Alberta student satellite team — designs, builds and operates CubeSats such as Ex-Alta 1 and Ex-Alta 2 from its Edmonton campus.

University of Calgary student space team — built FrontierSat (CTS-SAT-1), Calgary's first student-built CubeSat carrying a mini plasma imager.

New Brunswick university CubeSat programme led by UNB with Université de Moncton and NBCC — built the VIOLET space-weather CubeSat deployed in 2024.

Western University research institute for Earth and space exploration — successor to its planetary science centre, running research, training and a CubeSat project.

University of Alberta interdisciplinary space institute — research in space physics, microgravity science, space instrumentation and planetary science.

McGill University Faculty of Law institute — graduate teaching and research in international air and space law and policy.

Concordia University space institute at the Gina Cody School — research and training in propulsion, spacecraft systems, robotics and human health in space.

Simon Fraser University student CubeSat team in Burnaby — co-develops the ALEASAT disaster-relief imaging 1U CubeSat with UBC Orbit under ESA Fly Your Satellite.

University of British Columbia student satellite design team — 50+ students designing and developing CubeSat missions in Vancouver.

University of British Columbia student team designing and launching suborbital rockets, a liquid bipropellant engine and a thrust-vectoring landing vehicle.

University of Toronto aerospace research institute — hosts space robotics, spacecraft dynamics and microsatellite research groups in Toronto.

University of Saskatchewan student space design team — builders of RADSAT-SK, the first satellite made in Saskatchewan, and of planetary rovers.

University of Victoria student team designing and launching high-powered supersonic sounding rockets for the Launch Canada Challenge and Spaceport America Cup.

FRQNT-funded strategic research cluster bringing together astrophysicists at Quebec universities, including instrument and exoplanet research groups.

University of Toronto institute developing astronomical instrumentation and conducting research in astronomy and astrophysics, with public outreach.

Astronomical observatory on Mont Mégantic operated by Université de Montréal and Université Laval, with a 1.6 m telescope and instrument development.

University of New Brunswick research centre in Fredericton — planetary geology and impact-crater research, NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility, Mars mission work.

Université de Montréal institute for exoplanet research that develops astronomical instruments, including contributions to JWST, and runs outreach.

McGill University interdisciplinary institute for astrophysics, planetary science and space research, formerly the McGill Space Institute.

Quebec's aerospace cluster, gathering industry, research and education stakeholders, including space companies, around strategic working groups.

Quebec consortium funding collaborative aerospace and space R&D projects between companies, universities, colleges and research centres.

Canadian member-based non-profit — works to strengthen the global competitiveness of the Canadian space and satellite industry through innovation projects.

National industry association for Canada's space sector — represents over 75 companies and advocates for a national space council and policy.

Canadian chapter of The Mars Society — promotes human exploration and settlement of Mars through analog research, education and outreach.

Canadian not-for-profit network promoting women's leadership and professional development across aerospace and space, with Ontario, Québec and Western chapters.

Alberta video podcast interviewing people in the province's space sector — student satellite teams, researchers, rocketry clubs and space startups.