27 Earth Observation & Remote Sensing companies in Canada

Quebec City unit of ABB that designs and builds optical and infrared remote-sensing instruments and payloads for Earth-observation satellites.

Rimouski R&D company specialising in satellite remote sensing of aquatic environments: water quality, satellite-derived bathymetry, ice mapping.

Ottawa consulting firm — advises clients on satellite telecommunications, RF system design, radar signal processing and Earth observation.

Canadian Earth observation software company — develops PCI Geomatica and CATALYST platforms for processing optical and SAR satellite imagery and analytics.

Operates the EarthDaily Agro satellite constellation for daily global geospatial intelligence — provides daily 3m resolution Earth observation data for agriculture, forestry and…

Canadian Earth observation company — operates a constellation of satellites measuring methane and greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sites.

Waterloo company providing satellite-based water and cryosphere intelligence for Arctic monitoring, lake and river ice analysis and water management.

Calgary instrument maker — designs and builds sensitive all-sky imagers, spectrographs and interferometers for auroral, airglow and geospace research.

Toronto geospatial company — uses satellite remote sensing and AI to measure and monitor forests, land and nature-based carbon projects.

Quebec space-robotics company that designs, builds and operates autonomous stratospheric balloon platforms for Earth observation.

Canadian space technology company — develops robotic systems, satellites and Earth observation solutions.

Montreal maker of ultra-sensitive EMCCD and photon-counting cameras for ground astronomy and space-based imaging payloads.

Canadian maritime intelligence company — fuses satellite AIS, radar, optical and RF data with AI for maritime domain awareness and port operations.

Provides Earth observation data and analytics services — operates imaging payloads on the International Space Station and develops the UrtheDaily and OptiSAR constellation missi…

Natural Resources Canada branch — runs national satellite receiving stations and Earth observation and geospatial programmes for Canada.

Canada's space agency — develops space robotics (Canadarm), Earth observation satellites and supports astronaut programmes.

NRCan satellite receiving station in Cantley, Quebec — downlinks Earth observation data over eastern Canada, the US and the Atlantic with an S/X-band antenna.

Government of Canada polar ground station above the Arctic Circle — receives Earth observation data and hosts antennas of DLR, SSC and other partners.

Natural Resources Canada Earth observation ground station in Saskatchewan — master station of NRCan's network receiving RADARSAT and other satellite data.

Athabasca University auroral observatory in northern Alberta — optical and magnetic instruments for aurora, proton-aurora and space weather research.

Canadian applied R&D centre in St. John's — develops satellite remote sensing, SAR analytics, ice monitoring and smallsat ground station technology.

Canadian university research centre at York University's Lassonde School — conducts space science and instrument work for planetary and atmospheric space missions.

Vancouver hyperspectral imaging company — develops AI software and edge-computing platforms that analyse hyperspectral data from orbit and on the ground.

Canadian Earth observation data company — runs the EarthCache platform for ordering satellite imagery and TerraStream data management for satellite operators.

Edmonton Earth observation startup — operates Dragonette hyperspectral satellites and sells hyperspectral imagery for agriculture, forestry and energy.

University of Calgary space physics group — runs ground-based auroral imaging networks such as TREx and AuroraMAX and contributes to missions including SMILE.

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