At the Epicenter of Canada’s Research Hub
Map of MaRS Innovation’s location relative to its member institutions (graphic by Richard M. Rudy).
MaRS Innovation and the majority of our 16 member institutions are located in the heart of Toronto, at the epicenter of Canada’s research complex.
Our offices, located within the MaRS Discovery District facilities, are just steps from some of Canada’s and the world’s most distinguished teaching hospitals, research institutes and universities.
What do Toronto and Ontario bring to innovation?
Toronto’s skyline at night.
Real pre-eminence.
Toronto is the capital city of the Province of Ontario, Canada’s largest city, the fourth-largest urban region in North America and the third-largest ICT cluster on the continent.
With over 60 hospitals, 1,200 life sciences firms and $8 billion in pharmaceutical revenues, Toronto is by far Canada’s largest research and education hub and one of the largest medical-hospital complexes in Canada and the United States.
The federal government invests more than $1.3 billion in research funding here each year, which represents 20 per cent of the government’s total investment.
This concentration helps to explain why Toronto hosts 79,000 science and technology workplaces and is home to more highly-cited scientists per capita than the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany or Japan.
For investors and new businesses, Toronto is one of the easiest places in the world to do business.
According to the World Economic Forum, Toronto is ranked Number 1 for the soundness of its banking system; according to the MasterCard Worldwide Center of Commerce Index, Toronto is ranked Number 3 in the top Cities in North America.
