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See Your Ecosystem
For the first time, every accelerator and incubator in Canada in one searchable directory. Filter by province, sector, or stage focus. Know who's in your region, who works in your space, and where the gaps are.
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National Innovation InfrastructureCanada’s Innovation Network
CAIN connects every accelerator, incubator, and business-support organization coast to coast to coast — building the infrastructure Canada needs to grow its startups.
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Organizations
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Provinces & Territories
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Industry Sectors
A single, structured record of Canada’s innovation-support system.
The Network177 members · 11 jurisdictions
01Ontario65
02British Columbia42
03Québec30
04Alberta16
05Nova Scotia6
06New Brunswick5
07Prince Edward Island3
08Newfoundland and Labrador2
09Yukon2
10Saskatchewan2
11Manitoba1
—View full breakdown by province→Source — CAIN member registryBar = share of national total
The Case
Canada’s innovation support system is at a crossroads.
Only 32.4% of high-potential startups remain headquartered in Canada — down from 70% in 2019.
Canadian founders who move to the US raise nearly 2×as much capital. The talent and the ideas are here — the support infrastructure is what’s falling behind.
BAI-supported companies show 14% higher employment and 13% greaterrevenue, yet the program that measured this has lost its funding. Nobody in government is asking “what should a BAI be in 2026?”
CAIN is the only organization positioned to ask that question nationally — making the network visible, generating intelligence nobody else has, and catalyzing the honest conversation about what comes next.
What Membership Unlocks
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Connect & Collaborate
Post open cohort spots, find co-mentorship opportunities, refer companies across the country. The coordination infrastructure Canada's innovation ecosystem has never had — so a program in New Brunswick doesn't have to leave its province to find companies.
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Collective Intelligence
The only dataset on what Canadian BAIs actually need — AI readiness, capacity, funding challenges — answered by the network, for the network. Ammunition for government conversations and your own strategy.
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Your Voice to Government
When ISED drops a new policy, react in real time: helps us, hurts us, need clarification. CAIN aggregates and channels the field's response back to government within days.
⬡ Coming for members
The CAIN Member Portal
Join CAIN to access the most complete innovation-intelligence platform for Canadian BAIs.
▦ Network IntelligenceMembers
Network Intelligence
Interactive analytics on 177 member organizations. Canada map, industry charts, stage coverage, ecosystem gaps.
177 organizationsPreview available →
▤ BAI TypologyMembers
BAI Typology
Understand where your organization fits among four BAI types. Interactive classification with peer comparison.
4 BAI typesPreview available →
New Research
Innovation Support in a Changing World
A field study of how Canada’s accelerators and incubators must evolve — funded by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
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Experts
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Countries
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Themes
Membership open
Are you a Canadian accelerator or incubator?
If your organization supports startups and isn’t listed yet, we want to hear from you. Join the network and help build a connected innovation ecosystem across Canada.