CENGN is a Canadian not-for-profit operator of network, cloud and partner living-lab validation services. It helps eligible technology firms configure tests, measure software and connectivity behaviour, and trial connected systems in working environments, with project selection, co-funding and commercialization support.
Operating context
Corporations Canada identifies CENGN as an active soliciting corporation under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, incorporated on September 9, 2014. Its 2024–2026 annual returns are filed. CENGN publishes a board-led governance structure and works through member, host and funder relationships; ISED’s contribution supports its programme mandate. The public registry records a 2026 financial-statement filing but does not disclose the amounts.
Canadian footprint
CENGN’s registered legal office is 340 Albert Street, suite 1400, Ottawa; its public mailing address is suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road, Kanata. The current services map locates its central datacentre at PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa and eight physical partner sites: Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and Morguard/Nokia buildings in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Host facilities and equipment remain distinct from CENGN’s own operating infrastructure.
Ottawa, Ontario is the published city-level context for CENGN. It does not imply a street address or exact facility location.
CENGN is a practical Canadian route for developers that need credible network, software or connected-system tests before committing to deployment. Historical customer methods and partner-confirmed facilities strengthen that role; current guides make the required application, co-funding, supervision and participant effort clearer. Its Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement opens a procurement route, but a buyer still needs the qualified category and a separate task definition. The decisive fit questions are the reserved configuration, agreed evidence deliverables, security/IP boundary and who performs the work.
Interpretation of the public record. Not qualification, endorsement or evidence of buyer interest.
Configurable Canadian compute, storage and network environments for measuring software performance, bottlenecks and scaling. The published service spans eight test types, with execution and analysis responsibilities determined by the selected project tier.
Evidence of maturity
PerfectlySoft’s developer repository documents CENGN hardware, JMeter/Zabbix methods and workload-specific iteration. The service page/two-pager specify a 4.5-month project with three months of datacentre testing; the September 14 article advertises over eight weeks. These are provider offers, not a uniform committed schedule. The guide lists up to 10 concurrent VM projects, not live availability.
Commercial availability
Application and project agreement determine access, hardware, support and eligible costs. The current guide requires Canadian registration, 499 or fewer full-time staff and applicant TRL4+; innovation/adoption maxima are CAD250,000/CAD500,000 at up to 40% of eligible costs, with a CAD2,500 membership fee. Advertised free infrastructure access does not remove all participant costs.
Core features
Load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests; the latter measures performance effects rather than conferring security certification.
Published bare-metal configuration: dual Intel Xeon, 36 cores and 768GB RAM; VMs up to 16vCPU/64GB RAM, customizable by project.
NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU access is limited and aimed mainly at inference or small/medium training; block, object and file storage are scoped to the project.
IPv4/IPv6, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware zero-trust inbound tunnels; provider states Ottawa data residency.
Basic benchmarking is self-directed; advanced service adds up to 10 consulting hours and a structured results presentation while the SME retains execution and analysis responsibilities.
Planning and results may use JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana. Final reports and reviews depend on the selected package; endurance testing is self-directed.
Recorded applications
Software/API/database load and bottleneck investigation
Infrastructure and application configuration comparison
Partner living-lab access and connected-system validation service
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Supervised access to partner industrial, robotics, mobility, agriculture and building environments for testing connected products with private/public 5G and site-specific equipment. CENGN coordinates eligibility, project design, conditional co-funding and host delivery rather than supplying the applicant’s robot or sensor product.
Evidence of maturity
CNIMI confirms the April 16, 2026 launch; Ericsson reports robot inspection/video, AI assembly inspection and smart-glasses demonstrations in its 2,800m² factory-lab. Waterloo independently confirms the robotics partnership. Approved 2026 participant projects establish selected work, not completed acceptance or a universal accuracy/latency threshold.
Commercial availability
Access is project- and host-dependent. Canadian firms with 499 or fewer full-time staff and TRL4+ technology apply for innovation/adoption/call streams, subject to evaluation, available facilities, cost sharing, membership fee and agreement. The SME generally retains IP unless otherwise agreed; reviewers/hosts receive scoped confidential access and public summaries exclude confidential material.
Core features
CNIMI’s Drummondville industrial environment combines Ericsson private 5G SA n77 at 3.82GHz, positioning trials, robots and machine/sensor integration; its positioning package compares 5G IAP with UWB, BLE or RFID and supports ROS/IoT interfaces.
Advanced-network application and function-validation service
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A configurable network and cloud test environment for validating network applications, virtualized functions and orchestration across NFVi and Metro WAN infrastructure. Projects can investigate interoperability, traffic behaviour and scaling under specified network conditions.
Evidence of maturity
CENGN’s historical Interdynamix case reports exceeding 40,000-QPS fixed-NFVi and 80,000-QPS single-VNF dimensioning requirements on a dedicated two-server Wind River Titanium Edge setup. The VNF and actual peaks are undisclosed; this is provider-reported configuration evidence, not a current SLA.
Commercial availability
Canadian SME projects are selected and configured by agreement. The current living-lab guide requires 499 or fewer full-time staff and applicant TRL4+, with conditional co-funding and a CAD2,500 membership fee. Confirm whether the requested NFVi/VNF environment is included in the selected package; published WAN capacity is not a reserved allocation.
Core features
OpenStack-distribution NFVi and an advertised 2x100G Metro WAN connection; project bandwidth allocation requires agreement.
Overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology-discovery stress testing and network analytics.
Public record
Recent activity
Sep 25, 2026
CENGN’s September 25, 2026 article describes IP guidance embedded in living-lab projects with New Ventures BC and Innovate BC, whose September 3 announcement confirms their membership and participant mentoring role. On August 27, CENGN announced six approved projects with CAD4.5 million in combined project value and CAD1.7 million in federal support. The named work includes Avidbots testing at Waterloo and Zighra’s planned GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded testing at Area X.O/Waterloo; these are approved plans, not reported acceptance results.
CENGN accepts project applications for network/cloud testing and partner-lab validation. The current guide sets Canadian registration, 499 or fewer full-time staff and applicant technology at TRL4+; selected projects have a CAD2,500 membership fee. Innovation/adoption support is capped at CAD250,000/CAD500,000 and 40% of eligible costs; specific calls use CAD100,000/50% maxima. Project approval, budget, capacity and agreement determine access.
Financing and disclosed activity
ISED’s agreement 514907 discloses a CAD45,000,000 non-repayable contribution to CENGN for ENGINE under Stream 5 National Innovation Ecosystems, from July 15, 2024 to March 31, 2033. The public disclosure does not establish full disbursement or annual revenue. Downstream living-lab support has separate selection, cost-sharing and reporting conditions; the current programme guide requires projects to finish by December 31, 2027 and describes programme conclusion in March 2028. Those applicant dates do not shorten the federal agreement term.
Programs and deployments
ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution
Lead recipient and program operator
Sponsor or operator: CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks
Funded·Dec 9, 2024
Organization role. ISED's agreement identifies CENGN as the not-for-profit recipient leading ENGINE, with CENGN operating calls, evaluation and access pathways for eligible projects; this does not make ISED an owner or make downstream support automatic.
Program. A federally supported national ecosystem intended to reduce technical and commercialization barriers for Canadian SMEs developing or adopting 5G and advanced-network technologies through testbeds, living labs and partner collaboration.
Which tier, reserved compute/radio configuration, consulting hours, queue and reimbursable budget will the signed project provide?
Published service pages describe assistance, while the current guide and two-pager allocate much execution to the participant. Hardware, radio bands, supervised access, cost sharing and capacity depend on the selected package.
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What security authorization, data retention/deletion, IP exception and third-party-access terms apply to this project and host?
CENGN states Ottawa data residency and isolated/zero-trust access. Its guide permits scoped reviewer/host access and generally leaves IP with the SME, but public materials do not specify a project’s protected/classified authorization or retention/deletion schedule.
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Which service categories is CENGN qualified to provide, and are there separately awarded call-offs with defined deliverables?
The August 24, 2026 notice qualifies CENGN for Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270/CW2466332 at nominal CAD1; it does not identify CENGN’s categories or a funded task order.
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Which completed 2026 test reports disclose the tested configuration, measured results and customer acceptance criteria?
Host announcements and launch demonstrations establish operating facilities; the 2026 cohort and participant articles describe approved or planned tests, including Avidbots, Zighra and InDro.
Original sources 27 linked records
These records support the organization, its owned capabilities and their reviewed connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary
Source location: executiveRelevanceSummary
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.canadianFootprint. Proposed value: CENGN's legal registered office is in Ottawa and its public mailing contact is in Kanata. Its current program footprint extends through Canadian living-lab partners and facilities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia; those partner sites do not imply CENGN ownership of each host organization or facility.. Source scope: CENGN publishes a mailing address at suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road in Kanata, Ontario, telephone 613.963.1200 and contact routes for services and partnerships. The performance-testing page resolves the public business-development email as services@cengn.ca.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
Bayview indoor positioning uses a separately specified network: n77 at 3.9GHz/80MHz, n78 at 3.41GHz, n261 at 28GHz and LTE Band14, with Ericsson REST, streaming and historical-data interfaces.
Waterloo combines indoor RoboHub and approved outdoor areas with n71/n41 outdoor and n78/n261 indoor configurations, partner robot/drone platforms and positioning equipment; radio coverage and platform access are site-specific.
Basic wireless testing typically supplies up to five SIMs and QoS measurement. Advanced adds agreed capacity and up to 10 consulting hours; premium may add up to 10 further hours, MEC or specialized facilities where offered.
Projects use agreed charters and reporting. Access is supervised; the guide excludes unrestricted facility modification and unsupervised testing, and specific packages exclude slicing, RedCap, outdoor access or external robots.
Recorded applications
Connected robot, machine and sensor integration trials
Indoor-positioning and asset-tracking comparison
Private-5G application behaviour in representative industrial settings
Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab host and delivery partner
Centre national intégré du manufacturier intelligent
Ericsson's launch account identifies CNIMI in Drummondville as the host facility and partner for CENGN's Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab, which opened on 2026-04-16.
Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab technology partner
Ericsson Canada
Ericsson Canada identifies CENGN as a partner in the Drummondville Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the facility; these are partner-attributed facility claims, not independent certification of participant outcomes.
Innovate BC joined CENGN to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups, as described in New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 announcement. The relationship concerns project support, not equity ownership or guaranteed legal results.
CENGN member and participant IP-service partner
New Ventures BC
New Ventures BC joined CENGN to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups, as described in New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 announcement. The relationship concerns project support, not equity ownership or guaranteed legal results.
Connected Robotics Living Lab network partner
Rogers Communications
The University of Waterloo identifies Rogers as the connectivity partner in the Connected Robotics Living Lab relationship with CENGN; this does not establish Rogers ownership of CENGN or a general customer endorsement.
Connected Robotics Living Lab research and facility partner
University of Waterloo RoboHub
The University of Waterloo announced a CENGN partnership that gives eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub's robotic connectivity environment for testing in sectors that include defence, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Federal funder and program sponsor
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
ISED provides the $45 million non-repayable contribution for ENGINE. This is a funding and program relationship, not ownership of CENGN and not evidence of a procurement customer relationship.
Funding and ownership
Federal non-repayable contribution
Dec 9, 2024
$45,000,000
ISED committed $45,000,000 CAD as a non-repayable contribution to CENGN for ENGINE under agreement 514907, running from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31. It is program funding to a not-for-profit recipient, not equity or beneficial ownership.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Profile · description
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · summary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.summary. Proposed value: A cloud-connected network test environment for validating network applications and functions across high-speed metro-WAN links, software-defined networking and network-function-virtualization configurations.. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · name
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.features.0. Proposed value: High-speed metro-WAN links between testbed environments. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · capability type
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.capabilityType. Proposed value: Advanced-network application and function-validation service. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.features.2. Proposed value: Network overlay and underlay validation. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.technicalTags.3. Proposed value: network analytics. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.technicalTags.0. Proposed value: NFV. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technicaldomainslugs
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · maturity
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.1.maturity. Proposed value: CENGN presents the network-application test environment as a current commercialization service and current partner sources document active living-lab expansion; no public capacity, queue or independently accepted performance outcome was found.. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · name
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.name. Proposed value: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.1.technicalDomainSlugs.0. Proposed value: communications-and-cyber. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · summary
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · capability type
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.technicalTags.2. Proposed value: metro WAN. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.1.commercialAvailability. Proposed value: Canadian firms route access through CENGN's expression-of-interest and project-evaluation process; the exact environment, schedule, price and support amount require confirmation.. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.applications.2. Proposed value: Network analytics and discovery assessment. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.applications.0. Proposed value: Network-management software validation. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · name
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · summary
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.applications.1. Proposed value: Virtualized network-function testing. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · capability type
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technology readiness level
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · maturity
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.technicalTags.1. Proposed value: SDN. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
CENGN offers a cloud testbed with high-speed Metro WAN and NFV/SDN infrastructure for network applications, including overlay/underlay automation, WAN virtualization, topology/discovery stress tests and network analytics. These are project types, not measured throughput or operational customer deployments.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.applications.3. Proposed value: Private and advanced-network integration experiments. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.features.1. Proposed value: Network-function-virtualization and software-defined-networking datacentre configurations. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cloud testbed and metro-WAN links support NFV/SDN, overlay/underlay, WAN virtualisation, topology discovery and network analytics validation for Canadian SMEs.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.features.3. Proposed value: WAN virtualization, network analytics and topology-discovery testing. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.1.technicalTags.4. Proposed value: network topology. Source scope: CENGN describes a cloud testbed connected through high-speed Metro WAN links and configured for NFV and SDN environments, supporting validation of overlay and underlay management, WAN virtualization, network analytics, discovery and topology applications.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.categories.0. Proposed value: cluster_operator. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Profile · description
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.description. Proposed value: CENGN is an active federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profit that operates network, cloud and living-lab testing programs to help eligible Canadian technology firms validate performance, interoperability and commercialization readiness.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.disclosedFinancingSummary. Proposed value: ISED records a $45,000,000 CAD non-repayable contribution to CENGN under agreement 514907 for ENGINE from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31. This is program funding to a not-for-profit lead recipient, not equity, beneficial ownership or evidence that every applicant will receive support.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.mandate. Proposed value: Operate Canadian network, cloud and real-world living-lab infrastructure and expertise that lower technical validation and commercialization barriers for eligible Canadian small and medium-sized technology firms.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Profile · entity kind
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.entityKind. Proposed value: ecosystem_organization. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Profile · operating context
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.operatingContext. Proposed value: Corporations Canada records CENGN as an active soliciting not-for-profit under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. It is member- and board-governed rather than equity-owned; ISED is a funder and program sponsor, not an owner, and CENGN's public role is to operate testbeds, living labs and commercialization-support processes.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.lifecycleStage. Proposed value: funded. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.startedOn. Proposed value: 2024-07-15. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.publicSummary. Proposed value: ISED's agreement identifies CENGN as the not-for-profit recipient leading ENGINE, with CENGN operating calls, evaluation and access pathways for eligible projects; this does not make ISED an owner or make downstream support automatic.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.externalIdentifiers.0.value. Proposed value: 514907. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.participationType. Proposed value: Lead recipient and program operator. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.externalIdentifiers.0.kind. Proposed value: award. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.endedOn. Proposed value: 2033-03-31. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.operatorName. Proposed value: CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.summary. Proposed value: A federally supported national ecosystem intended to reduce technical and commercialization barriers for Canadian SMEs developing or adopting 5G and advanced-network technologies through testbeds, living labs and partner collaboration.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.programType. Proposed value: National innovation ecosystem and living-lab program. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.name. Proposed value: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.websiteUrl. Proposed value: https://www.cengn.ca/living-lab-initiative/. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal funder and program sponsor relationship
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.0.relatedOrganizationName. Proposed value: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal funder and program sponsor relationship
Source location: relationships.0.relationshipType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.0.relationshipType. Proposed value: Federal funder and program sponsor. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal funder and program sponsor relationship
Source location: relationships.0.publicSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.0.publicSummary. Proposed value: ISED provides the $45 million non-repayable contribution for ENGINE. This is a funding and program relationship, not ownership of CENGN and not evidence of a procurement customer relationship.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal non-repayable contribution funding event
Source location: fundingEvents.0.amountValue
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: fundingEvents.0.amountValue. Proposed value: 45000000. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal non-repayable contribution funding event
Source location: fundingEvents.0.disclosedSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: fundingEvents.0.disclosedSummary. Proposed value: ISED committed $45,000,000 CAD as a non-repayable contribution to CENGN for ENGINE under agreement 514907, running from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31. It is program funding to a not-for-profit recipient, not equity or beneficial ownership.. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal non-repayable contribution funding event
Source location: fundingEvents.0.eventType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: fundingEvents.0.eventType. Proposed value: Federal non-repayable contribution. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
Supports: Federal non-repayable contribution funding event
Source location: fundingEvents.0.amountCurrency
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: fundingEvents.0.amountCurrency. Proposed value: CAD. Source scope: The federal record names CENGN as the legal and operating recipient of a $45,000,000 non-repayable contribution from 2024-07-15 through 2033-03-31 for ENGINE, a national 5G ecosystem supporting Canadian SME scale-up and collaboration among industry, academic and research participants.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.foundedYear. Proposed value: 2014. Source scope: ISED announced $45 million toward a $66 million CENGN-led project for 5G testbeds and living labs supporting advanced-network and AI-enabled applications in manufacturing, mobility, campuses and infrastructure. It describes CENGN as a Canadian not-for-profit founded in 2014.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.announcedOn. Proposed value: 2024-12-09. Source scope: ISED announced $45 million toward a $66 million CENGN-led project for 5G testbeds and living labs supporting advanced-network and AI-enabled applications in manufacturing, mobility, campuses and infrastructure. It describes CENGN as a Canadian not-for-profit founded in 2014.
Supports: Federal non-repayable contribution funding event
Source location: fundingEvents.0.announcedOn
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: fundingEvents.0.announcedOn. Proposed value: 2024-12-09. Source scope: ISED announced $45 million toward a $66 million CENGN-led project for 5G testbeds and living labs supporting advanced-network and AI-enabled applications in manufacturing, mobility, campuses and infrastructure. It describes CENGN as a Canadian not-for-profit founded in 2014.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.defencePosture. Proposed value: The University of Waterloo's Connected Robotics Living Lab announcement includes defence among possible testing sectors. No durable public source located in this dossier establishes a DND contract, defence procurement, classified test authorization or defence accreditation for CENGN.. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.context. Proposed value: CENGN publishes multiple sector labs and a configurable cloud/network testbed, while partner pages establish specific facilities rather than universal configuration availability; fit must be confirmed for the applicant's technology and evidence goal.. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.question. Proposed value: Which performance-test or living-lab stream can reproduce the intended operational network, robotics or advanced-manufacturing environment?. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab network partner relationship
Source location: relationships.4.publicSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.4.publicSummary. Proposed value: The University of Waterloo identifies Rogers as the connectivity partner in the Connected Robotics Living Lab relationship with CENGN; this does not establish Rogers ownership of CENGN or a general customer endorsement.. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab network partner relationship
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.4.relatedOrganizationName. Proposed value: Rogers Communications. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab network partner relationship
Source location: relationships.4.relationshipType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.4.relationshipType. Proposed value: Connected Robotics Living Lab network partner. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab research and facility partner relationship
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.3.relatedOrganizationName. Proposed value: University of Waterloo RoboHub. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab research and facility partner relationship
Source location: relationships.3.relationshipType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.3.relationshipType. Proposed value: Connected Robotics Living Lab research and facility partner. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Supports: Connected Robotics Living Lab research and facility partner relationship
Source location: relationships.3.publicSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.3.publicSummary. Proposed value: The University of Waterloo announced a CENGN partnership that gives eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub's robotic connectivity environment for testing in sectors that include defence, robotics and artificial intelligence.. Source scope: The University of Waterloo identifies CENGN and Rogers as partners in a Connected Robotics Living Lab that offers eligible startups and scaleups co-funded access to the RoboHub environment for testing technologies in defence, robotics, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.publicEmail. Proposed value: services@cengn.ca. Source scope: CENGN publishes a mailing address at suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road in Kanata, Ontario, telephone 613.963.1200 and contact routes for services and partnerships. The performance-testing page resolves the public business-development email as services@cengn.ca.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.contactPageUrl. Proposed value: https://www.cengn.ca/contact-us/. Source scope: CENGN publishes a mailing address at suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road in Kanata, Ontario, telephone 613.963.1200 and contact routes for services and partnerships. The performance-testing page resolves the public business-development email as services@cengn.ca.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.publicPhone. Proposed value: +1 613 963 1200. Source scope: CENGN publishes a mailing address at suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road in Kanata, Ontario, telephone 613.963.1200 and contact routes for services and partnerships. The performance-testing page resolves the public business-development email as services@cengn.ca.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
The contact page gives suite 209, 110 Didsbury Road, Kanata, Ontario K2T 0C2 and telephone 613-963-1200. Its Services route supplies services@cengn.ca for project inquiries. This mailing/contact location is distinct from the registered legal office.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.websiteUrl. Proposed value: https://www.cengn.ca/. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · dual use posture
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.dualUsePosture. Proposed value: CENGN's network, cloud, private-5G, robotics and advanced-manufacturing test environments can support validation of technologies with civil and possible defence applications, but the published mandate is economy-wide and does not itself establish military adoption.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.publicEmail. Proposed value: services@cengn.ca. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.contactPageUrl. Proposed value: https://www.cengn.ca/contact-us/. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.1.question. Proposed value: What price, queue, test capacity, service level and funding match applies to a specific eligible applicant and configuration?. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.publicContact.publicPhone. Proposed value: +1 613 963 1200. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · commercial status
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.commercialStatus. Proposed value: CENGN is accepting expressions of interest for time-bounded performance-testing projects and for funded access to testbed and living-lab services, subject to published eligibility and evaluation.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.1.context. Proposed value: The public route states Canadian, under-500-employee and TRL 4-plus eligibility plus an expression-of-interest process, but does not disclose price, wait time, concurrency, acceptance rate, service level or guaranteed funding.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · description
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.mandate. Proposed value: Operate Canadian network, cloud and real-world living-lab infrastructure and expertise that lower technical validation and commercialization barriers for eligible Canadian small and medium-sized technology firms.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.0.context. Proposed value: CENGN describes secure isolated infrastructure and Canadian data infrastructure, but the final accreditation and procurement lane found no public ISO 27001, SOC 2, Protected B, classified-handling or defence-facility authorization for CENGN.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · operating context
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.operatingContext. Proposed value: Corporations Canada records CENGN as an active soliciting not-for-profit under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. It is member- and board-governed rather than equity-owned; ISED is a funder and program sponsor, not an owner, and CENGN's public role is to operate testbeds, living labs and commercialization-support processes.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · dual use posture
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.0.question. Proposed value: Which security classification, data-handling and recognized certification boundary applies to the selected CENGN test environment?. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Profile · description
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.description. Proposed value: CENGN is an active federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profit that operates network, cloud and living-lab testing programs to help eligible Canadian technology firms validate performance, interoperability and commercialization readiness.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.0.technicalDomainSlugs.1. Proposed value: communications-and-cyber. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.applications.3. Proposed value: Infrastructure configuration comparison. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.features.0. Proposed value: Load and stress testing with monitored response, error and resource behaviour. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · capability type
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · summary
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.technicalTags.1. Proposed value: load testing. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.0.maturity. Proposed value: CENGN currently advertises 4.5-month performance-validation projects with more than eight weeks of testbed use; this is a current service posture, not independently audited service performance.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.features.1. Proposed value: Bare-metal server and virtual-machine deployment environments. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · capability type
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · capability type
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.capabilityType. Proposed value: Cloud and software performance-testing service. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.technicalTags.4. Proposed value: performance engineering. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.features.4. Proposed value: Consultant-supported test planning, execution and results review. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.features.3. Proposed value: Endurance, soak and security-performance test scenarios. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.technicalTags.2. Proposed value: stress testing. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.applications.2. Proposed value: API, database and messaging-queue bottleneck investigation. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.features.2. Proposed value: Scalability, latency, throughput and resource-utilization measurement. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.0.technicalDomainSlugs.0. Proposed value: mission-software-and-data. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · name
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · summary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.summary. Proposed value: Configurable Canadian network, compute and storage infrastructure plus specialist support for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, endurance and security-performance testing of software solutions.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · name
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.applications.1. Proposed value: Capacity and scaling assessment. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technology readiness level
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · commercial availability
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.applications.0. Proposed value: Pre-market software performance validation. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · defence applications
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · name
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.name. Proposed value: Cloud and application performance validation. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.technicalTags.0. Proposed value: cloud testbed. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · commercial availability
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.0.commercialAvailability. Proposed value: Access is through an expression of interest and eligibility/evaluation process. CENGN states that performance-testing projects may include up to $250,000 in support, which is a maximum program claim rather than a guaranteed award.. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · summary
Current service page offers load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance tests. Bare-metal and VM environments can match deployment needs; consultant support includes planning, tool implementation, execution, weekly check-ins and wrap-up results. Security-performance testing measures transaction cost of security features rather than security certification. It advertises 4.5-month validation projects including three months in the datacentre.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technical tags
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: capabilities.0.technicalTags.3. Proposed value: scalability testing. Source scope: CENGN describes secure configurable network, compute and storage infrastructure for load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilization, endurance and security-performance testing, with bare-metal and virtual-machine options, consultant support, an expression-of-interest route and current 4.5-month project availability.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
CENGN offers consultant-assisted load, stress, scalability, latency, throughput, resource-utilisation, endurance and security-performance testing on bare-metal and virtual infrastructure. The current page describes 4.5-month projects with three months of datacentre testing. Innovation projects can receive up to $250,000 and customer-linked adoption projects up to $500,000, subject to eligibility and selection. Published eligibility includes a Canadian base, fewer than 500 staff and technology at TRL 4 or above; these conditions describe applicant technology, not a TRL rating for CENGN itself.
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary
Source location: executiveRelevanceSummary
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
The French award notice names CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks for W8703-270055 Defence Drone Initiative supply arrangement 270, contract CW2466332, awarded August 24, 2026. It identifies a supply-arrangement instrument with term August 26, 2026–July 31, 2031 and nominal value CAD1. This establishes qualification in a supplier pool, not a funded task order, accepted delivery or security accreditation. The notice does not disclose which qualification category CENGN received.
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
Supports: CENGN member and participant IP-service partner relationship
New Ventures BC’s September 3, 2026 original states that New Ventures BC and Innovate BC became CENGN members to provide IP education and mentorship to participating Canadian startups and scaleups. The offer helps project participants consider patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source licensing. This is a programme partnership and service offer, not equity in CENGN or a legal outcome for each participant.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.entityKind. Proposed value: ecosystem_organization. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.primaryLocation.provinceTerritory. Proposed value: Ontario. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · description
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.description. Proposed value: CENGN is an active federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profit that operates network, cloud and living-lab testing programs to help eligible Canadian technology firms validate performance, interoperability and commercialization readiness.. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · legal name
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.legalName. Proposed value: CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · primary location.city
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.primaryLocation.city. Proposed value: Ottawa. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · operating context
Corporations Canada identifies CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, as Active under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, incorporated September 9, 2014 and soliciting. Its registered office is 340 Albert Street, suite 1400, Ottawa. The native visible registry shows the 2026, 2025 and 2024 annual returns filed and the latest AGM September 22, 2026. Generic hidden overdue/dissolution template text is not the entity status.
Supports: Profile · primary location.longitude
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.primaryLocation.longitude. Proposed value: -75.6972. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · primary location.latitude
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.primaryLocation.latitude. Proposed value: 45.4215. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · primary location.countrycode
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.primaryLocation.countryCode. Proposed value: CA. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · operating context
The registry records a financial statement filing on September 24, 2026 for the period ending March 31, 2026, but the inspected public listing does not expose revenue, cash, reserves, runway or financial statement amounts. The registered office is a legal address, not proof of a test facility.
Supports: Profile · description
Corporations Canada identifies CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, as Active under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, incorporated September 9, 2014 and soliciting. Its registered office is 340 Albert Street, suite 1400, Ottawa. The native visible registry shows the 2026, 2025 and 2024 annual returns filed and the latest AGM September 22, 2026. Generic hidden overdue/dissolution template text is not the entity status.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
Corporations Canada identifies CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, as Active under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, incorporated September 9, 2014 and soliciting. Its registered office is 340 Albert Street, suite 1400, Ottawa. The native visible registry shows the 2026, 2025 and 2024 annual returns filed and the latest AGM September 22, 2026. Generic hidden overdue/dissolution template text is not the entity status.
Supports: Profile · aliases
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.aliases.0. Proposed value: Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · founded year
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.foundedYear. Proposed value: 2014. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · operating context
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.operatingContext. Proposed value: Corporations Canada records CENGN as an active soliciting not-for-profit under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. It is member- and board-governed rather than equity-owned; ISED is a funder and program sponsor, not an owner, and CENGN's public role is to operate testbeds, living labs and commercialization-support processes.. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.canadianFootprint. Proposed value: CENGN's legal registered office is in Ottawa and its public mailing contact is in Kanata. Its current program footprint extends through Canadian living-lab partners and facilities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia; those partner sites do not imply CENGN ownership of each host organization or facility.. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Supports: Profile · name
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.name. Proposed value: CENGN. Source scope: The federal record identifies the exact legal name CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, corporation 901338-5, business number 834566986RC0001, active soliciting status under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act from 2014-09-09, and the Ottawa registered office at 340 Albert Street, suite 1400.
Ericsson’s May 19, 2026 launch account identifies the April 16 opening of CNIMI’s 2,800-square-metre Drummondville factory-lab with Ericsson Private 5G and indoor positioning. It reports three launch demonstrations: Unitree Go2 inspection/video, Averian AI assembly inspection and smart-glasses remote assistance. These demonstrations establish an operating environment, not certified positioning accuracy, a latency SLA or participant production acceptance.
Supports: Profile · current activity
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.currentActivity. Proposed value: CENGN, Ericsson Canada and the Centre national intégré du manufacturier intelligent launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16; Ericsson's 2026-05-19 account describes a 2,800-square-metre factory-lab using private 5G.. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.question. Proposed value: Which performance-test or living-lab stream can reproduce the intended operational network, robotics or advanced-manufacturing environment?. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.context. Proposed value: CENGN publishes multiple sector labs and a configurable cloud/network testbed, while partner pages establish specific facilities rather than universal configuration availability; fit must be confirmed for the applicant's technology and evidence goal.. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Profile · current activity as of
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.currentActivityAsOf. Proposed value: 2026-04-16. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · maturity
Ericsson’s May 19, 2026 launch account identifies the April 16 opening of CNIMI’s 2,800-square-metre Drummondville factory-lab with Ericsson Private 5G and indoor positioning. It reports three launch demonstrations: Unitree Go2 inspection/video, Averian AI assembly inspection and smart-glasses remote assistance. These demonstrations establish an operating environment, not certified positioning accuracy, a latency SLA or participant production acceptance.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · maturity
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.1.maturity. Proposed value: CENGN presents the network-application test environment as a current commercialization service and current partner sources document active living-lab expansion; no public capacity, queue or independently accepted performance outcome was found.. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.lifecycleStage. Proposed value: funded. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab host and delivery partner relationship
Source location: relationships.2.publicSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.2.publicSummary. Proposed value: Ericsson's launch account identifies CNIMI in Drummondville as the host facility and partner for CENGN's Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab, which opened on 2026-04-16.. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab host and delivery partner relationship
Source location: relationships.2.relationshipType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.2.relationshipType. Proposed value: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab host and delivery partner. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab host and delivery partner relationship
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.2.relatedOrganizationName. Proposed value: Centre national intégré du manufacturier intelligent. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab technology partner relationship
Source location: relationships.1.publicSummary
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.1.publicSummary. Proposed value: Ericsson Canada identifies CENGN as a partner in the Drummondville Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the facility; these are partner-attributed facility claims, not independent certification of participant outcomes.. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab technology partner relationship
Source location: relationships.1.relationshipType
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.1.relationshipType. Proposed value: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab technology partner. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
Supports: Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab technology partner relationship
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: relationships.1.relatedOrganizationName. Proposed value: Ericsson Canada. Source scope: Ericsson Canada says CENGN, Ericsson and CNIMI launched the Advanced Manufacturing Living Lab in Drummondville on 2026-04-16. It describes the 2,800-square-metre factory-lab as CENGN's eighth facility and states that Ericsson Private 5G powers the environment.
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Profile · profileData.mandate
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary
Source location: executiveRelevanceSummary
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary
Source location: executiveRelevanceSummary
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary
Source location: executiveRelevanceSummary
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Profile · commercial status
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Supports: Profile · description
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Profile · commercial status
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · summary
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technicaldomainslugs
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · technology readiness level
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Guide describes bare-metal dual-Intel-Xeon servers with36cores/768GBRAM, NVIDIA T4/V100 GPU nodes, customizable VM tiers up to16vCPU/64GBRAM, and project-assigned block/object/file storage. It describes IPv4/IPv6 access, VLAN/firewall isolation, default outbound access and requested identity-aware inbound Zero Trust tunnels, SSO options and SSH/RDP. It states up to10concurrent VM projects, expandable via bare-metal nodes, with limited GPUs intended mainly for inference. These are provider-documented options/capacity, not a reserved allocation or measured SLA.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
Guide basic benchmarking access includes bare-metal/VM infrastructure, setup documentation, basic infrastructure troubleshooting, weekly syncs and final report, excluding test design/execution, tool automation and analysis. Advanced tier adds up to10consulting hours and structured performance data presentation; the SME still performs full end-to-end analysis and custom development is excluded. JMeter/Locust, Wireshark/tc and Prometheus/Grafana are listed example tools, not fixed mandatory versions.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · commercial availability
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
Guide basic5G testing is self-directed with typically up to5SIMs, standardQoS and orientation; no network customization. Advanced access adds lab-capacity-dependent SIMs and up to10consulting hours. Premium adds MEC/specialized facilities where available, up to10more consulting hours and approved log requests. Supervised facility access excludes real-time troubleshooting, unsupervised entry and modifications.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · commercial availability
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · defence applications
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · defence applications
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · commercial availability
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · summary
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · defence applications
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · commercial availability
Guide section7 says SME-generated IP remains SME property unless otherwise agreed. External reviewers, infrastructure partners and lab hosts may access sensitive data/IP only for project purposes, with secure confidential handling and no onward sharing without written SME and CENGN consent. Applicants provide non-confidential summaries for ecosystem partners.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
Guide basic5G testing is self-directed with typically up to5SIMs, standardQoS and orientation; no network customization. Advanced access adds lab-capacity-dependent SIMs and up to10consulting hours. Premium adds MEC/specialized facilities where available, up to10more consulting hours and approved log requests. Supervised facility access excludes real-time troubleshooting, unsupervised entry and modifications.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · summary
The linked guide allows rolling intake and specific calls, limits both Innovation and Adoption projects to12months and requires completion by December31,2027 with program conclusion March31,2028. Eligibility and external-panel review precede feasibility with lab hosts, project charter, schedule/budget and funding agreement. Quarterly/final reports and outcome surveys affect reimbursements. This delivery window is separate from a federal contribution agreement term.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technical tags
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technical tags
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technology readiness level
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technical tags
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technicaldomainslugs
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
The guide describes temporary supervised IAP testing at CNIMI and Bayview Yards with preconfigured5GSA SIMs, Ericsson IAP REST/streaming/historical-export interfaces. CNIMI additionally compares5GIAP withUWB/BLE/RFID and supportsROS/sensor integration. CNIMI private5GSA uses NCLL n77 at3.82GHz; Bayview lists n77 at3.9GHz/80MHz,n78 at3.41GHz,n26128GHz and LTEB14. IAP scope excludes slicing, RedCap and unsupervised access; CNIMI excludes outdoor testing or robots not provided byCNIMI. No universal positional accuracy or latency guarantee is given.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technology readiness level
March2026 guide requires registered Canadian applicants with499 or fewer full-time employees, solutionTRL4+ and deployability in a lab, with at least90% of eligible-cost work in Canada. Innovation and Adoption maxima are CAD250000/CAD500000, reimbursing up to40% of eligible expenses; Calls for Proposals have a CAD100000 maximum and up-to50% reimbursement. Successful applicants pay a one-time CAD2500 nonreimbursable membership fee. Adoption requires a prospective-customer LOI. These are application limits, not awarded sums or CENGN staffing.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.question. Proposed value: Which performance-test or living-lab stream can reproduce the intended operational network, robotics or advanced-manufacturing environment?. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.canadianFootprint. Proposed value: CENGN's legal registered office is in Ottawa and its public mailing contact is in Kanata. Its current program footprint extends through Canadian living-lab partners and facilities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia; those partner sites do not imply CENGN ownership of each host organization or facility.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.1.question. Proposed value: What price, queue, test capacity, service level and funding match applies to a specific eligible applicant and configuration?. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.0. Proposed value: 5G and advanced networks. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.1. Proposed value: cloud and software performance testing. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.3. Proposed value: connected robotics. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.1.context. Proposed value: The public route states Canadian, under-500-employee and TRL 4-plus eligibility plus an expression-of-interest process, but does not disclose price, wait time, concurrency, acceptance rate, service level or guaranteed funding.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.reviewedQuestions.2.context. Proposed value: CENGN publishes multiple sector labs and a configurable cloud/network testbed, while partner pages establish specific facilities rather than universal configuration availability; fit must be confirmed for the applicant's technology and evidence goal.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · dual use posture
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.dualUsePosture. Proposed value: CENGN's network, cloud, private-5G, robotics and advanced-manufacturing test environments can support validation of technologies with civil and possible defence applications, but the published mandate is economy-wide and does not itself establish military adoption.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · organization categories
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: organization.categories.0. Proposed value: cluster_operator. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.5. Proposed value: advanced manufacturing. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.2. Proposed value: smart mobility and agriculture. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.sectorFocus
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.profileData.sectorFocus.4. Proposed value: smart buildings. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Profile · commercial status
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: organization.commercialStatus. Proposed value: CENGN is accepting expressions of interest for time-bounded performance-testing projects and for funded access to testbed and living-lab services, subject to published eligibility and evaluation.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
True North Map derives this bounded assessment from the cited record. Field: capabilities.1.commercialAvailability. Proposed value: Canadian firms route access through CENGN's expression-of-interest and project-evaluation process; the exact environment, schedule, price and support amount require confirmation.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.participationType. Proposed value: Lead recipient and program operator. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.startedOn. Proposed value: 2024-07-15. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.externalIdentifiers.0.kind. Proposed value: award. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.endedOn. Proposed value: 2033-03-31. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.publicSummary. Proposed value: ISED's agreement identifies CENGN as the not-for-profit recipient leading ENGINE, with CENGN operating calls, evaluation and access pathways for eligible projects; this does not make ISED an owner or make downstream support automatic.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · organization participation
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.participation.externalIdentifiers.0.value. Proposed value: 514907. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.programType. Proposed value: National innovation ecosystem and living-lab program. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.summary. Proposed value: A federally supported national ecosystem intended to reduce technical and commercialization barriers for Canadian SMEs developing or adopting 5G and advanced-network technologies through testbeds, living labs and partner collaboration.. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.name. Proposed value: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.websiteUrl. Proposed value: https://www.cengn.ca/living-lab-initiative/. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
Supports: ENGINE - Enabling Next Generation Innovation for Network Evolution · canonical program
The cited record supports this bounded public field. Field: programParticipations.0.program.operatorName. Proposed value: CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks. Source scope: CENGN presents current Canadian living labs for smart mobility and agriculture, connected robotics, advanced agriculture, 5G Advanced, smart buildings and advanced manufacturing, plus a performance testbed. It routes eligible Canadian firms through an expression of interest and project evaluation.
CNIMI’s French original dated April 16, 2026 confirms its partnership with CENGN and Ericsson to open a Drummondville living lab for private-5G-enabled industrial validation, including positioning, connected sensors and robotics. The host confirms the facility and access purpose; the announcement is not a certificate or an accepted participant production deployment.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · maturity
CNIMI’s French original dated April 16, 2026 confirms its partnership with CENGN and Ericsson to open a Drummondville living lab for private-5G-enabled industrial validation, including positioning, connected sensors and robotics. The host confirms the facility and access purpose; the announcement is not a certificate or an accepted participant production deployment.
CENGN’s native publication timestamp is September 25, 2026 at 18:38:45 UTC. The article describes IP guidance integrated into living-lab projects with New Ventures BC and Innovate BC, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source considerations. This is a dated account of the ongoing participant offer, not a new award, a transferred patent or the precise start of each service.
Supports: Profile · current activity as of
CENGN’s native publication timestamp is September 25, 2026 at 18:38:45 UTC. The article describes IP guidance integrated into living-lab projects with New Ventures BC and Innovate BC, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks and open-source considerations. This is a dated account of the ongoing participant offer, not a new award, a transferred patent or the precise start of each service.
ISED’s exact agreement 514907 records a CAD45,000,000 non-repayable contribution to CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, a not-for-profit recipient, under Stream 5 National Innovation Ecosystems. Its term is July 15, 2024 to March 31, 2033. The disclosure describes a national 5G ecosystem and SME scale-up/collaborative R&D. It is neither equity ownership nor proof of full disbursement, annual revenue or a guaranteed downstream award; the disclosure is not the complete signed agreement.
Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary
ISED’s exact agreement 514907 records a CAD45,000,000 non-repayable contribution to CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, a not-for-profit recipient, under Stream 5 National Innovation Ecosystems. Its term is July 15, 2024 to March 31, 2033. The disclosure describes a national 5G ecosystem and SME scale-up/collaborative R&D. It is neither equity ownership nor proof of full disbursement, annual revenue or a guaranteed downstream award; the disclosure is not the complete signed agreement.
The University of Waterloo’s September 26, 2025 original announces a CENGN/Rogers Connected Robotics Living Lab with indoor and outdoor robotics testing and 5G/LTE connectivity. Eligible Canadian startups and scaleups can seek co-funded access, including projects in robotics, AI and defence. A target to assist over 100 companies is prospective programme ambition, not a count of completed projects.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · maturity
The University of Waterloo’s September 26, 2025 original announces a CENGN/Rogers Connected Robotics Living Lab with indoor and outdoor robotics testing and 5G/LTE connectivity. Eligible Canadian startups and scaleups can seek co-funded access, including projects in robotics, AI and defence. A target to assist over 100 companies is prospective programme ambition, not a count of completed projects.
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
Supports: Profile · current activity
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · maturity
CENGN’s August 27, 2026 announcement identifies six approved projects: Avidbots, JPlug, Konnexio, LatenceTech, SoilTeck and Zighra. It states combined project value CAD4.5 million and federal support CAD1.7 million. Avidbots intends testing at Waterloo; Zighra plans GNSS/RF-fusion and communications-degraded AI testing at Area X.O and Waterloo. Approval and planned tests are established; the article does not report achieved performance thresholds, certification or completed deployment.
The French originating notice WS5802684496 describes a prequalified supplier pool for Defence Drone Initiative requirements on behalf of DND/CAF, spanning uncrewed and counter-uncrewed systems, communications/data, engineering/integration, testing/training and innovation/experimentation. These are solicitation-wide categories; the notice does not establish which CENGN may supply or an ordered project.
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technical tags
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · slug
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · name
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technicaldomainslugs
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · capability type
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · summary
The current services overview maps Bayview and Area X.O in Ottawa, CNIMI in Drummondville, UBC Farm in Vancouver, Waterloo RoboHub, and three Morguard/Nokia building sites: St. Laurent in Ottawa, Bay Club in Toronto and Place Innovation in Montreal. Its separate central CENGN datacentre is labelled PCL Kanata/CBY Ottawa. These are a network of partner environments, not a claim that CENGN owns all facilities, robots or network assets.
The two-pager advertises free datacentre access, engineering and project-management assistance and 40% reimbursement of eligible team labour, with a 4.5-month project including three months of testing. Participants work largely independently after onboarding; endurance testing is fully self-directed. Page 2 states that data remains in Ottawa, Ontario and describes isolated project slices and zero-trust access. These are provider representations, not independent security accreditation.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
The two-pager advertises free datacentre access, engineering and project-management assistance and 40% reimbursement of eligible team labour, with a 4.5-month project including three months of testing. Participants work largely independently after onboarding; endurance testing is fully self-directed. Page 2 states that data remains in Ottawa, Ontario and describes isolated project slices and zero-trust access. These are provider representations, not independent security accreditation.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The two-pager advertises free datacentre access, engineering and project-management assistance and 40% reimbursement of eligible team labour, with a 4.5-month project including three months of testing. Participants work largely independently after onboarding; endurance testing is fully self-directed. Page 2 states that data remains in Ottawa, Ontario and describes isolated project slices and zero-trust access. These are provider representations, not independent security accreditation.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · commercial availability
The two-pager advertises free datacentre access, engineering and project-management assistance and 40% reimbursement of eligible team labour, with a 4.5-month project including three months of testing. Participants work largely independently after onboarding; endurance testing is fully self-directed. Page 2 states that data remains in Ottawa, Ontario and describes isolated project slices and zero-trust access. These are provider representations, not independent security accreditation.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · core features
The two-pager advertises free datacentre access, engineering and project-management assistance and 40% reimbursement of eligible team labour, with a 4.5-month project including three months of testing. Participants work largely independently after onboarding; endurance testing is fully self-directed. Page 2 states that data remains in Ottawa, Ontario and describes isolated project slices and zero-trust access. These are provider representations, not independent security accreditation.
CENGN describes a board providing strategic oversight and connections across industry, government and academia, with Jim Ghadbane identified as chair. This supports a governed ecosystem operator; the member and funder relationships do not establish equity ownership.
InDro Robotics’ March 5, 2026 account confirms its participation in a CENGN cohort and describes planned agricultural humanoid teleoperation, autonomy and data-streaming work using 5G at Area X.O with an end user. It independently confirms participant intent, but does not report completed validation. Aggregate programme figures in this participant article are not used because project value and funding are not consistently distinguished.
Kyle Jessup documents CENGN-provided Cisco UCS C240 M5 server hardware, a 10G link, JMeter clients, Ubuntu 16.04, PostgreSQL and Zabbix measurement. His repository identifies tested framework versions and request scenarios, and explains how a Linux connection-acceptance bottleneck led to an alternative PerfectNIO implementation. Results vary by workload and platform. This customer-side methods/results record corroborates a completed test engagement; it does not establish present fleet capacity or a general performance ranking.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
Kyle Jessup documents CENGN-provided Cisco UCS C240 M5 server hardware, a 10G link, JMeter clients, Ubuntu 16.04, PostgreSQL and Zabbix measurement. His repository identifies tested framework versions and request scenarios, and explains how a Linux connection-acceptance bottleneck led to an alternative PerfectNIO implementation. Results vary by workload and platform. This customer-side methods/results record corroborates a completed test engagement; it does not establish present fleet capacity or a general performance ranking.
The Waterloo lab page lists outdoor n71 600 MHz SA and n41 2.5 GHz NSA, indoor n78 3.5 GHz NSA and non-commercial n261 28 GHz NSA, plus 60 GHz WiGig. It identifies RoboHub indoor facilities, the AVRIL parking lot/class-G airspace and campus areas requiring approval; partner robot/drone platforms, RTK and indoor tracking are available by arrangement. These are site-specific options, not universal bands, unrestricted flight authority or CENGN-owned robot products.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · technical tags
The Waterloo lab page lists outdoor n71 600 MHz SA and n41 2.5 GHz NSA, indoor n78 3.5 GHz NSA and non-commercial n261 28 GHz NSA, plus 60 GHz WiGig. It identifies RoboHub indoor facilities, the AVRIL parking lot/class-G airspace and campus areas requiring approval; partner robot/drone platforms, RTK and indoor tracking are available by arrangement. These are site-specific options, not universal bands, unrestricted flight authority or CENGN-owned robot products.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · core features
The Waterloo lab page lists outdoor n71 600 MHz SA and n41 2.5 GHz NSA, indoor n78 3.5 GHz NSA and non-commercial n261 28 GHz NSA, plus 60 GHz WiGig. It identifies RoboHub indoor facilities, the AVRIL parking lot/class-G airspace and campus areas requiring approval; partner robot/drone platforms, RTK and indoor tracking are available by arrangement. These are site-specific options, not universal bands, unrestricted flight authority or CENGN-owned robot products.
Supports: Connected-system and private-5G living-lab validation · summary
The Waterloo lab page lists outdoor n71 600 MHz SA and n41 2.5 GHz NSA, indoor n78 3.5 GHz NSA and non-commercial n261 28 GHz NSA, plus 60 GHz WiGig. It identifies RoboHub indoor facilities, the AVRIL parking lot/class-G airspace and campus areas requiring approval; partner robot/drone platforms, RTK and indoor tracking are available by arrangement. These are site-specific options, not universal bands, unrestricted flight authority or CENGN-owned robot products.
Supports: Cloud and application performance validation · maturity
CENGN’s September 14, 2026 article advertises validation projects with over eight weeks of datacentre testing and up to CAD250,000 in funding. It discusses network and software test planning and historical PerfectlySoft and Aterlo Networks/Preseem examples; it announces neither a new award recipient nor a measured current customer result. The general services page separately states three months of testing in a 4.5-month project.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technicaldomainslugs
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · commercial availability
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · summary
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technical tags
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · defence applications
The public SDN/NFV/SD-WAN service page describes an OpenStack-distribution NFVi and a 2x100G Metro WAN connection for project validation. Scenarios include VNF/orchestrator interoperability, elastic workload scaling, class of service and latency-based path changes. This is an advertised infrastructure link, not a guaranteed per-project bandwidth allocation.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · maturity
The Interdynamix case describes a dedicated Wind River Titanium Edge high-availability two-x86-server cloud and a CENGN-configured VNF tenant. In fixed-NFVi benchmarking, a 40,000 queries-per-second requirement was exceeded; single-VNF dimensioning exceeded an 80,000 queries-per-second requirement. The VNF is unnamed and actual peaks are not disclosed. Outputs included benchmark/dimensioning results and repeatable onboarding documentation; these historical configuration-specific results are not a current service SLA.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · technicaldomainslugs
The Interdynamix case describes a dedicated Wind River Titanium Edge high-availability two-x86-server cloud and a CENGN-configured VNF tenant. In fixed-NFVi benchmarking, a 40,000 queries-per-second requirement was exceeded; single-VNF dimensioning exceeded an 80,000 queries-per-second requirement. The VNF is unnamed and actual peaks are not disclosed. Outputs included benchmark/dimensioning results and repeatable onboarding documentation; these historical configuration-specific results are not a current service SLA.
Supports: Network-application and NFV/SDN validation · core features
The Interdynamix case describes a dedicated Wind River Titanium Edge high-availability two-x86-server cloud and a CENGN-configured VNF tenant. In fixed-NFVi benchmarking, a 40,000 queries-per-second requirement was exceeded; single-VNF dimensioning exceeded an 80,000 queries-per-second requirement. The VNF is unnamed and actual peaks are not disclosed. Outputs included benchmark/dimensioning results and repeatable onboarding documentation; these historical configuration-specific results are not a current service SLA.
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