Canada

ICUBE UTM is the University of Toronto Mississauga entrepreneurship hub for social entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, providing programs, workshops, mentorship, co-working space and venture-growth support.

Darkwater Exploration is the ROV and underwater-video-inspection division of EnviroMarine Ltd., serving Western Canada from Creston, British Columbia.

Zighra is an Ottawa cybersecurity company applying on-device machine learning to identity assurance and operational anomaly detection. Its products address different problems. SilentEdge uses a person's device-interaction patterns for continuous behavioural authentication. GenesysInsights combines sensor and positioning context to detect and classify GNSS jamming or spoofing anomalies. IntentHunter is presented as a counter-UAS intelligence layer that interprets available mission inputs and gives operators explainable cues. SilentEdge draws on typing, swiping, tapping, how a device is held, and contextual sensor or network information. Zighra describes models that adapt locally. ISED's account of a Royal Canadian Navy pilot explains the use of smartphone accelerometer, gyroscope and touchscreen micro-movements, with on-device analysis supporting access to laptops, doors and mobile applications. That pilot provides a specific identity-security use case rather than validation of the separate GNSS or counter-UAS products. GenesysInsights and IntentHunter extend the company's work into defence and infrastructure sensing. The former focuses on positioning, navigation and timing anomalies and shared situational awareness; the latter can draw on available RF, EO/IR, radar, acoustic and other inputs while retaining operator control. Their public descriptions establish the intended analytical roles, while the actual sensors and acceptance criteria depend on the integration being evaluated.

VAC Developments is an Oakville manufacturer of build-to-print sheet-metal and machined products for aerospace and defence customers. Founded in 1979, its offering combines CNC machining, metal forming, welding, assembly and quality control. The company also describes in-house chemical-film treatment and passivation. This combination is useful where a component requires several controlled manufacturing steps rather than machining alone. Its public customer list spans aircraft, landing-gear, optical and defence businesses, but the list is undated and should be treated as supplier-reported experience rather than a current order book.

Innovate Calgary is the University of Calgary's technology-transfer and business-incubation organization and operates an Aerospace Innovation Hub with accelerator programming, startup support, industry challenges and seed-funding activity.

Coastal Defence Systems describes a Canadian defence UAV and autonomy portfolio in development. Lake Central Air Services announced its acquisition of Coastal in July 2026, with the combined business to operate as Valkyrie Aerospace. The published strategy links Coastal’s systems with Lake Central’s aircraft-engineering and manufacturing infrastructure.

Shorten the path from a Canadian payload to orbit. NordSpace is developing launch vehicles, liquid engines, satellites, Atlantic launch infrastructure, and high-speed research platforms.

VodaSafe Inc., operating as AquaEye, is a Vancouver technology company developing intelligent sonar and coordination tools for water-search, rescue and recovery operations.

Independent not-for-profit artificial-intelligence institute delivering research, talent development and AI-adoption programs with industry and public-sector partners.

Canadian network-infrastructure company developing high-performance optical switching and data-centre fabric technology.