12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Mitacs Inc. - Address, activities & membership

Address:

815 West Hastings Street
Suite 801
Vancouver, BC  V6C 1B4
Canada

Telephone number: 833-364-8227

• Contact information in previous versions

  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Road
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 514-262-4023
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Road
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-9189
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Road
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-3672
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Road
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-9189
    
    Fax number: 604-822-3689  
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Rd.
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-9189
    
    Fax number: 604-822-3689  
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Rd.
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-2012
    
    Fax number: 604-822-3689  
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Rd.
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 604-822-5446
    
    Fax number: 604-822-3689  
    
    
  • Suite 301, Technology Enterprise Facility
    University of British Columbia, 6190 Agronomy Rd.
    Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 778-782-8152
    
    Fax number: 778-782-6657  
    
    
  • TASC II, Room 9904
    8888 University Drive
    Burnaby, BC  V5A 1S6
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 778-782-8152
    
    Fax number: 778-782-6657  
    
    

Description of the organization's activities:
Mitacs is a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada by solving business challenges with research solutions from academic institutions. Working with more than 100 colleges and universities, thousands of companies, as well as federal, provincial, and territorial governments, Mitacs designs and implements built partnerships that support industrial and social innovation throughout Canada. Mitacs operates across Canada, including main offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and a business development team that works closely with Canada’s universities and colleges.

• Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:

  • Mitacs is a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada by solving business challenges with research solutions from academic institutions. Working with more than 100 colleges and universities, thousands of companies, as well as federal, provincial, and territorial governments, Mitacs designs and implements built partnerships that support industrial and social innovation throughout Canada. Mitacs operates across Canada, including main offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and a business development team that works closely with Canada’s universities and colleges. Specifically, the Mitacs business development team is composed of almost 100 people, including 45 roles that are co-funded with strategic partners.
  • Mitacs is a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada by solving business challenges with research solutions from academic institutions. Working with more than 100 colleges and universities, thousands of companies, as well as federal, provincial, and territorial governments, Mitacs designs and implements built partnerships that support industrial and social innovation throughout Canada. Mitacs operates across Canada, including main offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and a business development team that works closely with Canada’s universities and colleges. Specifically, the Mitacs business development team is composed of almost 80 people, including 30 roles that are co-funded with strategic partners.
  • Mitacs' programs focus on developing the next generation of Canadian researchers through skills enhancement workshops, technical training events, graduate and post-doctoral internships and math outreach activities. Through our graduate and post-doctoral internship programs, Mitacs has expanded its mandate to lead the country in the creation of internships in all industry sectors and academic disciplines. Mitacs helps businesses and organizations access advanced university expertise so that they can commercialize their R&D into products and services.
  • MITACS is Canada's only national centre of excellence in Mathematical sciences. We fund research projects throughout the country, focusing on five key economic sectors: biomedical and health, environment and natural resources, information processing, risk and finance and communication, networks and security. Our programs also focus on developing the up-and-coming generation of Canadian researchers through skills enhancement workshops, technical training events, graduate and post-doctoral internships and math outreach activities. Through our graduate and post-doctoral internship program, MITACS has expanded its mandate to lead the country in the creation of internships in all industry sectors and academic disciplines. Whether in engineering, psychology, business, or medicine, MITACS ACCELERATE is Canada’s premiere program offering students the opportunity to apply their research to real-world issues. MITACS has a proven track record of supporting leading research, while connecting Canadian businesses and organizations to the next generation of skilled workers. We help businesses and organizations access advanced university expertise so that they can develop the products of tomorrow today.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Classes of Members: The membership of the Corporation consists of two classes of Members: Full Members and Associate Members.

• Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:

  • Mitacs Inc. is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
  • MITACS is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
  • MITACS is a member of the BC Business Council and Vancouver Board of Trade and the Canadian Mathematics Society.

End date of the last completed financial year: 2026-03-31

List of Government Funding

Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Alberta Advanced Education	$5,350,000.00	Yes
Department of Industry, Energy and Technology, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,832,624.00	Yes
Fonds de recherche du Quebec - Nature et technologies	$1,703,500.00	Yes
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development office (FCDO), United Kingdom	$21,000.00	Yes
Innovation PEI	$200,000.00	Yes
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$125,010,509.00	Yes
Ministere de l'Economie de l’Innovation, Quebec	$12,300,000.00	Yes
Ministry of Advanced Education, Government of Saskatchewan	$1,580,000.00	Yes
Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Government of Ontario	$6,518,356.00	Yes
Ministry of Labour and Advanced Education, Government of Nova Scotia	$5,040,000.00	Yes
National Research Council (NRC)	$12,000.00	Yes
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation	$1,200,000.00	Yes
Research Manitoba	$1,600,000.00	Yes
The Government of Yukon	$60,000.00	Yes

• Government funding in previous versions

  List of Government Funding

  End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
  2025-03-31	Industry Canada	$6,000,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$129,000,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$135,000,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	National Research Council (NRC)	$257,500.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Post Secondary Edcuation and Future Skills (MPSEFS)	$10,000,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Manitoba, Research Manitoba	$1,600,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation	$1,200,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Newfoundland & Labrador, Department of Industry, Energy and Technology	$1,000,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Nova Scotia, Minister of Advanced Education	$4,708,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Ontario, Minister of Colleges and Universities (MCU)	$10,800,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Prince Edward Island, Innovation PEI	$200,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Quebec, Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Energy	$13,257,500.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Province of Saskatchewan, Minister of Advanced Education	$1,150,000.00	Yes
  2025-03-31	Yukon Territory, Ministry of Economic Development (MED)	$80,000.00	Yes