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Startup accelerators in Canada

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

99
Startup accelerators in Canada
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Pioneer Fund Toronto, Canada 860 12 34 225
2 Ontario Centres of Excellence Toronto, Canada 434 18 64 15
3 NEXT Canada Toronto, Canada 311 18 31 4
4 DMZ Toronto, Canada 288 37 41 0
5 Accelerator Centre Waterloo, Canada 211 167 11 3
6 Centech Montréal, Canada 181 173 6 0
7 L-SPARK Ottawa, Canada 108 88 14 0
8 entrepreneurship@UBC Vancouver, Canada 106 2 9 0
9 FounderFuel Montréal, Canada 101 11 20 0
10 Next AI Montréal, Canada 88 3 2 4
11 ACET Capital Sherbrooke, Canada 86 3 5 3
12 Cycle Momentum Montréal, Canada 85 69 1 6
13 Center of Aging and Brain Health Innovation Toronto, Canada 85 68 1 0
14 District Ventures Capital Calgary, Canada 78 15 2 2
15 Cultivator Regina, Canada 70 56 2 1
16 Extreme Venture Partners Toronto, Canada 70 23 20 6
17 Invest Nova Scotia Halifax, Canada 63 49 2 0
18 Techstars Toronto Accelerator Toronto, Canada 61 29 4 108
19 HIGHLINEvc Toronto, Canada 61 1 28 0
20 TandemLaunch Montréal, Canada 58 30 6 0
21 East Valley Ventures Saint John, Canada 51 3 13 2
22 BrandProject Toronto, Canada 46 12 11 5
23 Ontario Junior Exploration Programme Toronto, Canada 43 42 38 174
24 Spring Activator Vancouver, Canada 41 3 1 20
25 DigitalCPR Waterloo, Canada 39 4 0 0
26 Genesis St. John's, Canada 37 15 0 2
27 Canadian Technology Accelerator Ottawa, Canada 36 32 8 11
28 LatAm Startups Toronto, Canada 36 1 2 2
29 Empowered Startups Vancouver, Canada 36 0 0 2
30 The Holt Xchange Montréal, Canada 30 11 0 7
31 Purppl Kelowna, Canada 29 7 1 1
32 500 Startups Canada Toronto, Canada 26 1 7 0
33 New Ventures BC Vancouver, Canada 25 15 2 4
34 Startupfest Montréal, Canada 24 23 0 3
35 Ecofuel Montréal, Canada 23 8 1 0
36 Highline Beta Toronto, Canada 23 6 1 5
37 i.d.e.a. Fund Guelph, Canada 22 22 0 0
38 Propel Charlottetown, Canada 22 20 1 2
39 NorthSpring Capital Partners Cambridge, Canada 22 8 4 0
40 Campus des Technologies de la Santé/CTS Healthcare Quebec, Canada 22 1 0 0
41 Altitude Accelerator Brampton, Canada 19 19 2 2
42 Intuit Prosperity Accelerator Toronto, Canada 17 17 0 941
43 SCALE AI Montréal, Canada 17 16 6 0
44 Social Ventures Zone Toronto, Canada 17 1 0 0
45 Founder Institute Montreal Montréal, Canada 16 15 1 0
46 GDA Capital Toronto, Canada 16 5 0 4
47 Communitech Kitchener, Canada 14 2 3 13
48 Energia Ventures Fredericton, Canada 13 5 0 0
49 adMare Bio Innovations Vancouver, Canada 13 0 1 13
50 Canadian Technology Accelerator Silicon Valley Ottawa, Canada 12 12 1 716
51 Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada Toronto, Canada 12 11 0 0
52 Flots Rimouski, Canada 12 8 0 0
53 Bootup Labs Vancouver, Canada 12 0 3 0
54 Costarter Thunder Bay, Canada 11 0 0 0
55 The Summer Institute Fredericton, Canada 9 9 0 0
56 UMMAH1 Toronto, Canada 9 5 0 0
57 TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario London, Canada 8 8 0 0
58 Volta Cohort Halifax, Canada 7 7 0 4
59 FemTech Breakfast Club Montréal, Canada 7 0 0 0
60 CQIB Laval, Canada 6 6 0 0
61 Women4Climate Toronto Toronto, Canada 6 6 0 0
62 York Entrepreneurship Development Institute Toronto, Canada 6 3 0 0
63 Grit Ventures Mississauga, Canada 6 0 2 1
64 INOVAIT Toronto, Canada 5 3 0 1
65 HaloHealth Toronto, Canada 5 1 0 0
66 ODX Ventures Waterloo, Canada 5 1 0 0
67 Zú Montréal, Canada 5 0 0 2
68 AcCELLerate ON Toronto, Canada 4 4 0 0
69 Communitech HYPERDRIVE Kitchener, Canada 4 2 0 0
70 RADIUS Vancouver, Canada 4 1 0 0
71 Web3 Ventures Toronto, Canada 4 1 0 0
72 BC Tech Association Vancouver, Canada 3 0 0 5
73 Climate Ventures Toronto, Canada 2 1 0 0
74 Growlab Ventures Vancouver, Canada 2 1 2 0
75 MT Lab Montreal, Canada 2 1 0 0
76 Nova Scotia Innovation Hub Dartmouth, Canada 2 1 0 0
77 Rethink Climate Vancouver, Canada 2 1 0 0
78 University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Toronto, Canada 2 1 0 0
79 Delbridge Capital Partners Vaughan, Canada 2 0 0 0
80 Launch.vc Vancouver, Canada 2 0 0 0
81 Red Jar Capital Toronto, Canada 2 0 0 0
82 SOVAR Quebec, Canada 2 0 0 0
83 Year One Labs Montréal, Canada 2 0 1 0
84 Emergence Incubator Charlottetown, Canada 1 1 0 0
85 Joule Ottawa, Canada 1 1 0 0
86 POWERSHiFTER Vancouver, Canada 1 1 0 0
87 V1 Studio Montréal, Canada 1 1 0 0
88 Aqua Hacking Montréal, Canada 1 0 0 0
89 Creating Hope in Conflict: a Humanitarian Grand Challenge Toronto, Canada 1 0 0 0
90 Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Kingston, Canada 1 0 0 0
91 INcubes Toronto, Canada 1 0 0 0
92 Miramichi Technology Fund Fredericton, Canada 1 0 0 0
93 XTY Capital Vancouver, Canada 1 0 0 0
94 Beeloud Vancouver, Canada 0 0 0 0
95 Canada India Accelerator Program Ottawa, Canada 0 0 0 0
96 GetFresh Ventures Vancouver, Canada 0 0 0 0
97 KIGALabs Toronto, Canada 0 0 0 0
98 Marketplace Ventures Toronto, Canada 0 0 0 0
99 MokenLabs Vancouver, Canada 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup accelerators in Canada, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 99.

Investment stages

Among these 99
Seed investors76 Early stage investors45 Grant makers32 Non equity assistance16 Venture investors14 Late stage investors7 Crowdfunding investors4 Convertible note investors3

Other investors in Canada

Venture capital firms644 Angel investors509 Private equity firms286 Investment partners141 Micro VC funds76 Startup incubators66 Angel groups61 Government investment offices58 Family offices54 Investment banks37 Venture debt funds30 Corporate venture capital29

Startup accelerators elsewhere

United States1,021 United Kingdom206 India140 South Korea125 Germany90 France87 Spain77 Singapore73 Brazil61 Australia58 Italy58 Switzerland49 United Arab Emirates44 The Netherlands43 Japan38 Israel37 Hong Kong25 Turkey25 Poland24 Russian Federation24 Belgium23 Portugal23 China21 Mexico21
Cite: FundingWatcher, 99 startup accelerators in Canada, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/canada/