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British Columbia

Home to D-Wave Systems, a global leader in quantum computing, and two major research universities.

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AI Institutes
Capital
Victoria
Pop. 5.6

Key Players

University of British Columbia·Simon Fraser University·D-Wave


What's happening in British Columbia

Curated Canada stream

Signals worth scanning now

A narrower Canada feed focused on the items most relevant to acceleration, capacity building, and institutional impact.

Source methodology
British Columbia
Data from Canadian News Feeds

AI Search Interest by Province

LIVE

Relative search interest (0–100). Higher values indicate greater search volume relative to total searches in that region.

Data from Google Trends

Labour Demand

Market Performance

Canadian AI Research

Data from arXiv.org

Parliamentary Records

Recent mentions of artificial intelligence in House of Commons debates and committee proceedings, sourced from OpenParliament.ca. Tracks which MPs and parties are engaging with AI policy and the tone of their discourse.

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Data from OpenParliament.ca

Talent & Education

Tech Immigration

NSERC AI Grants

University AI Programs29 programs at 20 universities

Graduate and undergraduate programs in AI, machine learning, and data science at Canadian universities.

University of British Columbia

British Columbia

MScPhD

Strong computer vision and robotics groups

Simon Fraser University

British Columbia

MSc

University of Victoria

British Columbia

MSc

Ecosystem & Community

Canadian AI Startups41 companies tracked

Notable AI companies across Canada, from early-stage startups to public companies.

Burnaby, British ColumbiaEst. 1999

World's first commercial quantum computing company

Quantum ML
Sanctuary AISeries B
Vancouver, British ColumbiaEst. 2018

General-purpose humanoid robots with human-like intelligence; $140M+ total funding

Robotics
ClioSeries D+
Burnaby, British ColumbiaEst. 2008

Legal tech with AI-powered practice management (CoPilot)

Enterprise AI
Vancouver, British ColumbiaEst. 2009

Spatial computing and AI visualization (acquired by Unity)

Creative AI
Vancouver, British ColumbiaEst. 2012

Digital skills bootcamps including AI and data science

EdTech AI
TerrameraSeries B
Vancouver, British ColumbiaEst. 2010

AI-powered clean agriculture technology

Climate & Energy AI

Funding & Startup Signals

Funding rounds, acquisitions, and product launches extracted from Canadian AI news.

AI Events & Community1 upcoming

Conferences, meetups, and public consultations across Canada.

May

25

Canadian AI Conference 2026
Burnaby, British Columbia
Conference