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Eligible Research Institutes

List of organizations designated as "Eligible Research Institutes" for purposes of the 'Ontario Business Research Institute Tax Credit' as at January 2010.

Ontario Universities

The following Ontario Universities, including any Affiliated non-profit organization or Federated University of these Universities, are designated as "Eligible Research Institutes":

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
101 St. Catharines Brock University May 7, 1997
102 Ottawa Carleton University May 7, 1997
103 Ottawa Dominican University College May 7, 1997
104 Thunder Bay Lakehead University May 7, 1997
105 Sudbury Laurentian University May 7, 1997
106 Hamilton McMaster University May 7, 1997
107 North Bay Nipissing University May 7, 1997
108 Toronto Ontario College of Art & Design May 7, 1997
109 Kingston Queen's University May 7, 1997
110 Kingston Royal Military College May 7, 1997
111 Toronto Ryerson University May 7, 1997
112 Peterborough Trent University May 7, 1997
113 Guelph University of Guelph May 7, 1997
114 Oshawa University of Ontario Institute of Technology Jun 3, 2002
115 Ottawa University of Ottawa May 7, 1997
116 Toronto University of Toronto May 7, 1997
117 Waterloo University of Waterloo May 7, 1997
118 London University of Western Ontario May 7, 1997
119 Windsor University of Windsor May 7, 1997
120 Waterloo Wilfred Laurier University May 7, 1997
121 York York University May 7, 1997
122 Sault Ste.Marie Algoma University Jun 18, 2008


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Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology

The following Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology are designated as "Eligible Research Institutes":

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
201 Nepean Algonquin College May 7, 1997
202 Sudbury Cambrian College May 7, 1997
203 North Bay Canadore College May 7, 1997
204 Toronto Centennial College May 7, 1997
205 Sudbury Collège Boréal May 7, 1997
206 Kitchener Conestoga College May 7, 1997
207 Thunder Bay Confederation College May 7, 1997
208 Oshawa Durham College May 7, 1997
209 London Fanshawe College May 7, 1997
210 Peterborough Fleming College May 7, 1997
211 Toronto George Brown College May 7, 1997
212 Barrie Georgian College May 7, 1997
213 Toronto Humber College May 7, 1997
214 Ottawa La Cité Collégiale May 7, 1997
215 Sarnia Lambton College May 7, 1997
216 Belleville Loyalist College May 7, 1997
217 Hamilton Mohawk College May 7, 1997
218 Welland Niagara College May 7, 1997
219 Timmins Northern College May 7, 1997
220 Windsor St. Clair College May 7, 1997
221 Kingston St. Lawrence College May 7, 1997
222 Sault Ste. Marie Sault College May 7, 1997
223 North York Seneca College May 7, 1997
224 Oakville Sheridan College May 7, 1997


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Hospital Research Institutes

Hospitals that have been classified as Group A, D, H, or L Hospitals under the Public Hospitals Act - Regulation 964 - Classification of Hospitals are currently designated as "Eligible Research Institutes."

Note
For periodic changes to this listing, please see: www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/contact/hosp/hospcode.html

Group A - General/Teaching

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
301 Hamilton Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
  • Chedoke Hospital Site
  • General Hospital Site
  • Henderson General Hospital Site
  • McMaster University Medical Centre Site
 May 7, 1997
  • St. Peter's Hospital Site
 Oct 15, 2009
302 Hamilton St. Joseph's Health Care System - Hamilton
  • St. Joseph's Hospital Site
 May 1, 2000
  • Centre for Mountain Health Services
 Oct 15, 2009
303 Kingston Kingston General Hospital May 7, 1997
304 Kingston Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph of the Hôtel Dieu of Kingston Hôtel Dieu Hospital May 7, 1997
305 London London Health Sciences Centre
  • South Street Site
  • University Site
  • Victoria - Westminster Site
 May 7, 1997
306 London St. Joseph's Health Care, London
  • Parkwood Site
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre Site
  • St. Joseph's Health Care, London - London MH Site
  • St. Joseph's Health Care, London - St. Thomas MH Site
 May 1, 2000
307 Ottawa Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario May 7, 1997
308 Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital / L'Hôpital d'Ottawa
  • Civic Site
  • General Site
 May 7, 1997
  • The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Site
 May 7, 1997 to Oct 14, 2009
  • Riverside Site
  • The Rehabilitation Centre site
 Oct 15, 2009
329 Ottawa University of Ottawa Heart Institute Oct 15, 2009
309 Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital May 7, 1997
310 Toronto St. Michael's Hospital May 7, 1997
311 Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital Site
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Site
 May 7, 1997
312 Toronto The Hospital for Sick Children May 7, 1997
313 Toronto University Health Network
  • Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital Site
  • Toronto General Hospital Site
  • Toronto Western Hospital Site
 May 7, 1997
314 Toronto Women's College Hospital May 7, 1997
330 Sudbury L'Hopital Regional de Sudbury Regional Hospital
  • General Site (St. Joseph's Health Centre)
  • Memorial Site
  • Laurentian Site
 Oct 15, 2009
331 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Oct 15, 2009

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Group D - Cancer Care

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
315 Kingston Kingston General Hospital May 7, 1997
316 Ottawa Hôpital Montfort May 7, 1997 to Oct 14, 2009
317 Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital
  • General Site
  • Civic Site
 Apr 1, 1998
  • Riverside Site
  • The Rehabilitation Centre Site
 Oct 15, 2009
318 Sudbury L'Hôpital Regional de Sudbury Regional Hospital
  • Laurentian Site
 Jan 4, 2004
  • General Site (St. Joseph's Health Centre)
  • Memorial Site
Oct 15, 2009
319 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Feb 23, 2004
320 Toronto University Health Network
  • Princess Margaret Hospital/The Ontario Cancer Institute Site
May 7, 1997
  • Toronto General Hospital Site
  • Toronto Western Hospital Site
Oct 15, 2009
321 Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Site
May 7, 1997
  • Orthopaedic and Arthritic Site
Oct 15, 2009

Group H Hospital - Psychiatric/Teaching

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
322 Hamilton St. Joseph's Health Care System-Hamilton
  • Centre for Mountain Health Services
 Aug 17, 2001
  • St. Joseph's Hospital Site
Oct 15, 2009
323 Kingston Providence Care Centre
  • Kingston Mental Health Services Site
 Aug 17, 2001
  • St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital Site
 Oct 15, 2009
324 London St. Joseph's Health Care, London
  • St. Joseph's  Health Care, London - London MH Site
  • St. Joseph's  Health Care, London - St. Thomas MH Site
 Aug 17, 2001
  • Parkwood Site
  • St. Joseph's Health Care Centre Site
 Oct 15, 2009
325 Ottawa Royal Ottawa Health Care Group/Services de Santé Royal Ottawa
  • Royal Ottawa Site
  • Brockville Psychiatric Site
 Mar 16, 2000 to Oct 14, 2009
326 Sudbury Northeast Mental Health Centre Jan 22, 2001 to Oct 14, 2009
327 Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Mar 9, 1998 to Oct 14, 2009

Group L - Alcoholism/Drug Addiction with teaching

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
328 Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Donwood Site
  • Clark Institute Site
  • Queen Street Site
  • Addiction Research Foundation Site
 Mar 9, 1998 to Oct 14, 2009
332 Windsor Windsor Regional Hosptal
  • Windsor Western Hospital Centre Site
  • Windsor Metropolitan General Site
  • Regional Children Centre
Oct 15, 2009


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Ontario Centres of Excellence

The following Ontario Centres of Excellence are designated as "Eligible Research Institutes."

Note
Contracts with the following may be written under the umbrella group name 'Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.':

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
401 Toronto Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc. May 7, 1997
402 Ottawa Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology May 7, 1997
403 Toronto Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies May 7, 1997
404 Toronto Centre of Excellence for Energy Oct 1, 2005
405 Mississauga Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing May 7, 1997
406 Ottawa Centre of Excellence for Photonics May 7, 1997

Other Organizations

The following other organizations are designated as "Eligible Research Institutes:"

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
501 Ottawa Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute May 7, 1997
502 Guelph Guelph Food Technology Centre May 7, 1997
503 London John P. Robarts Research Institute May 7, 1997
504 London Lawson Research Institute Jan 29, 1998
505 London London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc. Jun 18, 1997
506 Sudbury Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation Apr 8, 1998
507 Toronto Mount Sinai Research Corporation Oct 1, 2000
508 Sudbury Northern Centre for Advanced Technology May 7, 1997
509 Ottawa Ottawa Health Research Institute
  • Loeb Health Research Institute (May 7. 1997 to Mar 31, 2001)
  • Ottawa Health Research Institute (May 7. 1997 to Mar 31, 2001)
 Apr 1, 2001
510 Hamilton Research St. Joseph's, Hamilton May 7, 1997
511 Ottawa University of Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation May 7, 1997
512 Kingston ONGWANADA Hospital May 7, 1997
513 Toronto Fields Institute May 7, 1997
514 Toronto Ontario Institute for Cancer Research(OICR) Feb 1, 2008
515 Sudbury Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) Sept 23, 2009


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Networks of Centres of Excellence

The following Network of Centres of Excellence are designated as "Eligible Research Institutes:"

Note
Many of these organizations are located outside of Ontario. Only work performed by them within the Province of Ontario will be "qualified expenditures" for purposes of 'The Ontario Business-Research Institute Tax Credit.'

The effective dates of the NCE's may be extended, and don't necessarily expire in December. For up-to-date information on a particular NCE, please visit the Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada website.

ERI Code Location Eligible Research Institute Effective Date
601 Guelph, ON Advanced Foods and Materials Network 2003-2011
602 Hamilton, ON Allergy, Genes and Environment Network 2004-2012
603 St. John's, NL AquaNet - Network in Aquaculture 1999-2006
604 Quebec, QC ArcticNet 2003-2011
605 Windsor, ON AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence 2000-2012
606 Toronto, ON Canadian Arthritis Network 1998-2012
607 Calgary, AB Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network 1989-2005
608 Burnaby, BC Canadian Design Research Network 2005-2007
609 Vancouver, BC Canadian Genetic Diseases Network 1989-2007
610 Montreal, QC Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research 1989-2003
611 Quebec, QC Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations 1999-2012
612 London, ON Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network 2000-2008
613 Montreal, QC Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 1999-2007
614 Hamilton, ON Canadian Obesity Network 2005-2009
615 Ottawa, ON Canadian Stroke Network 1999-2010
616 Waterloo, ON Canadian Water Network 2000-2012
617 Ottawa, ON Emerging Dynamic Global Economies 2005-2007
618 Laval, QC Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network 1998-2012
619 Hamilton, ON Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network 1995-2002
620 Ottawa, ON Institue for Robotics and Intelligent Systems 1989-2006
621 Winnipeg, MB Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures 1995-2011
622 Toronto, ON National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly 2005-2009
623 Vancouver, BC PrioNet Canada 2005-2012
624 Kingston, ON and Toronto, ON Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network 2005-2009
625 Edmonton, AB Protein Engineering Network - PENCE Inc. 1989-2005
626 Burnaby, BC Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems 1998-2012
627 Pointe-Claire, QC Mechanical Wood-Pulps Network 1989-2004
628 Toronto, ON Micronet - Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems 1989-2005
629 Ottawa, ON Stem Cell Network 2000-2012
630 Edmonton, AB Sustainable Forest Management Network 1995-2010
631 Burnaby, BC TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence 1995-2002
632 Calgary, AL Carbon Management Canada 2009-2014
633 Vancouver, BC Graphics, Animation and New Media Canada 2009-2014
634 Vancouver, BC NeuroDevNet 2009-2014

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