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The company's principal activity is to provide financial solutions to farm families and agribusiness. It provides visible support to rural Canada through various community investments. The company operates solely in Canada.

Business Development Bank of Canada provides commercial banking services. It offers business loans and consulting services to help Canadian businesses grow, both at home and abroad. The firm also offers a full spectrum of specialized financing, including venture capital, equity as well as growth and business transition capital through its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

PainCeptor Pharma Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which engages in the development of pharmaceuticals for chronic and acute pain. It offers next generation therapeutic drugs for the treatment of chronic and acute pain. The firms products includes NGF/p75-TrkA, ASIC1a and ASIC3. The company was founded by Louis Lamontagne in 2003 and is headquartered in St-Laurent, Canada.

Part of DSM-Firmenich AG, DSM Biologics Holding, Inc. is a Canadian company that manufactures biological and pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. The company was founded by Jos van Weperen. DSM Biologics Holding was acquired by DSM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of DSM-Firmenich AG from Province of Québec on July 13, 2005.

Bioniche Pharma Group Ltd. is a specialty pharmaceutical company involved primarily in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of sterile injectable products. The company sells a number of non-branded products in the U.S. market for which it has received approved Abbreviated New Drug Applications. It also sells its branded product Suplasyn in 30 countries globally. The firm's products are sold to both the primary care and hospital markets in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Casla, Ireland.

Lombard Life Sciences (Lombard Life Sciences) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

BioQuebec is the largest biotechnology and life sciences network in Quebec, Canada. The private company is based in Bromont, Canada. BioQuebec's 130 members include companies and organizations that operate at every level of the biotechnology and life sciences innovation chain, ranging from biotechs to pharmas, contract research organizations, venture capital firms, and support organizations. The Canadian company engages in governmental representation, business development, and partnerships to support the growth of Quebec's biotechnology and life sciences industry, which creates wealth and specialized jobs, is focused on innovation and marketing, and is dedicated to improving everyone's health and quality of life. BioQuebec's actions aim to make Quebec one of the industry's most significant and valuable players on the international stage. The company was founded in 1991 by Pierre Alary, and the CEO is Mario Lebrun.

Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario engages in the provision of accounting education. It offers certification, continued trainings, and professional development. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Genome Alberta is a non-profit corporation. It initiates, funds, and manages genomics research and partnerships. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute engages in the provision of biomedical research services. It conducts research into various forms of cancer including colon, breast, pancreatic, prostate, neurological disorders and brain illnesses, women's and infants' health, diabetes, developmental biology, stem cell biology and tissue regeneration, mouse models of human disease, genomic medicine, and systems biology. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Prognomix, Inc. develops market molecular diagnostic kits for testing of diabetes complications. Its products include PGX IR01, PGx GR01, PGx CD01 and PGx IR02. The firm focuses on discovery and clinical application of genomic signatures predictive of susceptibility to diseases, their complications and individual therapeutic responsiveness. The company was founded by Johanne Tremblay and Pavel Hamet in 2005 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal provides advice, training, events, business plans, financing, and more to help businesses start and grow. The non-profit company is based in Montreal, Canada. The Canadian company also organizes events, conferences, and training, and have pillar sponsors who contribute to the prosperity of businesses and the city. The organization also offers a program to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The CEO of the company is Michel Leblanc.

Alberta Health Services Its programs and services include addictions and substance abuse, allergies, asthma, blood and lymphatic system, bones, joints, and muscles, brain and nerves, cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, diabetes, digestion, environmental health, poison and toxicology, eyes and vision, food and nutrition, genes, chromosomes and genetic conditions, health system, heart and circulation, hormones and endocrine system, and immune system, as well as ear, nose, and throat. The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Prairie Plant Systems Inc. provides plant based solutions with a focus on research and development services. It incorporates new plant biotechnologies into deliverable plant-based systems for biopharmaceutical, agricultural and environmental market applications. The firm specializes in the production of prairie hardy fruit trees and seed potatoes. The company was founded by Brent Zettl in 1988 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

National Institute for Nanotechnology operates as a nanotechnological research. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Alveda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sells and distributes pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Its products are available in different sizes and formats including glass vials, ampoules, syringes, and polyampoules. The firm''s consulting services cover areas, such as, product development, warehousing and logistics, manufacturing, quality control testing and product analysis, and labeling and package development. It serves hospitals, buying groups, wholesalers, individual physicians, pharmacists, and patients. The company was founded in November 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

TEC Edmonton operates as a business incubator. The firm's area of expertise include business development, funding and finance, technology management, and entrepreneur development. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Edmonton, CA.

Canadian Light Source, Inc. operates research and development centre for mining and energy, health and life sciences, and advanced manufacturing industries. The firm's services include advanced X-ray imaging, non-destructive testing, in-situ investigations and bulk and surface investigations. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Icore is a Canadian company that specializes in research and development in the field of information and communication security and privacy.

Global Institute for Food Security provides discovery research in agriculture and food production. Its research focuses on three areas: Seed and Developmental Biology, Root-Soil-Microbial Interactions, and Digital and Computational Agriculture. The company was founded by Bill Doyle, Brad Wall, and Peter MacKinnon in February 2011 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system and urological cancers. It also develops proprietary therapeutic cytokines called Superkines, Superkines is powerful immune-system modulators that have significant therapeutic potential for the treatment of many forms of cancer and selected other diseases. Superkines can be fused to tumor cell-killing payloads to form Medicenna's proprietary Empowered Cytokines (EC's). The firm's EC's are being developed for the targeted treatment of cancer and are potentially vastly superior alternatives to other targeted cancer therapies such as Antibody Drug Conjugates. The company was founded by Fahar Merchan and Rosemina Merchant in 2011 and is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.

Global Transplant Solutions, Inc. provides solutions for the preservation of human organs.

Kitchener Power Corp. supplies electricity.