REGIONS
Fostering Innovation from Coast to Coast
From tidal power in Truro, to critical minerals in the Kootenays, Canada is abundant with natural resources. That’s why we are building powerful networks across the country to accelerate cleantech innovation.
Nationally Driven, Regionally Focused
We must reach Canada’s bold climate targets. We’ll do it by bringing cleantech stakeholders together from across the country to drive national impact through:
Tailored, regional support for Canadian innovators from ideation to scale-up
Programming based on provincial strengths and economic drivers
A cross-country network of 200+ mentors and EIRS to guide Canada’s top cleantech ventures
Our National Impact
Find Your Region
British Columbia
With diverse natural resources and international business pipelines, BC is perfectly positioned to be a cleantech powerhouse.
Through Foresight's Net Zero Innovation Network (NZIN) in BC, we’re accelerating the province's transition to a clean, net zero economy by bringing together the ecosystem to fast-track the development and adoption of clean technology solutions.
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October 5, 2023 Article Calling All Canadian Cleantech Innovators: Let’s Get British Columbia to Net Zero, Together Foresight’s BC Net Zero Innovation Network (BCNZIN) is launching a Call for Solutions in search of powerful cleantech solutions within four key sectors: water, transportation, mining, and forest bioeconomy. View Article
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July 27, 2023 Announcement Connecting Canada’s Water Tech Ecosystem Foresight Canada has embarked on a mission to map, categorize, and analyze our country’s water technology value chain in the Ventures to Value Chains: Water Technology database and report. View Announcement
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June 28, 2023 Article Moving Towards a Sustainable Future: Foresight's BC Net Zero Innovation Network Transportation Cluster Foresight Canada's recently launched BC Net Zero Innovation Network - Transportation cluster is laser-focused on transforming the province's transportation sector. View Article
Our BC Partners
We’re grateful to partner with forward-looking organizations that are helping us propel BC to net zero.
Alberta
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September 25, 2023 Article Celebrating Carbon Month at The Carbon Capture Canada Conference Foresight's Alberta Director, David Yiptong, shares insights from the Carbon Capture Canada Conference in Edmonton, AB, where organizations and individuals from across the country and around the globe gathered to share insights, address common challenges, and discuss the future of carbon tech innovation. View Article
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July 20, 2023 Article Building a Green Prairie Economy | Reflections from the PrairiesCan Engagement Sessions On June 12, Foresight Canada took part in an engagement roundtable session in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by PrairiesCan to discuss the newly minted Building a Green Prairie Economy Act. View Article
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July 6, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: PolarBlock PolarBlock has developed an environmentally-friendly concrete form that can be used in place of traditional building materials. Their unique solution allows them to reduce the amount of other building materials, is water and fire resistant, and highly insulated, resulting in structures that are energy efficient with reduced operational costs. View Article
Our Alberta Partners
We’re thrilled to partner with Alberta-based organizations that are helping put the province on the map as a cleantech powerhouse.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba
With a wealth of resources and key strengths in sectors such as agtech and energy, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are becoming hotbeds for cleantech development.
Through strategic partnerships, venture acceleration, and investor connections, we’re excited to be contributing to cleantech innovation across the prairies.
Prairies
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July 20, 2023 Article Building a Green Prairie Economy | Reflections from the PrairiesCan Engagement Sessions On June 12, Foresight Canada took part in an engagement roundtable session in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by PrairiesCan to discuss the newly minted Building a Green Prairie Economy Act. View Article
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July 20, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Proteus Waters - Closing the Circle on Waste Wastewater is an underused and under appreciated resource. Proteus Waters is focused on a water recovery and circular economic business model that also has a much smaller environmental footprint, and far lower economic cost, when compared to traditional bacterial options. View Article
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July 13, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: drOPs Solutions The drOPs platform aims to enable water treatment operators to effectively manage clean water production, and acts as a centralized marketplace for all the items a water treatment plant needs in order to keep running. View Article
Our Prairies Partners
Our partners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are helping us fuel cleantech across the prairies.
Ontario
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August 3, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Co2L Tech CO2L Tech is a cleantech startup specializing in CO2-utilization technologies, and has developed innovative processes that have enabled them to manufacture a diverse range of CO2-derived products including desiccants, two-way humidity controllers, and different chemical precursors. View Article
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July 27, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Last20 Pavement Last20 Pavement has developed a novel solution to put plastic waste to good use. Their technology is a cost-effective, environmentally-driven, high-performance solution for asphalt applications that upcycles low density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic into pavement. View Article
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July 6, 2023 Article Three Days of Connections, A Lifetime of Impact Elizabeth Thorsen, VP, Operations at Foresight Canada, shares her insights and reflections from attending Collision 2023. View Article
Our Ontario Partners
Our Ontario-based partners are helping us support cleantech innovation across Canada’s most populous province.
Quebec
With a vast supply of leading research facilities and a vibrant ecosystem of cleantech ventures, Quebec is becoming a hub for cleantech innovation.
Through direct support for innovative Quebec-based cleantech ventures, and expansive investor programming and virtual events, we are actively growing the cleantech community in Quebec.
Quebec
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August 17, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Vizva AgroTech Globally, agriculture accounts for roughly 70 per cent of all freshwater withdrawals. Thankfully, Vizva AgroTech has found a way to cut agricultural water consumption by over 95 per cent. View Article
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August 9, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: GreenLIB Founded in 2022, GreenLIB is a cleantech startup focused on lithium-ion batteries and the refining of raw materials in order to address the escalating problem of battery waste management. View Article
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June 22, 2023 Announcement Circulus AgTech Solution Inc. Wins Top Prize at the Quebec Cleantech Investment Challenge Pitch Night Finale The Quebec Cleantech Investment Challenge, powered by HSBC, came to an exciting conclusion on June 15 at the Pitch Night Finale, with Circulus AgTech Solution Inc. winning the grand prize of $100,000 to further develop their solution. View Announcement
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July 5, 2021 Article Coast to Coast Cleantech Road Trip: CANN Forecast, Montreal, Quebec Our next Cleantech Coast to Coast Road Trip stop is Montreal - one of Canada’s most vibrant cities. View Article
Our Quebec Partners
Key partnerships in Quebec are helping us foster collaboration and drive cleantech innovation in Quebec.
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is focused on becoming a key center for cleantech development in everything from renewable energy to green building.
Through Innovation Challenges, investor matchmaking opportunities and direct venture support, we’re working to catapult Atlantic Canada’s climate innovations onto the global stage.
Atlantic Canada
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August 30, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Picketa Systems New Brunswick’s Picketa Systems is changing the future of agtech with a plant tissue analysis technology that provides real-time results, removing nearly all turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples. View Article
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August 29, 2023 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast: Planetary Technologies Planetary Technologies is developing the world’s first carbon removal system that has the ability to transform coastal outfalls into carbon removal machines. Their technology has the potential to remove 2,000,000 gross tonnes of carbon per year, creating a significant impact on levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere. View Article
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July 12, 2021 Article Cleantech Coast to Coast Road Trip: Aquafort, St. John’s, Newfoundland Our final destination is St. John’s, the oldest city in North America. View Article
Our Partners in Atlantic Canada
With partnerships across the Maritimes, cleantech is on the rise in Canada’s maritime provinces.