Research in Ottawa
Science Explorer records 351 research institutions in Ottawa, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Ottawa, Carleton University and National Research Council Canada.
- Research institutions
- 351 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 290k ▲ 10% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.4% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Ottawa?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OttawaUniversity | 75,514 | #313 | |
| 2 | Carleton UniversityUniversity | 38,727 | #1,052 | |
| 3 | National Research Council CanadaGovernment institution | 24,938 | #1,203 | |
| 4 | Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGovernment institution | 19,216 | #2,823 | |
| 5 | Environment and Climate Change CanadaGovernment institution | 9,722 | #1,557 | |
| 6 | Ottawa HospitalHospital / health system | 8,698 | #1,909 | |
| 7 | Atomic Energy (Canada)Company | 8,373 | #457 all time | |
| 8 | Fisheries and Oceans CanadaGovernment institution | 7,492 | #4,896 | |
| 9 | Health CanadaGovernment institution | 6,722 | #7,292 | |
| 10 | Geological Survey of CanadaGovernment institution | 6,514 | #4,022 | |
| 11 | Natural Resources CanadaGovernment institution | 6,294 | #2,300 | |
| 12 | Children's Hospital of Eastern OntarioHospital / health system | 3,642 | #6,321 | |
| 13 | ImpactNonprofit | 3,556 | #2,745 | |
| 14 | Canadian Forest ServiceGovernment institution | 3,445 | #7,671 | |
| 15 | Defence Research and Development CanadaGovernment institution | 3,420 | #12,153 | |
| 16 | Public Health Agency of CanadaGovernment institution | 2,797 | #5,593 | |
| 17 | Communications Research Centre CanadaResearch facility | 2,760 | #21,152 | |
| 18 | Lockheed Martin (Canada)Company | 2,659 | #23,421 | |
| 19 | Statistics CanadaGovernment institution | 2,433 | #18,576 | |
| 20 | Institute on GovernanceNonprofit | 1,857 | #11,341 | |
| 21 | Institute for Microstructural SciencesResearch facility | 1,821 | #1,596 all time | |
| 22 | Steacie Institute for Molecular SciencesResearch facility | 1,800 | #1,615 all time | |
| 23 | Royal Ottawa Mental Health CentreHospital / health system | 1,587 | #10,040 | |
| 24 | Canadian Food Inspection AgencyGovernment institution | 1,488 | #13,030 | |
| 25 | Bank of CanadaInstitution | 1,461 | #14,408 | |
| 26 | Institute for Biological SciencesResearch facility | 1,438 | #6,520 all time | |
| 27 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaGovernment institution | 1,412 | #14,985 | |
| 28 | Government of CanadaGovernment institution | 1,407 | #18,467 | |
| 29 | Canada Research ChairsGovernment institution | 1,380 | #5,820 | |
| 30 | Saint Paul UniversityUniversity | 1,313 | #21,812 | |
| 31 | WiLAN (Canada)Company | 1,262 | #19,987 | |
| 32 | Canadian Museum of NatureArchive | 1,114 | #20,486 | |
| 33 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaUniversity | 1,082 | #10,092 all time | |
| 34 | Transport CanadaGovernment institution | 1,042 | #20,908 | |
| 35 | Canadian Blood ServicesFunder | 959 | #14,541 | |
| 36 | Medical Council of CanadaNonprofit | 915 | #6,568 all time | |
| 37 | Canadian Red Cross SocietyNonprofit | 867 | #8,462 all time | |
| 38 | Royal Canadian NavyGovernment institution | 856 | #28,269 all time | |
| 39 | Institute of Population and Public HealthResearch facility | 803 | #22,899 | |
| 40 | International Development Research CentreGovernment institution | 788 | #24,340 | |
| 41 | Parks CanadaGovernment institution | 763 | #20,109 | |
| 42 | Ottawa Regional Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 748 | #10,764 all time | |
| 43 | Department of National DefenceFunder | 736 | #25,331 | |
| 44 | Library and Archives CanadaArchive | 718 | #18,323 | |
| 45 | Global Affairs CanadaGovernment institution | 677 | #20,746 | |
| 46 | Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchGovernment institution | 676 | #7,235 all time | |
| 47 | CARE CanadaNonprofit | 643 | #18,098 | |
| 48 | Research CanadaResearch facility | 638 | #10,546 | |
| 49 | Canadian Nautical Research SocietyInstitution | 624 | #13,984 all time | |
| 50 | BruyèreHospital / health system | 623 | #11,754 | |
| 51 | Canadian Armed ForcesFunder | 621 | #24,056 | |
| 52 | Canadian Paediatric SocietyInstitution | 601 | #13,939 | |
| 53 | Canadian Linguistic AssociationInstitution | 558 | #34,589 all time | |
| 54 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research CouncilGovernment institution | 499 | #21,598 all time | |
| 55 | SR Research (Canada)Company | 439 | #22,848 all time | |
| 56 | Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGovernment institution | 395 | #29,956 all time | |
| 57 | Canadian Institute for Health InformationNonprofit | 377 | #16,778 all time | |
| 58 | General Dynamics (Canada)Company | 377 | #23,988 all time | |
| 59 | Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceGovernment institution | 369 | #25,239 all time | |
| 60 | Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and DiabetesResearch facility | 360 | #12,679 all time |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Ottawa strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Ottawa is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science and Public Administration (3.5× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 289.1 works3.5×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 508.1 works3.3×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 56.3 works3.0×
- EcologySubfield · 775.3 works2.8×
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 73.0 works2.7×
- Developmental BiologySubfield · 20.5 works2.6×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Ottawa?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
- Flow Regulation
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Ocean Circulation
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Arctic
- Population Dynamics
- Nationalism
- Primary Care
- Global Warming
- Identity
- Biodiversity
- COVID-19
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Quality of Life
- Environmental Impact
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Remote Sensing
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Invasive Species
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Health Effects
- Treatment
- Mortality
- Conservation
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Ethical Considerations
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Hydrology
- Immigration
- Trophic Cascades
- Conservation Challenges
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change2,174▲ 2.3×123 topics
- Epidemiology1,554◆ 1.12×138 topics
- Machine Learning1,011◆ 0.88×94 topics
- Deep Learning955▼ 0.80×83 topics
- Mental Health878▲ 1.71×46 topics
- Public Health801▲ 1.58×73 topics
- Remote Sensing725▲ 1.68×39 topics
- Globalization685◆ 1.00×151 topics
- Sustainability667▼ 0.78×120 topics
- Environmental Impact618◆ 1.04×70 topics
- Inflammation575▼ 0.79×82 topics
- Quality of Life550◆ 1.09×60 topics
- Invasive Species489▲ 3.3×21 topics
- Risk Factors479▲ 1.25×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress467▼ 0.82×62 topics
- Depression464▲ 1.51×25 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease457▲ 1.18×38 topics
- COVID-19446◆ 0.93×32 topics
- Health Effects415▲ 1.97×23 topics
- Biodiversity414▲ 1.59×38 topics
- Treatment409◆ 0.96×52 topics
- Identity376▲ 1.48×74 topics
- Mortality329▲ 1.63×13 topics
- Global Warming324▲ 2.3×16 topics
- Conservation320▲ 2.1×24 topics
- Primary Care292▲ 2.2×15 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation276▲ 3.6×5 topics
- Nationalism275▲ 1.70×32 topics
- Ethical Considerations274▲ 2.3×20 topics
- Population Dynamics269▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability250▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Arctic219▲ 5.6×4 topics
- Hydrology207▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience191▲ 3.7×5 topics
- Immigration189▲ 4.8×9 topics
- Ocean Circulation178▲ 3.9×3 topics
- Trophic Cascades166▲ 5.0×2 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity155▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Conservation Challenges145▲ 8.7×1 topic
- Flow Regulation145▲ 8.7×1 topic
What research is done in Ottawa?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 145 works
- 2 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 105 works
- 3 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 105 works
- 4 Canadian Identity and HistorySociology and Political Science 101 works
- 5 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 99 works
- 6 Marine animal studies overviewEcology 90 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 87 works
- 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsAtmospheric Science 86 works
- 9 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 85 works
- 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 80 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.