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Organization: Laboratories Canada - Public Services and Procurement Canada
Published: 2025
TerraCanada Hub
The TerraCanada Hub will promote collaboration between complementary federal science departments and academia to conserve the sustainable development of land and resources, encourage the greening of Canada’s economy, and protect the health and safety of Canadians.
Science priorities:
- Develop the economic potential of Canada’s land and resources in a sustainable manner
- Support Canada’s transformation to a low-carbon economy
- Generate and share knowledge to mitigate the impacts of natural and human-made hazards on the safety and health of Canadians
TerraCanada Mississauga project at Speakman Drive
This new Advanced Material Research Facility will support the collaborative deployment of materials acceleration platforms (MAP), a novel approach to developing and scaling clean energy and smart materials, helping to ensure Canada meets its emission reduction targets and grows the clean energy and manufacturing sectors.
Facility highlights:
- LEED Gold, formal approval pending
- Geothermal Exchange Heat Pump Plant
- LED Lighting
- Solar Cells
- EV Charging
Housing scientists from:
- National Research Council (NRC)
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- The first lab built for developing new material technology through artificial intelligence (AI) and computer-enabled robotics.
- The refitted 2nd floor and new 3rd and 4th floors add 6,225 m2 plus a 711 m2 rooftop of collaboration space.
- Additional space to accommodate 95 scientists and research partners.
Laboratories Canada
The Laboratories Canada strategy will advance world-class cross-disciplinary science, enabling breakthroughs and innovation, while remaining ready and agile to respond to national challenges and research priorities through five science hubs:
- Atlantic Science Enterprise Centre
- Cultural Heritage Science
- Regulatory and Security Science
- TerraCanada
- Transportation Safety and Technology Science
Advancing universal accessibility
- Fostering equity and diversity
- Inclusion by design in all new science facilities
Approximately $240M in benefits for Indigenous businesses and communities across Canada committed to date
370k Tonnes of CO2 equivalent (TCO2EQ) GHG reductions over 40-year lifecycle
Delivering on Canada’s commitments to net-zero
Approximately 52,000 person-years employment in architecture, engineering, trades, manufacturing, and clean tech
Outcomes
305,000 m2 of space to be decommissioned, resulting in cost savings
3,000 employees in safe, healthy workplaces