Solutions Driven by Green Ideas

Globally, clean technology (cleantech) is valued in the trillions of dollars. The world’s appetite for clean energy systems is being driven by ambitious goals to meet net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada is well-positioned to become a global leader in cleantech. Our cleantech R&D ecosystem, combined with our highly skilled and educated workforce, is drawing global companies looking to expand and develop green solutions.

Industry Spotlight

Canada’s clean technology industry includes technological processes, products or services that improve performance or lower costs, reduce environmental impacts, and use natural resources efficiently and responsibly.

Canada’s cleantech ecosystem continues to strengthen its presence on the global stage. We are producing high-impact companies and commercializing climate and environmental solutions that the world needs and wants as we march to net zero.

Tyler Hamilton, Director of Cleantech, MaRS

#2 on Global Cleantech Innovation Index

11 Canadian businesses among top 100 global companies in sustainable innovation

1,000+ cleantech companies across Canada Source: D&B Hoovers, fDiMarkets and PitchBook
Retrieved May 16, 2022

341,000+ jobs in cleantech Source: Statistics Canada

7 cleantech investments in 2021 Source: fDi Markets and PitchBook
Retrieved: May 24, 2022

$206.2 million in cleantech investments announced in 2021 Source: fDi Markets and PitchBook
Retrieved: May 24, 2022

WHO’S WHO: 2021 cleantech investments in Canada

Working with partners across the country, Invest in Canada helps facilitate cleantech investments from countries around the world. Here are some of the global companies that invested in Canada in 2021.

What’s Happening: Hydrogen

Global investors look to Canada as the place to invest in hydrogen thanks to key players and associations across the country that support innovation:

Invest in Canada – FDI Report 2021
Invest in Canada’s FDI Report 2021 highlights how foreign direct investment reached a 15-year high last year, creating new jobs, a greener future and sustainable growth. http://ow.ly/ZPUc50JxtNj
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FDI Report 2021 by @invest_canada highlights how foreign direct investment reached a 15-year high in 2021, creating new jobs, a greener future and sustainable growth. http://ow.ly/ZPUc50JxtNj
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