Top 12 Space startups in Canada
Mar 02, 2026
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Funding: $183M
MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics, satellite systems, and geointelligence pioneer. MDA is developing the Canadarm3, an iconic, next-generation AI-enabled robotic system. Also MDA supports humanity’s long-term return to the lunar surface,
MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics, satellite systems, and geointelligence pioneer. MDA is developing the Canadarm3, an iconic, next-generation AI-enabled robotic system. Also MDA supports humanity’s long-term return to the lunar surface,
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Funding: $177.1M
Kepler Communications is a satellite constellation operator building a network for fast telecommunications services and high-resolution Earth observation from space. Its satellites are used for defense and communication industries. They also function as “orbital data centers” that can store terabytes of information and run AI workloads in space. The satellites use lasers to transmit information, bringing space communications up from the “dial-up speeds” of older technologies.
Kepler Communications is a satellite constellation operator building a network for fast telecommunications services and high-resolution Earth observation from space. Its satellites are used for defense and communication industries. They also function as “orbital data centers” that can store terabytes of information and run AI workloads in space. The satellites use lasers to transmit information, bringing space communications up from the “dial-up speeds” of older technologies.
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Funding: $119.2M
NorthStar is revolutionary in its raw data capabilities & capacity for information processing via advanced software analytics.
NorthStar is revolutionary in its raw data capabilities & capacity for information processing via advanced software analytics.
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Funding: $6.8M
Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions.
Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions.
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Funding: CA$6.2M
Canada Rocket Company plans to become the first Canadian company to have the capacity to launch medium-payload satellites in space, filling in a potentially important niche in Canada’s defence. The company is targeting the “the missing middle” portion of the market - its rockets will deliver medium payloads, weighing up to 6,500 kilograms
Canada Rocket Company plans to become the first Canadian company to have the capacity to launch medium-payload satellites in space, filling in a potentially important niche in Canada’s defence. The company is targeting the “the missing middle” portion of the market - its rockets will deliver medium payloads, weighing up to 6,500 kilograms
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Funding: $3.9M
MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics, satellite systems, and geointelligence pioneer.
MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics, satellite systems, and geointelligence pioneer.
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Funding: CA$3.9M
Perceptive Space is building a space weather platform that provides space weather predictions for safe & reliable operations.
Perceptive Space is building a space weather platform that provides space weather predictions for safe & reliable operations.
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Funding: $173.7K
Qoherent is accelerating the pace of AI signal processing for radio. Qoherent's AI can improve reliability of space communcations by switching to more resilient waveforms, another part of the spectrum, or another path in the constellation.
Qoherent is accelerating the pace of AI signal processing for radio. Qoherent's AI can improve reliability of space communcations by switching to more resilient waveforms, another part of the spectrum, or another path in the constellation.
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Enabling the space economy through reimagined, autonomous, and safe spacecraft docking systems
