- http://open.canada.ca/en/Open_Source_Software
- Appnovation; Growth 500: 105; Growth (2012–2017): 859%; Revenue (2017): $20–50 million; Headquarters: Vancouver, B.C. What it does: Provides open-source software development, IT services and consulting [1]
- Open Source Montréal https://github.com/opensourcecities/montreal
- 20 years into the movement, more than half of developers involved in open source IT World Canada --
“I haven’t seen Canadian companies fully understand or realize the business benefits of encouraging teams to be part of the open source ecosystem. A lot of American companies have teams that are dedicated to doing open source…whereas Canadian companies for the most part are still in the consumption mode of software…and haven’r realized the need to give back.”
- OpenHW Group is a not-for-profit, global organization driven by its members and individual contributors where hardware and software designers collaborate in the development of open-source cores, related IP, tools and software. OpenHW provides an infrastructure for hosting high quality open-source HW developments in line with industry best practices. (Ottowa) https://www.openhwgroup.org/about-us/
- Mouser Canada https://www.mouser.ca/applications/open-source-hardware/
- Element 14 https://www.element14.com/community/groups/open-source-hardware
- https://www.oshwa.org/author/michael/ From Jeff Paranich
Canada, my home country, has a very strong post-secondary system; world-class Computer Science and Engineering schools, however outside of BioWare and BlackBerry there has not been much traction in STEM corporations, small business’, nor makers in the nation, I believe due in part to organizations such as OSHWA not having a strong enough presence to inform and encourage innovation and open source/hardware from early on and to general masses.
- After noticing this issue while working in Gaza, Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room physician in Canada and recipient of the 2020 Bassel Khartabil Fellowship, created an open-source design for stethoscopes in 2018 that can be 3D printed for around $3.00 USD. Through his charity, The Glia Project,https://glia.org/
Other companies with OS products in Canada:
- Linklayer Labs builds open source embedded tools, and provides customized solutions for embedded security https://www.linklayer.com/
- N-Plus platform is now Last - the first shoe by Les Original. https://last.lesoriginal.com/n-plus-signup
