Quick Facts About ARC
ABC's of ARC
Consider this page your crash-course on ARC, with an overview of this not-for-profit corporation, our impact in the province, and our areas of specialization.
- ARC was established as the first Canadian provincial research organization in 1921
- We serve more than 900 clients and partners annually
- We work within an annual budget of approximatey $93 million
- Contract R&D services for external clients totalled $52 million in 2007-08
- 862 patents have been issued to us and our clients since 1921
- Over the past six years, we have earned more than $20 million in royalties, licensing fees and product sales
- ARC-generated commercialization revenue is one of the highest for publicly-owned Canadian organizations
- With over 600 innovative, highly-skilled workers, we have the unique ability to access multi-discipline experts internally for projects that connect to many sectors
Specialized laboratories and facilities
We operate one million square feet of specialized bench scale laboratories and pilot scale facilities in our five
Strength in numbers across Canada
ARC spearheaded the formation of Innoventures Canada, a company that unites researchers from across Canada to combine talents to work on new projects with unprecedented access to R&D organizations and facilities.