Startup accelerators and incubators in Toronto
- 7 organizations
- 2 cities
- Oct 2026 last checked
Ontario, where Toronto is the main hub, raised $4.6 billion across 247 venture deals in 2025, the most of any province. In the first quarter of 2025, Toronto companies took 57% of Canadian venture capital, raising $703 million of $1.23 billion.
Sources: BetaKit, reporting CVCA 2025 market overview, February 2026 · Consulting.ca, reporting CPE Media Q1 2025 data, May 2025
Startup Genome's 2025 ranking placed Toronto-Waterloo 20th globally, down from 18th a year earlier. Its report named funding as the area where the region scored lowest.
Sources: BetaKit, reporting Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025, June 2025
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Creative Destruction Lab
Nonprofit program for seed-stage science and technology companies with full-day mentor sessions every eight weeks, organized by sector stream and run in Canadian and international cities.
- Run by
- University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
AILife sciencesClimate & energyQuantumSpaceHealthtechFood & agricultureIndustry & manufacturingLogistics
creativedestructionlab.com Latest activity: Sep 2026 · Checked Oct 2026 -
DMZ
Toronto Metropolitan University's startup hub runs an 18-month incubator and a 9-month pre-incubator, plus partner accelerators in housing, travel and education technology.
- Run by
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Duration
- Incubator 18 months; Pre-Incubator 9 months
- Equity
- 2.5% equity in common shares for the Incubator
Education
dmz.torontomu.ca Latest activity: Sep 2026 · Checked Oct 2026 -
MaRS Discovery District
Toronto innovation hub offering startups and scale-ups commercialization support, capital connections and cohort accelerators such as the RBC Women in Cleantech Accelerator and the Global Incubator Program.
- Duration
- RBC Women in Cleantech Accelerator: two years
HealthtechClimate & energyAI
marsdd.com Latest activity: Apr 2025 · Checked Oct 2026 -
NEXT Canada
Nonprofit running NEXT 36 for student and recent graduate founders, NEXT Founders and NEXT AI for AI-enabled ventures, with mentorship, education and office space in Toronto and a Montreal or remote track.
- Duration
- NEXT AI cohort runs March to August (Toronto) or March to September (Montreal)
AI
nextcanada.com Upcoming: Dec 2026 · Checked Oct 2026 -
Spring
Impact-focused organization connecting Canadian founders and purpose-driven investors, running virtual Scale Ready cohorts in spring and summer plus climate innovation pitch finales.
Social impactClimate & energy
spring.is Latest activity: Jun 2026 · Checked Oct 2026 -
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship
Umbrella site for University of Toronto's founder programs, listing thirteen accelerators and incubators such as The Hatchery, ICUBE, Health Innovation Hub, SpinUp and BioLabs, plus the ONRamp coworking space.
- Run by
- University of Toronto
Life sciencesHealthtechEducation
entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca Latest activity: Oct 2026 · Checked Oct 2026 -
YSpace
York University's entrepreneurship hub runs incubation and accelerator programs including a Food and Beverage Accelerator, a Smart Mobility Tech Accelerator and the Venture Catalyst, with hubs in Toronto, Markham and Georgina.
- Run by
- York University
- Duration
- Smart Mobility Tech Accelerator 4 months; Venture Catalyst 6 weeks or 2 months
Food & agricultureMobility
yorku.ca Latest activity: Sep 2026 · Checked Oct 2026
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- Accelerator cohorts
- Incubation with coaching or lab access
- Startup studios
- University founder centers
- Public programs with an application process
What is left out
- Investment funds without a program
- Office or coworking space without a program
- Programs with no dated activity in 18 months
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