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Ottawa–Gatineau

Metro area · Canada · Pop. 1.3M · #26 city by EV

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280 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

69 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

25 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 37%

205Startups

74 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

61 Seed Startups$1–4M

70 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 26%

65Breakouts

50 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 5.0%

15 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

10Scaleups

8 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.9%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.71%

2Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.36%

1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.36%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Ottawa–Gatineau

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Ottawa–Gatineau-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Ottawa–Gatineau - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Ottawa–Gatineau-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Ottawa–Gatineau

VC investment into Ottawa–Gatineau-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Ottawa–Gatineau's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Ottawa–Gatineau.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

339

Total alumni-founded companies

235

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Ottawa–Gatineau stacks up

Compare Ottawa–Gatineau with peers from the same country (Canada) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Ottawa–Gatineau

$231B

$146B

$119B

$71.8B

$58.4B

$18.4B

$7.6B

$6.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Canada ranked by combined EV. Ottawa–Gatineau's row is highlighted (#1).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Ottawa–Gatineau	$231B	44.4×	2	$85.6M	393
2	Toronto-Waterloo	$146B	7.3×	34	$2.9B	3,622
3	Toronto	$119B	9.3×	28	$2.7B	2,709
4	Vancouver	$71.8B	9.6×	21	$1.8B	1,710
5	Montréal	$58.4B	3.5×	13	$977.4M	1,075
6	Calgary	$18.4B	10.2×	5	$276.3M	708
7	Hamilton	$7.6B	5.5×	3	$13.7M	112
8	Waterloo	$6.5B	2.5×	4	$45M	190
9	Edmonton	$6.4B	1.9×	3	$95.9M	401
10	Mississauga	$6.4B	7.0×	1	$40.6M	228
11	Halifax	$2B	5.7×	0	$132.4M	191
12	Vaughan	$821M	—	0	$0	46

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Country Canada North America · Pop. 41.3M · #6 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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