I think that's very tricky. I don't work in Canada right now, so I don't know what kind of funding exists for professors, for example, but the faculty positions that exist in my field are few and far between in Canada. Actually bringing researchers to Canada is very difficult in my field.
If you were to build an institute on top of that, you would need to bring people in, so you would already need experience. I think the funding does not exist, which is partially why I've come to the U.S. instead of staying in Canada. The funding does exist here for me to pursue a Ph.D. and post-doctoral studies and then have a career in the field, whereas that does not really exist in Canada, or at least only for a minority of people.