There are about 70 technology access centres in Canada, but there are 33 in Quebec. Our model is based on the system of college centres for the transfer of technology. Our data indicates that most of the companies we support in a given year are Quebec companies. There is expertise in Quebec, but there is also specialized expertise outside Quebec. There are centres in Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia that use their expertise to help SMEs in Quebec get closer to their goal, which is to commercialize their technologies.
