Canada’s National Platform for Genome Sequencing and Analysis

CGEn is a federally funded national platform for genome sequencing and analysis.  Established in 2015, CGEn employs over 200 staff and is funded primarily by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through its Major Science Initiatives Fund (MSIF), leveraging investments from the provincial governments of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, Genome Canada, and others. CGEn operates as an integrated national platform with nodes in Toronto (The Centre for Applied Genomics at The Hospital for Sick Children), Montréal, (McGill Genome Centre at McGill University) and Vancouver (Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer), leading large-scale projects and providing advanced genomic services to enable research in the health sciences, agriculture, forestry, fishery, the environment, biodiversity, and other sectors of importance in Canada.

About Us

CGEn is a federally-funded national research facility with nodes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver

Our Services

Supporting researchers across Canada through the generation of genomic data in all sectors

Our Programs

Leading national initiatives in data generation, storage and sharing at scale

Land Acknowledgment

CGEn spans across the traditional and unceded territories of many nations including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River, and on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. These sites are home today to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, and CGEn is grateful to be able to share this land.

It is important for us to take pause, acknowledge and reflect on the impacts of colonialism across Indigenous communities in Canada, particularly in how colonization has and continues to influence genomics and genetic research. We remain eager to hear stories, humble to learn lessons, and ready to continue fostering meaningful and inclusive change.

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