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Canada Named Research Organizations list

List of universities, research institutes and/or laboratories connected to military, national defence, or state security entities that could pose a risk to Canada’s national security.

The Canadian government maintains a list of universities, research institutes and/or laboratories connected to military, national defence, or state security entities that could pose a risk to Canada’s national security.

To ensure compliance with the Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern, all researchers involved in activities funded by a research grant that advance a sensitive technology research area must review the list of Named Research Organizations. This list is composed of research organizations and institutions that pose the highest risk to Canada’s national security due to their direct, or indirect connections with military, national defence, and state security entities.

Data overview

Entities:
Total205
Searchable102
Targets102
Entity types:
Organizations102
Countries:
China84
Iran12
Russia6
Publisher:Government of Canada (Canada)
Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Consolidated Sanctions
Information:science.gc.ca
Source data:science.gc.ca · HTML
Last changed:
Date added:
Last checked: · updated daily

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities118.92 KB
names.txtTarget names text file3.73 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format51.22 KB
statistics.jsonDataset statistics785 B
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON120.31 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV29.86 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Air Force Xi’an Flight AcademyOrganizationChina
Space Engineering UniversityOrganizationChina
Aviation University of Air ForceOrganizationChina
Nanjing Army Command CollegeOrganizationChina
Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science of ChinaOrganizationChina
Airforce Engineering UniversityOrganizationChina
People's Armed Police Command CollegeOrganizationChina
Army Aviation CollegeOrganizationChina
Army Infantry AcademyOrganizationChina
China People’s Police UniversityOrganizationChina
Army Service AcademyOrganizationChina
Army Academy of Armored ForcesOrganizationChina
Railway Police CollegeOrganizationChina
Naval Command CollegeOrganizationChina
Hunan UniversityOrganizationChina