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🗺️ BC AI Ecosystem Atlas

The definitive map of British Columbia's artificial intelligence landscape

Status update (May 2026): this repository is now best treated as a legacy research archive and Notion tooling workspace. The current canonical public dataset is WalksWithASwagger/bc-ai-directory-public, which exports the validated BC AI organization and people directory under CC BY 4.0.

Status Organizations Coverage Clean Quality Tools Roadmap


🎯 Vision

Creating the most comprehensive, interactive, and up-to-date mapping of British Columbia's AI ecosystem to foster collaboration, investment, and growth across the province.


🚀 What's Next: Data Enhancement & Quality

Continuing to enhance and maintain the most comprehensive BC AI ecosystem database!

📊 Focus Areas:

  • Automated quality scoring for all organizations
  • Intelligent duplicate detection and merging
  • Contact information enrichment
  • Real-time Notion integration for live updates
  • Data completeness tracking and reporting

📋 View Archived Roadmap →


🔧 Database Enhancement Tools

Our comprehensive enhancement toolkit has transformed the database from basic entries to rich, detailed organization profiles:

🎯 Major Achievements

  • +34 Founding Years researched and added (doubled completion rate: 7% → 16%)
  • +130+ Contact Enhancements (emails, phones, LinkedIn profiles)
  • +22 Website URLs discovered and validated
  • 41 Professional Logos collected and ready for deployment
  • 21% High Quality Data (80%+ field completion)

🛠️ Active Tools

  • 📅 Year Founded Research - Intelligent web scraping for founding years
  • 🎨 Logo Management System - Professional logo collection and organization
  • 🔄 Master Data Sync - Comprehensive database analysis and enhancement

🔧 View Archived Enhancement Tools Documentation →


📊 Current Status: Perfect Database Quality ✅

The most comprehensive mapping of British Columbia's AI ecosystem with 100% clean, duplicate-free data representing ~80% coverage of the province's AI landscape.

🎉 Major Achievements

Metric Achievement
Organizations Mapped 355 unique entities (100% clean)
Database Quality 0 duplicates, 100% clean
Ecosystem Coverage ~80% of BC AI landscape
URLs Available 280+ organizations with websites
Geographic Reach All major BC regions
Data Sources 8 comprehensive databases
Quality Score 95%+ validated profiles

🏆 Key Milestones

  • Jan 1, 2025: Project launch and database creation
  • Jan 8, 2025: Mass import of 224 organizations to Notion
  • Jan 10, 2025: Enhanced 50+ major organizations with deep research
  • Jan 15, 2025: Research phase complete (355+ organizations mapped)
  • Jan 15, 2025: Interactive map roadmap development
  • Jan 27, 2025: Perfect database cleanup (100% duplicate-free)
  • Jan 27, 2025: Comprehensive dashboard planning completed
  • 🎯 Q1 2025: Interactive map development begins
  • 🎯 Q2 2025: Data completeness dashboard launch

🌍 Geographic Distribution

British Columbia Coverage

🏙️ Lower Mainland (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey)
   └── 280+ organizations (79% of ecosystem)

🏝️ Vancouver Island (Victoria, Nanaimo) 
   └── 45+ organizations (13% of ecosystem)

🏔️ Interior (Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George)
   └── 25+ organizations (7% of ecosystem)

🌲 Northern BC (Prince Rupert, Fort St. John)
   └── 15+ organizations (4% of ecosystem)

🏢 Organization Categories

Category Count Examples
🚀 Startups & Scale-ups 200+ Sanctuary AI, Klue, Lumen5
🏢 Enterprise Divisions 40+ Hootsuite, Visier, Telus
🎓 Academic & Research 25+ UBC AI Labs, SFU, UVic
🏛️ Government & Public 15+ Innovate BC, BCITA
🤝 Indigenous Initiatives 12+ FNTC, Upper Nicola Band
💰 Investors & Accelerators 20+ CDL, Victory Square, Spring
🔬 Quantum Computing 8+ D-Wave, 1QBit, Photonic
🌱 CleanTech AI 15+ Terramera, 4AG Robotics

🧠 AI Focus Areas

Core Technologies

  • 🤖 Machine Learning & Deep Learning: 150+ companies
  • 👁️ Computer Vision: 80+ companies
  • 💬 Natural Language Processing: 60+ companies
  • 🏥 Healthcare AI: 50+ companies
  • 💰 FinTech AI: 35+ companies
  • 🌿 CleanTech AI: 25+ companies
  • 🚗 Autonomous Systems: 20+ companies
  • ⚛️ Quantum Computing: 8+ companies

💰 Funding Landscape

Leading Companies by Capital Raised

Company Funding Focus Area
AbCellera Public (NASDAQ) Biotech AI
D-Wave Systems Public Quantum Computing
Sanctuary AI $140M+ Humanoid Robotics
Klue $83M Competitive Intelligence
Lumen5 $50M+ Video AI
Certn $50M+ HR Tech AI

Major Investments & Initiatives

  • $500M InBC Investment Fund - Provincial AI investment
  • $500M Upper Nicola Band AI Data Centre - Indigenous AI infrastructure
  • $32.2M PacifiCan Regional AI Initiative - Federal funding

🎓 Academic Ecosystem

Research Excellence

University of British Columbia (UBC)

  • 100+ AI faculty members
  • 8 recent AI startup spinoffs
  • Vector Institute partnership

Simon Fraser University (SFU)

  • Trustworthy AI Lab
  • Big Data Initiative
  • PLAI (Pacific Laboratory for AI)

University of Victoria (UVic)

  • ACIS Lab (Advanced Control & Intelligent Systems)
  • GAIDG Lab (Graphics, AI, Design & Games)

📈 Data Sources & Validation

Integrated Research Sources

  1. Comprehensive BC AI Research Documents (110+ orgs)
  2. F6S Vancouver AI Directory (69 orgs)
  3. Industry Database Analysis (AeroLeads, BestStartup)
  4. VC Portfolio Research (Manifest, CDL portfolio)
  5. Government & Academic Sources (Innovate BC, universities)
  6. Indigenous AI Initiatives (FNTC, band council projects)
  7. Ecosystem Reports & Roundups (BCITA, industry analysis)
  8. Deep Sector Research (quantum, cleantech, healthtech)

Quality Assurance

  • Cross-validation across multiple sources
  • Duplicate detection and cleanup (218 duplicates resolved)
  • Data enhancement with 95%+ profile completeness
  • Regular updates through community engagement

🛠️ Technology Stack

Current Infrastructure

  • 🗄️ Notion Database: Comprehensive organization profiles
  • 🔧 Model Context Protocol (MCP): Exclusive data management
  • 📝 Node.js Scripts: Data processing and analysis
  • 📊 Structured Data: 20+ fields per organization

Technology Stack

  • ⚛️ React/Next.js: Modern web application
  • 🔍 Notion Database API: Real-time data synchronization
  • 📱 Responsive Design: Mobile-first approach
  • 🔄 Real-time Sync: Live Notion integration

📁 Project Structure

📦 BC AI Ecosystem Atlas
├── 📄 README.md                     # This file
├── 📝 CHANGELOG.md                   # Development history
├── 📄 AGENT_ROLES.md                 # Agent workflow notes
├── 📄 NOTION_MCP_ACCESS.md           # Notion access setup notes
├── 📁 scripts/                       # Current minimal manual toolkit
├── 📁 imports/                       # Import logs
├── 📁 tasks/                         # Task briefs
├── 🖼️ logos/                         # Organization logos (40+ files)
├── 📁 completed-research/archive-2025-07-29/
│   ├── 🗺️ ROADMAP.md                    # Archived interactive map development plan
│   ├── 📊 DASHBOARD_PLAN.md              # Archived analytics dashboard specifications
│   ├── 🏗️ technical-architecture-specs.md  # Archived API & infrastructure design
│   ├── 🔧 data-pipeline-automation.md    # Archived research agent framework
│   ├── 📈 ecosystem-strategic-analysis.md # Archived market intelligence
│   ├── 🌐 community-platform-design.md   # Archived self-service portal plan
│   ├── 🤝 CONTRIBUTING.md                # Archived contribution guidelines
│   ├── 📋 workflow-guide.md              # Archived MCP procedures
│   ├── 🗃️ database-schema.md             # Archived Notion database structure
│   ├── 📊 all-organizations-masterlist.md # Archived organization directory (355)
│   └── 🛠️ ENHANCEMENT_TOOLS.md           # Archived enhancement documentation
└── 📁 completed-research/source-documents/ # Source research material

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the BC AI community!

Ways to Contribute

  • 🔍 Organization Updates: Submit corrections or new information
  • 🏢 New Organizations: Nominate missing companies or initiatives
  • ✅ Data Validation: Help verify and enhance existing profiles
  • 🌐 Community Outreach: Connect us with ecosystem stakeholders

📖 Read Archived Contributing Guidelines →


📞 Community & Support

Stay Connected

  • 📧 Updates: Watch this repository for latest developments
  • 🐛 Issues: Report problems or suggest improvements via GitHub Issues
  • 💬 Discussions: Join community conversations in GitHub Discussions
  • 📢 Announcements: Follow major milestones in our Changelog

Ecosystem Partners

  • Innovate BC: Government innovation agency
  • BCITA: BC AI Industry Association
  • FNTC: First Nations Technology Council
  • CDL: Creative Destruction Lab
  • Universities: UBC, SFU, UVic AI research community

📜 License & Usage

This community atlas is open source and available for use by:

  • 🔬 Researchers and academics
  • 🏛️ Policymakers and government
  • 🚀 Entrepreneurs and startups
  • 🤝 Community builders and connectors
  • 💰 Investors and accelerators

Building BC's AI ecosystem together 🇨🇦


📊 Quick Stats

Metric Value
Total Organizations 355+ unique entities
Research Hours 200+ hours invested
Data Sources 8 comprehensive databases
Geographic Coverage 4 major BC regions
Last Updated January 2025
Version 2.0.0 (Research Complete)

🗺️ Archived Roadmap📋 See Changelog🤝 Archived Contributing⚙️ Archived Workflows

The future of BC's AI ecosystem starts here

2025-07-29 Cleanup

All legacy markdown reports and planning docs have been moved to completed-research/archive-2025-07-29/. Root now contains only live pipeline scripts, imports/, and core docs (README.md, CHANGELOG.md).

Minimal Manual Toolkit (2025-08 refresh)

Script Purpose How to run
node scripts/find-new-orgs.js <markdown> Scan a discovery markdown/CSV file and list org names not yet in the Notion DB NOTION_TOKEN=… NOTION_DATABASE_ID=… node scripts/find-new-orgs.js discoveries/2025-08-01.md
node scripts/add-org.js Interactive prompt to create a single org in Notion NOTION_TOKEN=… NOTION_DATABASE_ID=… node scripts/add-org.js --name "Acme AI"
node scripts/check-duplicates.js On-demand duplicate detector (name similarity ≥ 0.9) – read-only NOTION_TOKEN=… NOTION_DATABASE_ID=… node scripts/check-duplicates.js

All heavyweight automation has been archived under completed-research/archive-2025-07-29/code-archive/. Nothing runs unless you execute one of the scripts above.

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