Quantum technologies are opening new possibilities in sensing, communications and computing: more precise navigation and timing, detection of subtle changes in magnetic and gravitational fields, new approaches to imaging, and more secure digital communications.
These capabilities are already shaping the future of defence, security and critical infrastructure. Quantum sensing and metrology are enabling new approaches to navigation, detection and measurement, while advances in quantum computing and communications are driving new approaches to computing, cybersecurity and information security.
Connecting fundamental quantum science with real-world applications
At the University of Toronto, researchers develop quantum technologies from fundamental physics and device design through software and commercialization. Strengths in quantum sensing and metrology are complemented by work in quantum computing, communications and cryptography. Researchers work with industry and government partners to translate advances in quantum science into technologies that can be tested, deployed and scaled. These collaborations help build expertise and retain the economic benefits of quantum innovation in Canada.
Ecosystem
Centre
Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC)
CQIQC is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the theory and experimental realization of quantum technologies. CQIQC’s researchers advance quantum computing, communication, sensing and the control of complex quantum systems. CQIQC promotes collaboration across physics, engineering, computer science and mathematics, and supports postdoctoral fellowships, scholarships and graduate education in quantum science.
- Quantum Science & Technology
Accelerator
Creative Destruction Lab Defence Stream (CDL Defence)
CDL Defence is an objectives-based accelerator stream for founders developing dual-use technologies that improve mission capability, resilience and national security. It helps ventures align with real buyer needs, navigate government pathways, and build evidence for testing and procurement with allied partners.
Accelerator
Creative Destruction Lab Quantum Stream (CDL Quantum)
CDL Quantum is an objectives-based accelerator stream for founders commercializing quantum technologies from academic research, from quantum computing hardware and software to quantum sensing and secure communications. It helps ventures bridge foundational research and market deployment, strengthening Canada’s position in the global quantum innovation landscape.
- Quantum Science & Technology
Initiative
Quantum Advantage Toronto (QAT)
QAT convenes researchers, industry partners, and technology users to advance quantum science towards applications, organized into five interdisciplinary thematic groups: computing hardware, algorithms, communications networks, imaging and sensing, and quantum materials. QAT's researchers span physics, chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences, medicine, finance and policy.
- Quantum Science & Technology
Company
Quantum Bridge Technologies
Quantum Bridge develops quantum-safe key distribution that runs on existing networks, protecting classified data now and once quantum computers can break today’s encryption. Tested with Defence Research and Development Canada, it can sell directly to the federal government. It was co-founded in 2019 by Hoi-Kwong Lo, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at U of T.
- Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity
- Quantum Science & Technology
Consortium
Quantum Software Consortium (QSC)
QSC builds Canadian leadership in quantum software by developing methodologies for distributed quantum computing. QSC researchers design algorithms, architectures and software frameworks that network multiple quantum processors together, pooling computational capacity to overcome current hardware limitations.
- Quantum Science & Technology
Network
U of T Entrepreneurship (UTE)
UTE connects the accelerators across U of T’s three campuses that help students, faculty and alumni turn research into companies, among them dual-use ventures that serve civilian and defence customers alike. Its “no wrong door” approach gives founders a way in at any stage or in any industry, with mentorship, funding and domain expertise.
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