Inspired by the vision of the city’s early entrepreneurs, today’s Ottawa based companies are among the leaders of the technology industry. Ottawa boasts a dynamic and comprehensive research infrastructure that focuses on government, university and industry collaboration. The city has over 50 years of experience with incubation of start-up and spin-off companies. With a critical mass of government, university and private sector R&D, a highly-educated workforce and substantial R&D tax incentives, Ottawa is widely acclaimed as a world-class centre for research.