The CANARIE Network is vital to Canadian leadership in research and discovery and is available to millions of students and researchers at 700+ connected Canadian academic institutions and scientific facilities! It stretches more than 40,000 km across Canada, from as far north as Inuvik, NT, and from Beaver Creek, YT, to St. John’s, NL.
CANARIE Network
The CANARIE Network connects Canada to the world.
If you’re a Canadian researcher or post-secondary student, it’s…
- how you collaborate on research projects with your peers in Whitehorse, St. John’s, and Victoria – and all points in between,
- how you participate in virtual classrooms,
- how you share massive data sets amongst your teams,
- how you connect to high-performance computing sites around the country and to scientific instruments and labs around the world.
Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, science facilities, and other academic & research centres connect to the CANARIE Network by connecting directly to our provincial and territorial NREN partners.
How fast is the CANARIE Network?
200 gigabits per second…thousands of times faster than the fastest commercial networks available at homes or offices!
At 200 gigabits per second, you could download a 4-hour 4K movie in one second.
How much data does the CANARIE Network transfer?
In 2023, the CANARIE Network carried over 699 petabytes (PB) of data!
How much is 699 PB? It’s 5.6 billion gigabits (Gb). It would take you nearly 3,470 years to watch 699 petabytes worth of 4K HD movies, back-to-back.
A truly global collaboration
To connect Canadian researchers to the world and enable international research initiatives, CANARIE’s resilient, fully redundant Network connects to four global research and education exchanges:
- MOXY in Montreal
- Pacific Wave in Seattle
When researchers around the world collaborate, the CANARIE Network is integral in transferring their data between exchange points that connect North America to global research and education networks in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America…so that Canadians benefit from the collaborative spirit that underpins NREN relationships among our global network partners.
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Connect to the CANARIE Network
Connecting to the CANARIE Network is almost exclusively through our provincial or territorial partners in Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN).
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Network Services
Institutions connected to Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) can also benefit from additional services delivered by the CANARIE Network.
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MOXY Global Exchange Point for Research and Education
Located in Montreal, MOXY is Canada’s first Global Exchange Point for research and education. Operated by CANARIE and operationally supported by NORDUnet, MOXY provides an international gateway for the Canadian research and education community.
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Network Monitoring Tools
Self-serve monitoring and diagnostics tools give insight about CANARIE Network activities, including traffic stats, current outages, and scheduled maintenance.
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Support
Our team is here to help. Find the appropriate contacts for our Network Operations Centre and see the status of scheduled maintenance.
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