Bibliothèque de logiciels libres

L'Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada (anciennement Calcul Canada) gère des grappes HPC nationales exécutant des configurations de gestionnaire de charge de travail Slurm personnalisées et fournit des outils open source pour l'informatique scientifique. Leur pile open source alimente la recherche universitaire à travers le pays.

CANARIE manages the Canadian Access Federation (CAF), which provides open-source Shibboleth identity federation infrastructure enabling single sign-on for over 300 Canadian universities, colleges, and research institutions. Their open tools and configuration guides are publicly available.

SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system. The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), a consortium of Canadian universities, provides infrastructure and hosting for SageMath and has been a key institutional backer of open mathematical software in Canada.

QGIS is the leading free and open-source desktop GIS application. Canadian government agencies, universities, and environmental organizations are among the world's largest QGIS user communities. Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada, and multiple provincial mapping agencies have contributed data, plugins, and development.