Calgary Economic Development is the is the city’s agency dedicated to driving talent, innovation, and business growth. CED works with business, government, and community partners to attract investment, foster trade, and grow Calgary’s workforce.
Promoting Calgary globally under the Blue Sky Citu brand, CED supports key sectors including aerospace, agribusiness, creative industries, energy and environment, financial services, digital media and entertainment, life sciences, technology, and transportation and logistics.
CED is actively shaping the future of innovation in Canada. From leading Alberta’s digital transformation and supporting record venture capital investment growth, to driving the clean energy transition and advancing quantum and AI development through the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, their initiatives are positioning Calgary as a hub for transformative technologies. The city is also home to new global opportunities, including the NATO DIANA test centre at SAIT, strengthening Calgary’s place in aerospace and defense innovation.
As a member of Deep Tech Canada, CED brings invaluable connections and momentum to our shared mission of growing Canada’s deep tech ecosystem.
As a Deep Tech Canada member, you help shape the vision and direction of Canada’s innovation community. By joining, you'll gain access to a dynamic community of innovators, investors, and experts from across Canada who are dedicated to commercializing groundbreaking technologies.
Deep Tech Canada acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples have been and continue to be the traditional guardians of this land we call Canada, where we live and work.