Best Geographic Information Systems Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 49 best Geographic Information Systems companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SkyWatch.
Ranked: Best Geographic Information Systems companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SkyWatch Provider of digital infrastructure for the distribution of earth satellite data. | $28M | 61 mo ago | Series B | James Slifierz Co-Founder | 2014 | WordPressZohoSalesforce+35 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 2 | GeoDigital Provider of digital infrastructure solutions and spatial intelligence software for utilities | $18M | 146 mo ago | Series A | — | 2005 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | — | — |
| 3 | Ecopia Provider of AI-based mapping systems generating high-definition vector data | $13M | 49 mo ago | Series B | Yuanming Shu Co-Founder & CEO | 2013 | GSAPSalesloftLenis+16 | — | — |
| 4 | Mappedin Provider of an indoor mapping platform 67AI top 15%Tech top 32%Moat top 32%Funding top 35% All 13 signals ▾AItop 15% Techtop 32% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 44% Newstop 45% Partnerstop 45% Producttop 49% Markettop 50% Innovationbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Tech: 31 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $10M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Hongwei Liu Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | Three.jsReactstyled-components+19 | 42 patents Indoor mapping and wayfinding via automated floorplan generation and vector map editing | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 5 | InnerSpace Provider of Indoor positioning and navigation solutions | $10M | 36 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 6 | BlueDot Provider of infectious disease intelligence platform 48AI top 20%Moat top 39%Funding top 42%Tech top 44% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 42% Techtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $10M | 42 mo ago | Series A | Kamran Khan Founder & CEO | 2013 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+28 | — | — |
| 7 | RockMass Technologies Startup providing underground mapping solutions for the mining sector | $3M | 49 mo ago | Seed | Shelby Yee Co-Founder | 2016 | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+10 | — | — |
| 8 | Deep Spatial Provides a platform for integrating and visualizing geospatial data | $2M | 35 mo ago | Public | Nandan Mishra Co-Founder | 2010 | SanityNode.jsReact+9 | — | 2 job openings |
| 9 | DMTI Spatial Location based predictive analytics | $2M | 252 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1994 | — | 4 patents Geocoding and postal address matching software for territory identification and address validation. | — |
| 10 | Takemetuit Provider of indoor positioning system for offline stores | $700K | 70 mo ago | Seed | Will Major Co-Founder | 2011 | — | 15 patents Acoustic and sensor‑fusion indoor positioning and event detection technologies | — |
| 11 | Jibestream Indoor mapping and navigation technologies | $500K | 162 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2009 | — | 3 patents Digital interactive wayfinding and location-based messaging systems | — |
| 12 | Longan Vision Provider of augmented reality-based smart visor solutions for firefighters | $314K | 69 mo ago | Seed | Enzo Jia Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WebflowYouTubecore-js+7 | 3 patents AR head‑mounted display optics with eye‑tracking and waveguide illumination | 1 launch |
| 13 | ARway Provider of augmented reality platform for indoor navigation and experiences | $253K | 8 mo ago | Acquired | Nikhil Sawlani Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — |
| 14 | PiinPoint Provider of location datasets and analytics for businesses | $250K | 126 mo ago | Seed | Adam Saunders Co-Founder & CTO | 2013 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Geographic Information Systems companies in Ontario
#1
Series B · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2011 · 95 employees$10.3Mraised▾
Provider of an indoor mapping platform. It provides solutions to create, visualize, and maintain maps for malls, stadiums, retail places, and offices. The cloud-based mapping solution provides developer tools and features CMS and analytical capabilities.
- Apr 2026Series B$24.5M
- Feb 2023Series A$8.6M
- Jun 2016Seed—
- Feb 2016Grant (prize money)$100K
#2
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018$252.6Kraised▾
Provider of augmented reality platform for indoor navigation and experiences. The platform offers tools for creating interactive maps and augmented reality experiences. It supports wayfinding, point-of-interest directories, and multi-floor navigation. The platform also provides features for location-based content, advertising, and training applications. It allows users to design and deploy augmented reality content.
- Nov 2025Post IPO$106K
- Feb 2025Post IPO$146.6K
#3
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 25 employees$10.1Mraised▾
Provider of Indoor positioning and navigation solutions. It developed a sensor to map indoors using WiFi, and BLE signals and implements advanced trilateration and SLAM fingerprinting approaches to provide better indoor positioning for smartphones and wearables. It provides indoor navigation. Its sensors recognize the signals from devices and track them for analysis. It also provides solutions to various sectors such as retail, healthcare, and commercial.
- Aug 2023Series A$7.5M
- Mar 2019Seed$2.4M
- Nov 2016Seed—
- Nov 2016Seed—
#4
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 108 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Provider of infectious disease intelligence platform. It models how infectious diseases can spread and impact populations globally by analyzing big data such as the annual movements, human, animal, and insect population data, climate data from satellites, and news reports of disease outbreaks.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$3M
- Dec 2022Series A$50K
- Aug 2019Series A$7M
- Dec 2014Series A$2.5M
#5
Series B · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2014 · 73 employees$27.9Mraised▾
Provider of digital infrastructure for the distribution of earth satellite data. It is a platform with comprehensive APIs to facilitate machine-to-machine integration, informative dashboards to monitor usage, and an easy-to-use code builder to rapidly develop associated applications. It acts as a single access point to discover and access the remote sensing datasets and advanced processing algorithms for application developers for geospatial analytics. Its applications are in agriculture, finance, logistics, and climate.
- Jun 2021Series B$17.2M
- Jan 2020Series A$7.5M
- Feb 2018Series A$3.2M
- Seed$50K
#6
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 57 employees$12.6Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based mapping systems generating high-definition vector data. It leverages artificial intelligence to digitize geospatial imagery at scale. The company generates vector maps with accuracy, providing a source of geospatial data. It offers detailed insight about the real world across terrains.
- Jul 2022Series B$6.1M
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$8M
- Sep 2019Series A$6.5M
- Sep 2016Seed—
#7
Series A · Hamilton, Ontario · founded 2005 · 78 employees$17.9Mraised▾
Provider of digital infrastructure solutions and spatial intelligence software for utilities. The company delivers remote sensing data services, advanced analytics, and work management software. It offers a virtual grid for utilities to navigate and optimize asset performance. The company’s software suite manages utility work, including engineering design, vegetation management, inspections, audits, and maintenance planning.
- Jun 2014Series A$5.8M
- Jan 2014Series A$11.3M
- Jun 2011Seed$800K
- Aug 2010Seed$42.4K
#8
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010$1.6Mraised▾
Deep Spatial provides a platform for integrating and visualizing geospatial data. It has its proprietary platform that leverages artificial intelligence to provide location-based analytics solutions. Its clients are Future Group, ISRO, Domino's, IIT Kanpur, and many others.
- Sep 2023Post IPO$1M
- Oct 2022Post IPO$572.5K
#9
Seed · Kingston, Ontario · founded 2016 · 22 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Startup providing underground mapping solutions for the mining sector. It offers tools for capturing data in 2D using HD images and in 3D using colored point clouds interfaced with LiDAR technology. The collected data can be visualized through an online dashboard. It has applications in taking strike and dip measurements in open pit mining, underground mining, geological exploration, and civil engineering. It also offers an AI-powered mapping platform that assists engineers assess tunnel stability in mines and construction sites.
- 2022Seed—
- Dec 2020Seed$2M
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$50K
- 2017Seed—
#10
Acquired · Richmond Hill, Ontario · founded 1994 · 30 employees$1.5Mraised▾
DMTI spatial has developed geospatial big data product - CanMap. The product is used by financial, insurance and telecom companies to support location based predictive analytics. LocationHub is an integrated location-based service. Other geospatial intelligence products are LocationHub viewer and LocationHub analytics.
- Jul 2005Venture Debt$1.5M
#11
Seed · Kenora, Ontario · founded 2011 · 4 employees$700Kraised▾
TakeMeTuit is a provider of indoor positioning systems for offline stores. Its proprietary technology provides plugs indoor mapping and positioning into retailer e-shopping and store inventory functions for location-based retailing. The customers can create a shopping list through the application and the system navigates the best route for the customers. It also provides inventory management for the store to update the inventory in real-time.
- Oct 2020Seed$700K
#12
Seed · Hamilton, Ontario · founded 2018 · 10 employees$313.6Kraised▾
Longan Vision provides augmented reality-based smart visor solutions for firefighters. Known as Fusion Vision System, it can be attached to the firefighter helmet and has information-sharing capabilities. Allows firefighters to see through smoke, locate victims & find fire sources using the live video stream & indoor localization solution. Features edge detection, human highlight, and real-time imaging & data sharing solutions.
- Oct 2020Seed—
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$302.5K
- 2018Grant (prize money)$11K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Geographic Information Systems coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Earth Observation is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Earth Observation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,115 Canada-affiliated papers.
- University of British Columbia74
- University of Waterloo66
- Natural Resources Canada65
- Environment and Climate Change Canada61
- McGill University56
- Hyperspectral imaging7→77
- Remote sensing10→70
- Synthetic aperture radar12→67
- Satellite1→53
- Satellite imagery1→43
- Hyperspectral imaging6→101
- Remote sensing32→108
- Satellite7→64
- Synthetic aperture radar25→77
- Satellite imagery3→51
- Satellite1→14
- Remote sensing5→16
- Hyperspectral imaging2→11
- Vegetation (pathology)1→8
- Normalized Difference Vegetation Index1→6
Where earth observation is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing earth observation patents in Canada
Canada earth observation patent filing is cooling — 123 filings from 30 assignees (2016–2025), led by Urthecast, MDA Systems, KING Abdullah CITY Of Science An; annual filings 14→7.
- Urthecast78
- MDA Systems18
- KING Abdullah CITY Of Science An9
- KING Abdulaziz CITY Of Science A9
- Minesense TECH8
- Spacealpha Insights8
- Husky OIL Operations7
- Terramera7
Common questions
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