Resources

OCTIA Advocacy

 

2025 Policy Open Letter

In January 2025, OCTIA’s Policy Committee conducted a focused discussion and consulted with fellow industry associations to better understand what it takes to propel the Ontario cleantech sector forward. The results formed the basis for OCTIA’s 2025 Policy Open Letter. OCTIA arrived at five mutually supportive, widely supported, and revenue-neutral changes to Ontario’s policy framework to leverage the sector’s tremendous economic potential. Find our Open Letter here.

Ontario’s Path to a Hydrogen Economy

In 2021, OCTIA and the Hydrogen Business Council (HBC)  collaborated on a proposal to leverage the opportunities of hydrogen for our economy. More…

OCTIA Learning

 

March 2025 Panel Discussion on Cleantech Export Opportunities

One March 26th, 2025, at the offices of Humi Software on Toronto’s beautiful waterfront, OCTIA hosted a panel discussion among internationally-experienced clean technology executives, moderated by Export Development Canada’s Senior Economist Prerna Sharma.  This hour-long discussion yielded countless insights of benefit to anyone navigating the current fraught trade environment for their clean technology company!  Here is the link to the video.

April 2025 OCTIA Webinar

On April 23rd, 2025, OCTIA and our member Apex Capital Advisors presented a webinar titled “Growing Your Company Through Strategic Mergers or Acquisitions”. This was a thought provoking discussion of the many ways a company challenged by the current business environment could gain leverage, foreign sales, and runway.  The video is coming soon, and here is the presentation deck!

Cleantech Fact Sheets

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service has compiled a series of cleantech fact sheets available in English and French. Learn more about Canadian made cleantech solutions available to a variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Mining as well as Energy & Electricity Production.

English Fact Sheets

Fiches d’information en français

Export Resource

Trade Commissioner Service

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) helps companies navigate the complexities of international markets and make better business decisions. The TCS is on the ground in more than 160 cities worldwide. We gain market intelligence, uncover opportunities for Canadian companies and help reduce business costs and risks. The TCS is a free service of the Government of Canada, helping companies to prepare for international markets, assess market potential, find qualified contacts and resolve business problems. Learn more at TCS website.

Contact info for Ontario Trade Commissioner Office: ontario.tcs-sdc@international.gc.ca

Affaires mondiales Canada

Le Service des délégués commerciaux

Le Service des délégués commerciaux du Canada (SDC) aide les entreprises à naviguer à travers les complexités des marchés internationaux et à prendre de meilleures décisions d’affaires. Présent dans plus de 160 villes à travers le monde, le SDC recueille des renseignements sur les marchés, repère des occasions d’affaires au profit des entreprises canadiennes et les aide à réduire leurs coûts et à atténuer les risques. Le SDC est un service offert gratuitement par le gouvernement du Canada pour aider les entreprises à se préparer aux marchés internationaux, à évaluer le potentiel d’un marché, à se trouver des contacts qualifiés et à résoudre les problèmes liés à la conduite des affaires à l’étranger. Pour en savoir plus, veuillez consulter le site du SDC.

Pour plus d’infos, veuillez contacter le Service des délégués commerciaux en Ontario: ontario.tcs-sdc@international.gc.ca

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Export Development Canada (EDC)

At Export Development Canada (EDC), we are committed to helping Canadian companies of all sizes grow their business through international trade by offering export knowledge, financing solutions, equity, insurance, and connections – to grow their business with confidence. For more information on how EDC is helping companies in the cleantech sector to compete in global markets, visit https://www.edc.ca/cleantech.

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Exportation et développement Canada (EDC)

À Exportation et développement Canada (EDC), notre mission est d’aider les entreprises canadiennes de toutes tailles à croître grâce au commerce international en leur offrant des connaissances sur l’exportation, des solutions financières, du capital, des solutions d’assurance et des relations – pour prospérer en toute confiance. Pour en savoir plus sur la façon dont EDC aide les entreprises du secteur des technologies propres à croître à l’étranger, visitez https://www.edc.ca/technologies-propres

 

 

 

Reports & Surveys

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Leveraging Energy Storage for Distribution Services: How Maximizing Revenue Streams Can Lower Costs to Electricity Customers

Report by Power Advisory LLC, commissioned by Energy Storage Canada, June 2022. 

Canada’s Cleantech Future Looks Bright
The global cleantech market is projected to exceed roughly $3.3 trillion by 2022, about 2% of the anticipated global gross domestic product (GDP).

Open Cleantech Funding Opportunities by Innovative Solutions Canada
Innovative Solutions Canada helps Canadian Innovators by funding R&D and testing prototypes in real-life settings. February, 2020

Survey: Perceptions on the Drivers to Growth from Toronto’s Green Industries
City of Toronto, 2019

Quantifying Canada’s Clean Energy Economy: An assessment of clean energy investment, value-added and jobs
Clean Energy Canada, 2019

Leveraging Sustainable Finance Leadership in Canada: Opportunities to align financial policies to support clean growth and a sustainable Canadian economy
International Institute on Sustainable Development, 2019