Ontario Investing $5 Million to Boost Life Sciences in Ottawa

August 19, 2025

The Ontario government is protecting the province’s life science sector by investing $5 million through the Ontario Wet Labs Program (OWLP) to support the outfitting of a new wet lab housed within the University of Ottawa’s Advanced Medical Research Centre (AMRC).

The state-of-the-art wet lab will support the work undertaken by the AMRC’s Ottawa Health Innovation Hub and is expected to support the creation of more than 750 good-paying jobs, driving economic growth across the region.

The $16 million wet lab, located at the seven-storey, 350,000 square-foot AMRC, will be the first initiative funded through the OWLP, with the project expected to generate $130 million in revenue and investments by 2032. The OWLP was launched through a $201 million investment as part of the government’s Life Sciences Strategy.

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