What Is WestGrid?

WestGrid is one of seven partner consortia that make up Compute Canada, a national platform that integrates HPC resources across the country to create a dynamic computational resource. Compute Canada brings together HPC, data resources and tools, and academic research facilities around the country. WestGrid is the HPC consortium that encompasses 14 partner institutions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Compute Canada/WestGrid has built a user community across Canada in disciplines ranging from the sciences and engineering to arts and humanities. This user community is supported by a distributed and cohesive team of technical staff and system architects.

Who Are The Partner Institutions?

British Columbia
University of Victoria
University of British Columbia
Simon Fraser University
University of Northern British Columbia

Alberta
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
Banff Centre
Athabasca University

Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
University of Regina

Manitoba
University of Manitoba
University of Winnipeg
Brandon University

Network Partners
BCNET
Cybera
SRnet
MRnet
CANARIE