WestGrid


WestGrid is a government-funded infrastructure program that began in 2003, mainly in Western Canada. It provides institutional research faculty and students access to high-performance computing and distributed data storage, using a combination of grid, networking, and collaboration tools. WestGrid is one of four partners within the umbrella organization, Compute Canada.

Principal participants

WestGrid has 14 partner institutions across four provinces - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The participating institutions include:
WestGrid also works in partnership with each province's Optical Regional Advanced Network. WestGrid's network partners include:
  • BCNET
  • Cybera
  • SRnet
  • MRnet
  • CANARIE