Private company

Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network

Logo: ORION, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Canadian research and education network

The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) is a high-speed optical research and education network in Ontario, Canada. It connects virtually all of Ontario's research and education institutions including every university, most colleges, several teaching hospitals, public research facilities and several school boards to one another and to the global grid of R&E networks using optical fibre.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications network1
  • HeadquartersToronto1
  • Websitewww.orion.on.ca
  • Legal formcompany1

The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) is a high-speed optical research and education network in Ontario, Canada. It connects virtually all of Ontario's research and education institutions including every university, most colleges, several teaching hospitals, public research facilities and several school boards to one another and to the global grid of R&E networks using optical fibre.2

Timeline

  1. 2002Founded Founded1