
How New Brunswick’s VeroSource Became a National Leader in Digital Health
February 3, 2025
We bring the best mix of a knowledge-led economy, highly educated and tech-savvy community, well-integrated ecosystem, strong cybersecurity sector, and open access to global markets.
We have a sustainable pool of existing and emerging tech talent including software engineers, artificial intelligence and machine learning engineers, user interface and user experience designers, and product managers.
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New Brunswick is producing talent for priority occupations within the digital health sector, including:
Data scientists
Software engineers and designers
Database analysts and data administrators
Project managers
Product managers
New Brunswick has strengths in genomics and precision medicine, clinical trials technology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, biomedical engineering, aging and senior care, monitoring and diagnostics systems, medical devices, virtual care, and electronic medical records (EMRs), and sits at the convergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity and digital health.
Atlantic Canada has some unique and challenging demographic attributes which position the region as an ideal place to innovate in digital health.
New Brunswick is positioned to lead in aging solutions, with a $1.8 billion total potential investment in aging projects.
$100+ million capital investment.
75,000 sq. ft. of lab, office, and retail for life science and biotech service providers.
The district will become part of a dynamic, co-located health constellation that includes Dalhousie Medicine NB, the NBCC Allied Health programs, the Saint John Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network, and the University of New Brunswick (UNB).
40,000 – sq. ft. of lab space (dry labs, wet labs, innovation labs).
The Centre is a “bio-incubator” designed to support the growth of biomedical startups in New Brunswick.
Total investment in New Brunswick’s health research sector skyrocketed to $59 million in 2022, a 26% increase over the previous year.
#1 in Atlantic Canada private equity and venture capital investments since 2013 (2013-2022).
In 2022, ICT+Cyber+Digital Health companies accounted for 56.3% of total venture capital investments in New Brunswick.
In 2022, NB saw the most activity compared to previous years in ICT and Digital Health. NB companies leading the charge in those domains include Beauceron Security, TrojAI, Populus Plus and SmartSkin.