Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, recently announced over CAD 11 million in Regional Quantum Initiative (RQI) funding to three innovative B.C.-based organizations.

Photonic, the Canadian distributed quantum computing startup company, recently announced that it has successfully transferred quantum information between two physically separated silicon spin qubits using photons at telecom wavelengths in a point-to-point network. This accomplishment demonstrates the potential of existing telecommunication networks to enable long-distance quantum communication, and this significant milestone lays the foundation for quantum internet and distributed quantum computing.

The Canadian national nonprofit organization IQC Canada Inc. recently announced that it has received CAD 18.4 million in funding from the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canadian Strategic Science Fund (SSF). It is reported that the company is committed to collaborating with the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) in Canada to strengthen Canadian quantum development and maintain the country's global leadership in quantum technology.