The Canadian Polar Commission (CPC) is Canada's lead agency in the area of polar research. The CPC is currently constructing the Canadian Polar Information Network (CPIN), an online resource including a search engine, a Science Forum, and a database of researchers.

The Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) provides logistics support and advice to Canadian research groups, and, on a cost-recovery basis, to non-Canadian researchers. PCSP maintains two bases in the Northwest Territories; one at Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island, bordering Barrow Strait and the Northwest Passage; the other at Tuktoyaktuk at the mouth of the Mackenzie River, on the shore of the Beaufort Sea. Details about both facilities are available in the PCSP Operations Manual.PCSP also maintains an online Inventory of Science and Technology Facilities in Canada's North. which contains detailed information on research facilities throughout northern Canada.

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) is a non-profit membership organization and a research institute of the University of Calgary. AINA operates research stations at Kluane Lake and Devon Island.