For a high-level overview of our members’ inventories of samples and data, please see below.
Stay tuned for a searchable catalogue!
Brain Tumour Biobank
Unity Health Toronto
23,192 samples from 1904 participants
Cancer – Central Nervous System
Frozen and FFPE tumour, frozen whole blood
Radiology and histopathology images
Hematology Biobank
The Ottawa Hospital
37,000 samples from 3,700 participants
Cancer – Hematologic Malignancies, Blood Disorders, Healthy Controls
Plasma, buffy coat, serum, bone marrow aspirate, buccal swab, whole blood
Tumour Tissue Data Repository
Canadian Cancer Trials Group
550,000 samples from 60,000 participants
Cancer – Solid and Hematologic Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, microbiome, PBMC, stool
Histopathology images
McCain GU Biobank
University Health Network
440,000 samples from about 19,500 patients
Cancer – Genito-Urinary, Healthy Controls
Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, semen
Ontario Health Study
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
845,000 samples from 44,000 participants
All conditions including cancer, Healthy Controls
Plasma, buffy coat (and extracted DNA), serum, urine, red blood cells, lymphocytes, dried blood spot cards
MRI images
Extensive questionnaire data from 225,000 participants
Ontario Tumour Bank
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
144,000 samples from 24,000 participants
Cancer – Solid Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour and nodes, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, tissue microarrays, nucleic acids
Histopathology images
Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Biobank
University of Guelph
32,500 samples from 2,000 animal participants (canine, feline, and others),
Any conditions, including Healthy Controls, Cancer – Solid and Hematologic Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, cell lines (from ~40 different cases)
Princess Margaret Cancer Biobank
University Health Network
1,000,000 samples from 31,000 participants
Cancer – Solid Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, PBMC, bile
The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre Biobank
The Hospital for Sick Children
7,000 samples from 1,800 participants
Cancer – Central Nervous System (pediatric)
Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, cystic fluids, viably cryopreserved tissue, cell lines
Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Biobank
University of Guelph
32,500 samples from 2,000 animal participants (canine, feline, and others),
Any conditions, including Healthy Controls, Cancer – Solid and Hematologic Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, cell lines (from ~40 different cases)
Princess Margaret Cancer Biobank
University Health Network
1,000,000 samples from 31,000 participants
Cancer – Solid Malignancies
Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, PBMC, bile
The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre Biobank
The Hospital for Sick Children
7,000 samples from 1,800 participants
Cancer – Central Nervous System (pediatric)
Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, cystic fluids, viably cryopreserved tissue, cell lines
Kids Eye Biobank
The Hospital for Sick Children
689 samples from 179 participants
Extensive clinical data and imaging from up to 489 participants (availability varies)
Pediatric ophthalmic conditions, including cancer
Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, buffy coat, bone marrow aspirate, aqueous humor, vitreous humor, subretinal fluid, and other ocular tissues, tumour cell lines and organoids (in development)
Ophthalmology, radiology, and digital histopathology images
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