{"id":38,"date":"2025-07-31T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontariobiobanks.ca\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:01:18","slug":"inventory-catalogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ontariobiobanks.ca\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Inventory Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For a high-level overview of our members’ inventories of samples and data, please see below.<\/strong>
Stay tuned for a searchable catalogue!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Brain Tumour Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
Unity Health Toronto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23,192 samples from 1904 participants
Cancer \u2013 Central Nervous System<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Frozen and FFPE tumour, frozen whole blood
Radiology and histopathology images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hematology Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
The Ottawa Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

37,000 samples from 3,700 participants
Cancer \u2013 Hematologic Malignancies, Blood Disorders, Healthy Controls<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Plasma, buffy coat, serum, bone marrow aspirate, buccal swab, whole blood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tumour Tissue Data Repository<\/strong><\/a>    
Canadian Cancer Trials Group<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

550,000 samples from 60,000 participants
Cancer \u2013 Solid and Hematologic Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, microbiome, PBMC, stool
Histopathology images <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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McCain GU Biobank<\/strong><\/a>             
University Health Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

440,000 samples from about 19,500 patients
Cancer \u2013 Genito-Urinary, Healthy Controls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, semen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ontario Health Study<\/strong><\/a>
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

845,000 samples from 44,000 participants
All conditions including cancer, Healthy Controls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ontario Tumour Bank<\/strong><\/a>
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

144,000 samples from 24,000 participants
Cancer \u2013 Solid Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour and nodes, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, tissue microarrays, nucleic acids
Histopathology images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
University of Guelph<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

32,500 samples from 2,000 animal participants (canine, feline, and others),
Any conditions, including Healthy Controls, Cancer \u2013 Solid and Hematologic Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, cell lines (from ~40 different cases)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Princess Margaret Cancer Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
University Health Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,000,000 samples from 31,000 participants
Cancer \u2013 Solid Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, PBMC, bile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
The Hospital for Sick Children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7,000 samples from 1,800 participants
Cancer \u2013 Central Nervous System (pediatric)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, cystic fluids, viably cryopreserved tissue, cell lines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
University of Guelph<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

32,500 samples from 2,000 animal participants (canine, feline, and others),
Any conditions, including Healthy Controls, Cancer \u2013 Solid and Hematologic Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, urine, cell lines (from ~40 different cases)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Princess Margaret Cancer Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
University Health Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,000,000 samples from 31,000 participants
Cancer \u2013 Solid Malignancies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, normal adjacent, plasma, buffy coat, serum, ascites, PBMC, bile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
The Hospital for Sick Children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7,000 samples from 1,800 participants
Cancer \u2013 Central Nervous System (pediatric)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen and FFPE tumour, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, cystic fluids, viably cryopreserved tissue, cell lines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kids Eye Biobank<\/strong><\/a>
The Hospital for Sick Children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

689 samples from 179 participants
Extensive clinical data and imaging from up to 489 participants (availability varies)
Pediatric ophthalmic conditions, including cancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you don’t see what you’re looking for, please let us know<\/a> and we’d be happy to facilitate a connection to a biobank who may be able to help you with your request.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a high-level overview of our members’ inventories of samples and data, please see below.Stay tuned for a searchable catalogue! Brain Tumour BiobankUnity Health Toronto 23,192 samples from 1904 participantsCancer \u2013 Central Nervous System Frozen and FFPE tumour, frozen whole bloodRadiology and histopathology images Hematology BiobankThe Ottawa Hospital 37,000 samples from 3,700 participantsCancer \u2013 Hematologic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInventory Catalogue - Ontario Biobanks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ontariobiobanks.ca\/?page_id=38\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inventory Catalogue - Ontario Biobanks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For a high-level overview of our members’ inventories of samples and data, please see below.Stay tuned for a searchable catalogue! 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