Research cyberinfrastructure for the Canadian astronomical community

The Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomy Research is a national platform for data-intensive scientific computing.

CANFAR is a consortium of Canadian university astronomers, Compute Canada, and the National Research Council Canada’s Canadian Astronomy Data Centre with support from CANARIE and the Canadian Space Agency.

CANFAR services include:

• Archival data storage for major Canadian and international observatories and projects
• Cloud processing
• Infrastructure for visualization and analytics on massive datasets
• User-managed storage for research teams
• Innovative development to keep Canadian science at the leading edge