Scientists maintain biological collections and genetic resources.
- Animal Genetic Resources of Canada (AGRC)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)
- Canadian Collection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (CCAMF)
- Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures (DAOMC)
- Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes (CNC)
- Canadian National Mycological Herbarium (DAOM)
- National Collection of Vascular Plants (DAO)
- Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC)
- Summary of “Canada’s Country Report for the Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”
- Canadian Plant Virus Collection (CPVC)