<Tr> <Th> Staff </Th> <Td> ~ 500 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> triumf.ca </Td> </Tr> <P> TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics and accelerator - based science . TRIUMF is considered Canada's premier physics laboratory, and is consistently regarded as one of the leading subatomic physics research centers on the international level . Owned and operated by a consortium of universities as a joint venture, TRIUMF is located on the south campus of one of its founding members - the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia . TRIUMF houses the world's largest cyclotron, a source of 520 MeV protons, which was named an IEEE Milestone in 2010 . TRIUMF's accelerator - focused activities involve particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear medicine, materials science, and detector and accelerator development . </P> <P> There are over 500 scientists, engineers, technicians, tradespeople, administrative staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students on the TRIUMF site . The lab attracts over 1000 national and international researchers every year and has generated over $1 B in economic impact activity over the last decade . </P>

Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics