Intern, Benchmarking & Insights Summer 2026

About MaRS

MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) is a charitable organization and North Americas largest urban innovation hub dedicated to helping high-growth technology companies succeed. With a focus on climate health sciences and other emerging technologies MaRS supports startups tackling some of the worlds most pressing issues. Through its world-class facilities strategic programs and partnerships MaRS accelerates the adoption of groundbreaking Canadian technology and bolsters a globally competitive innovation ecosystem. MaRS is the place where you can play a meaningful role in the innovation economy.

We understand qualifications on a job posting can be daunting. If youre passionate about the role and believe you can make a meaningful impact we want to hear from you even if you dont meet every listed qualification. Were always looking for great talent to join our team on planet MaRS.

We actively encourage all candidates to apply including equity-deserving communities including those who identify as BIPOC racialized women people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities expressions and sexual orientations.

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Want to be a Summer Intern

Were offering a range of exciting summer internships that cover the full spectrum of the work we do: from venture programming to marketing & events to benchmarking & insights. MaRS summer interns will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience collaborate with multidisciplinary teams put forth their ideas and contribute to a dynamic organization.

If youd like to apply to the opportunity detailed below please make sure your cover letter demonstrates why you are a great match for this internship. Connect the dots from experience and education to what youre applying for.

And if you are applying for more than one MaRS internship please make sure to identify this clearly in your cover letter and tailor each letter to a specific opportunity.

Who we are looking for

MaRS interns possess a positive outlook and are smart curious energetic and engaged in the world around them. Theyre independent but also work well on a team. They are ideas people always thinking of innovative new ways to do things. Beyond this there are specific knowledge and skill requirements for each role as detailed below.

About the Internship Opportunity with Benchmarking & Insights

As an Intern on the Benchmarking & Insights team you will play a pivotal role in gathering and analyzing data to help us tell the story of Canadian innovation: focusing on the health demographics and trajectory of ventures. You will assemble high-impact data visualizations to integrate with macroeconomic context supporting the development of data-centric narratives that explore critical trends such as employment growth commercial maturity and regional clusters.

Major tasks the Intern will undertake:

• Data Synthesis & Management: You will source clean and structure data from intelligence platforms (StatsCan PitchBook CB Insights) to ensure our reporting is built on a foundation of accuracy.
• Data Visualization: You will translate datasets into clear high-impact visuals (bar graphs infographics charts) that make trends easy to understand at a glance.
• Narrative Building: You will draft concise data-driven narratives and conduct qualitative research on market trends to contextualize the numbers.
• Product Development & Scalability: This isnt just a one-off project; you are building a legacy product. You will create the dashboards templates and process documentation that allow this report to be easily updated and replicated annually.
• Project Execution: You will support the end-to-end development of a final report ensuring all data sources are properly cited and the final output is polished and professional.
  

What You Bring

Required Skills & Experience

• Currently enrolled in post-secondary education returning to studies in September 2026
• Available to work full-time 37.5 hours/week from May - August 2026
• Clear written communication skills ability to draft simple reports/narrative using proper citations
• Strong attention to detail
• Familiar with basic data visualization principles from coursework (bar charts line graphs pie charts etc.)
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office and/or GSuite (Word Excel Docs Sheets)

Great to have (but not required)

• Intermediate/Advanced Excel (VLOOKUP Pivot Tables Macros/VBA); Dashboards (Looker Tableau PowerBI)

The Fine Print

The internship runs May 4 - August 21 2026.

The expected annual base salary range (prorated for the term) for this role is $42000 - $51000 which is determined based on year of study candidates skills knowledge experience and internal equity.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as we may close the posting before January 30 2026.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada reside in Ontario for the duration of the internship and be willing to work out of our Toronto office (101 College Street) a minimum of 3 days per week.

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Required Experience:

Junior IC