Launch of a quantum communication test bench in the COPL laboratories

January 28, 2026 coincided with the press conference inaugurating the quantum communication experimentation platform, the third in a series of installations in Sherbrooke, Montreal, and now Quebec City.

Housed in the COPL and INO laboratories, the quantum platform will offer businesses and organizations a realistic and controlled experimental environment to test all kinds of quantum-safe solutions and technologies. This initiative, which is the result of a partnership between Numana, the Quebec government, and the two host research centers, will facilitate the structuring of an autonomous and innovative Quebec ecosystem in quantum technologies.

Eugénie Brouillet, vice-rectrice à la recherche, à la création et à l'innovation delivering the speech on behalf of Université Laval.

To read the article published in the ULaval Nouvelles: Un banc d'essai en communication quantique sur le campus

To better understand the initiatives of the Kirq Test Bench:  https://kirq.numana.tech/

From left to right: André Fougères (INO), Alain Chandonnet (INO), Bernard Duval (Numana-Kirq), Sophie LaRochelle (COPL) & David Hélie (COPL).