// OUR HISTORY
Your Partners in Analytical
Risk Mitigation
Online LIMS Canada Ltd. has been automating laboratories since 1989 with a singular focus: the data and throughput challenges of mining, smelter and environmental labs. Our flagship worksheet, OnWSH, was one of the industry's first commercially available electronic lab notebooks (ELN).
1989
Founded
2
Continents
100%
Mining & Heavy Industry
150+
Instruments Integrated
Decades of Auditable Industrial Expertise
Based in Ontario, Canada, with a dedicated support hub in Santiago, Chile, our team is made up of chemists, engineers and data-automation specialists — not generalists. We understand that on a remote mine site, software failure is not an option.
For over three decades, OnLIMS has evolved alongside the mining industry, replacing fragile paper trails and brittle spreadsheets with robust, Level 0 instrument integration and rock-solid SQL databases.
Data You Can Defend
We build tools for metallurgists, lab managers and QA/QC specialists who make daily operational decisions worth millions. By shifting labs from after-the-fact error detection to real-time error prevention — backed by a complete audit trail — we make results defensible under audit.
- Never generic: We don't build software for hospitals or life sciences — only mining, smelter and environmental labs.
- Zero-Tampering: full field-level audit trail (old value, new value, user, timestamp) — the evidence base for ISO 17025.
- Engineered for reality: High performance under massive sample loads, on low-bandwidth remote sites.
- True partnership: We implement and adapt the system to your workflow.
- Bilingual by design: OnQMS ships fully bilingual EN/ES — the quality manager in Lima and the corporate auditor in Vancouver trace the same records, each in their own language.
// PROVEN IN PRODUCTION
Trusted Across the Americas' Mining Industry
OnLIMS runs in production at major mining, smelter and commercial-terminal laboratories across the Americas — Canada, the USA, Peru, Chile and Mexico — spanning copper, zinc, gold, lead and coal, from exploration and mine-site assay labs to smelters and concentrate export terminals. That includes some of the world's largest copper and zinc operations.
// HOW WE WORK
A Partner, Not Just a Vendor
We implement, integrate and support the system around your lab — with a licensing model built for industrial sites, not per-seat clinical software.
Fair, industrial licensing
Unlimited users for management modules; instrument-based pricing for OnWSH/OnQC. Swap an instrument without new license fees.
Support that answers
First year of maintenance included after go-live; annual support thereafter covers updates, instrument drivers and IT help — with emergency response when production is down.
Training built in
OnVirtualTrainer ships in-app training (video, PDF and slides, EN/ES) so new analysts get up to speed without flying anyone in.
Partner with LIMS Specialists
Discuss your laboratory roadmap with our technical leadership team.
The Company
Frequently Asked Questions
Who builds OnLIMS, since when and for which laboratories.
Who develops OnLIMS?
Online LIMS Canada Ltd., which has been delivering laboratory automation since 1989. The company operates from Ontario, Canada, with Latin American support based in Santiago, Chile, and supports customers worldwide.
What kind of laboratories use OnLIMS?
Mining, smelter and environmental laboratories — assay and fire assay, metallurgical, geochemical, and high-volume production and QA/QC laboratories. It is not a generic or life-sciences LIMS: the focus is laboratories whose analytical data drives operational decisions.
Where is OnLIMS in production?
At mining, smelter and commercial-terminal laboratories across the Americas — Canada, the United States, Peru, Chile and Mexico — covering copper, zinc, gold, lead and coal, including some of the world's largest copper and zinc operations.
In which languages is OnLIMS available?
English and Spanish. The OnQMS module ships a fully bilingual EN/ES interface and was the first OnLIMS module to do so.
What support is included?
The first year of maintenance is included after go-live. From then on, an annual agreement at 18% of licence cost covers software updates, instrument drivers and IT support.