Ouranos is incorporated as a non-profit organization with fourteen regular members and four affiliated members.

Financial management is handled by senior management and overseen by a firm of auditors, reporting to the Board of Directors.

To carry out its mission, Ouranos is structured around two themes:

Climate sciences	subdivided into three groups of experts:  climate simulations, climate scenarios and hydroclimatic analyses, and
Impacts and Adaptation	broken down into several thematic programs revolving around a single “Impacts and Adaptation” group.

Logistics is handled by an administrative group and a computer services group.

The Scientific program is overseen by senior management, subject to approval by the Board of Directors. An external scientific council, consisting of independent researchers, advises the Executive Director on the scientific aspects of the program.

Members

14 members

• Quebec government departments:
  
  • Sécurité publique
    
  • Développement durable, Environnement et Parcs
    
  • Ressources naturelles et Faune
    
  • Affaires municipales et Régions
    
  • Transports
    
  • Agriculture, Pêcheries et Alimentation
    
  • Développement économique, Innovation et Exportation
    
  • Santé et Services sociaux
• Hydro-Québec
  
• Environment Canada
  
• Université du Québec à Montréal
  
• Université Laval
  
• McGill University
  
• Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
  

4 affiliated members

• École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
  
• Manitoba Hydro
  
• Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
• Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  

and many scientific partners