Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$203,320.00
Jun 30, 2015
The objectives of this project are to provide more accurate and timely information on snow cover to predict the effect of snowmelt, how it impacts rivers and reservoirs during spring break-up, and how it affects forest fire risk. This project could also provide complementary information on soil status and vegetation.
$300,000.00
Jun 12, 2015
The objective of this project is to understand and monitor human and industrial activities that have physical impact on the environment. These include changes of land cover types, new large construction and modifications in surface topography.
$299,782.00
Jun 12, 2015
The objective is project to advance the use of radar data over agricultural areas to provide timely and more precise soil moisture information.
$298,322.00
Jun 10, 2015
The objective of this project is to develop multi-sensor radar products to help monitor change across several applications: urban; permafrost; geohazards; seasonal land movement, etc.
$294,510.00
Jun 2, 2015
The objective of this project is to develop more accurate and robust estimations of forest heights and biomass, and a cost-effective solution for monitoring remote forest areas.
$255,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
To better understand the passive microwave L-band signal from in-situ measurements and emission modeling experiments, and calibrate and validate an F/T detection algorithm from the upcoming SMAP passive observations.
$280,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
The project will address the ongoing validation, development and improvement of soil moisture retrieval methods from in-situ and SMAP data. The project will also look at the applications of data assimilation techniques to improve the modelling of the spatial distribution of energy, water, and carbon fluxes.
$255,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite by supporting a ground network in Northern Quebec; testing and validating the SMAP data product to monitor the soil Freeze/Thaw state at medium and high resolution over the tundra and the boreal forest in Canada and; develop a hydrothermal model to provide soil moisture and Freeze/Thaw information in high spatial and temporal resolution at a watershed level.
$161,584.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite. These data will originate from an intensive field campaign in southeastern Manitoba in 2016 (SMAPVEX16) to collect high density surface soil moisture observations along nine permanent soil profile moisture monitoring sites.
$280,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This research project will focus on enhanced predictions of surface energy fluxes and ecosystem productivity through improved satellite observation and assimilation of soil moisture data from in-situ and SMAP data. In addition, the project aims to further develop the Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS) using a coupled water and carbon cycle modeling methodology and a parameter optimization scheme.