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.
$30,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Embedded Development for shared components
1039609
Developing and testing embedded firmware for satellite components.
$150,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Experimentation to optimize business processes in computer systems design and related services
1039611
This project will test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to optimize a repeatable and scalable business process, which may result in new business methods for commercializing products in computer systems design and related services.
$76,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Pilot Production Scale Up Process Development for Seaweed-Based Acoustic Panels
1039668
The project will support the scale up from bench to pilot scale of seaweed-based acoustic panels.
$49,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
ARP - Prototype Development of an AI-Based Wireless Soil Monitoring System
1039866
This project focuses on the design and functional prototyping of an AI-powered wireless monitoring system. This project aims to bridge the gap between raw data and agricultural action through an AI-powered IoT monitoring system. The platform synthesizes real-time soil, plant and environmental data into intuitive visualizations and informative irrigation insights. Key objectives include establishing technical feasibility and validating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) deployment to demonstrate real-world hardware performance.
$20,475.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1039878
The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.
$70,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Light-Weight Software Defined Environment for Marecomms Underwater Acoustic Modems
1039961
In this project, our objective is to perform the preliminary work to transform our existing software-defined modem environment into a lower-complexity one. Specifically, we will perform the required research and development to assess how much power can be saved if we run our modem software on a light-weight operating system.
$200,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
AI Scouting and Scraping System to Autonomously Find the Relevant Permitting Data
1039985
Mercator AI is building an AI Scouting and Scraping system that autonomously discovers, understands, and extracts complex permitting data.
Using AI Agents, company is able to automate human developer tasks, and find the relevant permitting information. The goal of this system is to be able to quickly bring up data ingestion for permits of a new city in a cost effective and scalable way.
$131,200.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Object-level video integrity format for tactical and bandwidth-constrained environments
1039987
The objective of this project is to develop a defence-centric software system designed to overcome the critical limitations of transmitting video data in tactical, low-bandwidth environments.
$20,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
Light Band Software & App Development
1040003
The company is in the final stages of integrating a new safety lighting product into its existing smart lighting ecosystem. Before producing pre-commercial units for internal and beta testing, three critical activities must be completed: continued mobile application development to enable seamless integration with existing lighting systems; software development for a new wireless communication module that allows users to operate the product independently of other hardware; and software development to support programming, diagnostics, and testing of the new product.
$350,000.00
Feb 2, 2026
For-profit organization
3D Screen
1040176
Reduce the product’s energy consumption, increase its brightness, and improve its resistance to certain vibrations.