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.
$60,344.00
May 16, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Evaluation of new haskap cultivars in Quebec
ASP-102
The objective of this project is to characterize the agronomic and economic potential of cultivars
under Quebec's climatic conditions and to evaluate their potential in the face of the
markets targeted by Quebec producers.
$1,100,000.00
Oct 1, 2019
For-profit organization
Development and testing of novel predictive metrics for the grain industry
ASP-113
The objective of this project is to develop, test and validate new predictive food safety and quality metrics for the grain industry in order to predict quality and correlate results to accurate commodity pricing.
$857,404.00
Apr 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Develop a novel crop disease risk assessment tool using remote sensing
ASP-121
The objective of this project is to develop a pre-commercialized validation and assessment tool with the capability to identify, forecast and monitor crop disease risks on a daily basis using data from remote sensing.
$11,968.00
Apr 1, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Fruitlet nutrition as a tool for managing sweet cherry quality
ASP-160
The objective of this project will evaluate cherry fruitlet nutrition as it relates to overall fruit quality and product acceptability after storage and shipment to export markets.
$315,231.00
Apr 1, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
New selection tools to improve piglet pre-weaning survival
ASP-201
The objective of this project is to explore factors impacting piglet mortality between birth and weaning, identify new selection criteria based on sow and piglet characteristics and their interactions using novel technologies and sow barn automation, and develop selection tools for improved survival to weaning.
$419,124.00
Apr 1, 2021
For-profit organization
AI Data Recording Device for Enabling Farm Autonomy
ASP-206
The objective of this project is to develop a compact "sensor suite" that can autonomously collect landscape data from farm equipment.
$63,248.00
Apr 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Determining the genetic control of flax fiber traits
ASP-213
The objective of this project is to gain an understanding of the genetic control of flax height and flax fiber content through the development of segregating populations and the selection and study of individuals from these populations.
$83,928.00
Nov 28, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Optimizing diets to improve efficiency and milk quality in dairy goats
SCAP-ASP-051
The aim of this project is to investigate appropriate feeding strategies in dairy goats that can improve efficiency while maximizing the technological properties of milk for cheese making in early and mid-lactation dairy goats.
$2,817,847.00
Mar 30, 2026
For-profit organization
Development, optimization, and adaptation of formulations and natural active ingredients.
SCAP-ASP-138
This project aims to transform agricultural practices by developing natural active ingredients (NAIs) and the sustainable matrices that accompany them as alternatives to synthetic fertilizers, to improve sector productivity, resilience and sustainability.
$477,623.00
Mar 20, 2026
For-profit organization
Approche intégrée pour la surveillance des cultures en plein champ basée sur les données massives
SCAP-ASP-202
The project aims to implement the Plant Dynamic Space Time imaging (DynaSTI) at Plant Scale, developed by AAFC Researchers, this tool focuses on using dynamic remote sensing to monitor lettuce growth and predict optimal harvest dates for commercial production.