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.
$400,000.00
Mar 13, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
Agreement for Eco-Soundscapes: Indigenous Hydrophone Initiatives
165331
To build capacity to share and develop knowledge and expertise and support engagement To identify test and develop quiet vessel technologies and designs
$500,000.00
Mar 13, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
Agreement for the Socio-Cultural Cumulative Effects Assessment of Maritime Activities in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence and Community Involvement in Oceans Protection Plan Initiatives
165332
To build capacity and expertise to support dialogue and deliberation on federal-Indigenous relationships related to the design and implementation of the marine safety system and environmental protection measures To foster the development of bilateral and multilateral relationships and partnership to support participation in the marine safety regime To implement federal-Indigenous or multilateral plans and agreements to facilitate collaborative management and partnership in marine safety and environmental protection To support the coordination of local and regional engagement to advance discussions on collaboration and partnership in marine safety and environmental protection
$696,135.88
Mar 12, 2025
For-profit organization
Green Hydrogen at Scale
1029017
Hydrogen Optimized and SDTC announce the funding of the “Green Hydrogen At Scale” Project which will demonstrate novel disruptive technology that integrates High Current Rectifiers with high current water electrolyzers to achieve a target cost of green hydrogen of $US 1/kg. Achieving this cost target should enable many 100s of Mega tonnes CO2 reduction. “Hydrogen Optimized’s RuggedCell water electrolysis technology is poised to revolutionize the economics of green hydrogen production using renewable electricity”, said Andrew T.B. Stuart President and CEO of Hydrogen Optimized. “Economic green hydrogen production will enable renewable energy to be utilized in transportation, industrial, utility, and chemical applications which currently require fossil energy.” This project will demonstrate the cost-effective high current hydrogen production process so that the technology may be immediately commercialized at 100’s of MW’s in capacity. A global commercialization strategy will be implemented with Hydrogen Optimized's project partner ABB.
$2,000,000.00
Mar 12, 2025
For-profit organization
Scaling GHGSat’s Space-Based System to Transform GHG Monitoring Worldwide
1029515
GHGSat is a private company on a mission to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG), air quality gas, and other trace gas emissions from any source in the world.
$429,910.44
Mar 12, 2025
For-profit organization
Advanced Industrial Energy Management Information Systems & Asset Optimization
1029554
The food & beverage sector is a major contributor to global GHG emissions, with over a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions generated by food systems. Implementing an Energy Management Information System (EMIS) is key for industry to understand and optimize energy consumption.
Development and deployment of advanced analytics and machine learning EMIS modules will ensure energy consumption of is full optimized, losses are avoided, and carbon emissions are minimized.
$24,998.00
Mar 12, 2025
Academia
Tuning the electronic structure of spent Li-ion battery cathode materials for high performance oxygen evolution reaction catalysts
1028107
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative
$66,000.00
Mar 12, 2025
Academia
OpenBIM integrated framework to standardize Life Cycle Cost (LCC) benchmarking of building projects
1028457
This Project is to develop practical methods related to the application of OpenBIM to facilitate the creation of a BIM- based model to be used to validate and verify the life cycle cost and environmental impacts modeling and to map the bill-of-work data with relevant inventory datasets at the different stages of building projects’ life cycle and to generate robust life cycle costs and analysis (LCC/LCCA) results to be used for sustainability purposes. This Project’s output will be important to establish the NRC OpenBIM-LCA-LCC web application and performance of benchmarks’ guideline, methodology and proof of concept for the bill of works and their associated costs for Canadian building archetypes. Developing the model will provide a method for statistical- derived benchmarks as an approach that maximizes flexibility, applicability, transparency, and robustness to ensure claims’ validation to superior LCA and LCC performance over business-as-usual design, construction, use, and end-of-life practices.
$99,990.00
Mar 12, 2025
Academia
Impact of Environmental Factors on the Protein Quality of Peas
1028476
Field peas represent a staple food protein crop for human nutrition with high global demand. The quality of the protein found in peas is defined by the balance of indispensable (essential) amino acids that comprise the main storage proteins, as well as the overall digestibility of the protein. Many factors are known to impact the protein quality of peas, both positively and negatively, including varietal differences, environmental factors, and processing conditions. Of relevance to the current project are key environmental factors during plant growth, including precipitation, temperature, and ambient atmospheric CO2 concentrations. These factors are of increasing importance in the face of climate change. The primary objective of the project therefore to study the impact of controlled changes in temperature, moisture and CO2 concentrations during the growing cycle of a select modern and commercially relevant pea cultivar, with particular emphasis on protein quality attributes, including amino acid composition, digestibility and select anti-nutritive factors.
$84,800.80
Mar 12, 2025
International (non-government)
The Impact of Energy Efficiency on Affordability in G7 Members
GC-130593S
The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding for a project that will compile and analyze a comprehensive array of energy efficiency and affordability policies, programs, and initiatives from G7 countries to enhance the understanding among G7 nations of existing policies and their respective outcomes and successes.
$30,000.00
Mar 12, 2025
Other
Fisheries and Offshore Wind Energy: Working Towards Shared Waters and Stewardship
OWPP-G02
The objective of this Project is engagement with Indigenous and coastal communities related to the development of offshore wind energy.