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.
$68,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
ARP - Development of automated industrial equipment for palletizing forest nursery containers.
1038085
Development of automated industrial equipment for palletizing forest nursery containers.
$30,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
YOUTH - Specialized welding
1038166
This project will enable the firm to consolidate its welding department and increase its capabilities in this specialized field.
$13,400.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
IP Assist L3: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1038167
The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.
$49,216.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Bird Song IoT
1038201
The firm is developing “Bird Song IoT”, an AI-powered environmental monitoring system that detects Bank Swallows (Riparia Riparia), a threatened species under the Species at Risk Act, in real-time at mining operations. The system combines edge AI models, IoT hardware, and cloud infrastructure to provide early warnings when protected species are present, enabling proactive compliance with environmental regulations. This project will advance the AI model accuracy, complete IoT device development including power management and LTE communications and finalize the cloud monitoring platform. Field trials are planned for spring/summer at a mining site.
$75,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
ARP - Development of an integrated capacity management and production scheduling system.
1038503
The project aims to develop a reproducible capacity management and production scheduling model for manufacturing activities that will serve as the basis for the future integration of artificial intelligence tools to support production decision-making.
$12,300.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1038527
The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.
$48,467.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Extraction and Purification of Melanin from Black Soldier Fly (BSF) for Applications across the Cosmetic, Pharmaceutical, and Energy Storage Iindustries
1038530
Melanin is a pigment polymer found in the skin, hair, and eyes, essential for coloration and protecting tissues from UV damage. Naturally synthesized in the human body and by many other organisms across several varieties of species (e.g. bacteria, fungi, mammals, etc); it can also be chemically synthesized or produced via microbial fermentation. Chemically synthesized melanin is considered an environmentally taxing and financially expensive process.
The Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and its pupae is one such organism from which the naturally occurring melanin can be extracted. Oberland, in collaboration with a third-party contractor, seeks to optimize the melanin extraction and purifications processes, first at laboratory scale and then reaching pilot scale.
$170,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
AI-Powered Kitchen Display Systems & Order Fulfillment
1038964
An AI-powered fulfillment and order management system to optimize kitchen operations in high-volume, multi-brand environments with machine learning to dynamically batch, route, and sequence orders in real time based on prep times and station capacity.
$360,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Development of an automated solution based on cable-guided robot technology for the application of specialized paints on large military equipment.
1039003
The firm wants to expand its cable-guided robot technology to the defence sector by developing a version capable of optimizing the application of standard or specialized paint on large objects such as boats, submarines, armored vehicles, and other military equipment.
$2,920,000.00
Dec 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Depolymerisation and Upcycling of Polyester post industrial and post consumer waste
1039041
Scale Up of novel chemical recycling process for hard-to-recycle Polyester fabric and Polyethylene Ethyl Terephthalate (PET) plastic waste, including engineering design, regulatory compliance, and quality system preparation first commercial plant. The goal is to enable PET resin recovery, and reducing CO2 emissions.