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.
$423,211.69
Mar 28, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
The purpose of the program is to provide support to organizations that undertake projects that that contribute to the development and implementation of coastal zone plans, identify restoration priorities, implement projects, and address threats to marine species located on Canada's Coasts. The program would contribute to the mitigation of stressors affecting aquatic habitats and marine life, and would engage Indigenous groups, resource users, and local groups and communities in undertaking planning, restoration, capacity building, monitoring, and reporting activities.
$1,656,000.00
Mar 28, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
The purpose of the program is to provide support to organizations that undertake projects that that contribute to the development and implementation of coastal zone plans, identify restoration priorities, implement projects, and address threats to marine species located on Canada's Coasts. The program would contribute to the mitigation of stressors affecting aquatic habitats and marine life, and would engage Indigenous groups, resource users, and local groups and communities in undertaking planning, restoration, capacity building, monitoring, and reporting activities.
$260,018.00
Mar 28, 2018
Academia
CubeSat NB - VIOLET
17CCPUNNB1
CubeSat NB will provide new insights into the behaviour of Earth's upper atmosphere including the ionosphere. It will receive signals transmitted by global navigation satellite systems, such as GPS, and they travel through the ionosphere and are affected by it. Researchers will be able to use the data to further study how the ionosphere changes from place to place over time as well as how it responds to space weather. Significant space weather events can interfere with communications systems and electrical grids. CubeSat NB will additionally carry three cameras. Two cameras will allow the team to study the distribution of oxygen in the upper atmosphere, capturing images of the red and green light oxygen atoms given off during aurora and airglow events. The images will be used to examine the varying composition of the ionosphere and its response to solar storms. The third camera will be used to take images of Earth's surface for Earth science and meteorology applications. Knowledge of Earth's oceans is critical to understanding climate change.
The New Brunswick CubeSat will be jointly built with the University of Moncton and the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) campus in Saint John.
$319,151.00
Mar 28, 2018
Academia
Western University CubeSat Project
17CCPWES20
By taking CubeSat operations into the classroom, it will help enhance the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach program of the Western University's Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX).
$275,412.00
Mar 28, 2018
Academia
ORCA2SAT: Optical and Radio Calibration of Atmospheric Attenuation CubeSat
17CCPVIC19
ORCA²Sat will develop and test new advancements in technology to better understand “dark energy”, and enigmatic form of energy making up 75% of the universe believed to cause the universe to expand at an accelerating rate. Operating with two payloads, this CubeSat will calibrate a number of both optical and radio observatories in an effort to reduce uncertainties associated with measurements of the universal expansion rate. These calibrated measurements may provide new insights into the nature of dark energy and the universal expansion rate.
ORCA²Sat is to be developed in collaboration with Simon Frasier University, the University of British Colombia, the Technical University of Lisbon in Portugal, Harvard University in the USA, the National Research Council, and Space Systems Loral based in the USA.
$260,351.00
Mar 28, 2018
Academia
Dalhousie University CubeSat(DUCS): Programme for Training and Satellite Development
17CCPDAL06
Dalhousie University CubeSat (DUCS) will test a new CubeSat frame made out of lightweight metal which will provide better space navigation capabilities for future CubeSats. It will as well validate the use of onboard solar energy and battery storage technology to power a stabilization wheel that will better control the position of the satellite's instruments.
DUCS will be developed in collaboration with IMP Aerospace and Xeos Technologies, Inc.
$249,062.00
Mar 28, 2018
Academia
Killick-1: A GNSS Reflectometry CubeSat for Measuring Sea Ice Thickness and Extent
17CCPNFL11
Killick-1 will test an existing technology designed to monitor oceans (sea-ice detection and concentration estimation) and fit it on the smaller CubeSat frame, which could lead to cheaper solutions to monitor and collect data on our oceans.
Killick-1 will be developed in collaboration with Newfoundland-based C-Core and the University of Prince Edward Island.
$2,294,119.00
Mar 28, 2018
Other
19NA-CWC WW
19NA-CWC WW
The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding to the association to support their efforts to encourage innovation in wood products, building systems and building codes and product standards by identifying and developing opportunities that promise to increase wood use in the Canadian non-residential and mid-rise market.
$2,321,313.00
Mar 28, 2018
Other
19NA-CWC WW
19NA-CWC WW
The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding to the association to support their efforts to encourage innovation in wood products, building systems and building codes and product standards by identifying and developing opportunities that promise to increase wood use in the Canadian non-residential and mid-rise market.
$604,796.00
Mar 28, 2018
Other
19OM-QWEB
19OM-QWEB
The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding to the association to support their efforts to promote Quebec wood products in overseas markets, collect information on these overseas markets and disseminate it to the organization and its members.