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.

1173529 records

$170,940.00

Aug 23, 2018

Aboriginal recipient

Agreement:

MMIWG-CA-0033

Agreement Number:

MMIWG-CA-0033

Duration: from Aug 23, 2018 to Jun 1, 2019
Description:

To ensure that Participants who do not have sufficient financial resources receive necessary funding to access representative services and are able to participate appropriately in the work of the Commission.

Organization: Privy Council Office
Program Name: Contribution Program for Commissions of Inquiry
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6A 4J1

$170,940.00

Aug 23, 2018

Aboriginal recipient

Agreement:

MMIWG-CA-0033

Agreement Number:

MMIWG-CA-0033

Duration: from Aug 23, 2018 to Jun 28, 2019
Description:

To ensure that Participants who do not have sufficient financial resources receive necessary funding to access representative services and are able to participate appropriately in the work of the Commission.

Organization: Privy Council Office
Program Name: Contribution Program for Commissions of Inquiry
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6A 4J1

For-profit organization

Agreement:

15136

Agreement Number:

15136

Duration: from Aug 23, 2018 to Dec 31, 2019
Description:

Commercialize an innovative digital white board

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada
Location: CALGARY, Alberta, CA T2R 0K1

For-profit organization

Agreement:

000015136

Agreement Number:

000015136

Duration: from Aug 23, 2018 to Dec 31, 2020
Description:

Commercialize an innovative digital white board

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada
Program Name: Western Diversification Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2R 0K1
Description:

The PREWAVES-Patterns project aims to develop and test new space metal fuel instruments, and validate those instruments in low-gravity parabolic flights. This project will ensure that the Canadian team can take part in the sounding rocket launch during the TEXUS 56/57 missions, as well as well as support the development of metal fuels as a zero-carbon energy solution consistent with a future low-carbon society.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CA

$399,630.00

Aug 22, 2018

Academia

Agreement:

Technology Demonstration of Soil Moisture Monitoring with Reflected GNSS Signals

Agreement Number:

18FAYORA09

Duration: from Aug 22, 2018 to Aug 31, 2023
Description:

The Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) technique provides insight on certain surface conditions. Making use of freely-available GNSS signal reflections over land for remote sensing would represent a significant step forward. This project aims to develop a prototype GNSS-R receiver capable of making customizable surface reflection measurements from space to measure surface soil moisture content and variation, using signals from the many GNSS satellites currently in orbit.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M3J 1P3
Description:

The CALASET-II project aims to design, build and test innovative instruments to measure concentrations of atmospheric trace gases as function of height. These new instruments will allow identification and quantification of specific gases, such as carbon dioxide, and help verify measurements obtained from the satellites that observe Earth's atmosphere.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA

$199,650.00

Aug 22, 2018
Description:

Modern planetary rovers and orbital instruments generate multiple data products. However, data transmission capacity from space to Earth is currently limited. This can result in observations not being made and experiments not being performed because there is no bandwidth available to get the data back to Earth. In order to maximize the return from field explorations, rovers and satellites of the future will need the ability to make independent decisions about what to explore and transmit preliminary analyses of data to Earth.

This project aims to develop and field test algorithms and systems for autonomous scientific investigation. The techniques developed will also enhance terrestrial applications in agriculture, infrastructure monitoring and mining.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Location: London, Ontario, CA

$100,000.00

Aug 22, 2018

Academia

Agreement:

MAPLE: Mars Atmospheric Panoramic camera and Laser Experiment

Duration: from Aug 22, 2018 to Dec 31, 2022
Description:

The MAPLE project aims to advance the development of a small panoramic camera system developed for spaceflight and intended to be used to investigate the Martian atmosphere from the surface. The instrument will be enhanced in order to allow the MAPLE system to examine the vertical distribution of dust and ice aerosols near the surface and to constrain the size and shape of these particles. As our models of the Martian environment are derived from terrestrial weather forecasting models, proper validation at Mars will improve the accuracy and timeliness of weather forecasting on Earth.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M3J 1P3

$120,700.00

Aug 22, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

400053359

Agreement Number:

400053359

Duration: from Aug 22, 2018 to Feb 28, 2020
Description:

Marketing Strategy: The project aims to increase the sales of a company that develops, manufactures and markets solutions for the installation of large scale mining production infrastructure and machinery.

Organization: Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Program Name: Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
Location: Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, CA J9X6P2