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.
$25,000.00
Apr 1, 2026
For-profit organization
ASL Environmental Sciences Inc.-2026-2027-1042462
1042462
The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.
$250,000.00
Sep 4, 2025
For-profit organization
DeCAF-RRT
25AO4ASL
This project aims to develop the DeCAF-RRT, a wide-area monitoring tool using satellite Earth observation (SEO), to support salmon habitat monitoring. Effective monitoring promotes healthy ecosystems, sustainable biodiversity, and stable salmon populations for food and economic security.
$299,989.00
Nov 9, 2020
For-profit organization
Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation
AO2020-ASL
Title:Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation
Use big data and AI capabilities for monitoring trends in vegetation and lake dynamics in the Canadian North.
$150,000.00
May 2, 2018
Automated Land Cover Toolbox (ALTbox):
This project will create software tools that will automate and expedite the processing and analysis of multi-sensor datasets, acquired from RADARSAT-2 and several optical Earth Observation sensors, for land cover mapping and change detection. The need for broad scale mapping and monitoring has been recognized by Canadian government departments such as Fisheries & Oceans for coastal areas, and Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada for the Arctic. These needs can be well met in a cost-effective manner using earth observation (EO) and can be best achieved using a combination of Synthetic Aperture RADAR and optical EO.
$4,898.75
Jan 8, 2018
Individual or sole proprietorship
Experience Awards
11020182019Q1100
NSERC’s Experience Awards (previously Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards [IUSRA]) offer organizations access to talented natural sciences and engineering undergraduate students for a work term. This cost-shared program allows students to address organization-specific R&D challenges while gaining valuable industrial experience. Experience Awards also let organizations identify potential future full-time employees.