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.
$554,000.00
Jan 1, 2026
For-profit organization
Dual-Use AI Platform for Fleet Readiness and Maintenance Prioritization
1039782
This project aims to develop and experimentally validate an AI-powered fleet readiness and maintenance prioritization platform for small, high-speed manned and unmanned boats.
$350,000.00
Apr 1, 2025
For-profit organization
AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance for Marine Drivetrains
1031603
Develop an AI-driven predictive maintenance solution for marine engines to reduce downtime and optimize fleet operations.
$25,000.00
May 27, 2024
For-profit organization
Barnacle Systems Inc.-2024-2025-1025240
1025240
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.
$421,700.00
Oct 3, 2022
For-profit organization
Platform-agnostic software for Government clouds and on-premise servers
997747
The development of an automatically deployable software platform compatible with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud environments. The software platform is intended to analyze high-frequency sensor data and video feeds from marine vessels for predictive maintenance in both an open and closed network environment.
$154,000.00
May 3, 2021
For-profit organization
Data monitoring, logging, and reporting system for marine electric drives in remote locations
972858
Development of a proof-of-concept data monitoring and logging system tailored for use in hybrid-electric or battery-electric drives in marine applications.
$19,500.00
Apr 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Barnacle Systems Inc.-2020-2021-964875
964875
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.
$120,000.00
Aug 1, 2019
For-profit organization
Development of BlueTooth Low Energy Network and Impact Sensor for Recreational Boats
932634
Develop a sensing system to determine when a boat hull has hit a large object.
$10,000.00
Dec 3, 2018
For-profit organization
Youth Green Firmware Developer
916989
To provide employment for a youth in the field of Firmware Engineering. The Youth Green intern will assist Barnacle Systems with development of a proprietary suite of sensors for recreational and charter boats that are used to detect for sudden impacts.
$10,000.00
May 1, 2018
For-profit organization
Youth Green: BlueTooth Low Energy Sensor Network
905906
To provide employment for a youth in the field of Software Engineering. The youth will be developing a sensor suite using BLE communications for use in recreational boating market allowing boaters to know the health and status of their vessel, thus reducing the possibility of boats sinking and polluting the environment.
$50,000.00
Apr 1, 2018
For-profit organization
Impact monitoring system for yachts - proof of concept development
905904
Identify when a recreational boat has run aground by developing a sensor suite that isolates impacts and communicates over a BlueTooth mesh network.