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.
$258,179,500.00
Apr 1, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
515515
515515
This project will continue supporting the implementation of the DRI Strategy to ensure that Canadian researchers have the digital tools they need to support scientific excellence.
$83,558,934.00
Apr 1, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
515544
515544
Expand national AI compute capacity to address urgent AI research needs across Canada. This initiative will increase available compute resources, providing researchers with equitable access to high-performance AI infrastructure, high-quality Canadian datasets, secure storage, and advanced software tools.
$34,700,000.00
Feb 6, 2024
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Expansion of the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research
A1-023263-01-01
Facilitate the establishment of a Canadian regional centre that provides Canadian astronomers access to data from the SKA and other astronomy facilities. Provide dedicated storage, computing capacity and services participation in SKA.
$99,509,560.00
Apr 1, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
514970
514970
A project to continue supporting national activities related to the operation, coordination and improvement of the Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Platform
$128,757,392.00
Apr 1, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
514971
514971
A project to support the replacement of national high performance computational infrastructure, and to upgrade the hosting capacity of a data centre
$38,999,351.40
Jun 6, 2022
Not-for-profit organization or charity
514654
514654
s objective of providing dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) compute by funding the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to acquire and operate AI infrastructure.
$38,367,000.00
Apr 1, 2022
Not-for-profit organization or charity
514494
514494
Fund DRAC to cover costs associated with the set up of strategic governance of data management and advanced research computing activities and operations in 2022-23
$24,208,000.00
Oct 31, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
512479
512479
Digital Research Infrastructure Contribution Program