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.
$387,498.00
Apr 15, 2026
For-profit organization
CIIP Singapore - SENFIN: Sensor Fusion for Intelligent Navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
1042777
As part of the international consortium project “SENFIN”, this project will focus on developing, integrating and testing an advanced combination sensor suite and associated algorithms to verifiably increase the subsea situational awareness and extend mission profile for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).
$175,000.00
Apr 7, 2026
For-profit organization
228413
228413
Undertake initiatives to mitigate the impacts of ongoing tariff and trade volatility
$18,000.00
Apr 1, 2026
For-profit organization
E Sonar Inc.-2025-2026-1040874
1040874
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.
$190,000.00
Sep 2, 2025
For-profit organization
Acoustic Towed Array System Development
1034781
E-Sonar will design and develop a hardware/software-based acoustic towed array for multi-channel subsea acoustic data collection and beamforming. The project objective outcomes will support target identification through beamformed passive listening.
$3,400.00
Mar 14, 2025
For-profit organization
CIIP PDA – E Sonar Inc. – 2024-25
7466868 P015894001
The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) grant agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.
$73,940.00
Feb 14, 2025
For-profit organization
Packaged Hydrophone for Air-Dropped Acoustic Data Acquisition
1027951
E-Sonar will design and develop a packaged hydrophone concept, including hardware/software-based acoustic recording and digital RF transmission system for air-dropped deployment and subsea acoustic data acquisition, including limited beamforming, and signal pre-processing. The resulting technology will enable operation with in-house developed and produced hydrophone arrays to provide short-range target detection capability.
$20,000.00
May 31, 2024
For-profit organization
E Sonar Inc.-2024-2025-1026213
1026213
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.
$75,000.00
May 8, 2024
For-profit organization
Array Recording System for Digital Subsea Acoustic Data Recording/Processing
1019106
E-Sonar will design and develop a hardware/software-based array recording system for multi-channel subsea acoustic data collection, beamforming, and processing. The resulting technology will operate paired with commercial low-frequency projectors to provide a target detection capability, while also comprising a beam-formed passive listening system.
$4,831.50
Apr 14, 2023
For-profit organization
E Sonar Inc.-2023-2024-1008101
1008101
The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.
$256,200.00
Apr 1, 2023
For-profit organization
AUV Situational Awareness Sensor Suite
1005160
This proposal targets a multi-faceted approach to realization of a situational awareness sensor suite for AUVs making high quality information available to the vehicle control algorithms. Solution comprises a package of three sensor advances:
1) Multi element upward looking lead zirconate titanate (PZT) acoustic sensor array providing information on surface obstructions that may prevent safe surfacing of the vehicle;
2) Side-lobe-suppressed-transducer-based sonar bottom-tracking sonar implementation with transducer clamping for close range enhancement, providing subsea obstacle avoidance; and
3) Subsea tolerant pop-up micro-radar implementation for obstacle awareness and avoidance when the vehicle is on the surface.