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.
$958,582.00
Jul 22, 2024
For-profit organization
Development of a low Earth orbit (LEO) Satellite Navigation Receiver and demonstration of PNT enhancements
24STDPU43
Access to improved navigation and time is paramount to the modernization and automation of several industries, including agriculture, natural resource management (mining), and transportation. This project focusses on development of Xona-enabled user equipment (receiver) technology for use within heavy industry applications, in particular precision agriculture and mining. This includes field-testing of the signals and hardware, testing of live satellite transmissions, and development of an in-house Xona PULSAR receiver. The in-house receiver will serve as a baseline to showcase various features and Xona capabilities to industry leaders and to enable demonstration of resilient high precision positioning within the agricultural and mining industries. These domains represent major pillars of Canadian industry and are also the expected early adopters of Xona’s technology. By implementing and field-testing this receiver with actual PULSAR satellite signals, Xona will prepare its technology for expansion into the larger Canadian and global business and industrial contexts.
$46,000.00
Feb 5, 2024
For-profit organization
PRA - Operational & Product Trade Study on Space Systems Manufacturing for Commercial Navigation Satellites
1015476
The project aims to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the technical and economic aspects of manufacturing satellite subsystems, entire satellite buses, and a comparison of options for Xona’s PULSAR constellation in a local context to Montréal/Canada.
$75,000.00
Jul 31, 2023
For-profit organization
Initial Development of Services Operation for Position, Navigation, and Timing(PNT) Service
1008010
This project is to create a Services Operation for space-based Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) service in Canada. It explores the development of data and other services deployed on cloud infrastructure to interface with customers both via internet and satellite connection.
$50,000.00
Sep 12, 2022
For-profit organization
Feasibility study of Commercial Satellite Navigation: Space Segment Architecture
994593
Xona Space Systems is building satellite navigation infrastructure in low Earth orbit (LEO) to deliver high performance Position, Navigation, and Time (PNT) services to industries who have critical reliance. This feasibility study examines space segment architectures for deployment, manufacturing, and performance for delivering these PNT and related services.
$495,120.00
Dec 21, 2021
For-profit organization
Enabling Advanced Remote Sensing and Navigation Applications from a Commercial PNT Satellite Constellation
22AO2-XONA
The project will demonstrate the benefits enabled by a new generation of commercial position, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellites developed by Xona Space Systems. Ionospheric space weather, especially in the Canadian Arctic, can produce severe degradation of navigation and communications capability over land, sea and air. Xona’s powerful signals coupled with large satellite constellation size will produce an unprecedented quantity of high-quality radionavigation data that can be exploited in the domains of remote sensing and Earth Observation. By incorporating ionospheric data extracted from these new Xona signals, the project aims to improve the current state-of-the-art in real-time ionospheric sensing models.