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.
$75,000.00
Mar 29, 2026
For-profit organization
Defence Market Readiness and Business Development
1040990
A Canadian technology SME will conduct market research, product validation, and stakeholder engagement to advance commercial readiness in the Canadian and allied defence and intelligence markets, building the expertise, relationships, and compliance pathways needed to sell dual-use AI situational awareness technology to defence customers.
$960,000.00
Oct 1, 2025
For-profit organization
Real Time AI for Risk Intelligence and Response with Multimodal Agentic Analysts
1034883
Samdesk’s Impact Agents initiative delivers real-time, domain-specific AI agents that help organizations understand the operational relevance of global disruptions. These agents reason across multiple modalities (text, audio, image, and video) to produce actionable, customer-specific insights. The project focuses on expanding our AI infrastructure and agent capabilities.
$1,800,000.00
Mar 14, 2025
For-profit organization
PC0010150
PC0010150
Expand AI-powered solutions for crisis detection and specialized travel risk management
$140,000.00
Dec 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Business Innovation - Business Process Engineering
1024684
This business innovation project for samdesk Canada Inc. aims to establish a scalable business process and generate IP in business methods.
$600,000.00
Sep 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Crisis Alert Pipeline Enhancements
1022071
Samdesk is enhancing its crisis alert pipeline with advanced AI and machine learning to improve location identification accuracy and develop comprehensive analytics functionality.
$72,930.00
Feb 12, 2024
For-profit organization
FedRAMP Certification
1015341
As samdesk aims to serve larger and more complex markets, we require privacy and security certifications such as SOC2 and/or FedRamp, which require extensive internal resources as well as the engagement of third party assessors and auditors. This project specifically aims to further samdesk’s progress on obtaining these certifications, namely FedRamp, which will significantly enhance our ability to penetrate the US Federal Government market. As the work required to achieve SOC2 and FedRamp have significant overlap, both certifications have been included here and we will be working to achieve them in parallel.
$1,600,000.00
Mar 8, 2023
For-profit organization
000023422
000023422
Expansion of crisis alerting service to new markets and industry verticals - Budget 2021
$1,600,000.00
Mar 8, 2023
For-profit organization
000023422
000023422
Expansion of crisis alerting service to new markets and industry verticals - Budget 2021
$1,328,005.00
Mar 8, 2023
For-profit organization
000023422
000023422
Expansion of crisis alerting service to new markets and industry verticals - Budget 2021