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.
$894,673.00
Feb 24, 2026
For-profit organization
Advancing Leading Edge Horticultural Lighting Technology
ACT-RI-434
This project aims to demonstrate a horticultural lighting system.
$75,000.00
Sep 1, 2025
For-profit organization
Manufacturing Process Optimization and Automation
1034312
Optimization of SmartGRO’s new Canadian manufacturing facility by automating key assembly and testing processes, implementing quality control and traceability systems, and streamlining workflows to increase throughput and reduce defects.
$75,000.00
Dec 16, 2024
For-profit organization
AI-Assist Pilot project to predict harvest size of Leafy Greens in greenhouses
1025845
The Project will support pilot testing of AI strategies, determine target architecture and quantitative technical objectives for implementation of an AI solution in smartGRO Horticultural lighting products, with a goal to improve energy efficiency capabilities of the technology in commercial applications by implementing predictive capabilities for harvest size.
$349,000.00
Jul 1, 2023
For-profit organization
Advancing Leading Edge Horticultural Lighting Technology
1007790
SmartGRO has developed a proprietary horticultural lighting system which has been shown in controlled trials to use a significantly lower amount of energy to produce an equivalent quantity of biomass as compared to the horticultural lighting industry's top products. This technology offers a significant opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector and help the industry move closer toward net-zero production. The purpose of this project is to prepare smartGRO horticultural lighting products for validation in a comprehensive product demonstration where the luminary performance is analyzed for efficacy on a range of economically relevant greenhouse crops in both a laboratory and operational settings.
$12,500.00
Jan 16, 2023
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1001336
The purpose of this project is to prepare smartGRO agricultural propagation and lighting products for commercialization by conducting a Level 2 IP strategy review.