NAICS Industry group 3253 · in Chemical manufacturing
Federal grants for pesticide, fertilizer and other agricultural chemical manufacturing
Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.
- Total value
- $60.4M
- Agreements
- 144
- To named organizations
- 144
- $60.4M
- To individuals or unnamed
- 0
- $0; never named here
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Clean Technology | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 10 | $12.7M |
| AgriScience Program - Project Component | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 5 | $11.6M |
| AgriInnovate Program | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 3 | $9.1M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 2 | $6.4M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 39 | $5.8M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 1 | $3.7M |
| Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $2.5M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 7 | $1.7M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program | Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | 1 | $1M |
| REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 3 | $948K |
| Western Diversification Program | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 1 | $855K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 25 | $782K |
| Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $591K |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $591K |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 1 | $560K |
| Canadian International Innovation Program | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $500K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations | National Research Council Canada | 2 | $296K |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 9 | $276K |
| Youth Employment and Skills Program | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 13 | $132K |
| CanExport SME | National Research Council Canada | 5 | $122K |
| Women Entrepreneurship Fund | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $100K |
| CanExport | National Research Council Canada | 5 | $90K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 6 | $80K |
| CanExport Innovation | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $4,389 |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | $591K |
| 2010 | 1 | $591K |
| 2017 | 2 | $691K |
| 2018 | 12 | $1.1M |
| 2019 | 12 | $675K |
| 2020 | 15 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | 25 | $5.2M |
| 2022 | 14 | $9.7M |
| 2023 | 16 | $12.2M |
| 2024 | 14 | $10.4M |
| 2025 | 16 | $6.5M |
| 2026 | 16 | $10.7M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 140 | $58.6M |
| Not stated by the department | 3 | $948K |
| Indigenous recipients | 1 | $855K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Ukko Agro Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Experimentation to design or optimize business process in various online digital channelsContribution | $40,000 |
| Jun 2026 | The Environmental Factor Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Experimentation to design or optimize business process in various online digital channelsContribution | $10,000 |
| May 2026 | Northern Nutrients Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Sulfur Fertilizer Product Development and Quality ControlContribution | $72,000 |
| May 2026 | OMEX Agriculture Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Youth Employment and Skills ProgramContribution | $14,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Minera Systems Limited | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - Bioprocess AnalystContribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | KSM inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | R H S T Industries Inc. Industries R H S T Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $15,075 |
| Apr 2026 | Nutriag Ltd | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Premier Horticulture ltée | AgriScience Program - Project ComponentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Development of organic inputs to support the sustainable transition of agricultureContribution | $2,817,847 |
| Mar 2026 | Premier Horticulture ltée | AgriScience Program - Project ComponentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Development, optimization, and adaptation of formulations and natural active ingredients.Contribution | $2,817,847 |
| Feb 2026 | Anodyne Chemistries Inc. | AgriScience Program - Project ComponentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Low-carbon agrichemicals from agricultural emissionsContribution | $1,236,310 |
| Feb 2026 | Anodyne Chemistries Inc. | AgriScience Program - Project ComponentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Low-carbon agrichemicals from agricultural emissionsContribution | $1,236,310 |
| Jan 2026 | OMEX Agriculture Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Youth Employment and Skills ProgramContribution | $7,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Cowessess Ventures Ltd., general partner of Cowessess Ventures Limited Partnership | Western Diversification ProgramPrairies Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $855,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Carbon Lock Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Advancing a Biomass-to-Biocarbon Reactor Technology for Commercial DemonstrationContribution | $450,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Kap Minerals Inc. | Regional Economic Growth through Innovation ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Dec 2025 | KSM inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of production scaling.Contribution | $633,000 |
| Dec 2025 | Intag International Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Scaling and Process Improvement for Aquatic Vermi- Biostimulant ProductionContribution | $224,800 |
| Nov 2025 | Centre de traitement de la biomasse de la Montérégie inc. | Agricultural Clean TechnologyAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Development of a renewable organic fertilizer from residual fertilizing elementsContribution | $1,272,177 |
| Nov 2025 | Vive Crop Protection Inc. | AgriScience Program - Project ComponentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Addressing sector resilience and societal challenges of pesticides using nature and nanotechnologyContribution | $3,515,955 |
| Nov 2025 | Finleaf Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Scaling and Diversification of Aquaponics Digestate and Fish FeedContribution | $372,879 |
| Oct 2025 | Cotex Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Environment Friendly Process of Incorporating Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors Into UreaContribution | $149,984 |
| Sep 2025 | Carbon Lock Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth to Support Biocarbon Applications ResearchContribution | $30,000 |
| Jul 2025 | Bioline Corporation | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of innovative biological solutions for agricultureContribution | $75,000 |
| Jun 2025 | Entosysteme inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Optimizing operations with RFID technology.Contribution | $75,000 |