NAICS Subsector 492 · in Transportation and warehousing
Federal grants for couriers and messengers
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
- $3.7M
- Agreements
- 21
- To named organizations
- 20
- $3.7M
- To individuals or unnamed
- 1
- $19K; 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.
Within this industry
| Industry | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 4922 Local messengers and local delivery | 13 | $3.3M |
| 4921 Couriers | 8 | $462K |
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunities Fund - Project | Employment and Social Development Canada | 2 | $2.7M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 10 | $743K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $104K |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $88K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $75K |
| CanExport SME | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $25K |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – For Profit | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $19K |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Good Foot Support Services | 2 | $2.7M |
| Annex Market Ltd. | 1 | $275K |
| Deeleeo Inc. | 4 | $207K |
| Expert Shipping Inc. | 2 | $150K |
| Fly and Fetch Inc. | 1 | $75K |
| Expédibox inc. | 2 | $74K |
| Deliverr Delivery Service Inc. | 2 | $63K |
| 3306572 Nova Scotia Ltd | 1 | $48K |
| Kangaroo Solutions Inc. | 1 | $35K |
| Smoothpay Inc. | 1 | $30K |
| 1500866 Ontario Inc. | 1 | $30K |
| KargoROO Inc. | 1 | $25K |
| Just Order Enterprises Corp. | 1 | $23K |
Plus 1 agreements ($19K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | $98K |
| 2019 | 2 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | 3 | $73K |
| 2021 | 3 | $97K |
| 2022 | 3 | $140K |
| 2023 | 4 | $1.6M |
| 2024 | 1 | $68K |
| 2025 | 2 | $100K |
| 2026 | 1 | $75K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 2 | $2.7M |
| For-profit organizations | 19 | $1.1M |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Expert Shipping Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Development and integration of an artificial intelligence architecture for multi-branch operational optimization.Contribution | $75,000 |
| Sep 2025 | Expert Shipping Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Development and integration of a virtual mailbox management moduleContribution | $75,000 |
| Apr 2025 | Deeleeo Inc. | CanExport SMENational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $25,000 |
| Jun 2024 | Deeleeo Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Product Market Fit Experimentation & ResearchContribution | $68,000 |
| Jul 2023 | Deeleeo Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Customer Onboarding AutomationContribution | $66,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Annex Market Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Food Distribution MarketplaceContribution | $275,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Good Foot Support Services | Opportunities Fund - ProjectEmployment and Social Development Canada | Good Foot ForwardContribution | $1,228,015 |
| Jan 2023 | Deeleeo Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Cross-Bundling Fulfillment System for Enhancing EfficiencyContribution | $48,000 |
| Nov 2022 | Fly and Fetch Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Sender Security Verification Tool & ProcessContribution | $75,000 |
| Apr 2022 | Kangaroo Solutions Inc. | CanExport SMEsNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $35,000 |
| Mar 2022 | Expédibox inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YEP – MarketingContribution | $29,993 |
| Jun 2021 | Expédibox inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YEP - Backend Developer Internship 2021Contribution | $44,350 |
| Apr 2021 | Just Order Enterprises Corp. | CanExport SMEsNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $22,500 |
| Apr 2021 | Smoothpay Inc. | CanExport SMEsNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Sep 2020 | 1500866 Ontario Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - SECURE MAIL/PACKAGE EXCHANGE TRACKER APPLICATIONContribution | $29,980 |
| May 2020 | KargoROO Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Develop the KargoROO PlatformContribution | $24,700 |
| Jul 2019 | Good Foot Support Services | Opportunities Fund - ProjectEmployment and Social Development Canada | The In, Up, and Out ProgramContribution | $1,462,918 |
| Mar 2019 | Deliverr Delivery Service Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Market Research to Support Territory ExpansionContribution | $13,400 |
| Oct 2018 | 3306572 Nova Scotia Ltd | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Investigation into Inventory Management Systems and Development of a Cost/Benefit Analysis to Develop a Custom Software SystemContribution | $48,096 |
| Jul 2018 | Deliverr Delivery Service Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $49,600 |