NAICS Industry group 5174 · in Telecommunications
Federal grants for satellite telecommunications
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
- $719M
- Agreements
- 63
- To named organizations
- 63
- $719M
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO) Satellite Capacity Agreement | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $600M |
| SIF Stream 1- R&D | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $85M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 9 | $9.4M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 4 | $8.7M |
| Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $7M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 22 | $4.1M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology | National Research Council Canada | 2 | $3M |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $500K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $332K |
| Eureka/Eurostar | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $330K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 8 | $294K |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – For Profit | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $250K |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 1 | $131K |
| CanExport SME | National Research Council Canada | 4 | $121K |
| CanExport | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $63K |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $30K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 2 | $20K |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Telesat LEO Incorporated | 2 | $685M |
| GHGSat Incorporated | 5 | $9.8M |
| Tektelic Communications Inc. | 2 | $7.9M |
| Kepler Communications Inc. | 3 | $7.8M |
| Wyvern Incorporated | 11 | $3.2M |
| Orbital Research Ltd. | 8 | $2.1M |
| PolarSat inc. | 4 | $1.2M |
| Terrestar Solutions Inc. | 4 | $722K |
| Satellite Canada Innovation Network | 4 | $451K |
| Solara Remote Data Delivery Incorporated | 3 | $291K |
| Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc | 1 | $150K |
| Thoth Technology Inc. | 2 | $140K |
| QEYnet Inc. | 2 | $120K |
| Navcast Inc. | 3 | $118K |
| SpaceAlpha Insights Corp. | 1 | $100K |
| WarrierTech Inc. | 4 | $77K |
| NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. | 1 | $75K |
| StarSpec Technologies Inc. | 1 | $50K |
| Promethean Labs Inc | 1 | $10K |
| JA2 Applications Inc. | 1 | $10K |
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | $861K |
| 2019 | 6 | $85.5M |
| 2020 | 6 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | 10 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | 4 | $576K |
| 2023 | 7 | $8.6M |
| 2024 | 9 | $1.6M |
| 2025 | 10 | $619M |
| 2026 | 6 | $966K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 59 | $719M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 4 | $451K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | Solara Remote Data Delivery Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Next Generation of Portable Consumer Satellite Communication DeviceContribution | $130,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Solara Remote Data Delivery Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Embedded ElectronicsContribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | QEYnet Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Eurostars E!9796 – CANA-QKD: QUANTUM COMMS FROM THE CANARIES AND CANADAContribution | $50,825 |
| Mar 2026 | Wyvern Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Defence Readiness Assessment and Maritime Surveillance Business Development for a Canadian Earth Observation SMEGrant | $75,000 |
| Mar 2026 | PolarSat inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Readying VSATPlus 4 for Mission-Critical OperationsGrant | $75,000 |
| Jan 2026 | PolarSat inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | EUREKA Cluster – CELTIC-NEXT SUSTAINET InNOVate – C2024/3-4 - AI Assisted error handlingContribution | $605,000 |
| Dec 2025 | NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Wide-FOV, High-Resolution Passive Camera System for Space Situational AwarenessContribution | $75,000 |
| Dec 2025 | GHGSat Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Next Generation Satellite Technologies for Advanced Methane Detection and QuantificationContribution | $7,200,000 |
| Nov 2025 | Wyvern Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Scalable Data Pipeline Infrastructure to Grow Market Access to Hyperspectral Image ProductsContribution | $200,000 |
| Oct 2025 | Orbital Research Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | EUREKA Cluster – CELTIC-NEXT SUSTAINET InNOVate – C2024/3-4 - Tolerance and Mitigation of Interference in Satellite CommunicationsContribution | $1,000,000 |
| May 2025 | Terrestar Solutions Inc. | CanExport SMENational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $41,000 |
| Apr 2025 | Kepler Communications Inc. | Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII)Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Contribution | $7,000,000 |
| Mar 2025 | GHGSat Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean TechnologyNational Research Council Canada | Scaling GHGSat’s Space-Based System to Transform GHG Monitoring WorldwideContribution | $2,000,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Wyvern Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean TechnologyNational Research Council Canada | Increasing agricultural efficiency with space-based hyperspectral imaging from CubeSatsContribution | $1,021,147 |
| Feb 2025 | Wyvern Incorporated | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - Assembly, Integration, & Test of Gen 2 Optical Payload Engineering ModelContribution | $30,000 |
| Jan 2025 | Telesat LEO Incorporated | Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO) Satellite Capacity AgreementInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $600,000,000 |
| Oct 2024 | Terrestar Solutions Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | EUREKA CELTIC NEXT -SUSTAINET - Feasibility Study ProjectContribution | $40,000 |
| Oct 2024 | Orbital Research Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | EUREKA CELTIC NEXT -SUSTAINET - Feasibility Study ProjectContribution | $75,000 |
| Oct 2024 | PolarSat inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | EUREKA CELTIC NEXT - SUSTAINET - Feasibility Study Project for Deep-Learning (AI) assisted Coding and ModulationContribution | $12,360 |
| Oct 2024 | Terrestar Solutions Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Voice over NTNContribution | $200,000 |
| Jul 2024 | PolarSat inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Next-Generation VSATPlus 4 ModemContribution | $476,000 |
| Jun 2024 | WarrierTech Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | UAV Connect – Enhanced Communication Capabilities for Flight Termination SystemContribution | $0 |
| Feb 2024 | WarrierTech Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | UAVConnect - Development of a Comprehensive Communications Platform for a Flight Termination System (FTS) in Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) ApplicationsContribution | $16,901 |
| Jan 2024 | Wyvern Incorporated | Regional Economic Growth through InnovationPrairies Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $300,000 |
| Jan 2024 | Wyvern Incorporated | Regional Economic Growth through InnovationPrairies Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $458,344 |