NAICS Sector 54
Federal grants for professional, scientific and technical services
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
- $12.1B
- Agreements
- 12,887
- To named organizations
- 12,414
- $11.9B
- To individuals or unnamed
- 473
- $144M; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 541 Professional, scientific and technical services | 12,348 | $12.1B |
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitacs Inc. | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $1.2B |
| Genome Canada | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $1.1B |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 245 | $707M |
| SSF - Science & Research | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 30 | $703M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 3,228 | $651M |
| Global Innovation Clusters | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $635M |
| Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $549M |
| SIF Stream3- Attraction | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $444M |
| Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives | National Research Council Canada | 982 | $349M |
| SSF - Talent Development | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $328M |
| Canarie | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 2 | $290M |
| SIF Stream 1- R&D | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 11 | $218M |
| Western Diversification Program | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 174 | $212M |
| National AI Institutes - PCAIS | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $207M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 295 | $204M |
| Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 29 | $194M |
| SIF Stream 2 - Growth | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $176M |
| DRI Strategy | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $174M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 81 | $173M |
| Centre for Drug Research and Development | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $172M |
| Western Diversification Program | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 100 | $160M |
| Science and Research Sector | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 2 | $150M |
| Canada's Association to Horizon Europe | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $147M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 492 | $125M |
| Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $120M |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
Plus 473 agreements ($144M) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 25 | $1.9M |
| 2007 | 34 | $159M |
| 2008 | 13 | $384M |
| 2009 | 25 | $112M |
| 2010 | 22 | $11.3M |
| 2011 | 41 | $62.6M |
| 2012 | 40 | $364M |
| 2013 | 29 | $92M |
| 2014 | 14 | $39.7M |
| 2015 | 8 | $134M |
| 2016 | 19 | $165M |
| 2017 | 152 | $728M |
| 2018 | 909 | $886M |
| 2019 | 1,360 | $908M |
| 2020 | 1,786 | $1.3B |
| 2021 | 1,721 | $1.2B |
| 2022 | 1,516 | $1.9B |
| 2023 | 1,285 | $691M |
| 2024 | 1,742 | $1.4B |
| 2025 | 1,346 | $1.1B |
| 2026 | 800 | $409M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 1,228 | $6.8B |
| For-profit organizations | 9,584 | $3.6B |
| Academia | 1,319 | $1.1B |
| Other organizations | 15 | $269M |
| Not stated by the department | 624 | $134M |
| Government | 71 | $107M |
| Indigenous recipients | 37 | $13.6M |
| International (non-government) | 6 | $1.1M |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 3 | $541K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission | Northern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Aug 2026 | Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior | Northern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Contribution | $46,100 |
| Jul 2026 | Whitefish River First Nation | Northern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Contribution | $138,100 |
| Jul 2026 | Sudbury & District Home Builders' Association | Northern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Contribution | $57,101 |
| Jul 2026 | ZeroKey Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Quantum RTLS 3.0: A Ruggedized, Tightly-Coupled Dual-Modality (Ultrasonic + UWB) Real-Time Location System for Defence and Dual-Use OperationsContribution | $500,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Tunistrong Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Accelerating the Market Adoption of Tunicate-Derived Cellulose and Protein Products Through Targeted Customer Engagement and TrialsContribution | $75,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Skadi Cyber Defense Corporation | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Mining Equipment CS Connectivity InvestigationContribution | $75,000 |
| Jul 2026 | NuvoBio Corporation | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YOUTH - Peptide Biochemistry Support for Partnered Discovery ProgramsContribution | $30,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Karma Medical Products Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Digit-Level Data-Capture and Analytics Engine for the FEPSim Rehabilitation PlatformContribution | $74,880 |
| Jul 2026 | BackSCNR Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Product Development AssociateContribution | $30,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Activation Laboratories Ltd | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth: Data ScientistContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Lizotte Consultant Ltée/LTD. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Les Solutions Innov2Learn inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of an Advanced Integration System for Multi-Device Medical Simulation KitsContribution | $57,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre | Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Canadian Barley Association Alignment & Integration ReviewContribution | $49,500 |
| Jun 2026 | York University | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | A Data-Informed Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Construction Material Supply Chain Management Using BIM and GISGrant | $462,000 |
| Jun 2026 | VEI Contracting Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | ICAP 2026 –Latvia– International Co-Innovation Action PlanContribution | $50,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Lizotte Consultant Ltée/LTD. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Hiring a graduate in electronics for automated systemsContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Fractal Communications Ltd. | Worker Retention GrantEmployment and Social Development Canada | Fractal Workforce Resilience: Worker Retention GrantGrant | $8,214 |
| Jun 2026 | Simon Fraser University | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | High Quality Quantum Dot Production at ScaleGrant | $279,766 |
| Jun 2026 | Sol Invictus Energy Services Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Energy Navigator 9.36Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Get Proof Digital Corp. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $80,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Technologies Bionest inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | A graduating student in biotechnology with a focus on process monitoring, sampling, wastewater characterization, and laboratory analysis.Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | SiFi Laboratoires inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YOUTH - Hiring an Electrical Engineering Graduate.Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | RideFlag Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth EmploymentContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Resilience Software Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $75,000 |