For-profit organizations · Richmond Hill, Ontario
Visual Defence Inc.
- Total value
- $3.7M
- Agreements
- 22
- Programs
- 7
- First and latest
- 2014–2025
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. Agreements under programs that mostly fund individuals are not listed under any name.
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Applying for the same funding? NRC IRAP Financial Assistance (apply through the funder’s page; no deadline stated); NRC IRAP Clean Technology program (no intake dates on the official page); Trade Commissioner Service — Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) Co-innovation projects (intake periods; dates not on the page). Deadlines, who can apply and who else got it.
By program
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $2.3M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 8 | $538K |
| Canadian International Innovation Program | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $304K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 6 | $210K |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $41K |
| CanExport | National Research Council Canada | 2 | $37K |
| CanExport Innovation | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $21K |
Plus 2 agreements ($300K) where the department did not name a program.
By year
Funding by the year agreements started.
Show the numbers
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | $150K |
| 2015 | 1 | $150K |
| 2016 | 0 | $0 |
| 2017 | 0 | $0 |
| 2018 | 2 | $55K |
| 2019 | 2 | $70K |
| 2020 | 1 | $304K |
| 2021 | 4 | $240K |
| 2022 | 3 | $93K |
| 2023 | 1 | $30K |
| 2024 | 2 | $193K |
| 2025 | 5 | $2.4M |
Agreements
Newest first.
| Start | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | In-house AI Gen -Part 3Contribution | $30,000 |
| Dec 2025 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Inhouse GenAI Interface (Part 2)Contribution | $30,000 |
| Dec 2025 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Inhouse GenAI Interface (Part 1)Contribution | $30,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean TechnologyNational Research Council Canada | Sustainable Infrastructure Maintenance and Traffic Optimization Using Smart FleetsContribution | $2,254,917 |
| Feb 2025 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Expanding Visual Defence’s AI CapabilitiesContribution | $75,000 |
| Jul 2024 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy EngagementContribution | $20,000 |
| May 2024 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | City Rover Future TransitContribution | $173,000 |
| May 2023 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Data Annotation and AnalysisContribution | $30,000 |
| Dec 2022 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Visual Defence Road mapping Technology - PH2- Female YouthContribution | $60,000 |
| Jun 2022 | CanExport InnovationNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $21,000 |
| Jan 2022 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy EngagementContribution | $11,990 |
| Jun 2021 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Extended data analysis and modelingContribution | $60,000 |
| May 2021 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | ROVER GIS ImprovementsContribution | $109,800 |
| May 2021 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Data analysis and modelingContribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2021 | CanExport SMEsNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $40,500 |
| Oct 2020 | Canadian International Innovation ProgramNational Research Council Canada | CIIP Brazil Project IMPRESS: Intelligent measurement of Performance for Recommendations to Enhance sales and servicesContribution | $304,400 |
| Nov 2019 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Investigation of Machine Learning Inference WorkflowsContribution | $49,500 |
| Feb 2019 | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Ukraine Business DevelopmentGrant | $20,900 |
| Sep 2018 | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Machine Learning Framework AnalysisContribution | $39,000 |
| Apr 2018 | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | VDI seeks to expand its business opportunities in Ukraine covering various sections such as transportation, critical infrastructure, government and homeland security, utilizing VDI's state of the art technologies.Contribution | $16,000 |
| Sep 2015 | Program not namedNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $150,000 |
| Apr 2014 | Program not namedNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $150,000 |