GrantTrail

Federal riding · Ontario

Federal grants in Waterloo

Only agreements where the department recorded the recipient’s riding: about one in five across the data, so these figures understate what reached this riding. Who represents it: Waterloo on MyMP.ca.

Total value
$955M
Agreements
1,355
To named organizations
1,247
$953M
To individuals or unnamed
108
$2.6M; 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

The programs that put the most money here.

ProgramAgreementsTotal
International Development Assistance Program13$144M
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics3$120M
SSF - Science & Research4$106M
Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)5$100M
Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario42$70M
Science and Research Sector1$50M
Business Scale-Up12$42M
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives68$30.3M
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms168$30M
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario12$25.1M
SIF Stream 1- R&D3$21M
Contributions - Bilateral Programming1$18.8M
Regional Innovation Ecosystem2$18.2M
Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)8$17.5M
Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)2$14M
Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII)2$12.5M
Innovation Assistance Program53$12.5M
Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI)2$10.4M
Regional Quantum Initiative (RQI)5$8.5M
SIF Stream 2 - Growth1$8M
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct23$7.8M
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology3$7.3M
Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)2$6.1M
Incentives for Zero-emission vehicles program175$4.6M
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy1$4.5M

Top recipients

Organizations with the most funding.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
University of Waterloo125$199M
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics8$172M
MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates7$117M
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics / Institut Périmètre en physique théorique2$68.7M
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada (JDRF)2$40M
IQC Canada Inc.2$36.8M
Waterloo Accelerator Centre6$25.1M
Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada1$18.8M
Mennonite Economic Development1$11.7M
ISARA Corporation7$11.6M
High Q Technologies Inc.3$10.8M
Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories4$10.6M
Shinydocs Corporation7$9.5M
Axonify Inc.5$8.9M
Dejero Labs Inc8$8.2M
Teledyne Digital Imaging Inc.1$8M
Cognitive Systems Corp.4$7.9M
VueReal Inc.13$7.1M
Communitech Corporation2$6.7M
NASARC Technologies Inc.7$6.4M
Onward Manufacturing Company Ltd.1$6.1M
Onward Manufacturing Company Limited & Onward Multi-Corp Inc.1$6.1M
Onward Manufacturing Company Limited1$6.1M
The Corporation of the City of Waterloo18$5.8M
Intellijoint Surgical Inc.2$5.8M

Plus 108 agreements ($2.6M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

Industries

Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS); most agreements have none.

Industry groupAgreementsTotal
Computer systems design and related services118$52.3M
Scientific research and development services113$456M
Architectural, engineering and related services24$2M
Other local, municipal and regional public administration22$7.2M
Navigational, measuring, medical and control instruments manufacturing22$5.8M
Universities18$48.9M
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services16$15.4M
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing16$6.6M
Industrial machinery manufacturing11$3.4M
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing10$1.9M

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
20063$290K
20075$50.2M
20081$77K
200922$98.7M
201010$5.2M
201116$34.5M
201212$58.2M
20131$19.7M
20141$15M
20165$30M
20174$60.4M
201838$42.6M
2019103$107M
2020223$45.8M
2021102$73.5M
2022228$64.7M
2023141$32.4M
2024182$135M
2025201$66.5M
202657$16M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities225$477M
Academia140$228M
For-profit organizations948$217M
Indigenous recipients10$26.3M
Government24$7.5M
Not stated by the department2$250K
Individuals and sole proprietorships4$80K
International (non-government)2$11K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientProgramValue
Jun 2026EverBond Interface Technologies Inc.CanExportNational Research Council Canada$5,759
May 2026Tactycs Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$75,000
May 2026GeoMate Inc.CanExportNational Research Council Canada$4,750
May 2026Artificial Intelligence Mastermind Robotics Inc.Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada$30,000
May 2026Tangam Gaming Inc.CanExportNational Research Council Canada$28,000
May 2026Polyalgorithm Machine Learning Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$75,000
Apr 2026SHAD CanadaCollaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Outreach InitiativeNational Research Council Canada$15,000
Apr 2026Spa Dent Inc.Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada$30,000
Apr 2026Waterloo NissanIncentives for Zero-emission vehicles programTransport Canada$15,000
Apr 2026Waterloo KiaIncentives for Zero-emission vehicles programTransport Canada$8,750
Apr 2026Volkswagen WaterlooIncentives for Zero-emission vehicles programTransport Canada$48,750
Apr 2026Forbes Motors Inc.Incentives for Zero-emission vehicles programTransport Canada$10,000
Apr 2026Wilfrid Laurier UniversityNorthern Scientific Training ProgramPolar Knowledge Canada$43,432
Apr 2026University of WaterlooNorthern Scientific Training ProgramPolar Knowledge Canada$34,125
Apr 2026QEYnet Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$50,825
Apr 2026Nuvation Research CorporationCanExportNational Research Council Canada$27,500
Apr 2026GeoMate Inc.CanExportNational Research Council Canada$38,000
Apr 2026GeoMate Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$499,600
Apr 2026EXO Insights Corp.CanExportNational Research Council Canada$30,000
Mar 2026Waterloo Region Chinese Canadian AssociationNew Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development Canada$24,997
Mar 2026Supportive Housing of WaterlooNew Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development Canada$25,000
Mar 2026Kind Minds Family WellnessNew Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development Canada$22,500
Mar 2026Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo RegionNew Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development Canada$23,500
Mar 2026The Canadian Helpers SocietyNew Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development Canada$19,729
Mar 2026University of WaterlooCollaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada$337,315