Grant and contribution program
Contributions for the Accessible Technology Development program
Department of Industry · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$3.5M
$0.12per tax filer$0.09per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023); per person uses a population of 40,022,704 (2023). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2023–24. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Squire Society | Burnaby, British Columbia | $836K | $0.03 |
| Aavaa Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $468K | $0.02 |
| Technologies Humanware Inc | Drummondville, Quebec | $431K | $0.01 |
| Trysight Inc | Mississauga, Ontario | $397K | $0.01 |
| Canassist at the University of Victoria | Victoria, British Columbia | $270K | <$0.01 |
| Compusult Limited | Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador | $238K | <$0.01 |
| The Canadian National Institute For the Blind | East York, Ontario | $206K | <$0.01 |
| Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital | East York, Ontario | $172K | <$0.01 |
| Concordia University College of Edmonton (Alberta) | Edmonton, Alberta | $161K | <$0.01 |
| Laval University | Québec, Quebec | $140K | <$0.01 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.