Grant and contribution program
Industrial Research Assistance Program — Contributions to Firms
National Research Council of Canada · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$381M
$12.71per tax filer$9.26per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (1,706) | Location not stated | $83.0M | $2.77 |
| Illumin Inc | Toronto, Ontario | $4.3M | $0.14 |
| SemiosBio Technologies Inc | Vancouver, British Columbia | $4.3M | $0.14 |
| Solace Corp | Ottawa, Ontario | $3.3M | $0.11 |
| Macrodyne Technologies Inc | Vaughan, Ontario | $3.3M | $0.11 |
| Kinova Inc | Boisbriand, Quebec | $2.5M | $0.08 |
| Avidbots Corp | Kitchener, Ontario | $2.4M | $0.08 |
| Cymax Group Technologies Ltd | Vancouver, British Columbia | $2.3M | $0.08 |
| Saltworks Technologies Inc | Richmond, British Columbia | $2.2M | $0.07 |
| Giatec Scientific Inc | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
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.