Grant and contribution program
Industrial Research Assistance Program - Contributions to Organizations
National Research Council of Canada · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$34.2M
$1.14per tax filer$0.85per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (66) | Location not stated | $3.2M | $0.11 |
| In-Sec-M Security Research and Innovation | Gatineau, Quebec | $2.9M | $0.10 |
| Intellectual Property Institute of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Adriq | Montréal, Quebec | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Alberta Innovates | Edmonton, Alberta | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Foresight Cleantech Accelerator | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| Corporation Inno-Centre du Québec | Montréal, Quebec | $1.1M | $0.04 |
| Réseau des Centres de transfert de technologie des CÉGEPS du Québec | Québec, Quebec | $1.1M | $0.04 |
| Innovate BC | Vancouver, British Columbia | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Tech-Access Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
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.