Grant and contribution program
Industrial Research Assistance Program - Contributions to Firms
National Research Council of Canada · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
In fiscal year 2023–24, National Research Council of Canada paid out $409 million under Industrial Research Assistance Program - Contributions to Firms. That is $13.65 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$409M
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 (1,738) | Location not stated | $79.6M | $2.66 |
| Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc | Edmonton, Alberta | $6.0M | $0.20 |
| Illumin Inc | Toronto, Ontario | $5.7M | $0.19 |
| Laurent Pharmaceuticals Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $5.2M | $0.17 |
| Avidbots Corp | Kitchener, Ontario | $4.2M | $0.14 |
| Vention Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $4.0M | $0.13 |
| Trulioo Information Services Inc | Vancouver, British Columbia | $3.2M | $0.11 |
| Qu Biologics Inc | Burnaby, British Columbia | $3.2M | $0.11 |
| AbCellera Biologics Inc | Vancouver, British Columbia | $3.1M | $0.10 |
| Solace Corp | Ottawa, Ontario | $3.1M | $0.10 |
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.
← All industry, agriculture and fisheries spendingHow the figures are calculated