Grant and contribution program
Contributions in support of the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence paid out $31.4 million under Contributions in support of the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program. That is $1.05 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$31.4M
$1.05per tax filer$0.76per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecopia Tech Corporation | Toronto, Ontario | $3.2M | $0.11 |
| University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | $2.9M | $0.10 |
| Indro Robotics Incorporated | Victoria, British Columbia | $2.2M | $0.07 |
| Sanctuary Cognitive Systems | Vancouver, British Columbia | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems | Repentigny, Quebec | $1.5M | $0.05 |
| University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $1.5M | $0.05 |
| Agile Electromagnetics Incorporated | Ottawa, Ontario | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| ThinkSOLN Corporation | Calgary, Alberta | $1.3M | $0.04 |
| University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $1.1M | $0.04 |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $1.1M | $0.04 |
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.