Grant and contribution program
Contributions in Support of the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2023–24, Department of National Defence paid out $14.4 million under Contributions in Support of the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program. That is $0.48 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$14.4M
$0.48per tax filer$0.36per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | $895K | $0.03 |
| University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $869K | $0.03 |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | $787K | $0.03 |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $643K | $0.02 |
| École de Technologie Supérieure | Montréal, Quebec | $597K | $0.02 |
| General Dynamics Ordnance | Repentigny, Quebec | $516K | $0.02 |
| Innocorps Research Corporation | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $500K | $0.02 |
| Terragon Environmental Technologies Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $500K | $0.02 |
| SNC Lavalin Inc | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $500K | $0.02 |
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.