Grant and contribution program
Class Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Canadian Space Agency · Research and science
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$25.7M
Up $373K from $25.3M in 2023–24.
$0.86per tax filer$0.62per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Control Space Services Inc | Ottawa, Ontario | $3.5M | $0.12 |
| University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | $2.1M | $0.07 |
| Medteq+ | Montréal, Quebec | $1.8M | $0.06 |
| Laboratoire Reaction Dynamics Inc | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd | Brampton, Ontario | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| GHGSat Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Qeynet Inc | Vaughan, Ontario | $983K | $0.03 |
| StarSpec Technologies Inc | Cambridge, Ontario | $950K | $0.03 |
| Next Generation Manufacturing Canada | Hamilton, Ontario | $904K | $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.