A Friendlier Company Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Guelph|Guelph, ON · grants and contributions register · Guelph

A Friendlier Company Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 11 agreements; $3.0M value; 3 departments; 7 programs.

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11agreements
$3.0Mvalue
3departments
7programs

Largest agreements

Modular Systems for Scaling Reusable Packaging$1.2Mvalue2025start2027end

This project aims to develop a scalable white-label reuse platform by creating new consumer-facing systems, client-operated backend infrastructure, and next-generation reusable packaging technologies.

Automated Sanitation Line$572Kvalue2025start2026end

Friendlier is seeking to automate the end to end process to increase efficiency, consistency and throughput.

1001810$500Kvalue2021start2024end

To accelerate adoption of a reusable takeout container system and support circular economic outcomes.

Sanitation Line Optimization$315Kvalue2023start2024end

Friendlier is optimizing the sanitation line for reusable plastic packaging to increase the capacity and the quality of reusable packaging systems.

Business Innovation - Business Process Engineering$137Kvalue2024start2025end

This is an R&D project to test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to design a repeatable and scalable business process and to develop IP in business methods.

Reusable Packaging Processing Improvements$53.6Kvalue2022start2023end

Friendlier is optimizing the sanitation process for reusable plastic packaging to increase the capacity and the quality of reusable packaging systems.

Cups on Campus$40.0Kvalue2026start2027end

Cups on Campus

YOUTH- Customer & IT Support Coordinator.$30.0Kvalue2025start2026end

This role will improve customer service and internal efficiency by managing user support, providing IT assistance, and leading automation initiatives.

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A Friendlier Company Inc.-2025-2026-1041197$30.0Kvalue2026start2027end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

A Friendlier Company Inc.-2024-2025-1023758$24.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

IP assist level 2$19.8Kvalue2024start2024end

Develop an IP strategy that supports the firm’s business goals.

Departments

National Research Council Canada9agreements$2.4Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario1agreements$500Kvalue1programs
Environment and Climate Change Canada1agreements$40.0Kvalue1programs

Years

20262agreements$70.0Kvalue2programs
  • Preventing and Managing Pollution
  • CanExport
20253agreements$1.8Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20243agreements$181Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SME
20231agreements$315Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$53.6Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.