Barnacle Systems Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Victoria|Victoria, BC · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Victoria

Barnacle Systems Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $1.7M value; 1 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0OAHC350BY · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Barnacle Systems Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/barnacle-systems-inc/

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10agreements
$1.7Mvalue
1departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Dual-Use AI Platform for Fleet Readiness and Maintenance Prioritization$554Kvalue2026start2027end

This project aims to develop and experimentally validate an AI-powered fleet readiness and maintenance prioritization platform for small, high-speed manned and unmanned boats.

Platform-agnostic software for Government clouds and on-premise servers$422Kvalue2022start2023end

The development of an automatically deployable software platform compatible with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud environments. The software platform is intended to analyze high-frequency sensor data and video feeds from marine vessels for predictive maintenance in both an open and closed network environment.

AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance for Marine Drivetrains$350Kvalue2025start2027end

Develop an AI-driven predictive maintenance solution for marine engines to reduce downtime and optimize fleet operations.

Data monitoring, logging, and reporting system for marine electric drives in remote locations$154Kvalue2021start2022end

Development of a proof-of-concept data monitoring and logging system tailored for use in hybrid-electric or battery-electric drives in marine applications.

Development of BlueTooth Low Energy Network and Impact Sensor for Recreational Boats$120Kvalue2019start2020end

Develop a sensing system to determine when a boat hull has hit a large object.

Impact monitoring system for yachts - proof of concept development$50.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Identify when a recreational boat has run aground by developing a sensor suite that isolates impacts and communicates over a BlueTooth mesh network.

Barnacle Systems Inc.-2024-2025-1025240$25.0Kvalue2024start2025end

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.

Barnacle Systems Inc.-2020-2021-964875$19.5Kvalue2021start2021end

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.

Youth Green Firmware Developer$10.0Kvalue2018start2019end

To provide employment for a youth in the field of Firmware Engineering. The Youth Green intern will assist Barnacle Systems with development of a proprietary suite of sensors for recreational and charter boats that are used to detect for sudden impacts.

Youth Green: BlueTooth Low Energy Sensor Network$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

To provide employment for a youth in the field of Software Engineering. The youth will be developing a sensor suite using BLE communications for use in recreational boating market allowing boaters to know the health and status of their vessel, thus reducing the possibility of boats sinking and polluting the environment.

Departments

National Research Council Canada10agreements$1.7Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • CanExport SME
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20261agreements$554Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20251agreements$350Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20241agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20221agreements$422Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20212agreements$174Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SMEs
20191agreements$120Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20183agreements$70.0Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

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.