BLUE FALLS MANUFACTURING LTD.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Thorsby, Alberta · grants and contributions register · Yellowhead

BLUE FALLS MANUFACTURING LTD.: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $4.7M value; 1 departments; 1 programs.

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7agreements
$4.7Mvalue
1departments
1programs

Largest agreements

Prototype Micro-Factory Development$3.0Mvalue2023start2026end

The Blue Falls Manufacturing designs, manufactures and distributes the different sizes high-end Spas and hot tubs products. The firm will design and build a prototype micro-factory to produce a limited variety of spas using CKD (Completely Knocked-Down) concept under this project.

Process Automation & Innovation Project for a Capacity Increase in Spa Production$495Kvalue2021start2022end

The proposed project aims to increase Blue Falls Manufacturing (BFM) plant capacity in Thorsby to 60 spas per day and to enable them to implement just-in-time production. These main goals will be achieved by improving the plant’s automation capability, product, and quality information system, manufacturing capacity, and geometric stability.

Agreement$270Kvalue2016start–end
IoT-Enabled Self-Diagnostics System Design and Implementation for Spas$264Kvalue2019start2020end

The project aims to create an enterprise technology support system to facilitate a new type of corporate stores that provide centralized technical support. These goals will be achieved by implementing a system that draws from Internet of things methodologies as well as Industrial Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and from the diagnostic capabilities of the automotive industry (OBD) or on board diagnostics. We will specifically build from the user experience associated with the internet of things. We wish to adopt from the on-board diagnostic world the practice of diagnosing pro

Agreement$262Kvalue2010start–end
Agreement$232Kvalue2010start–end
Agreement$185Kvalue2012start–end

Departments

National Research Council Canada7agreements$4.7Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20231agreements$3.0Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$495Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20191agreements$264Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20161agreements$270Kvalue0programs
    20121agreements$185Kvalue0programs
      20102agreements$493Kvalue0programs

        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.