BLUINK LTD.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa, Ontario · grants and contributions register · Ottawa Centre

BLUINK LTD.: federal grants and contributions: 18 agreements; $1.9M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.

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18agreements
$1.9Mvalue
1departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$500Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$206Kvalue2016start–end
Innovation Assistance Program$152Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided by the IAP program is intended to assist innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the start-up phase that cannot access existing commercial support related to COVID-19.

Core e-Identity technology development$150Kvalue2019start2020end

Bluink is seeking to develop and improve on Identity Proofing technologies in its eID-Me solution... The goal of this project is to make Identity Proofing on-boarding more intuitive, functional and secure.

Optimize with AI$150Kvalue2025start2026end

The firm is seeking to develop new AI based technologies and techniques for ID document inspection, and for detection and prevention of purposeful fraudulent/criminal activity.

Agreement$149Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$87.5Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$50.0Kvalue2012start–end
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TAP N-Factor Authentication Hardware/Software$50.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Bluink Key II Development. Development of next-generation USB-Bluetooth hardware device to support multiple end-point protocols (NFC, CCID, HID, FIDO U2F), connect smartphones securely to terminals and increase data-transfer speeds.

Japan Business Development Innovation Program$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Development of market strategy and business partnership with Japanese Corporation for entry into the Japanese market through NRC-KGAP+ innovation program.

GVC L-SPARK/BLACKBERRY – BLUINK$50.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Bluink is a leader in Identity and Access Management solutions. Bluink proposes to use it's eID-Me citizen e-Identity solution to demonstrate secure car sharing, through integration of Public-Key technology into QNX RTOS. From a backend service, companies can administer car share customers, provision and de-provision access to vehicles. Customers can securely access and start vehicles with only their smartphone as their vehicle token.

E-ID Extensions for Mohawk Card development$50.0Kvalue2023start2023end

This project is to support the development of a secure and compliant cross border ID card for first nations people, who will issue the cards to their members from their sovereign, unceded territory.

Market Research and Readiness$48.2Kvalue2019start2019end

Bluink is the developer of Identity and access management solutions based on Smartphones as security tokens. In this project, Bluink will conduct market analysis on e-Identity applications and requirements in healthcare, as well as KYC for financial services.

Agreement$47.5Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$40.0Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$30.0Kvalue2012start–end
Agreement$30.0Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$25.5Kvalue2016start–end

Departments

National Research Council Canada18agreements$1.9Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20251agreements$150Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20231agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20202agreements$202Kvalue2programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20192agreements$198Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20182agreements$100Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20163agreements$380Kvalue0programs
    20152agreements$135Kvalue0programs
      20133agreements$570Kvalue0programs
        20122agreements$80.0Kvalue0programs

          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.