Canadian Virtual Gurus Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Calgary|Calgary, AB · grants and contributions register · Calgary Centre

Canadian Virtual Gurus Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $1.3M value; 2 departments; 4 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0XZKMVG0T6 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Canadian Virtual Gurus Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/canadian-virtual-gurus-inc/

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7agreements
$1.3Mvalue
2departments
4programs

Largest agreements

000019043$960Kvalue2021start2024end

Expand market reach and technology for 'Talent as a Service' platform company

AI Sales & Demo Agent - Proof of Concept$92.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Research, Develop, Test and and Measure an AI Sales Assistant proof-of-concept that increases a sales person's quality and volume of sales presentations, leading to more and more efficient sales.

Innovation Assistance Program$81.3Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the IAP program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Application of AI/ML into Virtual Guru's Software$75.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Four small projects to apply machine learning, large language models and analytics to enhance the efficiency of business information and processes resulting in an improved ability to scale the business and improve the matchmaking of remote assistants to clients.

Canadian Virtual Gurus Inc. - 2020-2021 - 957326$39.8Kvalue2020start2021end

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.

Select Your Guru - Implementation$38.1Kvalue2019start2019end

Virtual Gurus has been growing and unable to keep up with the incoming leads of people requesting to use their remote virtual guru services platform. This project will automate the service so that clients can choose the remote worker they want online themselves. The initial suggested matches are based on a proprietary algorithm that VG created and tested.

Onboarding and Slack App - Deployed MVP$25.0Kvalue2020start2020end

Design, Develop, Test and Deploy an automate online screening system for new Virtual Assistant (VA) applicants utilizing online testing to qualify skills. Design, Develop, Test and Deploy a Slack app that allows Slack users to request a VA for task-orientated work or search for a VA for monthly services.

Departments

Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$960Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

National Research Council Canada6agreements$351Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20251agreements$92.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20241agreements$75.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$960Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20203agreements$146Kvalue3programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20191agreements$38.1Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

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.