CELLUFORCE INC.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Montreal|Montréal, QC · grants and contributions register · Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs

CELLUFORCE INC.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $6.8M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.

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10agreements
$6.8Mvalue
2departments
6programs

Largest agreements

8IFIT-CELLU$3.9Mvalue2018start2019end

The purpose of this agreement is to convert the CelluForce pilot plant into a commercial demonstration facility producing 300 tonnes per year of CNC with state-of-the-art equipment and processes.

Optimization of the NCC production process$1.9Mvalue2025start2028end

This project will assess opportunities or diversification and optimization in a forest products facility.

DEVELOPMENT OF LOW VISCOSITY NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE FOR FROST PROTECTION OF FRUIT CROPS$500Kvalue2022start2023end

This project will assess opportunities or diversification and optimization in a forest products facility.

Validation of a new oxygen barrier coating to enable the recycling of plastic films.$240Kvalue2025start2026end

Development and commercial validation of a nanocrystalline cellulose-based barrier coating for recyclable flexible packaging films, aimed at replacing the unsustainable solutions currently in use.

Innovation Assistance Program$163Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Agreement$50.0Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$50.0Kvalue2017start–end
CelluForce Inc.-2023-2024-1008850$20.0Kvalue2023start2024end

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.

CelluForce Inc.-2022-2023-992228$13.0Kvalue2022start2022end

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.

EUREKA - Canadian Forestry technology mission to Eureka Innovation day$3.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Participation in a Forestry Technology mission to Helsinki, Finland, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) from May 21-25, 2018, including EUREKA Innovation Days partnering events, a special Canada-Finland forestry sector partnering event and a site visit to a Finnish forestry technology organization.

Departments

Natural Resources Canada3agreements$6.3Mvalue1programs
  • Contributions in support of Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation Program

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

National Research Council Canada7agreements$539Kvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SME
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Eureka/Eurostar

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20252agreements$2.1Mvalue2programs
  • Contributions in support of Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20231agreements$20.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20222agreements$513Kvalue2programs
  • Contributions in support of Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation Program
  • CanExport SMEs
20201agreements$163Kvalue1programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20182agreements$3.9Mvalue2programs
  • Contributions in support of Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation Program
  • Eureka/Eurostar
20171agreements$50.0Kvalue0programs
    20151agreements$50.0Kvalue0programs

      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.