Digital Research Alliance of Canada: federal grants and contributions

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

Digital Research Alliance of Canada: federal grants and contributions: 6 agreements; $365M value; 2 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0W7Y0DK0A9 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Digital Research Alliance of Canada: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/digital-research-alliance-of-canada/

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6agreements
$365Mvalue
2departments
3programs

Largest agreements

514971$129Mvalue2023start2025end

A project to support the replacement of national high performance computational infrastructure, and to upgrade the hosting capacity of a data centre

514970$99.5Mvalue2023start2025end

A project to continue supporting national activities related to the operation, coordination and improvement of the Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Platform

514654$39.0Mvalue2022start2027end

The project supports Budget 2021?s objective of providing dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) compute by funding the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to acquire and operate AI infrastructure.

514494$38.4Mvalue2022start2023end

Fund DRAC to cover costs associated with the set up of strategic governance of data management and advanced research computing activities and operations in 2022-23

Expansion of the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research$34.7Mvalue2024start2031end

Facilitate the establishment of a Canadian regional centre that provides Canadian astronomers access to data from the SKA and other astronomy facilities. Provide dedicated storage, computing capacity and services participation in SKA.

512479$24.2Mvalue2019start2023end

Digital Research Infrastructure Contribution Program

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada5agreements$330Mvalue2programs
  • Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy
  • National AI Institutes - PCAIS

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

National Research Council Canada1agreements$34.7Mvalue1programs
  • International Astronomical Observatories Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20241agreements$34.7Mvalue1programs
  • International Astronomical Observatories Program
20232agreements$228Mvalue1programs
  • Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy
20222agreements$77.4Mvalue2programs
  • National AI Institutes - PCAIS
  • Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy
20191agreements$24.2Mvalue1programs
  • Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy

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.