Lightship Works Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Kamloops|Kamloops, BC · grants and contributions register · Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo

Lightship Works Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $2.0M value; 2 departments; 4 programs.

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12agreements
$2.0Mvalue
2departments
4programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$325Kvalue2016start–end
000016972$303Kvalue2020start2021end

Support for Lightship Works to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Agreement$280Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$230Kvalue2016start–end
Cross-platform Artificial Intelligence (AI) decision support tool$200Kvalue2019start2021end

The project augments Lightship's general framework for events and automated information flow with modules that will allow simplified access to various machine learning systems provided by 3rd party vendors.

Innovation Assistance Program$193Kvalue2020start2020end

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$180Kvalue2016start–end
Visual Information Decision-Support and Routing Tool with Moderated AI Recommendations$100Kvalue2018start2019end

We propose the creation of tooling to allow for the automation of information review and routing by providing non technical users a comprehensible UI for defining automations and the ability for them to utilize state-of-the art AI.

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BC Fast Pilot - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) Initial Fire Reporting Application$86.9Kvalue2019start2020end

Lightship will build an initial fire reporting system that integrates with BCwildfires existing operational systems.

Youth - Sales Process Automation #1$36.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The graduate will develop sales process automation tools.

Youth - Sales Process Automation #2$36.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The graduate will develop sales process automation tools.

Youth - Sales process automation$20.0Kvalue2020start2021end

The graduate will be working with a sales and marketing automation contractor to build sales and marketing processes

Departments

National Research Council Canada11agreements$1.7Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$303Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Years

20212agreements$72.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20203agreements$516Kvalue3programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20192agreements$287Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20181agreements$100Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20164agreements$1.0Mvalue0programs

    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.