Olds College: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Olds, AB · grants and contributions register · South Okanagan-West Kootenay

Olds College: federal grants and contributions: 30 agreements; $20.1M value; 8 departments; 7 programs.

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30agreements
$20.1Mvalue
8departments
7programs

Largest agreements

PC0006197$3.0Mvalue2023start2027end

Expand smart farm operations to support agricultural technologies in Prairies

Agreement$3.0Mvalue2014start–end
Agreement$2.6Mvalue2009start–end
000022602$2.4Mvalue2022start2025end

Upgrade an Olds College Smart Farm facility and implement a pre-accelerator program

000015553$2.2Mvalue2019start2023end

Support phase two of the Olds College Smart Farm

College and Community Innovation Program$2.1Mvalue2020start2025end

The College and Community Innovation Program (CCI) Program aims to increase innovation at the community and/or regional level by enabling Canadian colleges to increase their capacity to work with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterp

15553$1.9Mvalue2019start2023end

Support phase two of the Olds College Smart Farm

Technology Access Centre$1.9Mvalue2021start2026end

The Technology Access Centre (TAC) Grants are intended to enhance the ability of companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to become more productive and innovative by enabling them to readily access college expertise, technology and equipment. This access to college capabilities is intended to enhance the productivity, competitiveness and innovation of the participating SMEs.

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Smart Agriculture Technology Support for Canadian Innovators and SMEs$434Kvalue2021start2025end

Olds College will provide advisory and support services to SMEs in Canada for the development of smart agriculture technologies and practices. This support will include discovery services, hands-on testing services, business advice, and technical, performance-based information related to new digital agricultural technologies or processes, each with the potential to enhance productivity in primary agriculture, including production of crops and livestock.

College Special Initiatives$95.2Kvalue2018start2019end

The College Special Initiatives grants cover the expenditures for the organization of Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges and Technology Access Centers (TACs) best practice meetings. These meetings are motivated by the CCI Program performance evaluation report which strongly recommended the sharing of best practices among college grant holders. The Research Partnership Management’s response agreed with this recommendation and stated that actions would be taken by NSERC to encourage the sharing of best practices. These meetings are one of the promised actions.

Smart Agriculture Technology Support for Western Canada’s Innovators and SMEs$70.5Kvalue2019start2020end

Olds College will provide technology advisory and support services to small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Alberta and western Canada with a focus on development of smart agriculture technologies. This will include provision of discovery services, technical services, or business advice and information to support the development and implementation of new agriculture technologies or processes.

Contribution to Olds College$62.1Kvalue2020start2022end

Global Affairs Canada’s International Scholarship Program supports the recipient to enhance the international profile of Canada as a source of quality education and create interest abroad on Canada.

000023202$60.0Kvalue2022start2024end

Support the Olds College agriculture technology conference annually between 2022 and 2024

Smart Agriculture Technology Support for Canadian Innovators$53.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Olds College will provide advisory and support services to SMEs in Canada including discovery services, hands-on testing services, business advice, and technical information on new digital agricultural technologies with potential to enhance primary agriculture productivity.

Development and/or Validation of Novel, Agricultural Technologies and Products to aid Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises$50.0Kvalue2025start2026end

Olds College will initiate and provide applied research services to SMEs in Canada with emphasis on the development and advancement of novel agricultural (crops and livestock) technologies and products. These services will include indoor (laboratory, growth chambers, greenhouse, etc.) and outdoor (cropland, rangeland, feedlot, etc.) These services will include indoor (laboratory, growth chambers, greenhouse, etc) and outdoor (plot scale, field scale, etc) tests, experiments, trials, studies, surveys, etc. to generate data that can be used to advise viable development, commercialization or mark

Global Affairs Canada’s International Scholarship Program supports the recipient to enhance the international profile of Canada as a source of quality education and create interest abroad on Canada.$37.5Kvalue2017start2018end
Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$34.3Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Engage Grants for colleges$25.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Engage Grants (EGP) are designed to give innovative companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian universities and colleges. These grants are intended to foster the development of new research partnerships by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem; that is, a problem related to the company’s core competencies or activities. The simplified application and decision processes enable university and college researchers to quickly undertake new research colla

000021789$25.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Deliver the 2021 AgSmart Expo in Olds, Alberta

000021789$25.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Deliver the 2021 AgSmart Expo in Olds, Alberta

Agreement$23.1Kvalue2018start–end

Global Affairs Canada’s International Scholarship Program supports the recipient to enhance the international profile of Canada as a source of quality education and create interest abroad on Canada.

Olds College$21.0Kvalue2020start2020end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Olds College of Agriculture & Technology$21.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Olds College of Agriculture & Technology$18.9Kvalue2024start2024end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Faculty Mobility Program$15.4Kvalue2019start2020end

Global Affairs Canada’s International Scholarship Program supports the recipient to enhance the international profile of Canada as a source of quality education and create interest abroad on Canada.

Work Experience$14.0Kvalue2020start2020end

The objective of this project is to provide an intern with experience of work in applied research on field crops relevant to Alberta.

15554$10.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Support for the 2019 AgSmart Conference in Olds, Alberta

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$6.3Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

Olds College$3.3Kvalue2018start2018end

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Research support fund$126value2020start2020end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Departments

Western Economic Diversification Canada6agreements$9.7Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Prairies Economic Development Canada4agreements$5.5Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Prairies Economic Development Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada4agreements$4.0Mvalue1programs
National Research Council Canada4agreements$607Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Global Affairs Canada4agreements$138Kvalue1programs
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada6agreements$105Kvalue1programs
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1agreements$14.0Kvalue1programs
  • Youth Employment and Skills Program

All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada1agreements$126value1programs

Years

20252agreements$71.0Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20241agreements$18.9Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20231agreements$3.0Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20222agreements$2.4Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20215agreements$2.4Mvalue4programs
  • Research Partnerships
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20207agreements$2.2Mvalue6programs
  • Research Partnerships
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Youth Employment and Skills Program
  • Research Support Fund
20196agreements$4.2Mvalue4programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20183agreements$122Kvalue2programs
  • Research Partnerships
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
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20171agreements$37.5Kvalue0programs
    20141agreements$3.0Mvalue0programs
      20091agreements$2.6Mvalue0programs

        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.