Photonic Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Burnaby|Burnaby, BC · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Burnaby North–Seymour

Photonic Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 6 agreements; $24.5M value; 3 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-04ZQ44I0SM · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Photonic Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/photonic-inc/

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6agreements
$24.5Mvalue
3departments
5programs

Largest agreements

515671$23.0Mvalue2025start2032end

CQCP: Development of a scalable and useful Canadian quantum computing platform

Second generation quantum repeaters for Distributed Quantum Sensing$1.0Mvalue2025start2027end

Funding will support research and development to address National Defence’s Challenge: North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Modernization Science & Technology (S&T) Contest. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and its defence and security partners seek to advance capabilities in five key areas: quantum technologies; autonomous systems; counter-uncrewed aerial systems (CUAS); Arctic mobility and navigation of military platforms; and energy solutions that are scalable, efficient, and sustainable for current and future Arctic operations. The initiative targets critical scie

UKRI Quantum - 10075109 - CHRP-QC - Cryogenic High Reliability Platform for Quantum Computing$500Kvalue2023start2025end

The firm will collaborate with its UK partner to design a high-reliability cryogenic system that serves as a foundation for scalable high performance quantum computing platforms.

Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2$14.4Kvalue2020start2020end

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

Innovation Assistance Program$10.2Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5$5.4Kvalue2020start2021end

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

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$23.0Mvalue1programs
National Defence1agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program

All grants from National Defence

National Research Council Canada4agreements$530Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20252agreements$24.0Mvalue2programs
  • Canadian Quantum Champions Program
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
20231agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20203agreements$30.0Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program

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.