PUG Interactive Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Vancouver|Vancouver, BC · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Vancouver Centre

PUG Interactive Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 9 agreements; $1.8M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0YBF7LZ19D · Cite as: Assay Systems, “PUG Interactive Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/pug-interactive-inc/

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9agreements
$1.8Mvalue
2departments
6programs

Largest agreements

13835$700Kvalue2016start2020end

Commercialize a new version of Picnic GLOBAL online loyalty and social engagement engine

15481$550Kvalue2019start2023end

Scale-up marketing of Picnic platform to capture emerging high-potential markets

000016938$242Kvalue2020start2021end

Support for PUG Interactive Inc. to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Scaling Picnic Customer Engagement Engine through a configurable Data Exchange Hub$100Kvalue2019start2021end

Scaling PUG Interactive’s Picnic Customer Engagement Hub software platform through the development of software modules that perform real-time, high-performance data exchange that is quickly configurable to support arbitrary external enterprise data sources.

PUG Interactive Inc.-2020-2021-969009$41.2Kvalue2021start2021end

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.

PUG Interactive Inc.-2022-2023-991773$35.0Kvalue2022start2023end

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.

Picnic™ Customer Engagement Hub Northeast US/UK Export Expansion$33.0Kvalue2020start2020end

Increase export capacity and capabilities for our Picnic™ platform across key strategic US/UK market verticals through targeted market research, key contact identification, promotional efforts, and thought leadership

Picnic™ Customer Engagement Hub US Export Expansion Project$30.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Increase export capacity and capabilities for our Picnic™ platform across key strategic US market verticals through targeted market research, key contact identification, and world-class thought leadership

PUG Interactive Inc.-2023-2024-1007865$25.0Kvalue2023start2024end

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.

Departments

Western Economic Diversification Canada3agreements$1.5Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

National Research Council Canada6agreements$264Kvalue4programs
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20231agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20221agreements$35.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20211agreements$41.2Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20202agreements$275Kvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • CanExport SMEs
20193agreements$680Kvalue3programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport
20161agreements$700Kvalue1programs
  • Western Diversification 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.