Quaternion Engineering Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Victoria|Victoria, BC · grants and contributions register · Victoria

Quaternion Engineering Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $1.5M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

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10agreements
$1.5Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Nanosatellite Platform Development to Support Canadian New Space Ventures$1,000Kvalue2025start2028end

Quaternion Aerospace will develop a low cost, highly capable, and fully Canadian nanosatellite platform to strengthen domestic space industry capabilities and decouple from reliance on foreign suppliers. This platform will provide all of the systems needed to build a satellite, allowing Canada’s science, business, and defense industries to get their technologies into orbit quicker and at a lower cost, without any dependence on foreign countries. Quaternion will offer an off-the-shelf solution - either as individual components, or as a complete satellite bus - ready to be tailored to Canada's m

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
Dual Use - Cooperative Multi-UAV Magnetic Anomaly Detection Based Remote Sensing and Navigation [CONDOR]$250Kvalue2026start2027end

Develop a modular, aircraft-agnostic Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) payload designed for integration on small uncrewed aerial vehicles for both defence and civilian use.

Feasibility Study of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Health Service Delivery and Emergency Planning and Response$75.0Kvalue2025start2026end

This project is a feasibility study as the first phase of the UAV medical supply delivery logistics initiative in partnership with Island Health. This project will focus on defining operational and regulatory requirements to strengthen the foundation for a full-scale implementation. It will also improve the readiness for commercialization by aligning the UAV and Smart Payload technologies with real-world logistics needs (and define operational mission profiles) for emerging Canadian BVLOS & ISO standards.

Agreement$50.0Kvalue2010start–end
Agreement$42.0Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$30.0Kvalue2010start–end
Agreement$27.5Kvalue2013start–end
Development of Novel Maneuverability Capability for Small Satellites Using Aerodynamic Forces$25.0Kvalue2019start2020end

The capability of small satellites have advanced in the last decade into mission capable assets. Without propulsion systems, they lack maneuverability to exploit advantages as constellations. It is proposed to evaluate the feasibility using aerodynamic forces generated in the low earth orbit to improve maneuverability of small satellites.

Quaternion Engineering Inc.-2025-2026-1036646$8.5Kvalue2025start2026end

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

Participation in the Canadian partnering mission to the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit in Portugal – June 20-24, 2022$3.0Kvalue2022start2022end

Participation in the Canadian ocean technology partnering mission to the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit (EGIS) in Portugal – June 20-24, 2022. Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas under the EUREKA, Eurostars, and Cluster Programs.

Departments

Canadian Space Agency1agreements$1,000Kvalue1programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology

All grants from Canadian Space Agency

National Research Council Canada9agreements$511Kvalue4programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
  • CanExport Innovation

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20261agreements$250Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20253agreements$1.1Mvalue3programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport Innovation
20221agreements$3.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20191agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
20131agreements$27.5Kvalue0programs
    20111agreements$42.0Kvalue0programs
      20102agreements$80.0Kvalue0programs

        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.