SkyTrac Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Kelowna|Kelowna, BC · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Chilliwack—Hope

SkyTrac Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions: 11 agreements; $5.1M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0Q0MZEQ0L0 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “SkyTrac Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/skytrac-systems-ltd/

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11agreements
$5.1Mvalue
2departments
6programs

Largest agreements

A regulatory-compliant, global, aircraft distress and safety system for aircraft tracking and monitoring.$3.0Mvalue2020start2024end

Development and provision of a data acquisition, management, and communications system that is fully compliant with the ICAO Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (ICAO/GADSS), capable of meeting or exceeding ICAO Timely Recovery of Flight Data (TRFD) requirements and providing proactive/predictive Aircraft Health Monitoring (AHM)

PC0012179$762Kvalue2026start2027end

Expand advanced manufacturing and testing capabilities for a satcom company

Innovation Assistance Program$742Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Aircraft distress tracking and safety system--development of system design requirements$235Kvalue2019start2020end

Development and provision of a data acquisition, management and communications system that is fully compliant with the ICAO Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (ICAO/GADSS).

Agreement$150Kvalue2013start–end
SkyTrac Systems Ltd.-2026-2027-1043285$40.0Kvalue2026start2027end

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.

YOUTH - Mechanical Engineering$36.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Provide mechanical engineering support to the Firm.

YOUTH - Software Development$36.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The junior Avionics Design & Airworthiness Engineer will carry out the tasks related to the design and airworthiness of SkyTrac products and installations of those products on customer aircraft.

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SkyTrac Systems Ltd.-2025-2026-1036645$35.0Kvalue2025start2026end

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.

Agreement$34.2Kvalue2012start–end
Youth - Electrical Engineering$30.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The Junior Hardware Engineer supported with the Youth funding will provide support to hardware design, prototyping, and certification engineering activities.

Departments

National Research Council Canada10agreements$4.3Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Pacific Economic Development Canada1agreements$762Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

Years

20262agreements$802Kvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • CanExport
20251agreements$35.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20241agreements$30.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20212agreements$72.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20202agreements$3.7Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20191agreements$235Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20131agreements$150Kvalue0programs
    20121agreements$34.2Kvalue0programs

      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.