Smile Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Waterloo|Waterloo, ON · grants and contributions register · University–Rosedale

Smile Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $1.9M value; 3 departments; 3 programs.

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5agreements
$1.9Mvalue
3departments
3programs

Largest agreements

802948$500Kvalue2012start2014end

Fund software and internet storage technology development of new product versions for laptops, tablets and smartphones, enabling the company to bring live broadcast capabilities to technology devices.

Experimentation to design or optimize business processes in e-commerce loyalty management platforms$500Kvalue2025start2026end

This project will test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to design (or optimize) a repeatable and scalable business process, which may result in new business methods for the e-commerce loyalty management platform.

Market Expansion Developer Tools$450Kvalue2018start2019end

The Smile platform is a construct which allows any internet-connected business to run a rewards program for a group of people (i.e. customers). The way this is accomplished is by abstracting the logic required to run a rewards program in to 5 main areas: actions, UI & experience, rewards, data synced to other systems, and an admin panel. By structuring the platform in this manner, we allow any internet-connected business to do the following business activities with minimal configuration and setup effort. By enabling businesses to deliver reward programs that are easy-to-setup & maintain, we

Causal Analytics for Merchants$400Kvalue2023start2023end

Developing causal analytics for points based loyalty programs.

CSJ2018-Smile Inc. (Kitchener Centre)$3.4Kvalue2018start2018end

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Departments

National Research Council Canada3agreements$1.4Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada1agreements$3.4Kvalue1programs

Years

20251agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20231agreements$400Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20182agreements$453Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20121agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario

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.