Spare Labs Inc.: federal grants and contributions

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

Spare Labs Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 18 agreements; $11.8M value; 3 departments; 9 programs.

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18agreements
$11.8Mvalue
3departments
9programs

Largest agreements

515682$3.4Mvalue2026start2027end

Spare will scale its AI transit platform to improve efficiency, sustainability and accessibility. Using ML and LLMs, it optimizes routing, automates support and enables predictive maintenance.

Spare Network - an on demand transportation ecosystem for public transportation organizations to broker transportation service$3.0Mvalue2023start2025end

Software development project to build a transportation service provider marketplace product that enables transportation organizations to launch customizable and efficient transportation services that meet the needs of their communities.

PC0005637$3.0Mvalue2023start2027end

Expand market for demand-responsive transportation management software

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system and pilot demonstration for public transit fleets$1.0Mvalue2025start2026end

Software development and pilot demonstration project of an AI-powered Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform for public transit agencies. By using predictive analytics, the system will shift transit agencies from reactive to proactive maintenance, extending vehicle lifespan and improving fuel efficiency. This will reduce operational costs, improve service reliability, and lower greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the need for new vehicle manufacturing and decreasing tailpipe emissions. The project supports the growth of a Canadian clean technology solution.

Web-based multi-modal booking interface$490Kvalue2021start2022end

Enhancing the firm's mobility as a service software platform to support fixed route transportation, multi modal travel options and a web booking interface.

Japanese market support product development$253Kvalue2019start2020end

Enhancing the firm's software platform with country-specific functionality enhancements required to optimize the product for the Japanese market in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan).

Innovation Assistance Program$193Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Software development of the Spare Realize MVP$127Kvalue2018start2019end

Software development of a Minimum Viable Product of a software simulation tool to plan, analyze, and scale transportation networks.

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Agreement$75.6Kvalue2017start–end
Expanding Spare to Municipalities in Germany$64.5Kvalue2020start2021end

Build Spare’s presence in Germany as a SaaS provider of on-demand transportation services. Spare will leverage sales consultants, online, and video to draw transit providers to interest from municipal and regional transit providers.

Expansion into EUR Markets$60.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Our customers span three continents; USA, Japan, Europe. In order to continue to expand throughout Europe, beyond our current customers on R&D projects in Norway and Denmark, we've identified Germany and the UK as the next step.

Agreement$44.8Kvalue2017start–end
Spare Labs Inc.-2022-2023-1000147$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.

Spare Labs Inc.-2021-2022-978076$16.5Kvalue2021start2022end

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.

IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement$15.9Kvalue2023start2024end

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement$12.1Kvalue2023start2023end

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

Youth Green - software development for transportation network$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Develop multi-modal trip planner and fleet management system

Canadian partnering mission to Japan for the annual Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) – Oct 27 to Nov 1, 2019$3.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Participation in the Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) held in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27 to November 1, 2019, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential collaborative project ideas.

Departments

National Research Council Canada16agreements$5.4Mvalue7programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$3.4Mvalue1programs
Pacific Economic Development Canada1agreements$3.0Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

Years

20261agreements$3.4Mvalue1programs
  • AI Compute Access Fund
20251agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
20234agreements$6.0Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20221agreements$35.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20212agreements$506Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SMEs
20202agreements$258Kvalue2programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
20193agreements$316Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport
20182agreements$137Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20172agreements$120Kvalue0programs

    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.