SPIN PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto|Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register · Spadina–Fort York

SPIN PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION: federal grants and contributions: 8 agreements; $1.7M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.

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8agreements
$1.7Mvalue
1departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Holistic Pipeline$900Kvalue2025start2027end

Complete the design and roll out of a modern USD based VFX Pipeline. This will be the foundation for a future proof, real-time capable, AI ready Holistic VFX Pipeline.

Service oriented pipeline upgrade phase 1$598Kvalue2022start2023end

This Pipeline Upgrade is designed to modernize our production pipeline and increase our capacity to meet rapidly growing demand for VFX content. Through leveraging cloud workflows we will be able to meet our primary goal; to increase capacity. One of the most practical solutions is to hire talented artists from across Canada and worldwide to work remotely. We need to easily provide them with virtual workstations, cloud storage and network connectivity in a cloud region that is geographically close enough for them to overcome the network latency that is inherent in connections over long dista

Research into the feasibility of incorporation of Ai/ML Technology into creating efficient workflows for content creation$65.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Build on existing in house development work to expand the new USD (Universal Scene Description) based VFX pipeline to include the core departments of Rigging, Animation and Character FX.

Service Pipeline Feasibility$50.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Survey relevant cloud technologies and plan the custom development required to upgrade of SpinVFX pipeline to a services oriented architecture. The primary goal of which is enabling the flexible increase of production capacity by leveraging global talent pools.

Virtual Production Technology Youth$40.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The project is the conversion of our existing internal production tools to the emerging open source industry standard called USD (Universal Scene Description https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/index.html ). This is a significant change to our internal tools and processes across all departments and requires substantial software development.

VFX Production Assistant$36.0Kvalue2021start2022end

This project is to assist the production team which includes the VFX Producer, Line Producer, Production Manager and Production Coordinator with client postings, outsourcing and various administrative functions associated with the different projects running through the studio. This role should eventually lead to a VFX Coordinator role within the company.

VFX Production assistant - Female Youth$30.0Kvalue2022start2023end

This project is as for a VFX Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating artists, schedules, and daily tasks and work in conjunction with VFX Producers and VFX Supervisors.

Human Resources Coordinator$26.2Kvalue2021start2022end

Given the current high turnover of staff in the entertainment industry, this project is to assist our HR department As such, it requires posting for jobs, review applications in concert with other HR employees, actively search for potential candidates, screen resumes and supplying applicable screening notes to assist managers / supervisors plus scheduling interviews. It will also help to develop and maintain efficient hiring and tracking processes.

Departments

National Research Council Canada8agreements$1.7Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20252agreements$965Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$628Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20214agreements$152Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

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.