Thinking Big Information Technology Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Charlottetown|Charlottetown, PE · grants and contributions register · Charlottetown

Thinking Big Information Technology Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $1.2M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

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12agreements
$1.2Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$252Kvalue2017start–end
Intelligent Data Capture, Analysis and Virtualization Platform$252Kvalue2017start2019end

The company will investigate data gathering, analysis and presentation technology for use across mulitple industries.

227214$222Kvalue2025start2026end

Support product development of navigational tool

AskNavi - Artificial Intelligence Reinforcement Learning Enhancement$115Kvalue2025start2027end

AskNavi helps people find programs they may qualify for by asking simple questions and filtering results based on their answers. This project explores reinforcement learning (RL) to improve how those questions are ordered, so users reach relevant programs faster.

Agreement$87.2Kvalue2011start–end
206512$50.0Kvalue2015start2016end

Hire a chief product officer to expand the client base

211977$50.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Support human resources strategy development and implementation

227602$50.0Kvalue2025start2026end

Hire Consultant to Support Export Growth and Operational Excellence

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AI Assist: ARP AI Qualification and Planning for Thinking Big Information Technology$49.2Kvalue2025start2025end

The Project will support the development of an innovation plan to explore integrating AI into the Firm’s core business.

222181$48.8Kvalue2022start2023end

Hire expertise to support growth strategy implementation

Agreement$31.0Kvalue2016start–end
198739$30.0Kvalue2011start2012end

Hire a Search Engine Optimization specialist

Departments

National Research Council Canada6agreements$786Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency6agreements$451Kvalue3programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Years

20254agreements$436Kvalue4programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$48.8Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
20181agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
20172agreements$504Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20161agreements$31.0Kvalue0programs
    20151agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
    • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
    20112agreements$117Kvalue1programs
    • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills

    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.