Total OCéan inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Les Iles-De-La-Madeleine|Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC · grants and contributions register · Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Total OCéan inc.: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $1.4M value; 2 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-05GE1AZ10R · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Total OCéan inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/total-oc-an-inc/

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5agreements
$1.4Mvalue
2departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)$600Kvalue2017start–end

;Repayable Contribution

400051748$600Kvalue2017start2022end

Business startup: The project aims to start an Atlantic seal processing business in the Magdalen Islands.

PRODUCTION OF SEAL OIL ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE$72.0Kvalue2023start2023end

SiliCycle has carried out work for the Firm to develop a process to extract a high quality oil from seal blubber. As a result of this work, the Firm built a plant to implement a large-scale industrial seal oil extraction process.

ARP - Technical and commercial validations of the process$50.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Establish the functions essential to the proper functioning of the firm, allowing sales of products and services and also its sustainability.

ARP- Start-up of the molecular distiller$49.9Kvalue2021start2022end

The Molecular Distiller is a set of 28 pieces of equipment in order to allow extraordinary distillation conditions. Synchronizing all this equipment and achieving the desired conditions is a considerable challenge. Even the plant will have to be modified to accommodate this 22 foot high system.

Departments

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions2agreements$1.2Mvalue2programs
  • Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program (REGI)

All grants from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

National Research Council Canada3agreements$172Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20231agreements$72.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20212agreements$99.9Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20172agreements$1.2Mvalue2programs
  • Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program (REGI)

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.