Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Queen Charlotte|Queen Charlotte, BC · grants and contributions register · Skeena–Bulkley Valley

Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions: 18 agreements; $3.5M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-02FHJ6I0QG · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/yourbrook-energy-systems-ltd/

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18agreements
$3.5Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Kamdis Tidal Power Demonstration Project Phase I: Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) Study$2.4Mvalue2023start2026end

The project is mostly related to decreasing greenhouse gas emissions through the demonstration of technologies to reduce fossil fuel use for heat and/or power generation in Canada's remote communities and/or remote industrial sites.

Agreement$259Kvalue2012start–end
Agreement$197Kvalue2012start–end
Scaled Dynamic Blade with Field Testing and Mini-Model Construction$103Kvalue2021start2023end

Testing of a deep sweeping dynamic blade undershot tidal turbine.

Agreement$96.7Kvalue2012start–end
Seawater Pump Biofouling and Corrosion Mitigation with Field Testing$92.8Kvalue2019start2022end

Investigate the pumping of seawater to mitigate the potential adverse effects to the firm’s tidal power plant to broaden the number of geographical installation sites.

Agreement$50.0Kvalue2016start–end
Turbine Blade and Control Optimization Through Further Field Trials$50.0Kvalue2017start2018end

This project is focusing on tidal turbine blade and pump control system optimization and efficiency. This work will affect all aspects of scale up from pump size to number of pumps required for any given installation.

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Agreement$50.0Kvalue2012start–end
Debris Sensing and Underwater Environmental Observations$48.3Kvalue2024start2026end

Innovative debris management strategies to protect the Firm's proposed tidal turbine from damaging debris strikes. Collect underwater acoustics and visual images of operating tidal turbine for the permitting processes of the full scale demonstration. Provide onsite engineering assessment opportunities and facilitate discussions of functioning tidal turbine for the purposes of future scale-up.

Agreement$42.6Kvalue2017start–end
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2$36.5Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Internship - Mechanical Engineer$35.0Kvalue2024start2024end

The Firm is hiring its first in-house academically trained mechanical engineer.

Agreement$30.9Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$26.2Kvalue2011start–end
Innovation Assistance Program$20.3Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5$10.8Kvalue2020start2021end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Youth Green Internship for Business Assistance and Technical Writing$10.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Yourbrook is in the process of commercializing a prototype tidal driven pumping device. The firm would like to employ a youth in the roll of technical writing and business assistant.

Departments

Natural Resources Canada1agreements$2.4Mvalue1programs
  • Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program - Demonstration Component

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

National Research Council Canada17agreements$1.2Mvalue4programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20242agreements$83.3Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20231agreements$2.4Mvalue1programs
  • Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program - Demonstration Component
20211agreements$103Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20203agreements$67.7Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20191agreements$92.8Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20181agreements$10.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20172agreements$92.7Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20162agreements$80.9Kvalue0programs
    20124agreements$603Kvalue0programs
      20111agreements$26.2Kvalue0programs

        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.