Zerokey Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Calgary|Calgary, AB · grants and contributions register · Calgary Forest Lawn

Zerokey Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $2.6M value; 3 departments; 6 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-1QITK331O1 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Zerokey Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/zerokey-inc/

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10agreements
$2.6Mvalue
3departments
6programs

Largest agreements

000015503$1.5Mvalue2019start2023end

Scale-up production of spacial intelligence technology for industrial buildings

Quantum RTLS 3.0: A Ruggedized, Tightly-Coupled Dual-Modality (Ultrasonic + UWB) Real-Time Location System for Defence and Dual-Use Operations$500Kvalue2026start2027end

Quantum RTLS 3.0 (dual-use) gives the Canadian Armed Forces and rugged industrial operators a capability they cannot get today: dependable, high-accuracy tracking of people, assets and autonomous systems outdoors and where GNSS is degraded or denied, without cameras. It ruggedizes the hardware to IP65+ and develops tightly-coupled sensor fusion that preserves millimetre-class accuracy when acoustic geometry is available, maintains bounded-error tracking during occlusion, and rapidly reacquires high accuracy without discontinuities. The result is a sovereign, Canadian-made local PNT and spatial

000016375$500Kvalue2020start2021end

Support for ZeroKey Inc. to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Advanced Signal Processing to Improve Product Performance and Enter New Markets$48.0Kvalue2018start2019end

The goal of this project is to broaden the addressable markets of ZeroKey's products by improving the system performance in problematic environments (e.g. factories, assembly lines).

Zerokey Inc.-2025-2026-1039565$38.0Kvalue2026start2027end

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.

ZEROKEY INC.-2022-2023-992101$25.0Kvalue2022start2022end

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.

Zerokey Inc.-2026-2027-1043749$6.2Kvalue2026start2026end

The purpose of this CanExport GAC-Led Delegations agreement is to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) participating in select trade missions and delegations led by GAC's Trade Commissioner Service.

CIIP PDA – Zerokey Inc. – 2023-24$3.4Kvalue2023start2023end

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) contribution agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

CIIP PDA – ZeroKey Inc. – 2022-23$3.3Kvalue2022start2023end

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) contribution agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

Participation in the Canadian Cybersecurity Tech. Mission to Japan – Nov 28-Dec 2, 2022$3.0Kvalue2022start2022end

Participation in the Canadian cybersecurity technologies partnering mission to Japan ILS – Nov 28-Dec 2, 2022. Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas under the Japan Program.

Departments

Western Economic Diversification Canada2agreements$2.0Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

National Research Council Canada6agreements$620Kvalue4programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Global Affairs Canada2agreements$6.7Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Years

20263agreements$544Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • CanExport
20231agreements$3.4Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
20223agreements$31.3Kvalue3programs
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20201agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20191agreements$1.5Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20181agreements$48.0Kvalue1programs
  • 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.