Program directory · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Business Innovation

Department

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Program code

BNP01 (ISC)

Core responsibility

Companies, Investment and Growth

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Business Innovation program makes it easier for Canadian businesses to access the support they need to research, develop and commercialize innovative processes and products. It ensures Government of Canada innovation programs are cohesive and responsive to the needs of innovators. The Program administers the Strategic Response Fund (SRF) (replacing the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)), which is designed to support large-scale innovation and technology development, as well as projects that enable Canadian firms to adapt to tariff pressures, diversify markets and drive long-term industrial transformation. It also delivers the following programs: Accelerated Growth Service, to facilitate the growth of Canadian small and medium sized enterprises by providing client-centric, better-coordinated service delivery across the federal government; Business Benefits Finder, a “one-stop-shop” for innovators and entrepreneurs to find and access programs easier and faster; Innovative Solutions Canada to provide small and medium sized enterprises with an opportunity to develop and validate their research and development in a government environment to support the scale-up, commercialize and export made-in-Canada intellectual property; Global Innovation Clusters, to build supportive ecosystems and co-invest in collaborative technology projects that help Canadian firms scale and position Canada as a global leader; and Cyber Security Innovation Network. The program supports the following departmental results: “Canadian businesses and industries are innovative and growing,” “Canada has a clean and sustainable economy,” and “People and communities from all segments of Canadian society participate in the economy”.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.