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Use this tool to search how the Government of Canada spends money. The data in this tool comes from multiple publicly available Government of Canada sources including Grants and Contributions, Contracts over $10K, the Public Accounts' transfer payments, research funding databases (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR), and Global Affairs Canada projects. Type in one or more keywords and filter the results by year, department, recipient, program or location to explore the data. Contracts of $10,000 and under are published only as each department's yearly totals, which its spending page shows.

Program:Contributions under the Knowledge infrastructure program
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Recipient / DepartmentAmountAction
Province of Ontario Toronto Ont
Industry
$255,559,731.00
Province of Ontario Toronto Ont
Industry
$181,097,206.00
Ministère du Développement économique de l'innovation et de l'exportation Québec Que
Industry
$155,149,842.00
Government of British Columbia Victoria BC
Industry
$78,544,531.00
Government of Alberta Edmonton Alta
Industry
$61,631,657.00
Government of Alberta Edmonton Alta
Industry
$50,587,849.00
Government of British Columbia Victoria BC
Industry
$39,181,458.00
Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation Québec Que
Industry
$19,947,635.00
Province of New Brunswick Fredericton NB
Industry
$18,392,557.00
Province of Saskatchewan Regina Sask
Industry
$17,304,852.00
Province of New Brunswick Fredericton NB
Industry
$16,869,217.00
Government of Manitoba Winnipeg Man
Industry
$14,716,721.00
Nova Scotia Department of Education Halifax NS
Industry
$14,061,466.00
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education St John's NL
Industry
$9,140,625.00
Nova Scotia Department of Education Halifax NS
Industry
$7,983,816.00
Province of Saskatchewan Regina Sask
Industry
$7,161,251.00
Government of Manitoba Winnipeg Man
Industry
$6,699,242.00
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education St John's NL
Industry
$4,659,375.00
Lakehead University Thunder Bay Ont
Industry
$2,800,000.00
Lakehead University Thunder Bay Ont
Industry
$2,225,000.00
Government of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown PEI
Industry
$1,968,750.00
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences Victoria BC
Industry
$1,278,750.00
Government of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown PEI
Industry
$1,062,500.00
Newman Theological College Edmonton Alta
Industry
$919,600.00
Nunavut Arctic College Iqaluit Nunavut
Industry
$825,000.00

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