AgriInnovate Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
The AgriInnovate Program aims to incent targeted commercialization, demonstration and/or adoption of innovative technologies and processes that increase agricultural and agri-food sector competitiveness and sustainability benefits.
Agreements with businesses
22
Median agreement
$2,261,475
Range
$255,353 – $6,000,000
Recipients
21
Last 12 months
3
Total value
$61,089,849
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $2,261,475 or less.
- The largest recipient, Entosystème Inc., holds $6,000,000 (10% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2026-03-31.
By fiscal year
2021-22$16,765,4605
2023-24$13,485,1785
2024-25$25,539,2119
2025-26$5,300,0003
By recipient province
QC$45,485,21416
ON$10,145,2003
BC$4,011,4752
NS$1,447,9601
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entosystème Inc. | 1 | $6,000,000 | 2021-08-15 |
| Produit Frais FMS Inc. | 1 | $5,000,000 | 2025-03-21 |
| Kinghaven Farms Cultivation Limited | 1 | $5,000,000 | 2024-09-12 |
| KSM Inc. | 1 | $5,000,000 | 2023-08-18 |
| Aliments BVeggie Inc. | 1 | $5,000,000 | 2022-01-27 |
| Premier Horticulture Ltée | 1 | $4,859,399 | 2024-05-17 |
| Ferme d'Hiver Inc., Ferme d'Hiver Technologies Inc., and Nova Farming Inc. | 1 | $4,718,728 | 2023-06-25 |
| Sami Agtech | 1 | $4,163,000 | 2024-06-21 |
| Hilton Foods Canada Inc. | 1 | $3,500,000 | 2026-03-31 |
| Laboratoire Innodal inc | 2 | $3,198,000 | 2025-02-05 |
| Innomalt Inc. | 1 | $2,500,000 | 2021-04-29 |
| Cascadia Seaweed Corp. | 1 | $2,261,475 | 2024-09-27 |
| Développement Solugen Inc. | 1 | $1,817,500 | 2021-08-03 |
| CTK Research and Development Canada Ltd. | 1 | $1,750,000 | 2024-03-21 |
| CRO Quail Farms Inc. | 1 | $1,645,200 | 2023-07-18 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Hilton Foods Canada Inc. | Hilton Foods Canada Launch | ON | $3,500,000 |
| 2026-03-18 | Bliqc inc. | Démonstration, optimisation et préparation à la commercialisation d’une solution optique de mesure de viscosité en temps réel | QC | $1,200,000 |
| 2026-03-17 | Équipements Vegtech Inc | VEGTECH - Transplanteur automatisé - PLANTIS - Commercialisation et démonstration | QC | $600,000 |
| 2025-03-21 | Produit Frais FMS Inc. | Construction of a baby carrot sorting and processing plant | QC | $5,000,000 |
| 2025-02-07 | Colibri Vanille inc | Vanilla Hummingbird, go ahead! | QC | $801,984 |
| 2025-02-05 | Laboratoire Innodal inc | Démonstration d'une solution antimicrobienne innovante permettant d'inhiber les pathogènes | QC | $1,599,000 |
| 2025-02-05 | Laboratoire Innodal inc | Demonstrate an innovative antimicrobial solution that can inhibit pathogens | QC | $1,599,000 |
| 2024-09-27 | Cascadia Seaweed Corp. | North Coast British Columbia Biorefining | BC | $2,261,475 |
| 2024-09-12 | Kinghaven Farms Cultivation Limited | Haven Greens Implementation of Novel & Innovative Hydroponic Greenhouse Operation System | ON | $5,000,000 |
| 2024-06-21 | Sami Agtech | Development and demonstration of a pre-commercial intelligent multifunctional agricultural system (SAMI) | QC | $4,163,000 |
| 2024-06-03 | Les Solutions Axceta inc. | Digitization of raw material flows in animal husbandry | QC | $255,353 |
| 2024-05-17 | Premier Horticulture Ltée | Production and commercialization of a biostimulation active ingredient | QC | $4,859,399 |
| 2024-03-21 | CTK Research and Development Canada Ltd. | Converting Agricultural Waste into Compostable Food Packaging Products | BC | $1,750,000 |
| 2024-03-07 | Solution Aleop | New functionalities and marketing of Aleop in Canada | QC | $371,250 |
| 2023-08-18 | KSM Inc. | Fertilizer demonstration plant. | QC | $5,000,000 |
| 2023-07-18 | CRO Quail Farms Inc. | Vertically Integrated Quail Egg and Meat Operations Commercialization | ON | $1,645,200 |
| 2023-06-25 | Ferme d'Hiver Inc., Ferme d'Hiver Technologies Inc., and Nova Farming Inc. | Vertical Farm: High-volume strawberry production solution | QC | $4,718,728 |
| 2022-01-27 | Aliments BVeggie Inc. | Implementation of new production processes | QC | $5,000,000 |
| 2021-08-15 | Entosystème Inc. | Project Envol | QC | $6,000,000 |
| 2021-08-03 | Développement Solugen Inc. | Manure treatment center in Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | QC | $1,817,500 |
| 2021-06-01 | Outcast Foods Inc. | Commercializing innovative upcycling of food waste into high value products | NS | $1,447,960 |
| 2021-04-29 | Innomalt Inc. | Innomalt Bécancour plant project | QC | $2,500,000 |
Method & sources
Source: Government of Canada "Proactive Disclosure – Grants and Contributions" (Open Government Licence – Canada). We include agreements with for-profit recipients that started on or after April 1, 2021, and keep the latest amendment of each agreement, so values are the current agreement value, not money paid out. Departments report on their own schedule, so the most recent quarter is incomplete. Recipients are linked to company pages by exact name match. This is not an endorsement or an eligibility determination — check each program's official page.
Dataset on open.canada.ca · Search the official grants records