Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
National Research Council Canada
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
The purpose of IRAP’s Youth Employment Program is to assist in increasing the supply of highly qualified people, promoting the benefits of advanced studies, demonstrating federal leadership by investing in the skills required to meet the needs of the knowledge economy and facilitating the transition of highly skilled young people to a rapidly changing labour market.
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $30,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, Introhive Services Inc., holds $360,310 (0% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2026-07-01.
By fiscal year
By recipient province
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introhive Services Inc. | 8 | $360,310 | 2021-08-24 |
| Gastronomous Technologies Inc. | 10 | $330,000 | 2025-05-20 |
| Sikumiut Environmental Management Limited | 8 | $329,999 | 2025-12-01 |
| Applied Biological Materials Inc. | 9 | $276,000 | 2026-06-08 |
| Omni-Med.com inc. | 9 | $275,800 | 2026-01-05 |
| Visual Defence Inc. | 7 | $270,000 | 2025-12-18 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 8 | $266,000 | 2026-06-01 |
| Empego Technologies inc. | 8 | $260,000 | 2025-08-19 |
| 7shifts Inc. | 7 | $260,000 | 2023-07-01 |
| Isotech Industries Inc. | 8 | $257,073 | 2023-10-30 |
| Iris Dynamics Ltd | 8 | $256,800 | 2025-06-09 |
| The Container Guy Ltd. | 10 | $252,240 | 2022-11-21 |
| Groupe Videns Analytiques inc. | 6 | $238,000 | 2024-10-02 |
| Plantaform Technology Inc. | 8 | $234,094 | 2025-10-20 |
| Xyon Health Inc. | 7 | $234,000 | 2023-06-05 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | BackSCNR Inc. | Product Development Associate | AB | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | NuvoBio Corporation | YOUTH - Peptide Biochemistry Support for Partnered Discovery Programs | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | Marwood Ltd. | Youth Project | NB | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | Ripple Therapeutics Corporation | Youth Employment - Material Engineer | ON | $25,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | PURITY-IQ INCORPORATED | Lab Support Scientist | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | Activation Laboratories Ltd | Youth: Data Scientist | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | Smart City Water Inc. | Youth Marketing Intern - Market Expansion | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | Lifting Solutions Inc. | YOUTH - R&D Support | AB | $30,000 |
| 2026-07-01 | TrailCollectiv Technologies Inc. | Youth: Marketing and Community Analyst. | SK | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-29 | Lizotte Consultant Ltée/LTD. | Junior Technician | NB | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-22 | Lizotte Consultant Ltée/LTD. | Hiring a graduate in electronics for automated systems | NB | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-22 | ClinicGlide Technologies Inc. | Youth Hire | NB | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Thruster Energy Corp. | Youth - Downhole Extended Reach Tools for Increased Rate of Penetration and Achieving Deeper Depths for Oil and Gas Application | AB | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Synsira Software Solutions Inc | User Interface / User Experience Designer | BC | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Sol Invictus Energy Services Ltd. | Energy Navigator 9.36 | AB | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Xtronica Technology Inc. | YOUTH - Software developer | BC | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Gene42 Inc. | Youth AI-Assisted Genomic Workflow Development and Clinical Program Coordination (YEP) | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | J-SQUARED TECHNOLOGIES INC | RFM Analyzer - Youth Employment J-Squared | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Bélair Mechatronics Inc. | Junior Engineer Development Through Manufacturing Automation and Process Improvement | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | RPS BIOLOGIQUES INC. | Youth | PE | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Astrom Training Solutions Inc. | Youth - AI Analyst | BC | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | SiFi Laboratoires inc. | YOUTH - Hiring an Electrical Engineering Graduate. | QC | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Ridgebase Inc. | YOUTH-Business Technology Management | QC | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Motion Meetings Inc. | youth | ON | $30,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | RideFlag Technologies Inc. | Youth Employment | ON | $30,000 |
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