Grants and Contributions in support of the Forest Innovation Program
Natural Resources Canada
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
The objective of the Forest Innovation Program (FIP) is to enable transformation in the Canadian forest industry. More specifically, the FIP will help drive forest sector transformation, sparking enterprises in their move beyond a dependence on commodity products toward value-added, high-value and specialty products – sustainably extracting the maximum value from the fibre resource. To achieve this, the FIP will facilitate and promote a value-chain approach that addresses innovation from the seed to the end markets and products in which the right fibre is matched to the right product.
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $140,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, TESERA SYSTEMS INC, holds $303,000 (56% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2025-06-03.
By fiscal year
By recipient province
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESERA SYSTEMS INC | 2 | $303,000 | 2024-01-10 |
| CONSORTIUM DE RECHERCHE ET INNOVATIONS EN BIOPROCÉDÉS INDUSTRIELS AU QUÉBEC | 1 | $140,000 | 2025-06-03 |
| ENVERTIS CONSULTING INC | 1 | $97,343 | 2023-09-13 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-03 | CONSORTIUM DE RECHERCHE ET INNOVATIONS EN BIOPROCÉDÉS INDUSTRIELS AU QUÉBEC | TOWARDS ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIOECONOMY IN QUEBEC: BIOECONOMY ROADMAP FOR COORDINATED ACTIONS | QC | $140,000 |
| 2024-01-10 | TESERA SYSTEMS INC | Automated Multivariate Change Detection for Rapid Forest Monitoring | AB | $189,000 |
| 2024-01-10 | TESERA SYSTEMS INC | Automated Multivariate Change Detection for Rapid Forest Monitoring | AB | $114,000 |
| 2023-09-13 | ENVERTIS CONSULTING INC | Dissemination of Fibre Futures Project Results | QC | $97,343 |
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