Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5M or more

• Greater adoption and commercialization of wood-based products in the construction of innovative tall wood buildings, timber bridges, and low-rise non-residential wood buildings;
• Replication of demonstrated innovative non-traditional wood-based buildings and timber bridges; and,
• Research that addresses the gap in technical information needed to facilitate revisions to the 2020 and 2025 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) to allow tall wood buildings beyond the current 6 storey limit.

• Regulatory agencies and specifiers (engineers, designers and architects) have the information they need to determine product, performance and environmental credentials;
• Architects, engineers, and builders have the information and tools necessary to pursue wood-based building projects; and
• Regulatory acceptance/recognition of Canadian wood products and building systems in building codes, standards, and policies.

• For-profit and not-for-profit companies registered in Canada;
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies.

• Forest product associations (engaged in forest product promotion)
• Provinces, provincial Crown corporations; and
• Not-for-profit organizations engaged in forest product research.

• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable
  

• The Sky’s the Limit: A cost-effective manufacturing pathway to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Canada has been developed that significantly reduces GHG emissions.
• Crush It!: A breakthrough in mining technology has been developed that reduces energy use at Canadian mines by at least 20%.
• Power Forward: A Canada-UK based smart grid demonstration that is highly integrated, cleaner and more flexible than anything on the market, designed for 2030 and beyond, with ongoing Canada and UK-based smart grid applications, is being developed and commercialized in respective countries.
• Women in Cleantech: Breakthrough cleantech applications, developed by female entrepreneurs, have advanced to commercialization; spurred additional, women-led cleantech businesses; and strengthened female leadership in the cleantech sector.
• Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative: Up to 15 Indigenous communities have completed their energy plans and begun implementation of community-scale clean energy projects, having built capacity to transition to off-diesel.
• Charging the Future: Five of Canada’s most promising battery technology innovations are being advanced to commercialization.

• Private sector and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations;
• Indigenous organizations and groups;
• Community groups;
• Academic institutions;
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable;
• Unincorporated groups, societies and coalitions; and,
• Individuals.

• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable
  

• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Innovation and Clean Technology
  

• increase the energy efficiency of consumer and commercial products
• enhance commercial, institutional and residential building sector performance
• encourage the implementation of cleaner and more energy efficient technologies and practices in the industrial sector
• support low carbon options for the on-road transportation sector.

• Electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, standards organizations, Indigenous and community groups, Canadian academic institutions; and,
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.

• Industry associations;
• Research associations;
• Standards organizations; and,
• Academic institutions.

• hosting workshops and webinars
• undertaking targeted outreach and engagement, including engagement sessions and award recognition nominations
• knowledge and capacity-building activities such as case studies.

• improve energy efficiency standards for equipment and appliances;
• develop and drive adoption of more stringent national energy codes for new and existing homes and buildings, in collaboration with provinces, territories, and industry; and
• implement energy management systems in large buildings and industrial facilities to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.

• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable
  

• Economic performance: cost reduction, new revenue
• Move emerging technologies closer to commercial readiness.

• 30% of projects involve at least one additional partner other than NRCan or project proponent
• Project funding leveraged at least 1:1

• 0.3-0.7 Mt GHG reductions per year by 2026

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: For profit and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations; Indigenous organizations and groups; community groups; and Canadian academic institutions; and,
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable.

• Presented at conferences, workshops and sector meetings;
• Held two webinars after program launch (approx. 1000 participants);
• Launched an interactive social media platform to encourage potential applicants to collaborate with other partners, provinces/territories, and federal research centres; and,
• Led social media campaigns and hosted stakeholder engagement webinars and calls with involvement from the provinces and territories.

• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable
  

• Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada (BESC), launched in 2019,a joint initiative of NRCan; Breakthrough Energy, led by Bill Gates and influential global investors; and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). BESC will provide up to $40 million to help Canadian firms develop and commercialize clean energy technologies with potential for significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions (0.5GT/year globally). EIP is committing up to $20M of this funding, while BDC and Breakthrough Energy are each offering up to $10M in support.
• The Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network (CERIN) is a $12M collaborative call between NRCan ($6M) and Alberta Innovates ($6M) to support the innovation needed to bring clean tech to market in order to help the oil and gas industry meet emission regulations in a cost-effective way, notably by funding technology testing infrastructure at key research and industry facilities in Alberta and nationally. The EIP uses non-repayable contributions to support projects.
  

• Average of at least one partner other than NRCan or the proponent per project
• Project funding leveraged at least 1:1

• Average technology readiness level advanced by one level by project completion
• At least 5% of projects will produce an IP product and/or will have an impact on revised codes, standards and regulations
• 4.25 Mt GHGs direct reductions per year by 2030

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: for-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations; Indigenous organizations and groups; community groups; and Canadian academic institutions; and,
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.

• Presented at conferences, workshops and sector meetings;
• Held two webinars after program launch (approx. 1000 participants);
• Utilized NRCan’s Clean Growth Collaboration Community, an online integrative platform, to share information and encourage potential applicants to connect with other partners;
• Led social media campaigns, amplified by partners, and hosted stakeholder engagement webinars and calls with involvement from the provinces and territories; and,
• Provided input and updates in the regularly circulated Clean Growth Hub Newsletter.

• Enhance their capacity to participate in the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees;
• Pursue other Committee objectives including those supporting their mandate to provide advice to regulators on environmental, safety, and socio-economic issues related to the performance of the projects and compliance with conditions; and
• Address other environmental concerns related to the broader pipeline corridor over the full lifecycle of development.

• Indigenous communities or governments;
• Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g. general council);
• National, provincial, regional, and local Indigenous organizations;
• Indigenous validly incorporated or registered for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and corporations;
• Where fully endorsed by an Indigenous partner organization or community:
• Provincial, territorial, municipal, and regional governments;
• Academic institutions and research associations working with an Indigenous partner organization; and,
• Non-Indigenous validly incorporated or registered not-for-profit organizations.
  

• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable
  

• Energy Innovation and Clean Technology
• Electricity Resources
  

• Better utilizing the existing capacity of electricity assets;
• Increasing the penetration of renewable generation; and,
• Increasing the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the power system while maintaining security of the systems.

• Demonstration: Non-repayable.
• Deployment: Repayable, if the deployment leads to a profit within five years following the project commissioning. The requirements for reporting profits are detailed in the contribution agreement, along with the process for repayment.

• Ratio of project investments made by stakeholders to deployment project funding from the program leveraged at a minimum of 1:3.
• Ratio of project investments made by stakeholders to demonstration project funding from the program leveraged at a minimum of 1:1.

• GHG emission reductions of 0.9 megatonnes (Mt) through a clean, smart electricity grid.

• For-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, system operators and transmission owners and operators (including provincial crown corporations, agencies, co-ops and municipally-owned) and, local distribution companies;
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments, and their departments and agencies; and,
• Indigenous (majority owned and controlled by Indigenous people), for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

• Deployment project funding leveraged at an average of 2:3 ($81M : $121M), total from 2018-19 to 2025-26.
• Demonstration project funding leveraged at an average of 3:2 ($55M : $37M), total from 2018-19 to 2023-24; 10-15 renewable energy demonstrations will be supported over 6 years.
• Bioheating project funding leveraged at an average of 4:1 ($46M : $11M) , total from 2018-19 to 2023-24.
• 10 communities newly installed or retrofitted bioheating systems (launched in 2019-20).
• Maintain 2 co-operative arrangements^{Footnote 3} on information products and expertise on energy efficiency with other federal departments (annually from 2018-19 to 2025-26).
• Minimum of 10 energy literacy projects (launched in 2019- 20).
• Demonstration of 10-15 renewable energy projects over 6 years.
• Deployment of 40 megawatts of renewable energy projects over 6 years.

• remote communities
• Indigenous communities
• remote industrial sites, regional and community development corporations, utilities
• provinces and territories

• Five contribution agreements are signed and two regional assessments are completed and released publicly;
• Projects using at least three different technologies are supported by the program; and,
• Two provincially-led support mechanisms (e.g. regulatory frameworks, power purchase agreements).
• Increase in the deployment of Emerging Renewable Power Projects in Canada;
• Reduce barriers to deployment of emerging renewable power projects in Canada;
• Increase in renewable technology supply chains in Canada;
• Increase in awareness and understanding of regional energy resources and impacts from emerging renewable power projects; and,
• Improved environmental performance through GHG reductions of Canadian electricity sector.

• Number of projects installed and commissioned;
• Number of different emerging renewable technologies supported;
• Private Investment in emerging renewable power projects and downstream activities
• Provincial/ territorial support for emerging renewable projects
• 1 megatonne of GHG emissions reductions attributable to emerging renewable energy sources

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada, including for profit and not-for-profit organizations, system operators and transmission owners and operators, local distribution companies, industry associations, research associations, regional, and community development corporations.
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments, and their departments and agencies, where applicable. Indigenous communities, councils or governments and Indigenous for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

• Effective annual treatment of Atlantic Canada’s forest at risk of a spruce budworm outbreak

• Access to scientific knowledge, surveillance solutions, and response solutions pertaining to spruce budworm outbreaks and the Early Intervention Strategy

• Forest Protection Limited
• Universities
• Not-for-profit research institutions
  

• The $750 million Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) aims to help Canada achieve its goal to protect the environment while growing the economy as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It supports Canadian oil and gas companies in their transition to a low-carbon economy, allowing them to be more globally competitive for years to come.
• The ERF provides funding, primarily in the form of repayable contributions, to eligible Canadian onshore (up to $675M) and offshore ($75M) oil and gas companies and Canadian innovators to invest in green solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and retain jobs in the sector. All funding will be allocated by March 31, 2022.
  

• Show interest / uptake;
• Complete projects that reduce GHG emissions; and,
• Remain financially viable and fulfill repayment obligations.

• Percentage of eligible companies that apply to the program in the first three months.

• GHG emissions reduced from ERF-funded projects in megatonnes (Mt CO2e).

• Increased collaboration between academia, industry and the public sector for the research, development and demonstration of energy technologies, as measured by the average number of partners signed per sub-project by ultimate recipients.
• Offshore oil and gas RD&D projects will result in the development of research for energy innovation, increased efficiency, and/or improved environmental performance (by 2025).

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: For profit and not-for-profit organizations, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations; Indigenous organizations and groups; community groups; and Canadian academic institutions; and,
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable.

• Increase the total revenues available from a log;
• Diversify product lines for the forest industry, stabilizing economic performance; and,
• Produce renewable energy and other products that are beneficial to the environment.

• Canada’s forest sector is more commercially and environmentally sustainable;
• new forest bio-products (including next generation building products) and processes are commercially available;
• Canada’s forest sector has increased capacity to develop and supply commercial bio-products (including next generation building products) and processes;
• forest sector companies collaborate on bioproduct-related projects and processes with other sectors (i.e. energy, chemical, etc);

• Produce forest products; and,
• Have or will have existing forest product manufacturing facilities (for example, pulp, paper or panel mills) located in Canada.

• Limit the spread of MPB and mitigate negative consequences of the beetle in Alberta; and
• Generate knowledge and innovative management techniques through research on MPB.

• Effective control of MPB populations in Alberta’s forests

• Protection of Alberta’s pine forests at risk from MPB infestation

• Forest sector has access to enhanced scientific knowledge pertaining to MPB infestations and related risks

• Government of Alberta

• Not-for-profit research organizations
• Canadian academic institutions (e.g., universities)
• Other provincial and territorial governments and their agencies
• Indigenous governments, communities or organizations

• Enhance the capacity of Indigenous communities to capitalize on business opportunities
• Facilitate access of Indigenous communities and/or organizations to information, tools and/or resources that support business, employment and training opportunities
• Support community and regional engagement regarding economic participation in energy infrastructure projects

• Indigenous communities or governments (including Indian Act bands, self-governing First Nations, Métis Community Organizations, modern treaty implementation organizations including economic development corporations constituted under a modern treaty, etc.)
• Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g., general council)
• Regional Indigenous organizations
• Indigenous not-for-profit (50% or greater control by Indigenous peoples) and for-profit (50% or greater control by an Indigenous community / communities) corporations, businesses, joint ventures
• Academic institutions and research associations working with an Indigenous partner organization

• building capacity in Indigenous communities and providing opportunity for co-development of initiatives;
• supporting long-term relationship building and meaningful two-way dialogue between Indigenous groups and the Government of Canada;
• addressing cumulative effects in the terrestrial environment; and,
• addressing interest in terrestrial studies.

• the number of contribution agreements signed by eligible groups;
• the percentage of funding disbursed versus offered;
• the number of Indigenous groups who received funding that provided written/oral comments and/or participated in meetings with the Crown or its representatives; and,
• the number of reports, position papers and/or discussion papers generated by Indigenous groups who were on the Crown consultation list for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

• Indigenous groups on the Crown consultation list for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

• Terrestrial Studies Initiative;
• Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Initiative;
• Participant funding for Phase IV engagement activities

• Natural resource sectors are innovative
• Clean technologies and energy efficiencies enhance economic performance
• Canada’s natural resources are sustainable

• Reduced cost and improved performance (e.g. speed), operational safety, and interoperability of charging stations in Canadian climatic conditions;
• Improved performance, operational safety and reliability of H2 refuelling systems for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in Canadian climatic conditions;
• Increased knowledge of non-technical barriers and innovative approaches, leading to improved business cases.

• Project funding leveraged at an average of 1:1

• At least one replication per technology demonstrated by 2025
• 5-8 demonstration projects, completed by 2022

• The establishment of a coast-to-coast network of fast-chargers for electric vehicles (EV), natural gas refuelling stations along key freight corridors, and hydrogen refuelling in metropolitan areas, where vehicles are most likely to be deployed. These investments address consumer and commercial fleets’ concerns regarding the low availability of recharging/refuelling infrastructure investor concerns regarding the financial risk to investment. This will help to accelerate market deployment of electric and alternative fuel vehicles and fuels; and,
• The development of binational codes and standards for low-carbon vehicles and refuelling infrastructure, meeting commitments made through the Regulatory Cooperation Council.

• One thousand EV-charging stations along the national highway system and other identified strategic locations. Through this initiative, the objective will be for Canadians to be able to travel across Canada and the United States by having access to charging stations at optimal distances (every 65 kilometres on both sides of these routes).
• Fifteen hydrogen refuelling stations: in major metropolitan areas (e.g. Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, and Montreal) which have been identified by vehicle manufacturers as the most likely for early deployment. This will ensure that the needed infrastructure is available as fuel cell EVs enter the market.
• Twenty-two natural gas refuelling stations along major freight routes. The objective will be to establish natural gas refuelling stations along key east-west freight corridors covering more than 80 percent of truck freight movement in Canada, as well as strategic linkages to key North American transportation corridors, including:
• Halifax-Quebec-Windsor, and into the United States via Detroit;
• Toronto - Winnipeg into the United States. via Grand Forks; and,
• Edmonton – Calgary – Lower Mainland British Columbia into the United States vis Seattle

• Individuals and legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: electricity or gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, standards organizations, Indigenous and community groups, Canadian academic institutions, and provincial, territorial, regional or municipal governments or their departments or agencies, where applicable.
• International legal entities validly incorporated or registered abroad including: companies, industry associations, research associations, standards organizations, and academic institutions.

NRCan expects that 100% of the payments to Newfoundland and Labrador will be processed on time and in accordance with the applicable regulations.

April 8, 2019

March 31, 2024

Estimates

2019-20

Canada’s natural resources are sustainable

Lower Carbon Transportation

• Program partners, participants or survey respondents demonstrating or reporting increased capacity to supply or use lower carbon transportation options as a result of program outputs (Indicator - proportion of applicants for funding that fulfilled the mandatory criteria)
• Program partners, participants or survey respondents reporting or demonstrating actions taken to supply or use lower carbon transportation options (Indicator - number of recharging and refueling stations planned, under development and completed by recharging/ refueling stations project proponents along key coast-to-coast transportation corridors, by fuel type); and
• Increased supply and demand for lower carbon transportation options in Canada as reported by program partners, participants, survey respondents, or as measured through economic studies or reports (Indicator - amount of electricity, natural gas and hydrogen dispensed through the supported recharging/refueling infrastructure stations).

• Individuals and legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: electricity or gas utilities, companies, industry associations, Indigenous and community groups, Canadian academic institutions, and provincial, territorial, regional or municipal governments or their departments or agencies, where applicable.
• International legal entities validly incorporated or registered abroad including: companies, industry associations, and academic institutions.

• Number of targeted stakeholders reporting they have access to information through NRCan programs;^{Footnote 4} and,
• Number of communities who report implementation of adaptation measures.^{Footnote 5}
  

• Canadian academic institutions; non-governmental organizations; industry, research, and professional associations; companies; Indigenous communities or governments; community, regional and national Indigenous organizations; and provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies.
• International not-for-profit legal entities, including academic institutions; industry, research, and professional associations; and non-governmental organizations.

• Not-for-profit organizations and charities
• Academia and public institutions
• Indigenous recipients
• Individual or sole proprietorships