19 records totalling $1,083,142.25 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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The source files have no identifier for a recipient, and departments write the same name in different ways. This page puts together the records with these names. They differ only in letter case, accents, punctuation, "&" and "and", an article at the start, the legal form at the end (Inc., Ltd., LLP), or the French half of a name in two languages. How names are matched
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | $903,842 | 12 records |
| Canadian Heritage | $154,440 | 6 records |
| Shared Services Canada | $24,860 | 1 record |