The purpose of this grant is to support the participation of a team of researchers from UBC to the European Space Agency mission Euclid. This mission will perform wide and deep surveys of the sky, at...
Federal spending by Canadian Space Agency
1,614 records totalling $1,580,590,589.19 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Planned vs. actual spending
What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.
| Fiscal year | Authorised | Spent | Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | $741,978,670 | $634,726,541 | 85.5% |
| 2023-2024 | $629,892,502 | $450,747,209 | 71.6% |
| 2022-2023 | $615,431,241 | $498,235,495 | 81.0% |
| 2021-2022 | $491,550,506 | $368,108,149 | 74.9% |
| 2020-2021 | $451,451,551 | $330,409,653 | 73.2% |
| 2019-2020 | $441,838,138 | $324,436,091 | 73.4% |
| 2018-2019 | $421,138,439 | $305,745,600 | 72.6% |
| 2017-2018 | $421,006,569 | $353,457,987 | 84.0% |
| 2016-2017 | $459,348,646 | $388,298,278 | 84.5% |
| 2015-2016 | $501,568,928 | $412,799,058 | 82.3% |
Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)
Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.
7
of 9 targets met
2
targets not met
0
not yet measurable or unavailable
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Number of services offered to Canadians dependent on space data
Target: — · Actual: 101.0
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Number of space missions with Canadian Astronauts and/or Canadian content enabled by SEP.
Target: — · Actual: 14.0
The project develops a new Earth system analytical model “CAN-TG” which utilises satellite data from a number of Canadian sensors or missions to predict carbon and moisture dynamics of key Canadian te...
Following the Announcement of Opportunity published on Dec. 18, 2020, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to allow one of its scientists to participate in the NASA Per...
The first goal is to characterize ground ice and glaciers on Mars at Phlegra Montes with geospatial mapping and ground penetrating radar. This supports the Canadian Space Agency's goal of locating and...
The project proposes to conduct a series of observing system simulation experiments to examine the potential utility of future limb measurements from the Canadian Atmospheric Tomography System (CATS)...
Galaxy Surveys are a key resource for observational cosmology, with the potential to provide the answers to many fundamental questions in modern physics. The ESA-led Euclid mission, scheduled for laun...
This project focuses on improving Arctic sea ice monitoring from satellite technology. By combining C-band and L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery and developing a machine learning algorithm...
The collapsing of soft material is a challenging issue for the earth's gravity additive manufacturing process of soft tissues or material (i.e. building a component in layers by depositing material)....
The Research Component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contribution Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to...
Following the Announcement for Opportunity (AO) published on 15 April 2011, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to allow their scientists to participate in the scienti...
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) provides international coordination of climate research. The implementation of its program relies entirely on secretariat support provided through Interna...
The MICAST is an international project developed by researchers from Germany (ACCESS eV, Aachen; Institute of Materials Physics in Space, DLR, Cologne), France (SIMA/ERM, Grenoble; CIRIMAT, Toulouse),...
Exploring the Moon using rovers is a high priority for the space community. This project will use the Moon-like terrain of Lanzarote, Spain, to answer a series of important operational and scientific...
Tsunami Hazard and Risk Assessment on Canada's Pacific Coast Using Geospatial Modeling and High-Resolution RADARSAT-2 Data
Directing intelligent efforts in the fight against climate change demands more and more accurate climate critical data. Calibration blackbodies in infrared Earth observation instruments help ensu...
The main objective of this initiative is to provide undergraduate students with a learning opportunity to apply knowledge learned in physics courses to a real-life, hands-on experience. This is accomp...
This project will contribute to the Arctic POlar Night EXperiment (PONEX) campaign, which is a sub-orbital component of the Canadian Space Agency’s High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds (HAW...
Title: Development and Demonstration of Capability to re-Project and Merge Optical Data to Fully Calibrated Slant Range SAR. Application specialists who wish to combine radar and optical data face the...
The overall objectives of this contribution are: To test a prototype SHOW instrument based on the ABB design To perform atmospheric limb observations with SHOW from a stratospheric balloon platform...
Detection and Monitoring of Linear Hazards to Travel on Lake Ice A study is proposed to investigate linear lake ice hazards during the spring melt period using multi-sensor remote sensing data and...
The objective of this research is to develop an atmospheric drag model that incorporates the effects of solar activity, atmospheric density, satellite altitude and geomagnetic activity. Atmospheric dr...
The Research Component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contribution Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to...
The Research Component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contribution Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to...
The objectives of the project are: 1) Test a prototype SHOW instrument for deployment on a high altitude balloon platform; 2) Perform atmospheric limb observations with SHOW instrument from a stra...
This proposal aims to better explain and quantify the effect of solar wind on the exosphere of Mercury and the Moon. This work will improve model predictions for key elemental species in the exosphere...