Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JW...
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
This project will use the first James Webb Space Telescope images of the nearby planet Epsilon Eridani b, also known as Aegir, to determine its orbit and mass. This planet is anticipated to be quite s...
The purpose of this project is to Investigate the use of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for Quantifying Estimates of Calving from Polar Glaciers in Canada's Arctic.
The main objective of the project is to “bring” the night sky to local schools and community events. To enhance this experience, the project will create customized programming with the following aware...
The NASA New Horizons (NH) Kuiper Extended Mission (KEM) is an extension of the New Horizons Pluto mission. In addition to the recent flyby of the object 2014 MU69, during the KEM phase, New Horizons...
The funded activities are part of a competition (Canadian Satellite Design Challenge-CSDC 4) in which teams of students from Canadian universities design, build and test CubSats with the goal of havin...
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 purpose of this grant is to provide support to a Canadian user of the ASTROSAT satellite. This project is for the analysis of the observations of the binary start Hercules X-1 and of the galaxy M3...
The purpose of this grant is to provide support to a team of astronomers from the University of Calgary to analyze multi-wavelength imaging data of the central and northeast regions of the Andromeda G...
This grant is allocated following the AstroSat2020 directed Announcement of Opportunity. It will support the data analysis effort of Canadian guest observers with AstroSat for a project entitled ‘ASTR...
This grant will support the analysis of six southwest fields of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) obtained with AstroSat. It will also support the analysis of the August 2019 X-ray outburst of the millisecon...
Following the AstroSat Funding Offer 2021 sent to eligible researchers on October 18th 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research with AstroSat data...
This is a grant to support the study with AstroSat of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), NGC 205 and five other nearby galaxies by combining UVIT and Hubble Space Telescope observations. The grant will also...
The HAWC satellite mission, currently under development, plans to place into orbit three Canadian atmospheric observation instruments, including TICFIRE, a radiometer designed to capture radiances emi...
This project explores how the polar vortex—the large, swirling wind pattern in the Arctic—affects winter clouds and their interactions with tiny airborne particles called aerosols. Focusing on the are...
This grant is allocated following the AstroSat2020 directed Announcement of Opportunity. It will support the data analysis effort of Canadian guest observers with AstroSat for a project entitled ‘Meas...
This investigation will analyze the infrared spectra (JWST/NIRSpec and JWST/MIRI-MRS) of seven carbon-rich stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds that represent different stages in the evolut...
Robotic equipment used on the Lunar Gateway will need to work with heavy payloads and operate in harsh conditions such as extreme temperatures. To ensure that this equipment can function reliably, acc...
Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JW...
The CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to allow one of its scientists to participate in NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group.
A number of studies have established statistical links between artificial light at night (LAN) and the risk associated with certain diseases such as hormone-dependent cancers (HDCs). Recent studies wi...
The terrains of the Moon and Mars consist of fine granular regolith with embedded rocks. During the Apollo 15 mission, the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle became stuck in such soil, and had to be freed m...
Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JW...
This project aims to enhance understanding of Canada's surficial geology by developing an automated method using remote satellite imagery to map landforms like eskers and estimate their composition. B...
Following the AstroSat Funding Offer 2021 sent to eligible researchers on October 18th 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research with AstroSat data...