Federal spending by Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

5,093 records totalling $5,169,975,387.03 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 $259,569,723 $258,595,785 99.6%
2023-2024 $466,929,688 $462,032,480 99.0%
2022-2023 $705,022,652 $599,186,696 85.0%
2021-2022 $427,209,389 $400,115,480 93.7%
2020-2021 $696,529,317 $692,746,495 99.5%
2019-2020 $267,829,353 $267,504,408 99.9%
2018-2019 $242,602,943 $236,705,798 97.6%
2017-2018 $272,864,086 $250,251,129 91.7%
2016-2017 $257,387,825 $222,135,612 86.3%
2015-2016 $212,614,734 $189,797,295 89.3%

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.

11

of 23 targets met

2

targets not met

10

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets

  • Percentage of SMEs that are majority-owned by youth in Southern Ontario

    Target: — · Actual: 12.9

  • Percentage of SMEs that are majority-owned by visible minorities in Southern Ontario

    Target: — · Actual: 12.1

The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology $14,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)
FY 2019-2020
Canada

To provide technology adoption services and expertise to SMEs in advanced manufacturing through the Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI).

Ontario Business Improvement Area Association $13,659,250.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to pivot from a brick and mortar to a digitally based business model through direct support and offering consultations and training.

Waterloo Accelerator Centre $13,500,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Support to the AC JumpStart program to provide 180 potential start-ups with matching seed funds and mentorship in partnership with the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga Col...

Central Wire Industries Ltd. $13,500,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

To enhance its capabilities through equipment modernization and diversify into new markets.

Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) $13,250,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
CED & Diversification
FY 2021-2022
Canada

The business development stream of My Main Street spurs main street recovery by engaging and supporting local entrepreneurs to meet local market gaps by starting and growing main street businesses.

Communitech Corporation $12,200,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Not-For-Profit
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to adapt to digital solutions by delivering ShopHERE and Future-Proof Main Street platforms.

Communitech Corporation $12,200,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to adapt to digital solutions by delivering ShopHERE and Future-Proof Main Street platforms.

Invest Ottawa (2013) $12,008,920.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To support southern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporations in the provision of Canada Emergency Business Account-like loan support to businesses and organizations that have been impacted b...

Ontario Centres of Excellence $12,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Support for OCE's SmartStart Seed Fund (SmartStart) that provides seed financing and support for product development and market entry to Ontario start-ups, helping them scale companies and prepare for...

Toronto Convention & Visitors Association $12,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Tourism Relief Fund (TRF)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Provide support to tourism-dependent businesses and not-for-profit orgnaizations in Toronto, Mississauga, and Brampton.

Ontario Business Improvement Area Association $11,999,250.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Not-For-Profit
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to pivot from a brick and mortar to a digitally based business model through direct support and offering consultations and training.

Toronto Convention & Visitors Association $11,900,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Tourism Relief Fund (TRF)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To provide support to tourism-dependent businesses and not-for-profit orgnaizations in Toronto, Mississauga, and Brampton.

Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) $11,882,932.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to adapt to digital solutions by delivering ShopHERE and Future-Proof Main Street platforms.

Toronto Region Board of Trade $11,819,869.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Not-For-Profit
FY 2020-2021
Canada

RRRF funding will be used to support Recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovate Cities $11,100,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Innovate Cities is establishing a smart city ecosystem to close the gap between prototype and procurement, deploy solutions to increase urban resiliency and drive economic development objectives.

Toronto Region Board of Trade (BOT) $10,970,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to achieve resilience through digital planning, and to reconnect with customers, supply chains, and employees by delivering a series of information seminars.

Southwest Ontario Tourism Corporation $10,969,354.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Tourism Relief Fund
FY 2022-2023
Canada

This project will provide up to $100,000 in non-repayable contributions to tourism-dependent SMEs in Perth, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Kent, Haldimand, Norfolk, Middlesex, Huron, and Essex.

ventureLAB Innovation Centre $10,735,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)
FY 2018-2019
Canada

To create, grow and develop strong and inclusive regional ecosystems that support business growth and innovation, as well as the entrepreneurial environment necessary to foster more innovative regiona...

Toronto Region Board of Trade (BOT) $10,550,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Not-For-Profit
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To assist SMEs to achieve resilience through digital planning, and to reconnect with customers, supply chains, and employees by delivering a series of information seminars.

Two Rivers Community Development Centre $10,070,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Establish an Ontario Indigenous Capital Fund delivered by a New Company controlled by interested Aboriginal Financial Institutions. The Capital Fund is intended to service mid market firms.

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited $10,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
FY 2018-2019
Canada

This project supports the acquisition and installation of advanced state-of-the-art processing equipment and related auxiliary systems at the Teeswater facility.

Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Ne $10,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Top up funding for the SOFII (Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation) in order to meet and maintain the current level of delivery of funding requirements across the catchment area.

Governing Council of the University of Toronto $10,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The project is to support industry adoption of transformative AI technologies to contribute to a skilled and made-in-Ontario innovative economy through strategic growth and expansion of the SOSCIP con...

GTA Region Investment Attraction $10,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The project is to support foreign direct investment attraction across the Toronto Region to build and diversify the regional economy.

Ryerson University $10,000,000.00
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l'Ontario
Regional Innovation Ecosystem
FY 2019-2020
Canada

This project is to advance the operations, programs and impact of the Cybersecure Catalyst (the Catalyst), a new centre for cybersecurity in Brampton, Ontario.