Technology Partnerships Canada Program

About TPC

Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) was a special operating agency of Industry Canada with a mandate to provide funding support for strategic research and development (R&D), and demonstration projects that produced economic, social and environmental benefits to Canadians.

The TPC R&D program was geared to pre-competitive projects across a wide spectrum of technological development, including environmental technologies, life sciences, information and communications technologies and advanced manufacturing.

TPC invested in projects that aimed to generate benefits in many areas, including:

Social Benefits

• Reducing health care costs and developing new diagnostic technologies and treatments
• Improving communication and connectivity
• Increasing public safety and security for Canadians
• Improving transportation
• Protecting and enhancing Canada's food supply

Benefits to Recipients and Industry

• Leveraging additional private sector funding
• Enhancing the skills and capabilities of companies
• Encouraging the application of Intellectual Property
• Increasing Canada's innovation capacity
• Supporting the development of innovation networks
• Supporting partnerships with universities and research institutes
• Creating spin-off benefits for supplier companies
• Developing key technology clusters

Jobs

• Creating and maintaining high-quality jobs in Canada
• Increasing individual fiscal revenue for provincial and federal governments as a result of jobs
• Creating spin-off jobs at suppliers and support companies
• Providing opportunities for highly trained graduates in Canada

Environmental Benefits

• Creating environmentally sustainable technologies
• Reducing harmful emissions
• Developing a cleaner, more environmentally friendly future for industry