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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