GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA is an active federal not-for-profit corporation (corporation number 4468481). Its business number is 811793611. It was continued on Jan 29, 2014 under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and its registered office is in Toronto, Ontario. Its annual returns are up to date, most recently for 2026.
Corporate details
- Corporation number
- 4468481
- Business number
- 811793611
- Status
- Active
- Governing law
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- Continued
- Jan 29, 2014
- Corporation type
- SolicitingAs declared in its 2026 annual return.
- Registered office
- 661 University Avenue
Suite 1720
Toronto ON M5G 1M1 - Number of directors
- At least 5, at most 15As the articles allow.
Annual filings
- Anniversary date
- Jan 29The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.
- Annual filing period
- Jan 29 to Mar 30 each year
- Last annual meeting
- Oct 7, 2025
| Year | Annual return | Annual meeting |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Filed | Oct 7, 2025 |
| 2025 | Filed | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 2024 | Filed | Oct 11, 2023 |
The last annual return filed, and each year since.
Directors
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Federal grants and contributions
3 agreements since 2013, worth $366,303,478 in all.
| Department | Program | Value | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Affairs Canada | Grand Challenges Canada - Institutional Support 2020-2028 | $200,000,000 | Nov 30, 2020 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Innovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health | $156,328,478 | Mar 3, 2016 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Scaling Health Innovations Partnership | $9,975,000 | Oct 2, 2013 |
As each federal department publishes them (proactive disclosure). A value is the agreement's total as last amended; the money may be paid over several years. Search every federal grant.
Lobbying the federal government
Registered to lobby the federal government now, and first registered in 2012.
- Registrations
- 5Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.
- Who lobbies
- Its own employees
Consultants, including SAS Inc. - Subjects
- International Development, Economic Development, Health, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Aboriginal Affairs, International Relations, International Trade, Climate, Budget
- Institutions lobbied
- Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, Infrastructure Canada (INFC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)The ten named most often.
In its latest registration, in its own words
- Seeking renewal of funding for an Institutional Support Grant for a Development Innovation Pillar and a Humanitarian Innovation Pillar from Global Affairs Canada (DFATD)
- Seeking funding for the Indigenous Innovation Initiative from the Department for Women and Gender Equality and possibly others to be determined.
- Seeking funding for Grand Challenges Canada's Global Mental Health program from Global Affairs Canada.
From the Registry of Lobbyists (Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying), which lists the client as “Grand Challenges Canada”. Shown here because the client's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. The names of lobbyists and of the officials they met are left out. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Not this company? Tell us.
Names
| Name | Form | In use since |
|---|---|---|
| GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA | Name | Jan 29, 2014 |
| GRANDS DÉFIS CANADA | Other-language form | Jan 29, 2014 |
Filings and certificates
| What | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Financial statements filed | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| Financial statements filed | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| Financial statements filed | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| Financial statements filed | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| Financial statements filed | Aug 22, 2019 | |
| Financial statements filed | Nov 5, 2018 | |
| Financial statements filed | Nov 5, 2018 | |
| Articles amended | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| Continued under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act | Jan 29, 2014 | From the Canada Corporations Act, Part II |
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