The Government of Canada has announced an investment of more than $13 million for five projects aimed at electricity grid modernisation in Ontario. The funding is being provided under the Energy Innovation programme – Smart Grids Demonstration call for proposals.
Funding support includes $6 million for a project in Mississauga by Alectra Utilities Corporation, aimed at engaging customers in grid evolution through customer-owned devices such as solar and batteries. Another project in the same location, also led by Alectra Utilities Corporation, will receive $149,645 for international collaboration and knowledge exchange as part of a global smart grid demonstration initiative. In M’Chigeeng, $3.16 million has been allocated to HIAH Corporation for a multi-port conversion system to integrate renewable generation and storage with industrial facilities in weak-grid locations.
Additional support includes $3.14 million for a Toronto-based platform by Peak Power Inc. to optimise distributed energy resources across multiple sites and $750,000 for a Waterloo project by Enova Power Corporation, which will implement AI-based forecasting and optimisation to operate distribution-level electricity markets.
In July 2025, the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia allotted the country’s first four offshore wind energy areas, French Bank, Middle Bank, and Sable Island Bank off mainland Nova Scotia, and Sydney Bight off Cape Breton, under the jointly managed Canada-Nova Scotia offshore area governed by the Accord Acts.
