Deadline: September 22, 2025
The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Dual-Use Space Tech program is a tailored initiative designed to support Canadian companies in accelerating the commercialization and adoption of their advanced space technologies across Silicon Valley and Colorado.
The program focuses on 2 of the most strategically important U.S. ecosystems: Silicon Valley and Colorado. This initiative provides Canadian ventures with direct access to the Western U.S.’s key dual-use innovation clusters. This connects them to civil, military, and commercial players in the space domain, including investors, defense primes, federal agencies, and commercial partners. Technology focus areas include earth observation systems and imaging technologies, high-resolution satellite imagery and applied analytics, in-orbit compute and edge-processing infrastructure, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (IRS) capabilities, remote sensing, asset tracking, and environmental monitoring, and secure communications and high-velocity data analysis systems. The CTA Dual-Use Space Tech initiative is particularly focused on Canadian companies in leveraging emerging technologies such as quantum, photonics, optics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to enable predictive analytics, infrastructure resilience, and joint-domain fusion.
Led by the Trade Commissioner Service and supported by the Consulates of Canada in Palo Alto and Denver, the program offers a blend of virtual preparation, immersive in-market programming, and participation in two flagship U.S. space events. Selected companies will take part in the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley in February 2026, which is mandatory, while an optional track at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs in April 2026 provides curated opportunities across military, civil, and commercial space sectors.
Participants will begin with a 10-week virtual program from November 2025 to February 2026, dedicating two hours weekly to expert-led workshops, pitch development, and strategic coaching. In-market programming will allow companies to showcase their technologies directly to investors, industry leaders, and decision-makers.
The initiative is a non-equity, no-cost program, though participants must cover their own travel and accommodation expenses for in-market visits. To be eligible, companies must be revenue-generating, have a deployable technology suited for dual-use markets, demonstrate clear U.S. market-entry goals, and commit to participating fully in the program.
Benefits include actionable feedback on U.S. fundraising and partnership strategies, market intelligence from industry experts, curated introductions to stakeholders, and exposure at premier space industry events. The Trade Commissioner Service emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion, encouraging applications from companies led by Canadians of all backgrounds.
The deadline to apply is September 22, 2025, with the program running from November 4, 2025, to April 16, 2026.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
