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Canadian Space Agency

Canada's national space agency, established by the Canadian Space Agency Act with its principal office in the greater Montreal area. Its resource-related work recorded here is the Lunar Rover Mission: in November 2022 it announced a $43M contract to Canadensys Aerospace and partners for a rover that it said would help in the international search for water ice in lunar soil, and its 2026-27 Departmental Plan terminates work on that mission (as stated by Canadensys in March 2026). In July 2025 it announced preparatory studies for a separate, larger lunar utility rover.

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Facts

Headquarters: Canada
Type: Government agency
Status: Activeas of 2026-10-14. Operating federal agency; a CSA news release on canada.ca dated 2026-10-14 announces new funding for Canadian space technologies. Recent dated activity, not a register check.
Roles: None stated
Targets: Moon
Also known as: CSA
Website: www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/

Missions

1 records

Mission	Role	Launch or landing	Phase	Outcome
Canadian Lunar Rover Mission (CSA Lunar Rover Mission, LRM)Payload	Payload owner, Funder	Not recorded	Cancelled	Not applicable

Open evidence gaps

Founding year left null: the Canadian Space Agency Act establishing the agency received assent on 1990-05-10, while the agency is commonly dated to 1989; the CSA's own history page (asc-csa.gc.ca) refused connections from this host.
The CSA's 2026-27 Departmental Plan was not opened (asc-csa.gc.ca unreachable from this host); the termination of the Lunar Rover Mission is attributed to Canadensys's statement citing that plan.
Canada has no space-resources statute recorded in this dataset; no CSA resource-authorization role is claimed.

Sources

7 excerpts from 5 publications

One web address counts as one publication.

[1]Canadian Space Agency Act (S.C. 1990, c. 13)
Department of Justice Canada (Justice Laws Website)LegislationPublished 1990-05-10Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: name, entity type, summary
There is hereby established an agency of the Government of Canada, to be known as the Canadian Space Agency.
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[2]Canadian Space Agency Act (S.C. 1990, c. 13)
Department of Justice Canada (Justice Laws Website)LegislationPublished 1990-05-10Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: headquarters country, summary
The principal office of the Agency shall be in the greater Montreal area.
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[3]First Canadian rover to set wheels on the Moon - Canada.ca
Canadian Space AgencyGovernment recordPublished 2022-11-14Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary, target bodies
help in the international search for water ice in the lunar soil
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[4]Canadensys Aerospace Comments on Canadian Government Termination of LRM Program | Canadensys Aerospace
Canadensys Aerospace CorporationCompany statementPublished 2026-03-19Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary, aliases
the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is terminating work on the Lunar Rover Mission (LRM), as shown in their 2026-27 Departmental Plan.
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[5]Canada’s new lunar utility rover will help astronauts build a future on the Moon
Canadian Space AgencyGovernment recordPublished 2025-07-29Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, MDA Space and Mission Control will conduct preparatory studies
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[6]Advancing Canada's priorities through space
Canadian Space AgencyGovernment recordPublished 2026-10-14Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: status, status date
Together, these innovations position Canadian companies for opportunities in the emerging lunar economy.
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[7]First Canadian rover to set wheels on the Moon - Canada.ca
Canadian Space AgencyGovernment recordPublished 2022-11-14Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary
announced a $43M contract to Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, from Bolton, Ontario, and its industrial and academic partners
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Cite this record

SpaceMiningData, “Canadian Space Agency”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/canadian-space-agency.html. Record checked 2026-10-28.