# The province is giving a $5 million grant to a AI drug company expanding in Toronto.

*biotech · news · 2026-05-05 · The Kingston Whig-Standard*

## Key points

- Sanofi is expanding its Toronto AI Centre of Excellence by adding 50 jobs to the existing 150.
- Ontario is offering Sanofi a $5 million conditional grant via Invest Ontario despite record global AI investment.
- Sanofi’s Canadian executive clarified the grant was not the main factor in their decision to expand.
- Details of government undertakings with Sanofi are not public, raising transparency and accountability concerns.
- Ontario rejected a proposed bill requiring a government AI development and implementation plan last November.

**Companies:** Sanofi
**Countries:** Canada, France

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