# Canada funds $1.47M for Jasper Wyman fruit processing expansion in Prince Edward Island

The Government of Canada announced over $971,000 in funding to Jasper Wyman & Son Canada Inc. under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, plus a $500,000 repayable contribution from the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency. The funding will install new sorting equipment to improve efficiency and capacity at the berry processing facility in Morell, Prince Edward Island.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-07-26
- Where: Morell, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Value: $1.11M (1.47M CAD)
- Status: announced
- Products: processed berries
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Jasper Wyman & Son Canada](https://endata.com/companies/40909.md)
- [Government of Canada](https://endata.com/companies/1351.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-funding-to-expand-fruit-processing-in-atlantic-canada-820047501.html), 2019-07-26: "This funding will be used to install new equipment to more efficiently and precisely sort produce, while removing up to 99% of defective berries."

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