MONTREAL, QUEBEC, July 9, 2026. Pontosense Inc., a company specializing in privacy-preserving wireless sensing technology, today announced a new partnership with Home Instead, one of Canada's largest home care franchise groups, and the KITE Research Institute at University Health Network (UHN), to deploy its Silver Shield radar monitoring across more than 1,500 Canadian households.
The project, "Deploying Pontosense's Privacy-First AI Radar Monitoring with Home Instead to Improve Fall Safety, Wellness, and Aging-in-Place Across 1,500 Canadian Homes," is one of 17 new collaborative projects announced today by MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL, two of the country's leading AgeTech organizations, as part of a nearly $24 million national initiative to improve quality of life for older adults and support the caregivers who care for them.
More than $6 million of that funding comes through the envisAGE initiative, supported by Canada's Strategic Response Fund. In total, the initiative connects 16 innovative companies, 18 community labs, seven evaluation-focused beachheads, and one innovation hub across seven Canadian provinces.
Within this initiative, Pontosense's project with Home Instead and KITE Research Institute will study the technical performance of Silver Shield's privacy-first monitoring at scale, alongside the real-world experience of caregivers and clients, across more than 1,500 households, one of the largest deployments of Pontosense's technology to date in Canada.
“These collaborative projects demonstrate the power of research-based co-creation,” said Bridgette Murphy, CEO of AGE-WELL, of the broader envisAGE initiative.
“A study at this scale, with a partner like Home Instead and researchers at KITE, lets us prove out what we've long believed: that privacy-first sensing can support aging in place for entire communities, not just individual households,” said Travis Peterson, Chief Commercial Officer of Pontosense. “We're grateful to MEDTEQ+, AGE-WELL, and envisAGE for making a project of this size possible.”
The evaluation will assess how Silver Shield's fall detection, activity tracking, and wellness insights hold up in everyday home care settings, and how the technology changes the day-to-day experience of both caregivers and the older adults they support.
About Home Instead
Home Instead is one of Canada's largest home care franchise groups, providing in-home care services that help seniors age with independence and dignity.
About KITE Research Institute
KITE Research Institute at University Health Network (UHN) is one of Canada's leading research institutes focused on rehabilitation science and technology for aging and disability.
About MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL
MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL are two of Canada's leading organizations supporting innovation in health and aging technology, together coordinating the envisAGE initiative and its network of collaborative projects across the country.
About Pontosense
Pontosense develops privacy-preserving wireless sensing technology that detects human motion, presence, and vital signs without cameras or microphones. The technology supports applications including aging-in-place monitoring, fall detection, telehealth insights, and safety systems.
For information about Pontosense, please visit: https://www.pontosense.com