Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)‘s Mineral Programs Branch (MPB), in collaboration with federal partners, is implementing a suite of programs to support the advancement of the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy through a “technology pipeline” approach of extractive metallurgical processes from Fundamental Research to Research and Development to Pilot and Demonstration to Early Adoption. MPB’s suite of programs include the following: Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration (CMRDD); Critical Minerals Geoscience and Data Initiative (CMGD); Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships Program; Global Partnerships Program (GPI); and Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF). With a focus on the CMRDD program, the suite of federal government programs can support and advance critical mineral resource development. Emerging success stories resulting from federal government programs demonstrate the acceleration of critical mineral projects. Early-stage research and development projects, in which federal laboratories can provide collaborative or in-kind support, can advance mineral processing and metallurgical technologies through proof of concept bench scale testing that progresses the project to pilot scale. Piloting projects, which are eligible for CMRDD funding, encourages the demonstration of technologies that advance projects to commercialization. Commercialization projects can be supported by programs such as CMIF and Strategic Innovation Fund. The federal government’s “technology pipeline” approach can accelerate the advancement of critical mineral extraction from initial conception to commercialization, which supports and strengthens innovative mining ecosystems to position Canada as a stable supplier of critical metals.