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Canada Council for the Arts
Financial support to grow the arts sector
Funding for projects designed to encourage and support the ongoing growth, strengthening, and development of the arts sector. This includes support for collaboration, targeted initiatives, and career development opportunities for Canadian arts professionals, groups, and organizations.
Business Size: small, medium
Industries: arts, culture, literature, publishing, performing arts, dance, theatre, music, sound art, visual arts, media arts, architecture, curation, arts criticism, arts administration
Region: Canada
Demographics: First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Deaf, hard of hearing, persons with disabilities, persons living with mental illness, Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC)
Other Criteria: Canadian arts professionals, Canadian artists, Canadian cultural connectors, Canadian arts groups, Canadian arts organizations (not-for-profit or for-profit Indigenous-led), Canadian citizens or permanent residents with training in their art form who are recognized by peers as professionals (for individuals), Not-for-profit arts organizations from Canada primarily dedicated to artistic programs or exhibitions, Literary book and magazine publishers, Support organizations that provide targeted resources for artistic development, National arts service organizations
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This program is available to small, medium businesses in arts, culture, literature industries located in Canada.
This program offers funding up to $600,000.
The application deadline is October 21, 2026.
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