| Actors Fund of America Funding |
| The Actors Fund of America (AFC) is providing emergency financial aid for entertainment professionals. Read more |
| Behind the Scenes Basic Needs Grants |
| The Behind the Scenes Basic Needs Grant provides financial assistance for seriously ill entertainment technology professionals in the U.S. and Canada. Grants may be used for medical care and basic living expenses including rent, mortgage, utilties, transportation and childcare. Read more |
| Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program |
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The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program was created to help you celebrate your community – both its past and its present. This program increases opportunities for local artists, artisans, heritage performers or specialists to be involved in their community through festivals, events and projects. It also allows local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage. Read more Added February 19, 2021 |
| Broadcast Sector Relief |
| The Government of Canada will provide additional relief to eligible television and radio stations by waiving Part II broadcasting license fees in 2020-21, which are collected annually by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Waiving these fees will provide as much as $50 million in relief for these companies, helping them maintain their broadcasting productions for Canadians. The CRTC will contact all eligible broadcasters regarding the next steps. Read more |
| #CanadaPerforms Concert Streaming Opportunity |
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The National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada have teamed up to launch #CanadaPerforms streaming concerts. Canadian performing artists (including musicians, comedians, dancers, singers, theatre artists, and ensembles of less than 10 people) can apply by email. Read more |
| Canada Arts Presentation Fund |
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The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) provides financial assistance to organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series (arts presenters) and organizations that offer support to arts presenters. Through the CAPF, Canadians have access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. Each year, the CAPF supports approximately 600 professional arts festivals and performing arts series, as well as other activities related to art presentation, in more than 250 cities or communities across Canada. Added February 19, 2021 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund |
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The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) supports the improvement of physical conditions for arts, heritage, culture and creative innovation. The Fund supports renovation and construction projects, the acquisition of specialized equipment and feasibility studies related to cultural spaces. Read more Added February 19, 2021 |
| Canada Music Fund |
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As announced in the 2019 Federal Budget, the CMF has received an additional $20 million over two years, starting in 2019-2020, so that it enhances its support for the production, promotion and distribution of Canadian music. This investment supports more Canadian musicians and music entrepreneurs, and help with the rising costs of marketing and promotion necessary in the music industry today. Read more Added February 19, 2021 |
| Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Relief |
| The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will not issue letters requesting payment for Part I licence fees by broadcasters for the 2020–21 fiscal year. This fee will be paid by the Government of Canada. Read more |
| CBC and Canada Council for the Arts Digital Originals |
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A new $1 million fund to help artists, groups and arts organizations pivot their work to online audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Creators can apply for a maximum of $5000 in funding per project, a selection of which will be curated and digitally showcased by CBC/Radio-Canada. Read more |
| CBC Creative Relief Fund |
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The CBC has launched The CBC Creative Relief Fund to provide immediate, urgent support to Canadian creators. The unprecedented new Fund will provide $2 million in development and production funding for a diverse range of innovative, original Canadian storytelling, including scripted comedies and dramas, unscripted entertainment, kids and young adult programming, podcasts, play adaptations and short documentaries. Read more |
| COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations |
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The COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations will be a $500 million fund to help address the financial needs of affected organizations within these sectors so they can continue to support artists and athletes. This measure is consistent with the Government of Canada's other existing COVID-19 support measures for wages and fixed costs for organizations. Beginning May 8th, partner organizations will be contacted so that funds can begin to flow to cultural and sport organizations. Canadian Heritage is working closely with its partners – in particular, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Media Fund, FACTOR, Musicaction, and Telefilm Canada – to distribute the funds as quickly as possible using existing channels. As part of Phase 2 of the disbursement of funds, to address gaps that have been identified by industry, additional funding will be directed to other organizations - some of which do not normally receive funding rom Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada or the Canada Media Fund. Read more |
| COVID-19 Financial Assistance for the Music Industry |
| In response to COVID-19, Unison works to provide support to professional musicians. A payment of $1,000 may be made to qualified applicants to help meet basic living needs. Other sources of financial relief applicants may receive do not affect eligibility for Unison assistance. Read more |
| Emergency Financial Assistance to Canada's Entertainment Industry |
| Short-term emergency financial assistance to Canadian entertainment professionals. Read more |
| Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S Artists |
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The Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers, tip-based workers is being administered by Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto. This fund will help cover emergency aid and paid work for LGBTQ2S artists, performers and tip-based workers. |
| Facebook-National Arts Centre Fund for Performing Artists |
| The Facebook-National Arts Centre Fund for Performing Artists is accepting applications from artists who post a 45 to 60 minute online performance between today and March 31, 2020. Financial grants will be given out from a $100,000 relief fund. Read more |
| Inventory of Resources and Supports for Canada's Music Industry |
| Canadian Independent Music Association has provided an inventory of COVID-19 related information and resources for Canada's music industry. Read more |
| MusicTogether Fund |
| MusicTogether is a $300K emergency relief fund for Ontario musicians put together by the provincial government and members of the music community. Musicians can apply for a one-time $1,000 performance fee tied to a livestream. Read more |
| Ontario Continues Investing in Innovative Festivals and Events |
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The Ontario government is investing more than $7 million in 87 local and virtual events and initiatives through the Reconnect Festival and Event Program. This funding will support the festival and event sector during COVID-19 while helping municipalities and organizations deliver innovative and safe experiences that allow people to reconnect with their communities. Added February 19, 2021 |
| Ontario Creates |
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Ontario Creates, an agency of the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, is providing Ontario-based businesses support to recover Ontario's culture industry. Recent announcements have been made to include: - $5 million in grants to help independent local book and magazine publishers access new markets and bring Canadian creative content to new audiences, both at home and around the world, and - $1.3 million in grants to help bring Canadian film, TV and digital content to audiences around the world. Read more |
| Ontario Live |
| A virtual marketplace that brings Ontario together to help support local artists, operators, attractions and businesses throughout the province. Coming soon, you'll be able to buy, donate to, or experience the best Ontario has to offer all in one place. Read more |
| Ontario Provides Significant Financial Support for the Arts Sector |
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The Ontario government is supporting the arts sector with a one-time investment of $25 million to help artists and arts organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic, remain solvent and prepare for a time when they can fully re-open their facilities, resume full programming and welcome back their visitors and audiences. Read more Added February 19, 2021 |
| Reconnect Festival and Event Program |
| The Reconnect Festival and Event Program offers non-capital funding to in-person and online events in Ontario that provide experiences that encourage people to travel locally and rediscover the beauty and diversity of their community. The application deadline for this program has been extended to December 22, 2020. Read more |
| ShopHERE |
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ShopHERE is a program that offers businesses and artists the opportunity to build a digital presence by having an online store built at no-cost! Powered by Google, this program is a collaboration between Digital Main Street, Google, Shopify, Mastercard and Microsoft, to build and optimize online stores in a matter of days. This program is FREE thanks to funding provided by the County of Simcoe. Read more |
| Woodcock Fund Grant |
| The Woodcock Fund Grant provides emergency funds for writers mid-project. Read more |
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