Indigenous Arts

The Canada Cultural Investment Fund encourages private sector investment, partnership and sound business practices to help arts and heritage organizations be better rooted and recognized in their communities.

The Canada Cultural Investment Fund provides support through three components:

Strategic Initiatives

The Strategic Initiatives component provides financial assistance for projects involving multiple partners that will help arts and heritage organizations improve their business practices and diversify their revenues.

The Creative Export Canada (CEC) program provides visibility and funding to help Canadian creative works achieve financial success abroad. CEC aims to heighten exposure of Canadian creative works in international markets and to increase export profitability for Canada’s creative industries.

The CEC program’s total funding envelope is $33 million over three years ($11 million per year, from 2023-2024 to 2025-2026). The $11 million per year is divided into two funding streams: the Export-Ready Stream and the Export Development Stream.

The City of Grande Prairie is proud to offer a multitude of funding and granting opportunities to support local individuals and organizations who are making a positive impact in our community. Whether you're an athlete, an artist, a community organizer or a business owner there are financial supports available to help meet your goals!

The City of Grande Prairie is proud to offer a multitude of funding and granting opportunities to support local individuals and organizations who are making a positive impact in our community. Whether you're an athlete, an artist, a community organizer or a business owner there are financial supports available to help meet your goals!

March 16, 2026: Guidelines published and applications open
Mid-March – late April 2026: Virtual open office spaces
April 13, 2026: Deadline to request feedback on your draft application
April 22, 2026: Application deadline (no applications accepted after 4:30 pm MT)
Late April – early June 2026: Evaluation of grants
Mid-June 2026: Notification of results

Calgary Arts Development supports and strengthens the arts to benefit all Calgarians.

As the city’s designated arts development authority, Calgary Arts Development supports and strengthens the arts to benefit all Calgarians. We invest and allocate municipal funding for the arts provided by The City of Calgary and leverage these funds to provide additional resources to the arts sector. Our programs support hundreds of arts organizations, individual artists, artist collectives, and ad hoc groups in Calgary.

The John Hobday Arts Management Awards are awarded to outstanding managers of professional arts organizations across Canada for the purpose of professional development or mentoring.

• The professional development and resourcing award is given to an exceptional manager in the field of the arts who wishes to participate in a short-term program, a seminar or a recognized workshop.
• The mentoring award is given to an arts manager who wishes to acquire new knowledge, skills and experience through the supervision of a mentor.

The City of Windsor’s Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund (ACHF) invests in the soul of our City by providing financial assistance to locally-developed arts, culture and heritage projects that provide exciting, surprising and meaningful opportunities to strengthen our creative community.

Purpose

The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) supports Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) creativity and celebrates the vitality of diverse cultural and artistic expression.

Indigenous Arts Projects is a multidisciplinary program supporting professional Indigenous artists, ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations to research, develop, and create new work. The presentation and sharing of Indigenous artistic work and initiatives strengthens and enriches the arts and culture overall, while benefiting both Indigenous artists and their communities.

The Music Program supports the development of B.C. First Nations music creatives and professionals residing in B.C. through grants and training programs. 

The Music Program funds activities that can lead to professional development opportunities, cultural knowledge transfer and community well-being. 

This program offers three areas of funding for artists, recording engineers and music industry professionals.