Funding & grants

he Screen Marketing and Discoverability (SMD) Program is designed to increase audiences (players, users, viewers, etc.) and revenues for screen content projects that received Production investments from Ontario Creates.

The Screen Marketing & Discoverability Fund combines the IDM Discoverability and Commercialization Program and Film Marketing and Distribution Initiative into a single, integrated program that supports Ontario screen companies.

Deadline

Continuous, closes December 16, 2026 – 5:00PM ET

Yukon Media Development financially supports the film industry through programs that assist Yukon film and video professionals develop viable careers and businesses making films and videos for broadcast or commercial release.

Funding Programs:

Yukon Film Training Fund

Up to $10,000/person/year is available to Yukon residents for training for a career in film. Yukon-based industry organizations are also eligible to apply for funding to provide film-specific coursework.
Application deadline

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 Creative Saskatchewan Investment Fund grant programs are generally available to creative industry projects and endeavors that encompass music, sound recording, screen-based media, television, interactive digital media, visual arts, crafts, publishing, and live performing arts.

BOOK PUBLISHING

• Publish A Book​
• Attend a Market
• Market a Book
• Sharpen Business Skills
• Undertake Industry Research

CRAFT & VISUAL ART 

WHAT IS THE MID PROGRAM?  

The Music Industry Development (MID) program fosters the development and growth of the music industry in New Brunswick through project investment proposed by artists and music businesses based in New Brunswick. Music·Musique NB administers the investment program on behalf of the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.

WHO CAN APPLY TO THE MID PROGRAM?  

ArtsNL is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.

ArtsNL receives an annual grant from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.

The Edmonton Arts Council supports artists and arts and festival organizations in Edmonton with a variety of grant programs.

June 1 2026

Organization and Project Grants

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) supports, throughout Québec, creation, experimentation, production and dissemination in the realms of the visual arts, the arts and crafts, literature, the performing arts, the multidisciplinary arts, cinema and video, the digital arts and architectural research. CALQ also seeks to broaden the influence of artists, writers, arts organizations and their works in Québec, Canada and abroad.

The Residencies program supports creation or research-based residency opportunities for professional artists in all disciplines. Applicants may apply for travel to have time and space in the Riding Mountain Artists’ Residency, the Churchill Artists’ Residency, or a residency opportunity of the artists’ choosing.

What you can apply for

A Long-Standing Priority of Investment in the Arts

The RBC® Emerging Artists Project supports organizations that provide the best opportunity to advance an artist’s career trajectory in genres such as visual arts, music, theatre, performance, literature and film. Every year the RBC Foundation donates millions of dollars to hundreds of arts organizations globally to help emerging artists become established.