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Canada Arts Training Fund

Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage

Taking applications?

Deadline passed (15 May 2026)

The official page says: “The application intake period will take place from April 22, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ( ET ) to May 15, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ( ET ).”

Read from the official page on October 14, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.

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Amount
Not stated on the page
Cost share
Not stated on the page
Who can apply
Indigenous organizations and businesses; Non-profits and charities
Where
Anywhere in Canada

Limited to: Arts, entertainment and recreation.

What it is

The Canada Arts Training Fund supports the training of artists with high potential through organizations that offer high-calibre training.

Description from Canadian Heritage funding, the funder’s own list of programs. The Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025) doesn’t include it.

What applicants actually got

From the federal records of every agreement signed under this program.

Agreements, last 12 months
30
starting Oct 2025 or later
Typical award
$349K–$975K
the middle half, since Oct 2023
Median award
$600K
60 agreements since Oct 2023
All agreements
301
$222M

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026. Filed as “Canada Arts Training Fund - Canada Arts Training Fund” (Canadian Heritage, 183), “Canada Arts Training Fund” (Canadian Heritage, 118).

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program, all years.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Canada's National Ballet School, L'École nationale de ballet du Canada7$47M
École Nationale De Théâtre Du Canada - National Theatre School Of Canada8$34.2M
Banff Centre (The)5$17.4M
The Royal Conservatory of Music6$16.4M
École nationale de cirque5$9.3M
Centre for Indigenous Theatre9$7.2M
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet6$6.3M
National Youth Orchestra Association Of Canada5$5.8M
Brott Music Festival7$5.3M
Dancer Transition Resource Centre7$5.2M
De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig Theatre Group12$4.7M
Ecole Nationale De L'humour6$3.6M
School Of Contemporary Dancers Inc. (The)6$3.2M
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society8$3.1M
Canadian Heritage Arts Society6$3M
Qaggiavuut! Nunavut Performing Arts Centre6$3M
École De Danse Contemporaine De Montréal7$2.9M
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada5$2.8M
Canadian Opera Company5$2.4M
Arts Umbrella Association8$2.4M
Cercle D'expression Artistique Nyata Nyata8$1.9M
Theatre B.T.W. Inc.6$1.9M
Calgary Opera Association5$1.8M
École Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec (L')6$1.7M
Muses: Centre Des Arts De La Scène (Les)6$1.6M
Sampradaya Dance Academy8$1.6M
School Of The Toronto Dance Theatre (The)4$1.4M
Orchestre De La Francophonie Canadienne (Ofc)7$1.3M
Out Innerspace Dance Theatre And Film Society7$1.3M
Friends of Medalta Society9$1.2M

Plus 6 agreements ($3.3M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

Who got it in your province

Open a province to see the organizations there with the most funding under this program, all years.

Ontario120 agreements · $108M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Canada's National Ballet School, L'École nationale de ballet du Canada7$47M
The Royal Conservatory of Music6$16.4M
Centre for Indigenous Theatre9$7.2M
National Youth Orchestra Association Of Canada5$5.8M
Brott Music Festival7$5.3M
Dancer Transition Resource Centre7$5.2M
De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig Theatre Group12$4.7M
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada5$2.8M
Canadian Opera Company5$2.4M
Sampradaya Dance Academy8$1.6M
School Of The Toronto Dance Theatre (The)4$1.4M
Weengushk Film Institute5$1.1M
Why Not Theatre2$1M
Harbourfront Corporation (1990)5$990K
Remix Project (The)5$975K
Quebec75 agreements · $63.3M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
École Nationale De Théâtre Du Canada - National Theatre School Of Canada8$34.2M
École nationale de cirque5$9.3M
Ecole Nationale De L'humour6$3.6M
École De Danse Contemporaine De Montréal7$2.9M
Cercle D'expression Artistique Nyata Nyata8$1.9M
Theatre B.T.W. Inc.6$1.9M
École Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec (L')6$1.7M
Muses: Centre Des Arts De La Scène (Les)6$1.6M
Orchestre De La Francophonie Canadienne (Ofc)7$1.3M
École de cirque de Québec4$1.1M
Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne1$420K
Groupe Danse Partout Inc. (Le)1$300K
Le Groupe Danse Partout Inc. - L'école De Danse De Québec1$200K
L'école Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec2$163K
Teesri Duniya Theatre1$140K
Alberta32 agreements · $23.3M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Banff Centre (The)5$17.4M
Calgary Opera Association5$1.8M
Friends of Medalta Society9$1.2M
National accessArts Centre3$1M
Alberta Ballet Company7$985K
Board of Governors of The Banff Centre1$534K
Alberta Ballet Company (The) - Alberta Ballet School1$400K
Ukrainian Shumka Dancers1$5,000
British Columbia37 agreements · $10.2M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society8$3.1M
Canadian Heritage Arts Society6$3M
Arts Umbrella Association8$2.4M
Out Innerspace Dance Theatre And Film Society7$1.3M
Mandala Arts And Culture Society7$256K
Glitch Theatre Society1$90K
Manitoba14 agreements · $9.7M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet6$6.3M
School Of Contemporary Dancers Inc. (The)6$3.2M
Plug-In Inc.2$200K
Nunavut6 agreements · $3M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Qaggiavuut! Nunavut Performing Arts Centre6$3M
New Brunswick5 agreements · $2.1M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Inc.3$838K
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, inc./La Societe Culturelle Canadienne des Sourds, inc.1$480K
Nova Scotia8 agreements · $1M
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Rossini Opera Festival Nova Scotia3$450K
Lunenburg Academy Of Music Performance1$375K
Rossini Opera Festival Of Nova Scotia4$211K
Saskatchewan2 agreements · $520K
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre2$520K
Newfoundland and Labrador2 agreements · $500K
RecipientAgreementsTotal
Opera on the Avalon Inc.2$500K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2026De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig Theatre Group$1,350,000
Apr 2026Centre for Indigenous Theatre$2,000,000
Oct 2025Weengushk Film Institute$450,000
Oct 2025Theatre B.T.W. Inc.$765,000
Oct 2025Soulpepper Theatre Company$220,000
Oct 2025School Of Contemporary Dancers Inc. (The)$975,000
Oct 2025Sampradaya Dance Academy$465,000
Oct 2025Remix Project (The)$390,000
Oct 2025Qaggiavuut! Nunavut Performing Arts Centre$1,200,000
Oct 2025Out Innerspace Dance Theatre And Film Society$510,000
Oct 2025Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society$960,000
Oct 2025Lunenburg Academy Of Music Performance$375,000
Oct 2025Kashedance$200,000
Oct 2025Glitch Theatre Society$90,000
Oct 2025Friends of Medalta Society$420,000
Oct 2025École Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec (L')$600,000
Oct 2025École Nationale De Théâtre Du Canada - National Theatre School Of Canada$9,400,000
Oct 2025École Nationale De Théâtre Du Canada - National Theatre School Of Canada$300,000
Oct 2025Ecole Nationale De L'humour$1,275,000
Oct 2025École De Danse Contemporaine De Montréal$900,000

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
20161$4,620
20183$1.5M
201940$17.7M
202035$22.3M
202143$13.9M
202270$25.7M
202349$64.3M
20245$1.8M
202553$71.5M
20262$3.4M

The full record: Canada Arts Training Fund - Canada Arts Training Fund, Canada Arts Training Fund.

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