Grants you can apply for · Provincial program · Non-repayable contribution
Ontario Creates Book Fund
Government of Ontario, Ontario Creates
Taking applications?
Not taking applications
The official page says: “Ontario Creates’ new Publishing Marketing and Discoverability Fund has replaced the Book Fund.”
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Up to $150K
- Cost share
- Up to 75% of eligible costs
- Who can apply
- Businesses
- Where
- Ontario
Limited to: Information, media and culture.
What it is
Support for book publishers in Ontario
Funding available up to $150,000 depending on eligible sales revenue, successful applicants can receive up to 75 percent of their total project budget to cover marketing and promotional activities for Canadian authors in both domestic and foreign markets.
Description from the Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025), Open Government Licence – Canada.
Who got it before
This program isn’t in the federal grants and contributions records, which cover federal departments only, so there is no record here of who got it.
More programs: Ontario.