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Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Development Support

The program gives Canadians access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. Provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, as well as their support organizations.

Total value
$20.3M
Agreements
695
Feb 2019 to Jun 2026
Median agreement
$20K
Typical range
$10K–$35K
the middle half of agreements

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.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Canadian Heritage’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Conseil Culturel Fransaskois Incorpore6$491K
Réseau Ontario des arts de la scène Inc.5$489K
2 Rivers Remix Society4$423K
Canadian Arts Presenting Association7$418K
The Union of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq1$400K
Wind In The Leaves Collective6$387K
All My Relations Indigenous Society5$375K
Ontario Campus and Community Impresarios8$315K
Indigenous Music Alliance8$308K
Creative Users Projects1$283K
Fédération Culturelle De La Francophonie Manitobaine Inc.2$257K
Association Of The Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project (The)5$245K
Blue Feather Musical Society (The)5$235K
Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society3$235K
Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre6$223K
Regroupement Des Festivals Régionaux Artistiques Et Indépendants1$220K
Gwaandak Theatre Society4$220K
Rumble Productions Society3$210K
Native Hip Hop Society5$209K
First Light St. John's Friendship Centre Inc.6$207K
O.Dela Arts Society4$199K
National Gathering Of Elders Kanata2$199K
Association Culturelle De La Francophonie Manitobaine Inc.3$198K
SAWITRI Theatre Group6$193K
Atlantic Presenters Association Inc.5$191K
Théâtre La Seizième4$188K
Caravane De Phoebus (La)6$183K
Canadian Cultural Society Of The Deaf Inc.2$181K
Urban Ink Production Society2$180K
Regroupement artistique francophone de l'Alberta6$180K
Latin Hub Canada3$165K
African Arts Institute4$165K
Radarts Inc.3$163K
African Art & Cultural CCC Inc.5$160K
Mushkegowuk Council2$156K
Indigenous Empowerment Fashion Collective2$145K
Mèche Courte (La)2$144K
Canada's Music Incubator (Cmi)6$135K
Coopérative multiservices francophone de l'Ouest d'Ottawa Inc.4$133K
Sound Off Deaf Theatre Association4$132K
Nipissing Region Curatorial Collective Incorporated6$128K
Association De Repentigny Pour L'avancement De La Musique L'aram (L')1$126K
Toffan Rhythm Projects4$126K
Lodge Pole Arts Alliance3$125K
Cultural Pluralism In The Arts Movement Ontario3$124K
Edmonton Reggae Festival Society6$124K
Yukon Arts Centre Corporation3$120K
Rice And Beans Theatre Society4$119K
Dig5$114K
Flight Festival2$114K

Plus 46 agreements ($1M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
201911$279K
202029$699K
2021109$2.2M
202252$1.7M
202393$2.6M
2024225$6.9M
2025135$4.3M
202641$1.5M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario309$9.1M
British Columbia119$3.7M
Alberta53$1.8M
Quebec48$1.3M
Manitoba40$972K
Nova Scotia37$838K
Yukon18$796K
Saskatchewan20$682K
New Brunswick21$558K
Newfoundland and Labrador18$332K
Nunavut3$75K
Prince Edward Island8$44K
Northwest Territories1$25K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not stated by the department466$13.3M
Other organizations86$3.8M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities137$3M
Indigenous recipients5$125K
Academia1$7,500

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Jun 2026Sweetgrass Arts And Music Society Of Salt Spring Island$20,000
Jun 2026Urban Ink Production Society$60,000
May 2026Blue Feather Musical Society (The)$90,000
May 2026Impulse Theatre Society$8,000
May 2026Vancouver Island Caribbean Hub$10,000
Apr 2026Wedge Nation$20,000
Apr 2026Compaigni V'ni Dansi Society$10,000
Apr 2026La Ronge Arts Council Corp.$11,600
Apr 2026Canadian Arts Presenting Association$35,000
Apr 2026Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve - Wiikwemkoong Anishinaabemowin Department$24,000
Apr 2026Verse Ottawa$36,000
Apr 2026Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$30,000
Apr 2026Toronto Botanical Garden$12,000
Apr 2026Réseau Ontario des arts de la scène Inc.$179,200
Apr 2026Open Ears Festival Of Music And Sound$32,500
Apr 2026Lodge Pole Arts Alliance$50,000
Apr 2026Living Room Productions Org.$25,000
Apr 2026Latin Hub Canada$96,000
Apr 2026Kidzac$15,600
Apr 2026Home County Folk League$24,000
Apr 2026Gladstone Theatre Inc. (The) / Théâtre Gladstone Inc. (Le)$48,000
Apr 2026Friday Creeations Inc.$31,200
Apr 2026Edmonton Reggae Festival Society$20,000
Apr 2026Conseil des Innus de Pessamit$25,000
Apr 2026Centre canadien pour l'unité de famille (CCF)$42,000