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Canada Arts Training Fund - Canada Arts Training Fund

To contribute to the development of Canadian creators and future cultural leaders of the Canadian arts sector by supporting the training of artists with high potential through institutions that offer training of the highest calibre.

Total value
$153M
Agreements
183
Apr 2019 to Apr 2026
Median agreement
$325K
Typical range
$90K–$758K
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.

Applying? Canada Arts Training Fund. Taking applications? No, deadline passed (15 May 2026). The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.

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
Canada's National Ballet School, L'École nationale de ballet du Canada4$28.8M
École Nationale De Théâtre Du Canada - National Theatre School Of Canada5$24.3M
Banff Centre (The)3$11M
The Royal Conservatory of Music2$8.8M
Centre for Indigenous Theatre5$5.6M
École nationale de cirque2$5M
National Youth Orchestra Association Of Canada3$4.8M
Dancer Transition Resource Centre5$4.5M
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet4$4M
De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig Theatre Group6$3.6M
Brott Music Festival4$3.4M
Qaggiavuut! Nunavut Performing Arts Centre4$2.8M
Ecole Nationale De L'humour3$2.7M
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society5$2.3M
École De Danse Contemporaine De Montréal4$2.1M
Arts Umbrella Association5$2.1M
School Of Contemporary Dancers Inc. (The)3$2M
Canadian Heritage Arts Society3$1.9M
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada3$1.9M
Theatre B.T.W. Inc.4$1.7M
Cercle D'expression Artistique Nyata Nyata6$1.7M
Canadian Opera Company3$1.5M
École Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec (L')4$1.4M
Muses: Centre Des Arts De La Scène (Les)4$1.3M
Calgary Opera Association3$1.3M
Out Innerspace Dance Theatre And Film Society4$1.2M
Sampradaya Dance Academy5$1.1M
Weengushk Film Institute4$1.1M
National accessArts Centre3$1M
Why Not Theatre2$1M
Friends of Medalta Society5$996K
École de cirque de Québec3$985K
Remix Project (The)4$910K
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Inc.3$838K
Alberta Ballet Company4$790K
Orchestre De La Francophonie Canadienne (Ofc)3$660K
Dance Arts Institute1$650K
The School of Toronto Dance Theatre1$650K
Soulpepper Theatre Company4$635K
Canada's Music Incubator (Cmi)5$611K
Harbourfront Corporation (1990)2$600K
Canadian Cultural Society Of The Deaf Inc.2$570K
Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre2$520K
Opera on the Avalon Inc.2$500K
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, inc./La Societe Culturelle Canadienne des Sourds, inc.1$480K
Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne1$420K
Alberta Ballet Company (The) - Alberta Ballet School1$400K
Kashedance2$400K
Rossini Opera Festival Nova Scotia2$385K
Lunenburg Academy Of Music Performance1$375K

Plus 4 agreements ($2.6M) 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.

$0$40M$80M20192020202120222023202420252026*

* 2026 so far: agreements starting by Oct 2026. Departments publish each quarter after it ends, so the latest months fill in later.

Show the numbers
YearAgreementsTotal
20191$18K
20204$1.2M
202140$7.7M
202229$2.8M
202349$64.3M
20245$1.8M
202553$71.5M
2026*2$3.4M

By province

Alberta: $15.5M in 19 agreements, $3 per residentBritish Columbia: $7.7M in 21 agreements, $1 per residentManitoba: $6.2M in 9 agreements, $4 per residentNew Brunswick: $2.1M in 5 agreements, $2 per residentNewfoundland and Labrador: $500K in 2 agreements, $1 per residentNova Scotia: $825K in 4 agreements, $1 per residentNT: none hereNunavut: $2.8M in 4 agreements, $65 per residentOntario: $72M in 72 agreements, $4 per residentPE: none hereQuebec: $44.7M in 45 agreements, $5 per residentSaskatchewan: $520K in 2 agreements, $0 per residentYT: none hereABBCMBNBNLNSNTNUONPEQCSKYT
$0$1–$1$2–$5$65

Per resident: the total over the whole window divided by the population on 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01). Agreements are placed by the recipient’s address, so a national organization’s funding counts where its office is.

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario72$72M
Quebec45$44.7M
Alberta19$15.5M
British Columbia21$7.7M
Manitoba9$6.2M
Nunavut4$2.8M
New Brunswick5$2.1M
Nova Scotia4$825K
Saskatchewan2$520K
Newfoundland and Labrador2$500K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not stated by the department107$103M
Other organizations31$40.8M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities45$8.9M

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
Oct 2025École de cirque de Québec$450,000
Oct 2025Dancer Transition Resource Centre$1,875,000
Oct 2025Cercle D'expression Artistique Nyata Nyata$720,000
Oct 2025Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, inc./La Societe Culturelle Canadienne des Sourds, inc.$480,000
Oct 2025Canada's National Ballet School, L'École nationale de ballet du Canada$11,200,000