Canada Arts Presentation Fund
The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) is committed to providing equitable funding opportunities that reflect the many perspectives of Canada’s cultural life. Special considerations may be given by the program to funding applications submitted by organizations from or supporting Indigenous, Black, racialized, official language minority and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, organizations that are women-led, or serving D/deaf people and people living with a disability.
On April 16, 2024, the government announced $31 million over 2 years, starting in 2024-2025, to the Department of Canadian Heritage for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) to help support organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series.
This proposed funding would renew the $8 million in additional funds initially allocated to the CAPF through Budget 2019 and subsequently renewed through the Fall Economic Statement 2020 and Budget 2021. It would also provide an additional $15 million over 2 years ($7.5 million per year), starting in 2024-2025.
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The CAPF provides financial assistance to organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series (arts presenters) and organizations that offer support to arts presenters.
Through the CAPF, Canadians have access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. Each year, the CAPF supports approximately 680 professional arts festivals and performing arts series, as well as other activities related to art presentation, in more than 270 cities or communities across Canada.
The CAPF has 2 main components — Programming and Development. The Programming component has 2 streams: Professional Arts Festivals and Performing Arts Series Presenters; and Presenter Support Organizations.
You can consult the Grouped Arts Evaluation: Canada Arts Presentation Fund, Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, and Canada Cultural Investment Fund 2013-2014 to 2017-2018.
Programming
Professional Arts Festivals and Performing Arts Series Presenters
This stream provides support to existing professional arts festivals and performing arts series presenters, to offer a variety of professional artistic experiences to Canadians.
Apply Programming: Professional Arts Festivals and Performing Arts Series Presenters
Presenter Support Organizations
This stream provides support to existing presenter support organizations, to assist with activities and services that help arts presenters to evolve professionally in their field.
Apply Programming: Presenter Support Organizations
Development
This component provides support for the emergence of arts presenters and presenter support organizations for under-served communities or artistic practices.
Note: An organization cannot apply to the Programming component and the Development component in the same year for its regular programming activities.
Apply Development — Canada Arts Presentation Fund
Creative Export Strategy
As announced on March 15, 2023, the Creative Export Strategy has been renewed for the period of 2023-2024 to 2025-2026. For more information, please visit the Creative Export Strategy web page.
Previously, through Canada’s Creative Export Strategy (2018-2023), the CAPF was allocated $500,000 per year for a period of 5 years ending March 31, 2023, to offer supplemental support to existing CAPF recipients for activities that contribute to a favourable environment for Canadian cultural export by promoting Canadian artists to international markets.
Arts presentation organizations that previously accessed this support through the CAPF (Creative Export Envelope) can now apply for export support funding through the Creative Export Canada program’s 2 funding streams. Applicants can contact the program to discuss their projects and determine which of the 2 streams is a better fit for their activities.
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