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Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Second-Language Learning Component: Young Canada Works at Building Careers in French and English
The aim of this program is to advance the skills of young Canadians while enabling them to learn and improve their second language (English or French).
This component of the Youth Employment Strategy aims to advance the skills and hands-on experience of young participants while enabling them to learn and improve their second official language.
- Eligibility
Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
- Please contact Canadian Heritage
- Website
- YOUNG CANADA WORKS
- Phone
- toll-free 1-800-935-5555
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Minority Language Education Component: Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector
This program offers funding to non-profit organisations, professional associations and post-secondary institutions to support minority-language education.
The aim of this program is to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge and tools to support minority-language education.
- Eligibility
- Canadian non-profit organisations
- Professional associations
- Post-secondary institutions
Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.
- Website
- Phone
tel.(819) 994-5696
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Community Life Component: Young Canada Works at Building Careers in English and French
This program aims to provide summer employment and student internships to students in their field who study in their second official language.
The two components of the Youth Employment Strategy aim to advance skills and hands-on experience of young participants while encouraging participation in the development of official-language minority communities.
- Eligibility
Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Please contact Canadian Heritage
- Website
- Phone
Toll free: 1-800-935-555
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Second-Language Learning Component: Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages
The aim of this program is to advance the skills of young Canadians while enabling them to learn and improve their second language (English or French).
This component of the Youth Employment Strategy aims to advance the skills and hands-on experience of young participants while enabling them to learn and improve their second official language.
- Eligibility
Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Please contact Canadian Heritage
- Website
- Phone
toll-free 1-800-935-5555
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Second-Language Learning Component: Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector
This program provides assistance to non-profit organisations, professional associations, and post-secondary institutions for teaching of the second official language.
This program aims to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools to support teaching of a second-language.
- Eligibility
- Canadian non-profit organisations
- Professional associations
- Post-secondary institutions
Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.
- Website
- Phone
tel.(819) 994-5696
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Community Life Component: Strategic Funds
This program helps official-language minority communities encourage their citizens to participate in the local community in their own language.
The Strategic Fund program aims to assist official language minority communities to encourage their citizens to participate in local community life in their own language, thus developing the vitality of the culture and helping them integrate into their local community through large-scale projects.
- Eligibility
Non-profit organisations, associations, institutions, provincial and territorial governments. Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Anytime
- Website
Canadian Heritage official languages programs
Strategic Funds- Phone
tel. (819) 994-5698
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component: Collaboration in Promotion
This program aims to support non-profit organisations involved in promoting linguistic duality.
The aim of this program is to support the ongoing commitment and actions of organisations involved primarily in promoting linguistic duality and the provision of services in both official languages with a focus on long-term outcomes.
- Eligibility
Canadian non-profit organisations. Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.
- Website
- Phone
tel.(819) 994-5696
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Community Life Component: Young Canada Works in Both Languages
This program aims to provide summer employment and student internships to students in their field who study in their second official language.
The two components of the Youth Employment Strategy aim to advance skills and hands-on experience of young participants while encouraging participation in the development of official-language minority communities.
- Eligibility
Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Please contact Canadian Heritage
- Website
- Phone
Toll free: 1-800-935-555
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.
Canadian Heritage Financial Support Programs
National Arts Training Contribution Program
This program supports independent, non-profit, incorporated Canadian organisations that train Canadians for professional national/international artistic careers.
This program provides support on a multi-year or annual basis for the ongoing operational activities of the organisation's professional programs.
- Eligibility
Canadian incorporated non-profit organisations located in Canada. Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for further details regarding eligibility.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Summer (June 30)
- Website
Canadian Heritage
National Arts Training Contribution Program- Phone
(819) 997-3777 (tel)
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.
Canadian Heritage Financial Support Programs
Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program
This program aims to strengthen organisational effectiveness and build the capacity of independent, non-profit organisations, arts and heritage organisations.
This program aims to strengthen organisational effectiveness and build capacity of arts and heritage organisations. It is composed of four program components: Stabilization Projects, Capacity Building, Endowment Incentives, and Networking Initiatives.
- Eligibility
- Independent, non-profit organisations
Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Vary
- Website
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program- Phone
Canadian Heritage Headquarters: Tel. (819) 997-0055
Toll free: 1-866-811-0055
TTY/TDD (819) 997-3123
Quebec regional office: 514-283-2332
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.
Canadian Heritage Financial Support Programs
Arts Presentation Canada
This program provides financial assistance to arts presenters or the organisations that support them.
This program provides financial assistance to Canadian non-profit organisations that present, in a professional manner, artistic experiences originating from more than one province or territory or, that strengthen networking activities of Canadian performing arts presenters or the organisations that support them.
- Eligibility
- Canadian non-profit organisations
- First Nation Tribal or Band/Council Inuit organisations will also be considered
Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Vary
- Website
- Phone
514-283-2332 (tel) toll-free: 1-877-222-2397
For hearing impaired: TTY/TDD (819) 997-3123
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.
Canadian Heritage Financial Support Programs
Cultural Spaces Canada (CSC)
This program provides assistance to non-profit arts and heritage organisations for improving physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation and is designed to increase and improve access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts and to museum collections.
The CSC contributes to improved physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation. It is designed to increase and improve access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts and to museum collections. CSC supports improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities, and the acquisition of specialized equipment as well as conducting feasibility studies for cultural infrastructure projects.
- Eligibility
- Non-profit arts and heritage organisations
Please consult Canadian Heritage's website for detailed eligibility details.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Vary
- Website
- Phone
514-283-2332; 877-222-2397 (toll-free)
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.
Canadian Heritage Financial Support Programs
Trade Routes
This program provides funding to arts organisations for international business development opportunities.
This program assists Canadian arts and cultural enterprises and non-profit organisations in making the most of international business development opportunities. Trade Routes is the only comprehensive trades development program specifically designed for the arts and cultural sector.
- Eligibility
- For-profit or non-profit corporation or association, or
- Community association,or
- Export service provider (such as a business, industry association or academic institution)
Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Anytime (proposals should be submitted well before the anticipated start-date)
- Website
- Phone
Toll-free: 1-866-999-7233
Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Studio Apartment of the Fondation Christoph Merian
Studio apartments in Switzerland for Quebec artists with at least 2 years of professional experience in the areas of architecture, arts and crafts, film and television, media arts, visual arts and multidisciplinary arts.
Located at the Fondation Christoph Merian in Basel, Switzerland, this residency allows Quebec artists to choose a studio at the Fondation based on their specific artistic needs.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 2 years professional experience
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 6-month residency and $15,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Montreal Studio Apartment
Residency reserved for Quebec artists of all disciplines with at least 2 years of professional experience, who do not live in Montreal.
This residency provides a fully-furnished studio-apartment located in Montreal's Latin Quarter and is intended to allow artists to take advantage of Montreal's very dynamic cultural life.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 2 years professional experience
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 6-month residency and $10,000 grant
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Exchanges of artists and studio-apartments between France and Québec ('Les Inclassables')
Residency in Strasbourg and Nice for Quebec artists 35 years and under in the areas of: arts and crafts, film, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, video, and visual arts.
This residency for young Quebec artists is hosted by two centres in France: The Centre Européen d'Action Artistiques Contemporaines in Strasbourg and the Villa Arson in Nice. Part of the period of residence may also be spent at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris.
- Eligibility
- 35 years old and under
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Residency of two stays lasting six months and $12 000 grant
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Quebec-Ontario and Quebec-New Brunswick Artist-in-Residence Program
Quebec artists and writers may apply for a grant of up to $9 000 to engage in a period of residence in either Ontario or New Brunswick in order to carry out an artistic or professional enrichment project.
As part of its contribution to the initiative launched by the Québec government in 2006 to develop ongoing arts and culture exchanges between Québec, Ontario and New Brunswick, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec recently concluded reciprocity agreements with the Ontario Arts Council and the New Brunswick Arts Board.
The agreements establish an annual exchange program that provides professional artists and writers with opportunities for creation and professional development residencies in a participating province. Artists and writers participating in this program enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their period of residence and elaborate the parameters and conditions governing its realization in collaboration with an arts or community organization in the territory where the period of residence is to take place.
The agreements reflect the desire of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec hopes to offer Québec writers and artists a new career development opportunity and to continue its productive collaboration with the arts councils of neighbouring provinces.
Among the program's aims are the following:
- Eligibility
The program is for professional artists in the following disciplines: visual arts, arts and crafts, media arts, circus arts, architectural research, multidisciplinary arts, literature and storytelling, music, theatre and dance.
Applicants must submit at the time of registration a letter of intent from the host organization in which the latter undertakes to offer professional support during the period of residence and that specifies the nature of the collaboration that the organization intends to establish in conjunction with the project.
Candidates must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and must have lived in Québec for at least the last 12 months.
They must be eligible for the grant programs of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, which means that they must have been in professional practice for at least two years and have presented works of art in a recognized professional setting.
Artists or writers groups are not eligible for this program.
- Amount
- Submissions Date
October 5, 2007
- Website
http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios/qc_ont_nb_en.htm
- Phone
514-864-3350
Toll-Free: 1-800-608-3350
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Artistic research and creation Grants—Type B (Circus Arts)
Support to artists with between 2 to 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in the area of Circus Arts.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling artists to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. This grant is open to artists and artists' groups of the circus arts, including directors, designers, and scenic artists whose writing, research or creation project is part of a personal artistic approach.
- Eligibility
- 2–10 years professional practice
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website
- Amount
- Maximum $20,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/cirque_en.htm
- Phone
- (514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Artistic research and creation Grants—Type A
Support to artists with at least 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in dance.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling artists to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. This grant is open to dancers and dance groups whose projects are not linked to an application for an operating grant or a production project made by an organisation. There are a number of eligible projects which include, but are not limited to, research and new choreographies, as well as new choreography intended for dissemination on dance videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs. Dance residencies focusing on research/experimentation, research in costume, stage lighting and design are also acceptable.
- Eligibility
- Miniumum 10 years of practice
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum amount $25,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/danse_en.htm
- Phone
- (514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Travel Grants
Assists dancers and dancers' groups with travel expenses related to professional development.
Through travel grants, CALQ wishes to enable artists and artists' groups to accept invitations from inside and outside Quebec to participate in activities related to their artistic disciplines or career development. For travel inside Quebec, the destination must be more than 400 km from the artist's place of residence.
- Eligibility
- Dancers and dance groups
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Amount ranges from $750 to $2500 according to travel distance
- Submissions Date
- Any time
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/danse_en.htm
- Phone
- (514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Multidisciplinary Arts Artistic research and creation Grants—Type B
Support to artists with 2 to 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in the area of multidisciplinary arts.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling multidisciplinary artists or arts organisations to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms. Projects may involve: thematic or formal research, multidisciplinary research or creation, exploration of a new artistic vocabulary, new materials, new technologies or new media.
- Eligibility
- 2–10 years professional experience
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum $20,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/arts_multi_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Multidisciplinary Arts Travel Grants
Assists with travel expenses related to professional development for artists and artists' groups in multidisciplinary arts.
Through travel grants, CALQ wishes to enable multidisciplinary artists and artists' groups to accept invitations from inside and outside Quebec to participate in activities related to their artistic disciplines or career development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms.
- Eligibility
- Artists and artists' groups
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Amount ranges from $750 to $2500 according to travel distance
- Submissions Date
Anytime
- Website
- Phone
514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Quebec Studio New York
SoHo studio open to Quebec artists of all disciplines with at least 10 years of professional experience.
Located in SoHo, this studio offers Quebec artists of all disciplines the opportunity to take advantage of the vitality and resources of a broad range of artistic milieus in the heart of New York artistic life while working to prepare a recital, finish a manuscript, prepare works for an exhibition or explore new avenues of research.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 10 years professional experience
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 6-month residency and $15,000 grant
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Quebec Studio in Rome
Studio-apartment in Rome for Quebec artists of all disciplines with at least 10 years of professional experience.
Located in Monteverde Vecchio district of Rome, this residency is offered for artists from January to June 2007.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 10 years professional experience
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 6-month residency and $15,000 grant
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Finnish Artists Studio Foundation
Apartment and studio in Finland for Quebec artists of all disciplines with at least 10 years of professional experience.
Located in Espoo, 10 km from the capital city of Helsinki, this residency includes housing and an adjustable studio to produce works of various dimensions.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 10 years professional experience
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 4-month residency and $10,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm
- Phone
- 514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Artistic research and creation Grants—Type B
Support to artists with 2 to 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in dance.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling artists to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. This grant is open to dancers and dance groups whose projects are not linked to an application for an operating grant or a production project made by an organisation. There are a number of eligible projects which include, but are not limited to, research and new choreographies, as well as new choreography intended for dissemination on dance videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs. Dance residencies focusing on research/experimentation, research in costume, stage lighting and design are also acceptable.
- Eligibility
- 2–10 years professional practice
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum amount $20,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (April 1 2006)
- Website
- http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/danse_en.htm
- Phone
- (514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Multidisciplinary Arts Artistic research and creation Grants—Type A
Support to artists with at least 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in the area of multidisciplinary arts.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling multidisciplinary artists or arts organisations to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms. Projects may involve: thematic or formal research, multidisciplinary research or creation, exploration of a new artistic vocabulary, new materials, new technologies or new media.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 10 years professional experience
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
- Artists with under 10 years experience may apply when their artistic output warrants it
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum $25,000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Exchanges of artists and studio-apartments between Quebec and Mexico
Residency in Mexico City for Quebec artists with at least 2 years of professional experience in the areas of: film, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, contemporary music, theatre, video, and visual arts.
This residency enables Quebec artists to broaden their knowledge of Mexico's culture and artistic diversity. According to the artist's discipline, work space is also made available by the Centro Nacional de las Artes, the Centro de la Imagen and the Sociedad General de los Escritores Mexicanos, and other professional Mexican organisations responsible for organising their stay.
- Eligibility
- Minimum 2 years professional experience
- Basic knowledge of Spanish recommended
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Residency covering basic cost of housing
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Pépinières européenes pour jeunes artistes (Studio apartments for young artists)
Residency for Quebec artists of all disciplines between 20–35 years of age.
This residency is aimed at encouraging young artists who are developing new forms of expression by fostering their mobility on the European arts scene through a network of over 70 creative centres located in 25 different countries.
- Eligibility
- 35 years old and under
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- 3–12 month residency and artistic grant covering international transportation costs, living expenses, and the cost of carrying out an artistic project
- Submissions Date
Varies
- Website
- Phone
514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Grants for Works Aimed at Young Audiences
This program assists artists and writers with at least two years of professional experience to create works for young audiences.
The primary objectives of this program are to foster the creation of works for young audiences and to enable artists of all disciplines to reach youth. This program is intended for professional artists as well as for writers and professional artists' and professional writers' groups.
- Eligibility
- Minimum two years of practice in Quebec or abroad
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Have lived in Quebec at least 12 months
See CALQ website for complete list of eligibility requirements.
- Amount
- Maximum $20,000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 15)
- Website
- Phone
(514) 864-3350, Toll free: 1-800 608-3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Multidisciplinary Arts Development Grants
These grants provide support to artists and artists' groups for professional and artistic development in multidisciplinary arts.
Development Grants enable artists to broaden their knowledge, refine their artistic approach and acquire greater mastery of their art in the area of multidisciplinary arts, notably through training sessions or participation in workshops, seminars and colloquia. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms.
- Eligibility
- Artists and artists' groups
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum $9000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Development Grants
Grants that support professional and artistic development for dancers and dancers' groups.
Development Grants enable artists to broaden their knowledge, refine their artistic approach and acquire greater mastery of their art, notably through training sessions or participation in workshops, seminars and colloquia.
- Eligibility
- Dancers and dance groups
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum amount $9000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
(514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Artistic research and creation Grants—Type A (Circus Arts)
Support to artists with at least 10 years of professional experience for research and creation in the area of Circus Arts.
This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling artists to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. This grant is open to artists and artists' groups of the circus arts, including directors, designers, and scenic artists whose writing, research or creation project is part of a personal artistic approach.
- Eligibility
- Miniumum 10 years of practice
- Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum $25,000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
(514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Development Grants (Circus Arts)
Grants that support professional and artistic development for artists and artists' groups in the Circus Arts.
This grant enables artists in the area of Circus Arts to broaden their knowledge, refine their artistic approach and acquire greater mastery of their art, notably through training sessions or participation in workshops, seminars and colloquia.
- Eligibility
- Professional artists and artists' groups
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Maximum $9000
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
- Website
- Phone
(514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Travel Grants (Circus Arts)
Assists with travel expenses related to professional development for artists and artists' groups in the Circus Arts.
Through travel grants, CALQ wishes to enable artists and artists' groups to accept invitations from inside and outside Quebec to participate in activities related to their artistic disciplines or career development.
- Eligibility
- Professional artists and artists' groups
- Travel within Quebec must be more than 400 km from the artist's place of residence
Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.
- Amount
- Amount ranges from $750 to $2500 according to travel distance
- Submissions Date
Anytime
- Website
- Phone
(514) 864-3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350
Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.
Dancer Transition Resource Centre
Retraining Grants for Dancers
The Dancer Transition Resource Centre, a membership-based organisation helping dancers make necessary transitions into different careers, offers its members a number of grant opportunities to help pay for retraining in a second career choice after a career in dance.
Established in 1985, the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) helps dancers make necessary transitions into, within, and from professional performing careers. DTRC offers a number of different grants to members, which range from financial assistance for skills retraining, tuition, the cost of books, supplies and travel as well as basic financial assistance for studies leading to a second career choice. For more information on how to become a member, and the type of grants available, please consult the DTRC Website or contact their office in Quebec or Ontario.
- Eligibility
- Members of DTRC
Please see detailed eligibility criteria on DTRC's website.
- Amount
- Amount varies according to professional experience and stage of retraining.
- Submissions Date
Varies
- Website
- Phone
National Office (Toronto): (416) 595-5655
Toll-free: 1-800 667-0851
Quebec Regional Office: (514) 284-1515
Please contact DTRC directly for award and scholarship details.
Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC)
Scholarships and Awards
This membership-based organisation helping dancers make necessary transitions into different careers, offers numerous scholarships and awards to members who are in the process of retraining after finishing a career in dance.
Established in 1985, the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) helps dancers make necessary transitions into, within, and from professional performing careers. DTRC offers numerous awards and scholarships to its members who are currently retraining for a second career after being a professional dancer. Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the DTRC Board of Directors. For more details on how to become a DTRC member, and the awards and scholarships they offer, consult their Website or contact their office in Quebec or Ontario.
- Eligibility
- Members of DTRC
- Have completed a minimum of 1 year of retraining
- Based on: excellence in chosen course of study, financial need, and duration of performing career
Please see detailed eligibility criteria on DTRC's website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Summer (July 1)
- Website
- Phone
National Office (Toronto): (416) 595-5655
Toll-free: 1-800 667-0851
Quebec Regional Office: (514) 284-1515
Please contact DTRC directly for award and scholarship details.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Arts and Cultural Industries
Arts Promotion Cultural Program
This grant is provided to Canadian groups and individuals for the promotion of Canadian culture abroad in all artistic disciplines by helping to cover the costs of international transportation.
As part of its International Cultural Relations Programme, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs supports Canadian arts and culture abroad by assisting Canadian individual artists and artistic groups with costs for promoting their work internationally. This includes contributing to costs related to touring and participation in important artistic events or international festivals.
- Eligibility
- Individuals, institutions or organisations that create, interpret, promote or market Canadian cultural products for the international market
Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Department of Foreign Affairs website.
- Amount
Varies. Usually covers: cost of international transportation or approximately 30% of the total project budget.
- Submissions Date
Vary according to discipline
- Website
- Phone
1-613-992-6283
1-888-757-7752 (toll free)
Please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade directly for grant details.
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM)
Project Grant
Financial assistance given primarily to new companies that are at least 2 years old, to produce one or several artistic events.
This grant is a one-time, non-recurrent grant given primarily to new companies or organisations that, without necessarily having a permanent operating structure, produce regularly and wish to receive financial support to produce one or several artistic events.
- Eligibility
- Non-profit organisation
- Minimum 2 full years of legal existence
- Have produced a minimum of one artistic project
Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Spring (March 1)
Fall (Sept 15)
Winter (December 15)- Website
- Phone
(514) 280-3580
Please contact CAM directly for grant details.
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM)
Annual Operating Grant
Grant provided to recognized professional non-profits to finance all of the activities related to the organisation's regular programming.
This grant is provided for all of the activities related to an organisation's regular programming. Financial assistance is given for a 12-month period usually coinciding with the organisation's fiscal year.
- Eligibility
- Recognized professional non-profit organisation
- Have received a minimum of 3 one-time project grants from CAM over a maximum of a 6-year period
Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Spring (March 1)
Fall (Sept 15)
Winter (December 15)- Website
- Phone
(514) 280-3580 (tel)
Please contact CAM directly for grant details.
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM) and Arts et Agglomérations
Touring Programme
This touring programme for professional non-profits that are at least one year old, aims to promote and support the arts across the island of Montreal, while enabling arts companies to increase their visibility.
The programme supports works created by professional artists who have been favourably received and who are of definite interest to their target audiences. It aims to help organisations create loyalty, and reach new public.
- Eligibility
- Recognized as a professional organisation
- Be incorporated as a non-profit organisation for at least one year
- Have its headquarters in the city of Montreal and present artistic activities on a regularly basis
- Have as its principal mission the creation, production, and presentation of arts activities
Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Fall (October 15)
- Website
- Phone
(514) 280-3580 (tel)
Please contact CAM directly for grant details.
Les Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM) and Forum jeunesse de l'île de Montréal
Providing Tools for Emerging Artists Action Plan
This grant offers support to organisations for projects that integrate emerging artists into the professional sector and help them break their isolation.
Partners wishing to organise networking activities for this clientele are eligible for funding.
- Eligibility
- Non-profit organisations
- Student associations
- Professional associations and organisations
- Cooperatives
Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.
- Amount
Amount varies according to program:
- Networking activities ($500)
- Training/networking activities ($1000)
- Submissions Date
Fall (October 1)
- Website
- Phone
Elisa Belhache, Coordinator—Emerging Artists: (514) 280-3724
Please contact CAM directly for grant details. NB: Elisa Belhache is the contact person for this program for 2007.
The Banff Centre
Dance Programs
The Banff Centre has Dance Apprentice, Training and Professional Dance workshops for dancers from a variety of backgrounds.
Set on a campus in a beautiful and inspiring mountain location, the Banff Centre, Alberta, is a prestigious and world-renowned arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility. The Dance program offers workshops, training for young dancers and workshops for professional dancers in classical ballet, pointe, variation, men’s classes, pas de deux (by audition), modern, and jazz. Dancers are given the opportunity to work with teachers and professionals of international stature.
Please visit the Banff Centre's comprehensive website for submission dates and eligibility details.
- Eligibility
- Amount
Varies
- Submissions Date
- Website
- Dance Programs at the Banff Centre
Banff Centre Homepage - Phone
- 1-800 565-9989
Please contact The Banff Centre directly for residency details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
International Co-production Program for Dance (Pilot Program)
This program provides assistance to Canadian dance professionals, companies and collectives, and contributes specifically to the costs of international co-productions and international touring opportunities.
This program aims to create more international touring opportunities for Canadian dancers, as well as encouraging international co-operation and mutual exchange between Canadian foreign dance artists, companies and collectives. To do so, this program helps contribute to costs related to international co-productions and touring abroad.
- Eligibility
- Professional dancers, dance companies, or collectives
- Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
Please consult Canada Council's website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Up to $30,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (May 1)
Fall (November 15)Please note: this is a pilot program. Please check with the Canada Council for future changes to deadlines.
- Website
- http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/ip127226212445937500.htm
- Phone
- 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414, ext. 5501
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Aboriginal Peoples Production Project Grants in Dance
The Short-Term and Long-Term production grants support professional Aboriginal dancers (individuals) or collectives, companies and groups creating and working in all dance genres.
This program aims to respond to the natural cycles of dance works by artists and to bring high quality dance works to audiences. It assists Aboriginal dancers (individuals), groups, organisations and collectives with creative and production work with two streams of funding: Short-Term Grants (support for one project) and Long-Term Grants (support for one major project, such as a full dance program or programs taking 2–4 years to complete).
- Eligibility
- Aboriginal-controlled dance company
- Aboriginal peoples include: Status-Non-Status, Metis and Inuit people
Please consult Canada Council's website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Short-term Production Grants: $30,000 Maximum
Long-term Production Grants: $100,000 Maximum - Submissions Date
- Short-Term Production Grants: March 15
Long-Term Production Grants: November 1 - Website
- http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/uo127226270395468750.htm
- Phone
- Contact: Jerry Longboat
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414, ext. 5501
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Grants to Dance Professionals
These grants offer support to individuals at different stages of their dance career who work with different dance genres for projects involving professional development, research, apprenticeship, or mentorship to others training in dance.
These grants provide dance professionals with finanicial assistance for their work at all stages of their career (emerging, mid-career, and established). Funding supports projects involving professional development, research, apprenticeship and mentorship. Professionals working in all dance world cultures and in a wide range of dance genres and specializations are eligible to apply.
- Eligibility
- Emerging, mid-career, and established dancers
Please check the Canada Council's website for a complete list of eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Submissions Date
- Spring (March 15)
- Website
- http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/nc127245475245156250.htm
- Phone
- 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Creation/Production Grants (for Individuals and Organizations) and Annual and Multi-Year Grants to Organizations
This grant program provides financial support to artists and non-profit organisations for the creation and production of works that relate to the practice, creation, and performance of performance art, interdisciplinary work, and new artistic practices.
This grant provides financial assistance to artists and non-profit arts organisations in the following three categories: Creation and Production (including research and developing ideas, concepts and projects), Annual and Multi-Year Grants (for general operating costs of the production of new artworks), and Dissemination Grants (for a short-term project or a series of projects).
- Eligibility
This program is currently under review and eligibility criteria may change in the future. Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the Canada Council website.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
- Fall (November 16)
- Website
- Canada Council for the Arts
Inter-Arts Grant - Phone
- 1-800-263-5588 (Toll-free) (613) 566-4414
TTY (TDD) for hearing impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for grant details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Multidisciplinary Festivals Project Grants
These grants provide project support for Canadian non-profit organisations with festival programming initiatives.
This program provides support by encouraging festivals to develop new programming initiatives, enhance existing programs, and introduce Canadian artists from diverse regions and cultural backgrounds to new audiences. Priority will be given to festival programming that includes works by Aboriginal artists, artists from diverse regions of Canada, young artists under the age of 30, and work intended for young audiences.
- Eligibility
Multidisciplinary festivals are considered to be events featuring a number of professional artists, where no single artistic discipline or practice predominates. Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the Canada Council website.
- Amount
- Maximum of $25,000 per festival
- Submissions Date
- Spring (May 1)
- Website
- Canada Council for the Arts
Inter-Arts Grant - Phone
- 1-800-263-5588 (Toll-free) (613) 566-4414
TTY (TDD) for hearing impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for grant details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
The Flying Squad I: An Organizational Development Program in Dance
This program helps finance consultancy services that help non-profit dance organisations with their professional development, and that assist in finding solutions to internal problems at the organisational level and management challenges in an open and supportive environment.
The aim is to provide professionals in the field with opportunities to develop skills, networks and a support system in which to improve and run strong dance organisations. Consultants will suggest whatever measures they see fit and the organisations who participate are free to implement changes they would like to make based on recommendations. There are different components to this program.
- Eligibility
Dance companies, associations or groups of organisations that are one or more of the following:
- Geographically isolated
- Currently undergoing restructuring or reorganisation
- In transition
- Experiencing a sudden growth spurt
- Representative of culturally diverse or Aboriginal communities
Please visit Canada Council's website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Varies
- Submissions Date
Spring (April 1)
Fall (October 1)- Website
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/cx127222125693906250.htm
- Phone
1-866-359-7782 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4443.
Flying Squad Coordinators: Joan Bosworth Francine d'Entremont
TTY(TDD) machine for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Annual Support to Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives
This program supports the annual operating costs of Aboriginal Peoples dance companies, organisations, and collectives.
This can include, among other activities, research and creation of new work, remounts, company classes, master classes, choreographic labs, workshops, purchase of repertoire, and lectures.
- Eligibility
- Must already have received a grant within the last three years
Please consult Canada Council's website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Minimum $30,000
- Submissions Date
Fall (November 1)
- Website
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/fm127740548280691677.htm
- Phone
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414, ext. 5501
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Dance Touring Grants
These grants assist Canadian artist and dance company tours within Canada, or foreign artist/foreign company tours in Canada.
This program assists Canadian dancers and companies with costs related to touring within Canada. This grant program can also be used to assist foreign dance artists and companies touring within the country at the invitation of a Canadian dance presenter, promotor or consortium.
- Eligibility
- Canadian dance artists
- Dance groups, collectives and companies
- Presenters, promoters, or dance presentation consortia
Please consult Canada Council's website for detailed eligibility criteria.
- Amount
- Varies, but may not exceed 40% of a tour's total expense Grants contribute to direct touring costs: In-Canada travel, accomodation, per diem and transporation
- Submissions Date
Spring (May 1)
Fall (November 15)- Website
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance/uc127223635317500000.htm
- Phone
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Please contact Canada Council directly for program details.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Multi-Year, Annual and Project Funding
These grants provide multi-year, annual and project funding to Canadian dance organisations, associations and professionals who are dedicated to developing professional dance in Canada and offer services specifically to the dance community.
This program provides funding to Canadian dance organisations, associations and professionals. Funding supports groups that offer the professional dance community a range of services such as consulting, dance space, administrative services, and professional development. Other eligible funding ventures include projects in dance archives, choreography, national advocacy and projects in communication among the dance community (in both official languages).
- Eligibility
- Must be registered or incorporated (for individuals you may operate as the sole proprietor)
- Must have an appropriate administrative infrastructure
- Provide up-to-date business or organisation profile
Please consult Canada Council's website for complete eligibility details.
- Amount
- Ranges between $5,000 and $10,000
- Submissions Date
Fall (Novembe