Magazine — Aid to Publishers

• Aid to Publishers – Magazine component application form.
• Founding documents if you have never submitted a funding application to Canadian Heritage or if there has been a change in your organization.
• A marked-up copy of the last regular issue of your fiscal year and the most recent regular issue as of the application deadline.
• The last three printing invoices of your fiscal year, clearly showing the number of copies printed.
• An audit circulation report or circulation reports, if applicable.

Who is eligible?

• Publishing firms producing print paid or request circulation magazines.
• Private-sector entities, including corporations, not-for-profit organizations, partnerships and sole proprietorships.
• Publishing firms that are majority owned and controlled by Canadians.
• Publishing firms with their principal place of business in Canada.
• Publishing firms that have published one or more eligible periodicals at the application deadline.

Eligible expenses

• Creation (writing, editing, photography, illustration and design).
• Production (pre-press and printing).
• Marketing.
• Distribution.
• Website development and enhancement (including content development, and enhancements to the site's architecture and functionality).

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Dividends, bonuses, or other extraordinary compensation to shareholders or owners.
• Remuneration of persons who are neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents.
• Remuneration of persons creating reproduced content or its translation, and remuneration already funded by other government programs.
• Volunteer services, employee benefits, and in-kind contributions.
• Remuneration and costs related to administration, marketing, or advertising, as well as fees for the use or acquisition of artificial intelligence tools, travel expenses, and operating and management costs.

• Read the entire Application Guidelines before completing your application.
• Complete a separate funding application for each eligible magazine.
• Prepare a complete application package with the required supporting documents.
• Submit your application and all required documents electronically through the Canadian Heritage Funding Portal.
• Submit the online application by 4:00 pm ET on the deadline established by the Program.
• If you are unable to access the online system or apply online, contact the support team.

• An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent automatically by email after the application is submitted through the Portal.
• The application is reviewed and assessed based on the program’s eligibility requirements, and failure to comply with any conditions of a previously funded project could result in rejection of a new application.
• Additional information or documents may be requested to determine eligibility, and the assessment could be based solely on the information submitted.
• If a change of ownership or another major change in operations occurs during the assessment process, you must inform the Program as soon as possible or the application may be rejected.
• If approved, funding will be provided as a grant or a contribution. Grant recipients may be required to submit a report or participate in the evaluation of results, while contribution recipients must submit a final report.

• Funding under the Aid to Publishers component will be refocused to solely support the creation of original Canadian editorial content, regardless of distribution format, effective April 1, 2028.
• No changes to the total current Aid to Publishers component budget allocation are expected for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 funding cycles.