Supporting Artistic Practice — Composite Activities

• Examples of previous, in-progress, or proposed work
• Bibliographies, executive summaries, or relevant report recommendations
• Biographies of collaborators or partners
• Information about host organizations, if any
• Co-production or partnership agreements, if any
• Letters of support showing community collaboration, if any

Who is eligible?

• Artists or arts workers; artistic groups; artistic organizations.
• Business cultural connectors.
• First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists or arts/cultural workers, cultural carriers, for-profit organizations, groups or collectives, and not-for-profit organizations.
• Presenting organizations, arts supporting groups, and supporting organizations.
• Applicants must have received at least 1 composite grant or 2 project grants in the last 5 years from the listed funding opportunities.

Who is not eligible

• Organizations that currently receive a core grant.
• Applicants cannot use an individual profile to apply for activities undertaken by their organization, even if they lead that organization.

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees or compensation for working on the funded activities, for the applicant and hired personnel.
• Honoraria for Elders and Knowledge Keepers, including gifts or payments in thanks for their time and knowledge.
• Equipment purchases directly tied to the activity, excluding capital expenses for the purchase or renovation of a building, with a total combined cost of up to 15% of the requested grant amount.
• Safety-related expenses such as supplementary insurance riders, safety gear, and on-site specialists.
• Child or dependent care costs required to complete the activity, and public accessibility costs such as sign language interpretation, translation, accessibility audits, audio description, relaxed performance costs, personal support workers, captioning, ramp rental, and access coordinators.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses already covered by another Canada Council grant
• Ongoing operating expenses not tied to the funded activity
• Capital costs for buying or renovating a building, or operating and maintenance costs for a facility

• Relevance: rationale, objectives and approach to the proposed activities (/15, /15, /10; minimum 20/40)
• Impact: contribution to artistic practice, career or organization, and benefits to community, audience or sector (/20, /20; minimum 20/40)
• Feasibility: experience and capacity to carry out the activities, plus a detailed budget showing fair payment and efficient use of resources (/10, /10; minimum 10/20)
• Respectful and ethical cultural and artistic practices (RECAP/PCARE) for activities with Indigenous content

• Step 1: Review the funding opportunity and prepare materials
  • Check the program details in the portal.
  • Gather the required support material.
• Step 2: Apply through the client portal
  • Log in to the Canada Council client portal.
  • Complete and submit the online application form.
  • Upload all required support material.
• Step 3: Await results
  • Applications are reviewed after the deadline.
  • Notification of results is usually sent within 5 months.

• Applications are reviewed after submission by a peer assessment committee
• Results are usually provided within 5 months of the application deadline
• Funding is not guaranteed and applications must meet the minimum score in each assessment category
• Applications must also satisfy the respectful and ethical cultural and artistic practices criterion

• The Canada Council is transitioning to a new funding portal, with the current portal becoming unavailable starting May 26, 2025.
• The updated portal and this grant component will only be available after the new system is launched in summer 2025.
• Applicants are encouraged to consult the 'Updates to Funding Opportunities and Portal' web page for current information about changes to programs and services.