This page provides you with tips and advice to help you in the application process, as well as information about your responsibilities if you receive a grant and your options if your application was unsuccessful.
Create an account in the portal and register one or more profile(s) for validation.
Once your profile has been reviewed and validated by Canada Council staff, you can apply to program components.
After your applicant profile has been validated, you can begin to apply to programs using that profile. Read the guidelines and preview the application form before you apply.
Your application will be assessed by a committee of peers or Canada Council program officers, using weighted assessment criteria.
You will receive details about grant payments, terms and conditions with the results of your application.
The Canada Council is committed to equity and inclusion, and encourages applications from culturally diverse, Deaf, disability and official language minority artists, groups and organizations.
The Canada Council recognizes and affirms the Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Indigenous peoples of this land and encourages applications from First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, groups, and organizations in all its programs. Measures are in place in all programs to support these commitments.
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The Canada Council’s offices, located in Ottawa, are on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. Read the full statement .