Grants & Subsidies

There are several programs in Canada that award grants and subsidies to existing magazines. Currently there is no specific funding available to new publications. Always check the eligibility criteria of each program you are researching and talk to a representative of the funding organization before proceeding with an application.

Federal

Canada Periodical Fund

Canadian Heritage is responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation, active citizenship and participation in Canada’s civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.

Canadian Heritage’s Canada Periodical Fund offers grants under three components:

Canada Council for the Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s national, arm’s-length arts funding agency. Its main areas of activity are:

Grants: It provides funding to individual professional artists and arts organizations through a peer assessment process.
Endowments and Prizes: Each year, the Canada Council awards fellowships and prizes to some 200 artists and scholars.
Research, communications and arts promotion activities also further its mandate to support, promote and celebrate the arts.

The Canada Council for the Arts offers grants to art and literary magazines.

Cultural Agencies

In Ontario, Ontario Creates offers funding to eligible magazines based in the province. Ontario Creates, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, is the central catalyst for the province’s cultural media cluster including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing and music industries.