Funding Opportunities
Grants Ontario
Grants Ontario is your source for grants provided by Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries as well by several Ontario ministries and agencies. Grant Ontario provides you with one-window access to information about grants that are available to you, how to apply for grants, and how to check the status of your application.
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Canadian Experiences Fund
The Canadian Experiences Fund (CEF) provides $58.5 million ($6 million in Atlantic Canada) over two years to support communities across Canada as they create, improve or enhance tourism products, facilities and experiences.
Learn MoreFunding & Grant Opportunities for the Tourism Sector
There are many funding and grant opportunities to support tourism businesses in Ontario. Here is a look of the most recent opportunities to apply for.
Learn MoreOntario Trillium Foundation
(OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and Canada’s largest granting foundation. Over $110 million is awarded annually to some 1,000 nonprofit and charitable organizations across the province. Apply to any one of the different granting programs to meet different needs.
Learn MoreTourism Development Fund (TDF)
The Tourism Development Fund (TDF) provides non-capital, project-based funding to support investment attraction, product and experience development on a pan-provincial or multi-regional bsis, and industry capacity building to help develop Ontario as a successful tourism destination.
Learn MoreSummer Experience Program (SEP)
The Summer Experience Program (SEP) is an annual summer employment grant program providing career-related employment opportunities for youth in a variety of areas including tourism, citizenship,cultural, sport and recreation sectors.
Learn MoreCanadian Experiences Fund (CEF)
Supports communities across Canada as they create and enhance tourism products, facilities and experiences.
Learn MoreIndigenous Tourism Association of Canada’s Tourism Development Funding Support Program
A program that responds directly to the demonstrated need of the support to guide and prepare Indigenous tourism businesses to reach a market-ready state and develop sustainable growth for economic success.
Learn MoreCanada Cultural Investment Fund
Provides financial assistance for projects involving multiple partners that help arts and heritage organizations improve their business practices and diversify their revenues.
Learn MoreCanada Ontario Job Grant Program
Provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees.
Learn MoreYoung Canada Works (YCW)
Offers eligible employers wage subsidies and access to a pool of talented youth with innovative ideas and competitive skills. Subsidies to eligible employers enable the creation of about 2,300 job opportunities per year in the fields of heritage, arts, culture. and official languages.
Learn MoreMulticultural Community Capacity Grant Program
This program provides funding to not-for-profit organizations that focus on newcomers and ethnocultural groups for projects that promote diversity and inclusion. This is to make it easier for newcomers and ethnocultural communities to fully participate in all facets of life in Ontario.
Learn MoreOntario Arts Council
The Ontario Arts Council currently offers more than 65 grant programs to individual artists, collectives, ad hoc groups and organizations in twelve sectors.
Learn MoreThe Ontario Music Fund
The Ontario Music Fund (OMF), administered by the Ontario Music Office (OMO), is aimed at strengthening and stimulating growth in Ontario’s music companies and supporting this growing sector. The Fund is designed to drive activity and investment and to support Ontario’s music companies and organizations in expanding their economic and cultural footprints within Canada and around the world.
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