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Building Communities through Arts and Heritage
The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program is designed to increase opportunities, through festivals or other events and activities, for local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate local history and heritage.
Canada Cultural Investment Fund
The Canada Cultural Investment Fund aims to strengthen organizational effectiveness and build capacity of arts and heritage organizations.
The Museums Assistance Program provides funding to Canadian museums and related institutions for projects designed to ensure that Canadians have access to and experience Canada's diverse cultural heritage.
Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC)
The Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC) is designed to enhance Canada as a location of choice for film and video productions employing Canadians, as well as to strengthen the industry and secure investment. The PSTC is available at a rate of 16 percent of the qualified Canadian labour expenditures incurred in respect of an accredited production. The Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office co-administers the PSTC program with the Canada Revenue Agency.
The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund seeks to improve physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation. It is also designed to increase access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays.
The principal objective of the Canada Book Fund is to ensure access to a diverse range of Canadian-authored books in Canada and abroad.
Music Entrepreneur Component Aid to Canadian Sound Recording Firms Application Guide 2013-2014
Music Entrepreneur Component Aid to Canadian Sound Recording Firms Application Guide 2013-2014
The goal of the Canada Music Fund is to: enhance Canadians’ access to a diverse range of Canadian music choices; increase the opportunities available for Canadian music artists and entrepreneurs; and, ensure that Canadian music artists and entrepreneurs have the skills, know-how and tools to succeed in a global and digital environment.
Approved projects for 2012-2013
Approved projects for 2012-2013 – Canada Cultural Investment Fund – Strategic Initiatives Component
The Canada Arts Presentation Fund gives Canadians direct access to a variety of quality artistic experiences by providing financial assistance to arts presenters and the organizations that support them.