Canada Council for the Arts Funding to artists and arts organizations 2008-09
National Overview
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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction...... 1 2.0 Overview of Canada Council funding, 2008-09 ...... 3 3.0 Statistical highlights about the arts in Canada ...... 4 4.0 Support to Aboriginal artists and arts organizations...... 10 5.0 Support to culturally diverse artists and arts organizations...... 13 6.0 Support to arts organizations and artists producing or creating work for young audiences.... 17 7.0 Detailed tables of Canada Council funding...... 20
List of Figures and Tables
Figure 1: Map of Canada: Total funding, 2008-09 ...... 6 Figure 2: Map of Canada: Distribution of total grant funding, 2008-09 ...... 7 Figure 3: Map of Canada: Distribution of peer assessors and professional artists, 2008-09 ...... 8 Figure 4: Map of Canada: Public Lending Right Commission, 2008-09 ...... 9
Table 1: Aboriginal arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-09 ... 10 Table 2: Culturally diverse arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-09...... 13 Table 3: Young audience arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-09...... 17 Table 4: Parliamentary appropriation and Canada Council arts funding, 1957-58 to 2008-09...... 20 Table 5: Canada Council for the Arts grants by province and territory, 2008-09: Comparison with population, artists, grant applications and peer assessment committee members .... 22 Table 6: Five-year breakdown of grants by discipline, 2004-05 to 2008-09...... 23 Table 7: Five-year breakdown of grants by province and territory, 2004-05 to 2008-09 ...... 24 Table 8: Grants by program and province or territory, 2008-09...... 25 Table 9: Number of grants by program and province or territory, 2008-09...... 36 Table 10: Peer assessors by province or territory, 2008-09...... 47
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1.0 Introduction
Funding to Artists and Arts Organizations: National Overview, Provincial and Territorial Profiles is published annually and prepared by the Research Office of the Canada Council for the Arts. This report is a companion piece to the Canada Council’s Annual Report 2008-09, providing detailed information on the organization’s funding activities at the national level and in all provinces and territories.
The Canada Council for the Arts reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Its annual appropriation from Parliament is supplemented by endowment income, donations and bequests. The Canada Council is called from time to time to appear before parliamentary committees, particularly the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Its accounts are audited by the Auditor General of Canada and included in an Annual Report to Parliament.
In 2008-09, the Canada Council awarded 6,168 grants to artists and arts organizations in 689 communities across Canada. It also made payments to 16,514 authors through the Public Lending Right Commission. Grants, payments and awards totalled $158.0 million.
The Canada Council evaluates all applications on the basis of artistic merit and according to the published criteria for each program. With some exceptions, applications are reviewed by peer assessment committees.
Peer assessment committee members are specialists in a particular field and reflect a broad range of artistic practices. For example, dancers are assessed by other dancers, choreographers and artistic directors; musicians will evaluate the submissions of musicians; and so on. In addition to being peers of the applicants, the committee members are chosen to ensure fair representation of both official languages, gender, Aboriginal peoples, regional and cultural diversity, and genres of expression within the artistic discipline.
While funding is not allocated on a provincial or regional basis, there is generally a correlation between the percentage of applications from a given province, region or community (including the arts organizations located there) and the percentage of funding awarded.
Purpose of this report
In the 52 years since the creation of the Canada Council, the arts in Canada have undergone significant changes: the number of professional artists and arts organizations has grown significantly in all artistic disciplines; the scope of arts activities has broadened new art forms have emerged; and the demographics of both artists and arts audiences have changed to reflect the demographics of the Canadian population as a whole.
As the arts have evolved, so has the Canada Council. While remaining true to the mission established for it in the Canada Council Act – “to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts” – the Council has adapted its programs and activities to reflect the changing needs of artists, arts organizations and by extension, arts audiences and the Canadian public at large.
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With that in mind, Funding to Artists and Arts Organizations: National Overview, Provincial and Territorial Profiles provides more than just a statistical analysis of grants awarded by the Canada Council in a given 12-month period; it also highlights the diversity and dynamism of the professional arts in Canada today, in literally hundreds of communities across the country.
This report serves as a research tool to help readers answer questions such as:
• How many grants were awarded? • What is the distribution of funding by province, territory and artistic discipline? • What are some of the statistical highlights about the arts in all provinces and territories? • Which artists and arts organizations received Canada Council grants or prizes in 2008-09, and where do they come from? • How many artists and arts organizations applied for Canada Council grants? • What kinds of arts activities were funded by the Canada Council in 2008-09? • How many peer assessors served on peer assessment committees? • How does arts and culture funding from all three levels of government vary from province to province? Cautionary notes and considerations for readers
1. Total grant figures may not add due to rounding.
2. Figures are compiled from a “live” system that reflects ongoing changes to the state of individual grants, including grant adjustments, grant cancellations, and declined grants. As a result, grant totals on these tables may vary slightly from grant totals appearing on other tables produced at an earlier or later date.
3. Figures for the most part include funding to artists and arts organizations outside of Canada (e.g. international translation grants to foreign publishers). However, in a few cases totals are only for within Canada as noted.
4. In some cases figures exclude special funds, Public Lending Right Commission and/or UNESCO.
5. Readers are strongly encouraged to refer to the footnotes for the figures and tables presented in this report.
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2.0 Overview of Canada Council funding, 2008-09
• In 2008-09, the Canada Council for the Arts provided grants totalling almost $145.6 million to individual artists and arts organizations. A total of $23.3 million (2,280 grants) was awarded to individual artists and $122.3 million (3,888 grants) to arts organizations in 2008-09.
• In addition to grants, over $9.9 million in payments was provided to 16,514 authors through the Public Lending Right program, as well as $2.4 million in special funds (see Table 8: Grants by Program and Province or Territory) in 2008-09.1 This brings the total amount of Canada Council funding to $158.0 million.
• The Canada Council’s parliamentary appropriation in 2008-09 was $182.2 million while the Canada Council’s budget as percentage of total federal government spending was 0.08%.
• Grants were awarded to artists and arts organizations in Canada in dance, interdisciplinary arts, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts and writing and publishing. In 2008-09, the largest amount of funding went to music ($29.6 million), followed closely by theatre ($27.0 million) and writing and publishing ($23.7 million).
• Of the 15,305 grant applications that were submitted to the Canada Council in 2008-09, 8,751 were from individual artists and 6,554 were from arts organizations. The total number of grants awarded to artists and arts organizations by the Canada Council in 2008-09 is 6,168.
• Funding to artists and arts organizations in Ontario totalled $52.2 million, comprising 33.1% of the total funding by the Canada Council. Quebec received $50.5 million in funding, representing 32.0% of total funding.
• In 2008-09, 805 artists and arts professionals served as peer assessors, of which 31.8% were Francophone, and 68.2% were Anglophone. 31.3% of peer assessors were from Quebec, 25.8% were from Ontario and 14.4% were from British Columbia.
• The annual cost of the Canada Council per Canadian in 2008-09 was $5.47. 2
1 The Public Lending Right program provides payments to authors whose books are held in selected Canadian libraries.
2 Statistics Canada: Canada's National Statistical Agency. “Population by year, by province and territory,” Jul 2008,
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3.0 Statistical highlights about the arts in Canada3
• The Federal government’s investment in arts and culture in 2006-07 was $3.7 billion. Investment by all three levels of government in 2006-07 was $8.7 billion. Arts and culture received 1.6% of total federal government spending in 2006-07.
• In 2006, 140,000 artists represented 0.8% of the overall labour force in Canada, while 609,000 people were employed in the arts and cultural sector.
• In Canada, the number of artists grew by 29% between 1991 and 2001, nearly three times the 10% growth in the overall labour force. Between 2001 and 2006, the number of artists grew by 7%, less than the 11% increase in the overall labour force.
• In 2006, the median earnings of artists were $12,900. This means that a “typical” artist in Canada earned less than half the typical earnings of all Canadian workers ($26,900)
• In 2006, musicians and singers were the largest of the nine arts occupations groups, with 33,600 people reporting earnings, or 24% of all 140,000 artists. This group was followed by authors and writers (24,500, or 18%), producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations (22,400, or 16%), artisans and craftspersons (17,400, or 12%), visual artists (17,100, or 12%), actors and comedians (11,700, or 8%), dancers (7,300, or 5%), other performers (3,630, or 3%) and conductors, composers and arrangers (2,300 or 2%).
• In 2006, among the 10 provinces, British Columbia had the largest percentage of its labour force in arts occupations (1.08%), the only province above 1% and a figure that is well above the Canadian average of 0.77%. Ontario has a slightly higher percentage of its labour force in arts occupations (0.81%) than the Canadian average. With 56,900 artists, Ontario has nearly twice as many artists as any other province.
• Given their small populations, Canada’s three territories had relatively small numbers of artists in 2006. Nunavut’s 250 artists represented a strikingly large percentage of the territory’s labour force (1.86%, more than double the national average of 0.77%). Yukon’s 210 artists represented 1.04% of the territory’s labour force (similar to the percentage in B.C.) The Northwest Territories’ 180 artists account for 0.71% of the overall labour force.
3 Sources :
Hill Strategies Research Inc. “A Statistical Profile of Artists in Canada, Based on the 2006 Census,” Statistical Insights on the Arts, Vol. 7 No. 4, February 2009,
Hill Strategies Research Inc. “Artists in Canada’s Provinces and Territories Based on the 2006 Census,” Statistical Insights on the Arts. Vol. 7 No. 5, March 2009,
Hill Strategies Research Inc. “Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 15 Metropolitan Areas in 2005,” Statistical Insights on the Arts, Vol. 5 No. 3, Feb. 2007,
Statistics Canada: Canada’s National Statistical Agency. “Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics – Research Papers.” 30 Aug. 2007,
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• Canadians spent $25.1 billion on cultural goods and services in 2005, or 3.1% of total consumer spending in the country. In other words, spending on cultural goods and services amounts to roughly $1 for every $30 spent on all goods and services in Canada. On a per capita basis, cultural spending amounts to $821 for every Canadian resident.
• Spending on cultural goods and services grew by 48% between 1997 and 2005, much higher than the 18% rise in the Consumer Price Index during the same period. After adjusting for inflation, cultural spending increased by 25% between 1997 and 2005, over three times the 8% growth in the Canadian population.
• In 2003, culture industries contributed an estimated $43.2 billion to the Canadian economy, accounting for approximately 3.8% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP).
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Outside Canada : $1.7 million
Total Funding 2008-09
Total Council funding: $158.0 million. Includes $145.6 million in grants, $9.9 million paid to authors through the Public Lending Right Program for the use of books in libraries and $2.4 million in special funds (all endowed prizes, Killam Research Fellowships and Prizes, and the Japan-Canada Fund). Funding in the “outside Canada” category is to Canadian artists and authors residing YUKON outside Canada, and to international publishers and co-producers. $0.5 million This funding totals $1.7 million, and is included in the total funding NORTHWEST figure of $158.0 million. [0.03] TERRITORIES NUNAVUT Total cultural funding by government (all levels): $8.7 billion (2006-07). $0.2 million CANADA: Population: 33.3 million (2008 Statistics Canada) [0.04] $0.2 million [0.03]
BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA (7.6) NEWFOUNDLAND $22.9 million AND LABRADOR $10.9 million [4.4] MANITOBA $1.7 million [3.6] [0.5] SASKATCHEWAN $6.5 million QUEBEC $3.7 million [1.2] $50.5 million ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [1.0] [7.8] $52.2 million $0.3 million [12.9] [0.1] NOVA SCOTIA $4.2 million [0.9] LEGEND NEW BRUNSWICK $2.4 million $x.x million Total funding for province or territory [0.7] Population of province or territory indicated in square brackets (in millions) 0.9% Outside Canada 3.4% Distribution of Total Grant Funding 2008-09
The Canada Council awards about 6,200 grants annually to artists and arts organizations in hundreds of communities across Canada. Some 84% of funding goes to arts organizations (dance, theatre and opera companies, orchestras, music ensembles, arts festivals, art galleries, book publishers) and 16% to individual artists. 0.4% Grants awarded are based on recommendations from peer 0.4% assessment committees. The primary criterion is artistic merit; arts 0.1% organizations are also evaluated for such factors as community YUKON outreach and financial stability. While funds are not allocated on a 0.2% 0.2% provincial or regional basis, there is generally a correlation between the percentage of applications from a given province, NORTHWEST 0.2% region or community and the percentage of funding awarded. TERRITORIES NUNAVUT
14.7% 1.1% 16.0% 7.1% NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 1.3% 7.3% BRITISH 2.4% 4.4% COLUMBIA ALBERTA 1.8% 2.6% 31.4% 0.2% 33.1% 32.0% MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 0.3% 29.9% QUEBEC
ONTARIO 2.7% NOVA SCOTIA 3.0%
LEGEND NEW BRUNSWICK 1.5% x.x% Total Grant Funding ($) 1.5% x.x% Grant Applications Outside Canada: 1.2%
Distribution of Peer Assessors and Professional Artists 2008-09
Independent Canada Council juries, or peer assessment committees — consisting of artists and arts professionals from across the country — make recommendations on grants to be awarded. The primary criterion is artistic merit. 0.9% There are 140,040 professional artists in Canada. 0.2% (Hill Strategies Research, based on 2006 Census) 0.4% YUKON 0.1% 0.4% NORTHWEST 0.2% TERRITORIES NUNAVUT
14.4% 18.5% 7.7% NEWFOUNDLAND 2.1% AND LABRADOR 8.7% 0.9% BRITISH 2.6% 4.4% COLUMBIA ALBERTA 2.2% 2.8% 31.3% 0.5% 25.8% 21.5% MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 0.3% 40.6% QUEBEC
ONTARIO 6.2% NOVA SCOTIA 2.7% LEGEND NEW BRUNSWICK provincial / territorial distribution of peer 2.1% x.x% assessment committee 1.4% members
provincial / territorial x.x% distribution of professional artists in Canada $326,523 Outside Canada [525] Public Lending Right Commission 2008-09
Total amount distributed: $9,901,024 Total number of authors receiving payments: 16,514
The Public Lending Right Commission distributes annual payments to Canadian authors for the presence of their books in Canadian public libraries. The total amount includes $326,523 distributed to YUKON 525 Canadian authors who live outside Canada. This map shows provincial and territorial distribution of payments and authors only. $8,459 NORTHWEST [27] TERRITORIES NUNAVUT $5,217 $1,802 [12] [5]
BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA (7.6) NEWFOUNDLAND $1,269,770 AND LABRADOR $424,338 [2,371] MANITOBA $109,930 [820] [241] SASKATCHEWAN $186,279 QUEBEC $182,662 [406] $3,918,240 ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [312] [5,468] $2,999,725 $37,368 [5,297] [63] NOVA SCOTIA $253,646 LEGEND [606]
$x Total amount for province or territory NEW BRUNSWICK $177,065 [XXX] Authors receiving payments [361] National Overview Research Office – Canada Council for the Arts
4. 0 Support to Aboriginal artists and arts organizations
The Canada Council for the Arts provided an estimated $6.1 million in funding to Aboriginal artists and arts organizations in 2008-09. It should be noted that this figure is an underestimate as many Aboriginal artists do not self-identify on Canada Council grant application forms except under dedicated Aboriginal arts programs.
The $6.1 million in funding includes $154,000 under the capacity building program to Aboriginal arts organizations and almost $5.9 million in grants to Aboriginal artists and arts organizations through either dedicated Aboriginal programs or regular granting programs.
In 2008-09, the Canada Council provided funding to an estimated 107 Aboriginal arts organizations listed below.
Table 1: Aboriginal arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-091
Name Community
Aboriginal Arts Office
Aimititau! Parlons-Nous! SAINTE-BÉATRIX, QC Arnait Media Productions IGLOOLIK, NU Arnait Video Productions IGLOOLIK, NU Boite Rouge vif CHICOUTIMI, QC Centre for Aboriginal Media* TORONTO, ON Commanda Collaboration STURGEON FALLS, ON Corporation du Wapikoni Mobile* SAINT-LAURENT, QC Debajehmujig Theatre Group* WIKWEMIKONG, ON First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council BRENTWOOD BAY, BC Fort Simpson Aboriginal Arts Administrators 2008 FORT SIMPSON, NT Haida Gwaii Performing Arts Group MASSET, BC Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations* MOOSE FACTORY, ON Indigenous Performance Initiatives* PETERBOROUGH, ON Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance TORONTO, ON Institut culturel et éducatif montagnais (ICEM) SEPT-ÎLES, QC John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc.* SASKATOON, SK Kaha:wi Dance Theatre* TORONTO, ON Kegedonce Press* WIARTON, ON Kwe Unglis Dancers PRINCE RUPERT, BC Lil'wat7ul Culture Centre MOUNT CURRIE, BC Membertou 55 - Plus Society SYDNEY, NS Moose Cree Language & Culture Program MOOSE FACTORY, ON N'Kwala Language, Culture, Heritage & Arts Group MERRITT, BC Native Communications Society of the NWT YELLOWKNIFE, NT Ngystle Society QUEEN CHARLOTTE, BC Open Sky Creative Society* FORT SIMPSON, NT Outside Looking In* TORONTO, ON Pukik Cultural Group INUKJUAK, QC Red Sky Performance* TORONTO, ON Redwire Native Youth Media Society VANCOUVER, BC Spirit of Youth Enterprises Inc. WINNIPEG, MB Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre WHISTLER, BC SYANA Performing Arts WHITEHORSE, YT The Chocolate Woman Collective TORONTO, ON Through Our Eyes (Constant Arts Society) VANCOUVER, BC Tsasatla Cultural Group ALERT BAY, BC
1 Organizations that received funding from more than one section have been indicated by an asterix.
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Uqqurmiut Inuit Artists Association PANGNIRTUNG, NU Urban Ink Production Society* VANCOUVER, BC Winnipeg Aboriginal Film & Video Festival* WINNIPEG, MB Wolastokwiyik Nawicowok - The Sacred Land Trust FREDERICTON, NB
Audience & Market Development
Aniksak and Uyaupiq ARVIAT, NU Centre for Aboriginal Media* TORONTO, ON Corporation du Wapikoni Mobile* SAINT-LAURENT, QC Red Sky Performance* TORONTO, ON Urban Ink Production Society* VANCOUVER, BC
Dance
Aboriginal Experiences Arts and Culture OTTAWA, ON Compaigni V'ni Dansi VANCOUVER, BC Dancers of Damelahamid NORTH VANCOUVER, BC Indigenous Performance Initiatives* PETERBOROUGH, ON Kaha:wi Dance Theatre* TORONTO, ON Le-La-La Dancers VICTORIA, BC Les Productions Manitowapan MONTREAL, QC Outside Looking In* TORONTO, ON Pawaajigun Collective TORONTO, ON Raven Spirit Dance Society VANCOUVER, BC Red Sky Performance Theatre* TORONTO, ON Red Sky Performance* TORONTO, ON
Equity Office
Urban Ink Production Society* VANCOUVER, BC
Inter-Arts
Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts TORONTO, ON Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association VANCOUVER, BC Full Circle: First Nations Performance* VANCOUVER, BC Terres en vues, société pour la diffusion de la culture autochtone MONTREAL, QC
Media Arts
Assoc. studios formation et création en arts méd. des Premières Nation WENDAKE, QC Centre for Aboriginal Media* TORONTO, ON Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations* MOOSE FACTORY, ON National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition WINNIPEG, MB Nunavut Independent TV Network IGLOOLIK, NU Open Sky Creative Society* FORT SIMPSON, NT Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.* REGINA, SK Urban Shaman Gallery Inc.* WINNIPEG, MB Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival MOOSE FACTORY, ON Winnipeg Aboriginal Film & Video Festival* WINNIPEG, MB
Music
Aboriginal Music Lab - Vancouver Community College VANCOUVER, BC Asani EDMONTON, AB Beyond the Pale YORK, ON Billy Joe Green Band WINNIPEG, MB Digging Roots BARRIE, ON Haudenosaunee Men's Society OHSWEKEN, ON ImagineNative Film & Media Arts Festival* TORONTO, ON In-Shuck- ch Services Society DEROCHE, BC Iskwew VANCOUVER, BC John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc.* SASKATOON, SK Kaha:wi Dance Theatre* HAGERSVILLE, ON Metis Artists' Collective TORONTO, ON
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Name Community
Metis Fiddler Quartet TORONTO, ON Native Music Research Institute TORONTO, ON Red Sky Performance Theatre* TORONTO, ON Sandy Scofield Group VANCOUVER, BC Silk Road Music BURNABY, BC
Partnerships and Networks
Old Earth Productions EDMONTON, AB
Theatre
Aataentsic: masques et théâtre MONTREAL, QC Artcirq IGLOOLIK, NU Centre for Indigenous Theatre TORONTO, ON Debajehmujig Theatre Group* WIKWEMIKONG, ON First People's Performances CARCROSS, YT Full Circle: First Nations Performance* VANCOUVER, BC Gwaandak Theatre Society WHITEHORSE, YT Native Earth Performing Arts TORONTO, ON Productions Ondinnok inc. MONTREAL, QC Red Sky Performance Theatre* TORONTO, ON Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company Inc. SASKATOON, SK Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation NORTH WEST RIVER, NL The Savage Society VANCOUVER, BC Turtle Island Theatre Company KAHNAWAKE, QC Urban Ink Production Society* VANCOUVER, BC Urban Ink Productions* GALIANO, BC
Visual Arts
Aboriginal Curatorial Collective LONGFORD MILLS, ON Cree Native Arts & Crafts Association OUJE-BOUGOUMOU, QC Fort St.John Friendship Society FORT ST JOHN, BC Indigenous Peoples Arts Centre of Prince Albert Inc. PRINCE ALBERT, SK Ininew Friendship Centre COCHRANE, ON Labrador Friendship Centre HAPPY VALLEY, NL Manitoba Aboriginal Arts council WINNIPEG, MB Open Sky Creative Society* FORT SIMPSON, NT Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.* REGINA, SK The Red Shift Gallery SASKATOON, SK Tribe, A Centre for evolving Aboriginal Media, Visual & Performing Inc SASKATOON, SK Urban Shaman Gallery Inc.* WINNIPEG, MB Woodland Cultural Centre BRANTFORD, ON
Writing and Publishing
En'owkin Centre PENTICTON, BC Goyatiko Language Society YELLOWKNIFE, NT Haida Heritage and Repatriation Society MASSET, BC Kegedonce Press* WIARTON, ON Kisa Publishing House NOVI SAD, FOREIGN Malaspina University College, Cowichan Branch DUNCAN, BC Misipawistik Cree Nation Health Authority GRAND RAPIDS, MB Pemmican Publications Inc. WINNIPEG, MB Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.* REGINA, SK Salluit Education Committee SALLUIT, QC Sto:Lo Heritage Trust Society MISSION, BC Theytus Books Ltd. PENTICTON, BC Up From The Roots AJAX, ON
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5.0 Support to culturally diverse artists and arts organizations
The Canada Council for the Arts provided an estimated $9.1 million in funding to culturally diverse artists and arts organizations in 2008-09. It should be noted that this figure is an underestimate as many culturally diverse artists do not self-identify on Canada Council grant application forms.
The $9.1 million in funding includes almost $1.5 million under the capacity building program for culturally diverse arts organizations and $7.5 million in grants through either dedicated programs for culturally diverse artists and arts organizations or regular granting programs.
In 2008-09, the Canada Council provided funding to an estimated 157 culturally diverse arts organizations listed below.
Table 2: Culturally diverse arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-092
Name Community
Audience & Market Development
AKA Dance TORONTO, ON Alexis Cuba Band SMITHERS, BC Alpha Yaya Diallo Group VANCOUVER, BC Andrew Kwan Artists Management NORTH YORK, ON Autorickshaw* TORONTO, ON Battery Opera Performing Arts Society* VANCOUVER, BC Carlos del Junco Group PORT HOPE, ON Compagnie Destins Croisés MONTRÉAL, QC Constantinople* MONTRÉAL, QC Cross Current Music Inc. MONTREAL, QC dance Immersion* TORONTO, ON Def3 + Moka Only Group REGINA, SK Diane Kadota Arts Management* VANCOUVER, BC Festival interculturel du conte de Montréal MONTRÉAL, QC Galerie Lilian Rodriguez MONTRÉAL, QC Groupe Sissokho Sadio MONTRÉAL, QC Ipsita Nova Dance Projects* TORONTO, ON Kiran Ahluwalia Ensemble MARKHAM, ON Musique Multi-Montréal* MONTRÉAL, QC Nathaniel Dett Chorale* TORONTO, ON Onelight Theatre Society* HALIFAX, NS Ragleela MONTRÉAL, QC Red Chamber* VANCOUVER, BC Spence Gallery TORONTO, ON The 411 Initiative for Change TORONTO, ON Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival* TORONTO, ON Transatlantique/Danse Imédia VERDUN, QC Tridha Arts Association TORONTO, ON
Dance
Aché Brasil VANCOUVER, BC Arabesque Dance Company TORONTO, ON Ballet Creole* TORONTO, ON Battery Opera Performing Arts Society* VANCOUVER, BC CanAsian Dance Festival* TORONTO, ON Cercle d'expression artistique Nyata Nyata* MONTRÉAL, QC
2 Organizations that received funding from more than one section have been indicated by an asterix.
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Co. ERASGA* VANCOUVER, BC Collective Of Black Artists* TORONTO, ON dance Immersion* TORONTO, ON Fujiwara Dance Inventions TORONTO, ON inDance* TORONTO, ON Ipsita Nova Dance Projects* TORONTO, ON Janak Khendry Dance Company TORONTO, ON Kala Nidhi Fine Arts of Canada* TORONTO, ON Kokoro Dance VANCOUVER, BC Little Pear Garden Collective* TORONTO, ON Menaka Thakkar Dance Company THORNHILL, ON Nafro Dance Productions* WINNIPEG, MB New Performance Works Society VANCOUVER, BC Productions Loma Inc. MONTREAL, QC Sampradaya Dance Creations MISSISSAUGA, ON Sinha Danse* MONTRÉAL, QC Tiger Princess Dance Projects* TORONTO, ON Tribal Crackling Wind for the Arts* TORONTO, ON Tribal Crackling Wind Productions* TORONTO, ON Wen Wei Dance Society* VANCOUVER, BC Zata Omm Dance Projects EAST YORK, ON
Equity Office
A Space Gallery TORONTO, ON African Festival & Presentation Society of Calgary* CALGARY, AB African Stages Association of British Columbia* SURREY, BC AfriCan Theatre Ensemble NORTH YORK, ON Afrikadey! Arts & Culture Society of Calgary* CALGARY, AB Alchimies, Créations et Cultures MONTRÉAL, QC Aluna Theatre* TORONTO, ON B Current* TORONTO, ON Ballet Creole* TORONTO, ON Battery Opera Performing Arts Society* VANCOUVER, BC Black Theatre Workshop* MONTRÉAL, QC Boca del Lupo* VANCOUVER, BC CanAsian Dance Festival* TORONTO, ON Carlos Bulosan Theatre* TORONTO, ON Cercle d'Expression Artistique Nyata Nyata* MONTRÉAL, QC Co. ERASGA* VANCOUVER, BC Collective Of Black Artists* YORK, ON Constantinople* MONTRÉAL, QC dance Immersion* TORONTO, ON Diane Kadota Arts Management* VANCOUVER, BC Dub Poets Collective* TORONTO, ON Éditions du CIDIHCA* MONTRÉAL, QC Foreign Ghosts Society Inc.* MONTRÉAL, QC fu-Gen Theatre Company* TORONTO, ON Gendai Gallery* NORTH YORK, ON inDance* TORONTO, ON Kala Nidhi Fine Arts of Canada* TORONTO, ON Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada TORONTO, ON Little Pear Garden Collective* TORONTO, ON MAI Montréal, arts interculturels* MONTREAL, QC Mémoire d'encrier Inc.* MONTRÉAL, QC Musique Multi-Montréal* MONTRÉAL, QC NAfro Dance Productions* WINNIPEG, MB Oktoecho MONTRÉAL, QC On Edge VANCOUVER, BC Onelight Theatre Society* HALIFAX, NS Powell Street Festival Society* VANCOUVER, BC Puente Theatre Society* VICTORIA, BC Rasik Arts TORONTO, ON Regent Park Film Festival Inc. TORONTO, ON Sinha Danse* MONTRÉAL, QC Teesri Duniya Theatre* MONTRÉAL, QC
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The Multicultural Theatre Space* KITCHENER, ON Theatre Archipelago* NORTH YORK, ON Theatre Replacement Society* VANCOUVER, BC Tiger Princess Dance Projects* TORONTO, ON Tribal Crackling Wind for the Arts* TORONTO, ON Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society VANCOUVER, BC Vancouver Cantonese Opera* SURREY, BC Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society VANCOUVER, BC Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra* VANCOUVER, BC
Inter-Arts
Diversité Artistique Montréal MONTRÉAL, QC Eventual Ashes TORONTO, ON Foreign Ghosts Society Inc.* MONTRÉAL, QC MAI Montréal, arts interculturels* MONTREAL, QC Powell Street Festival Society* VANCOUVER, BC Red Tree* TORONTO, ON Six Ah Wi* NORTH YORK, ON South Asian Arts Society VANCOUVER, BC Tibetan Artist's Collective of Montréal OUTREMONT, QC Vision Diversité OUTREMONT, QC
Media Arts
Caribbean Tales TORONTO, ON Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Inc. WINNIPEG, MB Off-Centre Collective HALIFAX, NS Southern Currents / Corrientes del Sur TORONTO, ON Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival* TORONTO, ON Vues d'Afrique MONTRÉAL, QC
Music
African Festival & Presentation Society of Calgary* CALGARY, AB Afrikadey! Arts & Culture Society of Calgary* CALGARY, AB Autorickshaw* TORONTO, ON Constantinople* MONTRÉAL, QC Cordâme MONTRÉAL, QC David Virelles Band TORONTO, ON Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan TORONTO, ON Djoumbush MONTRÉAL, QC Doug Cox Ensemble CUMBERLAND, BC Maryem Tollar Ensemble TORONTO, ON Mighty Popo OTTAWA, ON Miscellaneous Productions Society VANCOUVER, BC Music Africa of Canada TORONTO, ON Musique Multi-Montréal* MONTRÉAL, QC Nagata Shachu NORTH YORK, ON Nathaniel Dett Chorale* TORONTO, ON Orchid Ensemble VANCOUVER, BC Productions nuits d'Afrique MONTRÉAL, QC Red Chamber* VANCOUVER, BC Samba Squad TORONTO, ON Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 IKEJA / LAGOS, FOREIGN Silk Road Music BURNABY, BC Sinha Danse* MONTRÉAL, QC Small World Music Society TORONTO, ON Soul Influence TORONTO, ON Sunfest - London Committee for Cross Cultural Arts Inc. LONDON, ON Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience LAFAYETTE, FOREIGN Vancouver Cantonese Opera* SURREY, BC Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra* VANCOUVER, BC Wen Wei Dance Society* VANCOUVER, BC
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Name Community
Theatre
Ahuri Théâtre MONTRÉAL, QC Alameda Theatre Company TORONTO, ON Aluna Theatre* TORONTO, ON B Current* TORONTO, ON Black Theatre Workshop* MONTRÉAL, QC Boca Del Lupo Theatre* VANCOUVER, BC Cahoots Theatre Projects TORONTO, ON Carlos Bulosan Theatre* TORONTO, ON Children's Peace Theatre TORONTO, ON Collectif MOYO MONTRÉAL, QC Concrete Theatre EDMONTON, AB fu-Gen Theatre Company* TORONTO, ON Great Rainbow TORONTO, ON Jumblies Theatre TORONTO, ON Modern Times Stage Company TORONTO, ON New Harlem Productions TORONTO, ON Neworld Theatre Society VANCOUVER, BC Obsidian Theatre Company TORONTO, ON OneLight Theatre Society* HALIFAX, NS ONOfONO TORONTO, ON Pleiades Theatre TORONTO, ON Puente Theatre Society* VICTORIA, BC Renaissance Collective EAST YORK, ON Steal Away Home Project HALIFAX, NS Teesri Duniya Theatre* MONTRÉAL, QC The Catholic-Muslim-Hindu-Jew collective TORONTO, ON The Multicultural Theatre Space* KITCHENER, ON Theatre Archipelago* NORTH YORK, ON Theatre Asylum TORONTO, ON Théâtre de l'Urd QUÉBEC, QC Théâtre Décalage MONTRÉAL, QC Theatre Replacement Society* VANCOUVER, BC Theatre Replacement* VANCOUVER, BC Theatre Terrific Society VANCOUVER, BC
Visual Arts
e-Fagia Visual & Media Art Organization TORONTO, ON Gendai Gallery* NORTH YORK, ON LIVE Biennale of Performance Art Society VANCOUVER, BC Red Tree* HAMILTON, ON Six Ah Wi* NORTH YORK, ON South Asian Visual Arts Collective TORONTO, ON Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art VANCOUVER, BC
Writing and Publishing
African Stages Association of British Columbia* SURREY, BC Alt.Theatre: Cultural Diversity and the Stage MONTRÉAL, QC Arsenal Pulp Press Book Publishers Ltd. VANCOUVER, BC Asian Canadian Studies Society VANCOUVER, BC Cytopoetics NEPEAN, ON Dub Poets Collective* TORONTO, ON Éditions du CIDIHCA* MONTRÉAL, QC Éditions du Marais CÔTE SAINT-LUC, QC Historic Joy Kogawa House VANCOUVER, BC JackFruit Press ORANGEVILLE, ON Kalmunity Vibe Collective MONTRÉAL, QC Mémoire d'encrier Inc.* MONTRÉAL, QC Montreal Serai MONTRÉAL, QC NICA Inc. DALHOUSIE, NB RicePaper VANCOUVER, BC TSAR Publications TORONTO, ON Up From The Roots AJAX, ON Word Iz Bond Spoken Word Artists' Collective HALIFAX, NS
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6.0 Support to arts organizations and artists producing or creating work for young audiences
The Canada Council for the Arts provided an estimated $8.5 million in funding to arts organizations and artists producing or creating work for young audiences. This figure includes funding to both arts organizations with a young audience mandate as well as to arts organizations which target some performances, exhibitions or other activity to young audiences (only a percentage of funding to these latter arts organizations is included in the figure above – usually an estimated 5% to 10% of the grant).
In 2008-09, the Canada Council provided funding to an estimated 98 arts organizations with a young audience mandate listed below.
Table 3: Young audience arts organizations that received grants from the Canada Council in 2008-093
Name Community
Audience & Market Development
Arsenal à musique* VILLE MONT-ROYAL, QC Bouge de là inc.* MONTREAL, QC Calgary International Children's Festival CALGARY, AB Canadian Children's Festival Association (CCFA) ST ALBERT, AB Carrousel international du film de Rimouski RIMOUSKI, QC Créations in Vivo VANIER, ON Dufflebag Theatre TORONTO, ON Dynamo Théâtre* MONTREAL, QC Groupe Sissokho Sadio MONTREAL, QC International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) TORONTO, ON Kids' Entertainment* TORONTO, ON Major Conrad Flapps VICTORIA, BC Moulin à Musique* MONTREAL, QC Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival SASKATOON, SK Roseneath Theatre Company* TORONTO, ON Sursaut Compagnie de danse* SHERBROOKE, QC Tilt sound + motion* TORONTO, ON Vancouver International Children's Festival Society* VANCOUVER, BC
Dance
Bouge de là inc.* MONTREAL, QC Judith Marcuse Projects Society* VANCOUVER, BC Mocean Dance HALIFAX, NS Sursaut Compagnie de danse* SHERBROOKE, QC Tilt sound + motion* TORONTO, ON
Endowments & Prizes
Carousel Theatre Company* VANCOUVER, BC Éditions de la courte échelle inc.* MONTREAL, QC Kids Can Press Ltd.* TORONTO, ON Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People* TORONTO, ON
Inter-Arts
Judith Marcuse Projects Society* VANCOUVER, BC Laidlaw Foundation TORONTO, ON Les Coups de théâtre MONTREAL, QC Vancouver International Children's Festival VANCOUVER, BC
3 Organizations that received funding from more than one section have been indicated by an asterix.
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Name Community
Media Arts
Flicks: Saskatchewan International Children's Film Festival Inc. SASKATOON, SK Freeze Frame WINNIPEG, MB Sketch* TORONTO, ON
Music
Arsenal à musique* VILLE MONT-ROYAL, QC ArtStarts in Schools VANCOUVER, BC Buzz Cuivres Farfelus MONTREAL, QC Moulin à Musique* MONTREAL, QC Théâtre du Gros Mécano* QUÉBEC, QC
Theatre
Axis Theatre Company VANCOUVER, BC Black Theatre Workshop MONTREAL, QC Carousel Players ST CATHARINES, ON Carousel Theatre Company* VANCOUVER, BC Carrousel, compagnie de théâtre MONTREAL, QC Children's Peace Theatre TORONTO, ON Compagnie Vox Théâtre OTTAWA, ON Concrete Theatre EDMONTON, AB Dynamo Théâtre* MONTREAL, QC Geordie Productions Inc. MONTREAL, QC Green Thumb Theatre for Young People VANCOUVER, BC Halifax Theatre for the Young HALIFAX, NS Kids' Entertainment* TORONTO, ON L'Illusion, théâtre de marionnettes MONTREAL, QC Les Sages Fous TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QC Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People* TORONTO, ON Magnus Theatre THUNDER BAY, ON Manitoba Theatre for Young People WINNIPEG, MB Mathieu, François et les autres MONTREAL, QC Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia WINDSOR, NS Ottawa International Children's Festival OTTAWA, ON Paprika Theatre Festival TORONTO, ON Quest Theatre CALGARY, AB Roseneath Theatre Company* TORONTO, ON Sketch* TORONTO, ON Theatre Beyond Words ST CATHARINES, ON Théâtre Bouches Décousues MONTREAL, QC Théâtre des 4 coins QUÉBEC, QC Theatre Direct Canada TORONTO, ON Théâtre du Gros Mécano* QUÉBEC, QC Théâtre la Catapulte OTTAWA, ON Théâtre La Seizième VANCOUVER, BC Théâtre Le Clou MONTREAL, QC Turtle Island Theatre Company KAHNAWAKE, QC Vancouver International Children's Festival Society* VANCOUVER, BC Wonderbolt Productions ST. JOHN'S, NL Youtheatre Inc. MONTREAL, QC
Writing and Publishing
Arvids FARUM, FOREIGN Bayard Canada Livres Inc. MONTREAL, QC Bouton d'or Acadie MONCTON, NB Canscaip - Prairie Region ESTEVAN, SK Children's Literature Roundtable, Grande Prairie Alberta Branch GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB Communication-Jeunesse MONTREAL, QC Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag MÜNCHEN, FOREIGN Éditions de la Bagnole LONGUEUIL, QC Éditions de la courte échelle inc.* MONTREAL, QC Éditions du Boréal MONTREAL, QC Éditions Foulire CHARLESBOURG, QC
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Éditions Héritage Inc. SAINT-LAMBERT, QC Éditions Hurtubise HMH Limitée MONTREAL, QC Éditions Imagine MONTREAL, QC Éditions Michel Quintin Inc. WATERLOO, QC Groundwood Books TORONTO, ON Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award & Society HALIFAX, NS Idélire VANCOUVER, BC JackFruit Press ORANGEVILLE, ON Kegedonce Press WIARTON, ON Kids Can Press Ltd.* TORONTO, ON Laguna Publishing House BELGRADE, FOREIGN Lobster Press MONTREAL, QC Lurelu MONTREAL, QC MASC - Young Authors - Young Illustrators Conference OTTAWA, ON Milton's Book Festival for Children MILTON, ON Mish Janez Mis s.p. Publishing House DOB, FOREIGN Napoleon & Company TORONTO, ON OwlKids TORONTO, ON Salluit Education Committee SALLUIT, QC Simply Read Books Inc. VANCOUVER, BC Soulières Éditeur ST-LAMBERT, QC The Canadian Children's Book Centre TORONTO, ON Théâtre de l'Esquisse MONTREAL, QC Tradewind Books Ltd. VANCOUVER, BC Tundra Books TORONTO, ON Verlag Jungbrunnen WIEN, FOREIGN Young Alberta Book Society EDMONTON, AB
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7.0 Detailed tables of Canada Council funding
Parliamentary appropriation and arts funding, 1957-58 to 2008-09
• Over the past 52 years, Canada Council arts funding totalled $5,237,510,907 while its parliamentary appropriation totalled $5,447,136,629 in 2008-09 dollars.
Table 4: Parliamentary appropriation and Canada Council arts funding, 1957-58 to 2008-09i
Parliamentary appropriationii Canada Council arts fundingiii
Fiscal year Current dollars 2008-09 dollarsiv Current dollars 2008-09 dollars
1957-58 v … … 749,000 5,774,385 1958-59 … … 1,435,000 10,771,941 1959-60 … … 1,263,000 9,418,843 1960-61 … … 1,397,000 10,283,723 1961-62 … … 1,406,000 10,218,127 1962-63 … … 1,478,000 10,606,277 1963-64 … … 1,424,000 10,091,826 1964-65 … … 1,475,000 10,262,043 1965-66 vi 1,933,000 13,128,292 3,374,000 22,915,083 1966-67 3,108,000 20,264,160 4,297,000 28,016,440 1967-68 6,637,000 41,838,768 7,039,000 44,372,923 1968-69 7,479,000 45,391,165 8,689,000 52,734,835 1969-70 8,492,000 49,184,629 9,412,000 54,513,157 1970-71 8,831,000 49,636,310 10,269,000 57,718,862 1971-72 10,513,000 57,393,938 12,069,000 65,888,656 1972-73 14,326,000 74,639,114 15,239,000 79,395,886 1973-74 17,323,000 83,752,301 18,986,000 91,792,483 1974-75 20,447,000 89,045,905 22,411,000 97,599,050 1975-76 30,181,000 118,746,624 31,062,000 122,212,903 1976-77 32,620,000 119,676,592 33,205,000 121,822,846 1977-78 37,537,000 127,469,396 37,815,000 128,413,438 1978-79 39,152,000 122,055,825 41,074,000 128,047,634 1979-80 41,116,000 117,283,390 41,795,000 119,220,238 1980-81 44,647,000 115,777,789 43,693,000 113,303,893 1981-82 52,941,000 122,031,679 51,557,000 118,841,489 1982-83 59,883,000 124,456,290 60,754,000 126,266,510 1983-84 65,581,000 128,791,602 65,502,000 128,636,458 1984-85 72,614,000 136,720,419 70,108,000 132,002,026 1985-86 74,244,000 134,464,133 69,257,000 125,432,122 1986-87 85,311,000 148,383,919 84,088,000 146,256,720 1987-88 96,895,000 161,397,365 82,545,000 137,494,664 1988-89 93,251,000 149,437,347 93,337,000 149,575,164 1989-90 103,503,000 157,883,587 94,681,000 144,426,499 1990-91 104,054,000 151,435,732 95,604,000 139,137,964 1991-92 105,493,000 145,371,393 96,322,000 132,733,577 1992-93 108,215,000 146,992,042 98,076,000 133,219,900 1993-94 99,335,000 132,407,985 89,702,000 119,567,736 1994-95 98,362,000 130,958,042 86,479,000 115,137,152 1995-96 97,946,000 127,488,462 84,300,000 109,726,557 1996-97 vii 91,093,000 116,914,638 84,694,000 108,701,748 1997-98 viii 113,968,000 143,846,779 101,655,000 128,305,702 1998-99 ix 116,169,000 145,179,440 111,757,000 139,665,648 1999-00 116,584,000 143,188,745 111,044,000 136,384,504 2000-01 x 127,431,000 152,409,613 113,795,000 136,100,729 2001-02 xi 151,776,000 177,072,000 133,347,000 155,571,500 2002-03 xii 153,707,000 175,379,687 139,065,000 158,673,165
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Fiscal year Current dollars 2008-09 dollars Current dollars 2008-09 dollars
2003-04 xiii 155,604,000 172,708,331 134,815,000 149,634,159 2004-05 xiv 152,111,000 165,767,575 130,051,000 141,727,021 2005-06 xv 151,683,000 161,747,947 129,491,000 138,083,393 2006-07 xvi 172,507,000 180,412,912 149,990,000 156,863,969 2007-08 xvii 182,507,000 186,762,769 161,904,000 165,679,340 2008-09 xviii 182,242,000 182,242,000 158,270,000 158,270,000 TOTAL 3,509,352,000 5,447,136,629 3,233,246,000 5,237,510,907 … not applicable … not available
i The figures are reflecting the mandate of the Canada Council for the Arts in 2008-09. Therefore, the amounts for Social Sciences and Humanities programs that were part of the Canada Council from 1957-58 until 1977-78 are excluded.
Sources:
Parliamentary Appropriation: Canada Council for the Arts, Annual Reports – Finances section, 1957-58 to 2008-09.
Arts Funding: from 1957-58 until 1981-82: L. Mailhot, B. Melançon, Le Conseil des arts du Canada, 1957-82, Léméac, 1982, p.67; for 1982-83 and 1983-84: Canada Council for the Arts, 1983-84 Annual Report; from 1984-85 until 1993-94: Canada Council for the Arts, Annual Reports – Finances section; from 1994-95 until 2008-09: Canada Council for the Arts, Annual Reports.
ii The Parliamentary Appropriation is the main source of revenue of the Canada Council for the Arts. It provides for the funding of different arts programs and prizes, the National Commission for UNESCO, art purchases for the Art Bank (created in 1972) and payments to authors through the Public Lending Right Commission (created in 1987). The Parliamentary Appropriation is not used for Special Funds like the Killam or Molson Prizes.
iii The Arts Funding includes grants to artists and art organizations through different programs, art purchases for the Art Bank and payments to authors by the Public Lending Right Commission. It also includes Canada Council for the Arts’ Prizes, like the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music and the Governor General’s Awards and Prizes in Literature, Performing Arts, Architecture, Visual and Media Arts. Arts Funding does not include Special Funds like the Killam or Molson Prizes.
iv The Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index, historical summary tables were used for the conversion of Current Dollars into 2008-09 Dollars.
v In 1957, the Government of Canada received 100 million dollars from the death duties of Sir James Hamet Dunn (Bathurst, New Brunswick, 1874 – St. Andrews, New Brunswick, 1956) and Izaak Walton Killam (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1885 – Grand-Cascapédia, Québec, 1955), and invested 50 million dollars (365 million – 2006-2007 dollars) in an Endowment Fund and 50 million dollars in a University Capital Grants Fund. Those investments made possible the creation of the Canada Council for the Arts. As stated in the Canada Council Act, the objects of the Canada Council for the Arts are to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production or works in, the arts, humanities and social sciences. From 1957-58 until 1964-65, there was no parliamentary appropriation. The interest and dividends earned from the Endowment Fund were the main source of revenue that made possible Arts Funding.
vi From 1965-66 until 1977-78, the amount of the Parliamentary Appropriation shown in the table reflects the portion for the Arts programs and the National Commission for UNESCO. That portion is established on the percentage of the expenses for both and the expenses for the Social Sciences and Humanities programs as reported in the Annual Reports of those fiscal years. Below, for each fiscal year, are the percentages of the expenses for the Arts programs and the National Commission for UNESCO.
1965-66 : 55.60% 1969-70 : 35.83% 1973-74 : 47.43% 1977-78 : 56.84% 1966-67 : 44.74% 1970-71 : 36.49% 1974-75 : 50.04% 1967-68 : 39.27% 1971-72 : 39.96% 1975-76 : 55.16% 1968-69 : 36.34% 1972-73 : 44.57% 1976-77 : 54.68%
vii The 1996-97 Parliamentary Appropriation drop reflects a $3.1 million transfer from the Canada Council for the Arts for funding of the National Theatre School and the National Ballet School.
viii 1997-98 Parliamentary Appropriation includes a $25 million annual addition that begins this year.
ix For the Parliamentary Appropriation, a total of $10 million in one-time funding was received ($4 million in 1998-99, $4 million in 1999-2000 and $2 million in 2000-01) to fund special Millennium projects through the Millennium Arts Fund. The Millennium Arts Fund provided $10 million in grants over two years (1998- 99 and 1999-2000). A small portion (about $602,000) was disbursed as additional grants in 2000-01.
x 2000-01 Parliamentary Appropriation includes a $10 million annual addition that begins this year and $600,000 for PICLO (Partenariat interministériel avec les communautés de langue officielle).
xi 2001-02 Parliamentary Appropriation includes $25 million supplementary appropriation announced in May 2001, $900,000 for PICLO and $295,000 for IPOLC (Interdepartmental Partnership with Official Language Communities).
xii 2002-03 Parliamentary Appropriation includes $25 million supplementary appropriation, $900,000 for PICLO and $500,000 for IPOLC.
xiii 2003-04 Parliamentary Appropriation includes $25 million supplementary appropriation, $1,119,000 for Terminus 1525, $580,000 for Dance Presenters, $500,000 for IPOLC, $450,000 for PICLO, $1 million for Equipment Acquisition Assistance for Media Arts Production Organizations, and $50,000 for the Creator Rights Alliance.
xiv 2004-05 Parliamentary Appropriation includes $25 million supplementary appropriation, $600,000 for Terminus 1525, $300,000 for the Sound Recording Development program, $500,000 for IPOLC, $450,000 for PICLO, $230,000 for CITF (Commission internationale du théâtre francophone), and $200,000 for the SPARK initiative (also contribution of $1.5M to the reallocation initiative).
xv 2005-06 Parliamentary Appropriation includes $25 million supplementary appropriation and a portion of $2,500,000 for Capacity Building Initiative (also contribution of $1.5M to the reallocation initiative).
xvi The Parliamentary Appropriation for 2006-07 includes a supplement of $20 million; it is preliminary and subject to revision.
xvii The Parliamentary Appropriation for 2007-08 includes a supplement of $30 million.
xviii The Parliamentary Appropriation for 2008-09 include a supplement of $500,000 for the UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity, $800,000 for PICLO/IPOLC, and $250,000 for Sound Recording Development program.
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Table 5: Canada Council for the Arts grants by province and territory, 2008-09: 1 Comparison with population, artists, grant applications and peer assessment committee members
Population % of % of Total grant % of total Peer % of Peer Canada Council % of grants as of Number of population artists applications grant appl’s assessors assessors grant $ 2008-09 (Canada) July 1st, 2008 artists 20063 2008-09 (Canada) 2008-094 (Canada) (‘000s)2 Newfoundland $1,630,998 1.13% 507.9 1.52% 1,200 0.86% 196 1.33% 17 2.14% and Labrador Prince Edward $305,375 0.21% 139.8 0.42% 470 0.34% 46 0.31% 4 0.50% Island Nova Scotia $3,900,798 2.70% 938.3 2.82% 3,735 2.67% 466 3.15% 50 6.29%
New Brunswick $2,135,105 1.48% 747.3 2.24% 1,900 1.36% 233 1.58% 17 2.14%
Québec $45,692,986 31.65% 7,750.5 23.27% 30,170 21.55% 4,903 33.16% 252 31.70%
Ontario $48,244,065 33.42% 12,929.0 38.81% 56,860 40.62% 4,569 30.91% 208 26.16%
Manitoba $6,335,847 4.39% 1,208.0 3.63% 3,920 2.80% 401 2.71% 35 4.40%
Saskatchewan $3,526,524 2.44% 1,016.0 3.05% 3,045 2.18% 281 1.90% 21 2.64%
Alberta $10,294,200 7.13% 3,585.1 10.76% 12,160 8.69% 1,124 7.60% 62 7.80%
British Columbia $21,329,868 14.78% 4,381.6 13.15% 25,890 18.49% 2,448 16.56% 116 14.59%
Yukon $511,427 0.35% 33.1 0.10% 210 0.15% 64 0.43% 7 0.88% North West $204,105 0.14% 43.3 0.13% 180 0.13% 28 0.19% 3 0.38% Territories Nunavut $236,470 0.16% 31.4 0.09% 250 0.18% 25 0.17% 3 0.38% TOTAL (excl. $144,347,768 100.0% 33,311.4 100.0% 140,040 100.00% 14,784 100.0% 795 100.0% international) Other $1,291,575 ...... 521 .. 10 .. (international) TOTAL (incl. $145,639,343 ...... 15,305 .. 805 .. international)
1 All Canada Council grant figures exclude Art Bank purchases, special funds, PLR and UNESCO.
2 Statistics Canada: Canada's National Statistical Agency. “Population by year, by province and territory,” July 2008,
3 Hill Strategies Research Inc. “Artists in Canada’s Provinces and Territories Based on the 2006 Census,” Statistic Insights on the Arts, Vol.7 No. 5, March 2009,
4 Excludes external assessors and staff. National Overview Research Office – Canada Council for the Arts
Table 6: Five-year breakdown of grants by discipline 2004-05 to 2008-095
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Dance $14,818,032 $14,986,628 $17,153,392 $18,541,929 $18,754,529 Music $26,802,901 $26,318,856 $30,955,194 $33,961,538 $29,629,542 Theatre $22,573,039 $22,159,667 $26,995,375 $29,136,851 $26,968,075 Visual Arts $17,287,100 $17,120,907 $20,556,289 $21,701,507 $21,035,945 Media Arts $12,260,200 $11,826,106 $13,981,596 $14,355,164 $14,243,196 Writing and Publishing $19,964,352 $20,089,503 $23,511,232 $24,158,223 $23,717,419 Inter-Arts $1,516,500 $1,441,449 $2,278,050 $2,374,260 $3,121,957 Prizes and Other 6 $6,233,618 $6,576,326 $5,407,419 $8,574,135 $8,168,680
Grants Programs 7 $121,455,742 $120,519,442 $140,838,547 $152,803,607 $145,639,343
Public Lending Right Program $8,962,741 $9,001,099 $9,062,476 $9,115,095 $9,901,024 Canadian Commission for UNESCO … … $89,033 $76,745 $82,601 Special Funds8 $2,089,038 $2,590,919 $2,619,423 $2,622,662 $2,415,955
TOTAL FUNDING OF THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR $132,507,521 $132,111,460 $152,609,479 $164,618,109 $158,038,923 THE ARTS
5 Total grants figures may not add due to rounding. Also, figures are compiled from a "live" system that reflects ongoing changes to the status of individual grants, including grant adjustments, grant cancellations and declined grants. As a result, grant totals on this table may vary slightly from grant totals appearing on other tables produced at an earlier or later date.
6 “Other” includes the Audience and Market Development programs, the Aboriginal Arts Secretariat, the Equity Office, the Strategic Investment Fund, the Art Bank Purchase Program, the 50th Anniversary program, and miscellaneous funding through the office of the Director of the Arts Division.
7 The total of Grants Programs excludes prizes awarded through special funds, such as the Molson Prize, Killam Prizes etc. and Public Lending Right payments. The Total Funding of the Canada Council for the Arts includes Special funds (see note 8 below) as well as Public Lending Right Payments.
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Table 7: Five-year breakdown of grants by province and territory, 2004-05 to 2008-099
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Newfoundland and Labrador $1,355,193 $1,333,179 $1,693,537 $1,753,580 $1,630,998 Prince Edward Island $334,602 $258,689 $290,200 $423,933 $305,375 Nova Scotia $3,480,234 $3,410,153 $3,855,514 $4,289,679 $3,900,798 New Brunswick $1,889,720 $1,828,508 $2,107,799 $2,144,875 $2,135,105 Québec $38,758,187 $37,751,013 $44,522,063 $47,820,618 $45,692,986 Ontario $40,163,265 $40,288,640 $47,530,459 $50,961,488 $48,244,065 Manitoba $5,846,838 $5,876,587 $6,506,365 $6,707,026 $6,335,847 Saskatchewan $2,898,890 $3,144,825 $3,265,057 $3,182,852 $3,526,524 Alberta $7,599,510 $7,036,001 $8,856,684 $10,490,767 $10,294,200 British Columbia $17,140,828 $17,419,457 $19,695,547 $22,562,270 $21,329,868 Yukon $345,915 $504,800 $582,225 $453,555 $511,427 Northwest Territories $98,700 $184,540 $214,045 $232,040 $204,105 Nunavut $472,350 $376,400 $421,600 $506,898 $236,470 Other10 $1,071,510 $1,106,650 $1,297,452 $1,274,026 $1,291,575
Grants Programs $121,455,742 $120,519,442 $140,838,547 $152,803,607 $145,639,343
9 Special Funds includes all endowed prizes, Killam Research Fellowships and Prizes and the Japan-Canada Fund.
10 Includes arts organizations and artists whose address is outside Canada, e.g. grant recipients under the International Translation Grants Program.
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Table 8: Grants by Program and Province or Territory, 2008-09*
UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL
50th Anniversary $7,500 $14,800 $22,300 0506 Art Bank Outreach 7,500 14,800 22,300 Program
Aboriginal Arts Office $20,000 $18,000 $105,800 $294,700 $35,500 $38,000 $1,400 $224,200 $7,000 $78,000 $70,880 $893,480 0354 Elder/Youth Legacy 20,000 20,000 35,200 92,300 167,500 Program: Support for Aboriginal Artistic Practices (Pilot Program)
0359 Artists and Community 20,000 31,500 20,000 71,500 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 0362 Aboriginal Peoples 8,500 1,400 19,700 3,000 32,600 Collaborative Exchange Travel Grants 0363 The Flying Eagle 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 8,000 4,000 36,000 0364 Capacity Building 20,000 55,000 20,000 19,200 20,000 20,000 154,200 Initiative: Support for Aboriginal Artistic Practices 0366 Aboriginal Peoples 18,000 21,800 127,000 7,000 30,000 33,680 237,480 Collaborative Exchange: International 0367 Aboriginal Peoples 20,000 65,000 7,000 39,000 50,000 13,200 194,200 Collaborative Exchange: National
Audience & Market Developmen $6,020 $2,600 $22,749 $7,765 $694,952 $518,874 $25,995 $34,239 $76,060 $489,688 $23,312 $6,690 $50,730 $1,959,674 0337 The Flying Squad 3,200 18,400 8,000 29,600 0338 Grants to Agents, 203,500 149,500 13,500 133,000 20,000 519,500 Managers and Artists' Representatives in the Performing Arts: Annual and Multi-year 0340 Audience and Market 1,545 10,049 5,765 59,787 114,011 9,445 15,079 24,225 133,239 1,090 1,690 375,925 Development Travel Grants: Canada 0346 Audience and Market 4,475 2,600 9,500 2,000 413,265 247,363 3,050 19,160 51,835 223,449 2,222 5,000 50,730 1,034,649 Development Travel Grants Program: International
Dance $75,788 $186,900 $158,800 $6,607,617 $6,768,941 $1,512,798 $34,200 $698,160 $2,574,775 $5,900 $130,650 $18,754,529 2105 Travel Grants to Dance 1,500 600 21,307 34,485 1,200 3,160 19,331 900 5,650 88,133 Professionals 2120 Creation/Production in 35,000 4,392,000 4,099,000 1,224,000 590,000 1,254,000 11,594,000 Dance UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 2121 Artists and the 18,000 56,000 125,000 199,000 Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) 2151 Dance Touring Grants 5,000 80,000 220,000 670,100 180,598 28,000 185,120 1,368,818 2155 Dance Touring Grants - 428,500 73,000 13,000 17,000 531,500 International 2165 Program of Presenter 175,000 50,000 225,000 Support: Multi-Year, Annual and Project Funding 2167 Dance Presenter 44,288 98,000 86,394 15,000 104,126 347,808 Support: Festivals 2168 Dance Presenter 67,000 37,338 104,338 Support: Foreign Artists Tours 2170 Support Services to the 53,500 241,600 643,730 4,200 250,400 1,193,430 Dance Milieu 2172 Visiting Foreign Artists 2,000 15,500 17,500 Program (Pilot Program)
2177 Annual Support to 45,000 85,000 165,000 295,000 Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives 2178 Aboriginal Peoples 9,500 114,000 25,000 29,000 177,500 Production Project Grants in Dance 2180 The Dance Flying Squad 25,800 4,800 112,610 55,232 68,460 266,902 I: An Organizational Development Program in Dance 2201 Grants to Dance 9,000 18,000 188,000 106,000 26,000 347,000 Professionals: Emerging/Mid-Career 2202 Grants to Dance 69,500 34,000 14,000 117,500 Professionals: Established 2203 Production Project 30,000 30,000 56,000 395,600 331,000 80,000 30,000 20,000 159,000 5,000 50,000 1,186,600 Grants in Dance 2204 Grants to Aboriginal 10,000 22,000 32,000 Dance Professionals 2215 International Co- 100,000 50,000 30,000 25,000 205,000 Production Program for Dance 2217 Dance On Screen 50,000 44,500 50,000 144,500 Production Fund 2218 Support for Creation- 28,000 149,000 86,000 50,000 313,000 based Collaborations: Local, National and International (Pilot Program) UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL Director Arts Disciplines $35,000 $60,000 $95,000 0468 IPOLC 35,000 35,000 (Interdepartmental Partnership with Official Language Communities
0477 Special Initiatives Grants 60,000 60,000
Director's Office $500,000 $500,000 0277 B.C. Arts Partnership 500,000 500,000
Endowments & Prizes $83,000 $1,000 $376,500 $513,121 $43,000 $23,000 $67,000 $1,000 $1,107,621 8021 Jacqueline Lemieux 6,000 6,000 Prize 8022 Peter Dwyer 10,000 10,000 Scholarships (National Ballet School) 8051 Bell Canada Award in 10,000 10,000 Video Art 8081 Sylva Gelber Foundation 15,000 15,000 Award 8084 Robert Fleming Prize 2,000 2,000 8085 Virginia Parker Award 25,000 25,000 8086 Healey Willan Prize 5,000 5,000 8087 Jules Léger Prize for New 7,500 3,121 10,621 Chamber Music 8088 Eckhardt-Gramatté 9,000 9,000 National Music Competition 8090 The CBC Radio 30,000 30,000 Competition for Amateur Choirs 8095 Galaxie Rising Stars 2,000 2,000 Prizes for Amateur Choirs 8131 Peter Dwyer 10,000 10,000 Scholarships (National Theatre School) 8132 Governor General's 150,000 150,000 Performing Arts Awards 8133 Theatre for Young 15,000 15,000 30,000 Audience Prizes 8141 Saidye Bronfman Award 25,000 25,000 8142 Prix de Rome in 50,000 34,000 84,000 Architecture 8143 Governor General's 50,000 25,000 75,000 25,000 175,000 Awards in Visual and Media Arts 8161 Governor General's 25,000 1,000 255,000 117,000 6,000 2,000 1,000 407,000 Literary Awards - Prizes 8166 CBC Literary Awards 6,000 30,000 14,000 10,000 60,000 UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 8171 Governor General's 18,000 24,000 42,000 Literary Awards - Publisher Promotion
Equity Office $37,820 $346,920 $794,500 $36,540 $33,000 $434,600 $1,683,380 0369 Capacity Building Grants 30,000 235,000 585,000 30,000 30,000 390,000 1,300,000 for Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations
0372 Travel Grants to Stand 5,320 3,500 2,500 1,000 3,000 3,500 18,820 Firm Participants (Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations) 0374 Intersectional Initiatives 96,000 5,540 101,540
0378 Community Capacity 100,000 100,000 30,000 230,000 Building Grants for Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations 0379 Professional 2,500 8,420 11,000 11,100 33,020 Development Travel Grants for Culturally Diverse Artists (Pilot)
Inter-Arts Office $4,000 $16,500 $11,500 $1,252,957 $710,100 $26,500 $114,500 $454,800 $488,600 $500 $42,000 $3,121,957 2923 Inter-Arts Program: 4,000 1,500 1,500 29,500 20,000 1,500 3,500 7,000 500 2,000 71,000 Travel Grants to Professional Artists 2928 Visiting Foreign Artists 5,500 4,500 10,000 Program (Pilot Program)
2931 The Flying Squad 10,000 59,040 7,600 76,640 2932 Multidisciplinary ACCP - 50,000 5,500 55,500 Artists and Community Collaboration Program 2934 Integrated Arts Program 15,000 267,800 75,000 30,000 127,000 514,800 for Organizations: Creation/Production Project Grants
2935 Integrated Arts Program 292,000 90,000 20,000 55,000 457,000 for Organizations: Dissemination, Support and Development Grants
2936 Integrated Arts Program 360,417 86,000 120,000 566,417 for Organizations: Operating Grants UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 2939 Integrated Arts Program 85,000 70,000 25,000 46,500 226,500 for Organizations: Artists and Community Collaboration
2946 Integrated Arts Program 122,700 181,800 25,000 20,800 83,000 20,000 453,300 for Artists: Creation/Production Project Grants 2947 Integrated Arts Program 36,500 44,500 9,000 37,000 20,000 147,000 for Artists: Artists and Community Collaboration 2952 Coordinated Annual 173,300 370,500 543,800 Programming Grants for Multidisciplinary Structure Organizations
Media Arts $140,000 $57,400 $342,380 $179,500 $5,130,530 $4,158,150 $785,078 $418,080 $540,820 $2,080,538 $208,820 $41,000 $132,400 $28,500 $14,243,196 3070 Annual Assistance to 217,000 228,000 205,000 650,000 Cinematheques 3204 Grants to Film and Video 66,000 1,827,000 906,000 154,000 118,000 51,000 446,000 80,000 3,648,000 Artists 3209 Grants to New Media 60,000 2,900 62,900 and Audio Artists: New Media Residencies 3215 Grants to New Media 505,000 274,400 36,000 143,000 16,000 974,400 and Audio Artists - Production Grants 3220 Grants to New Media 20,000 32,000 13,000 12,000 20,000 97,000 and Audio Artists - Research Grants 3225 Travel Grants to Media 3,500 74,500 88,700 5,000 2,000 3,500 44,000 4,500 8,500 234,200 Artists 3226 Visiting Foreign Artists 2,000 1,500 15,500 2,500 4,000 6,500 32,000 Program (Pilot Program)
3230 Grants for First 8,000 8,000 Productions in Media Arts 3240 Aboriginal Media Arts 129,000 182,000 11,000 108,000 20,000 67,400 517,400 Program 3252 Artists and Community 20,000 68,000 61,200 22,000 20,000 80,300 271,500 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 3271 Annual Assistance for 63,700 251,800 215,400 107,600 30,000 93,500 67,000 12,000 841,000 Programming 3273 Annual Assistance to 248,000 263,000 110,000 161,000 782,000 Distribution Organizations 3275 Media Arts 141,800 217,900 21,600 381,300 Commissioning Program UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 3278 Media Arts Project 15,000 10,000 34,600 242,700 377,250 80,050 20,000 72,000 230,000 18,000 14,000 1,113,600 Grants 3285 Annual Assistance to 80,500 42,400 139,080 46,400 894,650 553,200 133,220 121,180 245,820 334,000 31,720 20,000 50,000 2,692,170 Media Arts Production Organizations 3290 Equipment Acquisition 14,500 15,000 32,500 10,000 146,000 105,000 20,000 35,000 55,000 65,000 5,000 7,000 15,000 525,000 Assistance to Media Arts Production Organizations 3295 Organizational 54,000 57,600 97,500 74,250 44,400 22,538 350,288 Development in Media Arts 3300 Annual Assistance to 30,000 34,500 219,900 456,900 48,000 7,500 140,300 937,100 Media Arts Festivals 3305 The Flying Squad 5,600 78,080 24,200 4,458 13,000 125,338
Music $177,400 $49,000 $968,699 $138,900 $7,617,392 $11,068,402 $1,419,486 $364,070 $2,734,330 $4,782,463 $32,000 $9,000 $268,400 $29,629,542 3550 Professional Choir 9,000 108,000 301,750 20,000 53,000 286,250 778,000 Program 3560 New Music Program 45,000 44,000 22,000 645,400 1,053,500 45,000 4,000 23,500 281,100 2,163,500 3570 Grants for Specialized 10,000 22,000 11,900 415,900 376,100 24,000 4,500 167,600 12,000 1,044,000 Music Sound Recording 3571 Grants for Specialized 77,000 150,000 227,000 Music Distribution 3625 Concert Production and 241,700 287,000 2,900 40,700 572,300 Rehearsal Program for Non-Classical and Chamber Classical Music
3626 Artists and Community 10,000 75,500 2,800 41,700 130,000 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 3635 Grants to Professional 15,000 15,000 262,500 177,000 112,000 110,000 74,000 765,500 Musicians (Individuals) - Classical Music 3640 Grants to Professional 8,000 10,000 8,000 5,000 187,000 334,000 10,000 15,000 147,000 72,500 796,500 Musicians (Individuals) - Non-Classical Music 3671 Residencies and 20,000 8,200 305,400 173,000 30,250 70,000 162,200 42,300 811,350 Commissioning of Canadian Compositions 3710 Travel Grants to 2,000 2,000 3,000 64,515 56,750 1,500 1,500 10,500 14,500 4,000 750 161,015 Professional Musicians 3730 Professional Orchestra 76,600 17,000 663,400 35,700 3,328,000 3,828,200 972,400 292,000 1,585,700 1,835,000 12,634,000 Program 3740 Opera/Music Theatre 16,000 894,100 3,039,200 142,000 20,200 776,000 945,000 5,832,500 Program 3745 Music Festivals 43,000 24,000 93,500 92,800 5,000 23,600 76,200 20,000 378,100 Programming Project Grants 3753 Music Touring Grants 15,800 143,020 10,000 592,047 615,862 132,776 16,130 319,770 76,100 1,921,505 3754 Music Festival Travel 11,600 6,200 17,800 Grants UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 3758 Visiting Foreign Artists 4,750 4,000 2,000 5,000 15,750 Program (Pilot Program) 3759 International Touring 20,000 147,700 234,000 16,100 182,593 600,393 Assistance in Music (Pilot Project) 3760 Career Development 133,200 114,500 9,500 12,000 85,500 5,000 1,500 361,200 Program 3765 Aboriginal Peoples 99,000 24,500 20,000 60,080 203,580 Music Program 3766 Aboriginal Peoples 6,000 4,400 2,000 4,000 1,250 17,650 Travel Grants 3775 The Flying Squad: Music 9,379 95,080 44,040 1,160 21,370 8,600 18,270 197,899 Organizational Assistance Program
Partnerships and Networks $2,250 $1,904,975 $1,907,225 0472 Alberta Creative 2,250 1,466,650 1,468,900 Development Initiative: Grants to Individuals 0473 Alberta Creative 438,325 438,325 Development Initiative: Grants to Organizations
Theatre $518,175 $750 $917,650 $605,550 $8,882,837 $8,780,988 $1,032,790 $748,330 $2,026,050 $3,224,260 $126,750 $20,000 $83,945 $26,968,075 4540 Operating Grants to 442,275 788,000 549,500 6,796,800 7,219,500 950,500 720,500 1,771,500 2,356,300 67,000 21,661,875 Professional Theatre Organizations 4545 Theatre Production 22,900 37,000 15,000 394,000 318,000 14,000 23,500 259,100 1,083,500 Project Grants for Established Artists 4570 Grants to Theatre Artists 21,000 6,500 260,500 311,500 35,000 38,000 76,500 749,000 4573 Travel Grants to Theatre 2,000 29,750 30,000 2,000 500 10,000 9,850 750 1,000 85,850 Artists 4582 Theatre Production 10,000 20,500 216,500 205,500 33,000 97,500 7,000 590,000 Project Grants for Emerging Artists 4583 Artists and Community 13,000 36,500 105,000 35,000 189,500 Collaboration Program in Theatre (ACCP) 4585 Developmental Support 20,000 27,000 51,000 24,000 64,000 35,000 20,000 241,000 to Aboriginal Theatre Organizations 4600 Theatre Touring and 5,000 18,000 12,000 254,500 231,135 10,000 73,000 167,000 15,000 785,635 Special Initiatives Program 4615 Travel Assistance for 750 750 4,000 750 8,750 19,964 3,500 1,750 3,000 6,450 2,000 51,664 Theatre Artistic Directors, Administrators and Presenters
4620 The Flying Squad 4,250 27,150 3,600 81,380 66,280 8,420 25,550 61,560 278,190 UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 4625 Theatre Presenting 10,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 70,000 Program - Festival Co- production Assistance 4630 Theatre International 703,750 189,000 27,000 69,000 988,750 Program 4650 Grants for the 2,400 12,382 10,609 7,370 1,580 18,420 52,761 Translation of Canadian Theatre Works 4651 Visiting Foreign Artists 6,000 3,500 2,000 1,500 2,000 15,000 Program (Pilot Program)
4655 Commission 15,800 45,025 64,525 125,350 internationale du théâtre francophone (CITF)
Visual Arts $377,500 $155,400 $677,750 $519,300 $5,842,260 $6,803,190 $641,250 $1,190,900 $1,056,470 $3,458,125 $71,500 $35,200 $6,500 $200,600 $21,035,945 5526 Assistance to Art 108,000 150,000 383,000 145,000 1,555,000 2,628,000 337,000 605,000 456,000 1,442,000 39,000 7,848,000 Museums and Public Galleries 5528 Support to National 61,000 243,000 238,000 542,000 Visual Arts Service Organizations 5540 Assistance to Artist-Run 58,500 101,000 157,300 1,332,800 1,211,050 113,050 328,300 219,500 580,000 20,000 4,121,500 Centres 5625 Assistance to 57,300 22,900 115,000 89,400 40,000 20,000 15,400 10,000 370,000 Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators
5660 Grants to Professional 137,500 27,000 30,000 30,000 224,500 Independent Critics and Curators 5731 Assistance to Visual 28,000 40,300 43,500 758,000 922,340 10,500 60,000 149,400 540,500 20,000 183,100 2,755,640 Artists - Project grants 5732 Assistance to Visual 40,000 80,000 480,000 320,000 40,000 40,000 200,000 1,200,000 Artists - Long-Term Grants 5737 International 80,000 112,300 21,000 42,000 255,300 Residencies Program in Visual Arts 5760 Travel Grants to 1,500 1,000 15,250 3,250 60,500 70,000 3,000 6,500 6,500 33,000 2,000 6,500 7,500 216,500 Professionals in the Visual Arts 5781 Acquisition Assistance 4,400 21,250 84,700 195,825 9,100 43,600 31,300 113,325 503,500 for Art Museums and Public Galleries 5782 Assistance to 68,400 134,000 37,500 239,900 Professional Canadian Contemporary Art Dealers 5804 Major International 325,000 270,000 595,000 Exhibitions UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 5805 Project Grants for 53,400 23,000 78,200 228,900 328,700 33,600 24,000 37,000 104,800 10,500 922,100 Organizations in the Visual Arts 5806 Visiting Foreign Artists 11,500 6,000 5,000 22,500 Program (Pilot Programme) 5807 Artists and the 71,100 54,500 12,500 10,000 67,500 215,600 Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) 5825 Assistance to Aboriginal 30,000 35,000 65,000 Curators for Residencies in Visual Arts 5828 Aboriginal Traditional 18,000 12,000 47,400 20,000 20,000 15,200 132,600 Visual Art Forms Program for Individuals 5829 Aboriginal Traditional 2,800 18,000 19,875 25,000 6,000 71,675 Visual Art Forms Program for Organizations 5830 Assistance to Culturally 35,000 70,000 105,000 Diverse Curators for Residencies in Visual Arts
5841 Assistance to 10,000 67,000 13,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 150,000 Practitioners, Critics and Curators of Architecture 5842 Assistance for the 4,300 120,000 60,000 60,300 55,400 300,000 Promotion of Architecture 5845 The Flying Squad 8,000 9,800 73,860 20,800 26,470 40,700 179,630
Writing and Publishing $332,115 $40,225 $627,350 $494,790 $8,800,221 $7,770,849 $776,910 $584,205 $737,635 $2,990,819 $35,645 $40,905 $485,750 $23,717,419 6025 Book Publishing Support 10,000 192,500 95,000 15,000 32,500 345,000 - Emerging Publisher Grants 6030 Book Publishing Support 103,400 28,100 306,900 217,400 3,882,125 3,182,000 376,400 198,200 241,800 1,209,900 9,746,225 - Block Grants 6035 Book Publishing Support 5,300 1,600 432,700 55,300 48,400 543,300 - Translation Grants
6045 International Translation 390,700 390,700 Grants 6046 Visiting Foreign Artists 2,500 24,000 26,500 Program (Pilot Program)
6055 Book Publishing Support 5,600 1,000 8,200 9,875 101,950 118,725 11,025 7,370 10,475 54,250 328,470 - Author Promotion Tours 6058 Book Publishing Support 10,000 45,000 30,000 25,000 40,000 150,000 - Grants for Art Books UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 6075 Grants to Literary and 15,800 47,300 1,058,580 1,277,200 178,400 82,500 98,400 419,700 3,177,880 Art Magazines 6090 Literary Readings and 30,935 5,825 24,850 92,215 323,936 456,858 34,385 39,135 62,204 139,769 17,645 8,905 1,236,662 Festivals 6091 Author Residencies 12,000 14,500 14,800 101,000 13,700 15,000 27,000 52,650 250,650 6133 Grants to Professional 130,000 80,000 91,000 1,173,000 1,068,000 99,000 111,000 139,000 582,000 91,000 3,564,000 Writers - Creative Writing
6235 Travel Grants to 1,500 5,500 64,500 61,466 3,000 1,500 11,250 4,050 152,766 Professional Writers 6240 Grants to Aboriginal 5,000 50,000 71,000 20,000 32,000 28,000 45,000 25,000 276,000 Writers, Storytellers and Publishers 6245 Spoken Word and 15,000 28,000 14,000 306,190 138,000 6,000 66,756 108,000 18,000 7,000 706,946 Storytelling Program 6290 Co-operative Projects in 10,700 126,000 20,500 1,070,100 1,018,700 38,000 81,000 37,500 237,400 2,639,900 Writing and Publishing 6291 Artists and Community 6,000 18,000 5,000 29,000 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 6292 The Flying Squad 7,980 42,840 92,600 10,000 153,420 Program
Grant Program Totals $1,630,998 $305,375 $3,900,798 $2,135,105 $45,692,986 $48,244,065 $6,335,847 $3,526,524 $10,294,200 $21,329,868 $511,427 $204,105 $236,470 $1,291,575 $145,639,343
Public Lending Right $109,930 $37,368 $253,646 $177,065 $3,918,240 $2,999,725 $186,279 $182,662 $424,338 $1,269,770 $5,217 $8,459 $1,802 $326,523 $9,901,024
Public Lending Right 109,930 37,368 253,646 177,065 3,918,240 2,999,725 186,279 182,662 424,338 1,269,770 5,217 8,459 1,802 326,523 9,901,024 Program
Totals (including PLR Program) $1,740,928 $342,743 $4,154,444 $2,312,170 $49,611,226 $51,243,790 $6,522,126 $3,709,186 $10,718,538 $22,599,638 $516,644 $212,564 $238,272 $1,618,098 $155,540,367
Canadian Commission for UNESCO $1,000 $5,000 $31,500 $23,800 $4,700 $7,500 $9,101 $82,601 6520 General Program Fund 1,000 5,000 31,500 23,800 4,700 7,500 9,101 82,601
Special Funds $1,000 $35,000 $868,050 $973,905 $155,000 $298,000 $85,000 $2,415,955 0218 Japan-Canada 21,550 3,100 3,000 27,650 7000 Killam Research 210,000 210,000 70,000 490,000 Fellowships (Social Sciences and Humanities) 7025 Killam Research 140,000 420,000 140,000 140,000 840,000 Fellowships (Natural Sciences) 7050 Killam Prizes 300,000 200,000 500,000 7525 Coburn Fellowships 14,490 14,490 7550 The Duke and Duchess 8,000 8,000 of York Prize in Photography 7575 Jean A. Chalmers Fund 15,000 15,000 for the Crafts 7580 Joan Lowndes Award 3,500 3,500 7600 Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes 5,000 10,000 15,000 UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 7625 Canada Council for the 50,000 50,000 100,000 Arts Molson Prizes 7675 Victor Martyn Lynch- 60,000 30,000 15,000 105,000 Staunton Awards 7676 John Hobday Awards in 10,000 10,000 20,000 Arts Management 7700 Vida Peene Awards 51,315 51,315 7725 J. B.C. Watkins Award 10,000 15,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 45,000 7800 John G. Diefenbaker 75,000 75,000 Award 7825 Ronald J. Thom Award 10,000 10,000 for Early Design Achievement 7850 Canada-Japan Literary 10,000 10,000 20,000 Award 7875 Jean-Marie Beaudet 1,000 1,000 Award in Orchestra Conducting 7925 York Wilson Endowment 20,000 20,000 Award 7926 Bernard Diamant 5,000 5,000 Scholarship 7927 Walter Carsen Prize for 50,000 50,000 Excellence in the Performing Arts
Grand Totals $1,740,928 $342,743 $4,156,444 $2,352,170 $50,510,776 $52,241,495 $6,526,826 $3,709,186 $10,881,038 $22,906,739 $516,644 $212,564 $238,272 $1,703,098 $158,038,923 (including Public Lending Right Program, Canadian Commission for UNESCO and Special Funds)
*Includes grants and prizes but excludes Art Bank purchases. The first grand total includes payments made to authors through PLR. The Grand Total includes Special Funds. Table 9: Number of Grants by Program and Province or Territory, 2008-2009*
UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL
50th Anniversary 12 3 0506 Art Bank Outreach 12 3 Program
Aboriginal Arts Office 1 1 6 18 2 4 1 23 2 4 4 66 0354 Elder/Youth Legacy 113 6 11 Program: Support for Aboriginal Artistic Practices (Pilot Program)
0359 Artists and Community 11 1 3 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 0362 Aboriginal Peoples 418114 Collaborative Exchange Travel Grants 0363 The Flying Eagle 1 1 1 1 1121 9 0364 Capacity Building 13 1 1 11 8 Initiative: Support for Aboriginal Artistic Practices 0366 Aboriginal Peoples 115 1 1 1 10 Collaborative Exchange: International 0367 Aboriginal Peoples 12 1 5 11 11 Collaborative Exchange: National
Audience & Market Development 4 1 8 4 165 119 7 12 26 82 4 2 6 440 0337 The Flying Squad 1 5 1 7 0338 Grants to Agents, 12 8 1 6 1 28 Managers and Artists' Representatives in the Performing Arts: Annual and Multi-year 0340 Audience and Market 2 5332284715341 1 132 Development Travel Grants: Canada 0346 Audience and Market 2 1 2 1 116 82 2 5 11 42 2 1 6 273 Development Travel Grants Program: International
Dance 3 14 5 164 146 14 2 11 87 3 8 457 2105 Travel Grants to Dance 1 2 23 34 1 4 19 2 5 91 Professionals 2120 Creation/Production in 127174213 64 Dance 2121 Artists and the 13 5 9 Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 2151 Dance Touring Grants 1 1 8 13 3 1 9 36 2155 Dance Touring Grants - 19 3 1 1 24 International 2165 Program of Presenter 11 2 Support: Multi-Year, Annual and Project Funding 2167 Dance Presenter 1321613 Support: Festivals 2168 Dance Presenter 112 Support: Foreign Artists Tours 2170 Support Services to the 2 4 13 1 5 25 Dance Milieu 2172 Visiting Foreign Artists 26 8 Program (Pilot Program)
2177 Annual Support to 11 3 5 Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives 2178 Aboriginal Peoples 14 11 7 Production Project Grants in Dance 2180 The Dance Flying Squad 3 1 21 8 8 41 I: An Organizational Development Program in Dance
2201 Grants to Dance 2 1 17 12 3 35 Professionals: Emerging/Mid-Career 2202 Grants to Dance 622 10 Professionals: Established 2203 Production Project 1 12171731171 152 Grants in Dance 2204 Grants to Aboriginal 12 3 Dance Professionals 2215 International Co- 42 1 1 8 Production Program for Dance 2217 Dance On Screen 12 14 Production Fund 2218 Support for Creation- 285 3 18 based Collaborations: Local, National and International (Pilot Program) UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL Director Arts Disciplines 2 1 3 0468 IPOLC 2 2 (Interdepartmental Partnership with Official Language Communities
0477 Special Initiatives Grants 1 1
Director's Office 11 0277 B.C. Arts Partnership 11
Endowments & Prizes 5 1 57 44 2 8 9 1 127 8021 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize 1 1
8022 Peter Dwyer 1 1 Scholarships (National Ballet School) 8051 Bell Canada Award in 11 Video Art 8081 Sylva Gelber Foundation 1 1 Award 8084 Robert Fleming Prize 1 1 8085 Virginia Parker Award 1 1 8086 Healey Willan Prize 11 8087 Jules Léger Prize for New 11 2 Chamber Music 8088 Eckhardt-Gramatté 1 1 National Music Competition 8090 The CBC Radio 1 1 Competition for Amateur Choirs 8095 Galaxie Rising Stars 1 1 Prizes for Amateur Choirs 8131 Peter Dwyer 1 1 Scholarships (National Theatre School) 8132 Governor General's 1 1 Performing Arts Awards
8133 Theatre for Young 22 4 Audience Prizes 8141 Saidye Bronfman Award 1 1
8142 Prix de Rome in 11 2 Architecture 8143 Governor General's 213 1 7 Awards in Visual and Media Arts 8161 Governor General's 1 1 40 22 6 2 1 73 Literary Awards - Prizes 8166 CBC Literary Awards 1 6 3 2 12 UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 8171 Governor General's 68 14 Literary Awards - Publisher Promotion
Equity Office 7 21 36 3 3 24 94 0369 Capacity Building Grants 1 9 21 1 1 14 47 for Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations
0372 Travel Grants to Stand 542123 17 Firm Participants (Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations) 0374 Intersectional Initiatives 21 3
0378 Community Capacity 22 1 5 Building Grants for Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations 0379 Professional 169 6 22 Development Travel Grants for Culturally Diverse Artists (Pilot)
Inter-Arts Office 2 2 2 64 39 2 5 13 28 1 4 162 2923 Inter-Arts Program: 21117121371247 Travel Grants to Professional Artists 2928 Visiting Foreign Artists 33 6 Program (Pilot Program)
2931 The Flying Squad 1 9 1 11 2932 Multidisciplinary ACCP - 11 2 Artists and Community Collaboration Program 2934 Integrated Arts Program 1113 15 21 for Organizations: Creation/Production Project Grants
2935 Integrated Arts Program 82 12 13 for Organizations: Dissemination, Support and Development Grants
2936 Integrated Arts Program 712 10 for Organizations: Operating Grants
2939 Integrated Arts Program 331 2 9 for Organizations: Artists and Community Collaboration UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 2946 Integrated Arts Program 69 124 123 for Artists: Creation/Production Project Grants 2947 Integrated Arts Program 35 54 118 for Artists: Artists and Community Collaboration 2952 Coordinated Annual 11 2 Programming Grants for Multidisciplinary Structure Organizations
Media Arts 4 2 16 7 212 193 31 17 20 93 11 3 4 7 620 3070 Annual Assistance to 11 1 3 Cinematheques 3204 Grants to Film and Video 3 62 36 5 2 3 11 2 124 Artists 3209 Grants to New Media 11 2 and Audio Artists: New Media Residencies 3215 Grants to New Media 16 8 2 4 1 31 and Audio Artists - Production Grants 3220 Grants to New Media 121 1 1 6 and Audio Artists - Research Grants 3225 Travel Grants to Media 3 45 57 3 2 2 29 2 6 149 Artists 3226 Visiting Foreign Artists 1 1 912 3 17 Program (Pilot Program)
3230 Grants for First 1 1 Productions in Media Arts 3240 Aboriginal Media Arts 251 61 2 17 Program 3252 Artists and Community 144215 17 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 3271 Annual Assistance for 2 8721221 25 Programming 3273 Annual Assistance to 522 2 11 Distribution Organizations 3275 Media Arts 24 1 7 Commissioning Program
3278 Media Arts Project 1 1 2 13194 1 4 711 54 Grants 3285 Annual Assistance to 11 2 1 159 2 2 4 6111 46 Media Arts Production Organizations UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 3290 Equipment Acquisition 11 2 1 129 2 2 4 6111 43 Assistance to Media Arts Production Organizations 3295 Organizational 2 3 432 2 16 Development in Media Arts 3300 Annual Assistance to 11912215 31 Media Arts Festivals 3305 The Flying Squad 1 12 4 1 2 20
Music 10 4 21 16 365 357 29 10 50 177 2 3 29 1,073 3550 Professional Choir 1711118 29 Program 3560 New Music Program 1 5 2 28 24 1 1 3 9 74 3570 Grants for Specialized 1 2 1 44 37 3 1 14 1 104 Music Sound Recording 3571 Grants for Specialized 31 4 Music Distribution 3625 Concert Production and 20 25 1 3 49 Rehearsal Program for Non-Classical and Chamber Classical Music
3626 Artists and Community 15 13 10 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 3635 Grants to Professional 2 2 26 19 8 10 5 72 Musicians (Individuals) - Classical Music 3640 Grants to Professional 1 1 1 1 25 38 1 2 17 6 93 Musicians (Individuals) - Non-Classical Music 3671 Residencies and 1 2 46 16 5 6 24 8 108 Commissioning of Canadian Compositions
3710 Travel Grants to 2 2 2 47 44 1 1 9 11 2 1 122 Professional Musicians 3730 Professional Orchestra 1 1 1 1 15 18 3 2 3 8 53 Program 3740 Opera/Music Theatre 1591123 22 Program 3745 Music Festivals 3488 1261 33 Programming Project Grants 3753 Music Touring Grants 3 3 1 24 40 4 3 16 7 101 3754 Music Festival Travel 21 3 Grants 3758 Visiting Foreign Artists 421 2 9 Program (Pilot Program)
3759 International Touring 1 12 15 3 13 44 Assistance in Music (Pilot Project) UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 3760 Career Development 35 26 3 3 19 1 1 88 Program 3765 Aboriginal Peoples Music 721 7 17 Program 3766 Aboriginal Peoples 32 1 2 1 9 Travel Grants 3775 The Flying Squad: Music 1 1381312 29 Organizational Assistance Program
Partnerships and Networks 1 124 125 0472 Alberta Creative 1 100 101 Development Initiative: Grants to Individuals
0473 Alberta Creative 24 24 Development Initiative: Grants to Organizations
Theatre 14 1 29 11 264 238 25 12 50 113 9 1 20 787 4540 Operating Grants to 5 9460486615211 175 Professional Theatre Organizations 4545 Theatre Production 3 2129291 320 88 Project Grants for Established Artists 4570 Grants to Theatre Artists 2 1 27 29 3 4 9 75
4573 Travel Grants to Theatre 2 24 30 4 1 8 10 1 1 81 Artists 4582 Theatre Production 1 2 20 19 3 8 1 54 Project Grants for Emerging Artists 4583 Artists and Community 1382 14 Collaboration Program in Theatre (ACCP) 4585 Developmental Support 123132113 to Aboriginal Theatre Organizations 4600 Theatre Touring and 1 1118121 3121 50 Special Initiatives Program 4615 Travel Assistance for 1 1 5 1 11 28 6 3 4 9 3 72 Theatre Artistic Directors, Administrators and Presenters
4620 The Flying Squad1 6116121 511 53 4625 Theatre Presenting 11 11 4 Program - Festival Co- production Assistance 4630 Theatre International 38 12 3 6 59 Program UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 4650 Grants for the 1 5 521 4 18 Translation of Canadian Theatre Works 4651 Visiting Foreign Artists 421 11 9 Program (Pilot Program)
4655 Commission 16 15 22 internationale du théâtre francophone (CITF)
Visual Arts 17 3 27 22 215 251 23 30 40 121 5 2 3 16 775 5526 Assistance to Art 1 1 4 2 12 30 3 6 5 11 1 76 Museums and Public Galleries 5528 Support to National 122 5 Visual Arts Service Organizations 5540 Assistance to Artist-Run 2 3426203559 1 78 Centres 5625 Assistance to 2 2 5 611 1 1 19 Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators
5660 Grants to Professional 621 2 11 Independent Critics and Curators 5731 Assistance to Visual 2 3 3 44 55 1 3 10 29 1 10 161 Artists - Project grants 5732 Assistance to Visual 1 2 12 8 1 1 5 30 Artists - Long-Term Grants 5737 International Residencies 35 1 2 11 Program in Visual Arts
5760 Travel Grants to 1183384824 4221 35140 Professionals in the Visual Arts 5781 Acquisition Assistance 1 23141325 31 for Art Museums and Public Galleries 5782 Assistance to 59 2 16 Professional Canadian Contemporary Art Dealers 5804 Major International 32 5 Exhibitions 5805 Project Grants for 5 3 5 24 32 9 3 5 12 2 100 Organizations in the Visual Arts 5806 Visiting Foreign Artists 42 2 8 Program (Pilot Program) UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 5807 Artists and the 65 116 19 Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) 5825 Assistance to Aboriginal 11 2 Curators for Residencies in Visual Arts
5828 Aboriginal Traditional 1 112 1 1 1 8 Visual Art Forms Program for Individuals 5829 Aboriginal Traditional 11111 5 Visual Art Forms Program for Organizations 5830 Assistance to Culturally 12 3 Diverse Curators for Residencies in Visual Arts
5841 Assistance to 1 42 111 10 Practitioners, Critics and Curators of Architecture
5842 Assistance for the 14222 11 Promotion of Architecture 5845 The Flying Squad 1 1 12 3 4 5 26
Writing and Publishing 28 5 52 29 487 362 39 40 55 198 4 4 132 1,435 6025 Book Publishing Support 11051 3 20 - Emerging Publisher Grants 6030 Book Publishing Support 3 1 7 3 70 47 9 4 5 20 169 - Block Grants 6035 Book Publishing Support 1 3 46 12 6 68 - Translation Grants
6045 International Translation 122 122 Grants 6046 Visiting Foreign Artists 110 11 Program (Pilot Program)
6055 Book Publishing Support 3 1 3 2 46 37 7 3 6 22 130 - Author Promotion Tours 6058 Book Publishing Support 1322311 - Grants for Art Books
6075 Grants to Literary and Art 1 2 40 34 3 2 5 15 102 Magazines 6090 Literary Readings and 8 2 14 12 52 58 8 8 16 46 3 1 228 Festivals 6091 Author Residencies 1 3 2 8 1 1 2 5 23 UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 6133 Grants to Professional 7 5 5 71 65 5 7 7 37 6 215 Writers - Creative Writing
6235 Travel Grants to 1 3 44 41 2 1 8 4 104 Professional Writers 6240 Grants to Aboriginal 1 682333 2 28 Writers, Storytellers and Publishers 6245 Spoken Word and 1 3228111 41111 63 Storytelling Program 6290 Co-operative Projects in 1 8 2 49 29 3 9 4 18 123 Writing and Publishing
6291 Artists and Community 121 4 Collaboration Program (ACCP) 6292 The Flying Squad 1841 14 Program
Grant Program Totals 82 16 182 98 2,022 1,805 177 132 402 958 41 16 14 223 6,168
Public Lending Right 241 63 606 361 5,468 5,297 406 312 820 2,371 12 27 5 525 16,514
Public Lending Right 241 63 606 361 5,468 5,297 406 312 820 2,371 12 27 5 525 16,514 Program
Totals (including PLR Program) 323 79 788 459 7,490 7,102 583 444 1,222 3,329 53 43 19 748 22,682
Canadian Commission for UNESCO 1 1 15 7 3 3 2 32 6520 General Program Fund 1 1 15 7 3 3 2 32
Special Funds 1 2 25 31 4 9 3 75 0218 Japan-Canada 4 2 1 7 7000 Killam Research 33 1 7 Fellowships (Social Sciences and Humanities) 7025 Killam Research 26 22 12 Fellowships (Natural Sciences) 7050 Killam Prizes 3 2 5 7525 Coburn Fellowships 1 1 7550 The Duke and Duchess 1 1 of York Prize in Photography 7575 Jean A. Chalmers Fund 1 1 for the Crafts 7580 Joan Lowndes Award 1 1 7600 Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes 1 2 3
7625 Canada Council for the 112 Arts Molson Prizes 7675 Victor Martyn Lynch- 42 1 7 Staunton Awards UNIT PROGRAM NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU FOREIGN TOTAL 7676 John Hobday Awards in 11 2 Arts Management 7700 Vida Peene Awards 8 8 7725 J. B.C. Watkins Award 2 3 1 1 2 9 7800 John G. Diefenbaker 11 Award 7825 Ronald J. Thom Award 1 1 for Early Design Achievement 7850 Canada-Japan Literary 21 3 Award 7875 Jean-Marie Beaudet 1 1 Award in Orchestra Conducting 7925 York Wilson Endowment 1 1 Award 7926 Bernard Diamant 11 Scholarship 7927 Walter Carsen Prize for 1 1 Excellence in the Performing Arts
Grand Totals 323 79 790 462 7,530 7,140 586 444 1,229 3,340 53 43 19 751 22,789 (including Public Lending Right Program, Canadian Commission for UNESCO and Special Funds)
*Includes grants and prizes but excludes Art Bank purchases. The first grand total includes payments made to authors through PLR. The Grand Total includes Special Funds. Research Office – Canada Council for the Arts National Overview
Canada Council peer assessors by province and language
In total, 805 Canadian artists served as peer assessors in 2008-09. 549 or 68.2% of all peer assessors are Anglophone and 256 or 31.8% are Francophone. There were 52 Francophone peer assessors from outside Quebec and 55 Anglophone peer assessors in Quebec.
Table 10: Peer assessors by province and territory, 2008-091
Total % Total
NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR 17 100.0% Anglophone 16 94.1% Francophone 1 5.9%
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 4 100.0% Anglophone 4 100.0% Francophone 0 0.0%
NOVA SCOTIA 50 100.0% Anglophone 48 96.0% Francophone 2 4.0%
NEW BRUNSWICK 17 100.0% Anglophone 8 47.1% Francophone 9 52.9%
QUEBEC 252 100.0% Anglophone 55 21.8% Francophone 197 78.2%
ONTARIO 208 100.0% Anglophone 182 87.5% Francophone 26 12.5%
MANITOBA 35 100.0% Anglophone 32 91.4% Francophone 3 8.6%
SASKATCHEWAN 21 100.0% Anglophone 20 95.2% Francophone 1 4.8%
ALBERTA 62 100.0% Anglophone 61 98.4% Francophone 1 1.6%
BRITISH COLUMBIA 116 100.0% Anglophone 107 92.2% Francophone 9 7.8%
YUKON 7 100.0% Anglophone 7 100.0% Francophone 0 0.0%
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 3 100.0% Anglophone 3 100.0% Francophone 0 0.0%
1 Excludes special funds.
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Table 10: Peer assessors by province and territory, 2008-09
Total % Total
NUNAVUT 3 100.0% Anglophone 3 100.0% Francophone 0 0.0%
OUTSIDE CANADA 10 100.0% Anglophone 3 30.0% Francophone 7 70.0%
CANADA 795 100.0% Anglophone 546 68.7% Francophone 249 31.3%
TOTAL (Including Outside Canada) 805 100.0% Anglophone 549 68.2% Francophone 256 31.8%
Francophone assessors (Canada) 249 100.0% Quebec 197 79.1% Canada outside Quebec 52 20.9%
Francophone assessors as a % of Canada N/A 31.3% Quebec N/A 24.8% Canada outside Quebec N/A 6.5%
Official language minority assessors as % of Canada 107 13.5% Francophones outside Quebec 52 6.5% Anglophones in Quebec 55 6.9%
Official language minority populations as % of Canada2 1,991,855 6.4% Francophones outside Quebec 997,130 3.2% Anglophones in Quebec 994,725 3.2%
Official language minority artists as % of Canada 7,310 5.2% Francophones outside Quebec 1,755 1.3% Anglophones in Quebec 5,555 4.0%
2 According to the 2006 Census of Canada, the Canadian population numbered 31,241,030 while Canadian artists totaled 140,040
Source:
Statistics Canada: Canada's National Statistical Agency. “Language Highlight Tables, 2006 Census,” Dec. 2007,
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