Canada Arts Presentation Fund

The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) provides financial assistance to organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, and to organizations that support arts presenters. The program has two main components: Programming (with streams for Professional Arts Festivals and Performing Arts Series Presenters, and for Presenter Support Organizations) and Development, which supports the emergence of presenters and support organizations for under-served communities or artistic practices. The fund supports professional artistic experiences across communities in Canada and offers targeted considerations for applicants from Indigenous, Black, racialized, official language minority, 2SLGBTQI+ communities, women-led organizations, D/deaf people and people living with a disability.

Financial assistance to support programming, development and presenter support activities for professional arts festivals, performing arts series and related support organizations.

Organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, organizations that offer support to arts presenters, and emerging arts presenters or presenter support organizations from under-served communities or artistic practices. Special considerations may be given to organizations from or supporting Indigenous, Black, racialized, official language minority and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, women-led organizations, or organizations serving D/deaf people and people living with a disability.

Organizations apply to the relevant CAPF component and stream (Programming: Professional Arts Festivals and Performing Arts Series Presenters; Programming: Presenter Support Organizations; or Development) via the program's application processes for each stream.