Ontario Arts Councilgrant
Ontario Arts Council Northern Arts Projects
- Who Can Apply: Professional artists aged 18+ who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or pending permanent-residence applicants, living in northern Ontario for at least one year and eight months annually. Eligible northern groups, organisations, publishers, First Nations and Indigenous Education Authority schools also qualify.
- The Focus: Creation, production, presentation, skills and career development, or community-engaged arts benefiting northern Ontario, including Manitoulin, Parry Sound and Nipissing districts and areas north.
- The Funding: Up to CAD 15,000 in each of four categories; awards may be lower than requested. Eligible costs include project expenses, small equipment, dependant care and accessibility for participants and audiences.
- Key Requirements: Create or update your Nova profile and submit project answers, a work plan, balanced budget, artistic examples and relevant bios, letters or session plans. Public questions allow 425 words for the project plan and 1,000 words or three pages for a CV/bio; follow Nova for sample counts.
DeadlineThursday, October 29, 2026
AwardMaximum $15,000 per category (New Works, Presentation, Skills/Career Development, Working with Community).
LocationON
ParticipationRemote
Career stagesAll Stages
Age range18–
Application notesRegister/activate a personal Nova account, update your profile and select Northern Arts Projects under Funding Opportunities. Include project details and a balanced budget. Public activity-project questions specify: artist background (300 words), context (300), CV/bio (1,000 words or 3 pages), relation of samples to project (150), project plan (425), collaborator table (20 rows), collaborator rationale (400), development impact (200), audience/community benefits (450), outreach plan (225), and budget notes (1,000 words if typed). The work plan lists dates, tasks, locations and people/organisations. Submit artistic examples plus relevant CVs/bios, group history, reference/confirmation/commitment letters and session plans as applicable. Use the authenticated form for program-specific sample counts and document requirements; these are not publicly specified. General upload limits: JPG images 5 MB each and video files 500 MB each. Activities cannot start before the deadline or finish before results, and must finish within 2 years of results.
Contactaforslund@arts.on.ca
Ontario Arts Council
Organization based in Toronto