PCH funding programs for Cultural Affairs (over $5M)

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• Canada Periodical Fund $76.8M
• Canada Arts Training Fund $22.8M
• Harbourfront Centre Funding Program $12.5M
• TV5 $17.0M
• Canada Media Fund $157.6M
• Canada Cultural Investment Fund $22.0M
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund $55.3M
• Canada Music Fund $36.9M
• Canada Arts Presentation Fund $40.3M
• *New* Digital Citizen Initiative $9.9M
• Creative Export Canada $7M annually through 2022-2023
• Total Export Funding $25M annually through 2022-2023
• Canada Book Fund $41.2M
• *New* Local Journalism $10M

Canada Periodical Fund $76.8M

Supports Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper publishers; contributes to publishing activities (distribution, content creation, online activities, business development), business innovation, and industry-wide projects that aim to increase the overall sustainability of the industries.

Target recipients: For-profit publishers, not-for profit publishers and organizations

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Canadian readers, Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper industries

Results:

• A range of Canadian periodicals supported by the CPF is produced
• Canadian periodicals supported by the CPF are accessed by Canadian readers

Canada Arts Training Fund $22.8M

Contributes to the development of Canadian creators and future cultural leaders of the Canadian arts through support for training of artists; provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit institutions that specialize in delivering focused, intensive and practice-based arts studies in disciplines such as dance, theatre, circus arts, visual arts and music (opera, orchestral); supports training in Indigenous and ethnocultural artistic practices.

Target recipients: Not-for-profit arts training institutions/organizations

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Canadian artists and creators, Canadian and international audiences

Results:

• Graduates of arts training institutions have professional careers in Canada and internationally

Harbourfront Centre Funding Program $12.5M

• includes an increase of $7.5M from Supps A

Provides operating funding to the Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), which creates cultural and artistic events and activities to enliven, educate and entertain the public

Target recipient: Harbourfront Corporation.

Ultimate beneficiaries include: the public (local residents and visitors)

Results:

• Innovative cultural, recreational and educational program and events are organized on Toronto’s waterfront

TV5 $17.0M

• includes an increase of $6.0M from Supps A

Supports the international partnership with France, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Swizterland, Québec and Canada; enables international presentation of Canadian productions via TV5MONDE; provides access to diversity of programming from the international Francophonie

Target recipients: TV5 Québec Canada (not-for-profit); TV5MONDE (foreign corporation).

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Francophones and Francophiles in Canada and abroad.

Results:

• Canadian content is part of TV5MONDE’s international programming
• Canadians have access to the diversity of the international Francophonie through TV5 Québec Canada

Canada Media Fund $157.6M

• includes an increase of $23.5M from Supps B
• plus $193M (2018-19, latest data available) contribution from broadcasting distribution units via CRTC requirements (down from $199.6M in 2017-18)

Funded by the Government of Canada and cable, satellite distributors and Internet Protocol Television; supports the creation of digital content across multiple platforms (e.g., television, wireless devices, the Internet); focuses investments on the creation of content Canadians want, where and when they want it; supports Canadian television and digital media production companies, among others.

Target recipient: CMF corporation (not-for-profit)

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Canadians as consumers of convergent programs and creators of leading-edge content and applications; specific funding envelopes for Indigenous communities, official language minority communities and other diverse language groups

Results:

• Innovative Canadian content and software applications are created for commercial potential or public use
• Canadians watch or interact with CMF-supported television programs or digital convergent content

Canada Cultural Investment Fund $22.0M

Encourages private sector investment, partnership and sound business practices to help arts and heritage organizations; encourages private donations to endowment funds for professional arts organizations; supports projects involving multiple partners to improve organizations’ business practices and diversify revenues; encourages knowledge and resource sharing and strategic use of technologies; provides limited financial assistance in cases when a professional arts organization is facing closure, but it has a high degree of support for its continuation and a viable business/restructuring plan

Target recipients: Not-for-profit professional arts and heritage organizations; equivalent Indigenous peoples’ institutions or organizations (inc. Inuit, Métis, Status and Non-Status people); registered charitable foundations

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Communities served by professional arts and heritage organizations

Results:

• Arts and heritage organizations demonstrate sound organizational, administrative and financial health

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund $55.3M

Seeks to improve the physical conditions for arts and heritage-related creation, presentation, preservation and exhibition; aims to increase and improve Canadians’ access to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage exhibitions; supports infrastructure projects for professional, not-for-profit arts and heritage organizations as well as municipal and provincial/territorial governments and agencies with a mandate for arts and heritage, and equivalent Indigenous peoples’ organizations; supports access to new or improved arts and heritage spaces in all regions, including underserved communities

Target recipients: Not-for-profit organizations, other levels of government (provinces, territories and municipalities), Indigenous peoples’ organizations (First Nations, Inuit and Métis)

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Local communities

Results:

• Canadians have access to cultural facilities in their communities

Canada Music Fund $36.9M

• includes an increase of $10.1M from Budget Implementation Vote 15
• plus $13.5M (2018-19, latest data available) contribution from radio broadcasters to FACTOR and Musicaction via CRTC requirements

Supports the activities of Canadian music artists and entrepreneurs aimed at increasing the creation of and access to a diversity of Canadian music for audiences everywhere by enhancing the sector's ability to compete in domestic and international markets; contributes to Canadian music artists and entrepreneurs as well as for not-for-profit national service organizations in support of the creation, publishing, production, distribution or marketing of Canadian music, including touring-related activities, music showcases and business development activities; provides funding to Canadian not-for-profit organizations as well as music entrepreneurs in support of a diverse range of collective activities aiming to enhance the visibility and accessibility of Canadian music; supports the preservation of Canada's musical heritage for future generations

Target recipients: Not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, individuals

Ultimate beneficiaries include: music artists, Canadian and international audiences

Results:

• A range of Canadian music is published by CMF recipients
• Canadian music supported by the CMF is accessed in Canada and abroad

Canada Arts Presentation Fund $40.3M

• includes an increase of $7.8M from Budget Implementation Vote 15

Gives Canadians access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities; provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, as well as their support organizations; supports emerging presenters and presenter support organizations whose activities target underserved communities or artistic practices

Target recipients: Not-for-profit organizations, other levels of government (provinces, territories and municipalities), Indigenous peoples’ organizations (First Nations, Inuit and Métis)

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Local communities

Results:

• Canadians have access to and experience the work of Canadian artists

*New* Digital Citizen Initiative $9.9M

• via Budget Implementation Vote 35; including $7.1M delivered via with the Canada History Fund

Creative Export Canada $7M annually through 2022-2023

Supports projects that have the potential to generate export revenues and increase the international profile of Canadian works, whatever the platform or format; focuses on high-potential and innovative projects and encourages partnerships; part of the Creative Export Strategy delivered in partnership with Global Affairs Canada to maximize the export potential of Canadian creative industries

Target recipients: Not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, Indigenous band councils, tribal councils, or other Indigenous governments or organizations (First Nations, Inuit or Métis)

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Canadian creative entrepreneurs, Canadian and international audiences

Results:

• Canadian creative industries access international markets
• Canadian works are discovered by international consumers

Total Export Funding $25M annually through 2022-2023

• includes export-focused top-up funding for music; film, TV and broadcasting; periodicals; books; and arts presentation as well funding for GAC for investment in the presence of Canadian cultural industries abroad

Canada Book Fund $41.2M

• includes an increase of $4M from Budget Implementation Vote 20

Supports Canadian book publishers and other sectors of the book industry to ensure access to a broad range of Canadian-authored books via contributions to production and marketing of Canadian-authored books and support to collective projects that benefit the industry and, ultimately, readers.

Target recipients: For-profit publishers, not-for-profit publishers and organizations

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Readers in Canada and abroad

Results:

• Readers everywhere have access to a broad range of Canadian-authored books
• Readers everywhere consume a broad range of Canadian-authored books

*New* Local Journalism $10M

• via Supps A