Canadian Heritage Covid-19 Recovery Measures

$500M Emergency Support for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations (ESF) (Announced April 17, 2020)

On April 17, 2020, the Prime Minister announced funding of $500 million to establish a new COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

The Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations (ESF) complements other Government of Canada measures to help Canadian workers and temporary relief measure created to help alleviate the financial pressures of cultural, heritage and sport organizations facing significant losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its objectives are to maintain jobs and support business continuity for organizations whose cash flow and short-term operational viability have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to stabilize a sector that is a major driver of the Canadian economy.

Fall Economic Statement 2020 (November 30, 2020)

The Fall Economic Statement 2020 (FES) is Canada’s plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, support Canadians. The FES announced additional measures for the arts, culture, heritage and sport sectors, including funding to support the planning and presentation of COVID-19-safe events and performances as well as to provide work opportunities in these sectors and invest in a recovery that is inclusive, sustainable, and creates good jobs for Canadians. Announcements related to the Department of Canadian Heritage’s mandate represent a funding amount that exceeds $281 million.

Recovery And Reopening Funds (Budget 2021)

The Recovery Fund for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Sectors will provide $300 million over two years. It is being administered by existing Canadian Heritage programs as well as programs delivered by the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada. It includes two streams with related objectives:

• Reinforcing Recovery Foundations – to provide additional relief to arts, culture and sport organizations that are still struggling with operational viability due to the pandemic.
• Investing in the Recovery – to provide organizations and Canadians working in these sectors who are ready to lead recovery in the arts, culture and heritage sectors with the financial means to help build organizational resilience and pursue business innovation and transformation. This will also contribute to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in these sectors as well as greening activities.

The Reopening Fund will provide $200 million over two years through existing programs to support Canada’s festivals, cultural events, outdoor theatre performances, heritage celebrations, local museums, amateur sport events, and more. It supports organizations and projects that deliver in-person experiences and events that draw visitors to our communities and will complement tourism-related initiatives to be delivered by federal Regional Development Agencies. It is being delivered by Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada.

$500M Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations (ESF):

On April 17, 2020, the Prime Minister announced funding of $500 million in fiscal year 2020-2021 to establish a new COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

Arts And Culture – $130.29M ($123.90M)

• Canada Council for the Arts: Help for the arts organizations: $55.0M ($55.04M)
• Arts Sector Organizations: Help for organizations that do not usually receive funding from PCH: $7.8M ($7.75M)
• Music Industry Organizations: Help for organizations that do not usually receive funding from PCH: $5M ($5M)
• Canada Music Fund: For eligible recipients: $29.16M ($27.95M)
• Canada Book Fund: For eligible recipients: $10.54M ($9.72M)
• Canada Arts Presentation Fund: For eligible recipients: $10.46M ($7.58M)
• Canada Arts Training Fund: For eligible recipients: $5.74M ($5.15M)
• Building Communities through Arts and Heritage: For eligible recipients: $5.34M ($4.46M)
• Harbourfront Centre Funding Program: For eligible recipients: $1.25M ($1.25M)

Sport – $72M ($86.02M)

• Sport Support Program: For eligible recipients: $34.5M ($48.52M)
• Bilateral Agreements with Provinces and Territories: $32.5M ($32.50M)
• Athlete Assistance Program: For eligible recipients: $5M ($5M)

Official Languages – $1.06M ($1.23M)

• Arts and Culture Organizations that Serve Official Language Minority Communities: $1.06M ($1.23M)

AV Production, Media and Journalism – $248.42M ($252.58M)

• Audiovisual Sector Organizations: Producers making Canadian content: $12M ($19M)
• Digital Sector Organizations: Interactive digital media companies: $10M ($10M)
• Publishing Sector Organizations: Help for organizations that do not usually receive funding from PCH: $10M ($10M)
• Broadcasters: Independent broadcasters that invest in news and community broadcasts ($25M) + [plus] Indigenous radio and television broadcasters ($1.69M) + [plus] TV5 ($0.34M) = [equals] $27.09M ($27.03M)
• Telefilm Canada: Support for the audiovisual sector: $29.76M ($29.24M)
• Canada Media Fund: $88.75M for eligible recipients + [plus] $2.5M for producers of content in a language other than ENG or FR + [plus] $1M for independent groups producing access programming for community television = [equals] $92.25M ($92.25M)
• Canada Periodical Fund: $15.42M for eligible recipients + [plus] $45M for special measures in journalism = [equals] $63.82M ($60.89M)
• Digital Citizen Initiative: COVID-related projects: $3.5M ($4.17M)

Heritage – $48.23M ($33.73M)

• Museum Assistance Program: Emergency component: $48.23M ($33.73M)

Additional Measures Announced in The Fall Economic Statement 2020 ($281M):

The Fall Economic Statement 2020 was announced on November 30, 2020. The rollout of $181.5 million allocated for 2021-2022 to help support the arts and live events sectors in response to COVID-19 was announced on March 2, 2021. An additional $50 million was also added to the initial funding for the Short-Term Compensation Fund for Canadian Audiovisual Productions which will be extended to March 31,2022, for a total of $100 million.

Arts and Culture – $181M

• Arts and Music Sectors: Help stabilize the overall environment for the arts and music sectors through the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program ($7M) + the Canada Arts Presentation Fund ($8M) + the Canada Music Fund ($10M) = $25M
• Short-Term Contracting of Workers in the Live Event Sector: Through the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program ($5M), the Canada Arts Presentation Fund ($20M), and the Canada Music Fund ($15M): $40M
• Digital Now (Canada Council for the Arts): New digital innovation initiative which enables arts groups, collectives and organizations to adapt or create works to be shared with virtual audiences: $50M
• Explore and Create Program (Canada Council for the Arts): To stimulate increased research, creation, and production of new work: $66M

AV Production, Media and Journalism – $100M

• Short-Term Compensation Fund for Canadian Audiovisual Productions:
  • To minimize the consequence of the void created by the lack of insurance coverage for interruptions in filming and the abandonment of productions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: $50M (Sep. 2020) + $50M (Mar. 2021) = $100M
• Broadcasting Part II Licence Fees: Relief to local television and radio stations by the waiving of broadcasting Part II license fees in 2020-21

ESF Funding by Sector

• AV Production, Media and Journalism 50.8%
• Arts and Culture 24.9%
• Sport 17.3%
• Heritage 6.8%
• Official Languages 0.2%

ESF + Fall Economic Statement 2020 Measures Breakdown by Sector

• AV Production, Media and Journalism 45.3%
• Arts and Culture 39.2%
• Sport 11.1%
• Heritage 4.3%
• Official Languages 0.1%

Budget 2021: Key Canadian Heritage Initiatives

• PCH $1.58B
• Portfolio $346.1M
• Total $1.93B

Official Languages

• $180.4M over three years to support students across Canada in achieving greater levels of bilingualism.
• $121.3M over three years to make high-quality post-secondary minority language Education available across Canada.
• $81.1M over two years to support educational and community spaces that serve official language minority communities.
• $6.4M over two years to move forward with modernizing the Official Languages Act.

Indigenous Peoples

• $13.4M over five years, and $2.4M ongoing, for events to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, and to honour survivors, their families and communities, as well as to support celebrations and commemoration events during the proposed National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Federal Response to The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• $344.3M Total for five years and $2.9m ongoing to support the following initiatives related to culture:
• $275M over five years to support the efforts of Indigenous peoples in the reclamation, revitalization, and strengthening of Indigenous languages.
• $14.9M over four years for Library and Archives Canada, to support the conservation of Indigenous heritage.
• $40.1M over three years to support the Indigenous Screen Office.
• $14.3M over five years and $2.9M ongoing to ensure that Indigenous women and girls have access to sports activities through the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities programs.

Sport

• $80M over two years to help remove barriers to participation in sport and to help community organizations kick-start local organized sport.

Heritage

• $23M over five years for the Museums Assistance Program to support the digitization of information and collections.

Commemorations

• $4M to support Next three years the completion of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism.

Portfolio Organizations

2021-2022

• $100M Telefilm
• $21M Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
• $17.2M National Art Centre
• $5M National Film Board

Next three years

• $105M over three years for Telefilm Canada to modernize its current suite of programs.

Next Five years

• $66M National museums, the National Battlefields Commission and the RCMP Heritage Centre.

Arts and Culture

• $70M over three years for the Canada Music Fund, this includes up to $50M to help the live music sector, weather the pandemic.
• $39.3M over two years to support the Canadian book industry:
  • $32.1M to help bookstores increase online sales.
  • $7.2M towards the Frankfurt Book Fair to promote Canada’s book industry.
• $15M in 2021-22 for the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, to help arts and heritage institutions upgrade their facilities to meet public health guidelines.

Live Events

• To support performing arts festivals, community-based cultural events, celebrations, and commemorations that make our communities stronger:
  • $19.6M over three years for the Celebration and Commemoration Program
  • $16M over two years for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.
  • $14M over two years for the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program.

Recovery Fund

• $300M over two years to promote recovery from the pandemic for heritage, arts, and sport sectors.

Festivals and Community Organizations

• $200M to support local festivals, community cultural events, outdoor theatre performances, heritage celebrations, local museums, amateur sport events, and more.

LGBTQ2

• $7.1M over three years to support the work of the LGBTQ2 Secretariat and enable the continued development of an LGBTQ2 Action Plan.
• $15M over three years to create a new LGBTQ2 Projects Fund dedicated to supporting community initiatives (Women and Gender Equality Canada).

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• $60M over three years to the Canada Media Fund to increase support for productions led by people from equity deserving groups.
• $11M over two years to expand the impact of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and help community groups combat racism.
• $6M over two years to the National Arts Centre to support collaborations with equity deserving groups to help relaunch the performing arts sector.

The announcement of the $300M Recovery Fund and the $200M Reopening Fund was made in Budget 2021. The details of this funding were published on June 28, 2021. Figures shown do not include Vote 1 funding.

Recovery Fund (2021-2023)

Arts & Culture – $120.5M

• Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF): For Partnership Initiatives in the Arts and Heritage Sector: $3.5M
• Canada Arts Training Fund: Enabling Stability: Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Training Organizations: $5M
• Canada Arts Presentation Fund: Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Presentation Organizations: $5M
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund: Supporting the Foundations of Cultural Infrastructure: $16M
• Canada Council for the Arts: Supporting Domestic Touring: $5M
• Canada Council for the Arts: Stimulate Original Artistic and Literary Creation by Individual Artists, Arts Groups and Non-core Funded Organizations: $20M
• Canada Council for the Arts: Strategic Fund for the Innovative Rebuilding of the Arts Sector: $25M
• Harbourfront Centre: Addressing Capital Deficiencies for the Harbourfront Centre: $20M
• Canada Book Fund: Support for Publishers Top-Up: $11.4M
• Creative Export Canada: Targeted Export Support: $7.9M
• Creative Export Strategy: Canadian Creative Accelerator: $1.75M

AV Production, Media and Journalism – $82M

• Canada Periodical Fund: Aid to Publishers (Community Newspapers, Magazines, and Digital Periodicals) Top-Ups: $10M
• Canada Periodical Fund: Special Measures for Journalism: $21.5M
• Canada Media Fund: Local News and Local Programming by Independent Broadcasters: $10.5M
• Canada Media Fund: Supporting Third-Language Community Productions: $5M
• Local Journalism Initiative: Top-Ups: $10M
• Telefilm Canada: Cinema Emergency Support Fund: $25M

Official Languages – $5M

• Development of Official Language Communities: Post-COVID Activities and Capacity Building for Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) Organizations: $5M

Sport – $83M

• Sport Support Program: Athlete Travel Costs: $6M
• Sport Support Program: Recovery Support for Sport Organizations: $60M
• Sport Hosting Program: Sport Event Hosting Recovery: $17M

Reopening fund (2021-2023)

Arts & Culture – $133M

• Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH):
  • Support for Local Festivals: $12M
• Canada Arts Presentation Fund:
  • Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Presentation Organizations: $5M
  • Re-Engaging Audiences: $25M
• Canada Arts Training Fund:
  • Enabling Stability: Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Training Organizations: $5M
• Commemorate Canada:
  • Celebration and Commemoration Reopening Fund: $54M
• Canada Council for the Arts:
  • Support for Audience Re-engagement: $25M
• Canada Music Fund:
  • Stimulate Economic Recovery of For-profit Music Festivals: $7M

Official Languages - $1.5M

• Development of Official Language Communities: Post-COVID Innovation Support for OLMC Organizations: $1.5M

AV Production, Media and Journalism – $10M

• Telefilm Canada: Film Festivals: $10M

Sport – $13M

• Sport Hosting Program: Sport Event Hosting Recovery: $13M

Heritage – $41M

• Museums Assistance Program: Reopening Fund for Heritage Organizations: $41M

Recovery and Reopening Funding: Year 1

• Arts and Culture 31.8%
• AV Production, Media and Journalism 29.3%
• Sport 20.2%
• Heritage 17.0%
• Official Languages 1.6%

Recovery and Reopening Funding: Year 2

• Arts and Culture 71.2%
• Sport 19.1%
• AV Production, Media and Journalism 8.7%
• Official Languages 1.0%

Recovery and Reopening Funding: Years 1 & 2

• Arts and Culture 51.6%
• Sport 20.0%
• AV Production, Media and Journalism 19.1%
• Heritage 7.9%
• Official Languages 1.4%

Reallocations (As of December 10, 2021)