Recovery and Reopening Funds Announced in Budget 2021 – Question Period Card, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant

Issue

Recovery and Reopening Funds Announced in Budget 2021

Update

February 10, 2022

Source

Various

Synopsis

Budget 2021 announced a $300 million Recovery Fund for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport sectors that are still struggling due to the pandemic, and a $200M Reopening Fund to help Canada’s local festivals, community cultural events, outdoor theatre performances, heritage celebrations, local museums, amateur sport events and more.

Recommended response

• The Recovery Fund for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Sectors will provide $300 million over two years to organizations that continue to struggle due to the pandemic.
• The Reopening Fund will provide $200 million over two years to organizations and projects that deliver in-person experiences or events that draw visitors to our communities.
• Between these two funds, there is $250M for 2021-22 and $250M for 2022-23. Initiatives for this fiscal year are launched and additional programs will be added in the 2022-23 fiscal year.
• All Recovery and Reopening initiatives are now rolling out support measures and are on track to expend the entirety of allocated 2021-2022 funding.

Background

Current Status of the Recovery and Reopening Funds

Of the $300 million recovery fund total, the Government of Canada has provided over $52.3 million to eligible recipients and is finalizing plans to provide an additional $39.1 million in funding support (as of January 31, 2022). All programs are planning to spend 100% of their budget except for the Harbourfront Program which is declaring a potential surplus of $3M.

Of the $200 million in reopening funds, the government has provided over $38.7 million to eligible funding recipients and is finalizing plans to provide an additional $14.2 million in funding support (January 31, 2022). All programs are planning to spend 100% of their budget except for the Museum Assistance Program which is declaring a potential surplus of $4.2M

Current Status of Portfolio Organization Recovery and Reopening Initiatives

Telefilm:

• Of the $16M Recovery funding for fiscal year 2021-2022, Telefilm has disbursed $10.7M (January 31, 2022)
• Of the $5M Reopening funding for fiscal year 2021-2022, Telefilm has disbursed $3.1M (January 31, 2022)

Canada Council for the Arts:

• In this fiscal year, CCA has disbursed funding relating to the Reopening Fund only. CCA Recovery Fund initiatives will commence in the 2022-23 fiscal year. (January 31, 2022)
• All $25M of allotted Reopening funding for fiscal year 2021-2022 have been dispersed to 1,097 organizations. (January 31, 2022)

2021-2022 Initiatives: Already Flowing Funding or Recent Program Launch

Recovery Fund

• Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) — Strategic Incentives
• Canada Arts Training Fund — Enabling Stability
• Harbourfront Centre — Addressing Capital Deficiencies for the Harbourfront Centre
• Canada Book Fund — Support for Publishers Top-Up
• Canada Periodical Fund — Aid to Publishers (Community Newspapers and Magazines) Top-Ups
• Canada Periodical Fund — Aid to Publishers (Digital Periodicals) Top-Ups
• Local Journalism Initiative — Top-Ups
• Creative Export Canada — Targeted Export Support
• Telefilm Canada — Cinema Emergency Support Fund
• Sport Support Program — Athlete Travel Costs
• Creative Export Strategy — Canadian Creative Accelerator (in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada) and Trade Accelerator Program (in collaboration with Montreal Chamber of Commerce)
• Canada Media Fund — Supporting Third-Language Community Productions
• Canada Arts Presentation Fund — Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Presentation Organizations
• Canada Media Fund — Local News and Local Programming by Independent Broadcasters
• Sport Support Program — Recovery Support for Sport Organizations
• Canada Council for the Arts — Supporting Domestic Touring
• Canada Council for the Arts — Stimulate original artistic and literary creation by individual artists, arts groups and non-core funded organizations
• Canada Council for the Arts — Strategic Fund for the Innovative Rebuilding of the Arts Sector
• Canada Periodical Fund — Special Measures for Journalism
• Development of Official Language Communities — Post-COVID Activities and Capacity Building for Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) Organizations

Reopening Fund

• Telefilm Canada — Film Festivals
• Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) — Support for Local Festivals Top-Up
• Museums Assistance Program — Reopening Fund for Heritage Organizations
• Sport Hosting Program — Sport Event Hosting Recovery
• Commemorate Canada — Celebration and Commemoration Reopening Fund
• Canada Council for the Arts — Support for audience re-engagement (core recipient formula)
• Development of Official Language Communities — Post-COVID innovation support for OLMC organizations

Launch Scheduled for 2022-23

Recovery Fund

• Canada Book Fund — Support for Shipping
• Canada Book Fund — Diversity and Inclusion Measures
• Creative Export Strategy — Trade Accelerator Program (in collaboration with Toronto Board of Trade and Vancouver Board of Trade)
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund — Supporting the Foundations of Cultural Infrastructure

Reopening Fund

• Canada Arts Presentation Fund — Re-engaging Audiences
• Canada Music Fund — Stimulate economic recovery of for-profit music festivals