Fact Sheet – Budget 2024: Support for the Arts, Culture and Heritage – Appearance of Minister St-Onge and Deputy Minister Mondou, Main Estimates 2024-2025 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)

Background

Budget 2024 was tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024, by the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Budget 2024, titled “Fairness for Every Generation,” underscores the government’s commitment to fostering a fair and inclusive society for everyone in Canada.
In total, it contains announcements of over $1 billion in new spending over five years for the Department of Canadian Heritage ($723.4 million) and Portfolio organizations ($307.2 million over five years).

$31 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, to Canadian Heritage for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund to help support organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series. A portion of this funding will be used to support the following: La TOHU in Montreal, the Festival Montréal Complètement Cirque; the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal; the Sherbrooke Film Festival; the Festival des traditions du monde in Sherbrooke; the Vancouver Fringe Festival.
$23 million over three years, starting in 2024-25 for the Toronto International Film Festival, which attracts leading filmmakers and actors from around the world, playing an important role in Toronto’s entertainment and tourism industries.
$15 million in 2024-25 for the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, which showcases plays by George Bernard Shaw and his era. Funding will support their ambitious All.Together.Now expansion campaign.
$10 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, to support Harbourfront Centre’s ability to make critical capital repairs.
$20 million over three years proposed for Prairies Economic Development Canada to support performing arts organizations based in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

On March 24, 2024, the government announced $32 million over two years starting in 2024-25 for the Canada Music Fund to support the development and promotion of Canadian musicians and Canadian music.
Budget 2024 proposed $2M over three years for the Celebration and Commemoration Program to support community-based celebrations for National Acadian Day.

$11 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, to support the Sikh Arts & Culture Foundation and the Royal Ontario Museum to create a museum space in Toronto dedicated to Sikh arts, culture, and heritage; and to support the operations of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver.
Beyond these funding allocations, the federal government is committed to being a funding partner for a new museum and a new cultural centre in British Columbia. Once further details are announced, the federal government will contribute to build a new museum highlighting the histories, cultures, and contributions of Canadians of diverse South Asian heritages, as well as a new Filipino cultural centre that will create a designated space for the Filipino community to come together and celebrate its culture and heritage.

$10 million over three years, starting in 2024-25, for the Canada Book Fund to elevate Canadian authors and stories both at home and abroad through increased supports for Canadian authors and book publishers.

$42 million in 2024-25 for CBC/Radio-Canada news and entertainment programming, ensuring Canadians across the country, including rural, remote, Indigenous, and minority language communities, have access to high-quality, independent journalism and entertainment.
$45 million over three years, starting in 2025-26, for the National Arts Centre to ensure continued support for artists and productions across the country.
$84 million proposed for the Treasury Board Secretariat and Library and Archive Canada to maintain the Access to Information and Privacy regime.
On January 31, 2024, the government announced $100 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, for Telefilm Canada to elevate a diverse range of content creators and producers across Canada’s vibrant film industry.

$5 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, to support the construction of the new Montréal Holocaust Museum, which will greatly expand the number of people, including schoolchildren, who can learn from its important collections.
Launch of a project to review and renew Canada’s National Holocaust Monument, using existing resources, including to broaden its visibility and engagement in Ottawa and with Canadians across the country.

To support the production of independent, reliable, and diverse local news across the country, the government announced $58.8 million over three years, starting in 2024-25, for the Local Journalism Initiative. This support would be available to written press, community radio and television, and online news services.

$15 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, to support public interest programming services, including $5 million in 2024-25 to support Cable Public Affairs Channel’s (CPAC) capital requirements.

On March 24, 2024, the government announced $32 million over two years, starting in 2024-25, for the Canada Music Fund to support the development and promotion of Canadian musicians and Canadian music.

$225 million over five years, starting in 2024-25, with $45 million per year ongoing to PCH for Indigenous languages and cultures programs, in support of Indigenous Languages Act, which is set for its first five-year review in October 2025.
$65 million over five years, starting in 2024-25, with $13 million per year ongoing to PCH to permanently support the Indigenous Screen Office and ensure Indigenous Peoples can tell their own stories and see themselves reflected on screen.

Funding proposed to support the Glenn Gould Foundation to expand the stature and visibility of the Glenn Gould Prize that recognizes unique lifetime contributions in the arts.
Funding proposed to support scholarships for post-secondary students through the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award.
$1.8 million in 2024-25 to support the Indus Media Foundation, in Surrey, British Columbia, to support completion of their short film that highlights the shared military heritage of Canadian and Indian soldiers in the First and Second World War.

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