Backgrounder – Arts and Culture Projects in Alberta Receiving Support through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and the Canada Arts Training Fund
Backgrounder
CALGARY, July 7, 2025
In addition to the investments announced today by David Myles, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages and to the Secretary of State (Nature), in support of the National accessArts Centre, the following organizations have also received funding for their projects.
| Program | Recipient | Project description | Funded amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity | Back of house structure analysis, installation of a resilient stage floor and technical equipment purchase for Banff Centre performing arts venues | $750,000 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | Citadel Theatre | Citadel Theatre accessible washrooms | $500,000 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | City of Lethbridge | Southern Alberta Art Gallery facility enhancements | $500,000 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland Society | Treaty 7 Indigenous exhibition cases update | $70,000 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | Peoples’ Museum Society of/de St. Paul and District | CPR station renovation | $26,413 |
| Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | Siksika Nation | Siksika Piiksapi Memorial Arbour: feasibility and design project | $100,000 |
| Canada Arts Training Fund | Alberta Ballet Company | Training in the Arts | $200,000 |
| Canada Arts Training Fund | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity | Training in the Arts | $2,135,000 |
| Canada Arts Training Fund | Calgary Opera Association | Training in the Arts | $200,000 |
| Canada Arts Training Fund | Friends of Medalta Society | Training in the Arts | $140,000 |
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Contacts
For more information (media only), please contact:
Hermine Landry
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages
hermine.landry@pch.gc.ca
Media Relations
Canadian Heritage
media@pch.gc.ca