Bringing the arts to life

The Canada Council for the Arts is proud to be Canada’s public arts funder. The Council contributes to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene through grants, services, prizes and payments to artists and arts organizations from Canada.

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Shaping the Canada Council for the Arts’ 2026-31 Strategic Plan

In her latest open letter, Director and CEO Michelle Chawla invites the arts community to share input to shape the Canada Council’s next strategic plan.

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Save the date: 2026 Annual Public Meeting (APM)

The Canada Council for the Arts’ next APM will be held at 4 p.m. (EDT) on March 25, 2026.

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Webinars and information sessions

Join a webinar or information session for guidance from a Program Officer.

The seven English-language GGBooks winners for 2025.

GGBooks 2025 winners announced

The 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards winners have been announced. Discover them at ggbooks.ca!

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Arts Community Pulse Survey: Impact of Funding Analysis

Analysis reveals a high degree of economic, social and cultural impact for recipients of public funding.

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Resistant Fibres in the Âjagemô Exhibition Space

Curated by Julie Graff, Resistant Fibres highlights artwork drawn from the Art Bank collection, which holds more than 150 textile works.

Impact by the numbers

$1.5B

Spending by arts organizations in their communities

180,000

Artistic activities created, produced and presented by arts organizations

72M

Attendees at artistic activities

1:6

For every additional dollar the Council invested in organizations receiving core (operating) funding, those organizations spent six dollars in their communities.