Funding Opportunities
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Grants Ontario
Find out what funding is currently available from the Government of Ontario, if you’re eligible, and what you need to apply.
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Grants Ontario
ADaPT
Advanced Digital and Professional Training is a program aimed at preparing post-secondary graduates and students in their final semester for a changing world of work.
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Advanced Digital and Professional Training
Propel Student Work Placement Program
Propel offers post-secondary students the opportunity to gain skills through hands-on, paid work-integrated learning opportunities in tourism and hospitality.
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Propel Student Work Placement
Ontario Arts Council
The OAC provides grants to Ontario-based individual artists and arts professionals, ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations.
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Ontario Arts Council
Building Communities
Provides funding for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, artisans, heritage performers or specialists, and Indigenous cultural carriers.
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Building Communities - Local Festivals
Green Municipal Fund
OCAF provides Ontario cultural organizations with investment to increase cultural tourism, revenue, economic growth and job creation.
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Green Municipal Fund
Experience Ontario
The program provides financial support to festival organizers, not-for-profit organizations and communities to deliver multi-day experiences and Canada Day celebrations.
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Experience Ontario
TIAO Funding & Grant Opportunities
More funding opportunities for the tourism sector, compiled by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario.
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TIAO Funding and Grant Opportunities
artsvest Ontario
Selected organizations receive support, guidance, tools, and sponsorship training delivered by a diverse roster of expert mentors.
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artsvest Ontario
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Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
OCAF provides Ontario cultural organizations with investment to increase cultural tourism, revenue, economic growth and job creation.
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Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Destination Ontario is the lead provincial tourism marketing outlet, with a mandate to promote Ontario as a travel destination.
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Ontario Trillium Foundation
TTE Program
The Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship program was created to empower Canadian tourism and hospitality entrepreneurs to plan, launch and grow their businesses.
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Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program
Canada-Ontario Job Grant
Information to support current Employment Ontario partner organizations delivering Employment Ontario programs and services.
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Canada-Ontario Job Grant
Ontario Music Investment Fund
The OMIF is designed to provide targeted economic development investment to the province’s vibrant and diverse music industry.
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Ontario Music Investment Fund
Young Canada Works
YCW offers eligible employers wage subsidies and access to a pool of talented youth with innovative ideas and competitive skills.
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