Canada Council for the Arts

• The Canada Council for the Arts helps Canadian artists fashion new works of art, and encourages all Canadians to enjoy arts. It provides grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in visual arts as well as dance, media arts, music, theatre, writing and publishing, interdisciplinary work, and performance art. Its Aboriginal Peoples Secretariat helps artists and organizations in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon and Northern Quebec gain better access to Council programs, since they may have a hard time developing projects that match the Council’s program criteria.
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Canadian Heritage

• Arts Presentation Canada gives Canadians direct access to diverse, quality artistic experiences through financial assistance to arts presenters or the organizations that support them. The outcome will be that Canadian communities of all backgrounds will have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the broadest possible range of artistic experiences.
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• National Arts Training Program supports independent, non-profit, incorporated, Canadian organizations which train Canadians for professional national/international artistic careers. The artistic impacts of these organizations are pan-Canadian. Through their achievements, these organizations support the cultural development of Canada. This program provides support on a multi-year or annual basis for the ongoing operational activities of the organizations’ professional program. Funding is not for capital infrastructure.
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• Cultural Spaces Canada seeks to improve physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation. It is also designed to increase access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays. The Program supports the improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities, and the acquisition of specialized equipment as well as conducting feasibility studies.
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Cultural Human Resources Council

• The Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) addresses the training and career development needs of cultural workers. These workers include artists, creators, technical staff, managers, boards, volunteers, and all those engaged professionally in the sector, including self-employed individuals. Indeed, self-employed artists run small businesses and often have to do everything – plan, create, produce, advertise, keep accounts, deal with tax, legal, health, and safety matters, develop their own training opportunities, and provide their own social benefits. Since they need a wider range of skills than most employees, the CHRC provides all kinds of information on courses and programs available to artists.