Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Overview of the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund program:

To increase access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays through the improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities.

Benefits of the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund program:

• Construction or Renovation projects
• Professional fees such as architectural, engineering, and technical services, project management, and environmental assessment;
• Construction and/or renovation of cultural infrastructure, including:
• Property acquisition and transfers;
• Projects interest in short-term financing;
• Demolition and excavation;
• Materials and labor;
• Fire, safety, and security systems;
• Systems and measures to improve accessibility and mobility;
• Environmental practices and sustainable construction (e.g. LEED, eco ENERGY);
• Specialized equipment;
• Fixed seating;
• Purchase and installation of public art as part of construction or renovation project;
• Specialized Equipment
• Sound and lighting equipment;
• Removable seating;
• Stage curtains;
• Staging and rigging equipment;
• Multimedia equipment;
• Portable dance floor;
• Purchase and installation of an integrated data collecting and ticketing system;
• Environmental control systems;
• Storage system;
• Exhibition cases, panels, and interactive displays related to a permanent exhibition;
• Installation costs and initial training related to the operation of specialized equipment;
• Hanging system for exhibition; and
• Hygrothermograph.
• Feasibility Study
• Professional fees related to the assessment of the viability of the project;
• Professional fees related to the design, market analysis, and resources required to operate the new or renovated site; and
• Professional fees related to specialized technicians.

Eligibility criteria of the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund program:

• To be eligible for funding, your organization must be:
• A not-for-profit art and/or heritage organization operating in a professional manner, incorporated under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, or under the equivalent provincial or territorial legislation. Applicants must demonstrate that they have been active in the execution of their arts and/or heritage mandate for at least the previous two years and that their programming is accessible to all Canadians;
• A not-for-profit arts and/or heritage organization, incorporated under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, or under the equivalent provincial or territorial legislation, that is proposing the development and management of a creative hub;
• A provincial/territorial government, a municipal administration, one of their agencies; or
• An Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, or Metis) governing body and its agencies that has historically demonstrated its support to professional artistic or heritage activities including Indigenous cultural practice in their community.