SUMMARY: This program funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional and emerging artists, cultural carriers, arts and cultural professionals, groups, collectives and organizations working in all disciplines. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 1 year.
The Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples program supports activities in 3 broad areas:
- Creating provides support for research and the production and creation of new works of art.
- Knowing provides support for the retention, maintenance, innovation and transmittal of cultural knowledge and creative practice. This includes contemporary and historical critical discourse, arts/cultural training and initiatives that seek to pass cultural knowledge to younger generations through artistic practice, and the renewal and maintenance of customary art practices.
- Sharing provides support for the dissemination, exhibition, presentation and distribution of works of art by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, which enrich and engage communities in Canada and abroad.
Maximum funding amounts up to $100,000 and up to $50,000 for applicants with an Emerging Artist profile.
DEADLINE: The application deadline is April 8, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include First Nations, Inuit or Métis creatives, groups, non-profit organizations, and for-profit organizations.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://cca-internal-cac-interne.my.site.com/s/fundingopportunity/119JQ000003Vz3kYAC/3003
