Grant and contribution program
Contributions to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$22.1M
Up $5.9M from $16.2M in 2023–24.
$0.74per tax filer$0.54per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | $4.4M | $0.15 |
| Payments under $100,000 (92) | Location not stated | $3.7M | $0.12 |
| Le festival international de Jazz de Montréal Inc | Montreal, Quebec | $981K | $0.03 |
| Festival international du rire | Quebec, Quebec | $821K | $0.03 |
| Cité des arts du cirque | Montreal, Quebec | $700K | $0.02 |
| The Coastal Jazz and Blues Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $599K | $0.02 |
| Festival d'été international de Québec Inc | Quebec, Quebec | $550K | $0.02 |
| Festival international de Lanaudière Inc | Joliette, Quebec | $450K | $0.02 |
| Festival Transamériques | Montreal, Quebec | $450K | $0.02 |
| Réseau indépendant des diffuseurs d'événements artistiques unis (Rideau) Inc | Montreal, Quebec | $414K | $0.01 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.