Grant and contribution program
Contributions to the Canada Arts Training Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$27.4M
Up $810K from $26.6M in 2023–24.
$0.92per tax filer$0.67per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada's National Ballet School | Toronto, Ontario | $5.6M | $0.19 |
| National Theatre School of Canada | Montreal, Quebec | $4.6M | $0.15 |
| The Banff Centre | Banff, Alberta | $2.1M | $0.07 |
| The Royal Conservatory of Music | Toronto, Ontario | $1.8M | $0.06 |
| École Nationale de Cirque | Montreal, Quebec | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| The Centre for Indigenous Theatre | Toronto, Ontario | $920K | $0.03 |
| National Youth Orchestra Association of Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $800K | $0.03 |
| The Royal Winnipeg Ballet | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $775K | $0.03 |
| Dancer Transition Resource Centre | Toronto, Ontario | $625K | $0.02 |
| Brott Music Festival | Hamilton, Ontario | $560K | $0.02 |
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.