Explore and Create – Artistic Creation
Canada Council for the Arts Canada
Federal arts funding for Canadian artists, groups and organizations to research, create and share new artistic work at any stage of the creative process.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: project funding from idea to public presentation.
Who can apply: Canadian artists, groups and arts organizations; see full guidelines for profile eligibility.
Free to apply.
Rolling: apply any time before the project start date. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: project description, budget, work sample.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Next deadline : Any time before the start date of your project or activity”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Canadian artists, groups and arts organizations; see full guidelines for profile eligibility.
What you will need
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Financial summaryUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Canada Council for the Arts without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.