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Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Abroad — Co-Production
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Sep 2, 2026
Odds
Not published
Effort
1–2 days
Can you get this?
✓Open to artists, groups, and organizations
✓Applicants must be based in Canada
✓Co-productions: groups and organizations only
✓Application assistance for Deaf, disabled, or Indigenous applicants
Your real odds
The program runs two cycles per year, and no acceptance rate is published, so you are competing blind against every eligible Canadian arts organization that meets the deadline.
Canada Council for the Arts is the country's primary public arts funder, which means demand is significant, and this program shares resources across nine other streams within Arts Across Canada and Abroad.
What it takes
Confirm eligibility — verify your organization qualifies and that you have a confirmed foreign arts organization partner1–2 days
Register or log in to the Canada Council client portal and review the International Co-productions application guidelines2–4 hours
Prepare application materials including project description, partner details, budget, and arts CV1–3 weeks
Submit before the deadline (April 15 or November 4)Allow buffer time before deadline
Worth knowing
Free application assistance is available to lead applicants who self-identify as Deaf, hard of hearing, having a disability, living with mental illness, or as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis facing language, geographic, or cultural barriers, so flag that when you apply if it applies to your organization.
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