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Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Abroad — Travel
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Sep 2, 2026
Odds
Not published
Effort
1–2 hours
Can you get this?
✓Open to artists, arts professionals, groups, organizations
✓Applicants must be from Canada
✓Application assistance for Deaf or disabled applicants
✓Application assistance for Indigenous applicants facing barriers
Your real odds
No acceptance rate is published, but the rolling deadline means you are not competing against a single cohort of applicants.
Canada Council for the Arts is a major national funder with broad eligibility, so demand is high across its streams. The micro-grant and travel-specific streams are more accessible entry points than the larger co-production or multi-year funding streams.
What it takes
Confirm eligibility and identify the right stream (Micro-grants for professional development travel or Representation and Promotion for market-building travel)1–2 hours
Register or log in to the Canada Council client portal and prepare your application, including an arts CV and project details3–5 hours
Submit before your departure or project start date — no fixed deadline for these streamsAllow at least several weeks before travel
Worth knowing
Travel grant activities previously handled under Arts Abroad: Travel now run through the Micro-grants stream, and because there is no fixed cutoff, late applicants risk missing their departure window entirely, so apply well in advance.
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