$2,800,000
Federal Grant to Canada Council for the Arts
Pre-Election Grant
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Pre-Election Timing
This grant was awarded in the lead-up to a federal election. See the full pre-election analysis →
- Recipient
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Agreement #
- ACOA-2024-13699
- Program
- Arts Abroad Program
- Amount
- $2,800,000(16.7x dept. average)
- Date
- 2021-06-15
- Location
- Ottawa
- Province/Territory
- ON
- Riding
- Ottawa Centre
- MP
- Yasir NaqviLiberal
- Description
- International arts promotion and cultural diplomacy program supporting Canadian artists at international festivals and exhibitions.
What this means
- •This grant is 16.7x the average grant from Canadian Heritage.
- •This grant was awarded 3 months before the 2021 federal election.
On 2021-06-15, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $2,800,000 to Canada Council for the Arts through Canadian Heritage under the Arts Abroad Program program. The funds were directed to Ottawa, ON, in the federal riding of Ottawa Centre, which is represented by Yasir Naqvi (Liberal). Canadian Heritage has disbursed $2.1B across 12,500 grants since 2018.