Deadline Date: February 01, 2026
The City of Toronto is currently accepting applications to strengthen Toronto’s creative economy while supporting companies and individuals rooted in the city’s vibrant cultural landscape.
This opportunity is designed to strengthen the city’s creative sector by supporting initiatives that foster innovation, build audiences, and promote local talent while creating meaningful impact for Toronto-based companies and individuals.
A broad range of organizations are eligible to apply for sponsorship. These include for-profit businesses, festivals, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and registered charities. This inclusive approach ensures that diverse stakeholders across the creative sector have access to support to deliver impactful events that contribute to the city’s cultural and economic vitality.
Eligible events must place sector development at the core of their objectives and demonstrate clear benefits for Toronto’s creative industries. The City supports a wide range of initiatives, including showcase and performance-based events, programs that build and engage audiences, and events that promote local creative talent or companies. Support is also extended to initiatives that advance knowledge-building and encourage innovation, collaboration, and commercialization within the creative ecosystem.
Through this sponsorship opportunity, the City of Toronto continues to invest in events that strengthen the creative sector, encourage collaboration, and support sustainable growth across the city’s dynamic creative economy.
For more information, visit City of Toronto.






















