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Music Organizations

Music Canada. Founded in 1963 by10 recording companies. Includes independent labels and distributors.  

Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA). Not-for-profit national trade association representing the English-language, Canadian-owned sector of the music industry.

Government Agencies

Ontario Organizations

Toronto's Local Arts Services Organizations: Arts Etobicoke, East End Arts, Lakeshore Arts, North York Arts, Scarborough Arts, and Urban Arts.

Ontario Arts Council: OAC's grants and services to professional, Ontario-based artists and arts organizations support arts education, Aboriginal arts, community arts, crafts, dance, Franco-Ontarian arts, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, touring, and visual arts.

Ontario Arts Foundation: The Ontario Arts Foundation was established in 1991 as a public foundation to encourage and facilitate private giving to the arts in Ontario.

Toronto Arts Council: City of Toronto's funding body for artists and arts organizations. Since 1974, TAC has played a major role in the city’s cultural industries by supporting a broad range of artistic activity.

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. TAPA is the voice of theatre, dance and opera in Toronto.

Arts Management NetworkFirst established as a German online magazine for arts management, the network provides a database of international information services for arts managers, researchers, student, policy makers, journalists and professionals in the arts and creative sector. Subscribe to receive the Arts Management Quarterly magazine and the Network's monthly newsletter for free.

Investing in the Arts

Arts Charities in Canada: Who they are, where they operate and how they are funded

Canadians’ Arts Participation, Health, and Well-Being: Canada Council for the Arts 53rd Statistical Insights on the Arts report series (2021).

Canadian Arts Coalition: A collaborative non-partisan movement spearheaded by a group of national arts organizations.  

Canadian Network for Arts & Learning

Hill Strategies Research for the Arts

Imagine Canada: programs and resources for Canadian charities

Art Blogs

AKIMBO. Toronto company that promotes contemporary visual art, video, new media and film locally, nationally and internationally.

Canadian Art Junkie. Features painting, photography, illustration, and other visual arts from Canada and beyond.

Business for the Arts Blog. National charitable organization works in partnership with arts leaders, government, and the business community to support the arts and culture sector.