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Home News & Resources Updates Updates, FAQs and Resources 2024 Read our September newsletter

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Shoshana Wasser

Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications

swasser@arts.on.ca

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September 25, 2024

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From left: Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland of folk-rock band Whitehorse perform with The Manitobandits at the Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls, Ontario. (Photo: Devin Latimer)

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Ontario Arts Council

For more than 60 years, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. The OAC reached 27.4 million people through events and arts education activities across the province in 2021-22. In 2023-24, OAC invested its grant program budget of $53.3 million in 219 communities across all 124 Ontario ridings, providing 2,149 grants to individual artists and 1,043 grants to organizations.