OMIF - Music Creation
From Ontario Creates
Money for record labels and music publishers (and some self-releasing artist-entrepreneurs) to make and market music
- Amount
- $10,000 to $200,000
- Who can apply
- Organizations; Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Ontario
- Art forms
- Music
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- Funding is available in the form of a direct grant.
- The maximum funding is 40% of the company’s two-year average of total revenue to a maximum cap of $200,000. The minimum funding request is $10,000.
Showing your work
- Applicants must have minimum annual revenues of $25,000 from core business activities as a record label or music publisher.
Also mentioned
- Up to 50% towards the cost of eligible activities
- NOTE: Full eligibility requirements and details can be found in the Ontario Creates Music Creation Guidelines.
- Please read the guidelines completely before beginning your application.
- Please ensure that you have the current versions before preparing your documentation.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
Ontario-headquartered Canadian-controlled labels and publishers with 25000+ annual revenue; some BIPOC and Francophone self-releasing artists after talking to the Ontario Music Office
What to send
50% matching; portal application
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Source: https://www.ontariocreates.ca/our-sectors/music/ontario-music-investment-fund/omif-music-creation (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 24, 2026.
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