CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Ontario Music Investment Fund (OMIF) - Music Industry Initiatives (MII)

The OMIF MII stream provides support to Ontario’s established music trade associations and music service organizations to offer initiatives, events and activities that strengthen, support and stimulate the economic and cultural growth of Ontario’s music industry.

Deadline:

The Global Market Development program provides eligible Ontario companies with funding to participate in international activities that support company growth and produce measurable business and market development results. Primary activities supported include targeted sales trips and attendance at international market events.

Deadline:

Tuesday May 6, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

The Global Market Development Fund – Book provides eligible Ontario companies with funding to participate in international activities that support company growth and produce measurable business and market development results. Primary activities supported include targeted sales trips and attendance at international market events.

Deadline:

Thursday May 1, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

The Global Market Development (GMD) program provides eligible Ontario companies with funding to participate in international activities that support company growth and produce measurable business and market development results (sales, financing, licensing and/or publishing deals, audience awareness, media coverage, partnership development, etc.).

Deadline:

Monday April 28, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

The OMIF Music Creation stream supports the development of competitive, sustainable music companies in Ontario that take risks discovering and developing talent – particularly emerging artists – and bringing it to market.

Music Creation provides funding to eligible domestic record labels*, multinational record labels and domestic music publishers to support business activities that are focused on: expanding artist rosters; investing in professional recording and production; facilitating job creation; undertaking export market development; enhancing business capacity; and increasing and strengthening diversity within Ontario's music industry.

*Eligibility as a domestic record label may extend to high potential self-releasing BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) and Francophone artist-entrepreneurs.

Deadline 1: Wednesday April 30, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

(for activities taking place between April 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026)
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Deadline 2: Thursday September 11, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

(for activities taking place between August 1, 2025 and January 15, 2027)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: IP FUND

The IP Fund combines the Film Fund and Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund into a single, integrated program that supports screen-based content creation by Ontario companies.
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Deadlines:

Linear Content Stream

April 15, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET

September 25, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET

Interactive Content Stream

April 7, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET

September 15, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET