2025-26 Grant Program Dates Now Available!

Below is an overview of the 2025-26 Creative Saskatchewan Grant programs; who they are for, when they are accepting applications, and those all-important deadlines.

For more information on each of these programs, including what’s new for 2025-26, please click on the “Learn more” buttons.

Remember, All deadlines close at 4:00 PM Saskatchewan time. If a deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend, applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM the following business day.

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Marketing Grant

This grant provides support for marketing and publicity to improve visibility and generate sales. We offer two streams of funding depending of the scale of the project; Micro and Major.

Micro Stream

Up to a maximum of $5,000 per applicant per fiscal year (or 50% of the budget whichever is the lesser).

Clients are limited to one micro grant per fiscal year. This amount counts towards an annual marketing cap of $25,000 per fiscal year.

Micro Stream Opening Date for all sectors: May 1, 2025

Micro Stream Deadlines to apply:

• Deadline 1: June 4, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 2: September 17, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 3: November 26, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 4: February 4, 2026 at 4 PM SK time

Major Stream

Up to a maximum of $25,000 per applicant per fiscal year or 50% of the budget, whichever is the lesser.

Major Stream Opening Date for all sectors except Film & TV: May 1, 2025

Major Stream Deadlines to apply:

• Book Publishing – June 18, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Craft & Visual Arts –  August 6, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Live Performing Arts Deadline 1: June 25, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Live Performing Arts Deadline 2: October 1, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Interactive Digital – November 19, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 1: June 11, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 2: January 28, 2026 at 4 PM SK time

Following consultations with local producers and ScreenSask, we decided that increasing funding for film development activities would best support the sector at this time. To accommodate this, the Marketing Grant for the film sector will be paused this year. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

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Showcase or Sell Travel Grant

This grant provides support to individuals and businesses to attend markets, industry showcases, and pitch events. In most cases, your project begins with an invitation to participate in a particular market.

• Opening date: May 1, 2025
• Deadlines: Continuous intake until funds are exhausted

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Tour Support Grant

This grant supports commercially viable touring opportunities for eligible Saskatchewan musicians touring in Canada and abroad. Please note that the Live Performing Arts stream of this grant has been absorbed into the Live Performing Arts Production and Performance grant.

Opening date: May 6, 2025

Deadlines to apply:

• Deadline 1: June 11, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 2: September 24, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 3: Januray 28, 2026 at 4 PM SK time

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Business Improvement Grant

This grant supports projects that focus on professional development, increasing workforce capacity, and improving business efficiencies through technology infrastructure updates which result in growth, market expansion and improved profitability.

Opening date for applicable sectors: May 1, 2025

• Deadlines to apply:
  • Book Publishing – June 18, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Craft & Visual Arts –  August 6, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Interactive Digital – November 19 ,2025 at 4 PM SK time

Film: Following consultations with local producers and ScreenSask, we decided that increasing funding for film development activities would best support the sector at this time. To accommodate this, the Business Improvement Grant for the film sector will be paused this year. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

Music: Following consultations with local musicians and SaskMusic, we decided to increase production and marketing deadlines to better support the sector. To fund these additional deadlines, the Business Improvement Grant for the Music sector will be paused this year. We plan to alternate offering the Business Improvement Grant and the Marketing Grant (Major Stream) to the Music sector each year.

Live Performing Arts: Following consultations with producers and SATP, we decided to increase production and marketing deadlines to better support the sector. To fund these additional deadlines, the Business Improvement Grant for the Live Performing Arts sector will be paused this year. We plan to alternate offering the Business Improvement Grant and the Marketing Grant (Major Stream) to the Live Performing Arts sector each year.

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Book Publishing Grant

We offer two streams of funding depending on the nature of the project – Book Publishers’ Stream and Author-Funded Stream.

Author-Funded Stream

This grant supports self-publishers or publishers working with Saskatchewan authors to produce and market a book.

Opening date: May 8, 2025
Deadline: June 18, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Book Publishers’ Stream

This grant assists in the production and marketing of titles intended for commercial release.

Opening date: May 8, 2025

Deadline: August 20, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Craft & Visual Arts Production Grant

This grant supports craft persons and visual artists in the production of creative products intended for the commercial marketplace.

Opening date: May 13, 2025
Deadline: August 6, 2025 4 PM SK time

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Live Performing Arts Production & Performance Grant

This grant invests in Live Performing Arts projects that are ready to be staged for a paying audience to expand commercial potential.

Opening date: May 15, 2025
Deadline 1: June 25, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
Deadline 2:  October 1, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Digital Game Development Grant

This grant invests in Saskatchewan’s digital developers, helping them create digital games and gamified e-learning projects with commercial potential.

Opening date: May 22, 2025
Deadline: November 19, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Sound Recording Grant

This grant supports the production of commercially-viable sound recordings for promotional use and/or commercial release.

• • Opening date: May 6, 2025
  • Deadline 1: June 11, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Deadline 2: September 24, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Deadline 3: Januray 28, 2026 at 4 PM SK time

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Feature Film & TV Production Grant

This grant provides financial support to eligible applicants for feature film and television productions that have secured a relevant market trigger or distribution agreement of fair market value. There are two streams within this grant: the Saskatchewan Stream and the Service Production Stream.

Opening date: April 1, 2025
Deadline: Continuous intake until funding is exhausted

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Film & TV Development Grant

This grant assists qualified Saskatchewan production companies with undertaking the development of eligible projects and bringing productions to fruition.

First Draft Stream

Opening date: July 14, 2025
Deadline:  October 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Final Draft Stream

Opening date:July 14, 2025
Deadline: October 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Slate Stream

Opening date: August 11, 2025
Deadline: November 5, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Filmmaker’s Grant

This grant supports emerging Saskatchewan filmmakers with mentorship and production funds to produce content under 10 minutes intended to build the filmmakers’ professional portfolio.

Opening date: November 18, 2025
Deadline: January 21, 2026 at 4 PM SK time

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SaskTel Max Equity Fund

This grant provides financial support to eligible projects that demonstrate significant economic, cultural and employment benefit to the Saskatchewan industry, and a high potential of recoupment and profit in the application.

Opening date:June 2, 2025
Deadline: July 16, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Industry Sponsorship Opportunities

Supporting creative entrepreneurship capacity

We sponsor projects that align with our mandate in any of the six creative sectors that Creative Saskatchewan’s grants support:

Sponsorships are available year-round until the fund is exhausted.

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Important Update in GMS:
Enhanced User Account Process: Business Permissions

Previous Process:

• Contact Creative Saskatchewan to create all business user accounts.
• Only one login was allowed per business.

New Process:

• Contact Creative Saskatchewan to create all business user accounts.
• Businesses can now have multiple logins, allowing other staff members to view, create, and edit grants and activities.
• Requests to add staff user accounts must be sent from a known contact and will be verified by a follow-up phone call from Creative Saskatchewan.

This update will enable a more collaborative approach for businesses to create applications and complete final reporting together, rather than relying on a single individual. This change is particularly beneficial for applicants who have more than one staff person involved in the grant process. Please note that users must be employees of the business or members of the band. Grant writers and artist management will be configured differently, and we are currently resolving the details for this.