

Arts and culture facilities are essential to every vibrant, healthy community.
Cultural spaces grants support Vancouver-based arts and cultural spaces operated by non-profit cultural societies, co-ops, registered charities, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) or urban Indigenous non-profit organizations.
Types of grants
The grants program includes the following facility operating and capital infrastructure, planning, and urgent life-safety grants.
Key dates for spring intake
Application opens: | January 2022 |
Application deadline: | March 2, 2022 |
Applications assessed: | March/April 2022 |
Recommendations to Council: | May 2022 |
How to apply
- Confirm eligibility. To ensure you are eligible, read the cultural spaces grants program information guide and glossary of terms PDF file (527 KB).
- At least three weeks prior to application deadline, request access to the statement of intent to apply form by contacting cultural planners:
- Diane Blunt by email at diane.blunt@vancouver.ca or phone 604-829-9307
- Minna Schendlinger by email at minna.schendlinger@vancouver.ca or phone 604-873-7211
- If your proposal is eligible, you will be invited to submit an online application.
Grant recipients
2021 fall grant recipient intake PDF file (245 KB)
View the previous years' Cultural Grant allocations:
View previous recipients of Vancouver's Cultural Infrastructure Grants: who received grants, how much the grant was, and what the grant will be used for.
Contact Cultural Services
Location address
Cultural Services
Woodward's Heritage Building
501 - 111 West Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
Mailing address
Cultural Services
453 West 12th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4