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Export-Ready Stream (ERS) — Creative Export Canada (CEC)│Canadian Heritage

April 23, 2025

Value

The program can fund up to a maximum of $2.5 million per application.

Description

The Export-Ready Stream (ERS) of the Creative Export Canada (CEC) program offers funding through contributions (not loans) for export-ready projects that generate export revenues and help Canadian creative industries reach more people around the world.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for funding, a company/organization must meet all of the following requirements:

  • be incorporated under the laws of Canada, a province or a territory
  • be a for-profit company or not-for-profit organization
  • be Canadian-owned and -controlled
  • have a maximum of $500 million in annual revenues
  • have a minimum of 1 full-time employee (to be paid a salary and works a minimum of 30 hours a week)

You can submit only 1 application per deadline, including entities or subsidiaries of a parent company.

Eligible Expenses

Only project-related cash expenses are eligible; these may include:

  • development costs and/or acquisition of digital or other technologies;
  • professional services or the portion of employees’ salaries directly related to the project;
  • travel-related expenses, which must be directly related to the project and must not exceed the rates permitted for travel on government business, in accordance with the National Joint Council Travel Directive;
  • marketing expenses;
  • project-related administrative costs (e.g. general office supplies, mailing, and cloud storage costs), limited to a maximum of 15% of the total amount of funding requested from the ERS;
  • project-related translation and interpretation expenses, limited to a maximum of 10% of the total amount of funding requested from the ERS.

Deadline Date

The application deadline is April 23, 2025, for projects with expenses occurring between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026.

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