Special Measures for Journalism — Canada Periodical Fund

To be eligible for funding, your publishing firm must:

• be a private-sector entity, which includes corporations, not-for-profit organizations, partnerships and sole proprietorships;
• be majority owned and controlled by Canadians;
• have its principal place of business in Canada; and
• have published one or more eligible periodicals at the application deadline.

To be eligible for funding, your magazine or community (non-daily) newspaper must:

• be published by an eligible publishing firm;
• be owned and controlled by Canadians;
• be a magazine or community (non-daily) newspaper, in print or digital format;
• have completed at least one uninterrupted 12-month publishing cycle at the application deadline, and continue to be published until at least March 31, 2025;
• contain an average of at least 80% Canadian editorial content in the issues published during the publisher’s financial year. Official-language minority, Indigenous, ethnocultural, and 2SLGBTQI+ publications must contain an average of at least 50% Canadian editorial content in the issues published during the financial year of the application;
• contain a maximum of 70% advertising in the issues published during the financial year;
• contain a majority of original content;
• have a minimum of $2,500 of eligible expenses for Canadian editorial content; and
• be edited, designed, assembled and published in Canada.