City of Sault Ste. Marie, Community Development and Enterprise Services
Arts and Culture Assistance Program (ACAP) — Cultural Diversity Grants
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The 2026 Late Intake is closed. Cultural Diversity Grants are recurring under ACAP's annual two-intake cadence.
ACAP has an Early Intake deadline on the last Friday in October and a Late Intake deadline on the last Friday in March each year. The 2026 Late Intake deadline was March 27, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.; the next early deadline is not yet posted as a dated call.
- Eligible applicants
- Incorporated not-for-profit arts, culture and heritage organizations, unincorporated arts/culture and heritage organizations or collectives, and individual cultural producers/practitioners who fall within or serve Indigenous, New Canadian, 2SLGBTQIA+ and other underrepresented priority groups in Sault Ste. Marie and area.
- Funding amount or limit
- The current guideline does not publish a separate Cultural Diversity award range or cap. The stream draws from ACAP's total $170,000 annual program allocation, and only one ACAP request per applicant may be considered per fiscal year.
- Jurisdiction
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Last verified
- 2026-08-01
Eligible activities
- performances
- installations
- workshops
- festivals and events
- exhibitions
- creative arts, culture and heritage projects supporting diversity and cross-cultural exchange
Verification note
The current City guideline confirms the priority-group eligibility, diversity-focused activities and ACAP-wide $170,000 annual envelope; no stream-specific cap is published.
Official sources
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